Articles from page 17: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. SPEECH DAY.

    The annual speech day and prize distribution of The King's School at Parramatta took place yesterday. Archbishop Wright presided and Archdeacon Charlton was also present. ...

    Article : 631 words
  3. PARKS AND TREES.

    Yesterday a young Christmas bush with a nice head of "flower"—in reality only the ripening calyx lobe and seed container—that had been making a pretty display by a ...

    Article : 467 words
  4. PATRIOTIC RALLY.

    To awaken women to the dangers which are threatening Australia at the present time, the Australian Women's National League arranged a patriotic rally for women at the ...

    Article : 488 words
  5. BASIC WAGE.

    The inquiry into the basic wage was resumed by the Full Bench of the Federal Arbitration Court yesterday. C. A. Allson, engineers' manufacturer, ...

    Article : 785 words
  6. FEDERAL SESSION.

    The Gold Bounty Bill was explained in the House of Representatives to-day by the Acting Minister for Customs (Mr. Forde). In the Senate Sir Hal Colebatch explained ...

    Article : 1,931 words
  7. TOWN-PLANNING.

    The objectives of the new constitution of the Town-Planning Association were discussed by Mr. William Baggott, the acting hon. secretary, in a report submitted to the monthly ...

    Article : 463 words
  8. QUEENWOOD.

    Mr. Cleary (Chief Commissioner for Railways) presided at the fifth prize-giving and concert at Queenwood School, Mosman, Mrs. Mackinnon presented the prizes as follow: ...

    Article : 206 words
  9. SYDNEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

    The prizes at the Sydney Church of England Grammar School were presented yesterday by the Governor (Sir Phillp Game) Mr. A. B. S. White presided, and in welcoming his Excellency said that ...

    Article : 859 words
  10. THE SENATE.

    When the debate was resumed in the Senate on the motion for the second reading of the Amending Income Tax Assessment Bill, Senator McLachlan (S.A.) said that the incidence ...

    Article : 1,183 words
  11. LIVING WAGE.

    The chairman of the Union Secretaries Association (Mr. O. Schreiber) yesterday replied to the protest of the president of the Employers' Federation (Mr. C. M. McDonald) against ...

    Article : 274 words
  12. CHARTRES BUSINESS COLLEGE.

    The annual demonstration of the students of Chartres Business College was held at the Australian Hall Elizabeth-street, on Tuesday. The function took the form of a concert and dance, ...

    Article : 294 words
  13. POLICE RAID FOR DRUGS.

    Raiding a house in Palmer-street last night, detectives of the C.I.B. drug bureau and other officers made discoveries which surprised them. In the main room of the house they found ...

    Article : 217 words
  14. CONCILIATION COMMITTEES.

    Mr. M. M. Stewart, the Industrial Registrar of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, said to-day that section 33 of the Act having been declared void, there was no provision ...

    Article : 265 words
  15. PYMBLE LADIES' COLLEGE.

    Sir Clifton Love presided at the distribution of prizes in connection with the Presbyterian Ladies' College at Pymble. The principal (Miss Jobson), in her annual ...

    Article : 579 words
  16. CONCERT AT FORUM CLUB.

    Miss Gertrude Barton, principal of Dllbhur Hall, Wellington-street, Woollahra, brought forward a number of piano pupils of that school in a concert at the Forum Club last ...

    Article : 249 words
  17. REPORTED DROWNING.

    Albury police and many civilians, after working hard for three days in an effort to recover the body of Alexander Seckold, 24, who was reported by his brother-in-law, ...

    Article : 220 words
  18. BATHING TRAGEDY.

    While pupils of the Komako school, 26 miles from Palmerston North, were bathing in a river to-day, a nine-year-old boy, Vernon Ferguson, got into difficulties. Miss E. Dommett, ...

    Article : 89 words
  19. CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS.

    Speaking at the New England Girls' School speech day function to-day, Bishop Moyes declared that class consciousness was fraught with such unhapplness, possibilities of ...

    Article : 284 words
  20. BLIND WORKERS.

    A reply by Mr. H Hedger, manager of the Sydney Industrial Blind Institution, to statements made at a meeting of the Sydney Industrial Blind Society was considered last ...

    Article : 499 words
  21. ST. GABRIEL'S. WAVERLEY.

    Speech day of St Gabriel s School, Waverley, was held on Wednesday, in St. Mary's Hall, Waverley. The Rev. Canon Langley presided, and the prizes were distributed b Rev. Dr. Micklem. ...

    Article : 405 words
  22. THIEVES SURPRISED.

    A policeman fired two shots when two men refused to halt for interrogation in Newcastle West, shortly after 4 o'clock this morning. The policeman was one of a party ...

    Article : 117 words
  23. MAN DROWNED.

    George Harold Joyce, 40, was drowned in the Upper Bellinger River about seven miles from Bellingen, this morning. The man and his brother, Thomas Vincent ...

    Article : 98 words
  24. C. OF E. GIRLS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

    The prize distribution of the North Sydney branch of the Church of England Girls' Grammar School, Bay-road, took place at St. Thomas' Memorial Hall. North Sydney, Lady Game, who was ...

    Article : 333 words
  25. SUNDAY GOLF.

    Mosman and North Sydney Councils are undecided about their attitude towards the playing of miniature golf on Sundays. The North Sydney aldermen have decided against ...

    Article : 141 words
  26. MISS ROSS'S RECITAL.

    Miss Eleanor Ross can always be relied on for artistic selection in the matter of programmes, and for cultured expressiveness in the matter of interpretation. Her last night's ...

    Article : 336 words
  27. EVENING STUDENTS.

    In proposing the toast of "The Sydney University Evening Students' Association," at the 29th annual dinner, which was held in the University Union last night, the Minister for ...

    Article : 213 words
  28. BURWOOD LADIES' COLLEGE.

    Speech day of the Methodist Ladies' College, Burwood, was held yesterday, when there was a crowded attendance to witness the distribution or prizes by Lady Game. Dr C. J. Prescott, ...

    Article : 726 words
  29. PETROL IRON EXPLODES.

    Mrs. A. F. Sim, of Tweed Heads, was badly burned at her home yesterday when a petrol iron exploded. Her husband had pumped up the iron in readiness for her to do some ...

    Article : 93 words
  30. MALVERN SCHOOL, HUNTER'S HILL.

    The prizes for Malvern School Hunter's Hill were presented at Hunter's Hill Town Hall by Rear Admiral Evans, who congratulated the successful students, and the principal, Rev. A. J. Rolfe, on a ...

    Article : 216 words
  31. NEED OF RELIGION.

    Alderman Elsmer Jones, returning thanks for his election as Mayor of Casino, said: "There are some hard things for laymen to say; but we are passing through times of deep ...

    Article : 169 words
  32. AUSTRALIAN MONEY.

    Mr. B. P. Lalcaca, a broker, who arrived in Sydney from China by the Taiping yesterday, said thnt Australian banknotes were accepted in China at the same rate of exchange as ...

    Article : 91 words
  33. PLAY CONTEST.

    Five new plays in the tournament directed by Miss Carrle Tennant at the Community Playhouse were performed last night. These were:—"Washing Day," a comedy by Annette ...

    Article : 100 words
  34. BRISBANE WOOL SALES.

    On the third day of the wool sales, 13,900 bales were offered. The selection was representative and several lots of superline quality were included. The Japanese were very keen ...

    Article : 116 words
  35. COOGEE PREPARATORY SCHOOL.

    The speech day of the Coogee Preparatory School will be held this afternoon. The prize list has already been published. ...

    Article : 23 words
  36. NEW PAINT FACTORY.

    The Concord Council, at its last meeting, approved plans for the erection of a paint factory for the International Paint Co., Ltd, at Phillip-street, Cabarita, at a cost of £2500. ...

    Article : 38 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$