Set in sunshine and blue skies, Sydney celebrated a quiet but happy Christmas. There was no riotous flinging of roses on the one hand or too deep gravity on the other. ...
Article : 172 wordsThere were many outbreaks of fire in the metropolitan area yesterday and on Christmas Eve. Grass and bush fires occurred in many suburbs, the majority of the outbreaks being ...
Article : 222 wordsThe second session of the present Parliament adjourned on Thursday until Tuesday, January 12, 1926. The whole of the time of Thursday was occupied in the Legislative ...
Article : 487 wordsThe Benevolent Society made its usual distribution of Christmas relief on Thursday. Applicants were collected in a great throng before the Society's Outdoor [?]elief ...
Article : 516 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, the Premier tabled the correspondence which had passed between himself and the Governor relative to the recent appointments to the ...
Article : 4,146 wordsConsequent upon the outbreak of gumming disease on certain sugarcane farms on Lower Clarence, the Clarence sugar executive has applied for the County of Clarence to be ...
Article : 104 wordsThe accommodation at the local Public school is being severely taxed. A new building was completed slightly more than 1[?] months ago. The then Minister for ...
Article : 97 wordsMr. A. H. Wotherspoon, who has been teacher at Alummy Creek Public School, near Grafton, for 26 years, has been notified from the Public Service Board that he is entitled ...
Article : 74 wordsThousands of people attended the special communions and masses and services which were held in the metropolitan churches yesterday. The large congregations appeared ...
Article : 97 wordsIn their anx[?]ty to swim again in the local bathe members of the Manly Swimming Club entered the water yesterday, with portious of the baths unprotected from a possible ...
Article : 338 wordsAt St. Peter's Presbyterian Church, North Sydney, the Rev. John Ca[?]der delivered a sermon on "The Charm of Christmas." There was no other story like it, he said, in either ...
Article : 223 wordsInformation has been received here that a contract has been let for the building of a new ferry punt for the Grafton-South Grafton service across the Clarence River. The ...
Article : 109 wordsThe Small Arms Factory ceased operations on Tuesday, December 15, and will reopen on January 4. The local collieries closed last night until January 4. The 10-inch mill at ...
Article : 80 words"Christmas is the season of peace and fellowship, and this Christmas we have more reasons than ever, surely, to believe that the angels which sang their heralding anthems ...
Article : 449 wordsA report from Oberon states that Jack Wilcox, aged 11 years, of Edith, was bitten by a snake. After ligatures had been applied and the wound scarified the lad was conveyed ...
Article : 49 wordsMasses were celebrated at St. Patrick's, Church Hill, every 'half hour, from 6 o'clock, on Christmas morning, until 9.30. At 11 o'clock there was solemn High Mass, at which ...
Article : 514 wordsIn the Legislative Council on Thursday, the president (Mr. Flowers) announced that the following bills had received the Governor's assent:—Police. Regulation (Superannuation) ...
Article : 334 wordsA complaint has been made that cormorants are playing havoc with trout in the Duckmalo[?] and Fish Rivers. One report says that "these birds come in numbers at various times of ...
Article : 102 wordsThursday was children's day at most hospitals. The outdoor patients at the Sydney Hospital were entertained at a Christmas tree in the morning. Dr. Macindoe distributed the ...
Article : 972 wordsA native of Halewood, Lancashire Mr. William Edward Dickson, who has been aworn in as a member of the Legislative Council, came to Australia in 1913, and since ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 152 wordsExcitement prevailed in Mullumbimby on Wednesday night, when the electric light from the Mullumbimby hydro-electric scheme was switched on for the first time. The town was ...
Article : 52 wordsA serious accident occurred during the construction of a timber bridge across the Mundowey Creek. The contractor (Mr. N. E. White) was using an a[?] when it slipped ...
Article : 50 wordsSpeaking on the motion for the adjournment of the Legislative Council on Thursday afternoon, Mr. Sinclair referred to the recent appointments to the Upper House and to the ...
Article : 271 wordsAn accident occurred during blasting operations in a quarry at the Hume weir. A workman named Berry had a charge ready and was about to place it in position for the ...
Article : 73 wordsLarge congregations attended the services at St. Mary's Cathedral. After traversing the events connected with the nativity of Our Saviour, Archbishop Kelly, in his sermon, said ...
Article : 244 wordsA substantial increase has been made by the Valuer-General in the valuations of property in the East Maitland municipality. The totals are: Unimproved capital value, £180,866; ...
Article : 89 wordsAs a sequel to a disturbance at Pyrmont on Christmas Eve two men were admitted to the Sydney Hospital suffering from w[?]nds in their chests, and one was detained for ...
Article : 198 wordsInvestigations are to be instituted by the Goulburn Municipal Council into the alleged inadequate supply of water on the occasion of the fire at St. Saviour's Church Hall, on ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 195 wordsThe report of the Inspector-General of [?]olice for the eleven months ended November 30 last, handed to the Chief Secretary (Mr. Lazzarin[?]), states that there had been ...
Article : 125 wordsHenry Tacke was arrested near the Back Beach at Sorrento, early on Thursday morning, and was charged with having murdered Mrs. Rachael Currell, at St. Kilda, on ...
Article : 190 wordsSid Michalk, a share-farmer, on Perks Estate, was yarding some horses when the animal he was riding ran him against a tree. Michalk was knocked out of the saddle, and ...
Article : 535 wordsSome of the surprises of Christmas were referred to by the Rev. Hugh Paton at the morning service held at St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church. ...
Article : 270 wordsThe Royal Philharmonic Society's Christmas Night performance of Handel's orator[?]o "The Messiah" attracted an audience which almost filled the Town Hall. Mr. Joseph ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 244 wordsWith 27 cheering Boy Scouts aboard, and flaunting on either side the significant sign, "From Broken Hill to-Sydney," a great motor lorry drew to rest before the Salvation Army ...
Article : 360 wordsThe return cricket match between New South Wales and Queensland will commence to-day at the Sydney Cricket Ground at 11.30 a.m. ...
Article : 220 wordsThere was a very large congregation at the Burwood Congregational Church yesterday morning, when a united church service was held. Rev. R. B. Reynolds, pastor of the ...
Article : 101 wordsHer Mojesty's Theatre: "Leave it to Jane," 2. 8. Criterion Theatre: "Secrets," 2, 8. Theatre Royal: "Katja," 2, 8. Grand Opera House: "Cinderella," 2.15, 8. ...
Article : 137 wordsThe main service at St. James's was choral euchar[?]st, at 11 o'clock, when the Rev. Canon Micklem preached from the text: "His name shall be called councillor." Kuman life went ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 26 Dec 1925, Page 10
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