Mr. Barton on Flood Prevention
IN the Legislative Assembly on July 25th, a question having been asked by Mr. Gillies in reference to Mr. Napier Bell's report on prevention of floods on the Hunter, during…
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Floods & storms, 1899
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A Remarkable Coach Trip. Flooded Roads at Moorland. Kew, Aug. 5
I CAME here on the coach on Tuesday night. We had a terrible trip. It rained from the time we left Candle until we arrived at Camden Haven. When we got to Moorland, between Crossingham's and the…
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MR. EDMUND BARTON, M.L.A., has received the following letter, dated July 31, from the Public Works Department:—SIR,—With reference to your letter of…
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A swan, belonging to a gentleman, was sitting on her eggs on an island in a river. One morning her owner found bar very busy collecting sticks and other rubbish, and…
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MR. E. BARTON, M.L.A., has received the following letter, dated July 31, from the Public Works Department:--SIR,--With reference to your letter of…
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MR. C. Doyle, of Taree, had a very narrow escape from being drowned on Friday last. He was returning to Taree, and coming to the Killabakh Creek found the water about 4ft. over…
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THE steamer Maroc, with a cargo of coal, arrived at Lyttelton from Newcastle on Saturday last in a very battered condition. When near Cook Strait she met a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter River. Aug. 26. Rains and Floods
So far in August there have been two fine days out, of 26, as on every other day during the month it was either showery or raining heavily, the inevitable result being that the valley of the Hunter has again…
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Continued on Trove, page 2 →Earthquake and Floods in India, Loss of 400 LIVES London September 29
THE earthquake which occurred in and around Darjeeling, India, followed by heavy raine (Win. in 24 hours, resulted in great lose of life. Four handled persons perished, chiefly through landslips, and many others were drowned by the…
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November has for ages been popularly credited with being the most stormy mouth of the year on the coasts of North-Western Europe. To our Saxon forefathers it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Doctor's Breve Act. Rescue of a Child Froma Flooded Shaft
A DOCTOR'S heroism at Jumbunna, Victoria, saved Frederick Scanlon, aged five, from drowning on the 19th instant. The little chap, who was playing about,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The N.S. W. Contingent. Crowds in Heavy Rain to See Them Off. Sydney, Sunday, 4 p.m
THE New South Wales contingent of troops for the Transvaal embarked yesterday on board the steamer Kent. Torrents of rain fell during the embarkation; but…
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A Cyclone more disastrous in results than any storm ever experienced here passed over Newcastle at l.30 on Tuesday, and within a space, of about…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Bloody Battle, Near Colenso. a Thousand Boers Killed. Two Thousand Taken Prisoner. "White Flag" Treachery. Cavalry Ride Through a Boer Column, Almost Annihilating It. the Boers Storm Mafeking, Repulsed with Great Slaughter. Sydney
The British shelled a Boer column near Colenso, killing a thousand and capturing two thousand prisoners. Ladysmith is believed to be still safe…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Severe Thunderstorm. House Struck at Dumaresque Island
THE thunderstorm that passed over this district on Wednesday evening last was a heavy one, with very vivid lightning, and in places was accompanied by a copious fall of rain. At Taree, however, very little…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. No. 110. The Pine Tree (continued)--Filling the Boxes--Duration of Yield--American Tar--The Pitch Pine--Description--Bark--Wood--Soil--The White Pine--Qualities --Leaves--Cones--Soil--Trunk--Resisting Gales--Young Stocks--Wood--Usefulness--The Cypress--The Evergreen Cypress--Varieties--Timber--Instances of Durability--For musical instruments furniture, and general building--Life of Cypress--The White Cedar--As a Timber Tree--Arbor Vit[?]--Description and Uses--Soil--Propagation
During a fortnight, which is employed in this first operation, the boxes become filled, when the contents are taken out and conveyed into casks by wooden ladies. To…
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It is a curious fact that Spanish guns, once turned against American soldiers at Santiago are now protecting American territory from death and destruction by…
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It is a curious fact that Spanish guns, once turned against American soldiers at Santiago, are now protecting American territory from death and destruction by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest War. The Transvaal. British Defeat at Storm Berg More Serious Than at First Report. the British Retreat From Hill to Hill, and the Retiring Troops Are Fired Upon by Their Own Artillery. the Reverse Caused Intense Excitement Roth. at Home and in This Country. London Times Demands 30,000 More Troops for the Transvaal. Mr. Lyne Wants to Send Another Contingent, Latest Accounts State 833 Killed and Wounded, of Which the Highland Brigade Number 703, WITH 69 OFFICERS. 200 British Mown Down First Attack. Private Cable Says Ladysmith Is Relieved and 6000 Boers Taken Prisoners. the News Lacks Confirmation. the British Reverse at Stormberg; 672 Men Captured. Coolness of the Infantry. They Carry a Difficult Position. Find It Untenable. the Artillery Averts a Disaster. Fighting in Cape Colony. Arundel Occupied by British. the New South Wales Lancers in Action. New Zealand Troops Doing Good Work
Further details have been received of the reverse suffered by Lieutenant-General Sir William Gatacre's forcenear Stormberg, to the North of Molteno,…
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