THE AUSTRALIAN FLOODS
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‘PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, February 20, The Queensland R‘ lief Fund has reached £2OOO
Sydney, February 21,
The floods are receding at Grafton. Reports from the neighbouring districts state that the maiza crop is nearly all destroyed, The young sugar oaues have sustained much damage. Brisbane, February 21.
The flood waters are slowly subsiding. The lo;a, aa compared with that of a fort* night ago, is comparatively small in Brisbane itself.
The country between Ipswich and the city, however, ia in a terrible condition. The railway is considerably damaged, and many small bridges have been washed away.
Messrs Rlohter, Nanueatad and Co., millers, of Palmerston North, are forwarding two tone of roller flour to Brisbane, for the benefit of the sufferers by the flood. The Town Clerk has received the following additional subscriptions:—Kooployth Kitchen end Sons, £3 ; J.G. A., £1 ; E. Wilson, £1 Is; L. L. Harris, £1 Is; H. J. H. Blow, £1 Is; D. Anderson, £5; D. Walsh, 10s; Mrs Walsh, 10s; Elsie Joseph, 2s.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIV, Issue 9840, 22 February 1893, Page 2
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173THE AUSTRALIAN FLOODS New Zealand Times, Volume LIV, Issue 9840, 22 February 1893, Page 2
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