Attracted by a report that more men were to be employed at the Hume reservoir works, about 200 unemployed from Sydney and Melbourne came to the works, where, to their ...
Article : 47 wordsAs a result of the action of 60 stewards in refusing to serve at the official luncheon of the Balmain Regatta the steamer Moreton Bay, of the Australian Commonwealth Line, is to ...
Article : 400 wordsMr. H. H. Newell, deputy president of the Main Roads Board, was for 31 years an officer of the Public Works Department. While district engineer in 1926, he was appointed one of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 130 wordsSplendid rescue work was effected at Collaroy Beach on Saturday afternoon, when two young women were rescued from the undertow. Mr. T. W. Ferguson, secretary to the ...
Article : 260 wordsWith seven wickets in hand, New South Wales is 251 runs ahead of South Australia after two days' play in the Sheffield Shield match, which commenced on Friday. New ...
Article : 2,310 wordsSome of the escapades of two young men and two young girls, who left Melbourne just before Christmas were revealed yesterday, when the police discovered that one of the ...
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Article : 78 wordsMr. S. Archer, supervising engineer in charge of the Lismore district for the Public Works Department, is retiring from the department, after 37 years' service, Mr. Archer has been ...
Article : 50 wordsTwo motor cars, driven by Charles Richard Maye, of Bay-street, Mortlake, and Alexander Speers, of Wentworthville, collided yesterday morning on the Western-road, near Church ...
Article : 140 wordsMr. Alexander Dunmore Brown, of the firm of Brown and Morse, stock and station agents, died in the Glen Innes hospital last night. He was well known in the commercial world, ...
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Article : 192 wordsTrouble has arisen among the Junee firemen, and as a result five firemen—J. Fitzgerald and M. Richards (who have both had over 20 years' service), C. Millard, J. Scott, and V. ...
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Article : 81 wordsMr. T. Walsh, general president of the Australian Seamen's Union, has decided to ignore the demand of the recent meeting of seamen that he should resign his position. ...
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Article : 72 wordsSeveral leaning State officials of the Boy Scout movement visited Wagga during the week-end and were given a civic reception by Alderman W. F. Day, the Mayor. Alderman ...
Article : 277 wordsJohn Ford, aged 23 years, of Mildura, was killed through being thrown from a motor truck on Saturday. His two brothers received slight injuries. John Ford's neck ...
Article : 35 wordsThe four-year-old son of Mr. R. Sellars, of Brisbane, who is at present residing at Beach-street, Coogee, had a wonderful escape from serious injury on Friday morning. ...
Article : 128 wordsImportance is attached to the convention of the Australian Workers' Union, to be held in Hobart this month, because it will review the recent fight in New South Wales for the ...
Article : 407 wordsWhile crossing Chapel-street, Prahran, this afternoon, Edward Harman, aged 6, who lived with his parents at South Yarra, was knocked down by a motor car and his skull was ...
Article : 39 wordsPromoters of tin hare coursing have obtained legal opinion on the validity of the Act passed by the Victorian Parliament to suppress betting at these meetings. It was ...
Article : 94 wordsNorman Bailey, aged 28, and his brother, C. Bailey, 21, while riding motor cycles, collided with a taxi cab in Beach-road, Brighton. Both received a fractured leg, and Norman's ...
Article : 37 wordsRiding on the roof of a sleeping-carriage of the North Coast mail, about 2 o'clock on Saturday morning, George Strickland, aged 19 years, of Pennell-strect, Newtown, was ...
Article : 265 wordsThe South Grafton Cricket Association annually playa a match with a team of cricketers composed entirely of the Ellem family. This year's contest resulted in a win for the ...
Article : 137 wordsThe Burrinjuck electricity supply will be switched on to Cootamundra, Harden, Murrumburrah, and Young during January. Current will be available for Gundagai and Junee ...
Article : 55 wordsThe limited express, Melbourne to Sydney, was derailed near the Uranquinty Railway Station this morning. The three following divisions are held up at The Rock. ...
Article : 455 wordsReginald Morrison, aged 28, of Gore-street, Fitzroy, was found unconscious in Victoriaparade, East Melbourne, early this morning, and was suffering from severe head injuries. ...
Article : 111 wordsWhilst working a harvester on his farm in the Mangoplah district, R. Jarick, a wellknown farmer, was inserting an arm through the wheel when the horses started the ma ...
Article : 76 wordsIt has been established by the police that Mrs. Jolene Mary Sampson, wife of the Mitcham orchardist, was, murdered. Mrs. Sampson was found dying on the foot ...
Article : 279 wordsA shocking accident occurred at The Rock, when Desmond Kiely, son of Mr. P. Kiely, pulled a billy can of boiling water off the table over himself. The boy was severely ...
Article : 676 wordsIt is announced that the Minister for Labour has appointed an Industrial Transference Board "to facilitate the transfer of workers, particularly miners, for whom opportunities ...
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Article : 90 wordsReservoir-street, Surry Hills, was the scene of an exciting chase on Saturday night, after the police had received information that the printing establishment of Robert G. Nail, ...
Article : 178 wordsAs a result of the combination of a tropical depression and a high pressure area, cloudy and unsettled conditions prevailed in the coastal districts during the week-end. ...
Article : 103 wordsMr. G. V. Portus, formerly a brilliant Rugby Union football player, returned to Sydney on Saturday, after an absence of 14 months abroad. He said he is hopeful that the visit ...
Article : 127 wordsHer Majesty's Theatre: "The Girl Friend," 8. Theatre Royal: "Cradle Snatchers," 8.15. Criterion Theatre: "A Cuckoo in the Nest,' 8. St. James Theatre: "Archie," 8. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 9 Jan 1928, Page 12
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