The ceremonial committee yesterday completed the arrangements for the official opening ceremony of the Harbour Bridge on March 19. The ceremony will be presided over by ...
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Article : 150 wordsMr. John Thomas Eckford, 82, a member of one of the oldest pioneering families on the Hunter River, died at his residence in East Maitland. His grandfather, John Eckford, ...
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Article : 76 wordsA call-up will be made to-day as follows:— Labourers and Navvies: Those married men registered at the Hornsby Labour Exchange, with registration numbers from A1201 to ...
Article : 107 wordsThe Mudgee mail train crashed into a bullock which had strayed on to the line some distance east of Eskbank station at 2 a.m. yesterday. The animal was killed instantly, ...
Article : 54 wordsWest Maitland police are inquiring into the causes of a fire which broke out in an unoccupied weatherboard cottage in Homeville Police and fire brigade officers found signs ...
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Article : 151 wordsJohn Brown, an orphan boy, went for a ride on horseback, and, as he did not return, a search was made, and he was found lying unconscious. He was conveyed to Leeton ...
Article : 56 wordsThere has been a generous response by farmers to the appeal for eggs for the Wagga District Hospital, 830 dozen eggs having been received. Parcels are still arriving, and ...
Article : 98 wordsTwo shearers, William Egan and Robert Kelly, were travelling to a shed near Roslyn this morning when the steering gear of the car locked while the car was turning a corner. ...
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Article : 121 wordsDorothy Gallagher, 8, of Harris-street, Pyrmont, died at the Children's Hospital, Camperdown, from injuries received on Monday, when she stepped off the footpath near her ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 252 wordsDuring his visit to Forbes, the Minister for Lands (Mr. Tully) was asked by a deputation of townsmen to reconsider the decision to close the Local Lands Board office on the score of ...
Article : 115 wordsUnder cross-examination by Mr. W. M. Niland, at the Central Police Court yesterday, a police agent admitted that he had served a sentence in Goulburn Gaol. ...
Article : 242 wordsAt the Coolah Police Court, Eustice Jo[?] (alias Eric Frank Fortescue), 26 years, a French Canadian, sailor, was sentenced to six months hard labour in Bathurst gaol for having stolen ...
Article : 65 wordsThe first eisteddfod to be held in Tamworm for 20 years began to-day, Mr. Alfred Lovell, of Sydney, is the adjudicator in the general music classes and in the band contest. The ...
Article : 321 wordsMiss Heather Bell and Miss Sadie Irwin appeared in an attractive programme before a large audience at the Arts Club last night. Miss Bell's voice, of fine quality and range, ...
Article : 250 wordsBelieving that they had been hoaxed into applying for work which was not available, more than 100 boys who answered an advertisement this morning inflicted summary ...
Article : 164 wordsUproarious scenes were witnessed at a meeting of the Bankstown Council last night, and the police were called upon to remove Alderman Welch, a former Mayor. ...
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Article : 54 wordsIn the first six months of this year half a ton of old jewellery, the gold content of which was valued at £20,000, was lodged at the Melbourne branch of the Royal Mint. The ...
Article : 56 wordsThe leader of the State Opposition (Mr. Bavin) will speak at Killara to-night. The deputy leader of the State Nationalist party (Mr. Stevens) will speak at the Point ...
Article : 38 wordsThe poll for the election of a president and three committeemen of the Sydney University Undergraduates' Association will be held to-day. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 28 Oct 1931, Page 12
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