Christmas in France was overshadowed by the horror of the Lagny railway disaster, which plunged 1 0,000 homes into mourning The bodies were so cut to pieces that not only is identification impossible, but it is difficult to be sure whether the remains are ...
Article : 295 wordsA runaway aeroplane threw the crowd into a panic at Mascot Aerodrome this afternoon and, before it was stopped, the machine injured ...
Article : 203 wordsOn Christmas Eve, the steamer Jacob Ruppert was still fog-bound a mile off the main Antarctic ice pack. Since Saturday afternoon, we have ...
Article : 68 wordsThe world over, Christmas was celebrated for the most part under better conditions than for some time past. Here and there, discordant notes appeared, but a spirit of goodwill and peace on earth was more general. ...
Article : 772 wordsAlthough the holiday makers leaving Canberra last week were in excess of those for the last few years, the tourist influx was on a far larger ...
Article : 190 wordsAs a result of a car overturning on Sunday morning, Mr. E. Abbott, Comptroller-General of Customs, sustained a fractured collar bone and ...
Article : 217 wordsHundreds of picnickers and campers who have visited the Cotter reserve, have been disappointed to find that the swimming pool at the ...
Article : 120 wordsDuring the holidays, the business premises of J. B. Young Ltd., at Queanbeyan, were entered by thieves and a quantity of gooda was stolen. ...
Article : 101 wordsSydney spent gloriously sunny Christmas holidays. Record crowds attended the beaches, while thousands of cars ...
Article : 89 wordsMrs. Ada Adamson, 51, of Redfern, was killed, and four others injured early this morning when a motor car somersaulted over a steep ...
Article : 259 wordsA cloud burst occurred in the Tyers district early this morning, and Tyers and Latrobe rivers ran a banker. ...
Article : 286 wordsA feature of the holidays has been the patronage of the motor camp on Acton Flat. The patronage of the camp has been larger than usual and ...
Article : 184 wordsGenerally speaking, New Zealand spent an uncomfortable Christmas. Gales, storms and snow caused havoc in many parts, but-nobody was hurt. ...
Article : 34 wordsMr. F. Hughes, captain of the English tennis team, expressed the opinion to-day that the team had not yet struck its best form, but he was ...
Article : 63 wordsMr. J. F. Farleigh, M.L.C., to-day denied a report that he proposed to resign from the U.A.P. as a protest against his exclusion from the ...
Article : 79 wordsWith the repeal of prohibition and a general improvement in the economic conditions, America enjoyed the gayest Christmas for several ...
Article : 101 wordsChampion tennis,players were seen in action at the County of Cumberland games to-day. It was intended that McGrath and Quist should meet ...
Article : 83 wordsThe death is announced of Colonel Macia, the President of Catalonia, following an operation for appendicitis, at the age of 74. ...
Article : 73 wordsThe death occurred in the Queanbeyan District Hospital on Monday night of Mr. John Sorrell, of Tharwa Road, at the age of 76 years. ...
Article : 103 wordsDuring the Christmas celebrations, President von Hindenburg assembled the entire staff from the State Secretary to the charwomen, in the main ...
Article : 98 wordsAlthough suffering from a broken bone in the left hand, Nitchske, the well-known cricketer, played in two Sheffield Shield matches He did not ...
Article : 81 wordsImprovement in the coal industry is apparent from the returns of the past year During 1933 the output exceeded ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Codex Sinaiticus arrived in London by a special courier, via Warsaw and Berlin. Great secrecy was maintained and ...
Article : 49 wordsAlthough elad only in dressing gown and slippers, Molly Munt, 21, disappeared from her home at Heidelburg West on Sunday morning, and ...
Article : 64 wordsRemarkable scenes were witnessed at Cheltenham races to-day when the crowd rushed the bookmakers who were operating for the first time for ...
Article : 60 wordsThere was no outward sign of Christmas in Russia A few Roman Catholics observed the season The Embassies held ...
Article : 43 wordsSophy Beggs, 36, a nurse, received fatal burns in tragic circumstances yesterday morning when her Santa Claus costume caught fire in her ...
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The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Wed 27 Dec 1933, Page 1
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