Away to the north-east of Cape Horn, and 300 miles from the eastern poreb or the stupendous Strait of Magellan, lies amid South Atlantic gales and resounding surges the ...
Article : 690 wordsAfter yesterday's meeting of the Cabinet it was stated by the Premier (Mr. Bavin) that no decision regarding the Circular Quay station had been reached. Ministers had ...
Article : 47 wordsNine boys, of from 13 to 16 years of age, who are said to be members of the "gas gangs," have been arrested by Detective-sergeant Surridge and Constables Devine and ...
Article : 122 wordsA remand until Tuesday next was granted at the Central Police Court yesterday in the case in which Christopher Nelson, clerk, 50; Frank Stocker, dealer, 48; Robert Dalton ...
Article : 254 wordsA massive torra cotta panel, executed by George Tinworth, one of the world's greatest religious artists, which has been presented to the Commonwealth by Mr. Henry Lewis ...
Article : 191 wordsRecently it was announced that Einstein was publishing a small but important work attempting to bring into unison the theories of electrical and gravitational fields; so there ...
Article : 835 wordsThe eightieth annual meeting of policy holders in the Australian Mutual Provident Society was held yesterday. Sir Alfred Mocks (chairman of directors) presided over a large ...
Article : 1,593 wordsThe greatest discovery a classical scholar can make is the fact that there exists a living language called English. If he lives in Sydney he may also discover that even if ...
Article : 1,655 wordsArthur Stevens, 26, was drowned at Soonah Crossing in the Bulloo River, 20 miles from Thargomindah, last night. Stevens, with two others, was engaged in driving horses to ...
Article : 59 wordsWhile performing at the Bathurst Show, Thomas Barcola, 21, a member of a side-show troupe known as the "Dare-devil mot[?]r cyclists," was gyrating at a terrific speed in ...
Article : 99 wordsProbate has been granted of the will of the late Dr. Robert Thomson Paton, of Went worth-street, Point Piper, formerly Director-General of Public Health, who died on ...
Article : 94 wordsThe annual prize meeting of the National Rifle Association will be held at the Anzac Range, Liverpool. The meeting will open with the C. and B. series on Saturday, October ...
Article : 231 wordsThe first definite provincial council scheme will be submitted by the Northern New State movement for consideration by delegates to the Armidale convention, to open on April ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Court of Criminal Appeal to-day dismissed the appeals of Timothy O'Connell, Alexander Melver, and Francis Delaney, against their sentence and conviction for ...
Article : 61 wordsAt Thornton railway yards, Wellington, tonight, William Owan, a shunter, 42, had both his feet severed above the ankles during shunting operations. ...
Article : 33 wordsWriting to the "Herald" Mr. F. J. L. Dunlop, managing director of the Australian Investment Trust, Ltd., states that the company which purchased Mr. Stewart Dawson's ...
Article : 60 wordsAt the annual general meeting of the Sydney University Evening Students' Association the following office-bearers for the current year were elected:—Patron, Professor E. R. Holme; ...
Article : 116 wordsJudge Thomson, at the Parramatta District Court yesteday, gave a verdict for £29/10/ to Frederick John Andrews, a carrier, against Alexandra More a joiner, of Gladesville. ...
Article : 139 wordsWith the object of promoting closer relations between the English-speaking races, plans have been made for reciprocal tours by parties of business men and others, between ...
Article : 86 words"A Hospital Sunday" appeal is to be inaugurated on April 28, and a committee representing the Council of Churches and nearly all the denominations has been engaged for ...
Article : 75 wordsThe "Drink More Milk" campaign, which will be continued in the city all next week, will be launched in the Domain to-morrow. Brigadier-General Lloyd, M.L.A., will ...
Article : 150 wordsReferring to cabled reports of the treatment of burns in British hospitals with tannic acid, the secretary of the Royal South Sydney Hospital (Mr. C. W. Harrison) writes ...
Article : 76 wordsThe Fellowship of Australian Writers has arranged a fine programme for Wednesday night, April 17, when, at the Department of Education building, the following will give ...
Article : 69 wordsHearing a crash and seeing a crumpled-up motor car and half a post dangling desolately from the verandah which it once supported at 271 Henderson-road, Alexandria, Constable ...
Article : 113 wordsTo-day provides the last opportunity of viewing Will Longstaff's picture "Menin Gate at Midnight." The exhibition of the painting at the Aeolian Hall, 264 Pitt-street, will close ...
Article : 98 wordsKnocked down by a motor lorry in George-street, Haymarket, yesterday afternoon, Mary Vernon, residing at Munni-street, Newtown, was taken to Sydney Hospital by the ...
Article : 56 wordsA portrait section, the first of its kind in Australia, has been established at the National Art Gallery, and will be formally inaugurated this afternoon, when the director of the ...
Article : 59 wordsThe death has occurred of Mrs. Frances Webb, of Fielding, at the ago of 104 years. She was said to be the oldest European resident in the Dominion. ...
Article : 34 wordsSpeaking at a Returned Soldiers' League luncheon, General Chauvel said that as the league's first ideals had been carried out it would have to adopt other ideals and show its ...
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Advertising : 99 wordsA private cable message received in Sydney yesterday announced the death on April 8, at Bromley, Kent, England, of Mr. Arthur Robert Docker, formerly of Sydney. Mr. Docker was ...
Article : 255 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand the following officers were appointed for the year, 1929-30:—President, Mr. M. C. Alder; ...
Article : 78 wordsThirteen Chinese were arrested in a police raid on a house in Little Haystreet yesterday afternoon. They were taken to the Central Police Station and charged ...
Article : 57 wordsWhile travelling by an electric train between St. Peters and Sydenham during the rush hour yesterday evening, Mary Lewis, 63, of Rogers Bridge, Corrimal, was thrown through ...
Article : 70 wordsMr. P. J. MacNamara, secretary of the Coff's Harbour Chamber of Commerce, and one of the leading citizens of the town, died to-day at his residence. Garryowen, aged 62 years. ...
Article : 195 wordsMrs. Myra Middlemass, of Trent-road, Mascot, is in Marrickville Hospital suffering from extensive contusions, scalp injuries, and shock, as the result of having been knocked down ...
Article : 43 wordsReginald York, 45, a labouror, employed by the Water and Sewerage Board on construction work at Wonlora Dam, fell from a flying fox at a height of 30ft into the dam ...
Article : 58 words"Importer" writes to complain of the delays to which business men are subjected when inquiring for parcels at the parcels post office. A protest to those in authority, he says, is met ...
Article : 71 wordsThe death has occurred of Mr. R. M. MacDougal, manager in Sydney of the British and Foreign Department of the Bank of New South Wales. ...
Article : 139 wordsLieutenant-Colonel E. E. Herrod will lead members of the 2nd Battalion, A.I.F., in the Anzac Day march and service arranged by the Returned Soldiers' League. Burdekin ...
Article : 91 words"C.R.," writing to the Editor, directs attention to the thefts of books from the Public Library. On several occasions, the writer states, inquiry for particular volumes brought ...
Article : 98 wordsThe 79th general meeting of the Institution of Engineers of Australia, Sydney division, was held at the Royal Colonial Institute, when in interesting address entitled "Recent ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 13 Apr 1929, Page 21
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