Queensland Floods Severe Damage in Many Districts Three Members of One Family Drowned Brisbane
Communication was resumed today with Home Hill, which was terribly battered by cyclone and flood during the week-end. The…
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Culcairn Shire Council Business At Ordinary Monthly Meeting Grant of £350 to Repair Flood Damage
The monthly meeting of the Culcairn Shire Council, was held on Monday. There were present: Crs. J. H. Balfour (president), L. S…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queensland Floods Three-quarters of a Million Damage TOWNSVILLE
A police, report states that a man and his two children were drowned when the flood submerged their home at Pelican Creek. They were : John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Culcairn Shire Council Contract Tenders Received Flood Damage Grant Inadequate
At the monthly meeting of the Culcairn Shire Council held on Tuesday, notification was received that the sum of £350 had been granted by the Department for flood damage relief. The Council is now taxed with the job of carrying out a thousand pounds of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods in Queensland Three Persons Drowned Farms Destroyed: £1,000,000 to Sugar Crop
A message brom Brisbane States that John Allea, his sen aged and years and his daughter aged 8 years, were drowned on Wednesday in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£200,000 Flood Damage In Lower Burdekin BRISBANE
The damage caused by flood in the Lower Burdekin may reach £2,00,000 according to the latest reports and Government officials have been asked…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Drastic Queensland Floods £1,500,000 Damage in One District Crops Feet Deep in Silt Brisbane
The acting Premier, Mr. Cooper, has called for a report of the Burdekin flood damage in the Ayr district. One authoritative report estimates…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Chinaman’s Hoard Lost in Flood Brisbane
Peter Sue. a Chinese market gardener, was a heavy loser In the recent floods at Ayr. Sue lost his plantation and £900 in notes. For…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murray Shire Council Meeting . No Reply To Flood Relief Grant Application
No response has yet been received by Murray Shire Council to representations to the Government for a grant to repair extensive damage to roads…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rudyard Kipling Storm at the Regent
“He gives her soul on canvas” . . . this is the dramatic moment of Paramount’s version of Rudyard Kipling’s “The Light That Failed”, starring Ronald Colman, with Walter Huston and Ida Lupino. In the above picture is Ronald…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Procession in Heavy Rain Wodonga Ceremony Two Honrs late
The bravest [?] Day display was at Wodonga in the afternoon, The function was timed to start at 3 o’clock, bat It was not until about…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Storm Causes £50,000 Damage in South Australia ADELAIDE
Devastating the richest apple district and pulping acres of vegetables, the State’s most disastrous hail storm, which passed over Adelaide on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrific Storm Hits Sydney Sydney
A terrific thunderstorm broke over Sydney early this morning and, accompanied by heavy rain, lasted more than an hour. A squ[?]lly south-west wind…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dutch Nazi Leader Causes Storm Amsterdam, April 30
M. Anton Mussert, a Dutch Nazi leader, has crested a storm by an Interview with an American radio representative, In which lie is stated to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Culcairn Shire Council Grant for Flood Damage
In connection with the grant of £350 made by the Department of Works and Local Government to the Culcaira Shire Council to repair flood…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“Will Hold Biggest Flood” Repaired Burrinjuck Dam Minister Definite Sydney
Amplifying his statement of yesterday, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Reid) in the Legislative Assembly today stated that when remedial work…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Culcairn Shire Council Money Available for Flood Damage Repairs Alteration of Shire Boundary
Advice was received at the monthly meeting of the Culcairn Shire Council on Monday that money was being made available by the Department for flood damage repairs. A conference is to be held between representatives of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods in New Zealand Worst for Over 40 Years Several Townships Isolated SYDNEY--Thursday
Further details of the disastrous floods in the south island of New Zealand show that many farmers have been compelled to abandon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£100,000 DAMAGE New Zealand Floods Thousands of Stock Dead Wellington (N.z.)
Thousands of dead stock, broken bridges, and dislodged railway waters are being revealed as flood waters on the [?] plain, south of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Chamberlain Goes Bows to Storm Mr. Churchill His Successor That Famous Umbrella London, May 11
Bowing to the storm of protest over the general handling of the war, with particular reference to the Norwegian setback, Mr. Chamberlain…
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