Flood Tragedies. Immigrant Drowned. BRISBANE
An Atherton message says that John Draper, an immigrant, aged 17 years, was swept off his horse on Sunday while attempting to cross the Barron River and was drowned. His…
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Unions Fear Early Attempt to Work Mines With Free Labor "Will Beat Move to Starve Men" Men's Leader's Organise Their Resoures "Will Flood Mines''
NEWCASTLE, Monday. -- Miners on the northern coalfields fear an early attempt to work the idle -mines with free labor…
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A BRIDAL ENSEMBLE staged at Anthony Horderns' mannequin parade yesterday. Longer frocks, with uneven hemline, were the feature. Lace on the skirt was the sole ornamentation of the "bride's" frock…
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Constable Hill thought the recent Castlereagh bush fires were started by sparks or "brands" from the Blue Mountain fires being blown…
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OUR SARDINES before they are put in the tins. -- They are sold by the gross by the Moroccans who catch them. SWINGING THE HAMMER…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Morality. Books and Plays. Flood of Filth. London, March 5
The London Morality Council, which included Church people, young men and women. Christian workers, Salvationists, teachers, etc., numbering 100 in all, formed a deputation…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Floods in Queensland
HEAVY rains, causing serious floods, were again experienced in Queensland last week. At Rockhampton in two and a half days 31 inches fell, constituting a record for February since 1871. Owing to the…
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"Some tears belong to us because we are unfortunate; others because We are human; many because we are mortal—" —Leigh Hunt. RAIN has fallen unceasingly for a week. It is still raining, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →North Coast Floods : Lismore's Disastrous Experience North Lismore Under Water
HEAVY rains on the North Coast caused the Tweed and Richmond rivers to rise rapidly. Seven inches of rain fell at Lismore, where the wharves…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Two Storms Federal Weather Government and C.P. CANBERRA
Both the National and Country Parties held stormy meetings to-day. The National Party…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →"Militant Women" Storm Belmore Park -- the Admiral Goes Aboard Canberra
COULD AFFORD to saunter back unconquered. -- The N.S.W. team leaving the field yesterday After defeating South Australia. THE LADIES SAW IT THROUGH at the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →"Flood of Filth" England's Ban on Obscene Literature LONDON
Replying to a deputation from the London Public Morality Council, Sir William Joynson-Hicks said he was not inclined to alter existing laws…
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CORAKI, Wednesday. -- The river has receded to its usual level, but the ferry punt is still idle, seriously inconveniencing cream cartage…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Schooner's Terrible Battering In Fight To Reach Sydney Helpless in Gale Towed Ten Miles to Port Set Out for N.Z.
Swept by mountainous seas--hove-to for two days--then disabled in the middle of the Tasman Sea for another day with a…
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Dear [?].—My main job in helping father is at the milking. We are milking thirty-six cown at present and getting [?]…
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A cyclone off the coast of Now South Wales lashed the sen to a fury during the week-end, and heavy rain fell on the North Coast, causing…
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During the month of February 60 stations on the North and South Coasts of New South Wales, the Hastings, Hunter, and Manning, and the…
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Eliza Hinton, No. 1 Post Ofiice, Mt. George, 21/2/'29: I must, tell you of the rain and flood. We had three weeks' of heavy rain and we thought…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forty Dead Floods and Landslides Madeira Tragedy London
Forty persons are dead as the result of a flood and landslides, following on torrential rains, in Madeira, after a prolonged…
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Rain expected by Mr. Mares yesterday did not put in an appearance, but the weather man says it has only been delayed…
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