A Civic Cyclone
If there is one thing more than another upon which Sydney Corporation plumes itself it is its abyssmal ignorance of details concerning administration of its own affairs, with which…
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A Schooner in a Gale
The schooner Lady Mabel, a tidy vessel, of about 200 tons register, left Newcastle on September 8 for New Zealand, where she was to receive a lumber cargo for the Lingham Timber…
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The reports received from South Australia (said Mr. Russell lost evening) indicate that another rain storm is approaching. In the vicinity of Esperance Bay, barometers are reported to have…
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PERTH, Monday.--Heavy weather this morning had a very serious effect on shipping in the Gage Roads. There were four sailing vessels, namely, the barque Euphrates and barque Forfarshire,…
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Judge Backhouse was occupied in the District Court yesterday with a case in, which Michael Casey, licensee of Casey's Hotel, George-street, sought to recover £100…
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The storm predicted on Monday by Mr. Russell was making itself felt in South Australia yesterday. The reports received from that colony stated that light rain had set in over the western…
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The gale blew itself out on Monday night. The barque Euphrates was berthed at South Quay, and Captain Webster. Lloyd's surveyor, examined the damage. He found that the vessel had…
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The Minister for Works gave notice in the Legislative Assembly last night of a motion to refer the question of prevention of floods in the river Hunter to the Public Works Committee for…
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Mr. O'Sullivan has given notice that he will move in the Legislative Assembly to-day that the expediency of providing means for the mitigation of floods in tho Hunter River be referred to the…
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In connection with tho proposal that the Public Works Committee should consider the expediency of providing means for the mitigation of floods on the Hunter River, the Minister…
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MILTON, Friday.--During a storm at Yatta a tree was struck by lightning. Limbs about ten feet long, wore carried 100yds. One dashed through the bark roof of a kitchen, and struck a girl…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Weather. Approaching Summer. Heralded by Thunderstorms
The rapid approach of the summer season has been heralded during the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. on Friday by heavy hailstorms, violent thunder, vivid lightning, and tropical rains, which…
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A chart Issued from the Observatory yesterday showed that during the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. thunderstorms prevailed over all but the western and south.-western districts, and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Weather. Severe Storm at Ballina
In Sydney on Saturday the conditions were fine and warm, with a W.N.W. wind blowing. With the exception of a few stations, where it was cloudy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Mayor and the Queen. a Municipal Storm
BROKEN HILL, Saturday.—A special meeting of the municipal council was held on Friday night to consider the recent action of the Mayor regarding the town clerk and his attitude at the…
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LONDON, September 23, 12.45 p.m.—Heavy rains have fallen in the Bengal Presidency. At Calcutta 35in fell in four days. Hundreds of miles of country are flooded, and…
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Heavy rains have fallen in Bengal. At Calcutta 35in. fell in four days. Hundreds of miles of country are flooded…
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TILBA TILBA, Saturday.--A terrific thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy hail, parsed over here yesterday afternoon. The hailstones were of great size, and did a deal of damage to fruit trees and gardens. Young buds were…
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LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Thirty-five inches of rain fell during four days in Calcutta. Hundreds of miles of river was flooded, and thousands of people are quite homeless…
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Thunderstorms still prevailed on Saturday and yesterday in scattered places, for the most part on the coast and highlands. As on Friday, little rain was recorded, tho only reports received…
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