But for the timely arrival of Mr. Richards, a member of the electrical staff at the Hume reservoir, a fire which broke out in the main administrative office may have destroyed ...
Article : 110 wordsAfter beginning poorly against K. Gledhill (U.S.A.), to whom he lost the first set, J. Crawford (N.S.W.) won the next three sets in good style, and thus secured the final of ...
Article : 661 wordsThe proprietress of a kiosk at Tom Ugly's Point yesterday identified, in the Coroner's Court, Eric Roland Craig, 25, as the companion of Elizabeth Isabel O'Connor, 16, on ...
Article : 1,770 wordsRequiring to score only 73 runs to gain an outright win in the Sheffield Shield match against Queensland, South Australia has made 24 in the second innings without loss of a ...
Article : 599 wordsThe programme of work relating to the extension of Martin-place, which was adopted, by the City Council yesterday, indicated that the undertaking would be divided ...
Article : 1,031 wordsThe following table, compiled by the secretary of the Taxpayers' Association of Victoria (Mr. M. J. Pettigrove), shows the amount of taxation a head paid in the principal countries of the world, the various Australian States, and the Commonwealth as a whole. The oversea figures are compiled from official statements prepared by the British Chancellor of the ...
Article : 586 wordsMr. W. M. Hammond proposed at a meeting of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association that particulars should be obtained from the Royal Melbourne Society regarding ...
Article : 72 wordsA deputation representing the Retail Traders' Association, accompanied by the Mayor of Glebe (Alderman Gorman) waited on the Lord Mayor (Alderman Hagon) yesterday to ...
Article : 229 wordsA freak cockatoo has been captured by Mr. E. Tompsett, of Forbes. It has two distinct yellow crests extending from a central point on the front of the head to the back. It ...
Article : 45 wordsAt its meeting Mandowa Shire Council resolved to declare Alsatian dogs noxious animals within its area. ...
Article : 21 wordsMr. Leslie McKenzie's champion three-year-old Clydesdale stallion, Royal Monarch, by Corie Monarch out of Widgiewa Jessie, has died. He won championships at Temora and ...
Article : 49 wordsMr. Frederick Orpen Steel, who was elected chairman of the Sydney Stock Exchange at the annual meeting of members yesterday, has had a long career as an officer-bearer Elected ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 120 wordsRelatives of Mr Bert Hinkler, who disappeared while flying from England to Australia recently, said yesterday that the general opinion was that Mr Hinkler had ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 719 wordsA fire broke out on the farm of Mrs. C. J. Wilson on Saturday night, and damage to the amount of £200 was done. About 30 tons of hay, five tons of chaff, a shed, and machinery ...
Article : 45 wordsAn early morning fire destroyed two weatherboard buildings in Keen-street, occupied by G. Walmsley as a grocery store, J. Hewitson as a motor garage, J. McLaughlin and R. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 120 wordsMr. James Hickey, ex-sergeant of police, who died at his residence, Northcote-street, Canterbury, on Friday, aged 73 years, was for 35 years connected with the ...
Article : 83 wordsEarly on Sunday morning thieves entered F. Fitzpatrick's store on the Campbelltown road by forcing the iron bars from the doors and ransacked the shop, taking boots and ...
Article : 64 wordsWauchope railway station was broken into between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. yesterday by thieves who blew the safe open with gelignite inserted in the keyhole, and escaped with more than ...
Article : 48 wordsMr. Alfred Pomfrett, who died recently at Ashfield, aged 83 years, was one of the oldest pioneers of the district. His father established himself as an orchardist at the corner ...
Article : 129 wordsPortion of a skeleton, believed to be that of James Stanton, aged 22 years, one of two persons drowned at Scarborough beach on October 1 last, has been found on the same ...
Article : 98 wordsFrederick Kull, 31, and Arnold Cooper, 21, of Burradoo, were travelling to Sydney yesterday on a motor cycle, when, near Picton, Kull was following a motor car, which suddenly ...
Article : 76 wordsTo-day's call-up for employment is published in detail on page 14, column 6. The call does not include general labourers It applies to bricklayers in "E" and "F" ...
Article : 111 wordsWhile returning in a sulky to her home at Mungay Creek, Upper Macleay, on Saturday night, Mrs. C. Cavanagh was thrown to the roadway when the sulky suddenly overturned. ...
Article : 49 wordsMr. Frederick Bowden, of Granville, who died last week at the age of 72, was a native of England, but had lived most of his life in Sydney. He was prominent in the ...
Article : 154 wordsSouthern Riverina farmers who crowded the School of Arts at Culcairn to-day carried a resolution deploring the inactivity of the Federal and State Governments in offering ...
Article : 616 wordsMiss Beatrice Taylor, the teacher who was suspended by the Director of Education, following an address which she delivered on conditions in Russia, was given an ovation last ...
Article : 437 wordsRita Maude Vaughan, aged 2½ years, was drowned at Hungry Head, two miles from Urunga, yesterday. The child was picnicking with a number of others, and wandered ...
Article : 54 wordsJ. Shaw, 27, of Denison-street, Camperdown, was found lying unconscious on the roadway of King-street, St. Peters, shortly before midnight on Saturday. He was bleeding from ...
Article : 124 wordsIt is understood that Dalkeith station, owned by Mr. F. D. McMaster, has been selected by Captain Frank Hurley, who was recently a guest there, for the filming of some of the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 326 wordsMr. C. H. Licence, whose remains were buried in the Church of England portion of Woronora Cemetery yesterday, was born at Dover, England, 48 years ago, and was for ...
Article : 145 wordsPortion of Mrs. C. Bowden's store at Nundle was destroyed by fire at about 10 p.m. yesterday. The fire originated in a bulk store, apparently through spontaneous combustion ...
Article : 71 wordsAt a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour party at Parliament House last night it was decided to launch an intensive campaign against the Upper House referendum, which ...
Article : 62 wordsA large weatherboard cottage in Barton-street, owned by Mr. Roy Stewart, and its contents were destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The owner, who resides at ...
Article : 207 wordsMr. William Guest, president of the Waverley Cricket Club and a member of a wellknown family of Riverina pastoralists, died on Saturday, aged 56 years. He had been ...
Article : 485 wordsTwenty-five persons, including 13 children, who attended a picnic conducted by the Osborne Park Methodist Church to-day, became violently ill after eating meat sandwiches. ...
Article : 55 wordsSchools under the Education Department will reopen to-day, with the exception of schools in the western area, which resume next Tuesday. Boys and girls who have ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 202 wordsFrank Joseph Measures, 71, an American, appeared before the Central Police Court yesterday afternoon on three charges of false pretences, alleged by the police to involve many ...
Article : 112 wordsWhen a sedan motor car ran into the Karuah River at Karuah late this afternoon, G.Salvage, 26, of Vine-street, Mayfield, and Miss M. Robertson, of Mayfield, had ...
Article : 174 wordsIt was announced yesterday by the Crown Law Department that no proceedings would be taken against Ronald McGregor Duncan, solicitor, of Cremorne, Doris Mavis Cooke, and ...
Article : 72 wordsFloating debris, tree trunks, and large logs, washed out to sea during the recent storms, constitute a danger to shipping on the south coast. The Navigation Department has issued ...
Article : 134 wordsDetective-sergeant Lawrence and Detective Clifford have been investigating allegations that some persons were endeavouring to obtain control of three insurance companies by ...
Article : 138 wordsAccording to Information received by Inspector W. Lipo from the police at Coen, it is believed that an aboriginal, Jimmy Breezer, who has been missing for a month, was taken by a ...
Article : 100 wordsThe price of gold to-day was £6/1/5 an ounce fine. ALLEGED MURDERERS MURDERED. A band of 70 armed Macedonians stormed a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 156 wordsA patient at Sydney Hospital was killed yesterday when he fell from the verandah of Ward 5. He was Leonard Robertson, 45, a labourer, of Henderson-road, Alexandria. ...
Article : 134 wordsA massive Moreton Bay figtree, that has been growing in Elizabeth Bay Park for more than 70 years, has been poisoned by a vandal. It was discovered last week that 14 distinct ...
Article : 129 wordsFrank Zapetti, 22, single a motor mechanic last evening had the top portion of his skull removed by a broken flywheel from motor car which he was testing. He was killed ...
Article : 132 wordsSeveral stowaways,principally on mail steamers, have been discovered in Suva recently One youth about l8, who boarded the ...
Article : 102 wordsAn aeroplane piloted by Brian Davies stalled when 200ft up while flying near Opunake yesterday, and nose-dived to the ground. The passenger, Guy Putt, l8, was thrown against ...
Article : 59 wordsIt is expected that Mr. Hill having accepted the offer of the Agent-Generalship will tender his resignation as Premier with that of the other Ministers on his return from ...
Article : 73 wordsProgrammes of Suburban Picture Theatres will be found in the Amusement Section on page 2 each day. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 31 Jan 1933, Page 10
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