RAIN IN AUSTRALIA.
FLOODS IN GIPPSLAND. SETTLERS ABANDON HOMES. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received July 30, 53 p.m. Melbourne, July 30. Heavy rain resulted in floods in the Gippsland district. Considerable damage was done and numbers of settlers have been compelled to leave their homes. A rescue boat at Orbost overturned. and a man named F. Phelan was drowned. LARGE AREA BENEFITS. Received July 30, 5.5 p.m. Sydney, July 30. The rain which was so opportune for growing wheat crops and providing feed for the winter, caused a setback for shearing, which was just getting into full swing. Rain fell over about onethird of the New South Wales outback and western areas and towards the Queensland border, where it was badly needed.
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Taranaki Daily News, 31 July 1922, Page 5
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121RAIN IN AUSTRALIA. Taranaki Daily News, 31 July 1922, Page 5
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