Residents of Camden have a grievance—and a justifiable one, too. The whole countryside was in a sorry plight on Saturday. In fact, it had been for three days ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 188 wordsA submission to New York newspaper publishers to-night of the proposal under which the International Union of Pressmen undertakes to man the machines ...
Article : 117 wordsWhen the flood was at its height the great volume of rushing water reached within a few inches the footway of the bridge at the Torrens Weir. Our photograph shows men at work to prevent the congregating debris creating an obstruction. In the afternoon a large poplar tree log smashed an iron support on one of the stagings of the bridge. The incident was witnessed by 200 spectators. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 153 wordsThe striking pressmen lessened the city's newspaper shortage by issuing their own eight-page paper, entitled, "New York's Union, containing a statement of the ...
Article : 147 wordsThe Acting Prime Minister (Dr. Earle Page) announced this morning that the conversion loan into the 1948 loan, and 1023 loan treasury bills and peace savings ...
Article : 257 wordsAbout 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon a lad named Charles Martin Fox (9), residing at No. U.' Phillip street, city, fell into the River Torrens at a spot between ...
Article : 87 wordsWilliam Henderson (26) was murdered at Jesmond on Saturday night, according to a report received by the Newcastle police. A man named Parsons is alleged ...
Article : 177 wordsEarly on Saturday morning the water began to encroach on to the Adeladie Chemical works' property, situated near the river north of Torrenaville. At 4 ...
Article : 841 wordsThe district clerk at Mitcham (Mr. L. D. Boorman) intimated that the floods in the Mitcham district had caused considerable damage to the roads and bridges ...
Article : 200 wordsThe incoming East-West express was an hour and 20 minutes late on Sunday, and did not reach Adelaide until 9.12 p.m. ...
Article : 24 wordsFor the first time this year, and for the first time since 1917 for that matter, the flood manifested itself outside the extreme eastern boundary of ...
Article : 244 wordsThe Deputy Postmaster-General (Mr. J. W. Kittol stated on Saturday morning that the flood waters had hampered tele-phone and telegraph lines in some centres. ...
Article : 190 wordsThe Chief Railways Commissioner (Mr. W. A. Webb) reported that owing to heavy floodwaters crossing the railway line between Dry Creek and Salisbury, the ...
Article : 178 wordsSir William Beach Thomas, writing to The Daily Express on the effects of the dumping of foreign goods in Great Britain, states:—The present cost of labour ...
Article : 154 wordsThis picture, taken near the old Morphettville Aims Hotel (now a store), shows a small army of boys enjoying a paddle on the Bay road. The water surged into the Morphettville Racecourse, where, in the motor and saddling paddocks it was several feet deep. The curator spent an anxious time trying to safeguard the property of the S.A.J.C. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 122 wordsSir J. B. Robinson, a well-known South African mining magnate, interviewed on the recent statement of the Government Mining Engineer to the effect that ...
Article : 140 wordsPort Adelaide suffered further as the result of the heavy rains of the week-end. I Rosewater was again the district most affected. Streets near the Rosewater ...
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Advertising : 565 wordsThe Chief Engineer and General Manager of the Municipal Tramways Trust (Mr. TV. G. T. Goodman) supplied the following official report on Saturday:— ...
Article : 225 wordsA huge crowd attended the Royal Agricultural Show on Saturday. A demonstration by Mr. H. Kendall of the methods on handling, roping, and securing horses ...
Article : 153 wordsReferring to the sale of famous pictures at Christie's, Sir J. B. Robinson, South African mining magnate, said he had been collecting masterpieces for 30 years, and ...
Article : 144 wordsThe Hydraulic Engineer (Mr. C. A. Bayer) reported on Sunday that conditions at the various Government reservoirs were satisfactory. On Saturday morning the ...
Article : 94 wordsOur Salisbury correspondent. wrote on ^Saturday:-"An enormous flood cnrac down the Little Para, early this morning,' and carried away fences and banks. Some houses well out of the .flats tftre surrounded. Mr. W. C. Prettejohn'8 cellar was filled, and the water got under floors in Mr. Andrew Hooper^ bonne. Mr. J. Harvey had a bridge washed away. Much damage was done to gardens, although there were not many oranges in reach of the flood water. The water is more than a foot higher than the previous record last May. The country around the Bolivar is flooded." ...
Article : 102 wordsThe Acting Prime Minister (Dr. Pace), when he visited Coffs Harbour, raid that he was in favour of sinking the battleship Australia there to form part of the ...
Article : 71 wordsSpeaking at a cricket luncheon given to Sir Rowland Blades at Ashtead, Mr. H. D. G. Leveson Gower (Chairman of the selection committee) referred to numerous ...
Article : 151 wordsMotorists using the Mount Barker road on Sunday were surprised to find that the heavy rain had resulted in a series of miniature landslides, just below the ...
Article : 88 wordsConsiderable interest in cotton crowing having lately been manifested in the Maranoa and south-west regions, a State official visit will be paid to that part of ...
Article : 89 wordsIn the low lying areas many homes were flooded out. This photograph shows two semi-detached, newly-built residences at Morphett avenue, Camden, from which it was necessary to rescue the occupants. The water flooded right through the buildings. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 110 wordsBORDERTOWN.—On Wednesday night squally weather set in with heavy rain, and on Thursday afternoon a heavy thunderstorm passed over the township. About half-past 4 2 ...
Article : 181 wordsIn a report to the Premier of New South Wales (Sir George Fuller) the Australian Commissioner (Mr. Sheaf) has indicated that the prospects are good for the disposal of Australian ...
Article : 370 wordsThe Imperial War Relief Fund has issued statement which show the during the three yearn ended August 31, the cash received totalled £157,000, and gifts in ...
Article : 69 wordsMany of the fruit gardens in Paradise and Marden, especially those in the lowlying areas, were flooded, and the river at the Felixstow Bridge was an impressive ...
Article : 224 wordsThe steamer Woolgar, which was bound for Fremantle and Geraldton, and the Paringa for Specncer's Gulf ports, were late in leaving the port, owing to the work of ...
Article : 40 wordsFrom L. N. WHIBLEY:—Torrens flood-waters are still encroaching on pasture now. The least initiated in the secret of engineering hare for several years foretold ...
Article : 189 wordsYears ago, when the Stint overflowed, residents of Glenelg suffered considerably from the flood waters which, in finding their way to the sea, caused much damage ...
Article : 581 wordsAccording to The Pioneer, a private motor carrying Indians wan held up on September 15 at a Toad near to Hathala. One passenger was shot dead and two ...
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The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), Mon 24 Sep 1923, Page 8
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