The wet and unpleasant conditions experienced along the water front on Friday continued throughout Saturday and the greater part of Sunday, occasioning serious ...
Article : 571 wordsAfter a [?] of a year, owing to war conditions, the Royal Agricultural Society's Show, which will be opened to-morrow, promises to be a marked success ...
Article : 359 wordsMrs. Isabella M'Leod, of 251 Grattan-street, Carlton, reported to the police on Saturday that her daughter, Dorothy, aged 4 years, had been stolen. The child was ...
Article : 1,055 wordsExplanatory notes Rain has fallen. Light. Gentle or Mod Thunderstorm Fresh Strong Breeze Fresh gale. R. Rough M. Moderate, S. Smooth. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 15 wordsThe present rainfall has been of great service to the Yan Yean reservoir. The reservoir on Saturday stood at 24 feet 11¼ inches, which is the highest record since ...
Article : 55 wordsGEELONG.—The Moorabool and Barwon rivers in the neighborhood of Geelong were flooded on Sunday, and at 11 a.m. the river level at South Geelong had risen ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 75 wordsThe heavy soaking rains of the past few days will be of great value to the pastoral, agricultural and dairying interests of the State. ...
Article : 250 wordsFrom the heights of Studley Park, Kew, a splendid veiw of the flood waters can be obtained, and yesterday afternoon, despite continuous rain, crowds of citizens ...
Article : 389 wordsSEYMOUR.—The very heavy rain of the last three days has caused the creeks and the Coulburn River to overflow. All lowlying land is submerged. Many residents ...
Article : 238 wordsThe shaded portions of Saturday's weather chart, indicating the districts over which rain has fallon, while covering the same areas in South Australia and ...
Article : 257 wordsThe swiftly flowing current, with the drifting debris, provided a serious danger to navigation, and considerable care had to be exercised in bringing vessels up ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 73 wordsArrangements have been made to hold the annual Farmers' Field day at the State Research Farm. Werribee, on Friday next. Invitations have been issued by the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 439 wordsBENALLA—Between 2 a.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday over 3½ inches of rain fell. To-day the most disastrous flood ever known in Benalla was experienced. ...
Article : 405 wordsAs meant have been expected, the heavy rainfall has been responsible for serious washaways of the railway lines in various parts of the State. In some instances the ...
Article : 460 wordsYEA.—The rivers have overflowed, and the local park is flooded to a depth of several feet, together with the police paddock and the common. It is expected the flood ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 14 wordsThe council of the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria has been endeavoring to persuade business people of the city to close their establishments for the whole or ...
Article : 88 wordsVICTORIA.—Still more rain, but improving slowly in the south-west. S.E. to S. winds. OCEAN FORECAST.—Fresh S. to S.E. winds last from Cape Board: strong around and north of ...
Article : 69 wordsKOOWEERUP.—Up to 6 o'clock on Saturday 480 points had been recorded. The main drain is rising rapidly, and fears are entertained that there will be a disastrous ...
Article : 32 wordsOn Saturday at Skeleton Creek, about four miles on the Melbourne side of Werribee, a man named John Lewis was driving in a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 65 wordsKYNETON.—For the two days ended 6 p.m. Saturday 595 points of rain fell. The Campaspe has reached within a few inches of the against water mark on record. The racecourse and other ...
Article : 1,633 wordsThe six o'clock rally held on Saturday evening at the Exhibition Building, under the auspices of the Salvation Army, attracted about 1200 persons. Features of ...
Article : 465 wordsThere was a large audience at the Athenaeum Hall on Saturday evening to hear Mr. Lawrence Campbell, of Sydney, in a series of recitals from "The ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 815 wordsWhere the Merri Creek enters Brunswick territory in normal times it runs sluggishly through deep depressions, and its width is never more than a few feet. ...
Article : 141 wordsThe steamer Ardanmhor, the first unit of the Commonwealth fleet of cargo vessels to v[?] Melbourne, reached Williamstown early on Saturday morning. Coming from ...
Article : 277 wordsThe flats where the river passes through South Yarra were among the first to succumb to the onrushing flood. The boat house of Messrs. J.J. Savage and Co., boat ...
Article : 216 wordsJohnston-street bridge, at Abbotsford, one of the main means of communication between Collingwood and Studley Park, was the rendezvous of many hundreds of ...
Article : 448 wordsThe thoughts of many people turned yesterday to the soldiers in training at the various military camps, and there was much anxious speculation as to how the ...
Article : 408 wordsAfter an absence of three years George Gray, the young Australian, billiardist, returned to Melbourne on Saturday by the Sydney express. He came back to ...
Article : 123 wordsThe annual report in connection with the combined collecting movement of Nazareth House, Wendour[?] and St. Joseph's Home, Sebastopol, was presented at a meeting of ...
Article : 88 wordsSYDNEY.—At Nowra on Saturday a congress, described as a country parliament, representing the municipal electors of from one-third to one-half of New ...
Article : 343 wordsIn summer time the Merri Creek at North Fitzroy is represented by a chain of pools. Yesterday it was a rushing river. There was very little damage done ...
Article : 127 wordsTo collectors of early Victorian art a number of small works by artists who have passed away, but were popular half a century ago, are now on view at the Besant Hall, Centreway, where ...
Article : 125 wordsWhile conducting service at St. Paul's Church on Sunday morning Dean M'Culagh was seized with a fainting fit. Late in the day he recovered, but acting on ...
Article : 86 wordsSeveral matters of "live" public interest are included in the agenda paper of the conference of the Victorian Farmers' Union, which will be commenced at the ...
Article : 194 wordsThe low-lying lands about Glen Huntly, Carnegie and Murrumbeena are flooded. The old Rongtown Estate is a sea of water from Turganini-road back to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 120 wordsULTIMA.—In view of the 88,000 bags of wheat still in stack in Ultima yard, railway officials, who visited this line this week have marked cut fourteen new sites. It is estimated that there ...
Article : 46 wordsTALBOT.—A mine named Isaac Wright was lucky enough during the week to come across a "speck" of gold in a shaft at Opossum Gully, This returned him £25. ...
Article : 35 wordsBALLARAT.—A six-romed unoccupied house, in Beverin-street, Schastopol, owned by Mrs. Carton, was destroyed by fire at 2 a.m. on Saturday. The property was insured. Nothing is known regarding ...
Article : 185 wordsOn Saturday, at 6.3O p.m., Henry Woodward, about 11 years of age, was drowned, and Mr. C. Gill, a local dairyman, had a narrow escape from o similar fate. The ...
Article : 175 wordsThe river in about 250 yards wide at Victoria-bridge. The Navier college boat house just below the bridge, built on piles, has water up to the lovel of the high ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 153 wordsThe inundation of the area on both sides of the railway line between Macanlay and Flemington-bridge stations, which began on Friday, assumed much more serious ...
Article : 359 wordsSALE.—At Sale General Sessions, before Judge Moule, James M'Ewen. who was charged with the manslaughter of John Coleman, of G[?]enmaggie, was found guilty, ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Mon 25 Sep 1916, Page 8
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