The second conference of representalives of the shires and municipalities interests in the development of Crusher Hill quarry was held at the council chambers on Wednesday. ...
Article : 183 wordsFour deep holes, surrounded by heaps of blasted earth, twisted and torn sheets of corrugated iron, and fragments of machinery, mark the spot where three men were killed ...
Article : 177 wordsMr. Austin Chapman (Minister for Customs) has reiterated his belief that the present Federal Parliament, if it runs its full term, will meet during its last session at Canberra. ...
Article : 155 wordsThe City Council last night, after a debate lasting over two hours, by 18 votes to 1, decided to adjourn the further consideration of the Martin-place extension proposals for a ...
Article : 349 wordsThis photograph record illustrates the remarkable effect of the earthquake in Japan which followed the great eruption of the Sakurajima volcano in the eighth year of Anyel Era (A.D. 1779). It enables one, incidentally, to understand more readily the ravages of the recent Japanese earthquake, during which the "yawning" ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 89 wordsThere was a marked change in the atmosphere of Parliament House yesterday as compared with the previous day. Instead of crowded galleries and packed benches in the ...
Article : 3,416 wordsReports to hand regarding the find of arsenic on the Mole continue to prove more and more favourable. It would seem that a whole mountain of arsenic had been ...
Article : 119 wordsThe position created by the Public Works Committee in rejecting the proposed crosscountry lines to link up the tableland with the North Coast was debated at considerable ...
Article : 164 wordsThe Public Works Committee has approved of the construction of a tramway line from Haberfield section to Dobroyd Point, a distance of three quarters of a mile. It is ...
Article : 87 wordsIn the Legislative Council yesterday the Lieutenant-Governor intimated that the Royal Assent had been given to the Dubbo Gas and Electricity Franchise Bill. ...
Article : 460 wordsBush fires were raging around the Tenterfield district during the last week. The intense heat kept the fires going. Mt. Mackenzie was the scene of many conflagrations, ...
Article : 75 wordsWhen the trial [?] David Kelly on a charge of manslaughter was resumed before the Chief Justice (Sir William Irvine) to-day, Mr. T. C. Bronnan asked permission "as a friend ...
Article : 263 wordsSir,—In your issue of Friday last, Mr. C. Bowes Thistlethwayte states that the widening of Wynyard-street to 150 feet would not make a Martin place extension, hut just as "a ...
Article : 669 wordsThe citizens of Goulburn have purchased a motor ambulnnce on the proceeds of donations. The vehicle arrived on Friday, and a final effort resulted in practically wiping off ...
Article : 43 wordsWhilst the day shift was being "pulled" at Thompson's shaft at the British mine this afternoon the cage was being returned empty after hauling a full load of men to the ...
Article : 140 wordsWith reference to the cable messages regarding the appointment of a Governor of Tasmania, the following is the text of a message sent by the "Mercury" to the "Morning ...
Article : 342 wordsA new machine shop which is an extensive building, and new sleel store at the Small Arms Factory should shortly be completed. The machine shop will house a good deal of ...
Article : 177 wordsThe Rev. Dr. John, C. H. Clifford, M.A., D.D., B.Sc; whose death occurred during a meeting of the Baptist Union in London on Tuesday, was born at Sawley, Derbyshire, in ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 517 wordsA special elearance of Amer., Pac. Is., N.Z. letter boxes at the G.P.O. will b made for despatch of letters only.—8 a.m. (Maunganul). Montague Island.—2 p.m. (Eden). ...
Article : 306 wordsA terrific hailstorm occurred here at noon to-day, accompanied by heavy rain, over an inch fulling in an hour. The rain is greatly needed for all purposes, but some damage was ...
Article : 52 wordsDr. Truby King gave a lecture on "Mothercraft and the Care of Infants" in the King's Hull last night, under the auspices of the Australian Mothereraft Society. The speaker ...
Article : 205 wordsBitterly cold weather has been experienced in the district and in many centres there were falls of snow. ...
Article : 28 wordsWater from Chichester River reached Waratah reservoir to-day at 1 o'clock, after passing through 44 miles of piping. This is the first material achievement in regard to ...
Article : 105 wordsReferring to a refort that the Queensland sugar-growers or southern consumers, or both, were being levied upon by the Queensland Government for its own Treasury funds ...
Article : 409 wordsThree weatherboard houses and an empty garage were destroyed by fire this morning. The outbreak commenced at 2 o'clock in a dwelling adjacent to the garage. The flames ...
Article : 200 wordsOutwards.—Omar, closing Nov. 23, expected arri[?] London, Jan. 7; Orsova, closing Nov. 27, expected arrive London, Dec. 30; Sonoma, closing Nov. 27. expected arrive London, Jan. 2. ...
Article : 67 wordsIn the Supreme Court to-day Charles Rolfe was sentencod to life imprisonment for having fired five revolver shots at his wife, Vera Rolfe. ...
Article : 107 wordsArrangements have ben made for Mr. Justice Ewing to act as Administrator during the absence of the present Administrator, Sir Herbert Nicholls from the State, but the ...
Article : 89 wordsInwards.—Dated Vancouver Nov. 2, ex Makura, due Sydney Nov. 28; dated Frisco Nov. 6, ex Orowaiti, due Sydney Dec. 4; dated 'Frisco Nov. 15, ex Tolken, due Sydney about Dec. 16. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 169 wordsSir,—I concur in Mr. Thistlethwayte's statement, that this is a subject for the expression of any views which may assist in improving the city, but can see no use in waiting to ...
Article : 394 wordsTo perpetuate the memory of the [?] Sr. Walter Davidson, the Goulburn Chamber of Commerce has decided to erect a memorial stone at Governor's Lookout, on the ...
Article : 118 wordsThe death was announced recently of Mr. H. E, Morgan, solicitor, of Macksville, at the age of 31. Mr. Morgan purchased his practice in Macksville four years ago from Mr. Edgley, ...
Article : 145 wordsAt the meeting of the Master Builders' Association of New South Wales, it was reported that a conference had been held between the conciliation committee and the ...
Article : 105 wordsThe body found in the Macquarie River has been identified as that of a youth named Haynes, who was working in the district recently. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 205 wordsAt a meeting of the Master Builders' Association of New South Wales a resolution was carried that, as the Australian engineering and metal working industry had been ...
Article : 84 wordsA public meeting decided to reform the New state League, and invite Mr. Thompson and Mr. P. P. Abbott, president of the central executive, to give a public address, and also ...
Article : 69 wordsNews has been received in Sydney by private cable from Norway of the death of Mr. Wilheim Wilhelmsen, one of the largest shipowners of Noravay. The late Mr. ...
Article : 169 wordsThe funeral of Mr. Joseph John Cheyne Wharton, an accomplished journalist, at one time attached to the editorial staff of the "Sydney Morning Herald," took place ...
Article : 122 wordsDr. John Clifford, who died at the meeting of the council of the Baptist Union on Tuesday, had just resumed his seat after speaking to a resolution of sympathy with ...
Article : 66 wordsGOULBURN, Wednesday.—The wonderful potentialities of the mineral wealth of Goulburn were pointed out to members of the Goulburn Chamber of Commerce at the last ...
Article : 283 wordsAt the conclusion of a Cabinet meeting yesterday the Premier (Sir George Fuller) made a statement in regard to the question of compensating Mr. Kendun, late chief inspector for ...
Article : 73 wordsAs the Proprietary mine has resumed operations underground, it has been decided by the non-union campaign committee of the Workers' Industrial Union that a ribbon show be ...
Article : 47 wordsA young man named Arnold met with a fatal accident yesterday on the railway line in the vicinity of the raliway wharf. He was in the employ of a butcher, and had driven a motor ...
Article : 87 wordsOne of the oldest members of the tea trade in Sydney, Mr. Charles Costlow, died on Monday at his residence, Killara. After serving his apprenticeship in London, ...
Article : 77 wordsTown Hall: Public Meeting, 1, Band for Empire Exhibition. Theatre Royal: "Iris," 8. Criterion: "Joseph Entangled." 8. ...
Article : 138 wordsSir,—The widespread interest which the Lambeth pronouncement has created, and the conferences being held from time to time to consider vital matters contained therein, are ...
Article : 188 wordsThe reason for the rise in wool has been a question frequently asked, and one reply has been-uniforms. Referring to the question at a public ...
Article : 100 wordsIn a letter to the Editor, "R.W." writes that, as 20 per cent. commission was allowed to the sailers of art union tickets, only £80 of each £100 subscribed by the public in good faith ...
Article : 61 wordsTo-morrow Sir Arthur Cocks, M.L.A., will open a summer fair in aid of the Dr. Dill Macky Orphanages and Literature Crusade of the Protestant Truth Society, in St. James's ...
Article : 39 wordsAt the Coroner's inquest into the death of Joseph Joyce, aged 13, who was found hanging from a beam, the medical officer gave his opinion that death was due to oedema of the ...
Article : 113 wordsSnakes are apparently numerous and vicious this season. Clifford Scholes, of Bungowannah, was bitten by a tiger snake, and John Batson, 21, of Downn, was bitten on a leg in ...
Article : 51 words"Daily Traveller," in a letter to the Editor, complains of smoking in "non-smoking" railway carriages in general, and in the 5.25 a.m. train form Richmond to Sydney in particular. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 22 Nov 1923, Page 10
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