Floods in Lake Cowal Country
Wirrinya (Me-think-it, 13/7/'31): Hardly anyone has put in all the crop intended, and it is too late now; so there will be much less crop sown than last year. The early wheat is over…
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How Flood Waters Treated a Truck
WHEN flood waters came down Middlebrook Creek, on Goonoo Goonoo station, near Werris Creek, they turned this heavy truck right over and washed it miles down the creek bed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Flood Warnings. Association Formed at Wagga
WAGGA, Thursday.—An important meeting of business men and settlers along the river valley to-day approved a scheme for collecting information and issuing warnings when a rise…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Perilous Trip Battling Against the Storm
Leaving Penrith on Saturday, 4th inst, two district residents little thought what was in store for them when they set out to spend the week-end at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Country Flooded Landholder Seeks Damages From a Neighbor
"K[?]" says that a neighbor of his has interfered with the natural [?] of a water course, with the result that some of his country has become flooded. He wishes to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Davidson and Workless Beset by Financial Difficulties Damage by Flood Albury
The Minister for Works, Mr. Davidson, received a deputation from the Hume Shire Council, introduced by Mr. Fitzgerald…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Words! Mungana Deluge More to Come Brisbane
HERE is a story of words. "Economy of parts of speech," wrote O. Henry, "is a bar to sociability." In the Mungana case,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Daily Weather Chart Pressure systems move eastward: cyclone centre off New Zealand
Commonwealth Weather Bureau.--"The various pressure systems moved steadily eastward over the mainland of Australia and the surrounding oceans after 9 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Flood Damage. Shire's Request for Help. ALBURY
A deputation representing the Hume Shire Council which interviewed the Minister for Works (Mr. Davidson), asked that special help should be rendered by the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Urana Lake. Flood Menace Continues. Urana
Flood waters in Lake Urana are still backing up in the lower portion of the town. Nothing can prevent another flood should heavy rain fall. Part of the cemetery is under water…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sequel to Flood Fatality. Molong
The body of Cyril Underwood, who was drowned on June 24 in the Bell River, was found on Saturday beside the ledge of a rock five miles below the point where the…
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CORAKl, Monday.--Thomas Childs, a farmer in the Coraki district for many years, has left with his family to settle at Bonalbo…
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DESPITE a "peace conference" at the home of the Earl of Lonsdale in London, last month, the British Boxing Board of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fine Days, Cold Nights Weather Outlook: Gales on the Tasman
WITH a high-pressure system becoming more definite on the mainland, Mr. Mares expects that the weather for the next day or two will be chiefly fine, with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Small Mine Suddenly Flooded. NEWCASTLE
While coal was being hewn in a small tunnel in Glebe Hill this morning a pick was stuck through the tunnel wall into the flooded workings of a pit which had been abandoned some…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Heavy Floods on Murray Hundreds Are Homeless Melbourne
HEAVY floods on the River Murray between Mildura and Wentworth have caused hundreds of residents to leave their homes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Not Affected by Dismissals Light and Power Cyclone's Aftermath
IN a report to the electricity committee of the City Council yesterday, the general manager of the undertaking denied that the delays…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Both Safe Couple Who Were Lost Night in Bush Wandered in Cyclone Katoomba
After wandering, hopelessly lost for 24 hours in the thickly-wooded gullies of the Jamieson Valley, Jack Barton, 20, of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Floods at Wentworth. Wentworth
The position of the flood waters in the low-lying portion of the town is becoming more acute. Already several householders have been forced to move. A rise of 2ft 4in has been…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cold Winds and Rain Shipping Delayed Kartigi Fights Gale
THE westerly gale that has been blowing across the continent has developed almost cyclonic force over the Tasman…
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