3 Film Men Swim Flood to Get Food
BRISBANE, Monday. -- Tommy Burns, Australian welterweight champion, was one of three film men who swam rapidly-running…
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Floodlights Shot Out By Marksman
KATOOMBA, Tuesday. -- A number of floodlights at Leura Cascades were shot out with a rifle on Sunday night or early…
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One hundred tons of urgently needed Red Cross supplies for flood victims will be taken to England from Sydney by the Orion, now in port. Another large load will be sent by the Indian…
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THE Australian Red Cross is trying to charter two Skymasters to carry relief supplies to British flood victims. Each plane will…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday. — The danger of severe flooding in the Beenleigh and Beaudesert areas is believed to have passed, unless…
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Subscriptions to the New South Wales Red Cross British Flood Relief Appeal yesterday reached £23,223/10/…
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TORRENTIAL resin today did not dampen; the enthusiasm of approximately 60,000 people who defended the fifth day of the biggest Royal Easter Show on record. Heavy fails throughout the morning sent people…
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TORRENTIAL rain today did not dampen the interest or enthusiasm of approximately 20,000 people who attended the fifth day of Hie biggest Royal Easter Show on record…
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TORRENTIAL rain today did not dampen the enthusiasm of approximately 60,000 people who attended the fifth day of the biggest Royal Easter Show on record. Heavy fails throughout the morning sent people…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →60,000 Show Enthusiasts Brave Rain Deluge Delays Judging; WOODCHOPPlNG CONTESTS
TORRENTIAL rain today did not dampen the enthusiasm of approximately 60,000 people who attended the fifth day of the biggest Royal Easter Show on record. Heavy fails throughout the morning sent people…
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TORRENTIAL rain today did not dampen the interest or enthusiasm of approximately 20,000 people who attended the fifth day of the biggest Royal Easter Show en record…
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"The Farmer and Settler" is supporting the appeal made by the New South Wales Division of the Australian Red Cross Society for funds to aid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →These People Need Help An Australian Battles With British Floods By a Staff Correspondent in London
Black water lapped the frame of a 20-year-old photograph of Bondi Beach as I waded with Thomas Hawke, formerly of New South Wales, thigh deep in the living-room of his farmhouse at Blunpishan in the flooded fenlands…
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In the biggest day's subscription yet to the Red Cross British Flood Relief Appeal, citizens of New South Wales yesterday subscribed £3,115/10/6, bringing the fund to £26,339/0/6…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Exciting Ending to Cricket Season Several Favoured Teams Beaten on Final Day. Federal Machinery Failed In B2 Grade. Play-off Necessary in A3. Surprise Collapse of Banksia Wanderers. Jack Anthony Beat Doug Flood for A1 Batting Honours
Surprise defeats of several prominent teams who were expected to win premierships but lost them in [?] stages of play marked the concluding day’s cricket in St. George Association last Saturday. 1946-47 season will always be looked upon as one of the most successful ever conducted…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Floodwaters blocked Pacific Highway 16 miles from Brisbane today, and held up hundreds of cars…
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LONDON, Thursday--Britain's flood disaster transcended in magnitude the greatest military reverse the nation had ever experienced, said the Minister…
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LONDON, Thursday--Britain's flood disaster transcended in magnitude the greatest military reverse the nation had ever experienced, said the Minister…
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LONDON.--The League for Totalitarian Democracy is the name of the latest Nazi underground group in the U.S. Zone in Germany…
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London, Thursday--Britain's flood disaster transcended in magnitude the greatest military reverse the nation had ever experienced, said the Minister…
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