Storms Ahead New Tasmanian Ministry Hobart
The new Tasmanian Ministry was sworn in this morning; but its reign is likely to be very troubled. Mr. W. H. Burgess, one of the Liberal…
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Omrah's Experience at Brisbane. Recent Gale Causes Delay
Captain Shelford, of the Orient liner Omrah, which returned to Sydney yesterday from Brisbane, will remember the visit north. In…
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Sir Percy Lake, commanding the British troops in Mesopotamia, further reports that the attack at dawn on April 9, at Sannaiyat, failed to pierce the enemy's lines. The…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mesopotamia. on the Tigris. Fighting the Floods. London, April 2[?]
Mr. Edmund Candler, writing from the Mesopot[?]mian front, says:—We are fighting the Tigris floods as well as the Turks, Much labour is spent building bunds to…
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LONDON, Thursday.--Mr. Candler, British correspondent on the Mesopotamian front, telegraphs:--"We are fighting the Tigris floods as well…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coastal Storms. Rain and Hail. Heavy Falls in the City
A series of thunderstorms occurred along the coastal parts of the Sta[?] yesterday, due to the pressure over eastern New South Wales of an extensive "col" area…
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The fine and the warm weather reported from the master part of New South Wales yesterday morning was displaced early in the afternoon by a coal southerly change which brought rain accompanied…
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[?] the last week the weather was particularly mild. A [?]came up early on [?] morning when a series of thunder[?] occurred with heavy rain and…
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The War Office has made the following announcement: "General Sir Percy Lake telegraphs as follows: 'On April 23, after a systematic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hun Reply This Week America Awaiting Answer to Note "Will Meet in France!" Birdwood's Hope for Australians Turks Vainly Try to Stop Russians Floods Cause Reverse on Tigris 631st Day of the War Mesopotamia Blame Fixing Responsibility Resources Overstrained London, Sunday Night
The Times says:--"The apportionment of the responsibility for the Mesopotamia campaign--whether Lord Hardlngo (ex-Viceroy of India) or the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On the Tigris. Fierce Fighting. Floods Increasing
LONDON, Sunday.--An official message gives details of the fighting on the Tigris on April 17 and 18. Ten thousand Turks attacked in dense…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Omrah's Experience at Brisbane. Recent Gale Causes Delay
Captain Shelford, of the Orient liner Omrah, which returned to Sydney on 17th inst., from Brisbane, will remember the visit north. In…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Mesopotamia. British Advance. Checked by Floods. London, April 23
General Sir Percy Lake cables; An attack on the northern bank of the Sannayyat position on the 23rd failed, though systematically [?]ombed since the 20th. Owing…
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LONDON, Monday.--General Sir Percy Lake (Commander-in-Chief in Mesopotamia) cables:--"The attack on the northern bank of the Sannalyat position on April 23 failed, though it…
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Mr. Edmund Candler, writing from the Mesopotamia front, says:—We are fighting the Tigris floods as well as the Turks. Much labor Is spent building bunds to save the camps from…
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Owing to the phenomenally heavy rains that have fallen during the Easter season disastrous floods have occurred, causing washouts on the railway lines, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Tasmania. Orchards Under Water
It has been ruining heavily is Tasmania for the last three days, with little intermission, and in [?] parts of the State law-lying country is under water (telegraphs a correspondent…
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HOBART, Thursday.--Reports from Huon show that heavy rain has been falling continuously for 36 hours, with the result that the Huon River is in high flood. At 9.15 last…
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Storm influence is gradually withdrawing from the south-oast of Australia, and winds and seas in Bass Straits hae moderated considerably, but as a a cause ot rainfall, the disturbance is…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Snowstorm Raiders. How Zeppelins Travel Above the Storm-clouds
THE arrival of Zeppelins over England during a snowstorm upset more theories as to the capacities of these raiders. Snow has been regarded as the worst enemy of the Zeppelin,…
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