After an inquiry yesterday into a fire in a cottage at No. 19 Bridge-road, Stanmore, on December l8 last, the City Coroner (Mr. E. A. May) found that some persons unknown had ...
Article : 157 wordsConsiderable interest was taken in the hear ing of several charges of alleged cattle duffing at the South Woodburn Court. The court was crowded, and many people were unable ...
Article : 241 wordsIn the cabled report of the "Daily Mail" editorial on Viscount Rothermere's latest statement we find the following:—"It is for them (Australians) to decide whether Mr. ...
Article : 983 wordsThe proposed secession scheme adopted at the Wagga meeting on Saturday met with almost unanimous approval here. The general feeling is that the country interests have ...
Article : 183 wordsWhen the hearing of an application for a reduction by 10 per cent. In the wages of employees in the flour milling trade was before the Full Court of the Arbitration Court to-day, ...
Article : 714 wordsThe Government has been approached by two syndicates for assistance in holding exhibitions to synchronise with the opening of the Harbour Bridge. ...
Article : 199 wordsThe Exhibition Hall at Australia House does not often contain so interesting an item as it does this week. The Commonwealth officials have permitted the showing on a temporary ...
Article : 334 wordsComment was made at yesterday's annual meeting of the Sydney Sailors' Home upon the Government reduction of the annual subsidy by £100. ...
Article : 180 wordsA remarkable story was told to the police yesterday by Alexander Mackie, aged 17 years, a milkboy, employed by Mr. Campbell, of Chamberlain-street, Padstow Park. Mackie ...
Article : 161 wordsCaptain W. S. Shelford, commodore of the Orient line, completes six months' leave of absence this month, and retires from active service, after 50 years at sea. He is succeeded ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 245 wordsMr. L. Andrews, O.B.E., district officer at Nazareth, Palestine, who left yesterday by the Narkunda on his return to the Holy Land. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 25 wordsMass meetings of miners at Portland, Kandos, Cullen Bullen, and Lidsdale adopted resolutions yesterday favouring a general strike to resist the claim of the owners before ...
Article : 80 wordsThe N.R.M.A. Issued a statement yesterday that far-reaching provisions will be included in the Transport Bill now being framed by the State Government. ...
Article : 195 wordsAn ugly scene was created at the corner of Campbell and Riley streets, last night, when Constables Kellaway and Hutchison were surrounded by several hundred angry people, who ...
Article : 104 wordsIt is understood that contracts made by the Bavin Government with the owners of Rothbury colliery shortly before its opening with free labour in December, 1929, will be adhered ...
Article : 129 wordsMr. Moore MacMahon was re-elected president of the Sydney centre of the British Music Society at the annual meeting last night at Paling's Hall. ...
Article : 232 wordsMuriel McDonald, aged 16, and Claude Hargood Boundy, both of Wollston, Christchurch, left their homes yesterday, and did not return. Their coats and other articles belonging ...
Article : 87 wordsThe deputy leader of the Labour party (Mr. M. J. Savage), in an address on the financial situation, opposed the reduction of wages, and urged a surtax on incomes to meet national ...
Article : 89 wordsArchbishop Alexander, of Tripoli, who has been elected Patriarch of Antloch and of the Orient. He is an uncle of Mr. Henry Bittar, of Wagga Wagga. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 29 wordsLast night Detective-sergeant Royal, of the Sydney C.I.B., arrested a postal official here upon charges of theft and icendiarism. On February 28 a fire destroyed the ...
Article : 88 wordsIn the House of Representatives this afternoon, the deputy leader of the Opposition (Mr. Gullett) directed the attention of the Ministry to the position of certain owners of ...
Article : 90 wordsTwo hundred officers and ratings from the H.M.S. Dunedin marched through the city streets yesterday to help the work of collectors for the Lord Mayor's Earthquake Appeal ...
Article : 290 wordsSir Hugh Denison presided at the annual meeting of the New South Wales branch of Uie Royal Empire Society yesterday afternoon. The annual recort mentioned that ...
Article : 137 wordsRobert Orkney, 55, a tallow merchant, of 50 Bowden-street, Ryde, was charged yesterday before Mr. A. E. Capp, J.P., at the Ryde Police Court, with having feloniously slain ...
Article : 88 wordsMrs. Collin Bates, who died on Sunday last at Arncliffe, was a keen worker for the Free Kindergarten movement. Mrs. Bates was the eldest daughter of the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 221 wordsMr. H. E. Budden, C.B.E., F.R.I.B.A., the new president of the Architects' Association of New South Wales. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 20 wordsRocking from side to side, and travelling at a speed which some eye-witnesses describe as terrifying, a motor lorry, of which the driver had lost control, hurtled down the ...
Article : 142 wordsAt the Warden's Court at South Woodburn the Jerusalem Creek Proprietary Coy., a Victorian company, registered in this State, was granted six months' suspension of labour ...
Article : 196 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Moore), referring to a proposal made earlier in the week in regard to the possible cancellation of the agreement on the Brlsbane-Kyogle-Sydney line, stated ...
Article : 104 wordsThe death occurred recently at Neutral Bay of Mrs. Florence Henrietta Ryder. She was the only child of Mr. Robert Hall Owen, a solicitor who practised for many years in ...
Article : 131 wordsThe Main Roads Board recently circularised councils through which the Parramatta-road passes, seeking opinions on the proposal that the Parramatta-road and the Great ...
Article : 206 wordsSteel is being manufactured locally by Australian Iron and Steel, Ltd., and will be used at Maribyrnong (Vic.) in the manufacture of the first high explosive shells produced in ...
Article : 80 wordsA motor car, in which John Neagle, 23, and Walter Neagle, 30, brothers, of Henly Bench, were travelling towards the city, crashed into a newly-erected bridge. The car and its ...
Article : 75 wordsMrs. Molly Sinclair, a cook employed at Milawa Station, received fatal injuries when her clothes caught fire while she was cooking breakfast. The occupants of the ...
Article : 74 wordsIt is probable that the Transport Trust will apply to the Federal Arbitration Court for permission to ration tramway employees. There are more than 600 surplus employees ...
Article : 87 wordsThe Collector of Customs (Mr. W. H. Barkley) states that the Minister for Customs (Mr. F. M. Forde) has directed that all export duty paid on sheepskins shall be refunded. On ...
Article : 49 wordsThe cup for the winner of the "Spalding" Australian professional oversea golf championship. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 18 wordsThe Minister for Works (Mr. Davidson) told a deputation representing the municipality of Junee that unless it carried out a provision submitted by the Public Works ...
Article : 137 wordsThe Minister for Customs (Mr. F. M. Forde) announced to-day that he had decided not to grant the request of a section of the winemakers in South Australia that grape prices ...
Article : 51 wordsMr. and Mrs. Harry Gleeson had a lucky escape from death when returning to their home at Pleasant Hills yesterday. Seeing that the waters of Urangeline Creek had ...
Article : 76 wordsUnable to understand the poor form of Laird o' Cockpcn, who ran last In the Ascot Handicap on Monday, his trainor had a swab taken of the horse's saliva, and this has been ...
Article : 285 wordsMr. A, Swayne, of Glanville, Jumped into the sea to save himself from burning, when petrol in a container ignited on a fishing cutter. The container on the engine box ...
Article : 95 wordsAddressing an enthusiastic meeting of the St. Ives branch of the National Association last night, Mr. Bavin, dealing with matters affecting organisation, said that it was his ...
Article : 149 wordsSpecial stamps to commemorate the achive mcnts of Air-Commodore Kingsford Smith have been issued by the Postal Department, and advance copies have been forwarded to ...
Article : 39 wordsAt the tramway power-house, Ultimo, yesterday, Ralph Stephenson, 25, a bollermaker, of Rocky Point-road, Kogarah, fell a distance of about 50 feet. He had been at work riveting ...
Article : 55 wordsThe 46th annual reunion of the Soudan veterans was held at Sargent's Oafe, Marketstreet. Captain Brownlow, who was in the chair, feelingly referred to absent veterans. ...
Article : 29 wordsAt a meeting of the Waverley Council, the Mayor (Aldermnn Hunter) recommended that a special committee should be appointed to consider the completion of improvements to Bondi ...
Article : 101 wordsWhen the Canadian-Australasian Royal mail liner Niagara left Sydney on Thursday for Vancouver she had on board a small consignment with which it is hoped to establish a ...
Article : 45 wordsEarly yesterday morning a fire broke out in a pigeon-house at the rear of a weatherboard cottage in Alfred-street, Annandale. About 150 birds were burnt and the pigeon-house ...
Article : 55 wordsTimely notice is given by the Railway Depaitment of an extensive scries of long distance excursions from and lo Sydney prior to Easter. The time-tables have been arranged. ...
Article : 54 wordsGeorge Martin, of John-street, Mascot, was driving a motor cycle and sidecar along Botany-road on Thursday night, when his view was temporarily obscured by exceedingly ...
Article : 86 wordsIn the Land Appeal Court to-day a farewell was tendered to Mr. H. F. Hardncre, who, for the past 11 years, has been connected with the court, and who is now retiring on ...
Article : 62 wordsAt the Canterbury Velodromo to-night ses eral of the champions of New South Wiles and Australia will meet in matches Three seniors Len Standen 10 mfles champion of Australia H. ...
Article : 107 wordsIn the results of recent University examinations published yesterday appear the narres of three of the cicw of the yacht Windward, which left Chatham Islands for Wellington on ...
Article : 72 wordsThe Railway Commissioners advise that Boy Scouts and Girl Guides in uniform travelling to Sydney for the visit of the Chief Scout (Lord Baden-powell) will be issued ...
Article : 57 wordsThe question of police methods was brought forward at tho Lnbour caucus meeting yesterday. It seems tfcat a letter from the Darlinghurst ...
Article : 88 wordsAttractively printed and profusely illustrated, the March issue of the "B.P." Magazine, a quarterly, published by Burns, Philp, and Co., Ltd., Sydney, maintains the high ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Commissioner of Police (Mr. Childs) has received a letter from the father of Constable Andrews, who was muidcred whllbt endeavouring to arrest an armed maniac at ...
Article : 95 wordsDetective yesterday interviewed a welldressed young man, who appeared to have lost hW memory He was found wandering in the outer metropolitan area, and was examined ...
Article : 89 wordsThe following were the successful candidates at the recent Pharmacy Board final examination, held on March 2, 1931, and subsequent days:—E. R. Maynard. C. H. Williams, A. D. ...
Article : 55 wordsFollowing the heavy rains between Parramatta and Penrith yesterday unemployed men in the districts were able to gather many mushrooms which sprang up overnight. ...
Article : 48 wordsA special service of trnms will be run from nallway-square loop to the Sydney Sports around to-day, commencing at 1 p.m. Commencing Monday next, a later tram will be run from Ashfield ...
Article : 64 wordsOwing to wet wenther the sports at Auburn were postponed last Saturday afternoon. and will be held to-day on the Auburn Park. Amateur events will be contributed by the Auburn Bankstown. ...
Article : 40 wordsFishing from a launch with a rod at Whangaroa, Dr. T. H. Pettit caught, after three and a half hours' struggle, a shark weighing 9101b. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 7 Mar 1931, Page 19
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