Weather Men Differ On Chances Of Rain One Tips Floods in State
The wet spell in New South Wales will continue until the middle of October when heavy rain…
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Floodlighting For Shipyards BRISBANE
Queensland shipyards are to be floodlit at night so that 24 hour shifts can be worked. Probably 7000 skilled and unskilled…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →70 M.p.h. Gale Hits Halifax
MONTREAL, Tuesday.--A 70-mile-an-hour gale which struck Halifax (Nova Scotia) last night has severed communications with the mainland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hitler's Invasion "Off" Through Channel Storms London
More wild weather on the Channel has made military men conclude that Hitler's invasion of Britain is "off" for the time being. Sir Alan Brooke, Commander-in-Chief of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'Guns Shell London' Berlin Says 150-Mile Range Claimed for Super Weapon Raiders Routed As Gale Rages West End Stores Hit in Record Raid. LONDON
German long-range guns, says a Berlin message, have begun to shell London from the French coast. From London to the nearest point in France is about 90 miles. Berlin says that the shelling is for range-finding, but that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Blackout
HALIFAX (Canada), Wednesday.-- By disrupting power lines, a storm blacked out a number of towns in eastern Canada yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nepean Theatre Talkies "The Mortal Storm"
Barred from Germany by Hitler, this picture is to be screened at the Nepean this Saturday and Monday, Sept. 21 and 23. The stars are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gale Check To Invasion German Boats Scatter, Seek Shelter London
After the continuous R.A.F. attacks, a westerly gale has scattered Hitler's invasion fleet assembled along the Channel coast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gale Dies Away. Big Sea in Channel. Invasion Threat London, Sept. 18. (A.A.P.)
The gale which swept the English Channel yesterday, making conditions as bad as they could be for an invasion[?] dropped this morning. However,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Election Flood at Height
With polling day only two days off, all parties are making a final drive. Many candidates will address five…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale in Channel London
A rainstorm broke over the Straits of Dover at sunset and a strong south-westerly gale is lashing the cliffs to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Twittering in Gale." Mr. Hughes on Labour. "Everything Done."
The promises of Mr. Curtin and his followers were described as the "twittering of sparrows in a howling gale" by the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →CRICKET. Season Opens—Six Centuries D. McRITCHlE, N. BAKER, M. COULTON, C. McCONNECHY L. HUTCHINSON and G. ROYER. Bexley Scots in A2 Batting Cyclone. Closed Innings at 7-393. Coulton and McCONNECHY’S Big Partnership. George McCormlck Hit 21. Boundaries in Scoring 93 Runs. DOUG. McRITCHlE SCORED 24 Runs Off One Over
Six centuries were scored by batsmen in the opening day’s play of St. George Cricket Association’s 1940-41 competition last Saturday. They were recorded by Doug. McRltchie who made top score of 135 in his As grade debut for Brighton Juniors, which team totalled 365 runs against…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Can't Storm Britain, So Hitler Plots Franco In the Toils, Egypt Is Besieged
AFTER the failure of his much-vaunted Air Force to gain mastery in the air, and with his invasion forces on the continental coast repeatedly smashed by the R.A.F., Hitler is believed to have temporarily shelved his plans…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Flood of Petitions
Twenty petitions were presented by various members (including two on the Government side) in the Legislative Assembly to-day, all…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Flood of Protests As Date Nears for Petrol Rationing
A flood of protests against allotments of petrol under the rationing scheme, which will begin on Tuesday, is pouring into the State Liquid Fuel Control Board…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Of Petrol Quota Protests, Taxis Cut 25 p.c
Hundreds of dissatisfied motorists yesterday attended the office of the State Liquid Fuel Control Board. Owners of motor cars, lorries, and motor bikes…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Sydney Morning Herald. Thursday, September 26, 1940. Storm-clouds Over Indo-china
While the news from Indo-China is meagre and confused, certain facts are clear, and of the highly dangerous influences and tendencies in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floodlighting at Cronulla Shire Council Proposals
Floodlighting, costing £362, for the new Gunnamatta Park and pool at Cronulla, was approved by Sutherland Shire Council at its last meeting. This…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flying Doctor in Dust Storm. Plane Forced Down
While flying to Adelaide last week, the New South Wales "flying doctor." Dr. J. G. Woods, ran into a dust storm, which the pilot, Mr. Hugh Bond, could not…
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