Alfred Thomas Atherton, 35, of Bourke Street, city, was found shot dead late on Wednesday night on the Boronia Road, half a mile from Fern ...
Article : 478 wordsAll day yesterday, the streets and shops of Sydney were filled with Christmas crowds. To-day, the shops will remain open until 8.45 p.m.; ...
Article : 200 wordsHow members oF the Second A.I.F. are spending their Christmas leave. Left: Private J. M. McCutcheon accompanying his wife on a shopping expedition. Right: These troops were busy yesterday making appointments to see friends. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 41 wordsSmall, faint lamps on top of tall standards have appeared in the West End to give London its first relief from the blackout. ...
Article : 241 wordsAn official inquiry into the sinking of a Danish steamer by a U-boat elicited additional facts illustrative of German brutality. ...
Article : 293 wordsAll available police will be on duty in the city to-night, to control the huge crowd which invariably marks the last late shopping night before Christmas Day. ...
Article : 141 wordsThe German Official News Agency in Berlin states that the increased patrol activity on the Western Front is due to the spontaneous desire of the officers ...
Article : 316 wordsThe Full Court of the Supreme Court yesterday rose for the Christmas vacation until February 13. Actions in the Causes Courts were ...
Article : 72 wordsGerman planes have attacked at least 35 vessels in the last few days. They sank one coaster and six trawlers. Two of the vessels attacked were owned ...
Article : 515 wordsThe police at Windhoek, South-west Africa, yesterday raided the headquarters of five German organisations, including the German Youth and the, ...
Article : 311 wordsThirty-two Queensland members of the Second A.L.F. on leave had to borrow money from friends yesterday to supplement their savings to enable ...
Article : 353 wordsThe Minister of National Defence, Mr. Norman Rogers, announces that the first Canadian division will be supported in the field by a Royal Canadian Air ...
Article : 242 words"Germany has not launched a largescale attack by land or air because she is not confident that she will succeed by these means," declared the ...
Article : 173 wordsAfter a delivery to-morrow, no bread will be baked or delivered until Wednesday morning. The president of the Housewives' Association, Mrs. Eleanor Glencross, yesterday advised ...
Article : 141 wordsControllers for two more German firms were appointed by Mr. Justice Starke, und[?] the Trading with the Enemy Act, in the High Court yesterday. ...
Article : 116 wordsSeveral Judges of the High Court yesterday expressed their disapproval of delays in the hearing of appeals against convictions in cases where ...
Article : 308 words"The Times," in a leading article on Mr. Menzies's broadcast, inaugurating the Australian short-wave broadcasts to other countries on Wednesday night, says: "Even ...
Article : 137 wordsThe Minister of Supply, Dr. E. L. Burgin, in a speech yesterday, said that, between September 3 and December 12, the Ministry of Supply had placed ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 163 wordsInauguration in the New Year of the transTasman air mail service may result from discussions between the Federal Government and the deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, ...
Article : 131 wordsScores of naval reservists from Melbourne Adelaide, and Brisbane will be stranded in Sydney for the Christmas holidays because of their inability to pay their railway fares to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 285 wordsMr. A. P. Herbert, in a speech at, the Little Ships Club, said that Herr Hitler's most hostile efforts were being directed against defenceless fishermen. His "blitzkrieg" had ...
Article : 63 wordsThe price of gold to-day was unchanged. Foreign exchange rates also were unaltered. Tin was quoted at £250/15/ a ton, and rubber at 11 ll-16d a lb. ...
Article : 56 wordsIt is now revealed that the vessel with which the Cunard liner Samaria (19,597 tons) collided, in a thick fog, was a British troopship. ...
Article : 187 wordsThe cook found willing helpers among the children of Scarba Home, Bondi, when she gave them coins and tokens to place in the Christmas pudding yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 30 wordsBecause of the strike yesterday morning of the Cessnock District Co-operative Society employees, which meant the closing of the society's bakery, ...
Article : 139 wordsOne hundred and forty motor trucks, which will make a column three miles long, will leave Broadmeadows at 10 a.m. to-morrow on the first stage of a journey to Sydney. ...
Article : 128 wordsSeveral newspapers support a suggestion by the former Prime Minister, M. Flandin, that France should break off diplomatic relations with Russia. ...
Article : 59 wordsEvidence that two youths had admitted having taken narcotic drugs every day was given in the Balmain police court yesterday. Edward Plavin, l8, and Peter Plavin, 19, ...
Article : 218 wordsTheatre Roval: "Under Your Hat," 8. Minerva Theatre: "Gaslight," 8.15. Tivoli Theatre: "Carry On," 2.30. 8. Century Theatre: "The Old Maid," "The Honey. ...
Article : 286 wordsTrank Morgan, a well-known film actor, was bruised and cut in a motor car accident at El Pasc. Texas, yesterday. His wife had a leg, broken, his son was bruised, and the ...
Article : 67 wordsTenders weie let to-day for the construction of the main [?]ircraft assembly plant at Fisherman's Bend, Melbourne. Beaufort bombers and other aeroplanes for the ail-training ...
Article : 70 wordsA regulation was passed to-day providing that goods that are "produced" as distinct from those "manufactured," grown, imported owned, bought, sold, and so on," do not escape ...
Article : 100 wordsAustralia's trade agreement with Brazil was proclaimed to-day, and will come into force on January 1. The agreement is of the "most favoured nation" type. ...
Article : 106 wordsThe Minister for Trade and Customs, Mr. Lawson, yesterday explained the reason for issuing, last Wednesday, an order amending the prices of non-forrous metals, which had ...
Article : 179 wordsWith an intimation that there "would be no definite finding of suspicion against anyone," the Royal Commissioner on Bribery Allegations, Mr. Justice Gavan Duffy, at 10.30 ...
Article : 115 wordsMr. Daryl Lindsay has been selected for the position of Curator of the Art Museum and Keeper of the Prints at the Melbourne National Gallery. His appointment will be ...
Article : 95 wordsAfter 25 years as private secretary to South Australian Governors, Mr. Legh Winser will retire in February. Governors with whom he has worked have been Sir Henry Galway. Sir ...
Article : 48 wordsThe price of petrol in New Zealand has been increased by another halfpenny a gallon. Super grade will now be 2/5½ and standard grade 2/4½ a gallon. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 22 Dec 1939, Page 10
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