A severe thunderstorm deluged the city at 6 o'clock yesterday evening. Extremely heavy rain, accompanied by vivid lightning and crashes of thunder, lasted for about half an ...
Article : 475 wordsThe first meeting of the Farmers' Debt Relief Board, which was appointed on Thursday, was held yesterday at the office of the Assistant Treasurer (Mr. Spooner). Business ...
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Article : 1,810 wordsThe extension of Martin-place to Macquarie-street will be one of the first works to be undertaken by the City Council in the new year. It is probable that the widening of ...
Article : 364 wordsJames Cross, 24, married, was severely injured when gunpowder exploded on the Orange-road. He was admitted to the district hospital in a critical condition, suffering from ...
Article : 157 wordsW. Allison, captain of the American tennis team, which arrived in Adelaide this morning for the third test match against Australia, which will start on the Memorial Drive ...
Article : 154 wordsIn so far as the bill for reform of the Legislative Council attempts to reconcile the irresistible and the immovable, it has failure written on its forehead. The secret of "having ...
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Article : 160 wordsThe Minister for Transport (Mr. M. F. Bruxner) was asked yesterday to state the countries of origin of motor buses in the metropolitan area. Figures compiled by the ...
Article : 100 wordsTo-night, between 7.35 and 11.15, every Australian B class broadcasting station which can be placed in telephonic communication with Sydney will be linked to the studio ...
Article : 197 wordsA strong attack on the Country party's attitude on the wheat position is contained in a reply to Country party propaganda issued officialy to-day on behalf of the Federal ...
Article : 647 wordsMr. James Eather, of Taverner's Hill, Lewisham, celebrated his 94th birthday on Thursday. He was born near Richmond, his father ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 149 wordsEvelyn Nancarrow, 42, who had been suffering from nerve trouble, was found dying in bed at her home in Ormond-street, Paddington, yesterday morning. Central District ...
Article : 259 wordsMiss Isabelle McGregor, who died on Christmas Day, was the eldest daughter of the late Mr. Duncan McGregor, and was a member of one of the pioneer families in the Hunter ...
Article : 75 wordsStories of encounters between the natives of the Solomon Islands and sharks and crocodiles were told by the Rev. F. Browning, of the Melanesian Mission, who returned to ...
Article : 298 wordsMrs. R. R. Kane, of North Sydney, wife of Captain R. R. Kane, M.C., former Resident Commissioner of the British Solomon Islands, and niece of the late Sir John Thurston, ...
Article : 88 wordsMr. William Henry Thomas Grimes, who was associated with the woollen trade in Sydney and Newcastle for more than 40 years, died at Darlinghurst on Wednesday last, aged ...
Article : 209 wordsMr. James Gillespie, of South Grafton, in a letter to the Editor, complains of the manner in which second-class passengers are treated on the Brisbane express train. As a ...
Article : 111 wordsThe ballots have been completed for the election of a new State A.L.P. executive, Although the Garden-Graves group, which formerly completely dominated the executive. ...
Article : 96 wordsThe Orient R.M.S. Oronsay arrived at 7.30 o'clock this morning after a good voyage from Brisbane. She is to remain here until 7 o'clock to-morrow morning. ...
Article : 62 wordsThe special squad of detectives engaged upon suppressing gambling was very active last night, and within an hour had raided two buildings in the city, and had arrested 101 ...
Article : 192 wordsMr. Alfred Whereat, who was well-known throughout the Commonwealth as a champion helmsman, and master boat-builder, died last night at the age of 46 years. His greatest ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Deputy Director of Posts and Telegraphs (Mr. Kitto) said yesterday that inconvenience was being caused to the public through the failure of senders of circulars to comply with ...
Article : 68 wordsMembers of the legal profession, the staff of the Clerk of Petty Sessions office, and the Parramatta police met at the Parramatta Courthouse yesterday to farewell Mr. A. E. ...
Article : 113 wordsGrace Leicht, 17, a housemaid employed by George Stanley, who resides five miles from Yeulba, when returning from a visit to a neighbour at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, was thrown from ...
Article : 104 wordsThe results of to-day's matches in the Roman Catholic tennis tournament gave Victoria the possession of the Archbishop Kelly Shield for the first time. The Victorian team ...
Article : 91 wordsRecently the custodian of the Cenotaph (Lieut-Colonel Murphy) criticised a procession of Y.A.L. boys for passing the Cenotaph with and playing. The deputy director of ...
Article : 103 wordsThe New South Wales Aero Club is arranging a goodwill flight to Port Macquarie to-day. Four machines will leave Mascot aerodrome at 7.30 a.m., arriving at Port ...
Article : 84 wordsMr. Henry Lambert Carnegie, manufacturer, of Gisborne, who died on August 30 last, left real estate of a gross value of £30,040 and personal property of a gross value of £99,609, ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 31 Dec 1932, Page 15
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