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A special meeting of the council was held this morning to consider certain propositions submitted by the Government in reference to embanking the town. One proposal is to build a railway round the eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The floods in Gippsland have caused considerable loss in the Bruthen district, and loss of life is repotted from Oarbost. Yesterday morning Mr. Taylor, with his wife and child, were crossing a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No further rain is reported in the district, consequently but slight apprehensions are now entertained of any further serious overflow of the river. The main rise…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The River Murray has risen very rapidly during the last few days, and is now over 12ft. above summmer level. All the low- lying land around, its banks is submerged,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TO-DAY, just before going to press, we received the following telegram from Mr. D. A. W. Robertson, the manager of the Metropolitan Colliery at Helensburgh:--…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WINDSOR, Monday.--The river continued to rise yesterday. News from up country was disquieting, and fears of a big flood were entertained. The river rose about 20ft.,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The heavy rain which marked Saturday and Sunday ceased early on Sunday evening, aud since then the weather has been fine, with but a few scattered clouds hanging around. This latter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ALBURY, Monday.--The river to-day is falling slightly, being 12ft. 1in. over summer level. The water has submerged a large area of low-lying ground in the neighborhood of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Captain J. Thomas, of the schooner Victory, describes being in the tate gales. He was off Gabe Island on the 21st ultimo, and passed Cape Everard the same afternoon, with a light N.E. wind and a falling glass. About 10 miles further west…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →ALBANY, Tuesday. -- Yesterday morning, shortly before noon, the Storm King lifeboat was sighted from Breaksea Island, Albany, but owing to the light wind prevailing did not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Following closely on the loss of Captain Affleck, of the steamer Australian, we have to report, under equally painful circumstances, the drowning of the chief officer of the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MR. O’CONNOR and Mr. Delohery (instructed by Mr. W. H. Pigott) appeared for the applicant ; and Mr. Salomons, Q.C., and Mr. Langer Owen (instructed by Messrs. Slattery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BOURKE, Tuesday. -- The river at Bourke is still fulling slowly, the record now being 35ft. 8in. Reports from np the river show that the waters are again rising rapidly. It is not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WALGETT, Tuesday. -- The Barwon is up 36ft. 9[?]n. and rising; the Namoi, 20ft, 8in. and also rising, with a large fresh coming down. The weather seems to be clearing up. The steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Captain Jorgensen, with his companion, Neilson, arrived at Albany on Tuesday at 8 p.m. after a marvellous voyage in the lifeboat Storm King. They left London on September 12. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BOURKE, Thursday.—The weather here, and throughout the district is cloudy and threatening rain. A report, causing some little anxiety, was freely circulated in town this morning, to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WILCANNIA, Thursday.—The river here is still failing very slowly, but at all stations above Bourke it is rising. To-day's levels are:— Mungundi, 18ft. 9in.; Mogil, I7ft. 4in.;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Monday last the Storm King lifeboat reached Albany. The little craft was given a warm reception. The boat was in command of Captain Jorgensen, and his crew consisted of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Since last writing we have been visited by another heavy down pour of rain, and as it came up from the southern direction crossing the Camden district on its way over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of ratepayers was held last night, convened by the Mayor, to consider the telegrams received from the members of the district in reference to embanking the town. The attendance was good, and, great…
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