Heavy Losses in Tasmanian Floods
HOBART, Monday: Heavy losses of cattle, sheep and poultry have been caused by big floods in the low-lying Huon district…
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The Jones Creek Floods Shire Adheres to Original Decision
Following on a suggestion of Mr E. Hargreaves the Gundagai Shire Councillors made an inspection of Jones Creek during the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Suggestions for Prevention of Floods in Wagga
Before proceeding with a proposed conference on flood prevention, the Wagga City Council will submit a report of the city engineer (Mr. T. B. Sheppard) to the divisional engineer of the Department of Main Roads for perusal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Seamen Killed. In Great Australian Bight Storm
PERTH, Wednesday: Two seamon were killed and a third seriously injured when the tanker British Confidence proceeding in ballast to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →80 M.p.h. Gales Lash Liner
Thursday: Gales up to 80 m.p.h. and waves 30ft high were encountered by the Union Steamship Company liner Waipori, which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Record Number of Homeless in U.S. Floods
DES MOINES (Mew Mexico), Friday: Floods continue in towns in Nebraska, Missouri and Illinois, with the homeless aggregating…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous N.z.flood Worst Since 1897
AUCKLAND Monday: Tragedy wid spread damage, and a mass evacuation of homes have followed disastrous floods, the worst since 1897,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Losses From Floods in New Zealand
WELLINGTON (N.Z), Monday: Disastrous floods, the worst since [?]97, followed 10 inches of rain in 24 hours in the Wairarapa district…
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ST. LOUIS (Missouri). Monday: Debris-strewn waters of the Mississippi rushes over sections of St. Louis and other river towns today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Mitigation and Soil Erosion Control First Real Attempt at Development
My colleague the Minister tor Conservation, Mr. Weir, informs me that the report received by him from the Hunter Flood Mitigation Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SHIRE'S ACTlON Strange to Understand The Jones Creek Floodings (To the Editor)
Dear Sir.-Once again the Shire Council has turned down the request (from eleven residents in lower Punch Street) to clean the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →International Sport Storms
Since the end of the war, international sport has been a storm centre second only to the wranglings of the U.N.O. conference table. Whenever topline athletes gather to defend their countries' sporting prestige it now seems to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floodlights Suggested for Lagoon Bridge
The Wagga Chamber of Commerce has written to the Wagga Town Clerk (Mr. F. H. Burns) requesting that floodlights be installed near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suggestion to Floodlight Wagga Lagoon
The Wagga City Council is to consider the floodlighting of areas on both sides of the Wollundry lagoon bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victorian Floods Glenelg River Breaks Its Banks
MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Thousands of acres of land between the flooded western district town of Harrow and Casterton were still under…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Snow on Alps Gale Damage
SYDNEY, Thursday: Kiandra and surrounding districts are almost isolated following heavy snowfalls accompanied by a 60 m.p.h blizzard…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Snow on Alps; Gale Damage
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Kiandra and surrounding districts are almost isolated, following heavy snowfalls accompanied by a 60 m.p.h. blizzard throughout today and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Heavy Snow on Alps; Gale Hits Sydney
SYDNEY, Thursday: Gripped in a bitter freeze, the Southern Alps today were swept by heavy snowfalls driven by severe blizzards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Parking Storm Has Abated
Apart from a few isolated complaints, the public of Wagga and district has apparently accepted parallel parking. Few changes in the history of Wagga have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.z. Racehorses Die in Tasman Storm
MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Three New Zealand racehorses were battered to death in one of the wildest storms in the Tasman Sea. The horses…
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