"WHITE" AUSTRALIA
PHENOMENAL SNOWSTORMS
(noV'obK own eounronm.) ' V • --SYDNEYj 16th AngnsW;
Quite recently »^, l»rg«. «w»; of ifiW South ;Waies.^haa worn, an English .ap>; pearance, under a; heavy mantle of snow, : ■ the Uke of which' hw-nbt yist been wit- ' ' uessed' since earlyfthis oentury r :'.Th»,fiß»t • fall of snow ever; experienced by tha ■■ oldest residents; was;, recorded...in. somo ;;. .burdened with -; the name'of rGiiy, Piwkes, a phenomena ' fall 1 coveredvt^e:whole^ of""th'e-'lindscipi,'.,., to;a--de^h;<*':.nwlyVtKree:''fMt'^rSn«(S'-:-"-balling; and other epofte'-were freely-in—-dulged inland snow men^; figured ba-' ' fore many houses'. .In .'many places *slci wera hastily., imprbvißedi.-.'ana "with:.feet . swapped to elongated-pieces of wood or any other old. thiin^; that'wodd'serve the ' purpose,' youngsters and grown-ups eagerly : sought any *frozen: "slopes' 'arid ' slipped, down them,.inerxily.. ..Some,'of them bringing to. mind snow fcenes in the movies,:.and.sk"i-running peculiar-''to snowy regions,; attempted." charact^ristid leapmg. feats, but they were a .sad: failure for the most part. "At several places .on the mountains the electric light: waa ''. interfered with,' and telegraphic communication was delayed -Dwellings and trees were damaged,, and roads were often impassable. In some districts heavy losses of stock were'suffered. ' Altopther,' it was a chilling but neyertheless enjoyable experience for 1 thqi-sandg pf-people ' who-had : never seen snow • before. . .-'■.■■. ". ...". ....■..'"
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 48, 25 August 1923, Page 13
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194"WHITE" AUSTRALIA Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 48, 25 August 1923, Page 13
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