STORMY WEATHER
AUSTRALIAN COAST SHIPPING IMPEDED SYDNEY, Ji\ly 26 Whipped up by. a cyclone, big seas are running along ' the coast from north of Byron Bay to just south of Sydney. Shipping has been brought almost to a standstill. The North Coast Steam Navigation Company has cancelled all sailings to and from Sydney. •The Weather Bureau has issued a warning to shipping, also of floods on tho North Coast, where torrential rains have fallen, and large areas are under water. The watershed of the Hastings River is in flood, and other northern rivers are rising rapidly. The wharves at Wauchope, on the Hastings River, are already sft. under water. All the main roads are blocked. The Tweed River is 10ft. above normal at Murwillumbah. The tributaries 06 the Clarence River arc flooded. There are heavy seas at the mouth of the river. The motor-ship Melinga broke away from the wharf at Woolgoolga and was forced to put out to sea. Heavy rain continues to fall in Sydney, and the forecast is for further falls and floods.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21554, 27 July 1933, Page 9
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