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  2. MELBOURNE.

    The account of the flood in Ballarat last night has been very generally commented on to-day in many commercial circles, and a feeling appeared to exist that the borough of Ballarat East is justly entitled to ...

    Article : 826 words
  3. THE CHINESE THEATRE.

    On Friday last the proprietors of a Chinese theatre applied to the Eastern bench of magistrates for permission to open for a few nights in the Chinese Camp at Golden Point. The leave asked was granted, with ...

    Article : 1,777 words
  4. THE BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS.

    The benevolent asylum was as usual in the way of doing good, and but for it many people might have been placed in a sad plight. At half-past three on Saturday morning, when a family had been taken out ...

    Article : 633 words
  5. CLUNES AND VICINITY.

    Clunes (writes our local correspondent) has again been visited by a destructive flood, and the labors of many a weary day and property to the value of thousands of pounds have, been utterly destroyed. ...

    Article : 2,591 words
  6. HAMILTON.

    A special correspondent at this place, by telegraph, states:—Great floods have been here. Ten people were drowned this morning at Coleraine. Bridges have been destroyed, and the coach for Ballarat was ...

    Article : 35 words
  7. ARARAT.

    By telegraph on 29th October, a special correspondent at this place thus writes:— There was a heavy, thunderstorm last night. Many crops have been submerged. The mail coach was ...

    Article : 61 words
  8. MARYBOROUGH.

    A special correspondent at this place thus telegraphs on 29th October:—There have been tremendous floods. Rain fell in sheets of water. All traffie ceased at M'Callum’s Creek, and the inhabitants took refuge on ...

    Article : 74 words
  9. AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

    The Smeaton show will be held on 17th and 18th November. The Clunes show has been altered from 26th and 27th October, to 23rd and 24th November. ...

    Article : 2,257 words
  10. BUNINYONG.

    The same heavy fall of rain that descended in Ballarat, visited Buninyong, and was. most disastrous in its effect. "When we visited Buninyong on Sunday, we found that the water had cut down many tons of ...

    Article : 535 words
  11. CRESWICK.

    The flood on Saturday morning (writes our local correspondent) was the highest yet seen at Creswick. Friday had been close and sultry with, heavy clouds overhanging, and all the appearance ...

    Article : 434 words
  12. VICTORIA RIFLE ASSOCIATION MATCHES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,064 words
  13. OFFICIALDOM AT THE AGRICULTURAL SHOW.

    SIR,—Prizes are obtained in ways as various as the minds of men, but your report of yesterday’s show offers a more than average illustration of my proposition. There are, it appears, two sets of officials in ...

    Article : 455 words
  14. SCOTCHMANS AND NAPOLEONS.

    At Scotchmans, the rush of water down the creek from the Buninyong Dam burst the dam built by the Homeward Bound Company. Several small bridges and culverts on the roads were damaged, but the large bridge ...

    Article : 173 words
  15. LEARMONTH.

    Our Learmonth correspondent writes:—“This district had its full quota of the rain that fell on Friday night, and many of the roads on the following morning were roads and rivers combined, the depth of ...

    Article : 265 words
  16. SMYTHESDALE.

    Our Smythesdale correspondent writes:—“ This locality on Friday night was visited by a terrific storm of thunder and lightning, accompanied by a torrent of rain. The heat during the day had been most ...

    Article : 636 words
  17. THE DOUBLE-SPEEDED REAPING AND MOWING MACHINE.

    SIR,—Would you kindly allow me a few lines in your paper with reference to a letter which appears with the above heading in this day’s issue? The writer of this letter says that Mr Brown, of the ...

    Article : 351 words
  18. GEELONG.

    Says Saturday’s Advertiser:—“Last night one of the heaviest thunderstorms experienced for a very long time passed over Geelong. The rains of the previous day had been followed by a northerly wind, ...

    Article : 169 words
  19. COLERAINE.

    By telegraph from a special correspondent at this place, we learn that on Friday evening rain fell in torrents and the thunder and lightning were horrible to hear and see. At Gringegalgona, fifteen miles from ...

    Article : 467 words
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