Rabbits Decimated by Floods
The Singleton district stock inspector (Mr. G. R. Freeman) reports that the late floods wiped the rabbits out by thousands. In some parts more…
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Floods in India. the Damodar Breaks Out. Great Loss of Life. Calcutta, Aug. 11
Owing to heavy rains on the watershed, the nanular River, an important tributary of the Hooghly, burst its embankments, and, as a consequence a large tract of country has been…
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CALCUTTA, Monday Morning.--The embankments of the Damodar River, Bengal, collapsed owing to heavy rains. A number of villages were destroyed, entailing a great loss of life…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The steamer Strathendrick, which arrived off the part last night, came into the harbor, this morning. The vessel left Puget Sound for Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Grand Golf. How Taylor Won the Open. Played in a Gale
Some few weeks back, when the news was cabled that J. H. Taylor had won "the" open championship for the fifth time, we dealt with the previous performances of that fine player,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →In Federal Session. the Storm Breaks. a Censure Amendment
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The storm broke in the House of Representatives this afternoon, when Mr. Fisher concluded his speech on the debate on the Address-in-Reply with a censure…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Complaints From Burrinjuck. Insanitary and Flooded Dwellings
In the Legislative Assembly last night Mr. M'Girr asked the Premier whether he knew that the residents of Burrinjuick living in the immediate vicinity of the dam were suffering by…
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PORT STEPHENS, Thursday. -- Yesterday evening the wind and sea went down a little here, and the steamers Our Elsie and Ballangarra, which were sheltering in Nelson's Bay,…
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The Navigation Department has received a report that the Coal Cliff collieries steamer Herga, while voyaging from Port, Kembla to Sydney yesterday, met with the full force of…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The Union Company's steamer Kurow arrived here to-day, after a long trip of over eight days from Port Chalmers. She left the New Zealand port on the 6th inst.,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Storms in Canada. Violent Visitation. Ottawa
Violent thunderstorms, accompanied by a wind disturbance or cyclonic intensity, have swept over Manitoba and the southern and central parts of Saskatchewan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stormy Seas. Five Days in Heavy Gales. H.m.s. Torch Has Rough Time
H.M.S. Torch returned to Sydney last evening from Noumen, and anchored in Watson's Bay. She will come up to Farm Cove this morning. The Torch, like other recent arrivals, reports…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →24 Days Overdue. Whitgift Arrives. Delayed by the Gales. Newcastle
The steamer Whitgift arrived in port this morning from Valparaiso, little the worse for her unpleasant experiences with big seas, heavy gales, and strong winds, which were…
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WELLINGTON, Sunday.--Floods in the Qtago district are causing a dislocation of the railway and telegraph services…
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Serious floods are being experienced in Southern Otago. Considerable damage has been done to crops, and farm stock have been transferred to higher lands. This is the third…
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The newspapers report that the Mallssori tribesmen are dissatisfied with the Albanian-Montenegrin boundary fixed by the Ambassaders' Conference…
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M[?]y lost a quantity of maize owing to the recent floods which submersed the wharf on which the grain was stacked. As his loss is entirely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Somnolent Parliament. Calm Follows the Storm. Mr. Kelly Aims High. Strategy in the Representatives Melbourne
To wander now into the drab precincts of Federal Parliament House is not an enlivening experience, and crowds in the galleries are being disappointed every Bitting. You…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Vines Destroyed. Cyclone at Milan. Rome, Thursday Evening
A cyclone has destroyed all the vines in the Millan district, and some of the [?] suffered [?]…
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ROME, Friday. -- A cyclone has destroyed all the vines in the Milan district. The cyclone devastated the Italian Lakes district, and many mountain villas were…
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