Flood Fears in Queensland Mary River May Break Banks Rising Four Feet an Hour BRISBANE
Flood continued to threaten a fairly wide area of coastal Queensland last night. The Mary River at Tiaro was ris…
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Warnings of Floods in North
SYDNEY, Thursday.--As the cyclone now 60 miles north of Brisbane continues to press southward, local floodings in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plains a Quagmire Heavy Rain Continues SYDNEY
Heavy rain continues to fall on the north-west plains, which have been converted into a quagmire. Many towhships in the far…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dispersal of Experiment Plots Sought by Agricultural Bureau to Eliminate Storm Damage
A meeting of the Armidale Agricultural Bureau yesterday decided to recommend to the manager of the Glen Innes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Postpone Poll In N.S.W. Country Towns Residents Unable to Vote Sydney
The liquor referendum has been postponed in three country towns because of floods. This was announced…
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Unsettled weather with further variable, generally heavier falls over the north-east districts. Further rises in coastal rivers are expected to lead…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.— Flood danger is steadily increasing 'n north-eastern N.S.W. Heavy falls were received during the…
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Storms had done minor damage to read in the Shire, said the Engineer, Mr. B. S. Marsh, in his report to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drought Broken. Heavy Rain Over Large Area of the State
The Northern half of New South Wales, which had experienced one of the worst periods of drought of record, was given relief by bountiful…
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Four hundred Glen Innes cattle being driven to Grafton sales have been held up by the flooded Buccarumbi…
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A heavy storm broke over the town before midday on Sunday and light rain continued intermittently for the remainder of the day. At Inverell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Over Three Inches of Rain at Armidale Gasworks Area Flooded When Creek Breaks Banks Heavy Storm Delays Traffic on New England Highway
Over three and a half inches of rain have fallen in Armidale since midday yesterday. Of this, 244 points were recorded during a heavy storm between 1 o'clock and 3 o'clock yesterday…
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The storm that passed over Guyra on Wednesday night week was exceptionally severe at Ben Lomond. The shed on the recreation ground…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rain Floods Uralla Streets Two inches in 90 Minutes
Two inches of rain fell in 90 minutes, in Uralla, on Monday morning. Gutters in Hill-Street and Bridge-street were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trees Worst Shelter In Thunderstorm
A living tree offers the worst Shelter in a thunderstorm, according to the National Safety Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain Mars First Day of Uralla Show Early Morning Promise of Fine Weather Ends by Midday
The Southern New England Pastoral and Agricultural Association, which has been staging shows for the past 74 years, opened its annual two-day exhibition to-day in fine weather, but heavy rain was falling by midday…
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NEW YORK, Saturday--The U.S. Army has sent five flying boats from Florida to Trinidad to help in toe evacuation of 1200…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dumaresq Creek Breaks Banks Low-Lying Areas of Armidale Flooded Water Reaches Highest Level Since 1931
The flood in Dumaresq Creek on Saturday afternoon was the highest since 1931. It resulted from 204 points of rain recorded during the 36 hours ended 3 p.m. on Saturday. At Armidale Post Office 54 points had been recorded…
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Two inches of rain fell in 90 minutes, in Uralla last week. Gutters in Hill Street and Bridge Street were impassable at some points…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Quit India" Storm in Britain
Britain's decision to just under not later than June, 1948, has produced a storm which already exceeds any in the long series associated with India. Since [?] bombshell in the Commons recently, there has [?] tide of indignation at the method…
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