Three boys, aged 11, 10, and 7 years, respectively, were drowned in a waterfilled brick pit in May-street, St. Peters, to-day. They were seen just ...
Article : 217 wordsA disastrous fire, which occurred about 7.30 to-night, destroyed a bullaing of two floors, oomprising five shops, at the corner of ...
Article : 220 wordsMembers of the Metal Trades Employers' Association decided to-day to adopt the daily hiring system, and to continue to pay the same overtime ...
Article : 318 wordsSome control of municipal borrowing, with a view to getting the best results in the Interests of the local authorities concerned, is regarded by ...
Article : 387 wordsA family seated at lunch in their home in Beach-street, Port Melbourne, about midday to-day was startled by the sound of a rifle shot ...
Article : 282 wordsEye-witnesses of the earthquake in Palestine have arrived in Cairo from Transjordania. The shock lasted 40 seconds, and movements of lava were ...
Article : 82 wordsThe French steamer St. Francois Xavier, which was well known in Australian waters, has been wrecked, and has become a total loss. ...
Article : 219 wordsThe Governor-General, President, and Ministers of the Irish Free State paid their last tributes to their late colleague, Mr. Kevin O'Higgins, who ...
Article : 259 wordsOn two separate warrants the Ameri can schoner Anciura was arrested yesterday morning at the South Wharf. The first warrant, issued on behalf of the ...
Article : 454 words"Distinguished service to the Empire" was a constantly recurring phrase among the high tributes paid to Mr. M. Shepherd (retiring secretary to Australia ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 204 wordsIt Is freely suggested that Japan will withdraw from the Naval Disarmament Conference to become only an official observer, rather than agree ...
Article : 585 wordsTouching scenes were witnessed when the Dail Eireann to-day passed a resolution expressing sympathy with the relatives of the late Mr. Kevin O'Higgins. ...
Article : 95 wordsFurther hostility to the piecework provision of the new award delivered by Judge Beeby, covering the employment of engineers and blacksmiths, was expressed ...
Article : 589 wordsAlthough the thieves must have spent a good deal of time blowing open a safe at the office of Peels, Ltd., Stanley-street, South Brisbane, early yesterday morning, ...
Article : 68 wordsTen men were charged in the Dublin Magistrate's Court with having conspired with persons unknown to murder the Minister for Justice (the late Mr. Kevin ...
Article : 132 wordsA plate glass window at the jewellery store of Messrs. Wallace Bishop and Sons, Ltd., at the corner of Adelaide and Albert streets, was smashed early ...
Article : 89 wordsThe industrial dispute having been settled satisfactorily, the Pioneer mill recommenced operations to-day. The Kalamia mill will also start. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe crew of the auxiliary schooner Aneiura, which has been abandoned by her American owners and arrested here for debt, after carrying a cargo of timber ...
Article : 192 wordsBoth sections of the waterside workers were engaged this morning to handle sugar and work the steamer Canonbar, which has been in port for a few days. ...
Article : 131 wordsTo-morrow the ladies of the Wattle League will make a collection to raise funds for the assistance of returned soldiers and their dependents who, for ...
Article : 289 wordsTwo brothers, Jeremiah and James Gray, were remanded, charged with the murder of a soldier at Queenstown. It was stated in evidence that neither man ...
Article : 88 wordsIn the Supreme Court yesterday his Honour the Chief Justice (Hon. J. W. Blair), on the application of Mr. E. J. D. Stanley (instructed by Mr. R. ...
Article : 96 wordsThe British Motor Delegation spent a quiet day yesterday. In the morning a visit was paid to the acting Premier (Mr. W. Forgan Smith), and during, the ...
Article : 314 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. S. M. Bruce) to-day sent the following message of sympathy to the president of the Irish Free State (Mr. Cosgrave): "On behalf of the ...
Article : 91 wordsThe trade returns for June show that the imports increased by £1,794,000, and exports by £5,875,000. Re-exports decreased by £137,000. The principal ...
Article : 65 wordsA considerable amount of foodstuffs was unloaded to-day from the Canonbar by labour from the Brophy section. Stevedore U. Marshall stated that three ...
Article : 95 wordsAlthough the sites of depots where nightsoil will be dumped into sewers have not been fixed definitely, the proposals are that they should be established at ...
Article : 153 wordsArchbishop Clune, who visited Ireland in 1920 as a mediator between the Sinn Fein Government and the English Government, said he joined in the execration of ...
Article : 77 wordsIn view of the beginning of the operation of the Beeby Award to-morrow, the employers concerned have posted notices in their premises notifying the men that ...
Article : 254 wordsA meeting of representatives of the City Council, Shire Council, Harbour Board, Chamber of Commerce, North Queensland Employers' Association, building ...
Article : 249 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the "Times" states: "With the position between Britain and the United States on the cruiser issue at Geneva far from ...
Article : 239 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day, the Scottish Solicitor-General announced that the Ministry of Agriculture and the Scottish Board of Agriculture would make an ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Cairns waterside workers impasse is causing anxiety at Biboobra. Unless meat can be shipped by the Essex next week, the works will have to close down, ...
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Article : 146 wordsThe Probate Court has refused to grant letters of administration to the widow of Mr. James White, the financier, who committed suicide recently. The estate has ...
Article : 56 wordsDealings in the Commonwealth loan of £7,000,000, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, opened at a discount of £1 per cent. ...
Article : 34 wordsWhile in Cairns recently the Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. D.A. Gledson) met the parties conerned in the waterfront dispute, and endeavoured ...
Article : 73 wordsMembers of the Water Police on patrol work near the Dutton Park baths last night discovered the naked body of a fully developed female child floatiiig in ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Thu 14 Jul 1927, Page 13
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