72 m.p.h. Gale Wrecks Buildings Roots Fly, Walls Fall
A gale, which reached 72 miles an hour, struck Sydney yesterday afternoon and caused extensive damage. The storm--…
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Storm Suspends Air Services Mascot Closed For Three Hours; 2 Men Marooned
Air services were temporarily suspended and others cancelled yesterday because of heavy rain and high winds. Mascot airport was closed from 330 p.m…
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In a howling southerly gale the trawler Pahau (500 tons) broke adrift from the steamer Matai, at 6.30 am today, 200 miles east of Sydney…
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The deserted trawler Pahau (300 tons) was running wild in a southerly gale within 300 miles of Sydney today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Merrylands Roof-sitter Slept During Storm
While next of Sydney sat around [?] during Sunday's fierce rain and cold winds. Norman Martin, [?] Street Merrylands completed the 12th…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gale Slows Scoring In Muddy Football
Catholic Sporting Association footballers last Sunday had to contend with very bad weather, which restricted open football, and made scoring difficult…
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The steamer Matai is unable to regain tow of the former New Zealand minesweeper Pahau (500 tons), which has been adrift for 36 hours…
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Residents of Pleasant-street, Erskineville, were surprised this morning when, out of a clear sky, water could be heard beating…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →William Holmes Travers, B.Ec. a Teacup Storm Centre Three Years In German Prison Camp Elected Student Rep. Uni. Senate
OUR attention was first attracted to William Holmes Travers back in October of last year, the occasion being the election of a Student Representative for the University of Sydney Senate…
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THE Returned Servicemen's League State Council will discuss today a proposal to acquire a half share in Terry's Brewery at Lithgow…
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(1) While ships and planes are being made more safe by means of radar and loran, these new devices will be applied to prevent train wrecks, too. Engineers in the cabins of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm Over U.S. Strike Bill Truman 'Guilty Of Grave Political Error
NEW YORK, Tuesday.--President Truman seems to have committed a grave political blunder with his proposed emergency anti strike legislation, observers say…
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Practically every member of Sydney's underworld is now armed, a member of the CIB…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Floods which have swept New York State, Pennsylvania, and Ohio…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Dangers Pass in Pennsylvania
NEW YORK, Thursday.--Floods which have cost at least 12 lives and caused damage amounting to millions of dollars in Pennsylvania…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Daily Dust Storms Swept Homes
ONLY those who lived in the outback had any idea how marvellous the women there had been during the war years. Over…
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LONDON, May 30 (A.A.P.).— The 86ft auxiliary schooner Volant, which was to leave Britain shortly for Australia, via America, is now…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Archbishop Defends Nazis, Insults Poles Pastoral Letter Raises Storm
WARSAW (P.P.A.).—A pastoral letter by Archbishop Knroad a leading member of the German Catholic hierarchy, has brought a…
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NEW YORK, May 31 (A.A.P.). —The "New York Times" says that as the Susquehanna River floods slowly subside an incomplete death…
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NEW YORK, Friday.--Floods forced 50 Lawrenceville (Pennsylvania), families to spend last night camped on tombstones in the local cemetery, which is on high ground…
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