The economy move in the railway service resulted in the dismissal of seveal porters recently and railway clerks have now been asked to fill in forms stating whether they ...
Article : 89 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Collier) congratulated Sir James Mitchell, leader of the Opposition, on the Opposition's victory, and gave an assurance of co-operation in the difficult time ...
Article : 658 wordsAldermen E. Sautelle, and Moverley (represenatives for the eastern suburbs on the Water Board) waited on the Woollahra Council last evening, and suggested that the aldermen ...
Article : 131 wordsA large reinforced concrete amusement hall and shelter is being constructed at Brighton-le-Sands to cope with the large crowds which, both summer and winter, visit this popular ...
Article : 278 wordsAt a meeting of the Severn Shire Council it was reported that approval had been given by the Main Roads Board for acceptance of the tender of Messrs. A. M. ...
Article : 181 wordsHeavy rain fell at the week-end on the North Coast from Seal Rocks to Coff's Harbour. The heaviest falls during the 48 hours ended at 9 o'clock yesterday morning were ...
Article : 209 wordsThe first session of the annual general conference of the Red Cross Society of New South Wales was held yesterday afternoon at St. Anne's Hostel, when the Premier (Mr. T ...
Article : 792 wordsReferring last night to Mr. Lang's statement that he had misled Parliament, the Treasurer (Mr. Stevens) said that the statement he made when introducing the Railway Budget to the ...
Article : 547 wordsMr. Justice Mann, in the Banco Court to-day, found for defendant on every naterial point in the action in which Dr. Albert Wilbur Bretherton and his wife, Dora Louis ...
Article : 206 wordsIt is understood that 200 men employed at the Bunnerong Power-house will be dismissed within the next fortnight, because of the completion of the work upon which they ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Northern Area Railway Commission (Mr. W. C. Quinton) attended the last meeting of the Lismore Chamber of Commerce. In reply to a question by the Commissioner ...
Article : 143 wordsPrayers for rain were offered in local churches yesterday. There has been practically no rain in the district this year. ...
Article : 29 wordsAmong the early developments in civil aviation is the construction programme of Imperial Airways Company. Before the end of the present year Imperial Airways will have ...
Article : 266 wordsMr. Hugh Abercrombie, one of the oldest retired police officers in the State died at his home in High-street, North Sydney, on Sunday, at the age of 96. Mr. Abercrombie was ...
Article : 240 wordsThe police are endeavouring to locate two motorists, who, it is alleged, were responsible for accidents at Gore Hill and Pyrmont, and afterwards drove away, leaving injured ...
Article : 186 wordsFollowing the development of the State coalmine, it has become necessary to sink an air shaft to the north of the present shaft. Preliminary work has begun, and at a ...
Article : 84 wordsDr. F. W. Bayldon will be installed as president for 1930 of the Students' Representative Council in the Great Hall of the University at 1.30 p.m. to-morrow. ...
Article : 421 wordsAt the police court on Thursday Harold Henry Martin was fined £20, in default two months' hard labour, for Illegal betting on the grounds of the Lithgow Mechanical Hare ...
Article : 58 wordsProposals for the amendment of the Commonwealth Arbitration Act were submitted by the Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Brennan) to representatives of the Australasian Council ...
Article : 195 wordsThree thefts were committed at Bathurst during the week-end. At a grocer's shop in Keppel-street the front door was broken open and £4 in silver taken from the till. ...
Article : 96 wordsThe death occurred yesterday of Mr. David Boyce at his residence, in Martin-road, Centennial Park. Mr. Boyce was one of the pioneers of the jam manufacturing and fruit ...
Article : 53 wordsThe grandstand at St. Luke's Oval, Burwood, the headquarters of Rugby Union football in the Western Suburbs, was partly destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. More than a ...
Article : 137 wordsIn former years it has been the practice for the municipal council to petition the Government for declaration of a public holiday for the Wagga Gold Cup race meeting, ...
Article : 84 wordsThe funeral of Mr. John J. S. Allen, of 46 Robinson-street, Chatswood, and formerly of Albury, was largely attended Canon Begbie conducted the service at the graveside. ...
Article : 146 wordsWhile admitting that the development of their own manufactures represents the permanent tendency of the dominions, notably in Australia's new tariff, the Chamber of ...
Article : 164 wordsThe manner in which Government costing compares with other methods is illustrated in the installation of heating at Lithgow Hospital. The committee proposes to heat the ...
Article : 135 wordsBrutality to a horse was disclosed at the Police Court to-day. when Samuel Ainsworth, milk vendor, of Fairfield, was fined £20, in default three months, for illtreating ...
Article : 81 wordsThe most interesting of the three oneact plays which Miss Carrie Tennant presented last night at her Community Playhouse, in Forbes-street, was "A Gretna ...
Article : 246 wordsMr. Ebenezer Cole, who died at his residence in Boomerang-street, Haberfield, recently, at the age of 72 years, was a well-known dairy cattle breeder on the South Coast. He was ...
Article : 84 wordsCommenting yesterday on the defeat of the Labour Government in Western Australia, Senator Sir George Pearce (leader of the Opposition in the Senate) said that in his ...
Article : 137 wordsWhen N. J. Cook, a grocer, of Johnsonville, accompanied by his wife and two children, was driving down Ngahauranga Gorge, near Wellington, yesterday afternoon, his car ...
Article : 81 wordsMr. J. S. Mann, whose death occurred at a private hospital on Thursday last at the age of 51 years, was a well-known scenic painter, and in latter years a commercial ...
Article : 168 wordsMr. Jacob Barnes, one of the pioneers of the Bathurst district, died at the age of 90 years. Mr. Barnes was a carrier in the early days, and brought goods over the mountains from ...
Article : 107 wordsMr. Wallis Myers, writing in the "Daily Telegraph," says that England's Davis Cup team, comprising Austin, C[?]egory, Lee, and Collins, is the best since 1920. "Austin and ...
Article : 144 wordsA Genairco biplane, fitted with a Hermes engine, left Mascot on Sunday for Rockhampton, and, according to a telegram received yesterday afternoon by the Shell ...
Article : 74 wordsThe "Pageant of the Golden Fleece" at David Jones, Ltd., continues to attract large numbers of people. Altogether there have been 16 performances, and between 6000 and ...
Article : 168 wordsThe Balmoral Beach Defence Committee held a meeting last night to decide upon a course of action following the council's decision that if 25 per cent. of the ratepayers ...
Article : 151 wordsIn accordance with their custom, the Wirth Brothers will distribute buns and ginger beer to the poor children of Sydney on Good Friday morning at 7 o'clock. The circus is at ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Minister for Lands (Mr. Ball) has been in communication with the Victorian Government on the question of completing the railway extension from Yarrawonga to Oaklands ...
Article : 692 wordsSpeaking to-night at the first of a series of Nationalist rallies which will be held in every electorate throughout the State, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition (Mr. H. S. Gullett) ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 147 wordsMr. W. H. Atkinson, whose death at Marylebone was cabled from London, was at one time a resident of Wellington, where he developed a remarkable faculty for drawing ...
Article : 175 wordsA marked development in the motor passenger service between there and Sydney has been made on the Prince's Highway. Persons are now able to leave here in the ...
Article : 97 wordsLithgow Hospital, the funds of which are largely contributed by wage earners, who pay /6 a week, has adopted a scheme to pay £1/1/ a week toward the fees of subscribers who have ...
Article : 128 wordsA message from Marrakesh (Morocco) states that for 12 months past the police have been baffled by the murders of seven women, whose mutilated bodies were found in wells ...
Article : 129 wordsAt the Central Summons Court yesterday, Robert James Carter, pilot of an Avro Avian aeroplane, was charged with having flown aircraft near Lake Illawarra, on January 4, ...
Article : 113 wordsThe auxiliary ketch Stella was destroyed by fire near South Bruny lighthouse to-day. The fire was caused by the engine backfiring. The ketch was of 37 tons register, and was ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 190 wordsSatisfactory progress is being made with construction work on the Kyogle-Brisbane railway line, which is expected to be opened in July for through traffic. ...
Article : 152 wordsA quantity of property stolen from unattended motor cars was recovered by Detectives Cumes and Jones yesterday in an unusual manner, but the owners of some of the ...
Article : 156 wordsThe London run of the famous war play. "Journey's End," will close on May 25. The play has been acted by 76 companies in 25 languages, and the receipts amount to ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Australian High Commissioner (Sir Granville Ryrie) appeared in a new role as auctioneer at Spitalfields Market, at the inauguration of the Australian apple season. He ...
Article : 89 wordsA peculiar mishap to a heavy truck loaded with four tons of road metal disorganised traffic in George-street about 1 p.m. yesterday. ...
Article : 137 wordsThe City Coroner, Mr. May, yesterday committed Rubina Kadwell, of Surry Hills, for trial upon a charge of manslaughter. He had inquired into the death of Ethel ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Duchess of Bedford and Captain Barnard, who are making a flight fr[?] England to Capetown and back arrived at Tunis at 12.30 p.m. yesterday. ...
Article : 52 wordsA short-lived revolution in the Portugese colony of Angola led to dramtic events. The High Commissioner (Senor Camarra) left Loanda to visit Benguella. His Secretary ...
Article : 142 wordsAt a meeting of the Lawson Society last night, Mr. Will Carter spoke on "Encouragement and Fellow-interest in Literature " He advocated the formation of a social ...
Article : 100 wordsCriterion Theatre: "Journey's End," 8. Her Majesty's Theatre: "The Belle of New York." 8. Theatre Royal: "The Hawk," 8. ...
Article : 189 wordsArthur Finnis, clerk in the Lands Department for over 20 years, was to-day committed for trial on a charge ot falsifying the books Evidence showed that accused received Crown ...
Article : 62 wordsMr. and Mrs. S. M. Bruce, after their return from Windsor, where they were the guests of the King and Queen, had luncheon with the Duke and Duchess of York at their ...
Article : 179 wordsThe widow of Mr. Walter Frewen Lord, who was an authority on English history, has placed the sum of £500 in the hands of the Royal Empire Society to found a ...
Article : 90 wordsThe following promotions in the Royal Australian Navy are announced:- Lieutemnts John M. Hannan and John P. Tonkin to be Lieutenant-Commanders, to date ...
Article : 84 wordsIn order that the Government may reap the full benefit ot the recent increased duties on tobacco, a correspondent, signing himself "X. Y. Z.," suggests that a twopenny stamp ...
Article : 91 wordsMembers of the Manly, Warringah, and pittwater Historical Society on Saturday visited the cairn which they elected some time ago over the Manly Trigonometrical Station. ...
Article : 72 wordsA mixed grocery shop, managed by Mrs. R. Don, in Wheeler-street, Kogarah, was extensively damaged by fire yesterday. Kogarah and Rockdale fire brigades ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Women Jus[?]ces' Association has forwarded a letter to the Minister for Justice (Mr. Lee) protesting against what the association regards as the lenient treatment ...
Article : 47 wordsPandit Jawaharlal Nehru, president of the Indian National Congress, was arrested at Allahabad this morning for an infringement [?] the salt laws. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 15 Apr 1930, Page 12
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