AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 4 March 1929, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

FLOODS IN N.S/VV

(Australian Press Association)

SYDNEY, March 2

Heavy rains have fallen on the north ■ coast,’ causing floods in the Tlveed and Richmond rivers. The latter has risen twenty eight feet. Over a hundred houses have been evacuated great sheets of water are lying about the town. In some places only the roofs are visible above the water. Thirteen inches of rain fell in twenty four hours. Tributaries of the Clarence are rising. A cyclone along the coast is reported to have done heavy damage again. MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE; BRISBANE March 4, A charge of manslaughter in respect of the death of Justice Stumm has been preferred against Charles, Sexton, aged thirty-five. LONG ROUGH TRIP. MELBOURNE, March 4. The Finnish barque, Ponape, arrived after nearly five months voyage from Sweden. During a terrific gale in the north Atlantic two seamen were washed overboard and drowned. Heroic efforts at rescue almost resulted in other members of the crew losing their lives. STRANGE TRAGEDY. SYDNEY, March 2.

The mangled remains of Mrs Breylev, aged 21 years, and her two-year-old son and also the body of an apparenty stillborn child were found on the railway near Penrith (oo miles from Sydney). The woman visited her parents’ home at Penrith on Friday, and left to catch a late train to a neighbouring village. Her husband went to their home station to meet her, but when she failed to arrive, lie supposed u.at she had stayed at her parents’ place, as she sometimes did, if delayed. How she got where she was found is inexplicable.

"WEATHER WARNING. SYDNEY, March 4

The weather bureau on Saturday warned shipping that stormy conditions were imminent on the north coast, a cyclone being centred in the neighbourhood of Norfolk Island moving southwards.

fire damage. SYDNEY, .March 4. A fire on Saturday the top floors of Ultimo House in the city caused damage estimated at sixty thousand sterling. The blaze started in Simmons printerv on the top floor and spread to the wool brokers section where USfIOO worth of wool was burned. The building was owned by Herbert Solomon who is at present visiting New Zealand. Some firemen were slightly burned by molten load falling from linotype supplies in the blazing printery.