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LOUTH, Wednesday.--The river has fallen Ift. Gin. up to the present and the inhabitants are beginning to get back to their dwellings. The main street is one mass of slough and the town…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minister for Works has directed the Commissioner for Roads (Mr. Hickson) to proceed to Bourke for the purpose of reporting upon the best method and probable cost of permanently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A public meeting was held last evening—the Mayor (Mr. C. J. Ellis, J. P.) in the chair—to take steps to raise subscriptions in aid of the sufferers by the late floods. The Rev. J. O'Dowd moved, and Mr. J. R…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A concert will be given this evening, at the Protestant Hall, in aid of the Floods Relief Fund, under the patronage of his Excellency the Governor and Lady Carrington, and other influential persons. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--A public meeting, with the object of expressing sympathy for and extending aid to sufferers by the recent floods throughout the colony, was to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MR. W. M'ALPINE has forwarded as L5, an amount collected by him at Hartley Vale, for the relief of the distressed families at Bourke. The amount has been forwarded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GUNNEDAH, Thursday.--A public meeting will be held in the School of Arts on Monday next to express sympathy for the Bourke sufferers during the late disastrous…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BOURKE, Thursday.--The weather here is still fine and pleasant. The river is still falling, being now 3ft, din. lower than it was on April 22, the day on which the Hood reached…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A meeting convened by the Katoomba Council wns held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Katoomba, on Thursday night, to consider what stops should be taken to assist in affording relief to the sufferers by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE following correspondence between his Eminence the Cardinal-Archbishop and Mr. W. N. Willis, M.P., has been published:— "May 6, 1890.—His Eminence Cardinal Moran,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →MANY families are daily returning to Bourke and re-taking possession of their homes, which are damp and dirty. The streets are beginning to resume their wonted appearance, though the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A public meeting in aid of sufferers by recent floods throughout the colony, convened by the Mayor (Mr. C. E. Joanneret), was hold at the council-chambers, Hunter's Hill, on Thursday. The following…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A large and fashionable audience assembled at the Protestant Hall, last evening, for the concert announced to be given in aid of the Floods Relief Fund. The promoters of the concert had secured…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Many families are daily returning to Bourke and re-taking possession of their homes, which are damp and dirty. None are allowed to return by rail without a special permit. The streets are beginning to resume…
Continued on Trove, page 1115 →The idea of impounding the flood waters in the anabranches, back creeks, and depressions, is one that has often been brought to the front for discussion in times of drought, and has now been…
Continued on Trove, page 1072 →The river has fallen 1ft. 4in., and is now falling at the rate of 1¼in. every 24 hours. The streets are in a terrible state. The loose mud washed into the gutters makes regular bog-holes. The weather is now fine,…
Continued on Trove, page 1113 →Families are now daily returning to their homes in Bourke, which are wet and muddy. In some places the water is still lying 2ft. deep and gangs of men are being employed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BOURKE, Saturday.--A sharp shower fell yesterday afternoon and, from general appearances, more rain is about. It would be a most unwelcome visitor at the present…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some few years ago I contributed to The Daily Telegraph a series of articles entitled "Through Drought Land," describing a considerable portion of the great plains of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In spite of the change of date from Tuesday, to avoid clashing with the University Musical Society's evening, the concert in aid of the Floods Relief Fund at the Protestant-hall last…
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