Chengteh, the capital of the province of Jehol, was captured by the Japanese on Saturday, the Chinese forces offering practically no resistance. The Chinese troops are in headlong flight southward, many thousands already having passed through the Great Wall. ...
Article : 95 wordsWith the object of gaining first-hand knowledge of the number of privately-owned residences in National Park facing the Port Hacking River, two parties from the Sydney Bush ...
Article : 193 wordsThroughout the week-end detectives worked unceasingly in an endeavour to elucidate the mysterious circumstances of the death of Florence May Matthews, 21, of Cheltenham, ...
Article : 488 wordsIt was announced on Saturday that H.M.A.S. Albatross, the seaplane carrier of the Royal Australian Navy, will be withdrawn from commission and placed in reserve when she ...
Article : 193 wordsA virtual nation-wide bank moratorium existed in the United States to-day following the proclamation of bank "holidays" in the States of New ...
Article : 565 wordsThe new President of the United States (Mr. Franklin Roosevelt) took the oath of office shortly after 1 p.m. to-day. In his inaugural address immediately afterwards, Mr. Roosevelt declared that he would ask for wartime powers, if necessary, to meet the national ...
Article : 209 wordsWith the fall of Chengteh, Jehol is now in the hands of the Japanese. Isolated bodies of Chinese troops are still holding out, but their fate is scaled, and it is only a question ...
Article : 742 wordsThousands upon thousands of defeated Chinese troops, fearing slaughter at the hands of the Japanese, are frantically scrambling for safety inside the Great Wall. All routes from ...
Article : 960 wordsIn order to prepare for the special tariff sitting of the House of Representatives to begin on Wednesday afternoon, Ministers will return to Canberra to-morrow, and private ...
Article : 340 wordsThieves armed with iron bars attacked a watchman at Alexandria on Saturday morning, and forced him to open the door of a strong-room. They were unable to open the ...
Article : 295 wordsCommentators say that with his path impeded by greater and more complex problems than the nation has known since its foundation, the President apparently has ...
Article : 931 words"This is pre-eminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly," said Mr. Roosevelt in his address. "Nor need we shirk from honestly facing conditions in ...
Article : 1,417 wordsVictoria had lost one wicket for 48 runs in the return match with England, when rain prevented further play at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, on Saturday afternoon. ...
Article : 323 wordsThe Minister for Health (Mr. Weaver) returned to the city at the week-end, having been away in the country all last week on official business. ...
Article : 218 wordsMr. Albert Thompson, a member of the Socialisation Committee of the A.L.P., declared, during an address at Newtown last night, that an effort was being made to ...
Article : 231 wordsDealings in foreign currencies were temporarily suspended yesterday owing to the New York bank moratorium. The London Stock Exchange took the ...
Article : 449 wordsCharles Mordue, 22, of Cowlishaw-street, Redhead, was drowned when he was caught in a channel off an unpatrolled area of Redhead Beach to-day, and was swept out to ...
Article : 117 wordsThe flour and semolina mill of Jeffs Bros., Ltd., at Fords, about four miles from Kapunda, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. Damage is estimated at about £25,000, ...
Article : 123 wordsThe English fast bowler, H. Larwood, will not be able to play any more on the tour of Australia. An X-ray examination was made of his injured left foot, and it was announced ...
Article : 104 wordsThe "Observer," commenting on the Jehol hostilities, says: "It seems reasonable to assume that in essence, the military issue has been decided. The diplomatic issue must ...
Article : 229 wordsThe coastal steamer Kinchela, which went aground on the Ballina spit at Port Macquarie while crossing in on Friday morning, was floated off on the high tide yesterday ...
Article : 132 wordsArthur Ellis, 69, single, was found lying on the roadway on the main northern road, three miles past Caboolture, early this morning, suffering from starvation, exposure, ...
Article : 99 wordsW. J. O'Reilly and C. Hill, both school teachers, achieved a remarkable bowling performance in the eleventh round of grade cricket on Saturday afternoon when, playing ...
Article : 318 wordsAnnie Adeline O'Leary, 10, of Flora-street, Erskineville, died in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday afternoon. It is believed that she died from food poisoning. ...
Article : 85 wordsAlleged Communists set alight to pamphlets containing a statement of the aims of the Australian Women's Guild of Empire, at a Domain meeting addressed by Mrs. Pankhurst ...
Article : 130 wordsLieutenant-commander Jefferson Hirst Walker, of the Australian navy, was awarded £25 by the Royal Society of Arts for his essay on life-saving at sea, especially referring to ...
Article : 153 wordsDespite the assurance of Dr. Malan, leader of the Opposition, that he is prepared to give the Coalition a chance privided Nationalist principles are not assailed, he has ...
Article : 221 wordsMr. Roosevelt to-night summoned Democratic Congressional leaders to meet him to-morrow to determine the date of the special session of the new Congress. ...
Article : 114 wordsCanadian banks are in a very strong and an exceptionally liquid position, wholly capable of meeting any demands upon them," said the Minister of Finance (Mr. E. N. ...
Article : 136 wordsA dispute at South mine on Thursday caused a cessation of underground operations on Friday. The trouble arose over a party not standing ...
Article : 200 wordsA glider crashed this afternoon at the Carey aviation ground at Port Melbourne, and George Hawkins, 19, of Camberwell-road, Camberwell, was seriously injured. ...
Article : 128 wordsMr. Roosevelt's speech, following the realisation of the gravity of the United States banking crisis, created a tremendous sensation. Every word of his speech was heard ...
Article : 160 wordsAggressive buying of wheat, attributed to eastern spcculators, yesterday resulted in a sharp rise in grain values, wheat closing at 1[?] to 2 cents a bushel higher, following a ...
Article : 112 wordsIt is officially estimated that the deaths, as the result of the earthquake yesterday, exceed 1500. Most of the victims were overwhelmed by ...
Article : 57 wordsWhile making a break of 1164 in his match with Joe Davis, Walter Lindrum created a new world's record of 529 nursery cannons. He encircled the table twice, and was ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 6 Mar 1933, Page 9
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