The tin industry throughout the world is under a cloud. Last year a record price or £421 per ton was attained, but the London quotation had fallen on Wednesday to £148. ...
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Article : 139 wordsA mass meeting of the dismissed employees from the Cockatoo Island naval dockyards was held in the vestibule of the Sydney Town Hall on Saturday. ...
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Article : 259 wordsRobert McDonald, aged 53, and James Ford, 29, who have a record ot convictions in Australia, were sentenced at the Old Bailey to two years' hard labour. The ...
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Article : 56 wordsM'Namara, the Australian cyclist, provided a feature of the fifth day of the six-day bicycle race, winning four sprints out of six starts. His partner, Thomas, won two, ...
Article : 57 wordsA marriage ceremony was to have been conducted at the Congregational Church, Manly, on Saturday, but it came to a sensational ending about half way through the service. ...
Article : 127 wordsSmith led from the start of the second match in the series of three against Inman till to-day, when the ex-champion overtook him. Scores:—Inman 6400; Smith, 6302. ...
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Article : 149 wordsA report from Copenhagen states that Princess Margaret of Donmark is engaged to marry Prince Rene of Bourbon. A deputation representing 200 British holders ...
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Article : 215 wordsA marked improvement in the marriage rate of the metropolis is shown in the figures for the year 1920, supplied by the Government Statistician. ...
Article : 174 wordsThe chairman of the Interstate Manning Committee (Mr. Corby) gave his decision on Saturday morning so far as the interstate shipping dispute affected the Wyreema ...
Article : 238 wordsThe King, the Prince of Wales, and the D[?]ke of York attended the military meeting at Sandown on Friday. The Prince of Wales, despite his strenuous three days at Glasgow[?] ...
Article : 121 wordsLieutenant-Colonel Amery (Under-Secretary for the Colonies), explaining in the House of Commons a supplementary Colonial Office vote of £45,000, said that £30,000 was ...
Article : 122 wordsThe mile swimming championship of Victoria at the "Abbotsford baths on Saturday proved to be one of the most notable swimming events of the year. In covering the ...
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Article : 151 wordsThe King attended the England v Ireland hockey match at Beekenham to-day. The King, despite the heavy ra[?], walked bare[?]eaded to the centre of the[?]field and shook ...
Article : 40 wordsLewis Lauder, of Surry Hills, Sydney, reported to the police at Albury on Saturday that on the 2nd division of the Sydney express from Melbourne on Friday night he had been ...
Article : 97 wordsScottish Iron and steel manufacturers report that this week's business is the worst on record. Continental quotations are much below home quotations, and there is no ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 14 Mar 1921, Page 9
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