The municipal council has docleared war on the mosquito, particularly the dengue fever carrier, and immediate steps are to be taken to combat the menace. It has recommended ...
Article : 152 wordsThe chief business before the conference of the Baptist Union of Australia on Saturday was a resolution dealing with Church union, which was proposed by the Rev. Dr. ...
Article : 368 wordsThe congress of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science has closed, and already some of the delegates have left for the eastern States. ...
Article : 1,071 wordsThe Government Astronomer (Professor Cooke) who will retire to-morrow, has had a brilliant carcer as an astronomer. His life work has been mainly devoted to one ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Advertising : 117 wordsA spectacular demonstration against the Referendum proposals was staged by the A.L.P. yesterday afternoon, when a procession, headed by trade-union and political ...
Article : 1,170 wordsA Gazette has been issued containing the names of 270 scrutineers appointed by the Slate. These officers will be paid £1 a day by the State during their employment. ...
Article : 31 wordsA domestic shooting tragedy, involving the deaths of five persons, was discovered to-night at a lonely market gardeners's hut in High-street, East Waverley, three ...
Article : 169 wordsTwo questions will bE submitted to the people at the referendum to be held on Saturday next. The first question is:—Do you approve of the ...
Article : 499 wordsThe chief electrical engineer and officers of the Mines Department are to make a general inspection of coal properties in the Tweed district early next month. This information ...
Article : 133 wordsRepresentations were recently made by the Forbes Amateur Fishermen's Association to the Ministry to have the Lach[?]an River closed against net fishing. A reply has been received ...
Article : 147 wordsIn St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday the Rev. G. E. Weeks said that special prominence had lately been given to the tomplaint of a man that modern religion failed to ...
Article : 706 wordsMR. VINCENT J. BRADY, D.S.C., B.A., who was, on the motion or Captain Storkey, V.C, admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Mr. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 171 wordsColonel Evans, of the firm of Evans, D[?]akin and Co, who was in charge of the Cooma salvage operations, returned to Brisbane to-day. The refloating of the Cooma at the high ...
Article : 312 wordsThe [?] twentieth Highland gathering of the Dubbo Caledonian Society, held this week, was a record success. The Sydney Highland Society sent a representative, Mr. William Urquhart, ...
Article : 138 wordsA motor fatality occurred on the Leadville-road, three miles from Coolah, about 2 o 'clock this afternoon. A car was returning from Dunedoo Police Court, with ...
Article : 134 wordsThe municipal council has agreed to cooperate with the Mendooran Progress Association in endeavouring to urge the Talbragar and Cobbora shires to put in order the old ...
Article : 63 wordsNorman Heilman, aged 29 years, painter, of Wright-street, Hurstville, was severely burnt about the face and arms while beating out a fire with a bag in his shop in ...
Article : 75 wordsFrank Towers, a bullockdriver, who resided at Coopernook, was [?]lled while felling timber in the bush. Finding that a large tree which he was cutting would not fall in the ...
Article : 81 wordsThe visit of the Federal Treasurer, Dr. Earie Page, did not serve to clarify the position or to stimulate interest in the referendum campaign. His vigorons speech in ...
Article : 270 wordsHarry Donnelly, aged 28, was convicted on a charge of falsely pretending to be a police detective, and was fined £5, in default a month's Imprisonment. ...
Article : 37 wordsSamuel Anthony, 20 years of age, lately Residing in Third-street, Speere Point, died at the Wallsend Hospital late last night as a result of injuries received in a football ...
Article : 114 wordsFollowing the example of the "White Way," the business people in another soction of the main street are arranging a special lighting scheme, and have obtained the permission of ...
Article : 59 wordsThe nuisance caused by Melbourne larrikin pushes was continued this week-end. Only the timely arrival of two policemen saved a man from serious injury at the hands of one ...
Article : 98 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Gunn), who has accepted a position on the Development and Migration Commission, handed his resignation to the Governor on Saturday morning. Mr. Hill ...
Article : 90 wordsAt the Inaugural meeting of the Baptist Union ot Australia on Thursday Mr. Goble was electcd president. He has been pastor of Footscray (Victoria) for three years, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 53 wordsThe general secretary of the Farmers and Settlors' Association has been advised by the Department of Agriculture that Mangoplah has been included in the list of stations at ...
Article : 86 wordsShortly after 9.30 last night, a body of Newcastle police, under Sergeants Roberts and Asprey, carried out a raid on a billiard saloon in Main-street, Boolaroo, where the ...
Article : 58 wordsA burning accident at Tangorin caused painful injuries to Dorrie Read, aged 4 years, a daughter of a dairyman. Standing in front of a fire with other children, her clothing ignited, ...
Article : 72 wordsUsing a duplicate key, th[?]eves entered the rooms of the Starr-Bowkett Society, Station-street, Rockdale, between 9 o'clock on Friday night and 9 o'clock on Saturday morning, ...
Article : 102 wordsA special aeroplane has been despatched by the Western Australian Airways Company to the north-west to meet Lord and Lady Stonehaven, who are expected to arrive at ...
Article : 115 wordsSpeaking from the Victorian Labour "no" committee's platform to-night, Mr. Lysaght, M.L.A. (N.S.W.), asserted that the powers sought were intended to countera the steps ...
Article : 269 wordsBy a three to one majority the metropolitan council of the Australian Labour party expelled Mr. T. J. Hughes, A.L.A., from the party. It was also decided to ask Mr. Hughes ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 172 wordsAt a meeting of the Lithgow Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Pedersen said he had noticed that there was a proposal to amend the Early Closing Act by abolishing tho late shopping ...
Article : 111 wordsA broadcasting party was afforded an interesting experience yesterday, when, in conjumction with Farmer's broadcasting service, a programme of vocal and instrumental items ...
Article : 185 wordsA table message received by the Sydney branch of the British imperial Oil Company states that Captain Pelletier d'Olsy, the French airman, had completed a flight of 3760 ...
Article : 155 wordsAn application may be made to the next district licensing court for a license for the erection of a third hotel at Portland. A syndicate interested has in view the erection of ...
Article : 60 wordsA disastrous Hie occurred at Burringbar early this in morning, when most of the business section of the village was destroyed. The fire was discovered at 3 a.m. It is reported ...
Article : 131 wordsA loud explosion in Wynnum South this morning atti acted the attention of residents of Charlotte-street to the cries of an 11-year-old boy named Gordon Stevens, who was ...
Article : 183 wordsM. Louis N[?]ttement, French Consul-General, returned from a month's visit to New Caledonia and the New Hebrides by the Vill[?] de Strasbourg on Saturday. ...
Article : 253 wordsJudah A. Solomons. 40, a married man, was seriously injured in the British mine by a fall of stone, which came away from the back. one or his legs was broken, and he received ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 219 wordsTo-day's meetings include:—Lunch-hour, 12.30. at Camperdown Park, Dr. A. H. Horsfall, Mr. Hedley Rogers; 2 p.m., at Parramatta, Macquarie-street State Asylum. Mr. W. Sta[?] ...
Article : 277 wordsTwo motor 'buses were badly damaged in a fire which destroyed a garage in South Terrace, Bankstown, at 2 o'clock on Saturday morning. The fire occurred during on Saturday ...
Article : 58 wordsWilliam S. T. Forth, 51, a member of a roadrepairing gang at O'Ilalloran Hill, last Sunday afternoon went for a walk, and came across an old shaft, 100 feet deep. While examining ...
Article : 151 wordsTO RELIEVE TUE CONGESTION OF TRAM TRAFFIC ALONG ELIZABETH— STREET, THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS HAVE DECIDED TO LAY DOWN A DOUBLE SET OF TRAMLINES ALONG COLLEGE-STREET. THE NEW TRACKS WILL CONTINUE ON FROM THE EXISTING LINES AT BOOMERANG-STREET TO LIVERPOOL-STREET, AND BY RESUMING PORTION OF HYDE PARK THE CITY COUNCIL HAS DECIDED' TO ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 86 wordsRumours are being circula that a private syndicate in Melbourne is a ranging to finance a tour of Australia by Mdlle. Lenglen, the champion woman tennis player of the world, ...
Article : 106 wordsSt. James's Theatre:—Daffodil Matinee, 2.15; "Mer-cenary Mary," 8. Theatre Royal: "What Every Woman Knowns," 8. [?]riterion: "The Mask and the Face," 8. ...
Article : 131 wordsA missionary reunion under the auspices of the New South Wales Council for Missionary Education was held on Saturday at Christ Church, North Sydney. There were large ...
Article : 87 wordsWilliam Gsrrity, aged 45, of Wellington-street. Richmond, received serious injuries on Saturday morning, when he was buried by a fall of a sandbank at some excavations being ...
Article : 59 wordsThe referendum campaign is being conducted throughout Tasmania with considerable energy, and the arguments for and against are intesifying public interest. The State ...
Article : 91 wordsARRIVAL.—Saint Joseph, from Noume[?]. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 30 Aug 1926, Page 12
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