N.Z. FLOODS Houses Washed Away Landslips on Railway Auckland
Many years will elapse before Aucklanders will forget the present floods. After great damage had been done,…
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Floods in Queensland Man Drowned INNISFAIL
The week-end rain in the Tully Banyan district was more serious than at first anticipated. The rainfall on. Sunday was torrential, and…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.). Monday--The damage by flood to the main highways and bridges in the North Auckland districts is estimated by the county…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Country Golf Control Ought Country Week to Be Played Later in Season?: Golf in a Gale on
Mr. W. A. Windeyer's proposal to the S. and C.G.A. to play the Country Week fixtures later in the season, and on week days instead of the week-end of August Bank Holiday, is to be highly commended. The sub-committee appointed at the general meeting of delegates held in…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →N.Z. Floods Abating. Wellington (N.z.)
[?] floods in the country districts are abat[?] but there is still considerable interrup[?] of railway and road traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Brink of Chasm Passenger Train's Peril New Zealand Floods Auckland (N.z.)
A fresh flood centre occurred in the Whangare[?]i district where the waters are still rising, and flooding roads and railways. A mall motor car was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Empty Asylums England May be Flooded With Madmen Doctor's Dilemma Peluctance to Commit Anyone to Custody LONDON, Tuesday Night
"England will soon be flooded with lunatics," declared the Attorney-General. Sir Patrick Hastings, K.C., when addressing the Court of Appeal on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wyrallah Lost in Heavy Rain Oilkera's Captain Calls--only Those Who Heard Were Saved--night Black As Pitch. a Harrowing Story MELBOURNE
When the Dilkera crashed into the Wyrallah at the Rip at Port Phillip last night, the lastnamed little coastal steamer went down like a stone…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →After the Storm Calm Obtains the House of Commons Has Dull Sitting -- Statement by Prime Minister. Lady Terrington's Anxiety
After the turmoil of the previous sitting the House of Commons was dull on Tuesday. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald stated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm Without—storm Within. Mayor Fortescue Adjourns Rockdale Council
About ten minutes to nine last night, just as a good shower of rain was falling outside, an electrical storm burst out in Rockdale Council, owing…
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"Bowral's" property adjoins a main road, and he wishes to know whether the council can be compelled to construct proper drainage alongside the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Storm in the City 70 Points of Rain Scattered Falls Elsewhere
A thunderstorm broke over Sydney yesterday afternoon. It commenced with steady rain at 4 p.m., accompanied at times by vivid lightning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in N.Z. Landslides and Washout Great Damage
The cyclonic disturbance that visited Victoria and Tasmania afterwards spreading to New South Wales, has in its turn caused torrential rain in New…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flooded Street. Tram Service Delayed
The heavy downpour of last evening, together with a high tide which prevented the speedy gravitation of storm water through the existing channels, resulted in a considerable portion…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A Timely Deluge!
The golden rain that comes in time to avert disaster and gladden the heart of the man on the land was never more welcome than the golden deluge that flooded the bags of the Bar Vons at Kensington on Wednesday last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Helpless in Gale Night of Terror Ends in Rescue LONDON, Monday Evening
Thrilling experiences betel the crew of the steamer Bucharnose, 4363 tons, of the Crowborough line, which on Saturday broke her tail…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All-night Squads Rush Work at Wembley Gale No Obstacle London, Monday Night
Glimmering lights flashing on 5000 perspiring workers, the clank of a thousand hammers, and the roar of speeding tractors-- such is the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Back to the Flood Mesopotamian Relics Man's Earliest Handwriting
Excavators in Mesopotamia are gradually digging their way back to the time of the Flood. The oldest dated example of man's handwriting,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →1300-Mile Tow Bad Weather and Gales Waikouaiti's Peformance
One of the longest tows in Australasian waters in recent years was completed to-day, when the Union Co.'s freighter Waikouaiti arrived with the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tow in Terrific Gale Eventful Voyage Steamer and Schooner
After a 7½ days' voyage which was full of incident, the Union freight steamer Waikouaiti arrived in Sydney to-day from Port…
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