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The Minister for Mines has received from Mr. H. G. M'Kinney, chief engineer for water conservation, the following report dated April 17 with regard to the levelling on the Darling and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BOURKE, Monday, noon.-Messrs. Dibbs, Torpy, Dowel, and Willis paid a visit to the refugees at the railway station on Saturday evening, and remained all night. During…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-day the people seem to have made up their mindel to enter upon the new existence before them an resignedly as possible. The question heard on every side is,—"How long will it last" At…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Willis is just in receipt of the following wire from Mr. G. R. Dibbs, M.L.A.:-- Arrived at breakdown with mails at 9.30 yesterday, no train arriving to take us on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE dam around the Post-office at Bourke was safe up to 9 o'clock. The business at the office is still very heavy, and the only means of distributing letters and telegrams…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MR. G. R. DIBBS, M.L.A., wired last evening from the mail train at Girilambone to the Mayor of Sydney (Mr. Burdekin) suggesting that he should convene a meeting at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LOUTH, Monday, 7 p.m.--The river here is 44ft. 6in. above summer level, and is still rising at the rate of 4in. in 24 hours. The town is surrounded by an embankment and relays of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BOURKE, Monday Noon.--The water has risen live-eights of an Inch since yesterday and is still rising slowly. It requires the most strenuous efforts to keep intact the few private…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The survivors of the committee appointed at a public meeting in 1867 to distribute the relief fund among the sufferers by the disastrous floods of that year met in Mr. Rolin's office yesterday. There were present: Hon. S. A. Joseph (in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BOURNE, Tuesday.-The water still continues to rise, although very slowly in comparison with recent experiences; lin a day is about the height generally recorded, but even this will make the time…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A meeting of the survivors of the committee appointed at a public meeting in 1867 was held yesterday in Mr. Rolin's office. Present—Hon. S. A. Joseph (in the chair), Sir Alfred Stephen, Sir William Manning,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The flood waters continue to subside. The recent rise in the Namoi is now passing, but not flooding the level. The rise is coming from Loondiwindi. It is not expected to cause any damage. All the people with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Nothing has occurred to-day of a startling character. There is, however, some consternation at the fact that the river, which was stationary yesterday, is now rising a little. A number of men have been got away, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BRISBANE, Tuesday.--At a meeting of the flood relief committee to-day, some discussion was created by the announcement that L1000 was still to the credit of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AT the conclusion of my article in the AUSTRALIAN STAR of Tuesday week is the following:--"My own idea is that unless tho railway embankment gives way some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Acting-Judge Bennett has arrived from Walgett, and reports that he held the Walgett Court, having to he rowed to the courthouse and carried from the door…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →I have to record another death--that of a man who, like the other poor unfortunate, is unknown. From all appearances the direct cause of death was cold and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE following telegram has been received by Sir Henry Parkes from the Police Magistrate at Bourke. The telegram reads as follows:--…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →I have just returned from a visit to the refugees' camp at North Bourke, and will now give my impressions of that place, and how the inhabitants conduct themselves in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A meeting of the survivors of the committee appointed at a public meeting in 1867 was held yesterday in Mr. Rolin's office. Present: Mr. S. A. Joseph (in the chair). Sir Alfred Stephen…
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