These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.
1,595 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 80
WEST MAITLAND, Monday.—The Hunter River is now at its normal level, but there is still some backwater in the low-lying portions of the district. At this point, where the water…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fair amount was received by the central committee for the New South Wales Floods Relief Fund, on Friday. The bon. secretaries and their assistants have been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Hunter district has been visited by one of the highest floods ever recorded. West Maitland, Singleton, Branxton, and other townships were on Friday, the 10th, almost completely under water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A number of additional subscriptions to the N.S.W. floods fund were received on Saturday by the hon. treasurers at the Town Hall. Amongst these were 100 guineas from the Bank of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Sydney central committee in Bridge-street received a number of subscription lists on Saturday, accompanied by remittances for the amounts subscribed, and over £100 was consequently added to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Subscriptions in aid of the Flood Relief Fund are coming in satisfactorily, but there is such a heavy and constant drain upon the resources of the committee that the money and goods go as fast as they…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The report of the Department of Agriculture on the condition of growing crops for February states : -- The departmental reports for the month…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WEST MAITLAND, Sunday.--The Hunter River has now nearly assumed its usual level. The backwater, however, will be about the district for some weeks yet. Now that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →December, January, February, and March are looked upon as the hurricane months in the South Seas. So far four huaricanes have occurred this season. The first was in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Writing from Port Vila a correspondent says, under date of March 7:-- "The settlers in this part of the colonies are three-fourths ruined by the effects of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →March has a bad name in the hurricane region of the Western Pacific. It seems always with a March cyclone that the energies of the elements are let loose among the islands with greater viciousness than at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, March 20.—Small sums continue to come in for the Queensland Floods Relief Fund, which now amounts to nearly £9000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—The steamer Centennial and the harbormaster's launch Barossa, which have been actively employed in conveying provisions, clothing, and bedding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Sunday the 4th Regiment Band, under Band-master Barkel, by permission of Lieut.-Colonel Stokes, performed sacred selections, including the Hallelujah Chorus, in the large reserve at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A public meeting of citizens, convened by the Mayor, was held in the Town Hall at noon to-day, to take into consideration the best means of rendering assistance to the flooded districts of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the meeting of Grafton Borough Council on Wednesday, March 8, Alderman See moved the motion notice of which he had given on February 20 as follows:--"That…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A public meeting was held at the Town Hall to-day, the Mayor presiding. It was resolved to open a fund in Brisbane in aid of the sufferers by the floods in New South…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →His Worship the Mayor of Sydney this morning received from the Mayor of Brisbane the following telegram:-- "The central flood committee expresses its thanks for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WEST MAITLAND, Monday.--To-day the town has been crowded with sightseers from all parts of the district and from Sydney, who came to see the damage caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Monday.--Great distress has been caused in Nebraska, U.S.A., by Hoods. The River Platte has overflowed, and hundreds of farms have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →