Crops Damaged by Floodwaters
GLEN INNES, Saturday.--There was a heavy fall of rain last night, 173 points being registered. The creeks are flooded and great damage has been done to the crops on the…
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The Lesson of the Floods
A few weeks ago New South Wales was languishing under one of those periodical droughts which spread devastation over the pastoral and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Floods in the West. More Rain on the Darling Watershed. Further Damage on the Railway Line. Arrival of the Cobar Mail at Nyngan
BOURKE, Saturday.--The following rain reports were issued from the telegraph office this morning:--Yetman, 154 points; Boggabilla, 130; Mungundi, 53; Mogil, 120;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Patriotism in England. Volunteers for Service. a Deluge of Applications
LONDON, Monday.--During the recent outbreak of war fever in Great Britain following on the precipitate interference of the German Emperor…
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The steamer Fiado, a regular trader between New Caledonia and Sydney, which has for some time been carrying cargoes of live bullocks from Australia to Noumea, arrived at the lastnamed port on the 7th instant. The Fiado had…
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The Post Office at Brisbane has received the following who from the harbour-master at Maryborough, dated yesterday:—"All the buoys and beacons are in position with the exception of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arrival of the Polynesien. Tragedies in New Caledonia. Accident to a Labour Vessel. a Cattle Steamer in a Cyclone
By the French mail steamer Polynesien, which yesterday came from New Caledonia in the Messageries Maritimes line, a number of passangers, in all 33, arrived. They bring accounts of several…
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Sir,—Will you kindly allow me a little space in your widely circulated journal, on behalf of fellow passengers and myself, to give publicity to the fact of having been the recipiants of so much…
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Yesterday morning the sky cleared, and although the thermometer was not very high, throughout the day the sun was hot and the atmosphere very muggy. During the night rain again fell, and up…
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Some anxiety was caused in Kempsey on Saturday when it became known that the river was rising. At Bellbrook it rose nearly 11ft., and then commenced to fall. The water reached Kempsey yesterday, and…
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The mails from Bourke for Sydney dated from 5 a.m. Wednesday, February 12, to Friday, February 14, at 5 a.m., with Byrock, Coolabah, of same dates, and Girilambono…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Floods in the West. Traffic Resumed to Bourke and Cobar. Oppressive Heat at Wilcannia. Arrival of the Mails at Bourke. Many Roads Still Impassable
BOURKE, Monday.--The following rain reports were issued this morning:--Yetman, 30 points; Boggabilla, 10; Mungindi, 32; Mogil, 16; Collarendabri,67; Inverell,…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--A strong gale swept over Elliston to-day, and several buildings were unroofed, while trees were torn up by the roots. A man named…
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The Railway Commissioners received information this morning of the arrival at Bourke of forty-four loaded trucks, being the whole of the goods delayed by the recent washaways on…
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Some short time since almost the whole of the subdivision of the Flood Estate, Leichhardt, was advertised for auction sale by order of the mortgagees. It then…
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WILCANNIA, Tuesday.--The delivery of the Sydney letters dated 8th, 10th, and 11th instant was made here this morning. Another Cobar coach is expected to arrive…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in Queensland. Great Damage in the Mackenzie Country. Losses of Stock. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Rockhampton
The river is still falling, but very slowly. All the wharfs except the high level one, which has been submerged since the 30th January, are still under water, and likely to remain so for many…
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GRAFTON, Wednesday.--The body of a man, named James Murphy, a teamster, from Glen Innes, was found this morning floating near the wharf at Woodfordleigh,…
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BREWARRINA. Wednesday.--The rain has now disappeared, and the country is looking splendid. There is every appearance of a good season. The mails dated…
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ROCKHAMPTON, Wednesday.--The repairs to the damaged section of the central railway between Rockhampton and Gracemere were completed sufficiently…
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