The British freighter Penthames was bombed and set on fire in the harbour here to-day, and three members of the crew were wounded. ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Minister of Justice, Mr. Martin, told a deputation yesterday that he could hold out no hope for the reprieve of Alfred Spicer, who has been ...
Article : 542 wordsNorth-western Airlines, Ltd., flying between Sydney and Moree, via Tamworth, in three hours' flying time, compared with 16 hours by train, carried ...
Article : 159 wordsWell-equipped with modern weapons, the Czechoslovakian army is one of the most effcient in Europe. Top left: Cava[?]y being trained to co-operate with infantry in rugged country unsuitable for mechanised units. Lower left: Tanks on parade at Prague recently. Top right: Dr. M. Hodza, Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia. Lower right: Dr. E. Benes, President of Czechoslovakia. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 63 wordsGeneral Cedillo, leader of the Rightist rebels in Mexico, is strongly entrenched in the mountain areas of the State of San Luis Potosi. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 328 wordsThe agricultural correspondent of the "Dally Telegraph" says that the Government will begin soon to purchase 250,000 tons of meat produced in the United Kingdom to ...
Article : 57 wordsGuine[?] Airways has not yet decided how to use its £20,000 Lockheed Super Electra before the Aying of the incoming English air malls between Darwin and Adelaide. ...
Article : 109 wordsThe Home Office has prepared a new scheme for increasing the number of instructors qualified to train volunteers in air raid precautions. With the approval of the Home Office, the ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Cutty Sark, famous amphibian and familiar sight on Sydney Harbour, where it took many on joy flights, has been sold to a metal foundry for melting. It was severely ...
Article : 83 wordsThe Rev. George Needham, of Sheffield, the much publicised "psychoanalyst-vicar," addressing a congregation of women, said: "Never marry a man who is under the ...
Article : 78 wordsJudge Drake-Brockman, in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court yesterday, refused to make absolute an order nisi obtained by the New South Wales ...
Article : 254 wordsGold was quoted to-day at £7/0/4½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/1½ on Saturday. BASE METALS. ...
Article : 125 wordsG. Ferguson, an employee of Big Bell Mines, Ltd., was killed when the motor cycle he was riding crashed through the gates between the Meeka and Noondle stations, near ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Treasurer, Mr. Casey, said to-day, since the safety of Australia was of paramount importance, it was the duty of everyone to invest whatever he could ...
Article : 212 wordsThe driver and seven passengers were injured when a lorry, carrying 10 persons and 20 cans of cream, plunged over a 30-foot embankment on Wilson's ...
Article : 192 words"The Australian National radio stations have little to learn from the British Broadcasting Commission. Our own stations are in some respecte ...
Article : 200 wordsThe River Mur burst its banks in the provinces of Styria and Carinthia, and is causing the most disastrous flood in Austrian history. ...
Article : 62 wordsA "Council for Marriage Guidance" was established at a meeting at the Caxton Hall on Friday night. The followed deliberations between ...
Article : 63 wordsA call-up for employment ls announced to-day. Details will be found on page 20, column 4. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 226 wordsPolice are trying to trace the owner of a luxuriously fitted cruiser motor launch, which was found drifting on to the rocks at Clifton Gardens early this morning. ...
Article : 224 wordsThe intervention of the Italian Government has caused a hitch in the plans for a tour of Australia by the principals of an Italian grand opera ...
Article : 141 wordsThe Advisory Council's annual report on the Science Museum at South Kensington emphasises the urgency of reconstruction and extension, because of the increasing demands ...
Article : 94 wordsWhen Kathleen Barry, 40, domestic, was charged at the Licensing Court yesterday with having sold liquor without a licence, it was stated that a constable in uniform had ...
Article : 196 wordsMr. Murray M. Stewart, Commonwealth Industrial Registrar, decided yesterday to call a conference of the parties to a dispute at the Commonwealth Steel Company's works at ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Minister for Defence, Mr. Thorby, stated yesterday that the Government's whole policy of defence and air development was based on the realisation that it was impossible to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 283 wordsKeith Huet, 13, was shot dead accidentally while he was fishing on the bank of the Warrego River at Cunnamulla to-day. It is understood that two other boys were ...
Article : 69 wordsDivorce suits brought on the ground of incurable insanity will be heard in the Divorce Court to-morrow for the first time in Great Britain. ...
Article : 104 wordsA man collapsed in the witness box when giving evidence in support of his claim for £2,000 damages, in the Supreme Court yesterday. ...
Article : 336 wordsA woman, who, at her son's request, wrote for a ticket in a Tasmanian consultation, is claiming that she is entitled to the agent's bonus of £240 on the ticket, which won the ...
Article : 162 wordsDetective-sergeant McRae and other police believe that the woman whose body was recovered from Woolloomooloo Bay early yesterday morning, Mrs. ...
Article : 255 wordsDr. Herbert von Dircksen, who has succeeded Herr von Ribbentrop as German Ambassador to Great Britain. He is about to enter his coach after presenting his credentials. On the left is Sir Sidney Clive, Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 44 wordsAn earthquake occurred in Central Japan at 4.19 p.m. to-day. It was felt chiefly in ths Asama district. No damage was done. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe proposed new roster of working hours for employees of Sydney Ferries, Ltd., against which the men had threatened to strike, will not come into operation until June 2. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 308 wordsThe seismograph at Riverview College Observatory recorded a large disturbance, the first waves of which were recorded at 5.30 pm., and the instrument continued ...
Article : 98 wordsCompensation of £600, awarded under the Workmen's Compensation Act to the dependents of Stanley Kite, a Jockey, who was killed in an accident at the Morphettville Racecourse ...
Article : 151 wordsA memorial to the late Lord Snowden in the form of a cairn erected on Icknornshaw Moor, near his birthplace, in Yorkshire, was unveiled on Sunday afternoon in the presence ...
Article : 79 wordsInspector Matthews, chief of the C.I.B., announced yesterday that the Government had approved increased rewards for information which would lead to the solution of the ...
Article : 121 wordsTwo large city buildings were almost completely destroyed by fire early this morning. The loss, including structural damage and destruction of stock, is estimated at more ...
Article : 70 wordsMr. Joseph Macartney Wilson, a member of the firm of Messrs. Wilson and Horton, proprietors of the "New Zealand Herald," was found dead yesterday, apparently from heart ...
Article : 52 wordsA petition signed by nearly 1,000 persons, seeking mercy Xor Tilomas Dixon Gibson, 19, who was sentenced to death for the murder of Night Officer Maher at Parley railway ...
Article : 54 wordsDuring the absence of the inmates of the home of Mr. J. H. McCathie, in Vaucluse Road. Vaucluse, at the week-end, a thief smashed the servery door and ransacked ...
Article : 49 wordsProgrammes of Suburban and Country P[?] Theatres will be found in the Amusement Adve[?] tisement Columns. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 24 May 1938, Page 12
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