Rats' High Living May Mean Flood
BRISBANE, Tuesday.-- Farmers in the Innisfail district are intrigued by the discover that rats are…
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Second Missing Yacht Horizon Sighted Story Of Grim Fight In Gale
HORIZON, the second missing yacht in the Sydney to Hobart race, was sighted at 1.30 p.m. today 40 miles from the finish, with Winston Churchill and Mistral. They are expected to finish soon after 6 p.m…
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HORIZON, the second missing yacht in the Sydney to Hobart race, was sighted about 7.30 a.m. today off the Tasmanian coast. Site was becalmed and lying close to the Winston Churchill…
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HORIZON, the second missing yacht in the Sydney from Hobart race, was sighted at 1.30 p.m. today 40 miles from the finish, with Winston Churchill and Mistral. They J are expected to finish: soon after 6 p.m…
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HORIZON, the second missing yacht in the Sydney to Hobart race, was sighted at 1.30 p.m. today 40 miles from the finish, with Winston Churchill and Mistral. INTEREST now centres on…
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HOBART, Thursday. -- A 56-mile an hour gale forced Horizon and Mistral to shelter in an exciting struggle for second place in the Sydney-Hobart yacht race. They had been battling against the gale…
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SINGLETON, Wednesday. -- Galvanised iron roofs from a public hall and a school were flung 300 yards during a severe storm at Maison Dieu settlement yesterday…
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HOBART, Thursday. -- Three competitors in the Sydney-Hobart yacht race battled a 60 m.p.h. gale all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Temperature Soaring to Century Hottest City Morning Since Feb., 1943 Thunderstorms This Afternoon
THE temperature in Sydney of 11 o'clock today was 96.7, and still rising. The temperature at 9 a.m. was 89.9…
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HOBART, Saturday.--Hobart yachtsmen are concerned for the safety of Wayfarer, only boat still to finish in the Sydney-Hobart race. THE Wayfarer is being battered by…
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HOBART, Saturday.--Hobart yachtsmen are concerned for the safety of Wayfarer, only boat still to finish in the Sydney-Hobart race…
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HOBART, Saturday.--The 38ft. Bermuda ketch Wayfarer is being battered by a gale in the Southern Ocean. THE Wayfarer is the only yacht…
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HOBART, Saturday.--Hobart yachtsmen are concerned for the safety of Wayfarer, only boat still to finish in the Sydney-Hobart race. THE Wayfarer is being battered by…
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HOBART, Saturday.--Hobart yachtsmen are concerned for the safety of Wayfarer, only boat still to finish in the Sydney-Hobart race. THE Wayfarer is being battered by…
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CEANLINESS may be next to godliness but aboard the s.s. Buna, Aussie-bound with a load…
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DEATHS as a result of the extreme heat wave increased to five, and it is feared that a 60-yrs-old man missing in a dust-storm in the Bourke district also has perished. Although a cool change is expected today, most of…
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CASINO, Tuesday. -- A freak storm near Casino, with hail, lightning and violent winds, unroofed…
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A CRISIS has developed in the N.S.W. Police Force following numerous resignations during the past few months…
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Homes were unroofed and the iron blown for miles, trees were uprooted and crops flattened when a storm yesterday struck a wide area of Casino district…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Two persons were drowned yesterday at Harlan, Kentucky, where the Cumberland River is in flood Hundreds…
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