Large quantities of opium and cocaine, which were concealed in ingenious hiding-places, were found by a police wireless patrol which visited premises in Little ...
Article : 223 wordsWhen two motor-cars collided in Beach road, Sandringham, yesterday five persons were injured. They are:— SCOBLE, Mrs. V., aged 33 years of Bond[?] ...
Article : 152 wordsWho are the most likely athletes in the running for Australia's team at the Empire Games? The first man picked would be "Jumping Jack" Metcalfe, the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,026 wordsV. Y. Richardson, c sub., b Flectwood-Smith.................. 28 H. C. Nitschke, c Darling, b Iron-monger.................. 33 ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 2,103 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—Play was commenced to-night at the Sydney Bridge Club in an interstate duplicate contract bridge match between teams selected by ...
Article : 324 wordsLONDON, Nov. 23.—For the first time since it opened 30 years ago, Thurston's, the famous billiard hall in Leicester Square, was unable to stage a match this ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 704 wordsA challenge to Australians not to fear big business, but to regard it as the great moving force in the world to-day, and to direct into its service some of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 572 wordsHEYFIELD, Friday.—Several persons had remarkable escapes from serious injury when a motor-truck and a motor-car collided on the Glenmaggie road about ...
Article : 155 wordsThe commander of the liner Moreton Bay (Captain H. C. Elford), who reached Melbourne yesterday, was probably the last man to sight the steamer Waratah, ...
Article : 229 wordsThe holiday ocean cruise has attained well-deserved popularity in Australia since it was inaugurated last year. During the Christmas holidays three liners were ...
Article : 346 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) will broadcast New Year greetings to the people from 7UV, Ulverstone (Tas.), at 9 p.m. to-morrow. His speech will be picked up ...
Article : 39 wordsA buyer seeks a motor-boat, new or secondhand, to carry three persons. Attractive young women are ...
Article : 124 wordsThe president of the West Australian Legislative Council (Sir John Kirwan) in an informative article in the "Empire Review" expresses the view that the ...
Article : 118 wordsMiss Alma Wellington, aged 22 years, saleswoman, of Southernhay street, Reservoir, who was struck by a motor-car at Reservoir on Thursday night, died ...
Article : 47 wordsSHUEFFIELD SHIELD.—Victoria v. South Australia at Melbourne Cricket-ground. INTERSTATE JUNIORS.—Victoria v. New South Wales, at Richmond ground. ...
Article : 196 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. T. Hoare, who has been northern president of the Miners Federation since July, 1922, was defeated for that office to-day by Mr. J. Jack, who ...
Article : 89 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—Orderlies who have been conducting around Parliament House the hundreds of tourists who have visited Canberra this week have had to ...
Article : 143 wordsRolls are being prepared for the Legislative Council election which will be held in Victoria next year, probably on June 2. Rolls will be ready for inspection at the ...
Article : 310 wordsSir,—The secretary of the Northern Victoria Fruitgrowers' Association (Mr. Cornish) states in his letter of December 22 that his members support the continuance ...
Article : 530 wordsARARAT, Friday.—Mr. S. Shevlin, who is engaged in sustenance work in Alexandra Park, when spreading gravel, un-earthed a nugget of gold weighing 2dwt. ...
Article : 36 wordsHOBART, Friday.—Although there was an improvement in the bush-fire position in the Fitzgerald and Tyenna districts this morning, a strong ...
Article : 118 wordsused only one hand for this backhand stroke when ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 30 wordsFREMANTLE (W.A.), Friday.—A rare and delicate operation has been performed on William Sporl, the former German champion boxer, who was admitted to the ...
Article : 189 wordsWilliam Andrew Harris, butcher, of Brunning street, St. Kilda, was standing on the beach near the pier on Christmas Day when he was struck twice by one of two men who ...
Article : 311 wordsThe new broadcasting station at Grafton (N.S.W.), 2 GE, which was opened on December 17, although intended mainly for local reception, has been heard as far ...
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Family Notices : 50 wordsThe Director-General of the State railways (M. Dautry) complains in "Le Matin" that expendituie which is badly needed to modernise the railways is too ...
Article : 134 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z), Friday.—The double-handed sawing record of the world —12 seconds—with 18-inch logs, was broken at The Bluff by Alex, and Horace ...
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Advertising : 165 wordsWAGGA (N.S.W.), Friday.—Detectives are confident that they will solve the mystery of the finding of the battered body of a man in the Murrumbidgee River, near ...
Article : 102 wordsTo make a bid for the Harmsworth trophy, which is held by Gar Wood., the American speed-boat driver, a syndicate of business men have financed the ...
Article : 47 wordsViolet, Duchess of Rutland, writing in the "Empire Review" on wines of the Empire assails the old methods of pretence and bluff of a "self-elected clique of ...
Article : 58 wordsSir,—The secretary of the Northern Victoria Fruitgrowers' Association is indeed courageous to claim the active support of 98 per cent. of the peach growers of the ...
Article : 325 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—Flying pieces of timber injured a fisherman and threw him overboard to-day when a speed-boat collided with the dinghy from which he ...
Article : 79 wordsVictorian athletes will miss J. P. Wallace, who in unable to compete—he is recovering from an operation for appendicitis—and A. J. Hillhouse, who for business reasons cannot make the trip in ...
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Advertising : 183 wordsThing-Officer Ronald Rowley Murphy, aged 22 years, of Tokamara, New Zealand, was killed at Shenfield, when he crashed on a solo flight in a Bulldog aeroplane ...
Article : 142 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.—Wild, unseasonable weather is preceding the New Year week-end. A southerly gale, accompanied by hail and rain, was ...
Article : 50 wordsMr. V. L. Ginn, organising secretary, reported last night that proceeds to date from the Williamstown beach carnival amounted to more than £400. ...
Article : 49 wordsLate last night a man who was seen in a yard at the rear of Milton House Flats, Flinders lane, was pursued by Alfred Williams, an employee at the flats, along ...
Article : 80 wordsWe have received the following amount for distribution as Christmas charity:—"Onslow" (for State relief committee), £1/1/. ...
Article : 21 wordsAUCKLAND (N.Z.), Friday.—The principal results of the Auckland Trotting Club's meting were:— Great Norther Derby.—Chancellor, 1; ...
Article : 70 wordsEvents on the programme of representatives of the Methodist Order of Knights from Queensland and Victoria visiting Sydney were two debates. A New South ...
Article : 55 wordsPERTH, Friday.—The one-hour teams' race cycling carnival was held at Perth to-day. Results were:—Perth City and Fremantle, 102 points, 1; Victoria (Lamb, Parmley, and ...
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