Articles from page 16: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. COUNTRY NEWS. GRAFTON DISTRICT COURT.

    As Judge Mocatta had to proceed to Lismore, several cases set down for hearing at the Grafton District Court were adjourned to a date to b[?] fixed, not before December 12, ...

    Article : 40 words
  3. MAN ARRESTED.

    A man was arrested at the revolver point last night in the act, it is alleged, of forcing open the back door of the tobacconist shop of Albert George Short, of Leichhardt-street. ...

    Article : 190 words
  4. RUSSIAN PRINCESS. In Danger of Death.

    The correspondent of the "Morning Post" at Riga says that, according to information from Leningrad, there is danger of the death sentence being passed on Princess Sophle ...

    Article : 161 words
  5. HOSIERY MILLS.

    Commenting to-day on the proposed transfer of hosiery mills from New South Wales to Brisbane, the Minister for Industry (Mr. Sizer) said the scheme had been placed before ...

    Article : 190 words
  6. REFERENDUM.

    May 3 is the date fixed by the State Cabinet for the referendum on the Upper House reform bill. The measure is now before Parliament, and ...

    Article : 179 words
  7. CRIPPLED CHILDREN. ROTARY'S APPEAL FOR FUNDS.

    Yesterday the Rotary Club devoted its weekly luncheon hour to inaugurating an intensive campaign on behalf of the Citizens' Crippled Children Service Fund. The Premier ...

    Article : 685 words
  8. MR. JAMES.

    The Federal Labour Government was viciously attacked to-day by some of its own members in the House of Representatves ...

    Article : 2,281 words
  9. FEDERAL SESSION. Commonwealth Bank Bill.

    Having spent the afternoon discussing the position on the northern coalfields (as reported in another column), the House of Representatives this evening resumed the ...

    Article : 1,009 words
  10. CLAIM AGAINST COUNCIL.

    A case which had excited considerable interest, especially in local government circles occupied Judge Mocatta and a jury at the Grafton District Court for three and a half ...

    Article : 140 words
  11. CLEMENCEAU'S WILL.

    M. Clemenceau's will directs that various articles should be placed in his coffin, including an iron-headed walking-stick, which he says "Is of my youth." Also "a ...

    Article : 165 words
  12. CHILD'S TOES SEVERED.

    While two small children named Head and Walmsley, were playing at their homes, they managed to draw from a log an axe, which their parents thought had been too firmly ...

    Article : 71 words
  13. AIR LINER DAMAGED.

    When landing at the Kalgoorlie Aerodrome this afternoon on the flight from Perth to Adelaide, the left-hand tyre of the Hercules aeroplane was ripped off. As it was ...

    Article : 80 words
  14. ORUNGAL.

    One of the passengers who arrived in Sydney yesterday by the disabled A.U.S.N. liner Orungal seemed to express the opinion of the ship's company when he said that the ...

    Article : 364 words
  15. VICTORIAN ELECTIONS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 109 words
  16. SERIOUS CHARGE REDUCED.

    At the Police Court Allan Roy Felton, 27, was bound over to be of good behaviour for 12 months, on finding a surety of £25, for discharging a double-barrelled gun in a ...

    Article : 71 words
  17. FINANCIAL STRINGENCY.

    The chairman of the Hospitals Commission (Mr. Love), replying to a plea for a grant for the Forbes Hospital, stated that the Government was also experiencing financial ...

    Article : 60 words
  18. HENRY GEORGE LEAGUE.

    At the monthly meeting of the Henry George League a resolution was carried expressing the view that the "Federal Government's method of carrying the disastrous Bruce-Page tariff ...

    Article : 93 words
  19. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEALS.

    Sir Austen Chamberlain, in the House of Commons, sought the Speaker's ruling on how far the House could discuss the Irish Free State's decision not to permit appeals to the ...

    Article : 107 words
  20. FIRE AT DUBBO.

    The contents of a cycle shop occupied by Stan Hewitt were destroyed by fire. Three shops in the building were saved. Hewitt's shop was insured with the South British ...

    Article : 38 words
  21. PASSPORT SYSTEM.

    The Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Blakeley) said to-day that a case had just come under his notice which helped to confirm the statement recently made by him that the ...

    Article : 224 words
  22. NORTH SYDNEY NATIONALISTS

    A largely attended meeting, convened by Mr. T. A. Borthwick, president of the Greenwich branch of the National Association, was held in the Greenwich Presbyterian School ...

    Article : 94 words
  23. WESTERN SCOUTS' COMPETITION.

    The western district Boy Scouts' competition for the Costello banner was held in Narromine station paddocks, on the Macquarie River. The banner was won by Gilgandra ...

    Article : 62 words
  24. AUSTRALIAN BEEF.

    The result of the secret beef ballot at Australia House, in which experts judged the quality of the eating beef cooked was:—Australian beef 364 points, Scottish 354, Argentine ...

    Article : 261 words
  25. PORT KEMBLA GAMBLING.

    At the police court, Henry F. Atwell was fined £20, with £5 costs, in default three months' imprisonment, for keeping a common gaming house at Port Kembla. Forty men ...

    Article : 56 words
  26. TRAM AND CAR COLLIDE.

    A motor car, driven by Albert William Windsor, of Burt-street, Rozelle, was badly damaged in a collision with a tram near the corner of Dennison and Darling streets, ...

    Article : 62 words
  27. BUILDING DISPUTE.

    At Wagga Police Court, Oliver Oswald Minty, garage proprietor, was proceeded against by the municipal council for proceeding with the erection of a building not in conformity with ...

    Article : 133 words
  28. COAL COMMISSION.

    When Mr. B. S. Miller, representing the Miners' Federation, had given evidence before the Coal Commission yesterday as the interlocking of mining and shipping interests, he ...

    Article : 414 words
  29. CITIZENS' SERVICE FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 456 words
  30. SOLDIER'S RETURN.

    Believed by his family to have been killed in the war, Patrick Tohill, a son of John Tohill, of Surrey-street, Dunedin, walked unheralded into his father's home to-day, after ...

    Article : 143 words
  31. SKULL FRACTURED.

    While crossing Victoria-avenue, near Macquarie-street, Chatswood, yesterday, Miss Marna Porter, 22, of Macquarie-street, Chatswood, was knocked down by a motor lorry. [?] ...

    Article : 45 words
  32. PLAYED WITH MATCHES.

    Overcome by the fumes from a fire which he had accidentally caused yesterday a threeyear-old boy was very near to death when rescued. ...

    Article : 153 words
  33. S.C.E.G.S. SCHOLARSHIPS.

    The following awards of scholarships tenable at the Sydney Church of England Grammar School will be recommended to the school council for 1930:—H. F. Weston (S.C.E.G.S.), D. G. Hoskins ...

    Article : 54 words
  34. KATOOMBA VOLUNTEERS.

    At Katoomba the new voluntary military training system is meeting with success. Already 22 returned men, members of the Katoomba sub-branch, R.S.L., have signified ...

    Article : 34 words
  35. MELBOURNE WOOL SALES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 46 words
  36. POSTMASTER BOUND OVER.

    Clarence Johnston, postmaster of Booligal, was charged before the Police Magistrate with the misappropriation of £20/19/5, the property of the Postmaster-General. He ...

    Article : 662 words
  37. INDEX. NEWS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 187 words
  38. LATE SIR JOHN COCKBURN.

    The Church of St. Dunstan's in the East was crowded for the funeral service of the late Sir John Cockburn, former Agent-General in London for South Australia. The High ...

    Article : 87 words
  39. MESSENGER BOY.

    A small boy sidled up to the paying teller's window of a big city bank and shyly passed across a cheque made out for £2/10/6. The teller studied the cheque carefully. ...

    Article : 241 words
  40. AIR MAILS.

    Commencing with mail closing at Sydney on December 11, mail matter, except parcels, may be posted for transmission to the United Kingdom by the Karachi-London air service. ...

    Article : 145 words
  41. CHINESE TROOPS.

    Because it had not been paid its wages and disliked an order to proceed to Canton to fight the revolting Ironside troops, a regiment of the 24th Division of the ...

    Article : 88 words
  42. THE SENATE.

    Senator Foll gave notice that to-morrow he would move, that in view of the surplus production of coal and sugar cane in Australia, a select committee of the Senate ...

    Article : 252 words
  43. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 245 words
  44. ALLEGED FORGERY.

    Edna Carle, aged 20 years, married, of Sydney, was charged before Mr. Rogers, P.M., and honorary justices at the City Court today with having, at Sydney on November 20, ...

    Article : 214 words
  45. THE KOOYONG.

    A preliminary survey of the McIlwraith, McEacharn freighter Kooyong in Mort's Dock yesterday revealed that the vessel suffered more serious damage than was believed when ...

    Article : 166 words
  46. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    All the States will be represented at the conference which the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) has called for December 9, at Canberra to discuss a proposal for making more ...

    Article : 60 words
  47. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Henderson) told questioners in the House of Commons that an exchange of ambassadors with the Soviet would take place within ...

    Article : 246 words
  48. PRINTING INDUSTRY.

    The secretary of the New South Wales Master Printers and Connected Trades' Association (Mr H. A. Sinclair) said yesterday that the members dissociated themselves from ...

    Article : 201 words
  49. MALOLO FIREMAN.

    Edward Blakeney O'Reilly, fireman on the Malolo, was convicted of stealing £23 from the pockets of a resident of Auckland in a hotel bedroom. He was ordered to be ...

    Article : 95 words
  50. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 242 words
  51. GRENFELL AIR TRAGEDY.

    Professor Henry Payne, on behalf of the Air Accidents Board, investigated the monoplane accident of Saturday, in which Captain Youn and Mr. Raymond N. Gilmour ...

    Article : 186 words
  52. FIRE AT NORTHBRIDGE.

    A fire occurred yesterday at the shop and dwelling of Mr. Edward Beaver, of Sailor Bayroad, Northbridge, furniture manufacturer. The building, a two-story brick structure, ...

    Article : 54 words
  53. CRASHED INTO DEAD-END.

    Riding a motor cycle down Wilga-street, Bondi, last night, Bernard McMahon, of Fotheringham-street, Marrickville, lost control of the machine, which crashed into the fence ...

    Article : 70 words
  54. WATERSIDE WORKERS.

    To ascertain whether all men employed on the wharves held licenses under the Transport Workers' Act, an official of the Navigation Department made a surprise visit to different ...

    Article : 136 words
  55. ADVERTISING SCHEME.

    A scheme for advertising the tourist resorts of the countries surrounding the Pacific Ocean was propounded by Mr. G. T. Armitage, executive secretary of the Tourist Bureau of ...

    Article : 97 words
  56. WHOOPING COUGH.

    Of the epidemic diseases in the metropolis for the month of November whooping-cough caused 39 deaths, influenza 5, lethargic encephalitis 3, measles, scarlet fever, and ...

    Article : 88 words
  57. PROPOSED HOTEL AT STRATHFIELD.

    The Strathfield Council decided at its meeting last night to oppose the proposal to secure an hotel license for a site in Clarendon-road, Strathfield. ...

    Article : 29 words
  58. RYDE SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

    From Monday to Saturday last week another successful "Bridge of Pennles Appeal" in aid of the funds of the Ryde Memorial Hospital, was made at Ryde, rivalling in success ...

    Article : 58 words
  59. ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE.

    While being escorted from Geelong to Pentridge to-day Patrick Lynch, a prisoner, jumped from the window of a railway carriage. The train was travelling at 45 miles per hour, ...

    Article : 62 words
  60. NATIONAL CLUB.

    National Club members will greet the newlyelected leader of the Federal National Parliamentary party (Mr. Latham) at a luncheon in the National Club on Monday next. Mr. ...

    Article : 45 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$