Flooding in Queensland Brisbane
The townships of Millmerran, west of Toowoomba, and Somerset Dam, on the Brisbane River, were still isolated to- day by floods…
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Bed Was Afloat Children In Flood
Two children in the home of Mrs. H. W. Odell, near Tamworth, early yesterday morning, awoke to find their…
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TAMWORTH, Monday.--Awakened at 1.30 o'clock this morning by heavy rain, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Odell, of Attunga, found a bed…
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DARWIN, Monday.--Mrs. S. C. Port, wife of the superintendent of the Roper River Anglican Mission, is still on a hill where she sought refuge from floods…
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Severe storms in northern New South Wales yesterday flooded country surrounding Attunga, near Tamworth. Roads were blocked and bridges washed away…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Here Comes the Bride FRANCIS—GALE Bride from Wentworthville
St. Marys Church, Toongabble, was chosen for the wedding on January 27 of Miss Florence May (Bessie) Gale, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A…
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BRISBANE, Tues.--Rail and road services in central Queensland have been interrupted by heavy floods. At Theresa [?]k, near Emerald,…
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Ra[?] and road transport in the north of the State is being seriously delayed by floods. The mail train to Townsville is…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →CRICKET N. Sperring's Great Innings Centuries to R. Gale and C. WOOSTER
THREE more centuries were scored in last Saturdays play in district competitions, one in A Grade and two in B. Norm…
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Rome.—As a result of heavy rains this summer, half of the territory of Kaifeng Vicariate, Honan Province, is once more under water. It will be…
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Sir,—Since January 20 the readers of the "Herald" have had brought before them in your news columns several reports which have related to the disaster which recently…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Turkey Sacks Nazis, Fearing War Seizes Naval Shipyard South East Europe Looks To Arms Coming Storm London
With dramatic suddenness Turkey to-day dismissed all German engineers and technicians employed at her dockyards and sent marines to occupy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland Floods. Rain Extending South. Falls Expected in N.S.W.
Heavy monsoonal rain in North Queensland caused floods in coastal districts yesterday. Many places received falls ranging from eight to 13…
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Floods are causing damage throughout the Gulf country and on a big section of the Queensland coast from Ingham to Rockhampton…
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FIERCE storms have marooned Brian Donlevy and his wife in their…
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FORTY - MILES - AN- HOUR southerly gale which hit Sydney yesterday afternoon swept most…
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Flood-waters are falling in North Queensland, and air and rail services are being graduslly resumed. A message from Townsville to-night stated…
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Stores at flood-bound Cracow are rationing, a small supply of butter, potatoes, and onions which reached the town last…
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THE extent of the tragedy that has befallen the Roper River Mission in the recent heavy floods in the Northern Territory becomes the more apparent from a description…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Nazi Troops Replaced. Dutch Border. Floods Deterred Attack. LONDON, Feb. 12. (A.A.P.)
Two crack German corps, totalling six divisions, which had been concentrated at Aachen, near the Dutch frontier, departed last week, says the…
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