Liverpool A.H. and I. Society. A Storm in a Tea-Cup
A special general meeting of this Society was held in the Council-chambers, Liver-pool, on Monday, Mr. W. H. Goodman presiding…
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Mitigation of Floods
WEST MAITLAND, Tuesdsay—To-day the members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, which has been busying itself at Newcastle during the past day or so…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Country. Mitigation of Floods in the Hunter
WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.--The members of Public Works Committee visited the town to-day connection with the inquiry they are making in regard to the mitigation of floods in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Waverley Storm Waters
The municipal councils of Waverley and Woollahra and the South Head-road Trust joined forces yesterday in a deputation to the Minister for Works to ask the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tuckian Flood Escape Bill. Rejected on the Second Reading
In moving the second reading of the Tuckian. Flood Escape Scheme Bill, in the Legislative Council, Mr. SUTTOR explained that about £400,000 had been expended in improving the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmer Oak and the Storm
When farmer Oak, on his way towards his humble cottage one night, struck his foot against a big road, he know there was trouble in the wind. When, on striking a light indoors, he…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Storm on the Stage
THE stage manager of one of the Glasgow threatres was well known for his impetuous and hasty temper. On one occasion a drama was put on, in…
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The weather in Sydney this morning broke bright and fine, but very warm, and as the day advanced there was every every indication of a "roaster" being experienced. Shortly after 10…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tuckian Flood Relief Scheme. Coraki
The rejection by the Upper House of the Tuckian flood escape scheme has given riso to disappointment and indignation throughout the district. Steps are now being taken to bring the matter forward again…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cyclone and Tidal Wave
Phenomenal tides occurred on the East Coast of England, and miles of country were submerged. A cyclone, fallowed by a tidal wave 6ft…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Storm in Sydney
Last Saturday things were lively in Sydney for a while. During the forenoon there was a short, sweet, sudden thunderstorm, that made some people…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Western Australia. Gale at Wyndham. Perth
The postmaster at Wyndham reports that the town was visited by a tremendous gale on Friday evening. The gale partially wreeked the post-office and damaged every building in the town…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Weather. Saturdays Storm. Warehouse Struck by Lightning
A heavy storm, accompanied by crashing thunder and vivid Sashes of lightning, broke over the city on Saturday morning at a few minutes after 10 o'clock, and left behind it many traces of its…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Storm. Places Struck by Lightning Some Narrow Escapes
Short, but sharp was the thunderstorm that broke over the City between 10 and half- half-past 10 on Saturday. The lightning was intensely vivid at times, and the rain that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hunter River Floods Mitigation. Public Works Committee Inquiry. Muswellbrook
The Public Works Committee, after inspecting the site of the proposed gigantic reservoir at Woodlands for the purpose of impounding the flood waters of the Hunter, took evidence on the matter at the…
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MUSWELLBROOK, Monday.--At the courthouse this morning the Parliamentary Standing Works Committee took evidence with regard to the plan proposed by Mr. Price for mitigating…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Parramatta in a Storm
The P. and O. R.M.S. Parramatta was nearly a day late in reaching Hongkong, having experienced extremely rough weather a few days out from Singapore. The first indications of the storm…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Oceana's Storm Question of Federal Jurisdiction
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--An important Custom's case, in which the right of the Customs Department to control' ships stores, on the high seas is disputed, came before tho Full. Court…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Snowy Sturgeon's Cyclone Act. Rotund Preston Strikes a Squall and the Boards. Loss-Than Four Minutes Fighting
"Shake hands I Time ! " shouted burly referee Tim Nolan, and the beginning of the end of a match that had been looked forward to for weeks was quickly in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Snowy Sturgeon's Cyclone Act. Rotund Preston Strikes a Squall and the Boards. Less Than Four Minutes Fighting
"Shake hands! Time!" shouted burly referee Tim Nolan, and the beginning of the end of a match that had been looked forward to for weeks was quickly in…
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