A spark from a passing railway engine is said to have been responsible for a [?] which destroyed 40 acres of grass on Mr. E. B. Marina's Moppity property. fire-fighten ...
Article : 152 wordsMany objections were lodged by the employers organisations and trades unions against the granting of the recent application of the A.W.U. for registration under the ...
Article : 396 wordsThousands of children have been made happy during the holidays with the promise of a day at the Zoo, and the excursion to Taronga Park has meant the realisation of their proudest hopes. There they see in the flesh the animals whose exploits have been recorded faithfully and otherwise in countless story-books. The Zoo, all through the day, rings with the merry laughter of hundreds, who never tire at watching the antics of a huge colony of monkeys, some big and some ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 245 wordsDuring the week-end rain was recorded generally over New South Wales, and all stations, except a few in the far west and southwest and the South Coast, reported falls. ...
Article : 875 wordsSome of the principal points made by Dr. Earle Page in his speech to-night were as follow:- The Customs revenue will be in exceas of ...
Article : 4,325 wordsThe Reorganised Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints held a reunion camp meeting during the holidays at Wallis Lakes, which attracted members from all parts of the ...
Article : 322 wordsMrs. Murray, relict of the late Mr. John Murray, a well-known farmer, of Burrandalla, and a Mudgee native, died on Friday evening, aged 66 years. Deceased is survived by three ...
Article : 47 wordsLatest advices in regard to the Nambour fire state that the damage is well over £80,000, to which must be added the damage done to stock removed from other shops. Whalley's ...
Article : 176 wordsThe Rev. A. G. Moore (vicar of the Church of England) and Mrs. Moore were entertained at a public farewell prior to their departure for Lismore, to which parish the Rev. Mr. Moore ...
Article : 102 wordsThe secretary of the Breadcarters' Union (Mr. Nottershead) stated yesterday that the members of his union would not refuse to deliver any bread baked under the new award, ...
Article : 137 wordsThe third All-Australia boy scouts' corro[?]oree will be begun in Adelaide to-morrow. It is expected that more than 1000 boys, with their officers, will journey to South ...
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Article : 150 wordsThere was a large and representative gathering at the Bunawang School of Arts, when Mr. Ernest Smith, J.P., for 23 years manager of the E.S. and A. Bank, was entertained at ...
Article : 128 wordsMr. Dean, chairman of the New Zealand Rugby Union, stated that the question of the "All Blacks" visit to Canada must be considered soon. Requests had been received from ...
Article : 163 wordsIn order to discuss the question of establishing reception and training depots for immigrants from Great Britain, a conference between Federal and State representatives was ...
Article : 192 wordsFalling from a four-horse lorry which he was driving along Park-road, Alexandria, yesterday afternoon, Leonard Loman, 35, of Lamb-street, Lilyfield, sustained a fractured ...
Article : 52 wordsTwo motorists had a sensational experience and a narrow escape from death whilst motoring from Wagga to The Rock. Ben Terlick was a couple of miles from The Rock, ...
Article : 94 wordsJohann Gattermann, a German by birth, and the owner of a dairy farm at Tuckombil, near Alstonville, returned here last week, after an absence in Germany of 10 years. He ...
Article : 177 wordsJohn Fleming, 35, bricklayer, fell 25ft from a staging at Double Bay yesterday morning and was admitted to St. Vincents Hospital with injuries to the back and head. ...
Article : 32 wordsAt the last shire council meeting, the shire valuer submitted the unimproved capital valuations. The valuations, which were approved, were as follow:—B Riding, ...
Article : 786 wordsRain fell over practically the whole State yesterday. Owing to thunderstorms the registrations varied considerably, but the precipitation was generally heavy between the ...
Article : 69 wordsAt about 2.50 p.m. yesterday Robert Hollingsworth, 22, railway porter, residing at Belmore-street, Sutherland, fell from a platform at Darling Harbour, and sustained ...
Article : 48 wordsMr. Frank Kitson, Federal president of the Musicians' Union, and manager of the Professional Musicians' Club, was yesterday elected secretary of the N.S.W. branch of the union, ...
Article : 39 wordsAs a result of the explosion of a box of wax matches with which she was playing, a child named Joyee Mainzey, of Warner-street, Gladesville, was admitted to Balmain Hospital ...
Article : 66 wordsSir,—Mr. W. J. Burnett writes, in your issue of 4th inst., that "Christ said 'Seek ye not for the kingdom of heaven in tabernacles made with hands.' " I do not know what ...
Article : 158 wordsFrom Messrs. Morrison and Sinelair's slip, Long Nose Point, a new motor-ship, built for the Papuan Government, is to be launched this morning. ...
Article : 95 wordsIn October last the Sydney Ferries, Limited, inaugurated for a three months' trial, an after-midnight service to Cremorne and Mosman, the boat leaving the Quay at 1 a.m. ...
Article : 62 wordsThe city coroner, Mr. Jamieson, yesterday found that George Edward Mattison died on board the steamer Dilkera at Darling Harbour on January 3 from injuries accidentally ...
Article : 41 wordsAn interstate conference of publicity and tourist officiais of the various State and Commonwealth railway Systems was concluded yesterday. Mr. Crouch (Publicity Officer to ...
Article : 147 wordsGiving evidence to-day at the inquest into the death of Frank Soady, a professional boxer, who died in Brisbane Hospital on November 12. Frank Soady, father of deceased, said he ...
Article : 199 wordsA verdict of suicide was given by the city coroner, Mr. Jamieson, yesterday, at the inquiry into the death of [?]oseph Benjamin Higley, 41. who was found dead in the bush at ...
Article : 100 wordsNow that Paddington is possessed of an incinerator, the council has taken steps to convert the former rubbish tip in Hampden Park into a beauty spot, by filling it in, ...
Article : 57 words[?] motor-car, burat and deserted by the roadside, was traced yesterday as the Property of Miss Campbell, of Mona-road, Darling Point. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 175 wordsA youth named Leslie George Witchard, 18 years of age, was found by his mother hanging in his bedroom, in their house in Walkinstreet, Rockdale, at 7.15 o'clock on Saturday ...
Article : 55 wordsLast year Paddington erected a monument In Oxford-street to the memory of those soldiers belonging to the municipality who lost their lives in the war. After paying all ...
Article : 91 wordsWilliam Trenowber was found dead at Millhaven station, about 1½ mile from "Thackaringa, this morning in circumstances which suggest suicide. He was found with a gun ...
Article : 61 wordsThe official returns of Queensland gold yield for 1923 were made available to-day. They show that the output was substantially larger than the unofficial estimate last week. ...
Article : 123 wordsSouth Greta, Bellbird, and Aberdare Central collieries resumed work yesterday, leaving East Greta, Duckenfield No. 2, and Northern Extended among the northern mines still on ...
Article : 87 wordsThe death is announced by cable from London of Colonel Eric Couran, who played a distinguished part in the Great War, especially in the early days of the Flying Corps. ...
Article : 104 wordsLeonard Roberts, aged 38. a returned soldier, and a painter by occupation, was walking along the beach at Tweed Heads on Friday when he collapsed. He died in the Murwillumbah ...
Article : 57 wordsA most sensational sheepstealing case has Just came to light. Sergt. J. O'Connor, who was in charge of the case, prosecuted a search from October to early in December, when he ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 213 wordsA young Syrian named Arbout, 20 years of age, employed at Excelsior, met with a painful accident. He was preparing his evening meal in a vessel which was resting on two ...
Article : 71 wordsAnalysing the Federal revenue for the last inancial year, the Auditor-General for the commonwealth (Mr. J. W. Israel), in his annual report, which was published to-day, ...
Article : 1,350 wordsThe application of the bonus system to employees of the railway and tramway service has engaged the attention of the representatives of the combined iron trades, and it has ...
Article : 87 wordsSir,—Judging by the report appearing in the "S.M. Herald" of January 3, the delegates attending the interstate conference of the Irish National Foresters in Sydney were ...
Article : 232 wordsInformation was received in Sydney yesterday by the Department of Navigation that the coastal steamer Kianga struck the bar at Bateman's Bay, on the South Coast, on ...
Article : 81 wordsWhile George Hall, 17, of Lansdowne, was out shooting he bumped the trigger of his gun on a log on which he was standing and it discharged. Portion of his right thigh was ...
Article : 70 wordsTo.day's sales on 'Change included:—Millaquin Sugar, 21/1½; Queensland 6½ per cent, bonds, £103/5/; Commonwealth bonds, 4½ per cent. (1925), £96, 4½ per cent. (1927) £95, 5 per cent, (1928) £95, 6 per cent. (1930) ...
Article : 43 wordsThe story of the construction of the Quobee bridge was retold by Dr. George F, Forter (chief engineer of the Canadian Bridge Company) at the Railway and Tramway ...
Article : 128 wordsIn a letter to the Editor "Fruitgrower" makes an appeal for greater co-operation among the growers of fruit to enable them to secure the best possible prices for their ...
Article : 127 wordsOn Saturday night, James Stevens, aged 39 years, was found by Walter Nancarrow lying on a couch at Day Break boarding-house, bleeding from a wound in the abdomen. When ...
Article : 126 wordsCriterion: "His House in Order," 8. Theatre Hoyal: "The Spanish Main," 8. Grand Opera House: "Rockets," 2.15, 8, Hippodrome: "The Forty Thieves," 1.45, 7.50. ...
Article : 83 wordsA report from Portland states there has been no change in the position regarding the dispute at the ivanhoe colliery, and as a result of the loss of wages a noticeable decrease in ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 8 Jan 1924, Page 10
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