Floods in the Hunter
The Minister for Works, Mr. C. A. Lee, has returned to Sydney from Tenterfield, where he opened the annual show. Mr. Lee says that he has taken preliminary…
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The Hunter River Floods
Mr. Lee (Minister for Works) has authorised the taking of preliminary steps in connection with a scheme for the mitigation of Hunter R[?]er floods. The Minister has not…
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Reference was made yesterday by the Minister for Works to his trip to the Hunter River district in connection with the flood prevention proposals. Mr. Lee stated that he had already…
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Sandy Thompson had a wife whose tongue was quite equal to the task of deaving a miller.' One very wet, windy night as the minister was passing the farmer s house be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gallant Rescue in a Gale. Lifeboat Almost Pounded to Pieces. Officer Sticks to his work
A particularly daring rescue of seven seamen in mid-ocean from the shipwrecked schooner Kipling was made recently by the Atlantic Transport line steamship Maine…
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A Longreach telegram states that there was further rain there to-day. The Thompson River has now reached the level of the first flood this year, and is rising very slowly. The…
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During the recent floods in Queensland the Thompson River, at Longreach, was reported by the postal officials there to be about four miles wide. The department has received…
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The steamer Mariposa on her return to San Francisco from a cruise among the islands reported that on the night of February 8 a terrific hurricane, devastated Tahiti and the Paumoro…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Queensland Floods. Central Districts Inundated. Stations Threatened with Famine. Brisbane
The river at Jundah is in very high flood. Tea, sugar, and tobacco are all done, and men are smoking the bar of the gidyea tree. The stock of flour is very low, and the only hope of…
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The Sydney Observatory at 1.40 p.m. yesterday received the following message: -- "A cyclonic storm is south-east of Gabo Island. Heavy weather eastern straits to east coast…
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"The following forecast was issued at noon yesterday by Mr. H. A. Hunt, the Acting Government Meteorologist: -- New South Wales: Showery in the N.E. and on the south coast…
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Further rains have fallen in the Thargomindah district. The Chinese gardens are flooded, and the owners must lose everything except the fruit trees. The damage…
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WHITECLIFFS, Monday.-- Mr. Tapp, the manager of "Yancannla," arrived to-day. He states that the country for 40 miles is one unbroken sheet of water. Owing to the continued rains…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Branch Reports—continued. Baan Baa. the Paper—wire Netting—partial Storms—dairying
There was a good attendance on the 3rd inst. You will have a full account of business transacted for next issue. Our members are highly pleased with…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Hectoring a Mayor. Lively- Proceedings at Ashfield. Mayor Stanton Not an Aunt Sally. a Storm in a Teacup
Quite an electric atmosphere pervaded the meeting of the Ashfield Council last night. There did not appear from the business-paper to be anything unusual on board, but…
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Over 26 inches of rain have fallen at Blackall since the rain started. The flood there is the highest on record. People have been removed by boats from residences in the…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The Deputy Postmaster-General received a telegram from the postmaster at Blackall to-day, stating that for some time boats have been removing people…
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Sydney and suburbs were visited with very brief but very heavy rain storms during the early hours of this morning. Mr. Hunt, Acting Government Metrologist, states that…
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WOONONA, Thursday.—A disastrous fire broke out in Mr. James Davidson's Polytechnic Stores, between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning, and extended to Messrs. Molloy and Sons'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tahiti Disaster. Cyclone and Tidal Waves. Islands Reported to Have Disappeared. Great Loss of Life
AUCKLAND, Wednesday.—Details received of the disaster to Tahiti just to hand state that most of the buildings on the foreshores at Papeete were destroyed by terrific waves on…
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