Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Dalton, of Wheatleigh, willoughby-road, North Sydney gave a garden party on Saturday afternoon as a farewell to Monsignor Cerretti, D.D., the Apostolic ...
Article : 429 wordsThe military tent in Hyde Park is serving its purpose bey[?]nd expectations. In two days 27 recruits enlisted at the tent. Captain Coates, the organising secretary, i[?] ...
Article : 67 wordsMr. Harry Shelley, of Clarence-street, has been advised by cable that his son, Lieutenant Eric Shelley, has been awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous bravery. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 108 wordsARDLETHAN.—On Thursday the homestead at Bolero, consisting of 11 rooms, was burnt to the ground. The building and contents were insured for £640 in the Queensland ...
Article : 550 wordsLieutenant J. M. Jefferson, son of Mr. Jefferson, of Believue Hill, has been killed in France. He was 26 years of age, and leaves a wife (daughter of the late Mr. W. H. Bessell ...
Article : 1,062 wordsSir George Reid. M.P., in an article in the "Pall Mail Gazette." says that he was greatly surprised by the extent of the triumph of the "Nationalist" coalition in Australia. ...
Article : 120 wordsPte. J. Daly, Pte. P. Bosworth, Pt[?]. W. A. Jones, Pte. H. D. M'Lean, Sgt. N. W. Hamilton, Cpl. F. Gardiner, Pt[?]. H. Hamilton, Pte. A. W. Colli[?], Pt[?]. L. G. Cust, Pte. W. G. Kershaw, Pt[?]. J. Kiely, ...
Article : 856 wordsThe Depot Liverpool Band will play to-day before the 1 o'clock meeting in Martin-place. Mr. Joseph Cook, Minister for the Navy, and Miss E. Holt, and Lieut. Kill[?]en, are [?]o ...
Article : 56 wordsThe case against Mr. W. W. Astor M.P., was dismissed with costs. [Mr. Astor was Proceeded against in the King's Bench Division by a "common ...
Article : 73 wordsProfessor Macintyre, chairman of the State Recruiting Committee, while speaking of the arrangements for Empire Day on May 24, stated that, in addition to the platform ...
Article : 212 wordsThe death is announced of John Nevil Maskelyne, the celebrated illusionist, aged [?] years. ...
Article : 20 wordsCapt. D. M'Callum, Capt. H. D. Williams, Lient. F. W. S. Bailey, 2nd-Li[?]ut C. M. Chilvers, Pte. J. Hickey, Sgt. H. G. Anderson, Pte. F. O. Baldry, Pte. S. F. Blen[?]owe, Pte. C. G. Chantler, Pte. [?]. ...
Article : 1,884 wordsIt is reported from Memphis (Tenne[?]) that Darcy, the Australian boxer, is dangerously ill, suffering from an infection of the teeth and tonsils. He underwent an operation. ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Wooroloo Consumptive Sanatorium, commenced in 1914, was to be built by the Public Works Department for £71,000. The Minister for Works now states that the cost ...
Article : 81 wordsA military order, issued to-day, provides that half-castes may be enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces if examining medical officers are satisfied that one of the ...
Article : 170 wordsA telegram has been despatched by the Prime Minister, to the Premier of Quensland, with a view to bringing to a head the negotiations between the two Governments for the ...
Article : 387 wordsThe concert in aid of the Home of the Good Shepherd, Ashfield, took place at the To[?]n Hall on Friday night, being organised by Madame Kate Rooney and a committee, headed ...
Article : 237 wordsMr. J. Riordan, of Bellambi, has received advice from the Defence Department that his Majesty the King has approved of the award of D.C.M. to his son, the late Sergeant John W. ...
Article : 74 wordsA conference representing 12 unions, convened by the Labour Council to consider the question of demarcation, was held last week. The conference reaffirmed its previous ...
Article : 76 wordsMrs. Mary Parker, aged 70, living at Lane Cove-road, Greenwich, was severely burnt whilst in her bed on Saturday, owing to the curtains catching fire. She was removed by ...
Article : 221 wordsS. Newland's general store, st Chatsworth, with contents, was destroyed by fire on Thursday night. It was partially insured. ...
Article : 25 wordsGnr. G. C. West, L.-cpl. D. Darrach, Pte. W. Ronald, Sgt. W. E. T. Martin, Pte. J. T. Paterson, Pte. E. McDonnell, Cpl. H. N. Bock, Pte. A. N. Moore, Cpl. C. B. Smith, Spr. C. Glew, Spr. J. ...
Article : 1,170 wordsThe following additional articles had been added to the list of prohibited imports into the United Kingdom, except under license of the Board of Trade:—Wild animals, ...
Article : 40 wordsAt the last meeting of the executive of the Chauffeurs and Taxi Drivers' Union of New South Wales a resolution was carried recommending the general body to withdraw from ...
Article : 40 wordsInformation has been received at Goulburn of the death at Dalby, Queensland, of the Rev. Father Cleary, of Gunning. He was born in County Mayo, about 45 years ago, and ...
Article : 65 wordsMr. Russel Sinclair, who is selecting mechanics in New South Wales as munition makers in England, addressing a meeting of the Progressive Carpenters' Union, said that the ...
Article : 52 wordsAt the District Court yesterday a boy, aged 11, named William Wilson, sued Charles Robins for £400 damages for the loss of an eye. It appears that Robins travels around ...
Article : 185 wordsCaptain Percy Dunningham, of Sydney, has been appointed Deputy Assistant Quartermater-General to the Imperial Mounted D[?]y[?]o[?] Cadet Bombardier C. Verso, son of the Rev. ...
Article : 42 wordsA ballot is to be taken as to the proposed amalgamation of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners and the Australian Society of Progressive Carpenters and Joiners. ...
Article : 30 wordsA sensational affair is reported from Hamilton, in the Auckland district. Robin Crago, who had escaped from the Walkeria Prison, engaged a taxi driver named Peebles to drive ...
Article : 125 wordsThere was a stoppage of work on all the wharfs on Friday. About 14 members of the Wharf-labourers' Union recently ceased work at the Woolloomooloo wharf, and ...
Article : 97 wordsNEWCASTLE (62m).—Arr: May 19, Newcastle, [?] Alice, s, Archer, s, Dunmore, s, Queen Bee, [?] Yul[?] s, Belbowri[?], s, Duroby, s, Gunbar, s, Sphene, s, Myola, s, Helen Nicoll, s, Lubra, s, Audrey D., s, ...
Article : 239 wordsOne of the most handsome and best fitted cottages yet erected for a returned soldier was handed over to Corporal Begg, who was wounded at Lone Pine, at Artarmon on ...
Article : 206 wordsAs a means of trying to deal with the local plague of mice, the schoolmaster burnt off the grass in the school playground, and the children killed 100 of the rodents. One farmer ...
Article : 160 wordsThirteen metropolitan unions who withdrew from the A.L.F. last night formed a new coastal Trades and Labour Council. The new Goldfields Council has been joined by 900 ...
Article : 36 wordsAn unusual turn was given to proceedings in a divorce suit in the Practice Court yesterday, when an objection as to certain proposed evidence was lodged on behalf of the ...
Article : 338 wordsSpeeches made at Thursday's session of the Presbyterian Assembly on the question of venereal disease and its effects on public health and morals brought a rejoinder from ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 194 wordsGreat appreciation of the parcels of food received from the Red Cross Society is expressed by Alan Spe[?]r, who is a prisoner of war at Minden, Westphalia, in a letter to his ...
Article : 76 wordsAbout 100 men arrived in Broken Hill on Saturday. Many of them are from Sydney, and have come to take up work in the mines. The work of construction, under Government ...
Article : 53 wordsThe total[?]sator system of wagering came into favourable notice at Maitland on Saturday, when the machine was used for the first time by the local jockey club. The tickets ...
Article : 101 wordsAn order was published in a Special Commonwealth Gazette, which was issued to-day, directing that the publication known as "Direct Action," the organ of the I.W.W., ...
Article : 124 wordsA conference will be held in Sydney on Tuesday to discuss the linking up of the Sydney University with the universities of the other States in conducting public examinations ...
Article : 38 words{No abstract available}
Detailed lists, results, guides : 180 wordsThe Wheat Commission have been advised that the wheat brokers had decided to establish a corn exchange, and that all kinds of produce and wheat scrip would be offered for ...
Article : 60 wordsThe anti-shouting campaign inaugurated by the National Council of Women uigently requires more workers to cope with the rapid growth of the movement. Volunteers, both ...
Article : 133 wordsNotwithstanding that the interstate shipping companies of Australia are working under an award of the Arbitration Court which still has a currency of two years, ...
Article : 104 wordsSevere damage was done to a tin-roofed brick building of two floors and a basement and its contents at Ultimo on Saturday afternoon by a fire, the cause of which could not ...
Article : 89 wordsDuring the fortnight ended yesterday 38 coll[?]eries of the Newcastle and Maitland districts averaged 10,42 days out of 11 woiking days for the fortnight. This is the best average yet ...
Article : 64 wordsPt[?]. I. M. Berriman, L.-cpl. R. T. Dunn, Pte. H. M. Stanford, L.-cpl. E. J. Cunningham, [?]t[?] E. G. L. Gebhardt, Pte. H. G. Cornish, Pte. H. Heddle, Pte. D. M[?]N. Dre[?]an, Pte. W. J. Durdin, Pte. P. Dernick, ...
Article : 800 wordsSurgeon-General Sir Neville R. Howse, K.C.B., V.C., Director-General of Army Medical Services, in replying to a cablegram from the New South Wales branch of the British ...
Article : 190 wordsT.-cpl. C. C. Paterson, Pte. D. T. Wales, Pte. E. S. Luck. DIED, CAUSE NOT STATED. Pte. E. Jeffery. ...
Article : 159 wordsSpeaking last night at a social, Mr. Hugh Mahon said it seemed very doubtful whether the election issues were placed fairly before the soldiers. The desertion of so many ...
Article : 192 wordsThe administrators of the wheat pool are faced with a serious problem in connection with the re-bagging of wheat in stacks at country stations. In some centres, owing ...
Article : 205 wordsBurglars and others have established a reign of terror in some of the suburbs of Melbourne. Every day robberies and acts of ruffianism are notified, and there are other ...
Article : 109 wordsHer Majesty's: "The House that Jack Bu[?]it," [?] Criterion Theatre: "The Marriage of Kitty," [?] Palae T[?]eatre: "Turn to the Right," [?] Theatre Royal: Pictures. ...
Article : 89 wordsThe Salvation Army Congress Hall Band presented yesteiday the first of a series of popular Sunday afternoon recitals. There is to be a continuation of the festival to-night ...
Article : 36 wordsMr. E. H. Palm[?]r, Challis House, in the course of a letter in reference to the condition of Martin-place, says its appearance during the last month or two ha[?] reflected very little ...
Article : 116 wordsTwo prisoners escaped from the Emu Plains prison irrigation farm on Friday morning. The escapees, Frederick M. Veitch and Albert Holt Harris, were serving terms of ...
Article : 49 wordsThe affiliation of the Returned Soldiers' Association of New South Wales with the imperial League of Returned Soldiers and Sailors of Australia was decided at a meeting ...
Article : 44 wordsAll those who are anxious to seek news of sick, wounded, or missing men are invited to call or write to the above address, and the Red Cross will try to help you. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 21 May 1917, Page 8
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