A fire which broke out in the store of the [?]X.L. Grocers, Vincent-street, early on Saturday morning, caused damage to the extent of £750. The cycle works of Mr. C. T. Taylor, ...
Article : 85 wordsIn his evidence, before the Traffic Advisory Committee, which finished hearing evidence yesterday. Dr. J. J. C. Bradfield said that the completed portion of the city railway had not ...
Article : 938 wordsMidway between Waterfall and Helensburgh, half a mile from the South Coast railway line, stands the Waterfall Sanatorium for T.B. patients. The buildings nestle on a ...
Article : 612 wordsLashed to the bows of the destroyer Anzac, in a choppy sea, following in the wake of H.M.A.S. Sydney, with a cinematograph camera ready to "take" a broadside, was ...
Article : 261 wordsAll day yesterday, as part of their training, the 8th Infantry Brigade, now in camp at Liverpool, fought an imaginary enemy, parties of which were supposed to have pushed ...
Article : 229 wordsONE OF THE TANKS ON THE PARADE GROUND. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 13 wordsWhen J. J. Gray, of Palmer's Island, turned on the steam in his turbine separator last week it did not respond. He investigated the cause, and found that a 5ft black snake ...
Article : 57 wordsDuring renovations and alterations at the Goulburn Post-office building 1[?] letters, dated 192[?] were discovered under the floor of the mail room. The letters were delivered in ...
Article : 51 wordsThe first section of the new block of buildings for the New England Grammar School is now completed. The lower floor is given up mainly to two large classrooms. There is ...
Article : 59 wordsMr. W. Frankham, of Tyalgum, had the misfortune to lose a valuable bull as a result, it is believed, of dip poisoning. The animal was dipped on Monday last, and on ...
Article : 80 wordsTenders received for the purchase of the Commonwealth line of steamers were considered by the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) in the week-end. Mr. Bruro said to-day that ...
Article : 96 wordsAnother heavy fog on the harbour yesterday morning hampered ferry traffic and delayed the entry of the oversea and interstate shipping. ...
Article : 141 wordsGlowing Press reports and tributes from officials in Great Britain were read by Mr. H. D. Wood, when Referring to the tour of "The Waratahs," at the 54th annual meeting ...
Article : 306 wordsBecketts Newspapers, Ltd., was proceeded against at the Central Summons Court yesterday, before Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., on a charge of having, on December 16, sold an obscene ...
Article : 464 wordsThe foundation-stones of the first trade school to be established in a country district outside Newcastle and Broken Hill, were laid at Lismore to-day by the Minister for Education ...
Article : 221 wordsDuring the hearing of a case at the police court, in which James Joseph McSorley, a licensed bookmaker, was charged with having on Christmas Eve allowed his premises to be ...
Article : 78 wordsExerything about the new Wintergarden Picture Theatre at Rose Bay, which was opened by Mr. W. Foster, M.L.A., last night, before a large assemblage, is in excellent ...
Article : 187 wordsGreat excitement was caused here yesterday when, owing to an unusually treacherous sea, many bathers were found to be in difficulties. Only by the prompt assistance of the ...
Article : 62 wordsJohn McWilliam, of Ivy-street, Redfern, one of the victims of the Bulli Pass motor accident, on March 11, died in the Bulli Hospital this morning. ...
Article : 58 wordsAt the monthly meting of tho New South Wales Cricket Association last night a protracted discussion took place on the proposals to introduce a system of super-grade cricket. ...
Article : 649 wordsA deputation waited upon Mr. Tunnicliffe, the Victorian Minister for Railways, and urged that a line between Deniliquin and Hay be constructed by the Victorian Government under ...
Article : 139 wordsOn Saturday she swam 110 yards (backstroke) in 1m 22 3-5s. The time compares more than favourably with that of Miss Sybil Bauer's (U.S.A.) 100 metres world record—1m 22 2-5s. The difference in the distances is 23 inches, the 110 yards being the longer. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 53 wordsIn his annual report presented to the conference of the Queensland Canegrowers' Union to-day, the secretary reported that the coming crushing this season would probably be much ...
Article : 118 wordsA number of players have been asked to practice, with a view to the match against the Waratahs on April 23. It is likely that the New South Wales team to oppose the tourists ...
Article : 170 wordsOwing to the slump in the metal trade over 100 men have been temporarily paid off at the State quarries within the last five week[?]. Last week-end 27 employees were dismissed. ...
Article : 37 wordsMr. C. Manning, a solicitor, accompanied by Mr. Keith Howe and two visitors, was ascending Western Hill in a motor car to view the monument when their car toppled ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 180 wordsBefore Chief Judge Dethridge, in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day, the Merchant Service Guild of Australasia lodged a new plaint in respect to salaries and ...
Article : 434 wordsMr. Thomas Tierney (37), a commercial traveller, who fell from the balcony of the Commercial Hotel, Stockinbingal, on Wednesday, has died as a result of his injuries. At ...
Article : 102 wordsAt a meeting of the New South Wales Rugby Football league last night last season's selection committee was re-elected. The committee consists of Messrs. A. Burdon, A. Latta, H. Flegg, C. Russell, ...
Article : 215 wordsOn a mountain farm in Foxground, Mr. Pat[?] rick Harding was attempting to turn a horse out of his paddock when it reared and attacked him as he was riding beside, it. ...
Article : 73 wordsThe defects which have developed in the new Australian submarines Oxley and Otway were due to miscalculations in experiments, based on departures from accepted ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 251 wordsEstimated to impound 543,629,000,000 gallons of water, the construction of the Hume Reservoir, on the Murrny River, near Albury, is proceeding space, and great progress has been ...
Article : 282 words"This was the worst case of cruelty I have ever seen," declared Constable Nagle; at the Parramatta Court yesterday, when Albert Henry Shipley, sanitary contractor, to the Holyroyd ...
Article : 166 wordsA slight earthquake shock was felt in several dwellings and stores at 4.5 o'clock on Friday afteraoon, lasting for 35 seconds. No damage has been reported from this or ...
Article : 43 wordsOn the application of the Timber Merchants and Sawmillers' Association of Australia, Judge Lukin, in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day, made absolute an order nisi, ...
Article : 76 wordsThe City Commissioners yesterday accepted the tender of William Adams and Co., Ltd., for bare copper cable for the city electricity department. The price was £13,533/6/8. ...
Article : 107 wordsAt the Criminal Court to-day Mr. Justice Draper sentenced Charles Ernest Willis (22), a farm labourer, to four years' imprisonment for attempted murder. At Corrigan on ...
Article : 78 wordsSt. James Theatre: "Norma," 8. Criterion Theatre: "Caroline," 8.15. Her Majesty's: "The Girl Friend," 8. Theatre Royal: "The Trial of Mary Dugan," 8. ...
Article : 197 wordsOfficers of the Wagga Municipal Council have taken a serious view of conditions affecting the supply of electricity to the Murrumbidgee Co-operative Dairy Co.'s works, ...
Article : 73 wordsThe task of erecting a six-roomed bungalow in three working days is being undertaken at the radio and electrical exhibition, which is to be opened in the Town Hall to-morrow. ...
Article : 200 wordsTo assist the fund that has been started to send R. O. Cummings and E. F. Moon to England to compete at Wimbledon and other European tournaments, two exhibition matches will be played by the ...
Article : 194 wordsThe City Commissioners yesterday held an inquiry into the destruction of low tension cables, owing to the failure of the composition in which the cables are laid. ...
Article : 81 wordsFollowing on a shrilled-voiced and bitter argument between two women in Belmore Park last night, one of them, Ethel Ryan, of Elizabeth-street, city, was stabbed with a ...
Article : 158 wordsA girl, who is not quite 17 years of age, is alleged to have attempted to take her life at her home at Wilson-street, Newtown, last night, by drinking poison. She gave as the ...
Article : 155 wordsJames McKenna, a fireman on board the United States steamer Easterling, was stabbed in the chest last night during a brawl aboard the ship, which is lying at Woolloomooloo. He ...
Article : 106 wordsExactly a year from the day the foundation-stone was laid a new wing for the novitiate at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Rose Bay was opened and blessed by Archbishop Kelly ...
Article : 120 wordsThe State Meteorologist stated last night that the existence of a general rain type on the charts extending over the continent from north to south, and the presence of tropical ...
Article : 66 wordsTo-day's sales included:- Commonwealth bonds, 5½ p.c. (1911), £101/17/6; 5[?] p.c. (1933), £9[?] 5[?] p.c. (1931), £101/12/6; 6 p.c. (March, 1930), £100/7/6; 6 p.c. (1935), £102/7/6; ...
Article : 71 wordsMr. Kelso King will officiate at the opening of the new scout hall at Thornleigh next Saturday afternoon. A dance will be held in the hall in the evening. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 20 Mar 1928, Page 12
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