Would Have Flooded 'Em Niagara Can Run
Sydney Sportsman · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 4
A BIG future is predicted for the two-year-old Niagara, who would have started a pronounced favorite at Randwick on Saturday had the races been held. His owners, Messrs. "S. J. Ande"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Sydney Suburbs Last Week
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 7
Heavy flooding occurred in many Sydney suburbs as a result of the rain last week. Top: A flooded foolway at Hurlstone Park where waters from Cook's River covered extensive areas. Lower: A green on the Marrickville Golf Course surrounded by flood waters…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Rains Break Drought City Gains Six Months' Water Five Deaths; Extensive Damage
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 5
Flood rains—the heaviest ever recorded in the metropolitan district—last week gave Sydney at least six months' and probably nearly a year's supply of water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Rain (Continued)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 6
Principal metropolitan recording for the week were:—Turramurra, 1.508 points: Hornsby, 1,437 points; Wahroonga, 1.408 points; Riverview, 1,141…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Japs Withdraw to Lae Base Floods Cover Vital Valley
The Sun · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 1
Huge floods have wrested from the Japanese all the land they had occupied in the Markham Valley, from which they hoped to threaten Port Moresby…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flooded Rivers May Bring Nazi Armies Into Gigantic Natural Trap
Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 2
GERMANS IN THE UKRAINE and parts of the southern sector in Russia are confronted with a dilemma. Either they must with draw west of the large river systems before the thaw, or must risk being cut off and their armies wiped out piecemeal. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Bog Japanese Enemy Retreats In New Guinea As Wet Season Begins
Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 1
TROPICAL downpours along the north coast of New Guinea have forced the Japanese to withdraw their entire forces from the Markham Valley, cables Barry Young,. Daily Mirror war correspondent in New Guinea. The Markham River is in heavy flood. Arrival of the wet season should seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Bog Japanese Enemy Retreats In New Guinea As Wet Season Begins
Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 1
TROPICAL downpours along the north coast of New Guinea have forced the Japanese to withdraw their entire forces from the Markham Valley, cables Barry Young, Daily Mirror war correspondent in New Guinea. The Markham River is in heavy flood. Arrival of the wet season should seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Bog Japanese Enemy Retreats In New Guinea As Wet Season Begins
Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 1
TROPICAL downpours along the north coast of New Guinea have forced the Japanese to withdraw their entire forces from the Markham Valley, cables Barry Young, Daily Mirror war correspondent in New Guinea. The Markham River is in heavy flood. Arrival of the wet season should seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Bog Japanese Enemy Retreats In New Guinea As Wet Season Begins
Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 1
TROPICAL downpours along the north coast of New Guinea have forced the Japanese to withdraw their entire forces from the Markham Valley, cables Barry Young, Daily Mirror war correspondent in New Guinea. The Markham River is in heavy flood. Arrival of the wet season should seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Cause Japanese Withdrawal From Our War Correspondent in Papua
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 5
PORT MORESBY, Monday.— A small Japanese force of one heavy twin-engined bomber and three Zero fighters carried out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Householders Want Flood Compensation
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 6
Residents of Golf Parade and Pittwater Road, Manly, will petition the Manly Town Council tonight to approach the Government for flood…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Jap Flood Losses Water Five Feet Over Markham Valley Dromes
Daily Mirror · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 1
ALL aerodromes occupied by the Japanese invasion forces, in the Markham Valley are now five feet under wafer, and it is believed that the enemy has lost considerable quantities of stores and equipment in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Jap Flood Losses Water Five Feet Over Markham Valley Dromes
Daily Mirror · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 1
ALL aerodromes occupied by the Japanese invasion forces in the Markham Valley are now five feet under water, and if is believed that the enemy has lost considerable quantities of stores and equipment in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storms Restrict Libya Patrols
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 8
LONDON, March 31.—A communique issued from British G.H.Q., Cairo, says that stormy weather limited the patrol activity of both…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Record Flood Rains. Local District Drenched
The Propeller · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 7
Countless millions of tons of water--the most formidable fall ever recorded--swamped St. George and Sutherland Shire during the tropical…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Yesterday's Sporting American News Louis-Smion Gale Receipts
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 7
(Turf News on Page 3.) NEW YORK. April 1 (A.A.P.). —Joe Louis and the promoter, Mr. Mike Jacobs, presented a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Electric Storm Damage Electrician Killed
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 9
BRISBANE, Friday.—An electrician, Edward Walter Harrington, aged 56, of Myrtleton, was killed last night while he was repairing a switch at a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →R.A.F. Defies Heavy Gales To Reach German Targets
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 2
LONDON, Friday.--Bombers, which raided western and north-western Germany on Wednesday night, fought their way to their targets through appalling weather…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Near Cropper Tidemark Ebb On Flood
Truth · Sunday 5 April 1942 · page 2
I THINK I should have won that race," declared Harold Badger when he dismounted from Tidemark, who ran third in the first…
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