Holiday makers' camps along the Hawkesbury River were wrecked and washed out yesterday afternoon by a sudden violent storm. The downpour ...
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Article : 242 wordsThe problem of stranded Australians has been relieved. The Aorangi left with 663 passengers, the largest list for 10 years. ...
Article : 183 wordsA stirring New Year message to the Empire was issued by King George VI. from Buckingham Palace last night. ...
Article : 314 wordsThe Rome correspondent of "The Times" says: "The British Ambassador to Rome (Sir Eric Drummond) visited the Italian Foreign Minister (Count Ciano), and, it is believed, ...
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Article : 125 wordsThe Duke of Windsor attended Baron Rothschild's New Year party, which was held at Enzesfeld Castle, near Vienna, in accordance with Austrian tradition. ...
Article : 141 wordsMr. J. G. Chidgey, general manager of the Fresh Food and Ice Co., Ltd., collapsed and died about 8 o'clock last night while walking up the gangway to the Awatea, on which he ...
Article : 167 wordsHow defence expansion is affecting aviation companies is indicated in the speech of Mr. C. R. Fairey, chairman and managing director of the Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., which ...
Article : 203 words"Red Shirt" Felice, the best-known henchman of the late gangster, "Legs" Diamond, was shot and killed in a restaurant brawl yesterday. ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Duke of Kent visited a phrenologist in Ludgate Circus and had his "bumps" read. They showed, according to the phrenologist: "Over-diffident; values the efforts of others, ...
Article : 124 wordsThe Administrator (Brigadier-General McNicoll) and the Treasurer (Mr. H. O. Townsend) left early this morning by schooner for Salamaua, whence they will fly to Sydney ...
Article : 76 wordsA launch with several occupants was in danger off Long Reef yesterday afternoon when the engine failed. Heavy seas threatened to engulf the boat, which was driven towards ...
Article : 121 wordsGreat concern is felt for three men, who have been lost in the dense Wombat State Forest, between Gisborne, Woodend, and Bacchus Marsh, since ...
Article : 523 wordsThe Dutch Foreign Minister (Dr. A. C. D. de Graeff) expressed regret to the German Foreign Office to-day for the incident at The Hague when the Swastika flag was torn ...
Article : 185 wordsThree more plants of General Motors Corporation have been affected by strikes. Twelve factories are now idle, involving 33,400 employees. ...
Article : 180 wordsIt is reported that Canada's unwillingness to jeopardise the chances of extending the present treaty with the United States by meeting the British request to make permanent ...
Article : 125 wordsTwo men were slightly injured when A launch was blown ashore at Coal Point, Lake Macquaire, in a strong south-westerly gale, to-night. The launch capsized and sank. ...
Article : 84 wordsNew Year's Eve was the busiest night for years for ambulance officers, police, and firemen. The city ambulance services estimated that ...
Article : 209 wordsThe worst hailstorm in the history of the Peterborough district caused extensive damage to trees, motor cars, tents, and buildings on Thursday night. It lasted about half an hour. ...
Article : 170 wordsAudrey Elva Palmer, 16, of Glebe-street, Glebe, fractured her neck when she dived into shallow water in Prospect Creek, Carramar, yesterday. She is now in the Royal ...
Article : 91 wordsWesty Egmont, a former special assistant to the united States Attorney, is charged with forging the signature of the Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Morgenthau) to a false ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Minister for Finance (Mr. Dunning) said to-day that there was an increase of more than 200,000,000 dollars in Canada's external trade during 1938. This, he said, was the ...
Article : 58 wordsThe estate of the late Otto Herman Kahn, international financier, who at one time was reputed to be one of the richest men in the world, was never believed to be less than ...
Article : 128 wordsTram traffic yesterday showed a slight decrease of 45 tram loads compared with that of New Year's Day last year, when 1280 trams were required. Traffic was heavier to the ...
Article : 85 wordsThe Gaelic oration was delivered by the vice-president of the society (Mr. John McCrimmon). Mr. McCrimmon, who spoke in Gaelic, said ...
Article : 167 wordsWilliam John Nichols, 22, of Edward-street, Wollongong, was drowned in Fairy Creek, near Wollongong, yesterday afternoon. He had been married four mouths, and his ...
Article : 165 wordsIt was announced yesterday that 35,708 persons, the largest number in history, were Killed in automobile accidents in 1936. ...
Article : 29 wordsTwo Australian gliding records were broken to-day during flights by members of the Brisbane Gliding Club from elevated country at Coorabell. E. Parr (club captain), flying a ...
Article : 124 wordsJane withers, the child film star, whose mother announced that she had received threats that the girl would be killed unless 50,000 dollars (£A12,500) was paid, was ...
Article : 130 wordsIt is reported that Dr. Mattson has received a communication from the kidnapper that his son is safe. The ransom money, it is stated, is ready, and an intermediary is being selected. ...
Article : 63 wordsThis morning, before the Gnoolooma Petty Sessions Court, Dirranbandi district. James Walter Johnston, 26, was charged with the murder of Harry Nelson a half-caste, on ...
Article : 47 wordsForeign trade statistics for 11 months of 1936 show that merchandise exports totalled in value 2,223,000,000 dollars (£A555,750,000), an increase of 8 per cent. compared with the ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 2 Jan 1937, Page 11
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