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A total distance of 10,562 miles was covered by the London Missionary Society's steam yacht John William on her cruise among the Pacific Islands in connection with the society's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The floods at Clermont reached their highes at noon to-day, when 2ft. of water covered the highest part of the streets. The flood is now subsiding. Considering the enormous quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The river is about 20 feet over tho normal level. The rainfall has been 29 inches 94 points since January 1. Theresa Creek is 12 feet up, and still rising. The traffic on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some heavy weather has been experienced in different parts of the colony since Wednesday night. As a result of the heavy rains which fell the Broken Hill railway line has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THURSDAY ISLAND, Wednesday.--The steamer Tokio Maru arrived here, en rente to Japan, yesterday, and reported a bad voyage from the south, one man having his legs broker, in the storm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELAIDE, Thursday.--During last night and this morning further thunderstorms, accompanied by heavy rain, were experienced in the north and north-east. At Coward Springs,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Splendid rains have fallen in the north-east, where the drought has completely broken up. A Cookburn correspondent also writes that the drought has broken up. An inch and a-quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ROCKHAMPTON, Thursday.--The river Fitzroy is 20ft. above ordinary level to-day Rockhampton, while at Yaamba it is 43ft. up. The Dawson River is up 46ft., and the Nogoa 31ft. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MACKY, Saturday.—"Mackay was visited yesterday by a disastrous cyclone. A strong gale had been blowing for some time, and the barometer reading was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mattera in connection with the municipal government of Sydney are usually about as in-. terestlng as a mud puddle. The annual elections of aldermen do not stir the city to any…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →BRISBANE, Friday.--Telegraphic communication with Mackay has been interrupted ever since the occurrence of the cyclone there on Wednesday week. Copies of the "Mackay…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The following telegrams, supplied by the Postmaster-General, show that the floods in the western districts of this colony and the north-eastern portion of South Australia have caused accidents and delayed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The floods in the western districts of this colony and the north-eastern portion of South Australia have had the effect of delaying the mails, and causing accidents, as the following…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →MACKAY was visited by a disastrous cyclone. A strong gale had been blowing for some time, and the barometer reading was 297 and still fulling. The wind blew in strong gasts…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Telegrams received during Saturday report a splendid rainfall, in which nearly the whole colony shared. The downpour will do incalculable good, not only in finally extinguishing, the bush…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The shipping traffic along the Queensland coast was almost completely disorganised by the recent cyclonic weather which swept over the northern parts. Boats of the A.U.S.N., the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →East to south-east and north-east gales swept the coast yesterday, the stormy conditions extending as far south as Wilson's Promontory. The gales were particularly violent off the south coast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This morning broke fairly clear--a remarkable change after one Of the most violent storms which has been experienced for years. Early yesterday morning the rainfall, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The streets of the city, which for so long have worn a dry and dusty look, put on quite a different appearance on Saturday evening. The continuous dry weather was suddenly broken by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The full violence of the storm was felt in the harbor, and ferryboat masters describe it as the heaviest gale experienced for years. The squalls were of terrific fury, and there was quite a lumpy…
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