At a public meeting or ratepayers it was decided to appeal to the council to reduce rates, and so assure to the majority of ratepayers some relief from their burdens. It ...
Article : 63 wordsThe shooting of James Agnew, 42, seaman, at Mortdale, on November 13, was investigated by Mr. H. H. Farrington, city coroner, at the Coroner's Court yesterday. ...
Article : 491 wordsThe new French Premier (M. Chautemps) will introduce a measure in the Chamber of Deputies to abolish the exchange compensation surtax of 15 per cent. in response to ...
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Article : 64 wordsProfessor Heinze, Ormond Professor of Music at the University of Melbourne, will conduct the Australian Broadcasting Commission's Brahms-Wagner concert at the Sydney Town ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 92 wordsNext to Jack Crawford, the best tennis player in Australia is Harry Hopman, and no picture gallery of Australian tennis "stars" would be complete without him. With Crawford, he has ...
Article : 1,187 wordsThe water supply agreement between the town council and Mr. L. Norris, proprietor of the electric light and power supply, has been signed. To-day installations and the use of ...
Article : 73 wordsThieves took tools from a car at Roche's Hotel and used them to break into the bar of the Crown Hotel, where they stole money, tobacco, and clothes. The robberies took place ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Mayor of Manly (Alderman Cross) told a meeting of ratepayers last night that the best thing that could happen would be the appointment of an administrator from within ...
Article : 329 wordsAn aborigine was arrested at Wellington on Saturday night after a fierce struggle on the mail train, which was just drawing out of the station. ...
Article : 131 wordsThe major prizes in the 168th State lottery were drawn yesterday morning at the Australian Hall by Mr. A. R. Fox. First prize was won by L. R. Plaister, 48 ...
Article : 100 wordsMiss Emily Lightbody, who had been engaged as missioner to the aborigines for the last six years, died suddenly. Miss Lightbody, who appeared to be in good health, was ...
Article : 72 words"The Byrd Expedition's supply ship Bear of Oakland crossed the equator this afternoon, when the customary ceremonies were held. The ship is now headed for Papeete (Tahiti), ...
Article : 58 wordsMembers of the surf club performed good service at Yamba yesterday, when a crosscurrent caused surfers trouble. There were two reels out at one time, and two women ...
Article : 80 wordsThe M.C.C. defeated Rajputana hy an innings and 106 runs. Scores:—M.C.C., 213, Rajputana, first innings 32 (Clark five for 10, Townsend five for 16); second innings, 75 ...
Article : 39 wordsAt a meeting of the council of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia to-night, the president (Mr. Norman Brookes) said that a committee of the Victorian Association, with ...
Article : 235 wordsSome of Sydney's best beaches are north of Sydney Heads. Deewhy possesses one of the best surfing beaches on the coast, and the Warringah Shire Council, backed by local ...
Article : 393 wordsDean Talbot, in the fifth of his series of Moorhouse lectures, delivered this evening in St. Paul's Cathedral, recounted how Richard Hooker led the defence of the doctrines of the ...
Article : 218 wordsThe death of Mr. Robert Flower Jay, of Murwillumbah, has occurred within three weeks of his 95th birthday. Mr. Jay retired from active business when he was 75. He ...
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Article : 228 wordsClive McLaughlin, who was driving a motor lorry with 2000 feet of timber from the sawmill at Yetman towards Inverell, had a narro[?] escape from being burnt to death. Noticing ...
Article : 85 wordsThe price of tobacco manufactured from imported leaf will be increased in price as a result of the additional duty, which has been imposed to provide part of the assistance ...
Article : 187 wordsA gunshot was heard in the Namo[?] Hotel yard on Saturday afternoon. Cecil Ewington, a salesman, staggered from one of the garages with his left arm covered in blood, and almost ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Assistant Minister for Defence (Mr. Francis) has been advised by the Air Board to use a privately-owned aeroplane to fly from Melbourne to King Island, because no ...
Article : 149 wordsSydney, Parramatta, Maitland, Newcastle Brisbane, Warwick, and Tamworth Rotary Clubs were represented at the Armidale club's charter night on Saturday. A charter was ...
Article : 181 wordsRyde police have not found any reason why Ernest Carter, 40, should have committed suicide at Ryde Fire Station early yesterday morning, but they are not considering the ...
Article : 115 wordsA motor truck owned and driven by Alex Dagger, of Urangeline, was wrecked when it was travelling from Albury to Burrumbuttock. About 14 miles from Albury a defect in the ...
Article : 663 wordsA call-up for employment is announced to-day. Details are published on page 16, column 6. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe first New Zealand wool sale of the season was held at Auckland, and was remarkably successful. Prices surpassed the most sanguine anticipations. All reserves ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 331 wordsProposals for closer unity between land transport workers and the Australian Railways Union will be considered at the 11th annual meeting of the Australian council of the union ...
Article : 96 wordsNew radio apparatus was installed yesterday at the Sydney Observatory by Amalgamated Wireless (A'sia), Ltd., for receiving time signals from four centres in different parts ...
Article : 199 wordsMr. McAnally is the deputy-conductor of the A.B.C. Military Band. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 365 wordsMr. F. Ellis, legal officer of the War Service Homes Commission, made a statement to the Registrar in Bankruptcy (Mr. N. C. Lockhart) yesterday in the public examination of Henry ...
Article : 278 wordsThe quantity of log timber being sold through the State Forest Service indicates that the Queensland timber industry is steadily returning to normal conditions. The log trade ...
Article : 72 wordsIt is expected that the action in which Kenneth Edward Bardolph, proprietor of the "Labour Weekly," the official organ of the New South Wales Labour Council, is suing ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 238 wordsAldermen of North Sydney yesterday inspected relief works carried out in the municipality, as part of the Government's unemployed relief scheme. These included a new ...
Article : 132 wordsComplaints were made at the Federal conference of the Postal Workers' Union yesterday that the Postal Department had recently intensified the practice of making postmen use ...
Article : 99 wordsAccording to a statement issued yesterday by the Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. E. T. McPhee) the price levels of food and groceries showed decreases of 0.5 per cent, and ...
Article : 202 wordsThe jubilee of the establishment of the Presentation Order Convent at Hay in 1883 was celebrated yesterday afternoon, and was marked by the simultaneous ringing of the ...
Article : 147 wordsReplying to a request by the Border Gun Club for a variation of the open season for stubble quail, so as to conform with the shooting season in Victoria, approval of the usual ...
Article : 81 wordsIn an explosion on the main level of Paparoa mine near Greymouth to-day Frank McQuaid, single, aged about 40, a native of Ireland, was killed. Two other men were injured. The ...
Article : 49 wordsCriterion Theatre: "Tout Paris," 7.50. Theatre Royal: "Our Miss Gibbs," 8. Tivoli Theatre: Vaudeville, 2.30, 8. Civic Theatre: "The Squatter's Daughter," 11, ...
Article : 230 wordsA mechanical defect at Wynyard station at 5.45 o'clock last night temporarily disorganised the passenger traffic. Persons waiting for outward trains on the low level were ...
Article : 70 wordsA man was held at gun point at Maroubra last night until the police arrived and arrested him. Mr. Frederick Donohue was returning to his ...
Article : 111 wordsMr. A. S. Lindsay, honorary secretary of the Drummoyne Chamber of Commerce in a letter to the Editor of the "Herald," says that while a new domestic science school has ...
Article : 85 wordsThe Federal conference of the Postal Workers' Union yesterday decided to ask the Federal Government to engage unemployed postal workers for any extra work required by the ...
Article : 145 wordsMary Eileen Cowling, of Henry-street, West Croydon, who claimed £500 from Cyril F. Collins, engineer's assistant, Pulsford-road, Prospect, for an alleged breach of promise to ...
Article : 123 wordsA cloudburst, which occurred near Clarence, swamped dams and overflowed into Farmer's Creek, carrying debris with it. It is estimated that four inches was registered in 30 ...
Article : 111 wordsDamage estimated at about £250 was caused by a fire, which destroyed a shed stacked with hay in Old Windsor-road, Seven Hills, last night. The property belonged to Mr. George ...
Article : 37 wordsClaude Hurst, 31, was committed for trial on a charge of assaulting John Rye, 19, and causing him actual bodily harm. Hurst alleged that a man named Blundell ...
Article : 95 wordsLaurance Patrick McMahon, formerly secretary of the Metropolitan Friendly Benefit Society, pleaded guilty in the Police Court to-day to defalcations in the books of the society ...
Article : 13 wordsWELLINGTON.—Arr.: Nov. 27, Makura, from Sydney. WESTPORT.—Arr.: Nov. 27, Ngakuta, from Sydney. ...
Article : 34 wordsRosabel station homestead, one of the finest in Western Queensland, was destroyed by fire on Saturday. The owner, Mr. Doyle, and his family were spending a holiday at Sandgate ...
Article : 47 wordsProgrammes of Suburban Picture Theatres will be found in the Amusement Advertisement columns. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 28 Nov 1933, Page 10
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