Municipal Appeal Court. Thursday, August 6th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.)
The hearing of appeals against the Singleton Council's assessments was continued on Thursday by Mr C. H. Gale, P.M., at the Court House. Mr W. J…
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Floods & storms, 1908
252 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 13
Licensing Court. (Before Messrs C. H. Gale, P.M. and Dr. Pentland, J.P.)
An application to effect a number of improvements to the Sedgefield Hotel was made on the behalf of the executors of the late Jessie Burns. The necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hope and Despair an Interesting Romance. Chapter I. "Just the Man to Take a Woman's Take a Woman's Heart by Storm."
She was good as she was fair, None—none on earth above her! As pure in thought on angels are: To know her was to love her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Feared on the Richmond. Heaviest Rains for Years. Coraki
Grave fears of a flood are entertained here, nearly nine inches of rain having fallen for the last three days. There is no sign of a break yet. All the creeks are running bankers, while the north and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destruction of Airships. Thunderstorms and Fire. London
Count Zeppelin's airship started from Friedrichshafen, on Lake Constance, on Tuesday morning, passed over Basle, Strasburg, Darmstadt, and Mayence,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sudden Storm
It is generally believed that the worm is mainly composed of disappointment, and that seemed true enough when the sky clouded over between 2 and 3 o'clock this afternoon, and a sudden storm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Singleton Police Court Thursday, August 13th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.). Charge of Stealing
Oliver Hobbs, a young man, was charged with stealing a horse rug, and pleaded not guilty. Constable Hanney deposed that on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Track of a Cyclone. "Hold on for Your Lives."
The wind had dropped entirely, and with the dropping of the wind a thousand different sounds broke harshly upon the ear, sounding almost unnatural in their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →48 Miles an Hour by Balloon. Ascents in a Gale
Braving the dangers of a strong south-westerly gale, which caused an official abandonment, the long-distance balloon race from. Hurlinghem, England, five pilots of the Aero Club made…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Missing Hawea. Men Seven Days in Open Boat. Gales and Heavy Seas
NAMBUCCA HEADS, Wednesday. — Captain Pereival, who was instructed to proceed to Solitary Island, with the tag Thistle, to convey to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Thunderstorm
Saturday morning last was marked by a rather oppressive and warm atmosphere, and shortly after ten o'clock thunder clouds commenced to bank in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Mine Flooded. Tapping an Underground Reservoir. Miners Nearly Trapped
The Florence mine Zeehan, near Tasmania, was completedly flooded by a burst of water on Wednesday. The night shift working in the face of the north drive at No. 3 level…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Floods
Disastrous floods have occurred in North and South Carolina, whole districts being inundated. Operations in the cotton mills have been suspended. Forty people have been killed, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Singleton Police Court. Thursday, August 27th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.). Language
Douglas Hall pleaded guilty to drunkenness, and also to using indecent Janguage, on the 25th inst. Acensed was fined 10/- or 3 days' imprisonment for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A City Flooded. (By Cable). London
Owing to the bursting of canal banks in the city of Augusta, Georgia, United States, the city has been flooded from 7 to 12 feet, and the damage is estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in America
Disastrous floods have occurred in North Carolina and South Carolina, and whole districts in the two States are inundated. Operations at the cotton mills…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Georgia Floods
The flood waters in Augusta, Georgia (U.S.A.), are now subsiding. Fourteen persons are reported to have perished, and the value of property damaged is estimated at £500,000. Twenty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in America
As a result of the floods in Augusta, Georgia (U.S.A.). caused by the bursting of the canal banks, 20,000 people have been left homeless. Many of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm on the Riverina
Owing to a serious cyclonic storm, which broke over Riverina district last night, the telegraph wires, especially those working from Sydney through to Adelaide, have in many instances been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Gales. (By Cable). London
Great gales have ben raging in England, and much damage to shipping and telegraph lines is reported…
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