Unprecedented interest is being shown in the Great Public, Schools' Regatta, the heats of which will be decided on the Parramatta River to-morrow. The crews have been in ...
Article : 272 wordsA poll was taken on Saturday of ratepayers in regard to the proposed water supply for the town. It resulted in a large majority in favour of the scheme. Owing to the ...
Article : 47 words"You, my Australian friends, have a great opportunity, and I know you will use it, of building up a democracy not only free, but prosperous and contented." ...
Article : 496 wordsSTEELE, OF THE EASTERN SUBURBS' TEAM, RACING FOR THE BALMAIN GOAL LINE. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 20 wordsDuring the progress of the Grafton Show Mr. T. W. Maxwell, chief steward of the ring events, received a telephone message that his son, Errol, had been the victim of a fatal ...
Article : 71 wordsThis afternoon Sir Joseph Cook, accompanied by his official secretary (Mr. M. L. Stephen), and the naval, military, and air force representatives, on behalf of the ...
Article : 416 wordsThe Grafton City Council, on the motion of the Mayor (Alderman W. T. Robinson), carried a resolution to ask the State Government whether it would assist the council in ...
Article : 113 words"Eleven years ago yesterday, in the paling dawn, the men of the First Australian Division were drawing nigh to the dark, steep hillside to which they presentely rushed, taking ...
Article : 541 wordsA fire broke out on Mr. J. Ferguson's property at Tarban, 12 miles from Tenterfield, on Saturday morning. A large number of residents turned out to fight the flames. An ...
Article : 97 wordsRubbers were even at eight all when the match between New South Wales and Victoria was continued at the Rushcutter Bay ground yesterday afternoon, and F. E. Kalms (N.S.W.) ...
Article : 952 wordsMiss Elaine Hamilton Shorter, daughter of Mr. John Shorter, of Clarence-street, Sydney, and Harborne, Parramatta, was educated at Miss Inglis's preparatory school. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 125 wordsTrouble is being experienced at the Kandos Cement Company's limestone quarry. A stopwork meeting is being held to consider the course of action to be taken in regard to the ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Sydney Harbour Trust announces that the river will not be closed to traffic to-morrow, but will be closed on Saturday. All vessels under power (excepting those ...
Article : 332 wordsThe Goobang Shire Council has decided to purchase a scarifier-grader, a road roller, and a small grader, at a total cost of about £2000, as the first instalment of its ...
Article : 75 wordsA motor cycle and motor car collided at the corner of Parramatta-road and Alfred-street, Granville, yesterday afternoon, with the result that the rider of the motor cycle was ...
Article : 118 wordsRobert Edwards, a plasterer, was driving in a sulky yesterday, and attempted to cross the river, which was running half a banker. The horse and sulky were washed away, ...
Article : 45 wordsAfter considerable correspondence with the Main Roads Board, the Richmond Council has reached an agreement whereby the section of the main road between Windsor and ...
Article : 98 wordsA speech by Mr. Hughes at the national concert promoted by the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League at the Town Hall last night, contained a thoughtful admonition. ...
Article : 171 words"Lady Windermere's Fan" is the best known of Oscar Wilde's comedies, and it shows his play of wit in the highest degree. Character drawing is on a conventional scale. All ...
Article : 313 wordsWhat, for an ambulance car, must constitute an almost record run, was performed by the Newcastle Ambulance Brigade this morning, when, receiving a call shortly before ...
Article : 231 wordsIndescribably merry in the clear autumn sunshine, 150 disabled soldiers from Graythwaite, Randwick, and the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday motored to Windsor and ...
Article : 704 wordsMR. JAMES EDWARDS, who is 88 years of age, and who was the pioneer of Balmoral Beach, Edwards Beach being named after him. Mr. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 32 wordsAt the monthly meeting of the Wyaldra Shire Council the engineer reported that the heavy rains which fell last month caused much damage. The majority of the culverts ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 69 wordsEdward Rothery Lee, a fettler, employed in a gang between Bogan Gate and Condobolin, was run over and killed by an engine on Saturday evening at Parkes Railway Station. ...
Article : 524 wordsAt the close of the memorial service held at the Willough by Congregational Church on Anzac Day, a tablet consecrated to the memory of four young men from the church who were ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 148 wordsMrs. Margaret Meagher, aged about 60, was killed on Friday night through the overturning of a motor car on a country road near Williams. Mrs. Meagher and her ...
Article : 68 wordsAnzac Day was celebrated in Adelaide yesterday by public gatherings and special services in the churches. The Governor (Sir Tom Bridges) was the ...
Article : 242 wordsThe vocal recital of Mr. John Mansfield was received with considerable appreciation by a large audience at the Conservatorium Hall on Saturday night. A selection of eight solos ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 155 wordsAnother interesting link with early Sydney has been broken by the death of Mrs. Selina Cheeke, at Wamboin, Point Piper, on Sunday. Mrs. Cheeke, with her son, Mr. Oswald Cheeke, ...
Article : 568 wordsThe dual funeral of the late Mr. James Lawson, senior, and Mrs. Emma Lawson, of Springwood,' whose deaths occurred within 24 hours of each other, took place yesterday ...
Article : 356 wordsSir.—In your issue of to-day it is stated that "Canberra will justly lay claim to the title of the city beautiful"— and that particular attention is being ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 204 wordsThe hard-court championships of the State will be played at Dubbo on July 16, 17, and 19. At the same tournment, the western district championships will be decided. Fifty courts will be available for the tourna ...
Article : 149 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Waverley branch of the National Association the fol[?] lowing officers-bearers were elected:—President, Mr. J. R. Robinson; vice-presidents, Miss ...
Article : 187 wordsSir,—I would like to correct an error which appeared in an article in Saturday's "Sydney Morning Herald," entitled "Lost and Found: Burragorang Valley." Your correspondent ...
Article : 303 wordsMr. T. H. Hicks, hon secretary of the Australasian Lawn Tennis Association, will lecture on "The History of the Davis Cup' at the New South Wales Umpires' Association meeting on May 5. The meeting will be ...
Article : 123 wordsWhen attempting to board a moving train at the Rosehill railway platform after the race meeting yesterday afternoon, a man whose identity has not yet been definitely es ...
Article : 96 wordsThe foundation-stone of a building to be erected as a memorial to those men of the Eastern Suburbs who made the supreme sacriice in the great war was laid by Major-General ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 121 wordsA motorist, one of the party affected, directs attention to the great congestion of motor traffic between 5.30 o'clock and 6 o'clock last night at the level crossing near Vauxhall Inn, ...
Article : 82 wordsReferring to the "London Post's" statement concerning M. Tehitcherin's plan to secure a trade relationship with the British dominions, the Prime Minister (Mr. Coates) ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 677 wordsThe Lyttelton wharves are still idle. The Mayor of Lyttelton, who has been trying to arrange a conference, has not received a reply from the employers, though the union ...
Article : 40 wordsThe english mails which came by the Orient liner Ormuz are expected to arrive in Sydney to-day. The mails were scheduled to arrive yesterday, but are delayed through ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 27 Apr 1926, Page 10
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