The Prime Minister. Audience Taken by Storm
LONDON, Thursday.—Mr. Hughes' speech was one of the most impressive he has delivered to a British audience, which was taken by storm by the crisp, staccato sentences. These…
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Floods & storms, 1916
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Isolated Thunderstorms
SYDNEY, Monday.—The forecast is: Further showers in the south-east, and isolated thunderstorms in the north-east. Fine elsewhere, with cool, squally southerly winds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Debar Big Advance. Successes Against the Turks
LONDON, Wednesday.—The "Daily Chronicle's" Petrograd correspondent states that a big Russian advance is impossible at present owing to floods, which will soon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blizzard in Britain. Worst Storm Singe 1881. Casualties and Damage
LONDON, Wednesday.—After redoubling its intensity during the night the blizzard exhausted itself this morning after severe damage to all parts of Great Britain. Nine men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late War News. Allies Blockade Suba Bay. Big Italian Victory. Russians Hindered by Floods. Latest Casualty List. International Parliamentary Conference
LONDON, Tuesday.—The International Parliamentary Conference meets at the French Senate House on the 27th April, and last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russian and German a Race to Re–occupy Flooded Areas. London
A message from Petrograd, via London, says that the Russians present purpose is not to drive the Germans from Courland. The reason is that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russian Successes. Enemy Detachment Annihilated. Floods Restricting Operations. London
A Petrograd communique says:âWe repulsed an enemy attack in the forest near Moeritza, and annihilated an enemy detachment west of Chartorysk…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russian Campaign. Germans Driven Into Flood Waters. They Abandon Their Trenches
PETROGRAD, Sunday.—The latest official communique says the floods in Ixkull region drove the enemy to the parapets, and our artillery drove him in again. The ice on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Weather. Isolated Thunderstorms
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The forecast is: Cool, squally north-west to south-west winds; isolated thunder storms in the north-east district; light showers south of the Lachlan;…
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PETROGRAD, Wednesday.—A communique says:—The floods are still rising. We enfiladed the Germans south of Dvinsk evacuating their flooded trendies. We repulsed an enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"A Storm in a Teacup."
These were the words applied by Ald. W. G. Simpson during a protracted discussion at the Council meeting on Tuesday evening over a…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The forecast is:— Clearing thunderstorms in the north-east, becoming fine and cool except for scattered coastal showers; squally south-westerly…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The forecast is:— Cloudy to raining along coast and tablelands; clearing thunderstorms in N.E.; cool S.W. winds, strong on the coast; cold nights and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods at Uki Sulky Washed Away
On Saturday afternoon, as Messrs L. J. Windsor and J. Giovanelli, both of the Waterworks, Grafton, driving from Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Weather Heavy and Continuous Rains. the River Rising. Creeks in Flood
Since Saturday morning steady rains have fallen continuously over the Tweed District. Every outlying creek is running a banker, "and yesterday there…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mesopotamia. on the Tigris. Floods Complicate Matters. British in Good Position. London
Through floods, the situation has become somewhat complicated on the Tigris. According to a communique, the enemy's Falahiyah position,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russian Campaign. Country Flooded. Doom of the Germans
PETROGRAD, Saturday.—The "Novoe Vremya" says that the thaw flooded a wide expanse occupied by the Germans on the Baltic front shores and drowned batches. Men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods and Water Hyacinth
For the first time for some years the Richmond River has assumed the dimensions of a flood, and the fresh water will beat the tides, even if no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Rains. a Saturated District
Since the beginning of the month the Casino district has had about 11 inches of rain. Of this the big falls were on Thursday, 217 points, Friday,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Waters at Coraki
The flood waters at Coraki (writes our correspondent) commenced to subside at 10 o'clock this (Tuesday) morning, but are falling very slowly. The South Arm is…
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