Much anxiety is felt in Shanghai concerning the fate of Mr. John Langford Smith, a British consul, who was formerly stationed at Chefoo. Recently Mr. Smith received notice of his transference to Amoy. He was supposed to have left Shanghai on Thursday aboard the Chinhai for ...
Article : 143 wordsIN THE JAWS OF A CAMEL.—Mr. W. McMahon (Inspector of Vermin Fences at Denial Bay) is the man with his head in the camel's mouth. Mr. C. E. Mudge (proprietor of Denial Bay Hotel) is on the back of the animal. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 50 words"Embezzlers should be shot," said M. Tomsky, when addressing the Trade Union Congress today. M. Tomsky painted a gloomy picture of conditions in trade union circles, especially among the higher officials. ...
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Article : 85 wordsSan Dwe Nari, a Burmese, who was found guilty of having murdered his companion, Said Ali, on August 27, has been reprieved. ...
Article : 116 wordsThe only living thing on the stranded steamer Celtic, which went ashore when entering Queenstown Harbor on Monday last, is the cat of the ship. It refused ...
Article : 130 wordsIn the presence of a crowd of many thousands the Crown Prince Olav unveiled the Amundsen memorial today. It was the seventeenth anniversary of ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Reichstag, for the first time since 1902, assembled at 5 o'clock this morning. Probably the sitting will be known in history as the "sodawater sitting," owing ...
Article : 133 wordsA wireless message received today from Sir George Wilkins, whose Antarctic expedition is at Deception Island, says:— "Snow, sleet, and rain have made ...
Article : 160 wordsThe Nationalist newspapers regard the results of the Lugano conversations as extremely poor, and are of the opinion that it has clearly been proved that there is ...
Article : 169 words"Intransigeant" has discovered an English word which rivals the German verbal monstrosities published recently. It is "antidisestablishmentarianism." ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Bolivian Government has sent to M. Briand, as acting president of the Council of the League of Nations, an explanation of its action on the Paraguayan frontier. It says that Bolivia found it necessary to take precautions because it ...
Article : 177 wordsThe dispute between Bolivia and Paraguay has drawn attention to the scheme for the creation of a League of Nations air force, which Mr. Clifford Harmon, ...
Article : 123 wordsExaminers of the Civil Service Commission report that 708 of the 930 girls who sat for a recent examination failed to pass. ...
Article : 129 wordsAs a result of the fighting between Bolivia and Paraguay, the League Council may hold an extraordinary session in Paris. ...
Article : 26 wordsTo arrange the next attempt on the world speed record by Capt. Malcolm Campbell, an advance party sailed from England today for an undivulged ...
Article : 77 wordsCovent Garden is experiencing the worst Christmas fruit season for 10 years, owing to the depressed conditions caused by unemployment. ...
Article : 47 wordsPrince Louis Grimaldi has abruptly hastened to Monte Carlo, following the receipt of important despatches. Meanwhile reports continually hint at ...
Article : 119 wordsAll your Christmas buying can be done by means of Cash Orders. You do not need to have the ready cash, for we provide the credit and you have 20 weeks ...
Article : 108 wordsSir George Tallis announces today that J. C. Williamson Limited, will produce in Australia a musical play entitled "The 3 o'clock Girl." ...
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Advertising : 609 wordsMichael Joseph Francis Kelly, of Adelaide, admitted in No. 1 Adelaide Police Court this morning that he had been convicted for drunkenness three times during ...
Article : 190 wordsIn defence of charges of having behaved indecently in Currie street, Adelaide, on Saturday, and of having resisted Constable Giles, Percival George O'Flaherty, fencing ...
Article : 247 wordsMr. E. R. Dawes (secretary of the Metal Trades Council) stated today that he had not received any correspondence which had for its object the revival of the iron ...
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News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954), Mon 17 Dec 1928, Page 9
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