The Sydney stayers, Broad Arrow and Sarcherie, who have many admirers for Tuesday's Melbourne Cup, were beaten in the Ascot Cup this afternoon. Sarcherie was not judiciously ridden, but made a gallant effort in the straight, while Broad Arrow failed altogether to flatter his supporters. ...
Article : 114 wordsSo far the number of really beautiful books printed in Australia has oeen comparatively small Ordinary commercial publications grow steadily finer in quality and the novels now ...
Article : 948 wordsCustoms and excise revenue for the four months of the financial year just ended was £1,293,534 in excess of the estimate, and £1,617,571 more than in the four months ...
Article : 249 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) said in the House of Representatives to-day that there was no immediate prospect of further reductions in Commonwealth taxation owing to the heavy ...
Article : 761 wordsThe leader of the Opposition (Mr. Lang), resuming the debate on the Budget in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, criticised the financial policy of the Government, and ...
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Article : 860 wordsPetau's victory In the Ascot Cup was a complete surprise almost to all but his astute trainor, the veteran J, Scoble, who was confident before the race that Petau would take ...
Article : 455 wordsPeter Pan's task In the Melbourne Cup will not be lightened by his having drawn the extreme outside barrier position of 25. It is generally necessary to secure a handy place ...
Article : 226 wordsMr. Ellis, of the Faculty of Engineering, has been appointed an assistant honorary carlllonlst of the University War Memorial. He is an old boy of the Sydney Church of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 49 wordsWith the going very fast on the steeplechase grass at Caulfield this morning, it was not surprising that some particularly pleasing work was witnessed. Among the best ...
Article : 683 wordsThe Legislative Council suspended standing orders to enable the House to pass through all stages at one sitting the Noxious Insects Bill, designed to deal with the grasshopper plague. ...
Article : 542 wordsThe victories of Spearfiash and Verberry in the divisions of the Cook Handicap will tend to more interest in the Victoria Derby on Saturday. Not that it is expected that either ...
Article : 330 wordsThe Italian warship Armando Diaz sails for Melbourne early this morning, after remaining at Sydney for five days. ...
Article : 21 wordsWhile riding a horse in the dark a mile from Ballarat on Tuesday night, John Holt, 54, fell into an old mine shaft and spent the night partly immersed in water at the ...
Article : 79 wordsThe School Broadcasts Advisory Committee obtains periodical reports from public, church, and private schools throughout the State upon the dally school broadcasts, and an interesting ...
Article : 723 wordsAt the annual conference of the Federation of Parents and Citizens' Associations in New South Wales, Mr. A. S. Gerrand was elected president. Other office-bearers elected were:— ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 109 wordsMr. Bruce S. Smith, chief accountant of the Rural Bank of New South Wales, was yesterday elected president of the Association of Accountants of Australia (Inc.). ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 720 wordsMany Sydney sportsmen were big winners when Closing Time took the first division of the Centenary Thousand, run over six furlongs. The Tippler horse was always the ...
Article : 419 wordsMiss McDonald will conduct the Choristers in "The Dream of Cerontius" at the Town Hall to-morrow night, in aid of Sydney Hospital. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 30 wordsMrs. Louisa H. Harvey, who died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. C. Sheppard, Narrabeen, was in her 88th year. Born at Hobart she crossed to Victoria and about 70 ...
Article : 143 wordsOnly for the fact that but one horse, Poseidon, has won both the Caulfield and the Melbourne Cups in the same year, Journal would be receiving much more attention than is at ...
Article : 467 wordsSir T. A. Dibbs was associated for 76 years with the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, which celebrated Its centenary yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 31 wordsThe Rev. S. G. Drummond, of the Far West Children's Health Scheme, who has Just returned from a visit to Bourke, said yesterday that the flood rains last week had greatly ...
Article : 165 wordsMr. John Maurice Wheelihan, who died at Randwick on Monday, was born at Timor (N.S.W.) 67 years ago. Mr. Wheellhan was descended fiom pioneer stock. His father, ...
Article : 145 wordsThis year's spring carnival of the Victoria Racing Club promises to be one of the most memorable in the history of the Australian turf. The programme for the opening day, ...
Article : 123 wordsThe secretary of the Orpheum Society (Mr. W. G. Macdonald), in his report to the annual meeting at Christ Church school hall last night, said the year had brought recognition ...
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Article : 140 wordsThe funeral of Mr. Isaac Winn took place to Sandgate Cemetery (near Newcastle) yesterday afternoon. Mr. Winn, whose death, as reported in the late editions of yesterday's ...
Article : 122 wordsThe Brunton Gibb Dramatic Club presented a selection of scenes from five Shakespearean plays at St. James' Hall last night Enid Hayton's spirited rendering of the shrewish ...
Article : 96 wordsSir Daniel Levy, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, has greatly Improved in health. He announced yesterdny that he will, beyond doubt, be a candidate for re-election for ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 2 Nov 1934, Page 15
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