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  2. THE ANNUAL FLOODS The Yearly Delays

    The beneficial flood rains which annually enrich agricultural areas also impose some disabilities. Cairns and all the Far North are deprived of regular tra in and mail service, to an exceedingly serious degree—over a week's delay—time after time. ...

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  3. THE IMPORTED BOMB Yet Another Attack

    An inspection of two brick houses in a terrace in Howard-street, North Melbourne, which were bombed shortly before midnight last night, revealed that the occupants had remarkable escapes. One house was occupied by three Italians—Ramerro Gataeno, Cuce ...

    Article : 142 words
  4. BANANAS HELD UP.

    The banana growers will be again heavily hit, as last week's consignment is hung up at Gladstone and to-morrow's railings will be held up if ...

    Article : 93 words
  5. WAR SECRET.

    Sir Berkeley Moynihan, speaking at the Authors' Club, disclosed a war secret, when he revealed that the Allies heard in 1916 that the ...

    Article : 93 words
  6. THE KING.

    It was officially announced at Bognor that the King had passed a good day. A chilly East wind blew ...

    Article : 67 words
  7. HERBERT HIGHER.

    Last night was similar to the night preceding the big flood in 1927, except that the ram was not so heavy, and the wind not so strong. From subsequent ...

    Article : 576 words
  8. BRITISH ARMY.

    The army estimates for the coming financial year total £40,545,000. The decreases include £293,000 in army pay, £133,000 ...

    Article : 330 words
  9. KANOWNA DISASTER.

    Captain Oliver Godwin, who was acting as first mate of the Kanowna, was the chief witness to-day at the Court of Marine Inquiry. ...

    Article : 186 words
  10. WIND VELOCITY.

    The Harbour Master (Captain Brewster) advised yesterday that the wind recorded by the anemometer, was 32 miles per hour between 9.30 and 10.30 p.m. on ...

    Article : 32 words
  11. BABINDA REGISTRATION.

    There were 844 points of rain recorded at Babinda for the 24 hours ended 9 o'clock this morning. Rain has been falling steadily nearly all day, but it ...

    Article : 74 words
  12. THE RUDE AWAKENING.

    Gataeno was awakened by a thudding noise when the bomb was thrown through the front window and fell on the floor of the bedroom in ...

    Article : 182 words
  13. CYCLE AND SIDE CAR.

    J. Heffernan, who lives immediately opposite the house occupied by the Italians, said that he was lying in bed when he heard what he thought ...

    Article : 166 words
  14. WHERE THE CYCLONE WENT

    The Postmaster (Mr. W. K. Ryan), intimated yesterday that the Brisbane Metrological Bureau had telegraphed as follows:—"Cyclone has crossed ...

    Article : 50 words
  15. SAFE AT LAST.

    The party of Babinda residents who had been marooned on High Island, managed to get back to the mainland and returned to Babinda about 4.30 p.m. ...

    Article : 55 words
  16. CAIRNS TRAINS.

    Railway traffic in the Cairns district was again disorganised yesterday, on account of the heavy rainfall. The mail train which left Townsville ...

    Article : 53 words
  17. FALL AT INNISFAIL.

    Gusty weather with heavy showers is prevailing in Innisfail to-day. The rainfall for the past 24 hours was 5 inches 65: points, but along the ...

    Article : 168 words
  18. PEACE CONFERENCE.

    Mr. James MacDougall, leader of the Employers Delegations at the Industrial Peace Conference, said to-day that although the sittings of the peace ...

    Article : 259 words
  19. SOUTHERN MAILS.

    The mails train which had been delayed at Gladstone was expected to reach Townsville at 7 p.m. yesterday. It was intended to despatch this train on the ...

    Article : 420 words
  20. ELDERLY MAN DROWNED.

    Two men were crossing, the flooded Little Mitchell River, at Machonachle's selection. 20 miles, from Mareeba at 10 a.m. to-day when an elderly man ...

    Article : 90 words
  21. "BETTER BANANAS"

    The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Forgan Smith) stated to-day that the Chief Inspector of Fruit, attached to the Victorian Department of ...

    Article : 55 words
  22. HEAVY WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 132 words
  23. LATEST ADVICES.

    Although there was a lull, this afternoon, rain set in again at 5 p.m. coming from seawards. It was driven through the streets by a strong south-east wind. ...

    Article : 82 words
  24. FROM KABUL. GENERAL EVACUATION.

    The British Minister, Sir Francis Humphreys and the British Legation staff at Kabul arrived by plane at Peshawur this morning. ...

    Article : 127 words
  25. TEACHING OUR FARMERS.

    The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. Forgan Smith) said to-day that the Government had decided that the Department of Agriculture should be ...

    Article : 111 words
  26. TULLY STILL RISING.

    After very showery weather which lasted all day; the rain appears now to have set in. The Tully railway bridge at 3 o'clock this afternoon was ...

    Article : 60 words
  27. BRITISH BUDGET.

    The Prelude to the Budget proves disturbing. The Estimates came as a shock to those relying on drastic economies. It ...

    Article : 148 words
  28. CANE LODGED.

    For the 24 hours ended nine o'clock this morning, 645 points of rain were registered. The water is nearly live feet over the Tully railway bridge at six ...

    Article : 151 words
  29. POSITION AT TOWNSVILLE.

    The hold-up of the mail train services between Townsville and Brisbane in the Central district has now been relieved, and the service ...

    Article : 157 words
  30. GERMANS ALSO LEAVE.

    Equal facilities for the evacuation of Kabul have been extended to the German Minister, his staff and nationals. Actually the German Minister, ...

    Article : 267 words
  31. CHINESE CHAOS.

    A mob of demonstrators stormed the legation quarter at Peking late yesterday in connection with the strike of the legation, police. Native troops ...

    Article : 143 words
  32. POWDERED COAL.

    The "Daily Telegraph" says that the shipowners are most keenly interested in the pulverised coal system which has emerged from the experimental stage, ...

    Article : 146 words
  33. BARRON AT MAREEBA.

    A heavy thunderstorm was experienced in Mareeba on Saturday afternoon, and rain has continued to fall ever since. On Monday at 6 p.m. the Barron River ...

    Article : 108 words
  34. ANXIETY AT CARDWELL.

    Although local people have an unutterable dread of the word "cyclone" there was no great anxiety up to a late hour last night, as the wind was ...

    Article : 256 words
  35. TRAINS FROM THE SOUTH.

    This afternoon, at 4.45, the mail train which, left Brisbane last Wednesday passed through Home Hill. ...

    Article : 64 words
  36. A FOOLISH YOUTH.

    Much indignation is felt in Government and Consular circles at an incident which the Italian Consular agent interprets as an affront to his country. ...

    Article : 125 words
  37. A LUCKY MAN.

    The Comptroller General pf Prisons has received instructions from the Federal authorities to release Jacob Johnson. The orders were telegraphed ...

    Article : 46 words
  38. AT ATHERTON.

    There was 627 points of rain in Atherton yesterday. This is the heaviest storm recorded this year. On Monday there were 294 points. For ...

    Article : 79 words
  39. OFFICIAL SURVEY.

    The Weather Bureau reported this morning that the cyclone reported yesterday as off the Tropical coast had crossed the coastline north from Cairns ...

    Article : 104 words
  40. THE BURDEKIN AREA.

    Commencing yesterday, good rains fell during the night, and this morning. Home Hill recorded 104, and Ayr 160. During to-day the weather ...

    Article : 46 words
  41. THE KING'S CONGRATULATIONS.

    The King's first message since his illness was to telegraph to Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary for the Air, congratulations on the air force Kabul ...

    Article : 77 words
  42. GRAF ZEPPELIN.

    The British United Press correspondent at Berlin states that the Graf Zeppelin will leave Friederichshaven for North Africa on March 26. ...

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  43. AT MILLAA MILLA.

    Nine inches of rain fell at Millaa Milla[?] for the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. to-day. About th[?]ee inches fell during the day. The wind was squally during the night, ...

    Article : 59 words
  44. FULL RESUMPTION.

    Now that the flood waters over the lines in the central districts have subsided, the railway department advises [?] ...

    Article : 42 words
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