The brief stay of the German steamer Mosel, which entered Newcastle Harbour this morning and departed shortly after noon, brought home as few things could the melancholy state ...
Article : 133 wordsThe closing down of the Adelong Creek Dredging Co.'s plants on the Adelong Creek marks the end of dredging of what was probably the richest gold-bearing creek in New ...
Article : 218 wordsThe Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) and the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby) visited Dubbo on Wednesday. Mr. Drummond officially opened the primary school, the six ...
Article : 84 wordsThe story of an extraordinary fraud was unfolded in the Central Police Court yesterday, when A. E. Sinclaire was charged with having collected money in Turramurra and ...
Article : 402 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Bavin) yesterday referred to the forecast of the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Lang) that there would be a reduction in wages and increased working ...
Article : 336 wordsA slight increase has been made in the first and second saloon fares for passages between Australia and London on vessels of the Conference lines. ...
Article : 119 wordsThe steamer Waitomo (from Newcastle) arrived this evening in tow of the Kaitoke, after a tow of [?]50 miles in rough weather, occupying nearly nine days. ...
Article : 174 wordsThe estate of Mr. William Baillie, formerly of St. Kilda, Melbourne, who died in England, has been sworn for probate at £45,501. Rear-Admiral William Blunt died yesterday ...
Article : 267 wordsThe municipal council received a letter from the Fairbanks-Morse Company, strongly resenting remarks made by aldermen at a recent meeting of the council respecting the crude oil ...
Article : 75 wordsAt the Quarter Sessions the appeal of Albert Thomas Umpleby against his conviction by the police magistrate at Parkes, in November last, on a charge of having received 14 f[?]s of ...
Article : 72 wordsAdvice has been received by Archbishop Kelly from Cardinal Secretary of State to the Holy See (Cardinal Gasparri) authorising the Papal Legate (Cardinal Cerretti) to bless St. Mary's ...
Article : 279 wordsA fire which broke out late last night caused extensive damage to two small factories in Hereford-street, Glebe. Shortly before 10 o'clock smoke was seen ...
Article : 110 wordsHenry Elliott, head cook at the Lidcombe State Hospital, was convicted by Mr. Williams, S.M., at the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, of a charge under the Secret ...
Article : 780 wordsThe Minister for Labour (Mr. Gledson) to-day replied to a statement made by Mr. Shand, M.L.A., on his return to Sydney after a visit to Queensland, that the dole system introduced ...
Article : 227 wordsThe Main Roads Board has granted the Mittagong Council £[?]30 as the board's share of maintenance for the Mittagong-Bowral road. This road has been in a bad state for some ...
Article : 51 wordsThe great Singapore floating dock has arrived at Port Said in two parts. The dock will begin its passage through the Suez Canal at dawn on Saturday. The passage will take ...
Article : 118 wordsThe Ro[?]er Scouts have offered to plant and maintain a garden plot at the main entrance to the new sports ground. The council has accepted the offer. The Rovers cleared ...
Article : 86 wordsThe Pacific filers have doubts whether the Southern Cross cariying a team of four men and petrol and oil for a non-stop journey to Perth could rise sufficiently high from the ...
Article : 248 wordsThe funeral of Mr. Robert William Hardie, one of the founders of the firm of Hardie and Gorman, took place at Rookwood Cemetery yesterday afternoon. There was a large ...
Article : 668 wordsJudge White presided at the Singleton Quarter Sessions, which concluded yesterday. Michael Joseph Maher was charged with breaking and entering the premises of Henry ...
Article : 110 wordsA bulletin issued by the medical men attending Sir Austen 'Chamberlain states that he has a mild attack of broncho-pneumonia, and that there is no cause for anxiety. ...
Article : 42 wordsAn organised party of searchers, aided by black trackers and dogs, is being formed to look for Mrs. Jackson, 70 years of age, of Daylesford, near Ballarat, who has been ...
Article : 115 wordsThe Cinematograph Films Bill introduced into the House of Representatives provides for the exhibition of definite quotas of New Zealand and British films in the moving ...
Article : 171 wordsPinned under a tangle of machinery. Henry Baldwin, 50, a crane-driver, of Winston-street, Abbotsford, was severely injured in a crane accident yesterday afternoon. ...
Article : 85 wordsBovril Australian Estates, Ltd., announces that the severe drop in the value of cattle in North Australia had occasioned a net loss for the year of £203,328. In a scheme, of ...
Article : 77 wordsEfforts are being made to found bursaries for the Public primary schools and rural schools. A small sum of money is available from the public celebration funds ...
Article : 92 wordsMr. J. W. Shand, chairman of the Shepherd Dog Association, gave an emphatic denial to-day to the report from Perth, stating that an Alsatian dog in the Toodyay district had killed ...
Article : 306 wordsThe Board of Architects of New South Wales has awarded the Australian medallion and travelling scholarship of £400 to Mr. Graham Alasdair MacDonell, diplomate in architecture. ...
Article : 134 wordsFollowing slackness in the m[?] trade and the installation of modern plant with steam na[?]ies at the new State quarry, a number of the quarry employees are out of work. The ...
Article : 70 wordsMarlon Koerbin, aged 43 years, was found guilty at the Wellington Supreme Court of attempting to administer poison with intention to injure or annoy her husband, and was ...
Article : 86 wordsTo commemorate the sacrifice made by the Australian Imperial Force, Blackheath residents project raising a memorial arch and dwarfwall facing the Great Western-road, and ...
Article : 79 wordsM. Benno Schcrek, who for a great many years was well known in musical circles, died suddenly in tragic circumstances at a late hour on Thursday night while conducting the ...
Article : 98 wordsThe Central Illawarra Council has decided on the raising of a £20,000 loan instead of £10,000. The chief work will be the reconstruction of Five Islands road, which connects Prince's ...
Article : 45 wordsMr. E. R. Shannon, late of Tallawang, ha[?] purchased Mr. J. Campbell's Goorianawa Station, in the Coonabarabran district, comprising about 50,000 acres. This is one of the largest ...
Article : 45 wordsAn exciting incident attended the visit of the Migration Agreement Executive Committee to Jackadgery. When the party, of nineteen was crossing the Mitchell, or Upper Nymboida ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 235 wordsFruitgrowers are amongst those who directly benefit from the research work that is done at Sydney University. In this, as in other branches of agriculture, profitable production ...
Article : 289 wordsA complaint was made at the Coraki Council meeting that departments had gone "form mad." It was stated that too much time of the office staff was wasted by preparing ...
Article : 109 wordsNo friction exists between the New South Wales branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League and the Federal executive, according to the secretary of the branch ...
Article : 166 wordsAt a meeting of Roman Catholic graduates and undergraduates, held last night at St. John's University College, the Sydney University Newman Society was founded. Among its ...
Article : 198 wordsThe Forbes P., A., and H. Society is dete[?]mined not to risk claims for damages for accidents at the annual show. It was pointed out at a meeting of the soci[?] ...
Article : 122 wordsGeorge David McGuire, alias David Peck, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the City Court to-day for having made a false statement to the Repatriation ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 274 wordsA large deputation from the executive council of the Condobolin Railway Leagues yesterday urged upon the Premier, Mr. Bavin, the need for an immediate extension of the ...
Article : 299 words"It is the urgent duty of all loyalists to do all in their power to return to the Federal Parliament at the approaching general elections only men whose loyalty is beyond ...
Article : 230 wordsAt the Singleton Quarter Sessions Samuel Nisbitt was found guilty on a charge of breaking, entering, and stealing from a shop at Aberdeen. ...
Article : 136 wordsA conference of miners from the two Abermain and the two Seaham pits, [?] be held at the Newcastle Trades Hall to-morrow morning, may have serious results. ...
Article : 93 wordsAn expedition led by Major Duncan M'Callum, driving heavily-loaded Buick cars, recently arrived in Paris in the course of a pioneering motor journey from Pekin to ...
Article : 226 wordsAt a recent meeting of the Sunday Observance and Social Reform committee of the diocese of Sydney it was decided to support the abolition of liquor. "In view of the serious ...
Article : 129 wordsTwo quiet youths, Hying at North Sydney, engaged upon a daring escapade on Wednesday night. A long jaunt to the west and back, which ...
Article : 172 wordsMr. William Wilson, who died at Barmedman aged 92 years, came to Australia when 14 years old. He had a thrilling experience in a sailing vessel. The storm blew the ma[?] ...
Article : 60 wordsAt the Newtown Police Court yesterday. Michael Joseph Waldron, 54 years of age, a traveller, was charged with having sold illicit spirits at Newtown on July 30, and Samuel ...
Article : 146 wordsHer Majesty's: "Rigoletto," 2; "Turandot," [?]. Criterion: "Sexes and Sevens," 2, 8. Theatre Royal: "The Silent House," 2, 8. Palace Theatre: "Mr. What's His Name," 8. ...
Article : 217 wordsOrange is to have another Back-to-Orange week, the dates being from December 24 to January 2 next. The principal officers elected to carry the scheme to fruition were:— ...
Article : 62 wordsProposals were submitted to a conference yesterday between the Miners' Federation and the liquidators of the Sydney Collieries, Ltd., that the miners should take over the Balmain ...
Article : 147 wordsDog poisoners are again active at Bowral, powdered glass being a favourite method. Some valuable animals have been included among the casualties, and this week a ...
Article : 96 wordsTo obtain information about prohibition in the United States of America from Salvation Army officers. Commissioner Sowton cabled to Commander Evangeline Booth. Her reply ...
Article : 54 wordsAt the police court to-day George Francis Feeney, aged 35 years, was convicted of assaulting his mother, who was 74 years of age, and was fined £10, in default two months' ...
Article : 71 wordsCoinciding with the setting out from Britain this year of a great pilgrimage to Y[?]res, organised by the British Legion, the newly-formed Fellowship of Mons, New South Wales, ...
Article : 128 wordsA meeting of representatives of the marine workers formerly employed by the Commonwealth Shipping Line was held in the Federal offices of the Australian Seamen's Union ...
Article : 105 wordsHohepa Kaka, chief of the Aupourl tribe, died to-day. He was reputed to be considerably over 100 years old. Hohepa was one of Hone Heke's warriors away back in ...
Article : 67 wordsJohn George Cox, aged 14 years, of 28 King-street, Newtown, an employee of William Arnott, Ltd., was knocked down by a motor lorry outside the factory in George-street. ...
Article : 69 wordsThe tramway authorities announce that, commencing on Monday, an improved service will be run on the Daceyville line on week-days. The new timetable provides for a 15 minutes ...
Article : 68 wordsA record fall of snow is reported to have occurred on Barrington Tops. A party from Eccleston visited the Tops this week, and found the whole area covered to an average ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 4 Aug 1928, Page 16
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