A brilliant attendance. numerically in excess of any that had hitherto been seen at a lawn tennis match in Sydney, was recorded at the New South Wales Lawn Tennis ...
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Article : 802 wordsThe newly-elected leader of the Opposition in the Federal Parliament, Mr. Joseph Cook, who was present at a banquet held at Ryde on Saturday afternoon in connection ...
Article : 557 wordsThe Australian Rugby Union team played Wales at Cardiff yesterday and was defeated, Wales scoring 9 points (a penalty goal and two tries) to the Union ...
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Article : 29 wordsP. Flanagan and P. Burge have recovered from the accidents they sustained in the football field, and have joined the Australian Rugby Union's team at Cardiff. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe football contest between Oxford and Cambridge yesterday resulted in a draw, each team scoring a goal. Gillay played for Oxford, and Chapman for Cambridge. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Northern Union of England yesterday played a draw with the Australian Rugby League team, England scoring two goals six tries (22 points), and the League ...
Article : 264 wordsH.M.S. Sappho is leaving Portsmouth on January 23. She takes new crews for the Pegasus on the Australian station, and the Sealark (surveying, vessel). ...
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Article : 129 wordsThe monsoonal depression which for several days operated over the western half of the continent resulted in rains practically throughout New South Wales, the only area ...
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Article : 83 wordsAt Eskbank ironworks all the mills have been going as usual during the past week. It is stated, however, that orders are again falling off, and that unless a fresh batch is ...
Article : 132 wordsSir Thomas Sutherland, chairman of the board of directors, speaking at the annual meeting of the Peninsular ond Oriental Steam Navigation Company, said that the ...
Article : 121 wordsThe Aero Club of the United Kingdom has formed a league to encourage the invention of neroplanes. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward ...
Article : 343 wordsLeslie Butler, aged 18, living in Epping, was brought yesterday to the Sydney Hospital[?] where he was admitted, suffering from a bullet wound in one leg. ...
Article : 122 wordsMr. R. L. Baker ("Snowy") returned home on Saturday, after an absence of two years. He left Sydney two years ago to compete in the English boxing championships, but owing to ...
Article : 618 wordsA report that Germany is negotiating for the purchase of the Borlengas Islands, 12 miles off the coast of Portugal, has caused alarm at Lisbon. ...
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Article : 87 wordsA tornado swept an area six miles by three-quarters of a mile at South Canterbury, felling practically everything in its track, including straw stacks, trees, and fences. Some ...
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Article : 152 wordsThe situation between Russia and Austria-Hungary resulting from the Balkans dispute has improved. ...
Article : 21 wordsCompetition at the wool sales this afternoon was somewhat quieter, and prices were occasionally in buyers' favour. Dec. 12. ...
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Article : 41 wordsNARRABRI.—The best rainfall experienced since March fell over the north-western slopes on Friday night and Saturday morning. This fine fall will ensure a good season for both farmers and graziers. The ...
Article : 194 wordsOn Friday evening Thomas Simpson, aged about 70, an old-age pensioner, living in Dowling-street, Woolloomooloo, was garroted and robbed by three men in Hyde Park. The ...
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Article : 130 wordsAt the annual demonstration of St. Patrick's College yesterday, Bishop Gallagher presided. He said that when not debarred by unj[?] monopolies, or, as here in New South Wales, ...
Article : 102 wordsThe victorian Rowing Association's forty-eighth regatta was held on the Upper Yarra on Saturday. The racing was close, in one case resulting in a dead heat. The form shown ...
Article : 121 wordsThe principal rainfalls in Queensland during the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. on Saturday were:— Northern Division.—Donor's Hill, 5 points, Donaldson 6. Richmond 8. ...
Article : 119 wordsOwing to the delay in sending in statistical returns on the part of some of the States, it is probable that some two or three months must elapse before the "Commonwealth Year ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 14 Dec 1908, Page 7
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