Delayed Offensive. Lull Becomes Suspicious. Storm Portents. LONDON
Daily Observer · Tuesday 16 July 1918 · page 2
Reuter's correspondent at British Headquarters wired on July 14: The peacefulness of the front has now reached a pitch which may be labelled suspicious. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Telegrams. All Night on the Rocks. Cut Off by Gale. Sydney Residents' Narrow Escape. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Wednesday 17 July 1918 · page 2
Yesterday morning four Sydney residents, George Dove, Henry Bearpark, Wm. Pearce, and Geo. Gillespie, left Sydney, bent on a day's rock fishing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drought Broken. Likelihood of Floods on Coast. More Rain Predicted. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Wednesday 24 July 1918 · page 2
Mr. J. D. Mares (Stale Meteorologist) stated this morning' that owing to the persistent and heavy nature or the rains since the break of the dry spell, he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Rain. Further Useful Falls. Country Greatly Benefits. Wollongong Flooded
Daily Observer · Thursday 25 July 1918 · page 2
The welcome break in the dry spell en Sunday evening was soon followed by further falls, and the change looks like a return to normal conditions. Up to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Rain at Maitland. Maitland
Daily Observer · Monday 29 July 1918 · page 2
Heavy rain commenced to fall on Friday night, continuing throughout the night. The morning broke fine, but showers fell frequently throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Prevents Councillor's Attendance
Daily Observer · Saturday 10 August 1918 · page 6
Cr. Scholes sent a message apologising for his non-attendance at yesterday's meeting or the Cockburn Shire Council, stating that as the Dungowan Creek was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commonwealth Meteorology. Further Rain With Thunderstorms. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Thursday 22 August 1918 · page 2
The unsettled conditions advised on Tuesday have extended practically throughout New South Wales, with general beneficial rains westward from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Caught by Flood. Man Drowned in Bell River. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Monday 26 August 1918 · page 2
While two men were crossing the Bell River, Orange district, which is in high flood, after the heavy rainfall, a sudden rush' of flood water carried them away…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman on the Warpath. Queensland Liquor Reformers Storm the Assembly
Manilla Express · Thursday 29 August 1918 · page 5
HARD words break no bones—and there are men and women for the matter of that, who have been known to thrive under abuse. But who can flourish upon the poisonous diet of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commonwealth Meteorology. More Rain and Thunderstorms. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Saturday 31 August 1918 · page 2
A continuation of unsettled conditions is indicated. More rain and thunderstorms should be experienced, chiefly over the eastern half of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Rains. Hail and Thunderstorms. Good Season Assured. Wee Waa
Daily Observer · Saturday 31 August 1918 · page 2
A heavy thunderstorm broke over the town at midnight, and lasted at intervals till morning, 69 points railing. The day is now fine, but further storms are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm at Maitland. Maitland
Daily Observer · Saturday 7 September 1918 · page 2
A heavy rainstorm, accompanied by thunder and lightning, occurred last evening, and for some considerable time the rain came down very smartly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Laon Under Fire. Machine-gun Nests in Lens. Floods Hamper Tanks. LONDON
Daily Observer · Wednesday 11 September 1918 · page 2
Reuter's Paris correspondent states: There are still 300 nests of machineguns hidden in Lens. The floods west of Cambrai are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Boats for the Namoi Shire
The North Western Courier · Thursday 12 September 1918 · page 4
During the past six months the Matter of the condition of the flood boats belonging to the Namoi Shire Council has been discussed at the meetings…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fat Stock Markets. Brisbane Fat Stock Gales. Buisuane. Wednesday. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Brisbane, report zs under:—
Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 20 September 1918 · page 2
At Eneggera sales to-day 3200 sheep were penned. The market was easier as compared with last week. Best mutton was worth 5½ per lb…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Struggle for Laffaux. French Near Highest Point. Enemy Floods Valleys. LONDON
Daily Observer · Friday 20 September 1918 · page 2
The French headquarters correspondent states: The French are now barely a mile from the highest point of the Laffaux plateau. The quarry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Serial. "The House of Storm." Powerful Work by Brilliant Novelist
Daily Observer · Tuesday 8 October 1918 · page 6
The new serial published in this issue of "The Daily Observer" is entitled "The House of "Storm," by Louis Tracy, author of "The Pillar of Light," "The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The House of Storm. Published by Special Arrangement. Chapter I.—the Man on the Scar
Daily Observer · Tuesday 8 October 1918 · page 1
William Hewins, coastguard, once chief boatman and gunlayer of the "Arrogant," stood looking seaward with a fixed gaze. From that height, on a fine day, he could…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The House of Storm. Published by Special Arrangement. Chapter I.—the Man on the Scar
Daily Observer · Wednesday 9 October 1918 · page 1
He was an old man, white haired, and worn, with a total absence of expression, save in the eyes, which alone of him seemed alive. Eunice was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The House of Storm. Published by Special Arrangement. Chapter I.—the Man on the Scar
Daily Observer · Thursday 10 October 1918 · page 1
The words fell away on her lips, since the yatchman, daunted perhaps by the broken water of the beck's estuary, was now running before the wind back to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →