THE COMMONWEALTH
FLOODS IN J*~EW SOUTH "WALES. By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn. , SYDNEY ? May 30. The general heavy rain continued throughout the State. Floods are reported ih- all the north coast. district?. S'everal towns are isolated. A youth was , drowned at Kering in attempting to cross the river. A SCOW'S MISHAP. The scliow Zingara, which left Newcastle for Gisborne on May 15 put into Sydney. She struck heavy weather sprung a. leak and was compelled to make Sydney. NEWSPAPER METHODS. ' -DENOUNCED BY MR WATT. ' • ;; JiELBOURNE, May 30. Mr Watt, speaking at Malvern, said that the Press formed a cheap habit of criticism and demolition, but was seldom seen assisting those engaged in constructive work. He warned the Press that if it did not do its duty the country would pass through an era of tribulation that bade fair to wreck the great ancestral institution under which we live.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 1682, 31 May 1919, Page 7
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