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  2. RANDWICK RACES. TATTERSALLS CLUB MEETING.

    Every kind of summer sport was represented in the New Year's Day carnival to which Sydney surrendered itself joyfully on Saturday, but 48,000 people elected to attend the second ...

    Article : 310 words
  3. MOTOR ACCIDENTS. Week-end Toll.

    The first week-end of the new year was marked by many motoring accidents in the city and suburbs. In eight serious accidents reported 31 persons were injured, some of ...

    Article : 80 words
  4. MR. BRUCE.

    Mr. Bruce to-day placed a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the National Cemetery at Arlington. The simple ceremony lasted but a few moments, yet was ...

    Article : 781 words
  5. HONOURS. NEW YEAR LIST.

    The following are included in the list of New Year honours:— VISCOUNTS. Sir James Craig, first Prime Minister of ...

    Article : 602 words
  6. TRADE REVIEW.

    "We may look to the new year with quiet confidence" is a sentence in the annual review of one of the principal firms of wool brokers with reference to their particular trade, and ...

    Article : 627 words
  7. SPECTACULAR FIRE. METTERS' BUILDING DESTROYED.

    Damage, estimated at £135,000, was caused by a fire which occurred in Metters' Building, a five-storied, structure, in Elizabeth-street, city, shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Portion of the rear wall crashed into Nithsdale-street, damaging four ...

    Article : 92 words
  8. SCOTS' DAY.

    Brilliant sunshine, the skirl of the pipes, a thousand lassies and laddies, gorgeously costumed in a maze of colour—these were features of a picturesque scene of joyous gaiety ...

    Article : 1,121 words
  9. FATAL COLLISION.

    Francis Williams, aged 20 years, of Kingstonstreet, Haberfield, was fatally injured, and his companion, Thelma Smith, aged 20 years, of Marrickville, seriously injured on Saturday ...

    Article : 137 words
  10. FIREMEN'S HEAVY TASK.

    The fire was one of the most spectacular that has broken out in Sydney for many years Commencing on the second floor at the end facing Nithsdale-street, it had gained a ...

    Article : 1,339 words
  11. CAR OVERTURNED.

    Early this morning a motor car was found overturned near Mallacoota. Two of the occupants. William and Norman Clarke, young men, of Glenhuntly, were dead, and George, ...

    Article : 53 words
  12. SUMMER FROCKING.

    The first day of a new year; brilliant sunshine, beautiful clothes, and a general atmosphere of prosperity. All these attributes attended the first big meeting for 1927 at ...

    Article : 1,124 words
  13. POLICEMAN INJURED.

    Through his motor cycle colliding with a cow on Pittwater-road, Brookvale, Constable Hamer, of the Manly police;, was thrown heavily to the tramline. He ...

    Article : 160 words
  14. BUILDINGS IN DANGER.

    Buildings burrounding the scene of the fire are in constant danger of being severely damaged by the walls of the ruined premises. The heat caused the walls to take an ...

    Article : 198 words
  15. CARS COLLIDE.

    Bight persons were injured when two motor cars came into violent collision at the intersection of Macqunrie-street and Liverpoolroad, Liverpool, at 2 a.m. on Saturday ...

    Article : 121 words
  16. AVIATION.

    The Air Ministry has ordered two all-metal flying boats, which will be used by the Royal Air Force on the Calcutta-Singapore section of the proposed London to Australia flight ...

    Article : 397 words
  17. SEVEN PERSONS INJURED.

    Seven persons were injured, two of them seriously, owing to the car in which they were travelling overturning on Prince's Highway, near Banksia Railway Station, on Saturday ...

    Article : 178 words
  18. THE EMPIRE.

    The first number has been issued of a new publication, the "London Weekly—Home and Overseas " Its appearance and make-up are similar to that of the "Nation" and ...

    Article : 532 words
  19. BUSINESSES AFFECTED.

    Metters, Ltd, were the owners of the building, and ocupted the ground and first floor as show and sample rooms. The second story, where the fire was thought to have originated, ...

    Article : 367 words
  20. NEW YEAR MESSAGE.

    Acknowledging the Lord Mayor of London's New Year's message, his Majesty the King says:— "With unswerving faith in British ...

    Article : 164 words
  21. RUNAWAY HORSE.

    Unusual features were associated with an accident which occupied to a party of motorists at Sutherland on Saturday A horse attached to a bulley, being led from ...

    Article : 180 words
  22. CHARLTON IN FORM.

    Competing at Manly on Saturday, Andrew ("Boy') Charlton showed that he was at the top of his form. There has been marked improvement in his sprinting prowess. ...

    Article : 375 words
  23. WIRELESS.

    Within a few months Londoners may be talking by wireless telephony to friends in Australia, South Africa, and Canada. The post-office is collaborating with the ...

    Article : 127 words
  24. LAWN TENNIS.

    In a semi-final of the women's singles at a covered courts Christmas tournament at Paris, Miss Eileen Bennett (England) effected a surprise by defeating Mdlle. Suzanne Dove, ...

    Article : 94 words
  25. ITALO-GERMAN TREATY.

    A message from Moscow reports that the Soviet newspaper, "Pravda," commenting upon the Italo-German troaty, says:—"Signora Mussolini's original proposals to Germany were ...

    Article : 58 words
  26. OTHER ACCIDENTS.

    Severe injuries, including a probable fracture of the shoulder and right leg, scalp wounds and concussion, were received by Michael John Scully, aged 19, of Riley-street, ...

    Article : 345 words
  27. BRITISH FINANCE.

    The revenue for the nine months of the financial year, beginning s on April 1, was £479,000,000, compared with £499,000,000 in the corresponding period of 1925. The total ...

    Article : 225 words
  28. CHINA'S LEGAL SYSTEM.

    The change of Shanghai's international mixed court into one virtually under Chinese control is an epoch-making event. Foreign residents have realised that the change was inevitable, ...

    Article : 112 words
  29. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    On the Montl'hery track, near Paris. Mr. E. A. D. Eldridge followed up his motoring records yesterday by breaking further records to-day in his 8-cylinde two-litre Miler car. ...

    Article : 221 words
  30. EARTHQUAKE.

    A message from Calexico (California), says that 50 earthquake shocks rocked the Imperial Valley early on Saturday morning. Calexico and Mexican, across the Mexican ...

    Article : 122 words
  31. THE RACING.

    Before the first race Firefly was at four's for Tattersall's Cup, with Strongbow and Dartmoor at five's. Tibble was, for a time, unmistakable at 12 to 1, but she came well ...

    Article : 1,130 words
  32. ROYAL TOUR.

    Into the depths of H.M.S. Renown blue jackets to-day were stowing immense quantities of foodstuffs, including a generous proportion of Australian and New Zealand canned ...

    Article : 92 words
  33. CHARGE OF ESPIONAGE.

    Vivian Strandors, a former British officer, who has been arrested in France on a charge of espionage, on being examined by a magistrate, admitted that he had been sending Dr. ...

    Article : 112 words
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