The Floods
The weather which had set in fine before the departure of the last mail, changed the day after its departure, and beary floods were again experienced throughout the colony. We have been some weeks…
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Hunter River Flood Prevention League
ON Monday last the good resolutions of the West Maitland people came to a definite result, in the formation of "the Hunter River District Flood Prevention League." As from…
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We abridge from the Maitland papers the report of a meeting of the newly formed league:— A meeting of the General Council of the Hunter River…
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THERE are few things pleasanter than the trip to Newcastle and back in fine weather, or more exeorable than it is in rough. I've generally had the former for my trips, and my usual luck followed me last week…
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There are few things pleasanter than the trip to Newcastle and back in fine weather, or more execrable that it is in rough. I've generally had the former for my trips, and my usual luck followed me last week…
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LAST Friday night the townspeople were in great alarm owing to the rapid rise of the creek. One or two families had to leave their homes and take shelter elsewhere. Towards morning large logs of timber came rushing down…
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MR. PUNCH observes the report that Wagga Wagga is again under water. He thinks the name of that township should in consequence be altered to that of Bog-a Bog-eh!…
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SIR,—People residing in localities where floods never come cannot help feeling for their fellow-colonists on the Hunter and Hawkesbury who have lately lost homes, crops, &c., but at the same time it is strongly felt that it would now…
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ON Thursay evening a meeting of the inhabitants of the electorate of East Maitland, convened by the Mayor, at the request of the Floods Prevention League, was held at the Mechanics' Institute, East Maitland, for the purpose of…
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On Thursday evening a meeting of the inhabitants of the electorate of East Maitland, convened by the Mayor, at the request of the Floods Prevention League, was held at the Mechanics…
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THE organisation of the Floods Prevention League for the Hunter River district is being actively proceeded with, and an amount of local co-operation has already been secured which augurs favourably for the…
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THE organisation of the Floods Prevention League for the Hunter River district is being actively proceeded with, and an amount of local co-operation has already been secured which augurs favourably for the…
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THE question as to the propriety of re-erecting; the Wallis Creek flood-gates is one which, naturally, enough, has excited much concern amonght the ratepayers in the Agricultural Areas annexed to the boroughs of East and West…
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This drawing-room had three windows; a larger and drearier room beyond it was disused. The window blind did not quite cover the lower end of the glass, and Mark stood and peeped in. His mood was…
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TEE question as to the propriety of re-crecting the Wallis Creek flood-gates is one which, naturally enough, has excited much concern amongst the ratepayers in the Agricultural Areas annexed to too boroughs of East and West…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →FLOODED! Or, the Experiences of a miserable Bandicoot during the prevailing wet weather. Related by Himself
WE took this house in January last (it has since taken us--in!) and paid, as I before observed, a year's rent in advance. I immediately set to work and furnished the domicile sumptuously, not even omitting a toasting fork and a spittoon, or overlooking the fact that spoons are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FLOODED! Or tho Experiences of a miserable Bandicoot during the prevailing wet weather. Related by Himself
ON the Monday the galvanized iron tank over-flowed, a raging torrent rushed down the yard, and two clothes-props were carried away. Next day a speckled dorking was driven from her nest by the force of the turbid stream, and eleven eggs on which she…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Telegraphic Messages. Alarming Floods at Went worth WENTWORTH. Friday, 12th August. 4.28 p.m
The waters of the Hurray and Darling Riven are higher than in the flood of 1867, and nearly the height attained at the great flood at Gundagai. About twenty houses are now submerged, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegraphic Intelligence. (From Our Correspondents.) Alarming Floods at Wentworth WENTWORTH. Friday, 12th August, 4.28 p.m
The waters of the Murray and Darling Rivers are higher than in the flood of 1867, and nearly the height attained at the great flood at Gundagai. About twenty houses are now submerged, but…
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