FLOODS RISING
DAMAGE IN QUEENSLAND
ONE LIFE LOST
(Australian Press Association.)
(Received this day at 9.25 a.m) BRISBANE, December 11
The flood position is easing. Train traffic was resumed on the main southern and western lines.
Flooded rivers between Bowen and Prosperpine caused a disorganisation of railway services between Rockhampton and Townsville.
Settlers in parts of Augathella district are isolated and on short rations.
Queensland wheat growers lost at least one hundred and fifty thousand pounds a's a result of floods and rain. According to Phelps, manager of the State Wheat Board, Ithe fears of floods in northern inland rivers of New South Wales have abated considerably and serious floodings are now unlikely.
A Hindoo was drowned crossing a swollen creek at Ballina.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 December 1931, Page 5
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