Second Edition Australian cables.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 May 1913, Page 3

Second Edition Australian cables.

6 — [uv I'XBTLUC TFLF.GUAL'H-COI'YUIGIIT] [I'flH I'KKSti association.] i Received This Day, U. 30 a.m.) CRICKETER IIILL CAUGHT OUT. ADELAIDE- This Day. iiiULihu-.- visit I'll the residence Clem Mill. removing a threehundred weight sate along a pas sage within a lew left ol' where Hill's wife was sleeping. 'I'lu-.v took ] iL outside and blew it up. and secured jewellery valued at WHO, including a number of the famous cricketer's presentations. Apparently torn men were engaged the robben. They cut all the electric connections. >t. .John's Church. L'arramatta. has celebrated its centenary. It was tlie iiisi Sunday School established in Australia. AI'STK AU AN I'LOODS. Pending ihe restoration of the railivhvs in the Hooded districts. passeli_ ,rei-s are being conveyed in boats am* vehicles across the broken sections. Wide areas are still under watei. hut the water is steadily receding, though many families are-unable yet t„ return to their homes. lhe> are being provided with iwid a"( shelter in public buildings. Most of the colliers who are idle went on the trains and removed the coal. Streets and roads are torn up ev-

e-rvwhore. "\t Maitland. four men were taking refuse on a roof when a floating tree struck the building and rendered it insecure. They secured n boat, and after an exciting drift of miles managed to land. A man drifting in the Peel river on a log was rescued in an unconscious condition. Reports from outside centres state that settlers suffered severely, and that there \s along the various rivers widespread devastation. A rescue boat took settlers off of roofs, hay stacks, ami trees where they bad sought snfey. Lucerne growers on the fiats are amongst the heaviest losers. Miles, of rich agricultural lands are swept. The crops are covered with silt and debris, and many farms are ruined.