South Australia narrowly failed to gain an innings victory in the game with the West Indies, which was resumed on Adelaide Oval to-day. The task of the visitors seemed ...
Article : 347 wordsA ceremony of ordination to the Roman Catholic priesthood was performed at Wagga yesterday for the first time, when the Rev. James Blakeney, a member of a well-known ...
Article : 71 wordsThe fourth test match was fast approaching, and, as I had had a strenuous season, I felt like relaxing. I was therefore not especially keen to take part in a Sheffield Shield match ...
Article : 1,413 wordsSenator Daly, the Minister in charge of Development, announced to-day that Messrs. H. W. Gepp and Thomas Leahey had been appointed as Commonwealth representatives on ...
Article : 497 wordsThe British Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald (standing), presiding at the Empire Parliamentary Association's dinner at the House of Lords to the Empire Premiers. Mr. Scullin is seated on his left. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 34 wordsEfforts are being made on every side to make the Christmas season as happy and free from care as possible. A temporary respite from worries and hardships is being ...
Article : 1,279 wordsMrs. John Ingram, sen., one of the oldest pioneers of the southern Monaro district, died recently at the residence of her son, Mr. Charles T. Ingram, of Glenroy Station, near ...
Article : 79 wordsThe Narraburra Shire Council has decided to reduce the general rate for 1931, by 20 per cent. ...
Article : 27 wordsResidents of Wellington, Mudgee, Dunedoo, Coolah, Mendooran, Cassills, Merriwa, Scone, West Maitland, and Coonabarabran attended the funeral in Gulgong of Mr. Charles Scully, ...
Article : 47 wordsAt the annual meeting of the local branch of the Country Women's Association the following office bearers were elected:—Patron, Mrs. Frater; president, Mrs. Mackinlay; ...
Article : 53 wordsThomas Michael Mahon, aged 29, brother of Mr. A. V. Mahon, storekeeper, with whom he was in partnership, was found dead in bed this morning. ...
Article : 30 wordsA motor car out of control at the junction of Webb and Kurrajong street[?], somersaulted and Charles Robert Shore, the driver, and Roy Lord were thrown out. Lord's spine was ...
Article : 51 wordsDamage estimated at £10,000 was done by fire early this morning at Bruce Rock, 172 miles east of Perth. Business premises occupied by the ...
Article : 151 wordsIt is now admitted in Federal political circles that the major problem confronting the Ministry is the method to be devised to obtain a higher domestic price for wheat and thus ...
Article : 290 wordsThe inquest into the deaths of Charles Henry Fletcher Nesbitt, 33, commercial aviator, William Robert Bell, 22, pupil pilot, and Miss Haidee Rae, 33, nurse, who were killed when ...
Article : 136 wordsAt the Country Women's Association annual meeting, none of those present could be induced to take office. The retiring president, Mrs. P. Leeds, and the secretary, Mrs. W. ...
Article : 80 wordsAt a picnic at Cataract Falls, near Tenterfield, yesterday, Miss Jessie Kermode, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Kermode, of Tenterfield, slipped over a 60-foot waterfall while ...
Article : 142 wordsJeff Bullock, 14, was admitted to a private hospital suffering from concussion, shock, and very severe bruises, suffered in a collision with a motor lorry while he was cycling along ...
Article : 76 wordsMr. and Mrs. Joe Pearson, of Hunter's Hill, celebrated their diamond wedding at Hunter's Hill yesterday. Mr. Pearson is in his 82nd year and Mrs. Pearson in her 80th year. ...
Article : 230 wordsAn increase from 44 to 48 hours a week for railway workers was granted by the State Arbitration Court to-day on the application of the Government. ...
Article : 93 wordsPeter Carroll, 87, said to have come from Sweden, a resident of Leura for more than 30 years, was found unconscious and exhausted in a hut, and was taken by police to ...
Article : 1,013 wordsConsiderable damage was caused by the bursting of a water main in George-street, city, almost opposite the Town Hall, late last night. The escaping water carried away several tons ...
Article : 86 wordsFive persons were injured early this morning when a motor car collided with a steam tram near the corner of Ida-street and Rocky Point-road, Sans Soucl. ...
Article : 92 wordsA meeting of landowners was called by the Farmers and Settlers' Association and the Grazier's Association to consider making a request to the Shire Council further to reduce ...
Article : 95 wordswho was selected by the Civic Reform caucus yesterday to contest the Lord Mayoralty of Sydney. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 22 wordsThe body of a young boy which was seen by two Italian fishermen in Iron Cove yesterday morning was seized by a shark while they were rowing to the shore to telephone the ...
Article : 87 wordsFurther economies are to be made in the administrative expenses of the northern branch of the Miners' Federation. It was announced to-day that, as proposed ...
Article : 138 wordsMr. Thos. McDonald, of Coonong Station, Urana, who travelled by train to Wagga on Saturday, reported to the Junee police the loss of a cheque of £5. Late on Saturday ...
Article : 57 wordsDamage estimated at about £3000 was caused by a fire at the premises of the Auto Tyre Service Co., at 72 Junction-street, North Sydney, early this morning. ...
Article : 84 wordsAn aeroplane piloted by Captain Brown, instructor to the Rockhampton Aero Club, was making a landing on Yeppoon Beach yesterday afternoon when a motor car dashed in ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 227 wordsA snake found its way into the dwelling of Mr F. Northcott, a painter, of Nathalia, early this morning. In his attempt to kill the creature, Mr. ...
Article : 78 wordsTwo Italians, Michele Teuma, 25, and Anthony Farragui, 25, appeared before the Police Magistrate to-day on a charge of carrying liquor for sale without a licence. They ...
Article : 99 wordsOwing to the Radicals refusing to participate in a Ministry including members of the Union Republicaine Democratique, M. Barthou has abandoned his attempt to form a Cabinet. ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Coroner (Mr. J. A. Bamber), who returned a verdict, of accidental death at the inquiry concerning the death of Mrs. Anita Cowen at the railway level crossing in ...
Article : 130 wordsFour of the criminal lunatics who escaped from an institution at Matteawan were recaptured in an apartment, where they were harboured by the sweetheart of one of them. ...
Article : 92 wordsFrank Moseley. 25, a motor mechanic, of Francis-street, Bondi, suffered a painful injury yesterday. He was cranking a motor car when the engine backfired, and the handle ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 261 wordsThe District Coroner (Mr. A. S. Judge) today returned a verdict of suicide while mentally depressed in the case of Henry Francis Gardiner, whose body was found at the foot ...
Article : 240 wordsMembers of the Union Secretaries' Association yesterday discussed the proposal of the Government to impose a 1/ in the £ tax on wages. The meeting postponed its decision ...
Article : 41 wordsScottish coalminers resumed work after meetings in the chief areas of Midlothian and Haddingtonshire. Lancashire cotton employers have notified ...
Article : 228 wordsAnother unit was added to the B class broadcasting stations in Victoria by the opening of 3KZ to-night. The licence for this station was obtained by the Industrial Printing and ...
Article : 87 wordsThe 11th annual general meeting of St. Luke's Hospital will be held to-morrow at 3 p.m. in the auditorium, David Jones'. The speakers will be Mr. A. M. Hemsley ...
Article : 74 wordsAn exhibition of printers' work was opened last night in the Auburn Methodist Hall by Mr. Robert Hay, senior vice-president of the Printers' Craftsmen Association of New ...
Article : 97 wordsThe Calare Electoral Council met at Orange on Saturday and unanimously decided to invite Mr. Thorby, formerly Minister for Agriculture, to contest the Calare seat in the Country party ...
Article : 48 wordsAbout 30 shearers held a meeting here yesterday and unanimously decided not to strike. A resolution was passed accepting the present rates. ...
Article : 30 wordsHer Majesty's Theatre: "Sons o' Guns." 8. Criterion Theatre: "Op o' Me Thumb" and "Possessions," 8. Grand Opera House: "Fun of the Fair." 8. ...
Article : 189 wordsMr. T. E. Rofe, who was a delegate to the World Convention of the Churches of Christ at Washington recently, was welcomed home at a meeting at the City Temple last night. ...
Article : 68 wordsMary Geraldine Shannon, eldest daughter of Mr. P. W. Shannon, a member of the Land Board, was knocked down by a car when returning from church on Sunday night, and ...
Article : 64 wordsDense volumes of black smoke hung over Belmore yesterday morning following an outbreak of fire in a municipal council store in Lakemba-road. More than 200 gallons of tar ...
Article : 57 wordsThe State Government has decided to establish a camp at Broadmeadows for unemployed homeless single men and to abolish the city shelters as soon as possible. It is expected ...
Article : 102 wordsAt its meeting last night the Woollahra Council adopted a minute by the Mayor, Alderman Grimley, protesting strongly against the proposal of the Government to impose a ...
Article : 39 wordsWhen the light wire holding his kite came into contact with electric light wires on Sunday, Alexander MacDonald, aged nine years, of Rookwood-street, Merrylands, received ...
Article : 71 wordsClaude Frazer, 6, son of Mr. Harold Frazer, was drowned while bathing with a number of others at a spot called "The Sandy," close to town. He was with an elder brother and ...
Article : 67 wordsThe chairman of the Board of Optometrical Registration said yesterday that he expected the regulations under the Opticians' Act of 1930 to be gazetted within the next week or ...
Article : 53 wordsAs a result of the recent scholarship examinations, the following recommendations will be made to the council at its next meeting:—Open entrance scholarship, H. G. Shaw (St. Peters' Preparatory ...
Article : 76 wordsA continuous service on the Peat's ferry across the Hawkesbury will be in operation during the Christmas holidays. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 9 Dec 1930, Page 10
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