John McFadden, 13, of Coraki, was bathing at the old ferry approach late yesterday, when he slipped into 20ft, of water, and was drowned. The body was recovered an hour ...
Article : 53 wordsNew negotiations between the Commonwealth and British Governments of vital importance to the Australian meat exporting industry were foreshadowed in official quarters ...
Article : 363 wordsSouth Australia, 120 runs behind on the first innings, has seven wickets down for 295 runs in the second innings against Queensland in the Sheffield Shield match at the ...
Article : 889 wordsA reduction in Australia's wheat export quota under the international wheat agreement for the year ended July, 1935, from 150,000,000 bushels to 120,000,000 bushels, was agreed to by the Australian Wheat Advisory Council, which met in Canberra to-day. ...
Article : 71 wordsThe conference called by the Minister for Labour (Mr. Dunningham) to formulate schemes for rural employment and land settlement, yesterday appointed a sub-committee to ...
Article : 1,385 wordsThe Duke of Gloucester, on his tour to-day or Warwick, Clifton, and Toowoomba, saw a big fertile stretch of the famous Darling Downs country, of which Toowoomba is the chief ...
Article : 983 wordsThere were impressive scenes at the national Eucharistic Congress, which was continued to-day. In the morning, Pontifical High Mass was celebrated in St. Patrick's Cathedral. ...
Article : 870 wordsBy a majority of approximately 150, electors voted against the removal of the headquarters of the Dorrigo shire from Coramba to Co[?] Harbour. Ratepayers also rejected a ...
Article : 57 wordsThe recent cold weather caused great losses of livestock, hundreds of sheep in the district perishing. One station lost 1200 head. ...
Article : 31 wordsWhen the Advisory Council met to-day the Minister for Commerce (Dr. Page) said that a reduction of Australia's wheat export quota for the year ended July, 1935, from 150,000,000 ...
Article : 621 wordsH. Stepto, a commercial traveller, had a remarkable escape from injury when the car he was driving failed to take a dangerous turn on Cunningham's Hill, on the ...
Article : 100 wordsThe proposal of the Postmaster-General's department to reduce the status of the Bellbrook post-office and dispense with the services of the telephone linesman there, is ...
Article : 145 wordsNorthern police are investigating the possibility that burglars caused the fire in B. O. Baker's furuiture store, Cessnock, which was responsible yesterday for the death of John ...
Article : 163 wordsThe largest death adder seen in the Moree district for many years was killed on Canada Station on Saturday by Mr. W. Reynolds. The adder measured 33 inches. A few days ...
Article : 64 wordsInterviewed to-day regarding Boyd's Bay Bridge, on the main Brisbane-Mu[?]bah road, Mr. A. L. Horniman, engineer to Twe[?] Shire Council, stated that the Main Roads ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Tariff Board yesterday inquired into the duties on articles used for outdoor and indoor games. Opposition to the proposed increased ...
Article : 540 wordsMr. H. C. Armstrong, representative of the British Pacific Trust, of London, which is acquiring New England Airways, Ltd., is to investigate the development of commercial ...
Article : 301 wordsBefore Mr. A. C. Hardwick, P.M., Allah Charles Mahomad was charged with breaking and entering the dwelling of Hugh Edward Harriott, grazier, of Bungendore, and was ...
Article : 112 wordsMr. William New was entertained by 150 fellow-officers of the Postal Department at a smoke social on Saturday to mark retirement after 47 years' service. Mr. New was presented ...
Article : 43 wordsVincent Crockett, of Waratah, was fined £1 with 8/ costs in the West Maitland Court to-day on a charge of having disposed of property by means of "housie housie" games of ...
Article : 72 wordsA call-up for employment is announced for to-day. Details appear on page 18, column 5. ...
Article : 23 wordsDouglas Me[?]calfe, 2, living with his parents in Horseshoe Bend, West Maitland fell down steps to-day on to a concrete path and had a leg fractured. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 220 wordsDonald Read Scobie, 33, was found dead in a bedroom of his home at East Kurrajong this morning with his throat cut. A bloodstained razor was found at his side. Scoble ...
Article : 43 wordsEarly yesterday morning a weatherboard house occupied by William Sullivan, in Albury-road, Corowa, was destroyed by fire. The occupants were absent at the time, but a son ...
Article : 52 wordsA recommendation by the Electricity Advisory Committee, that the City Council electricity undertaking should be transferred to the control of a county council, representing ...
Article : 192 wordsThe death is reported from Sydney following an operation, of Mr. Joseph Booth, [?] farmer, of Canowindra, who, with his brother, Mr. William Booth, the Rosehill horse-trainer, ...
Article : 75 wordsAfter a week of conflicting reports, it has been definitely established that Wuchow has been freed of the menace of invasion by Communist forces. H.M.S. Robin and the ...
Article : 142 wordsAt the sale of privileges at the Tenterfield Pastoral, Agricultural, and Mining Society's hushmen's carnival, to be held on December 8, a novel method was employed by a ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Duke of Gloucester will arrive in Brisbane by the Royal train at 2.50 p.m. to-morrow, Elaborate arrangements have been made for his welcome. Brisbane's principal ...
Article : 147 wordsTen players have been selected for the Queensland team to make the southern Sheffield Shield tour, leaving on Monday. They are: Levy, Christy, Allen, Andrews, Bensted, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 192 wordsIn the Lithgow Police Court, Cecil Fernleigh Lovett was fined £6, in default 12 days' imprisonment, and was oidercd to pay £4 compensation, on a charge of stealing a parcel ...
Article : 55 wordsA campaign is being started at Darwin by supporters of Mr. A. M. Blain, the new member for the Northern Territory, to obtain a vote in the House of Representatives for the ...
Article : 122 wordsFor the five months of the financial year which have just ended, Customs and excise revenue, which amounted to £16,075,347, was £1,658,347 more than the estimated receipts ...
Article : 176 wordsBuilding activity is very marked in the Woy Woy district. The type of new buiding being erected at Booker Bay and Ettalong suggests that many people intend to settle permanently ...
Article : 38 wordsSir Alan Andeison, speaking as president of the International Chamber of Commerce to an impromptu gathering of members of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce this ...
Article : 145 wordsThe price of gold to-day was £7/0/2 an ounce fine, compared with £6/19/9½ on Saturday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. ...
Article : 348 wordsA motor lorry swerved at a street intersection to avoid another lorry. Mrs. selwyn Coles, who was seated at the rear of the lorry, was unable to retain her hold on her ...
Article : 62 wordsThe principal prizes in the 236th State lottery were drawn at the Australian Hall yesterday by Mr. W. J. Ross. First prize went to the "Seagull" syndicate, ...
Article : 106 wordsAt the Maitland Quarter Sessions to-day, Peter Gustave Black, 18, Adrian James Wilson Black, 16, James Alexander Stone, 15, and Keith Kline, 16, pleaded guilty to a charge of ...
Article : 97 wordsNew Tivoli Theatre: "Her Past," 8.10. Theatre Royal: "The Dubarry," 8. Mayfair Theatre: "The Merry Malones," 8. Criterion Theatre: "Fresh Fields," 8. ...
Article : 255 wordsIn the Maitland District Court this afternoon Judge Nield, giving his reserved decision in the claim for compensation by John Palmer, an old-age pensioner, of Weston, for ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 95 wordsIt is expected that public works schedules under the Federal Government's unemployment relief plan will be brought down in the house of Representatives next week. ...
Article : 134 wordsFollowing an inquiry by the Country Water Supply Debts Investigation Committee a remission of £8356 will be made in Bowral Council's water supply debt. Combined with ...
Article : 97 wordsThe Federal conference of the Postal Workers' Union, which represents 10,000 employees throughout the Commonwealth, carried a resolution declaring that any ...
Article : 90 wordsAlfred Jonathan Cram, 53, postmaster at Paterson, pleaded guilty at Maitland Quarter Sessions to-day to having fraudulently misappropriated £125/18/4, the property of the ...
Article : 154 wordsAt a meeting of the Wingadee Shire Council the president (Mr. J. Landers) announced that there was every possibility of a grant being obtained for the construction of a bridge ...
Article : 123 wordsThe annual report of the Secretary of the Navy (Mr. Swanson) asserts that "the continued operation of the fleet with an insufficient number of men is a serious menace to ...
Article : 82 wordsBaron Aloisi, president of the Saar Committee, announced that the French and German delegates had signed an agreement regarding all questions discussed by the ...
Article : 54 wordsLeo Diegel (U.S.A.) led the field in the John Martin purse of £300 at Kooyonga, with brilliant rounds of 68 and 69. Scores:—L. Diegel (U.S.A.), 68, 69, 137; Paul Runyan (U.S.A.), 69, 71, 140; ...
Article : 114 wordsMr. Dunningham, in a broadcast last night, appealed for the employment of at least one boy by each employer. He said that the management committee of the N.R.M.A. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 4 Dec 1934, Page 12
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