SNOW IN AUSTRALIA.
COMMUNICATIONS DISORGANISED. SEVERAL TOWNS CUT OFF. INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC RAGING. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright ’ ' SYDNEY, August 6. Heavy snowfalls in many parts of the State continue to disorganise communications. ! Adaminaby, on the southern highlands, a town with 900 people, is isolated. An Influenza epidemic is raging there, and the town has no doctor or chemist. This Is the first time the district, has been without a doctor, and the townspeople are appealing to the Government to appoint a medical man. The township of Kiandra is also cut off, the main street being under 12 feet of snow. v The recent heavy rains caused serious flooding In the South Glppsland and Moe districts In Victoria.
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Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19648, 7 August 1935, Page 7
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118SNOW IN AUSTRALIA. Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19648, 7 August 1935, Page 7
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