A fire at 3 o'clock o[?] Saturday morning destroyed a cottage occupied by Mrs. K. Baker, at West Tamworth, with the contents. The building, which was owned by Mr. H. E. Britz, ...
Article : 70 wordsThe inquiry concerning the death of Alexander Currie Mccallum was further adjourned by the District Coroner (Mr. D. W. Reed) this afternoon. ...
Article : 121 wordsRoy Patrick Newman and McAfee Stoner were arrested at Kaikohe, North Auckland, and brought to Auckland to-day. They will be charged to-morrow with holding up a party ...
Article : 174 wordsOver 200 of the leading business men of New South Wales assembled last evening at Farmer's Restaurant, at the invitation of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, to meet the ...
Article : 1,958 wordsThe hearing of the charge under the Secret Commissions Act against Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., in connection with a City Council contract, was begun yesterday at the Central ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,089 wordsThe district coroner (Mr. Arthur Judges) held an inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of John Archer (69), who was run over by a train at Springwood and ...
Article : 138 wordsMr. Michael Terry, who arrived in Adelaide to-day, has just finished a six months' prospecting and exploration trip through littleknown parts of north-east Western ...
Article : 98 wordsMr. E. S. Leamon, who has been in charge of a Public school near Port Macquarie since the closing of the Glen Elgin school, was travelling by motor to Glen innes late on Sunday ...
Article : 108 wordsA launch was driven on to the rocks near Avalon Beach in a heavy sea yesterday morning, and was wrecked. Although the occupa[?]t of the launch has ...
Article : 243 wordsA cloudburst resulted in four and a half inches of rain on Saturday night and early on Sunday. It was patchy at Gerringong. Jamberoo and Shellharbour received from 2 ...
Article : 63 wordsAt the Quarter Sessions, before Judge Thomso[?] Jack Underwood was charged with stealing articles, the property of Leonard Edward Mulligan. He pleaded guilty. Underwood ...
Article : 243 wordsSeveral prominent members of the A.L.P. executive will not be candidates at the elections now proceeding for the appointment of a new executive. No fewer than 14, which ...
Article : 174 wordsAs a result of a post-mortem examination of the body of Edward Henry Leach, 43, a tramway employee, who was found dead in peculiar circumstan[?]es at his residence in ...
Article : 128 wordsCaptain W. C. E. Morgan, master of the Mcilwraith, McEacharn passenger steamer Karoola, died at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday morning. Curiously enough ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 459 wordsA safe in the office of Messrs. Boyd and Hanlon, produce merchants, 410 Sussex-street, city, was blown open by thieves last night, and the sum of £72 was stolen. ...
Article : 126 wordsIn sultry weather the semi-finals and final of the Victorian mixed doubles championship were played to-day, New South Wales winning the fifth and all of the Victorian titles. ...
Article : 503 wordsDistress has reached an acute stage among the unemployed in the Wollongong district. The president of the Miners' Union is appealing to the public for donations to provide ...
Article : 49 wordsEdward Marshall, l8, of Carrington-avenue, Mortdale, a motor cyclist, and Robert Storey, 19, [?]f Dardanelles-street, Mortdale, who was riding pillion, were injured when the cycle ...
Article : 80 wordsColin Anderson 22, who is on remand on a charge of arson arising out of the destruction o Linton, a boarding-house in Cordella-street, South Brisbane, was to-day charged in ...
Article : 91 wordsThe report of the board of management of the State Bank shows that to the end of June, 106 houses reverted to the bank through tenants being unable to continue ...
Article : 130 wordsThe body of Thomas Ley, 50, secretary of Menindie Jockey Club, was found in the Darling River. It is understood that Ley was worried lately over his accounts. ...
Article : 42 wordsWhile the Aberdeen and Commonwealth liner Hobsons Bay was entering the Heads early yesterday morning Mr. F. Chalmers, of Brisbane, who had been suffering from heart ...
Article : 152 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Martin's Creek Railway and Tramway Ambulance class the following awards were presented by Dr. Nichol:—J. White, gold bar; W. Walker, ...
Article : 101 wordsA bush fire occurred on a ten-chain reserve at Tarcutta-road, five miles from Wagga. A number of people in the vicinity saw the fire start, and attacked it near "Brachour." ...
Article : 65 wordsMr. Henry James Inge, organist at All Saints" Church, East St. Kilda, collapsed at the organ while playing the service on Sunday night, and died within a few minutes. ...
Article : 119 wordsIn the police court, Bruce William Maybury, 19, of Sydney; Francis Edwin Ashbury, 10, of Glen Innes; and a lad aged 17, were charged with the theft of ...
Article : 117 wordsJohn William Rogerson, 25, died shortly after admission to Bunbury Hospital yesterday from injuries to the head caused by a fall from a motor cycle near Benger. It is ...
Article : 61 wordsStatistics relating to the Australian wine industry were quoted in a statement issued by the Minister for Markets (Mr. Paterson) to-day in order to disprove assertions that ...
Article : 171 wordsThe steamer Parera, which struck Walker's Rock in Cook Strait yesterday, but floated off and steamed to Wellingtoi., was not seriously damaged. ...
Article : 31 wordsSpecial programmes of sex instruction films and talks will be presented by the Father and Son Welfare Movement, in conjunction with the Health Department, at the Fullerton ...
Article : 48 wordsWith 109 show pigeons, many of varieties entirely new to Australia, Mr. J. Christey, vice-president of the Sydney Fancy Pigeon Club, returned to Sydney yesterday by the ...
Article : 156 wordsMajor E. B. Wiltshire and Mr. Smythe, of the N.S.W. Aero Club, flew from Sydney to Ballina on Friday, leaving at 6.10 a.m. and arriving at 2.55 p.m., stops en route being ...
Article : 138 wordsCompeting against representatives of five other States, Miss Irene Stancliffe, of Western Australia, was to-night awarded first place in the vocal championship promoted by ...
Article : 75 wordsSix gold rings set with diamonds, and valued at £68, were stolen from a showcase outside George Roberts' jewellery establishment in Rowe-street, city, on Saturday morning ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 166 wordsOn Saturday evening John McCarthy, of Birt-street, Petersham, was walking along Simmons-street, Enmore, when he was accosted by two men. One of the men asked McCarthy for ...
Article : 74 wordsAs a result of the deputation on Friday to the Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Farrar) notification has been received that the Government has made available £750 for ...
Article : 77 wordsA report from Laverton states that Messrs. Beyers and party, who left about three months ago to do some prospecting in Warburton Ranges, have returned. ...
Article : 194 wordsWhen the collier Kooring berthed at Port Adelaide to-day a casual foreman wns not forthcoming and a volunteer foreman was obtained. At the Dromana, a volunteer had ...
Article : 165 wordsTo commemorate the completion of extensive additions to the Redfern Town Hall, a dinner was given by the Mayor (Alderman Frank J. Gilmore) and the aldermen of the ...
Article : 77 wordsIn recognition of his bravery, Charles Kember, a 13-year-old resident of Auburn, has been presented with a gold medal. Early this year Kember, at the risk of his ...
Article : 52 wordsThe official opening of the new giris [?]epartment at the Lithgow Intermediate High School, togethor with the new buildings in the boys and infants' sections, was performed by ...
Article : 112 wordsBecause his wife was "always nagging at him," John Charles McKenzie, of Ripponlea, fastened a strap round his neck, and, attaching the other end to a stair rail, jumped over ...
Article : 156 wordsThe apparatus throws a semi-cir[?] spray instead of a direct stream of water. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 258 wordsWilliam Wright, 75, dropped dead this afternoon as he stepped out of his motor car. Just previously he had been exerting himself by helping a man to pull a car out of a gutter, ...
Article : 60 wordsAnthony Petoskl, a [?]ian, dived off a high bank into de[?] water in the Murrumbidgee River, and struck his head on a rock, inflicting a deep gash which bled freely. Other ...
Article : 85 wordsA sensational motor car accident occurred on the Wagga-road, near Mangoplah, when a car turned several somersaults, and the three occupants were seriously injured. Mrs. M. ...
Article : 307 wordsTasmania is brought vividly before readers of the Christmas number of the "Illustrated Tasmanian Mail." Pastoral scenes on the north-western coast; historic old homesteads ...
Article : 165 wordsDuring the pr'pr[?]ss of a cricket match between Renmark Rovers and Lock 6, at the latter place, on Sunday, Edward Dawkins, who was batting for the local team, suddenly fell ...
Article : 82 wordsOscar Carl Ohmar of Northam, was drowned yesterday in Avon River a few miles from Northam. He collipsed while swimming, and some men went to his aid, but ...
Article : 50 wordsHer Majesty's Theatre: "The Vagabond King," 7.50. Theatre Royal: "On Approval," 8. Criterion Theatre; "The Patsy," 8. St. James Theatre; "Good News," 8. ...
Article : 179 wordsWheat growers' lots, 4/7½ to 4/8 (Dec.), 4/7 to 4/7½ (Jan.); flour, bakers' lots, £11/15/; bran, £5/17/6; pollard, £6/5/; Barley, No. 1 English, 3/3 to 3/4½; oats, 2/7 to 2/8; Chaff, £5/7/6. ...
Article : 119 wordsAbout sixty members of the Eastern Suburbs Master Builders' Association inspected the Commonwealth Portland Cement C[?]s works at Portland on Saturday. A di[?]ner was given ...
Article : 37 wordsHUNTER'S HILL.—Alderman E. H. Clarke, Alderman Bert Cowell. Deputy Mayor. NORTH SYDNEY.—Alderman H. L. Primrose (reelected). Alderman R. C. Forsyth, Deputy Mayor. ...
Article : 35 wordsA record trip was made by the Maitland Ambulance when it was called to transport a patient from Sandy Hollow, near Merriwa. Over 190 miles were traversed. After ...
Article : 44 wordsA wrestling mutch between J. Kilouis and Pat McCarthy was won by kilouis, who obtained a decision in the seventh round. The contest was very rough. ...
Article : 32 wordsCity returns for Red Cross Day, counted up to 3 p.m. yesterday. totalled £4027/18/6. ...
Article : 20 wordsKYOGLE.—Councillor Moore. LOCKHART.—Councillor H. J. Hazelwood. NARRABURRA.—Councillor J. G. Davey. GOODRADIGBEE.—Councillor W. Sleeman. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 11 Dec 1928, Page 12
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