The accident on Pendine Sands by which the famous English racing motorist, Mr. J. Parry Thomas, was killed while attempting to lower the world's speed record, ...
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Article : 586 wordsMembers of the State Cabinet now admit that it would be detrimental to the interests of the Government to prolong the controversy with the Governor (Sir Dudley de Chair) over ...
Article : 272 wordsIn the Legislative Council a motion by Mr. Willis in effect to cancel the appointment of the select committee on child endowment was defeated by 39 votes to 29. ...
Article : 850 wordsJustifying the recent Note to Moscow, Sir Austen Chamberlain said that verbal acceptance of Britain's demands would not be enough. Acts must show whether Russia intended to redress a long series of outrages. ...
Article : 1,424 wordsThe governors of the United Returned Soldiers' Fund made their annual "Soldiers' Day appeal" yesterday. It was made in customary fashion by chocolate wheels and bevies ...
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Article : 204 wordsThe Lord Mayor, Alderman Mostyn, as chairman of the Citizens' Decoration Committee, is conducting a "drive" for funds to assist the committee in carrying out the scheme that ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Radio and Electrical Exhibition held in the Town Hall during the past nine days, and which closes to-night, has been such a success that many of the firms exhibiting have ...
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Article : 119 wordsThe elaborate precautions to prevent a recurrence of the recent flasco at Grasfontein diamond diggings proved successful. The rush was carried out successfully. Huge sums were ...
Article : 78 wordsAt the Grafton Quarter Sessions, Walter Arnold, for some years a resident of Grafton, where he carried on the business of a land agent, pleaded guilty to fraudulently ...
Article : 212 wordsThe Royal and Parliamentary Titles Bill, which was read a first time in the House of Commons yesterday, is designed to give effect to the Imperial Conference's ...
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Article : 477 wordsA passenger service between New York and Australian ports has been inaugurated by the Roosevelt line, with motor ships of the United States Shipping Board's fleet. ...
Article : 151 wordsWith the distinguished visitors' gallery filled by members of the Diplomatic Corps the United States Senate this morning entered upon its third day of continuous ...
Article : 165 wordsAccording to a message from Paris, Signor Mussolini has announced that there are too many newspapers in Italy, and that there must be further suppressions. The Milan ...
Article : 112 wordsContinuing his evidence yesterday before the select committee of the Legislative Council, appointed to inquire into and report upon the Family Endowment Bill, Mr. D. T. Sawkins, ...
Article : 292 wordsAt the Rotary conference to-day Canon H. K. Aichdall spoke on "Problems of Youth, and defects in the present system of training." He said that among mauy youug people ...
Article : 155 wordsIn the Senate the debate was resumed upon the report of the Vice-President of the Executive Council (Senator Pearce)concerning the work done at the Imperial Conference. ...
Article : 109 wordsAt the Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions (No. 2 Court) yesterday William Leypoldt Buddee, 56, cashier, who pleaded guilty the previous day to two charges of ...
Article : 290 wordsAs nothing has been heard from Major Borges since he left Casablanca for Las Palmas (600 miles), on Wednesday, Spanish airmen at present in Morocco have offered to ...
Article : 181 wordsA new cargo service between Hobart, Sydney, and Brisbane, will be commenced next week. Negotiations are being completed for the ...
Article : 316 wordsOfficial information has been received here that the construction of the Moss Vale-Port Kembla railway will be commenced next week. Messrs. Hoskins. Ltd., are not wasting any ...
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Article : 201 wordsIn the Legislative Council yesterday, Mr. Akhurst asked a series of questions regarding the Child Welfare Department. Mr. Willis supplied replies furnished by the Minister for ...
Article : 239 wordsThe dispute between the president of the Australian Labour party (Mr. W. H. Seale) and the members of the State A.L P. executive with regard to the date of the annual ...
Article : 255 wordsThe Home Office has refused visas to the Chinese Labour representatives, Han Singlian and Ku En-chan, now in Brussels, whom the London Trades Council invited to visit ...
Article : 192 wordsPercy William Coles, a blue-checker taxidriver, reported to the Lidcombe police late on Thursday night that he had been held up at the revolver point by a passenger. ...
Article : 145 wordsThe assistant State mining engineer (Mr. R. C. Wilson) inspected the Parkerville gold find and took samples at the bottom of While's Well on property near Perth. The ...
Article : 119 wordsMrs. G. Sandford and Miss S. Christie, two lady motorists from New Zealand, who are engaged in an attempt to drive unaided around Australia in an Essex coach, were given a ...
Article : 118 wordsThe Acting Prime Minister (Mr. E Lapointe, K.C.) stated that a definite reply to Australia's invitation to send an official representative to Canberra for the opening of the ...
Article : 100 wordsThe Australian-Oriental liner Changte, which arrived in the harbour yesterday from Hongkong, had on board a suspicious case of smallpox, the victim being a Chinese steerage ...
Article : 76 wordsThe Mayor (Alderman Jolly) will leave for Sydney to-morrow in order to complete arrangements for a loan of £1,500,000, which the Brisbane City Council is obtaining from ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 5 Mar 1927, Page 15
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