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KEMPSEY, Saturday.--The river is in such a bad state that the small steamer Pelican had to tranship her passengers from the steamer Burrawong, and it took the Pelican…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The subject of the low-lying lands of Marrickville has for years past been a sore point in the minds of the ratepayers of that borough. From time to time complaints…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEVERTIRE, Tuesday.—All the Lower Macquarie country is now more or less inundated, and travelling is extremely difficult. In consequence of the floods the work of repairing the river banks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Complaints are being made that the expenditure of the £100 voted by the Government to improve the main street is not being expedited. At the time the grant was made the council was informed that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CAPTAIN STONE, an old and experienced officer, had change of the Medlow. He was a man to be trusted. firm and reliable, and courageons in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Misfortunes are multiplying for the Macleay farmers. After the flood had abated those horses and cattle which were not drowned were turned into the paddocks to pick up what they could. A number of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A glove contest has taken place between Peter Maher and Val Flood, the Australian. The battle lasted only four rounds, when Flood was knocked out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--In your issue of to-day, under the heading of "Correspondence," there appears an extract of a letter headed "Banks and Flood Relief Money," signed by "Justice,"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the meeting of the Marrickville Council on Monday night Alderman Gross moved the following motion:-- This municipality having been commented upon…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →KEMPSEY, Tuesday.--very large number of applications are being made for flood relief. It is very unfortunate for working men that the council have had to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WALGETT, Wednesday.—The river here is now 42 feet and rising, being 3 feet 5 inches lower than the big flood of 1890. The town is now almost completely surrounded by water…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Hunter River district flood relief committee met yesterday to consider the list of applications for money, for [?] purposes. The committee had [?] 12s 5d to distribute, with a balance still in hand of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A meeting of the Hunter District Flood Relief Fund committee took place in Mr. H. H. Lang's auction rooms yesterday afternoon, under the presidency of Mr. H. W…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Calcutta papers to hand by the R.M.S. Orizaba give particulars of a violent cyclone which visited the port on May 20. Huge trees were uprooted, native houses destroyed,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →SIR,—We are thankful to Mr. W. James, of Fairfield, for a quantity of seed potatoes, and to the Rev. J. Austin for a parcel of books. We could do…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Misfortunes are multiplying for the Macleay farmers. After the flood had abated those horses and cattle which were not drowned were turned into the paddocks to pick up what they could. A number of…
Continued on Trove, page 48 →Complaints are being made that the expenditure of the £100 voted by the Government to improve the main street is not being expedited. At the time the grant was made the council was informed that the…
Continued on Trove, page 48 →MACLEAN, Friday.--At the annual meeting of the Palmer's Island Progress Association a resolution was passed to request the Government to collect information with the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The relief fund is totally inadequate to meet the demands upon it; distribution has been therefore almost altogether stopped, and a meeting of members of the committee from all parts of the district has…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The annual meeting of the Palmer's Island Progress Association was held on Saturday last. Amongst the resolutions which were passed, one was, "That the Government be asked to collect information with…
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