A fascinating description of the heroic attempts which have been made to reach the summit of the highest mountain in the world was given on Saturday night to a crowded ...
Article : 768 wordsTHE OPENING BY THE MINISTER FOR EDUCATION (MR. BRUNTNELL) ON SATURDAY. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 20 wordsThe first performance of Umberto Glordano's four-act tragic opera, "Andre Chenier," which took place on Saturday at Her Majesty's Theatre, where in 1902 his later work, ...
Article : 1,801 wordsThe Trades Union Congress, whose previous efforts to have the selection ballet system in the A.LP. abolished, were thwarted by both the State and Federal executives of the A.L.P., ...
Article : 838 wordsAt the meeting of the Blaxland shire Council the proposal for the electric lighting of Portland was advanced another step, and tenders were received for the work of ...
Article : 61 wordsFurs and warm cloaks were worn by the majority of womenfolk who attended the first night performance of "Andrea Chenier", on Saturday night. Signorina Toti dal Monte, ...
Article : 200 wordsThe body or John Churchland, aged 63, who had been missing from his home in Myall-street, Dubbo, for 10 days, was found on Thursday morning about 100 yards off the ...
Article : 133 wordsMr. Walter Bennett, M.L.A., has received a letter from the Public Works Department relative to the recent fatal accident on the railway bridge at Woy Woy. After referring ...
Article : 167 wordsThrough the illness of Dame Nellie Melba, Donizetti's light opera, "Don Pasquale," was substituted for "Faust" at the matinee on Saturday afternoon, and Her Majesty's ...
Article : 182 wordsUnder the Local Government Act, a shire cannot impose a rate in excess of 2d in the £ on the unimproved value without the consent of the Minister. Of late, many shires ...
Article : 108 wordsTrenchant criticism of the action of two members of the police force was made by Mr. H. K. Paine, S.M., in the Adelaide local court. The case was a claim for ...
Article : 217 wordsA conference of delegates from soldier settlements throughout Queensland commenced to-day in the Returned Soldiers' League offices. The conference was held with a ...
Article : 330 wordsMr. Forbes Mackay, general manager of the electricity supply department, has reported to the City Council that the council would not be justified in undertaking ...
Article : 377 wordsOwing to the persistence of her cold. Dame Nellie Melba will not be able to sing this week, and the performances of "Bohemo" and "Otello" have reluctantly been cancelled. ...
Article : 234 wordsA peculiar point, interesting to all shire councils, has arisen here with regard to the procuring of stone from privately-owned land for road making purposes. Under the law ...
Article : 212 wordsPractically all steps have been completed for the taking over by the Mitchell Shire from the Wagga Municipal Council of a large area of land on the western borders of the town. ...
Article : 88 wordsDuring the laying of foundation-stones of a new school hall and kindergarten for the Stanmore Congregational Church on Saturday afternoon it was stated that the first church ...
Article : 374 wordsA semi-detached dwelling at 174 Campbell-street, near Lower Campbell-street, Surry Hills, occupied by John Markham, and owned by Edward Coch, was burnt out last night. ...
Article : 122 wordsStrange allegations were made in affidavits relating to a will case, which was heard before Mr. Justice Mann in the Third Civil Court. Annie Lang Reid ...
Article : 436 wordsThis week thirteen Finnish immigrants who arrived in Sydney last Friday came by train to Taree, and are now engaged in bush work in the district. They were sent by the ...
Article : 78 wordsCharles Aubrey Evans, 22, of 19 Prospect-street, Kogarah, visited some friends at St. Peters on Friday night, and at about 7.30 o'clock went into the bathroom. ...
Article : 66 wordsThe funeral took place at the Necropolis last week of Lieutenant Frederick Murchison Waugh, M.C. (34th Battalion, A.I.F.), youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Waugh, King-street, ...
Article : 154 wordsMr. Bruntnell (Minister for Education) on Saturday opened additions to the Manly West Public School. Mr. A. M. M'Cullough (president of the Parents' and Citizens' ...
Article : 246 wordsRobert Breese was riding a young horse in the bush, when the animal fell, and Breese had one of his legs broken. He clung in the saddle till the horse regained its feet, ...
Article : 68 wordsAn appeal is being made by the Leichhardt Ladies' Benevolent Society for left-off clothing or wearing apparel of any kind. Any donations may be sent to the ...
Article : 45 wordsHugh Davidson, aged 42 years, of South Melbourne, a member of the crew of the Koonda, fractured his left leg on the voyage from Melbourne to Sydney on Saturday. Upon ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Tweed Shire Council recently rejected a proposal to have the shire divided into six ridings, with one representative each, instead of three ridings with two repiesentatives each. ...
Article : 110 wordsTwenty-eight blocks of land, ranging from 50,000 to 80,000 acres, have been made available in this district. These blocks are practically the last large areas it is possible to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 154 wordsThe death took place at a private hospital at Darlinghurst on Thursday evening of Mr. Charles H. Dowdlng, who occupied the position of accountant of the Sydney Wool-selling ...
Article : 82 wordsAt the annual reunion of the Mittagong branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, Moss Vale and Bowral branches were also represented. Among those present wero Messrs. ...
Article : 163 wordsThe Marine Court of Inquiry, which was constituted to inquire into circumstances surrounding the grounding of the steamer Benalla at the entrance to Fremantle Harbour ...
Article : 69 wordsThe importation of the products manufactured by F. Hoffman, La Roche, and Co., of Basle, Switzerland, was prohibited by a proclamation under the Customs Act on May 8, ...
Article : 102 wordsMr. lernest Taylor, manager of an aluminlumware works in London, who for the past six months has been in Auslialasia on a business mission for his firm, returned to Sydney ...
Article : 187 wordsMrs. H. Montgomerie Hamilton, wife of Judge Hamilton, died on Saturday, after a short illness, at her residence, at Strathfield. A wide circle of friends will regret the ...
Article : 132 wordsAt the 48th anniversary of Harmony Lodge No. 48 of the Good Templars, held in the Rechabite hall. Bro. G. W. Sherar, District Chief Templar, presiding, an illuminated ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 223 wordsThe estate of the late Mr. David Innes Watt, of New South Head-road, Woollahra, formerly of Ulinda, grazier, has for probate purposes been valued at £89,628, of which ...
Article : 120 wordsThe Federal Commissioner for Taxation announces that returns of income from those taxpayers who derived income from more than one State must be lodged with ...
Article : 76 wordsThe Murwillumbah Parents and Citizens Association has carried a motion viewing with alarm the report issued by Dr. Daisy Ratcliffe, in which it was stated that the girls in two of ...
Article : 102 wordsMrs. Ellen Gundry, widow of the late Mr. Joseph Gundry, who was a well-known mining engineer in New South Wales and in Victoria for many years, died recently at her home, ...
Article : 102 wordsThe electric light controversy between the Parramatta Council and the Parramatta Electric Lighting Company has been settled by the council accepting the company's amended ...
Article : 76 wordsStraying cattle were responsible for a serious motoring accident on Epping-road, near Woodstock, yesterday. To avoid straying cattle a car was turned sharply from the ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Parramatta-Auburn District Ambulance committee is erecting a fine ambulance station in Aird-street, Parramatta, and the foundation-stone was laid on Saturday ...
Article : 125 wordsA "wood parade" look place yesterday in aid of the Inverell District Hospital. The [?]ocession of teams was over half a mile long, 80 teams of lorries, motor lorries, carts, and ...
Article : 118 wordsA cable received on Saturday by Captain G. D. Williams, Superintendent of Navigation, stated that the scow Cathkit, for the safety of which the gravest fears were entertained, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 179 wordsSir,—Has this country no historical sense? After years of use in the Goulburn Gaol, Sir Henry Parkes' old printing press has been broken up. Part of it lies in a heap at the ...
Article : 184 wordsThe death occurred recently of Mr. Arthur James Carpenter, secretary of King's Pictures, Ltd., Union Theatres, Ltd., and of the new Wintergarden Theatre. Ltd., Brisbaue, and ...
Article : 99 wordsBRISBANE (510m).—Arr: Aug. 9, Port Macquarie, s, from New York. Aug. 10, Canberra, s, from Cairns. Dep: Aug. 9, Tinana, s, for Maryborough and Bundaberg, Jervis Bay, R.M.S., for London, via Suez; ...
Article : 182 wordsHaving had their wrongs righted by [?] committee, 24 nurses, who had tendered their resignations, have now made a request for permission to withdraw the resignations. The ...
Article : 78 wordsThe case concluded yesterday in which two Italians, Alto Cavalere and Giovanni Cavalero, were charged with permitting illicit spirts to be on their farm. After ...
Article : 78 wordsMr. Layton, Town Clerk, as returning officer, has declared that there is an extraordinary vacancy, in the Denison Ward owing to the death of Alderman Clarence Bridge. ...
Article : 66 wordsVery good progress was made at the Bellbird mine during last week, and six concrete stoppings necessary to secure the last section of the mine which was recovered have been ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 11 Aug 1924, Page 10
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