THE FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA.
Distress at Eelmea. IBT WLXCTBIO TBLMQ&APHj-CQPYRIQttT,] [&FBOIAZ. TO FSXBB ASBOOXAXIOB.] rEc«riT6d Sept. 12, at 12^5 pan.] BTUNET. Sspt. 12. Disastroas floods have been experienced atEehtwa. The town is aitnated on a peninsula formed by the Murray and Campaspe rivers, 156 miles Horth of Melbourne. Many persona are rendered : homeless, and are living in tents pitched on high ground. Boats have been sent from Melbourne to . rescue the residents from their unfortunate position. j
Mb G. E. Pabkin. — This gentleman I seems to have been 1 most successful in Victoria. Whea he left Melboorne on August 20 he -was the recipient of a ■watch chain, a pen and pencil case, a locket, and a puree of Victorian gold. The presentation was made by Mr G, D. Carter, 'Jr'r- President of the Victorian branch of the Federation League. In acknowledging the & testimonial, Mr Parkin said that Chief % Justice Higginbotham had told him that ■*v : _, no outsider who had come to Melbourne to ||^ffifafffl<fljjTpQK|jifyi cfnfifMQiut had. met such- a
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6648, 12 September 1889, Page 3
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