League Games By Floodlight
Forthcoming Rugby League matches between Balmain and local teams at Mackay and Rockhampton will, it is planned, be played at…
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Swedish Wheat Crops Damaged by Flood
STOCKHOLM, Monday. -- Flood waters have swept the countryside of Sweden and have severely damaged the wheat crop, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cyclonic Storm Hits Adelaide's Suburbs
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Sheets of iron were torn off, lights fused, radios and telephones put out of order and a youth hurled several yards during a one minute cyclonic storm at Highgate, Westbourne Park…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm Tosses Fowl-house Into Backyard of Home
ADELAIDE, Tuesday. -- During a one-minute electrical storm last night a complete fowl-house landed in the backyard of the home of Mrs. R. G. Baynes, of Westbourne Park…
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PERTH, Wednesday.--Perth-bound Albany express was derailed at a flood-softened portion of the main line at Karping Siding (near Pingelly) early…
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PERTH, Thursday. --All rivers in the south-west of Western Australia are flooded, and several towns have been completely cut off…
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WASHINGTON. Aug. 24.—M[?]ami, Florida will have to put up with tropical hurricanes without the Hopedfor dissipating influence of atomic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japanese Preparing for Landing Storm Hits Tokyo
MANILA, Aug. 24.—An "intense typhoon" has hampered preparations for the arrival of the Allied army of occupation,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mass suicide before Tokio Royal Palace Gales Hamper Allied Landing Plans
AS the hour of Allied landings approaches mass suicides of Japs are occurring outside the Imperial Palace. Typhoons have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Monty's narrow escape from death when plane crashes in storm
Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery crawled injured from the wreckage of this Miles Messenger transport plane when it crashed, this week, in a rainstorm at Alexander airport, Oldenburg, Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drowned in W.A. Floods Perth
A MAN has been drowned and a number of householders evacuated from their homes because of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Allied Fleets Ride Out Storm
MANILA, Sunday.—Fleet units, including British ships, have been riding out the typhoon, witing to fulfil their part in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floodlighting for the Celebrations Thanks to Electrical Staff
Baulkham Hills Council last week congratulated the electrical engineer (Mr. Hollis) and his staff, who at short notice floodlighted the council…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →'Flood Australia' with Immigrants Menzies Demands Vigorous Policy
CANBERRA, Wednesday.--Australia must be prepared to take risks, if necessary with its living standards, to flood the country with immigrants by the million, said the Leader of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U.S. Storm Over Pearl Harbor Blame
WASHINGTON, Thursday.--Conflicting U.S. Army and Navy reports placing the blame for the Pearl Harbor disaster have caused a storm in Congress. President Truman is in the centre of the storm, because the official…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lightning calculator tracks down thunderstorms for fliers
CANBERRA, Sat. -- Another British wartime secret has now been revealed -- a "thunderstorm locator." It was used to reduce flying hazards in bad weather…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coogee Gutters Flooded
A WATER-MAIN which burst in Howard St., Coogee, this afternoon, flooded gutters for several hundred yards…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Westerly Gale Spoils Rowing
A south- west gale, which swept Lane Cove, spoilt the combined clubs' regatta this afternoon. Many of the crews were unable to reach…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Club four-ball played in gale
Professional W. Bolger (scr.) and J. Turner (7) won the Ryde-Parramatta golf club's invitation four-ball yesterday with 6 up on par…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Players Tricked By Floodlight
ROCKHAMPTON, Thursday.--Down 6 to nil until near half-time, Balmain beat Rockhampton by 11-6 in a floodlit game…
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