The Grafton and South Grafton Water Board has decided to obtain from a qualified in dra[?] engineer a report upon the present system, the present and probable future ...
Article : 73 wordsAnother milestone in Canberra's ecclesiastical history was passed to-day when the foundation-stones of the first Methodist Church in the Federal territory were laid at ...
Article : 647 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly yesterday. the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Bill, providing for a further redistribution of the State with a view to giving the country ...
Article : 1,457 wordsMr. william Campbell. the second engineer of the G[?], last evening related the story of [?] many hours he spent in the water after the vessel sank, his narrative being typical. ...
Article : 874 wordsMr. Fred Cavill, a one-time famous swimmer, and the father of famous swimmers, died yesterday at the Home of Peace, Lewisham. He was aged 87 years. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 437 wordsOn a party vote the Labour aldermen carried a motion at the last meeting of the City Council that no tenders should be called for the supply of music in the city parks until ...
Article : 285 wordsIn a speech at the Leichhardt Town Hall last night, Dr. Nott, M.P., who defeated Mr. Theodore for the Herbert seat at the last Federal election, flagellated Mr. Theodore ...
Article : 762 wordsA graphic story of the rescue of John Flak and William Campbell, the first and second eugineers of the Galava, was told by the crew of the tug St. Olaves, which arrived in ...
Article : 663 wordsThe ceremony of laying the foundationstone of the Methodist Memorial Hall was held on Saturday afternoon, and was largely attended. The Rev. T. F. Potts, of Burwood, ...
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Article : 127 wordsMrs. Mary Ann Lioyd, wife of Mr. G. B. Lleyd, of Singleton, died on Saturday while on a visit to Speers Point. The deceased, who was 86 years of age, was born in Singleton, ...
Article : 136 wordsThe State Cabinet yesterday gave further consideration to the bill which will amend the Gaming and Betting Act. Although no official statement was issued ...
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Article : 272 wordswho according to a cable message, has been awarded the Albert Medal, for fighting the shark which attacked Mervyn Allum at Port Hacking on January 3 last. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 68 wordsLate yesterday afternoon a preliminary Coroner's inquiry was opened by Mr. W. E. Kirkness in the drawing-room of the Kurrawyba accommodation-house at Terrigal. After the ...
Article : 222 wordsThe Duke and Duchess of York are expected to arrive at the Giafton railway station at 4.42 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13. The combined councils will present an address of welcome. ...
Article : 92 wordsAt last night's annual meeting of the New South Wales Traders' Protection Association Mr. E. J. Ellis, secretary, submitted the annual report, which stated that the securing ...
Article : 218 wordsWhen he was attacked by a bull in a pen at the Newmarket saleyards to-day, John Dawes, grazier, who lives near Glenrowan, was so seriously injured that he had to be ...
Article : 63 wordsApproximately, damage to the amount of £1400 resulted when the Doon Doon Timber Coy.'s mill was destroyed by fire. A number of men were thrown out of employment. ...
Article : 32 wordsMr. W. H. Matthews, mentioned in yesterdays' "Herald" as chairman of directors of the Electric Light and Power Supply Corporation, Ltd., retired from that position last ...
Article : 39 wordsEdwin Williams, aged 50, a well-known resident, while working in the bush at Eungal yesterday, was killed instantaneously by the limb of a large tree, which he was about to ...
Article : 38 wordsOn March 5, with the last performances of the "Jack and the Beanstalk" pantomime, the St. James Theatre will cease to house stage attractions except in the form of more or less ...
Article : 345 words"When the Bruce Administration is rightly accused of doing nothing since it assumed office, the Nationalist Press proclaims that the electors must wait until the Government has ...
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Article : 263 wordsMembers of the State Cabinet, particularly the Premier (Mr. Lang) and the Minister for Justice (Mr. McKell) were greatly disappointed yesterday in consequence of the ...
Article : 113 wordsFrederick Fordham, aged 13 months, who had just commenced to walk, wandered into the back yard of his parents' residence at Mount Victoria, and fell face dowinwards in a pool ...
Article : 303 wordsThe steamer Nairana Killed for Launceston a few minutes after her scheduled time this afternoon. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 141 wordsMr. R. A. Marks, president of the Chamber of Manufactures of New South Wales has supplied a statement in reply to a letter by a "Herald" correspondent. Mr. Marks said ...
Article : 429 wordsMr. Martin B. O'Den, father of Alderman E. O'Dea, died at his home in Cardigan-street, Stanmore, on Tuesday, after a painful illness. Mr. O Dea, who had reached the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 227 wordsThe cremation of the remains of Mr. F. B. Guthrie, the well-known scientist, took place at Rookwood Crematorium on Tuesday morning, after a service conducted by the Rev ...
Article : 129 wordsDuring the hearing of a bigamy charge at the Adelaide Police Court to-day, It was alleged that Edwin Stanley Brokensha left his wile for live weeks, and in that time he married ...
Article : 100 wordsFollowing the arrest of two men yesterday, Sergeants Hogan and Dunn and Constable Williams. of Petersham police, recovered house fittings valued at nearly £50, alleged to have ...
Article : 257 wordsCommissioner Sowton, who, with Mrs. Sowton and their daughter. Adjutant Sowton, recently arrived in Sydney to take over the territorial command of the eastern division of ...
Article : 282 wordsHumours have been current in Sydney and Melbourne that the Federal Ministry was taking steps to circum[?]nt possible industrial trouble by transferring members of the ...
Article : 95 wordsThe Town Clerk of Dubbo (Mr. Healy), in a telegram to the "Herald" yesterday, regarding the recent fire at Dubbo, states that the water supply was not inadequate, the ...
Article : 41 wordsThe New South Wales Country party, which is generally known as the Progressives, yesterday appointed Mr. E. Munroe as general secretary to the organisation, in succession to ...
Article : 115 wordsThe death occurred at his residence in Archer-street, Chatswood, on Monday, of Captain John Brown Peebles, who for many years was one of the senior pilots of the Torres ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 95 wordsAccording to a return made avilable to-day by the Department of Home and Territories, 69 persons were granted naturalisation in the Commonwealth last year. Of these 1123 ...
Article : 101 wordsThe Joint Grain Committee of the Perth and Fremantle Chambers of Commerce has fixed the Western Australian f.a.q. standard of wheat for the 1926-1927 season at 61[?]. ...
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Article : 57 wordsThe building trades dispute committee today declared black a building being erected at Clayfield for the Minister for Works, on the ground that non-union labour is being ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 10 Feb 1927, Page 10
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