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WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday.—The floods are receding very slowly in the town, and there appears to ba little difference in the height of the waters this morning. The people are still busily…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Minister for Works has instructed the officers of his department to carefully prepare reports of the damage done in the various districts of the colony by the recent heavy rainfall…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Minister for Works la[?]d upon the table of the Legislative Assembly last night a report by Mr. D. M'Mordie, dealing with the proposed flood relief channel from Tucombil Creek to Evans River, on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The proprietors of the Register to-day handed £495 to the local committee of the Queensland Relief Fund, making a total of £1600 forwarded through the Register Office…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The work of cleaning up and getting things once more in order is going on as rapidly as circumstances will permit. The flood has been the most disastrous ever known in this district,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The railway authorities report that good progress is being made between East and West Maitland. At 11 o'clock this morning there was less than [?]t. of water over the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Department has received a report to the effect that between East Maitland and a mile outside West Maitland the water is still two and three feet deep on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The heavy portion of the mail for Singleton and beyond, despatched from Sydney last night, was forwarded on from Newcastle this morning, and will probably be at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--The latest reports show that the water in the Hunter River is almost to its normal level. The steamer Berlinda, which had been detained…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WEST MAITLAND, Friday.—Although the water is receding gradually, there is still a few feet in some of the back streets in low-lying parts of the town. A passenger train…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Commissioners are glad to be able to announce that through communication has been restored on the northern line damaged by floods, and that the mail to Brisbane last night ran…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The committee formed in London to collect subscriptions in aid of the sufferers by the floods in Queensland has been dissolved. A total of £8400 has been raised,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There is little of importance to add to the news about the floods beyond that already sent. The water continues to recede slowly, and in many back streets some feet of water yet remains. A passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An entertainment was given last night in aid of the Floods Relief Funds, in the Paddington Town Hall, the Mayor (Alderman James Dillon) and the aldermen, the members of the Paddington School…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The London committee formed in connection with the Queensland flood relief fund has received subscriptions amounting to about £8000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Commissioners, at the solicitation of Mr. Gillies, M.L.A. for West Maitland, have very generously consented to allow all parcels of clothing and other things…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Commissioners announce that through communication has been restored on the northern line damaged by the recent floods, and that the through mail…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Subscriptions to the Hunter River district flood relief fund are coining in freely. Up to to-day, nearly £800 has been subscribed in the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minister for Public Works has tabled a report in the Assembly respecting the proposed flood relief channel from Tuekombil Creek to Evans…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Thursday.--The London committee have collected a total of £8000 towards the relief of the sufferers by the recent disastrous floods in Queensland…
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