After one of the most thrilling finishes seen at Flemington the three-year-old Peter Pan goes down in history as the winner of the 1932 Melbourne Cup. Five furlongs from ...
Article : 3,371 wordsMr. J. McGovern, Independent Labour M.P., who had intended presenting a petition to the House of Commons asking leave for a deputation of the unemployed marchers now ...
Article : 455 wordsENGINEER-CAPTAIN C. G. BRETON, R.N. who served in Australian waters in H.M.S. Powerful, is a passenger on the tourist ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 23 wordsCaptain Hans Bertram, the German aviator, in an address to the Rotary Club yesterday, prophesied that in the not distant future there would be a daily air mail service ...
Article : 167 wordsWhen the hearing was resumed yesterday of the action in which Norman Leslie ("Wizard") Smith is suing Smith's Newspapers, Ltd., for damages for alleged libel, plaintiff went into ...
Article : 1,050 wordsApplications for the position of secretary and oiganiser to the Junee District Hospital totalled 181. They were considered at a meeting last night. Mr. H. R. Poole, of Mosman, ...
Article : 59 wordsDiscussing the cabled information that creosote oil was being produced at the Belfast gasworks as a substitute for petrol, Mr. A. Gatley Lyon, of Newcastle, said this afternoon ...
Article : 578 wordsLast night thieves broke into the general store of Meaker and Co. and removed a quantity of goods. Entrance was gained by smashing a window at the rear of the store. This ...
Article : 61 wordsMr. M. Kilpatrick, M.L.A., has been informed by the secretary of the Unemployment Relief Council, in regard to the provision of a water supply for towns from South Wagga to Henty ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Stevens) addressed the Ministerial party meeting at Parliament House yesterday and explained the proceedings at the recent Premiers' Conference. ...
Article : 54 wordsMr. Justice Pike reduced the shire assessments by approximately 10 per cent, at the Valuation Court. Many large landholders appealed. ...
Article : 101 wordsA well in a vacant allotment in Napier Terrace, Unley Park, a suburb of Adelaide, is being worked for gold it had been reported that stone showing gold had come out of ...
Article : 91 wordsForbes Municipal Council decided at its last meeting to pass on to the ratepayers the benefits of the basic wage reduction by lowering the rate for household electric power from /5 ...
Article : 108 wordsThe V.R.C. provides races for two-year-olds over shorter distances than at the A.J.C. meeting, and included in the Cup Day programme this year was the Mimosa Stakes, run ...
Article : 265 wordsOxenham, Govan, and Waterman have informed the State cricket selectors that they will not be available for the Sheffield Shield maten against New South Wales on Friday ...
Article : 72 wordsSergeants Thornley and Jones and Constables Fleming and Hunt this afternoon raided a billiard saloon in the main business part of the town. It is alleged that betting ...
Article : 100 wordsIt is understood that a temporary settlement for three months has been made between the shipowners and seamen in the dispute regarding wages and conditions. No details are ...
Article : 85 wordsIt is understood that at Cabinet councils held this morning and afternoon prolonged consideration was given to disarmament questions and to the general European ...
Article : 125 wordsThe land hunger existing on the North Coast was strikingly demonstrated by two cases which came before the local land board at Murwillumbah yesterday. For a homestead ...
Article : 100 wordsAfter the excitement of the Cup had abated somewhat, attention was given to the Cup Steeplechase, in which backers showed excellent judgment. They pinned their faith to the ...
Article : 248 wordsExpert opinion in Sydney is critical of the claim of three chemists of the Belfast gas works, to have perfected the use of creosote oil as a substitute for petrol (as reported by ...
Article : 293 wordsLouis Wright, 23 years, of Hawke-street, West Melbourne, was admitted to Melbourne Hospital late to-night with a bullet wound in his abdomen. He was accompanied by two ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Forbes School of Arts committee has decided to petition the council to subsidise the institution to the amount of the general rates charged on the property each year. It ...
Article : 80 wordsA call-up for employment will be made to-day as follows:— Men in "D" classification with registration numbers A66,001 to A66,500 and OK28,501 ...
Article : 44 wordsBritish firms selling Lancashire cotton goods in India are confronted with a serious problem by the action of Japanese manufacturers and traders in copying English trade marks ...
Article : 111 wordsAwakened by the cries of her baby late on Saturday night, Mrs. J. Denny, of Friday Creek, found the house on fire. She hurriedly awakened her husband and family, and they ...
Article : 50 wordsCootamundra Municipal Council, disappointed at delay in regard to the Southwest Tablelands water supply scheme, passed the following resolution last night:—"A period ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 287 wordsThe Victorian lightweight W. Duncan is accustomed to riding many winners at a meeting, but to-day he received the plaudits of the crowd after winning the Yan Yean Stakes ...
Article : 270 wordsThe British steamer Glenshiel (Captain P. L. Sanders) arrived here with 31 Japanese seamen rescued under the most hazardous conditions from the motor trawler Shenshan ...
Article : 102 wordsA Berlin message relates that a bank messenger and a colleague were carrying £2500 from a branch of the Reichsbank in a handcart, when bandits attacked them. The ...
Article : 120 wordsThe cup was the smartest sartorially speaking we have seen on a dull day. Had the sun shone it would have been picturesque, for the cottons and fine muslins of to-day lend ...
Article : 1,871 wordsRunning a very solid race from the outset, and not being further back than fifth, Lynden had an easy win in the Cup Hurdle Race. for which Walter Scott, this time with R. ...
Article : 452 wordsFacilities for surfing at Coff's Harbour were provided by the Railway Department for passengers on the Brisbane express, which arrived from Sydney this morning. Only a few ...
Article : 63 words"Effectively to replan Sydney for the future, the whole regional area as far at least as Penrith must be included," said Professor J. Macdonald Holmes in a lecture to the ...
Article : 318 wordsThe price of gold to-day was £6/5/5½, compared with £6/5/5 yesterday. ROYAL CHRISTMAS CARDS. The King's Christmas card pictures an ...
Article : 421 wordsFrank Martin, 64 years, suffered injuries to his back and pelvis as the result of a tree falling on him at Bellata. Martin was burning oil on J. F. Rlchards's property. He ...
Article : 519 wordsThe "Daily Express" suggests that motors may rescue the railways from their financial difficulties following successful tests over 25,000 miles, with a diesel-electric rail ...
Article : 147 wordsOne man who presumably expects to collect some hundreds of pounds from a Newcastle turf agent as a result of Peter Pan's victory in the Melbourne Cup is destined to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 225 wordsThe Australian Press Association understands that Prince George on his birthday, December 20, will be given a Dukedom, either of Kent or of Sussex. ...
Article : 48 wordsThe result of two very interesting developments in wireless recording were broadcast last night respectively by 2FC and the chain of A class stations, and by 2UW and associated ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 190 words"In China to-day schoolchildren are demanding to be taught the western arts of warfare," said Dr. W. P. Chen, Consul-General for China, in an address before the New South ...
Article : 179 wordsWith a big field for the Railway Highweight Handicap, it was not surprising that bookmakers had to bet at least 8 to 1 the field, and the three equal favourites, Ibrani, Cicely, ...
Article : 318 wordsThere was a good deal of warmth in the conference to-day between the billiard players, Walter Lindrum and Willie Smith. The latter said: "Willie Smith takes a third ...
Article : 87 wordsThe reopening of the Lithgow State mine has been delayed because of a dispute with regard to seniority claims. A conference will be held to-day between the Board of Control ...
Article : 85 wordsThe British Broadcasting Corporation is arranging to broadcast a commentary on some of the tests, probably the last three, by relaying through the England-Australia ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 2 Nov 1932, Page 14
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