HEAVY RAINFALL
AUSTRALIAN EAST COAST
RIVERS RISE IN QUEENSLAND
SYDNEY, October 1. , Steady rain began at 5 o'clock this morning and continued the whole day, with no sign of abating. The city was drenched, completely spoiling the weekoncl holiday fixtures, camps, and sports gatherings. Tho conditions may necessitate the postponement of tomorrow's Labour Day festivities and Eight-hour Day procession. Tho Eandwick- course is now- sodden, but so far there is no intention of postponing tomorrow's races, at which the chief event is the Metropolitan. The-weather forecast for tomorrow is still unsettled weather, with.,, more heavy rain. ' , Heavy rains liave fallen over the northern and central coast river areas, with, local iloodings. Many rivers are rising in the central and i south-western districts of Queensland. Heavy losses of .sheep are reported, one! station losing 700. Bailway services v ori some sections are interrupted. The railway- bridge over the Bulloo Eiver is covered, and the water is rising at the rate of two inches an hour. Coastal shipping encountered high seas on the north coast of New South Wales., ' ■ ■ ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 80, 2 October 1933, Page 9
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177HEAVY RAINFALL Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 80, 2 October 1933, Page 9
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