Floods in Fiji. Rescues by Boats. SUVA
There are heavy floods in Fiji. The Rewa River is higher than during the flood of 1929. Boats have rescued many Indian farmers from river flats, and no loss of life has yet…
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Washed Out Record Floods in Fiji
SUVA, Sunday. -- Record floods have isolated many settlers in parts of the Fiji group. THE Rewa River district is…
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SUVA, Monday. -- A radio from the A.M.S. Sierra, which left here on Saturday, en route from San Francisco, states that she encountered a cyclone…
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Word has just been received that the Roper River came down in food unexpectedly on January 29, and the water rose to a height of four feet in Roper…
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Eight natives were drowned during the heavy floods in the Rewa River district. The waters rose 6ft. above the previous record level…
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SUVA, Monday. -- Seven deaths have already been reported from the flooded Rewa district' and it is feared that the loss of life may be greater…
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No steps are being taken by the Public Works Department towards the mitigation of floods on the Hunter River…
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Two freighters bound for Sydney have been caught in the Tasman Sea gales and have been delayed. They are the British steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →THUNDERSTORM Damages Buildings. PERTH
The town of Cue experienced the worst thunderstorm in its history last night. The A.W.U. Hall, the convent, the Cue Hospital, the power-house, and the Road Board's…
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In regard to a resolution passed at the last quarterly conference of the Primary Producers' Union executive relative to flood mitigation on the Hunter River, the secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →In Gales for 36 Days Strenuous Trip From South America
Storm-tossed for nearly 36 days, the British steamer Dalcroy arrived yesterday from South America, five days behind schedule…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Looking Back Ship's Epic Voyage Terrific Gales In 218 Days at Sea
One of the longest voyages on record was that made by the ship Claverdon, which was for many years engaged in the Australian trade…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Nobody Wants Lang or His Plan Why He Won't Storm Melb. After All Anti-wage Complex Resented
STATEMENTS inspired by the Lang-Garden faction at the Trades Hall, that Mr. Lang would enter Federal politics and would address meetings in Victoria, are now denied by A.L.P. members…
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SUVA, Wednesday.--Three women to-day rescued two Europeans, who distributing food to flood refugees. were swept away by the racing waters…
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Left in the wicked trail of a hurricane in the past. This view of homes flattened out at Lobasa is typical of how homes will have suffered in the present hurricane…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →City Value Appeals a Deluge Ten Thousand Seek Cut Chaotic State
MORE than 10,000 ratepayers are demanding a reduction of £11,748,240, or 18.8 per cent., in the new City Council…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale Did Not Cool the City Southerly Change Likely This Afternoon
A strong, squally northrly wind struck the city shortly after noon yesterday, and by six o'clock had developed into a moderate gale, reaching 40 miles an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Hurricane Toll in Fiji Follows Flood Terror Intense Cold Suva
AS a result of the hurricane which started at noon on Saturday and lasted until 3 o'clock on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood and Hurricane Fury Scenes in the Fijian Areas
VIEW of the B[?] river railway bridge severely strained in a past flood…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →250 Die When Flood Sweeps Fiji Town Into Sea to Help Us Aim of British Press Unanimous "Mischievous Speech" London
A mischievous statement, purporting to have been made by the President of the National Council of Women…
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