A thunder and hail storm of exceptional severity which passed over Sydney, coastal districts, and central inland areas yesterday caused widespread damage. ...
Article : 1,468 wordsThe feat of S. J. McCabe, the young international cricketer, in making 229 not out against Queensland on Saturday, has often been eclipsed. But there is decidedly one ...
Article : 331 wordsLightning which preceded yesterday's hailstorm struck a weatherboard cottage in Harold-street, Guildford. Neighbours raised the alarm, and Mrs. Annie Mary Ellis, aged ...
Article : 237 wordsA demonstration against the Transport Act in which 600 Sydney and suburban busmen were to have taken part, was prevented early this morning by the police, who met the 200 ...
Article : 1,507 wordsCharges contained in the report on the Homebush Abattoirs, made by a specially appointed investigator, were described by Mr. J.B.Ciamsle, ex-chairman, and Mr. J.P. ...
Article : 748 wordsThe British Broadcasting Corporation has decided to carry out immediately plans for the erection of the Empire broadcasting station discussed at the last Imperial Conference. ...
Article : 572 wordsDespite persistent rumours, the Secretary for the Dominions (Mr. Thomas) intends visiting the dominions in turn in the immediate future, there is authority for stating that his plans ...
Article : 307 wordsThe arrival of Japanese reinforcements decided the Nonni River battle, according to despatches received from Mukden to-day. ...
Article : 703 wordsFour bare-headed men, one of whom carried a wreath unostentaclously approached an old naval gun in Hyde Park, near Oxford-street, on Saturday evening. It was almost 5.15 ...
Article : 497 words"It is my fervent belief that only by unity of purpose throughout the Empire, and by economic use of the Empire's resources in the interest of the British peoples as a whole, can ...
Article : 186 wordsWhen it was caught in a sudden squall while taxiing over the sea between the St. Kilda baths and the St. Kilda pier this afternoon, the amphibian aeroplane Cutty ...
Article : 281 wordsAddressing the Physical Society, Sir Arthur Eddington, Plumian Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge, painted a sombre picture of the earth as it may be viewed by a spectator in ...
Article : 124 wordsThe further fall of prices at Smithfield continues to cause alarm among importers of Empire meat. There have been rumours in some quarters that this was due ...
Article : 161 wordsTrack athletes and swimmers have commenced their season by accomplishing excellent deeds, and with the majority not having thoroughly completed their ...
Article : 280 wordsMr. C. A. Butler, who is flying from England to Australia, left Batavia early this morning for Koepang. Mr. Butler arrived here late yesterday from ...
Article : 45 wordsAs the result of special investigations into the Homebush Abattoirs and the F[?]emington saleyards, the Metropolitan Meat Board has recommended to the Government, as already ...
Article : 386 wordsDetective-sergeant T.W. McCrae and Dr. John Andrew Leslie Wallace, of Sydney, a specialist in mental diseases, were the principal witnesses when the inquest was resumed ...
Article : 469 wordsA message from the representative of the Vacuum Oil Company at Sourabaya yesterday stated that Mr. Butler left there at 9.45 a.m. for Bima. He was then about half a day ...
Article : 368 wordsThe King and Queen, on Tuesday, will drive in State to Westminster for the ceremonial opening of the new Parliament, at which the Prince of Wales will attend. ...
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Article : 207 wordsAn outspoken interview with Sir Josiah Stamp appears in the Paris newspaper, "L'Ordre." "London," he says, "cannot remain the great ...
Article : 159 wordsIt is authoritatively stated that no further negotiations are contemplated by the White Star line, which is now expected to continue its separate entity Drastic necessary economies ...
Article : 205 wordsLeslie Francis Harford, 36, of Le Hunteavenue, Highbury, a suburb of Adelaide, was murdered near his home shortly before midnight on Friday. It is believed that jealousy ...
Article : 330 wordsMr. Arthur Lee returned from Daly River last night, bringing news of a supposed murder by aboilgines. A native boy employed by Mr. Charles ...
Article : 110 wordsIn view of Sir John Simon's appointment to the Foreign Office, the Agent-General (Mr. Willis), on behalf of the New South Wales Government, has taken steps to secure a new ...
Article : 51 wordsThe discovery of a large gold-bearing reef is reported from the Ravenswood field, on the road to Mt.Cooper, 54 miles from Charters Towers. The discovery is described as a huge ...
Article : 92 wordsThe newspapers are beginning to speculate whether there will be an early reduction of the Australian exchange rate, but well-informed experts withhold opinion, pointing out the ...
Article : 133 wordsWith Sir Granville Ryrie's term expiring in May, speculation has begun in Australian circles in London as to the next High Commissioner, but the fact that the election may ...
Article : 149 wordsMany Sydney golfers on Saturday had to fight swarms of flies, which invaded the inland courses on the north side of the harbour. Possibly the extreme heat brought ...
Article : 114 wordsAs an example of the growing strength of the movement for spending within the Empire the "Morning Post" announces that it is refraining from publishing advertisements for ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Japanese mail steamer Kamo Maru, which landed a case of smallpox at Thursday Island, will not come closer to Brisbane than the Pile Light in Moreton Bay. A specially ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 9 Nov 1931, Page 9
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