Cabinet Storm Rupture in Ministry Several May Resign Wheat Elevator Trouble
The Sun · Monday 18 February 1918 · page 5
It is believed that further dissension has arisen in the Ministry over the wheat elevator business, and that the whole matter will be brought to a final issue in tho next…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South African Floods Three Hundred Drowned Capetown
The Sun · Monday 18 February 1918 · page 5
Terrific rains in the Transvaal, Natal, and Mozambique are causing many washaways and the collapse of bridges. Tho Railway Department has received a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victim of the Cyclone. Orere a Total Wreck
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 February 1918 · page 4
BRISBANE, Monday.--It was reported recently that the auxiliary schooner Orate, owned by Rooneys, Ltd., at Townsville, was sheltering at Pine Islet, on the night before the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sham Cyclone Cabinet Met This Morning Ministers' Statements What Mr. Beeby Wanted
The Sun · Tuesday 19 February 1918 · page 5
This morning, at half-past 10, Cabinet met for its weekly crisis, the resignations of certain Ministers being again threatened. One Minister is now named in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Noteworthy Words Upon Current Problems Unity of Control Among the Allies The Storm Raging Around the Versailles Conference
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 19 February 1918 · page 1
The proceedings at the Allies' Conference at Versailles three weeks ago are closely guarded secrets, and in the absence of definite information, this fact…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain Damages Wheat Temora
The Sun · Wednesday 20 February 1918 · page 5
A severe wind and thunderstorm passed over the Temora district yesterday, and at Combaning railway siding a good deal of damage was done to the wheat stacks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm in City a Sudden Deluge 87 Points of Rain in 20Min. Man Killed at Cronulla
The Sun · Wednesday 20 February 1918 · page 5
A thunderstorm broke over the city curly this afternoon, accompanied by a deluge ef ruin and a sharp fall of 10 degrees la temperature. In 20 minutes 87 points of rain fell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Violent Storms. Tottenham
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1918 · page 11
A severe storm struck Tottenham at 3.30 o'clock this afternoon. The wind, which attained great velocity, blow down an historic Kurrajong tree, and unroofed houses and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Mackay Cyclone. Deputation to Prime Minister
Evening News · Wednesday 20 February 1918 · page 5
The Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, was engaged this afternoon in a consultation with representatives from Mackay, which was recently almost destroyed by the cyc[?] in Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Disastrous Storms in Queensland-- Rockhampton Under Water
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 20 February 1918 · page 19
The Alexandra Bridge. View looking towards North Rockhampton, showing flood waters. A street at Rockhampton under water. The line on the fence shows the greatest height of the flood waters…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Storm Passes Political Situation Easier Derby Remains In Office LONDON, Tuesday Night
The Sun · Wednesday 20 February 1918 · page 1
In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Bonar Law (Leader of the House) stated that if an opportunity for a vote was desired the Government would be willing to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Cabinet. His One Regret. the Storm Passes. Harmony Once Again. Captain Carmichael Welcomed
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1918 · page 6
State Ministers have once again composed their differences with respect to the terminal elevator contract. Mr. Beeby, Minister for Labor and Industry, In between "fighting" reminiscences at the Conservatorium of Music last night, Captain A. C. Carmichael, M. C., M. L. A., told his friends of his one great regret. It was that his scheme for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood-damaged Bridges. Work of Re-Building. CULCAIRN
Evening News · Wednesday 20 February 1918 · page 2
The Works Department through their [?]gen[?] estimates that it will [?] £[?]44 repair the damage done [?] the Cu[?]rn Brooklyn, and King Bridges over the Billabong in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Effects of Floods. Brisbane
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1918 · page 10
Members of the special board appointed to inquire into the flood damages in the North and Central districts, have returned to Brisbane. The extent of the rainfall may…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sailing on Sydney Harbour.—queensland Floods
Sydney Mail · Wednesday 20 February 1918 · page 17
The harbour presents a most animated scene these week-ends. when "white wings" innumerable fleek the blue waters. Many of Sydney's sailing men are engaged in more stremous work in Palestime. Mesophfamia. Italy, and France, South have [?] the [?] having alone then bit and nee to indulge once more in their favourite pastime. One of these remarked the other day. It is a…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Cyclone at Taree
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 8
The following telegram was received by the Weather Bureau last night from Taree:— "Cyclone and hailstorm from north at 1.45 to-day; one hundred and twenty points fell…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cyclonic Storm at Taree. Hail and Rain
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 6
A telegram was received last evening by the Weather Bureau, stating that a severe cyclonic storm, with hail and rain, passed over Taree, on the Manning River, yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sugar Industry. Damage by Cyclone. Commonwealth to Bear the Loss
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 8
A deputation representing the sugar interests of Mackay (Queensland), introduced by Mr. F. Bamford, M.P., and Senator Crawford, consisting of Mr. Alexander Innes (president,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gale at Wingham Damage in Upper Manning Courangra's Worst Year Wingham
The Sun · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 6
A very heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by a terrific gale, occurred here just about two o'clock yesterday. An inch of rain fell in a short space of time…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →National Party Meets Interest in Elevator Contract Reasons for Cabinet Storms a Bond of Secrecy
The Sun · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 5
Although members of the Ministry have apparently healed their differences, now that the errors that occurred in connection with the wheat silo contract are to be corrected,…
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