General Alvaro Obregon, President-elect of Mexico, was assassinated on Tuesday afternoon while attending a banquet held at. restaurant in San Angel, a town 12 miles south ...
Article : 473 wordsEngland's wooden-walled "Victory," reconditioned and resplendent, was in strange contrast to the Australia and Canberra, at the King's inspection at Portsmouth. ...
Article : 236 wordsThe Lieutenant-Governor (Sir William Cullen) paid a high tribute to the late Sir James Fairfax. "No one who knew Sir James Fairfax, as he ...
Article : 183 wordsSir James Fairfax, who was a director of John Fairfax and Sons, Limited, and a son of the late Sir James Fairfax, died from heart failure whilst playing golf on the Royal Sydney Golf Club's links at Rose Bay yesterday afternoon. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 440 wordsSir Samuel Hordern, who is president of the Old Sydneians' Union, said last night that he was grieved to learn of the death of an esteemed friend. "I can hardly express my ...
Article : 1,056 wordsThe Duke of York sent a message to the Cancer Conference', at which' Sir John BlandSutton is presiding. The programme includes 50 papers, mostly British, French, and ...
Article : 278 wordsBritish manufacturers attach significance to a speech of Mr. Amery, Secretary for the Dominions, at Luton, in which he expressed the hope that it would not be long before the ...
Article : 147 wordsAmong all the philanthropic and social work with which Sir James Fail fax had been associated, nothing will stand out more prominently than his work with the Red Cross ...
Article : 413 wordsMr. H. S, Dettmann, headmaster of the Sydney Grammar School, expressed deep regret last night at the death of Sir James Fairfax. ...
Article : 260 wordsBritain won the Empire Trophy at Bisley with a total of 2203. Australia was second with 2186, India third with 2174. and Canada fourth with 2156. ...
Article : 185 wordsSir JamEs Fairfax, as was his custom on Wednesdays, left his office yesterday afternoon for the golf links, and bad lunch in the clubhouse of the Royal Sydney Golf Club. ...
Article : 457 wordsAmong the messages of sympathy, sent last last night to the "Herald" were those of other daily newspapers in Sydney-the "Daily Telegraph Pictorial," the "Daily Guardian," ...
Article : 266 words"This development is not altogether unexpected," said Mr. J. S. Strong, the Australian representative of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, London, on being ...
Article : 225 words"The death of Sir James Fairfax," declared the Rev. Dr. R. G. Macintyre, last evening, "will come as a shock to the whole community. In his grandfather and his father he had a great ...
Article : 203 wordsThe cruiser York, one of the three large ships authorised in the Navy Estimates for 1926-27, was launched this afternoon at Yarrow-on-Tyne by the Duchess of York. ...
Article : 246 wordsSir James Fairfax in 1918 was made a Companion o' the Order of the British Empire. His name was also included in the King's Birthday honours in 1926, when he was ...
Article : 55 wordsDeep regret was expressed by the Prime Minister (Mr, Bruce) when he heard at Canberra to-night of the' death of Sir James Fairfax. ...
Article : 290 wordsA war-time activity in which the late Sir James Fall fax took the keenest interest was the Soldiers' Club. in the' old Royal Hotel building in George-street. From its ...
Article : 226 wordsThe Secretary for Mines stated in the House of Commons to-day that pulverised coal was being used on land 'on a commercial basis with established success, but at sea it had ...
Article : 70 wordsAll matters relating to the development of radio in Australia'found a strong and sympathetic supporter in Sir James Fairfax, said Mr. E. T. Fisk, managing director of ...
Article : 280 wordsSir James Fairfax was an old Sydneian. born in 1863. He proceeded from the Sydney Grammar School to Baillol College. Oxford, read law at the Inner Temple. London, and ...
Article : 953 wordsThe underwriters, have been-left with 87 per cent, of the 5 per cent. Commonwealth loan of £7,000,000, issued at 98. The poor' subscription to the loan is ...
Article : 72 wordsOne of the happiest gatherings held in the new offices of the "Sydney Morning Herald" and "Sydney Mail" 'was on the occasion of the presentation to the late Sir James ...
Article : 352 wordsA message from Oslo states that a party of fishermen told the Admiralty that they had discovered on Bear Island plateau two wheel tracks 80 feet long in the snow, leading to ...
Article : 208 wordsSir James Fairfax, among the other activities of a busy life, retained a keen interest in music and the kindred arts. He was particulalry fond of opera, and was present ...
Article : 273 wordsAs a result of a conference with Mr. Norman Brookes and Mr. Malcolm, the English Tennis Association, subject to the approval of the Australian association, has offered to ...
Article : 186 wordsCaptain Geoffrey Hughes (president of the New South Wales Aero Club) said he was terribly shocked at the news of the death of Sir James Fairfax. ...
Article : 103 words"I have heard with the deepest grief of the tragically sudden death of Sir James Fairfax," said the Premier (Mr. Ravin) last night "He will be deeply missed, not only by a ...
Article : 150 wordsOn the occasion of the bicentenary of Captain Cook parties of mothers from the Yorkshire villages of Marton, where he was born, and Great Ayton, where he was educated, laid ...
Article : 88 wordsThe speech which Sir Jumes Fairfax delivered personally from the studios of 2FC on September 5 last, which was the first to be relayed by the B.B.C., has now a historic ...
Article : 256 wordsThe interment will take place this afternoon, in the South Head Cemetery. There will be a service at the residence, Fairwater, New South Head-road, Double Bay, ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 19 Jul 1928, Page 11
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