The great show ground at Moore Park yesterday presented a remarkable spectacle. It was the first of the "big" days, and the mass of the people went there in their tens of ...
Article : 493 wordsCaptain Matthews, who is flying to Australia, left Rangoon at 7.20 a.m. on Tuesday. LONDON, March 31. Major-General Sykes flew from London to ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Minister for Repatriation (Senator Millen) stated yesterday that the task of reestablishing the returned soldiers in civil life was infinitely more advanced than was ...
Article : 1,081 wordsMost of the churches in the city and suburbs marked the sacredness of Good Friday by holding special services, which were largely attended. The sermons were in keeping with ...
Article : 59 wordsMr. E. H. Buchanan (president of the Master Builders' Association), replying to the statement of Mr. J. Millard (president of the Australian Builders Labourers' Federation, and ...
Article : 282 wordsThe Garah local committee of the Graziers' Association has decided to bring the question of the use of light railways for the handling of produce and goods in the back country ...
Article : 758 wordsA Paris message says the Communists have answered the German Government's ultimatum by declaring a general strike in the Ruhr district. ...
Article : 239 wordsPanama was on fete to-day in honour of the visit of the Prince of Wales, who set out to see the city and surroundings in a car. He went to see ...
Article : 517 wordsThe principal service at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday was conducted by the Dean of Sydney (Rev. Talbot), in the evening. The Dean took his text from St. Mark xiv., 64—"They all ...
Article : 522 wordsA deputation of leading Smithfield importers and distributors waited upon the High Commissioner for New Zealand (Sir Thomas Mackenzie) and urged him to secure a reduction in the ...
Article : 85 wordsEngland beat France on Saturday last in the International game played in London-at Twickenham—by 8 points to 3, a try and a goal and a penalty goal to a try. The ...
Article : 1,416 wordsAn active campaign to combat the attempt by employees in certain industries to bring about a 44-honr working week with no Saturday work has been instituted by a committee ...
Article : 811 wordsA Washington message says the peace resolntion has been reported from the Committee of Foreign Affairs to the House of Representatives, and the debate will take place on ...
Article : 74 wordsA Copenhagen message, dated March 31, said the trades-unionists were to meet on that day to consider whether they will call a general strike. The new Ministry sat all night, and ...
Article : 70 wordsThe attendance at the Royal Show yesterday was a record for the society, numbering 110,000, and the gate receipts totalled £8005. These figures exceed those of any day at any ...
Article : 81 wordsThe ceremonies of Good Friday, like those of Wednesday and Holy Thursday, drew crowded congregations to St. Mary's Cathedral. On Thursday High Mass was celebrated ...
Article : 257 wordsThe following additional honours in the Order of the British Empire are announced:- Knight Commander: Mr. Gordon Huntly Campbell, formerly of New South Wales, and ...
Article : 55 wordsThe question is being considered whether a big slump in freight is imminent. Sir William H. Raeburn, ex-president of the Chamber of Shipping, does not believe ...
Article : 297 wordsMr. E. J. Doran, tramway traffic manager, told a "Herald" representative yesterday that 701 carloads of people were conveyed to the grounds during the day. This would ...
Article : 157 wordsFrom the Customs and Excise revenue returns for March it may be safely assumed that the estimates of revenue for the financial year, ending June 30, will be greatly ...
Article : 96 wordsCommandant Lasies, who has returned from the French Government Mission to Omsk, states that he visited the house in Ekaterinburg where it was reported the Czar and his ...
Article : 87 wordsA special united communion service—four denominations—was held at the Pitt-street Congregational Church on Good Friday morning. About 1000 persons partook of ...
Article : 181 wordsCustomarily regarded as the principal event of the day, the high jumping was enthusiastically followed by the great concourse of sightsecrs. ...
Article : 985 wordsEmployees of the Fromantle Tramway Board recently received an increase of 1/ per day. The rates paid on the Perth trams hitherto have been the same as at Fremantle, ...
Article : 59 wordsAccording to the Washington correspondent of the "New York Times," the North German Lioyd has made a tentative offer to the United States Shipping Board to allow an American ...
Article : 66 wordsWhile endeavouring to board a moving train at No. 6 platform, Central Station, shortly after 10 o'clock on Thursday night, James Thompson, 55, caretaker of Randwick ...
Article : 109 wordsA Moscow message says that S.O.S. calls have been received from the ship Solovei, ice-bound in the Kara Sea, asking for help in the name of humanity for 80 men, women, and children, ...
Article : 81 wordsBetween fifty and one hundred armed men attacked the police barracks at Durrus at midnight. They dropped explosives on the chimney, completely wreeking the building. ...
Article : 208 wordsSir,—In the "Herald" this morning is a statement by Mr. Millard, president of the Bullders Labourers' Federation, in which he states that "at a compulsory conference called by Mr. ...
Article : 585 wordsOver 2000 buns, the gift of Mr. E. Lloyd Jones, were distributed to about 500 children by the Sydney City Mission in Central and Alexandria districts yesterday morning. ...
Article : 31 wordsA party of nine left Bald Hills, a suburb of Brisbane, for Bribie Passage, and travelled in a motor launch called Sylvie. Upon arrival in the passage they anchored, and six persons ...
Article : 153 wordsThrough the good offices of the proprietors of Wirths' Circus, over two thousand of the city's poor children received a treat yesterday that will make them long remember Good ...
Article : 88 wordsAt a meeting of the local branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League the Preference to Returned Soldiers' Act waB discussed. It was alleged that the manager of ...
Article : 178 wordsThe Australian Press Association learns that the recent heavy condemnation of Australian jam, canned fruits, and fruit pulp in London and the provinces has caused immense ...
Article : 202 wordsA shocking fatality occurred here shortly after 5 p.m. yesterday. Three boys, named Jack Stanley Player (12), Gordon Player (10), and Mack Donoghue, were on the Nepean ...
Article : 295 wordsUpon his arrival in Sydney by the Melbourne limited express this morning, General Sir William Birdwood will be met on the platform by a representative body of citizens. ...
Article : 123 wordsSeveral stranded Australian soldiers, who have been discharged and are awaiting ships to Australia, applied for work at the Labour Bureau, but the officials pointed out that ...
Article : 95 wordsIn the District Court yesterday the case in which Nicholas Jeffrey and Philip Foreman sued the returned soldiers' newspaper "The Crusader" for £200 for alleged defamation ...
Article : 43 wordsThe French Government paid 100,000 francs for the patent for the new super gun with a range of from 100 to 150 miles. The French Government has also authorised the sale of ...
Article : 41 wordsThe thirty-fifth annual conference of the Churches of Christ in New South Wales was held at Enmore Taberuacle yesterday, Mr. George Stimson being in the chair. Delegates ...
Article : 117 wordsA sentence of six months, cumulative on the Scntence of sK months being served for a similar offence at Wagga, waa imposed on Alexander Mack, alias M'Mullen, at the Albury ...
Article : 165 wordsSerious anxiety has been caused by the increasing prevalence of a severe form of malaria among the farming population in Northern Transvaal. There are over 2000 ...
Article : 44 wordsThe revenue for the past quarter was £613,300,000, being an increase of £263,500,000 compared with the corresponding quarter in 1919. ...
Article : 110 wordsOwing to wholesale milk suppliers refusing supplies to retailers unless the latter signed an agreement for 12 months, a special meeting of the Executive Council, on the ...
Article : 71 wordsThe bus and tram dispute has been settled. An increase of 5/ a week has been accepted, with a further increase of 1/ on June 1. Five socialist members of the Now York ...
Article : 57 wordsA mass meeting of the Iron Trades' Union was held yesterday, when a letter from Judge Booth, containing certain suggestions, was read. The suggestions were rejected, and ...
Article : 39 wordsThe New South Wales State Military Band will play in Moore Park to-morrow at 3 p.m., and in Hyde Park at 7.30 p.m., under Mr. J. B. Tougher, [?]. ...
Article : 37 wordsSir Joseph Cook arrived from Melbourne yesterday, and will remain in Sydney until after the holidays. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 3 Apr 1920, Page 11
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