It used to stand on the edge of the 400 plateau—a solitary little pine tree, on the edge of the heath. I remember seeing line after line of men sweeping across part of that ...
Article : 4,189 wordsThere was much public interest, judging by the crowds that lined the streets leading to the No. 1 Wharf, Woolloomooloo, in the arrival of the transport which tied up there ...
Article : 754 wordsWednesday next will see the last of the Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children, the whole of the buildings having been handed over to the Commonwealth Defence ...
Article : 606 wordsAlready 156 recruiting meetings have been arranged to take part in the north and northwest of the State during the 10 days commencing on Monday next. ...
Article : 483 words"Patriots will not drink; others most not," said the Rev. R. B. S. Hammond at the openair public addresses on the question of national economy and efficiency, held in ...
Article : 370 wordsThe attitude of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce towards the Deutsche Handels und Plantagen Geselischaft the German firm which is monopolising the trade in Tonga ...
Article : 498 wordsWhen Private H. Johnson, 1st Field Company Engineers, left Gallipoli, there were many men, British and Australasian, at Lemnos, in the village of Mudros, in the ...
Article : 243 wordsThe Premier was asked last night whether he was taking steps to prepare the various private houses placed at the disposal of the Government for the accommodation of ...
Article : 151 wordsLance-corporal J. Evans, 1st Brigade, 2nd Eattalion, could not say too much in favour of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Braund. "We have," he said, "made his grave near the ...
Article : 92 wordsCorporal M. Keegan, 1st Brigade, 2nd Battalion, who walked ashore with his uncle (Mr. Keegan, M.L.A.), was there at the first landing on April 25, and kept going until ...
Article : 199 wordsThe Premier said yesterday that he attached considerable importance to the route march from Gilgandra to Sydney, and in all probability others will be arranged to traverse ...
Article : 207 wordsMr. H. E. Easton, honorary secretary of the British Immigration League, has been informed, through the Governor-General, that up to the present a commission has not been ...
Article : 100 wordsOne of the most pathetic cases of bereavement in connection with the war is that of Mrs. Lamont, whose husband, Warrant-officer Lamont, was killed while fighting for his ...
Article : 280 wordsA peculiar position has been created by the action of the Customs Department in holding up the entry into the Commonwealth of 100 chairs, contributed by Australians resident ...
Article : 127 wordsThe body of a woman was found in the harbour near the Colonial Sugar Refining Company's Wharf, Pyrmont, about 9 o'clock yesterday morning. It was conveyed by the ...
Article : 95 wordsMr. Henley, M.L.A., one of the trustees of the Randwick Children's Home, yesterday said that on Tuesday last a board meeting was held to consider the State Commandant's ...
Article : 397 wordsOwing to the order that the men were not to talk of their experiences, it was a hard job to get any information. One man who was limping about, when asked ...
Article : 128 wordsSeveral further letters have been received commenting indignantly on the statement that soldiers returning wounded from Egypt were compelled to camp on the deck of the ...
Article : 196 wordsThe returns of the Board of Trade for September show that imports increased by £25,000,000; exports by £5,634,331; and re-exports by £2,290,286. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe week's recruiting figures at the three city depots are:— Victoria Barracks............... 253 Town Hall...................... 151 ...
Article : 71 wordsWhen the motor cars arrived through cheering hundreds at No. 4 General Hospital (Randwick), between 11 and 12, the most perfect arrangements had been ...
Article : 608 words"You look a bit of a wreck," was the remark addressed to one of the returned wounded. "So you'd be," came the quick retort, "if you'd been blown up in a sap and ...
Article : 161 wordsThe Right Rev. J. H. Bernard, Bishop of Ossory, has been [?]ected Archbishop of Dublin, vice the Most Rev. J. F. Peacocke, Primate of Ireland, resigned. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe University has received a request from the War Office, through the Department of Defence, to nominate three engineer graduates for temporary commissions in the Royal ...
Article : 43 wordsPage. A Woman's Letter.... 7 Amusements........ 20 Alleged Fraudulent ...
Article : 192 wordsThe Postmaster-General (Mr. Spence) has decided to give the necessary 12 months' notice of termination of agreement with the Railway Departments of the six States for ...
Article : 178 wordsThe annual report of the New South Wales Amateur Swimming Association states that up to September 16 some 269 affiliated swimmers had enlisted in the Expeditionary Forces, ...
Article : 126 wordsThe hearing of the postmasters' claims, which have been before the Arbitration Court for some time, concluded to-day. Mr. Skewes, in closing the case for the Public Service ...
Article : 129 wordsCorporal S. Cripps, of the 9th Battalion, took part in the original landing, and was in the second boat that touched the beach. He was stationed for most of the time on ...
Article : 225 wordsThe Federal Attorney-General, Mr. Hughes, was asked yesterday if he had anything to say in reply to the statement by Mr. Joseph Cook, leader of the Opposition, on the ...
Article : 78 wordsAt the University last night a number of evening students who have enlisted were farewelled by their colleagues of the evening lectures. Altogether 34 of the University ...
Article : 73 wordsPage. Amusements......... 2 Apartments, Board, and Residence.... 22, 23 ...
Article : 234 wordsA fatal fire occurred at Whangarel this morning, when a private hotel, used as a Maori hostelry, was destroyed. The building was occupied by about 37 natives, who ...
Article : 121 wordsIt was recently brought under the notice of the military authorities in Egypt by the Commonwealth Defence authorities that reports had been received in Australia ...
Article : 109 wordsThe story of the "huge Queenslander" who pitchforked Turks over his shoulder on the day of the first landing caused a good deal of amazement and some disbelief at first, but ...
Article : 406 wordsMr. Ken M'Kenzie, of Tambaroora, writes to correct the report that he had offered to pay a bonus of 2s per day, while the war lasted, to any three Hill End men who ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Dairy Bill was taken through the committee stages in the Legislative Assembly early yesterday morning, a number of amendments being carried. The chief amendment ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) has ordered 10,000 recruiting posters. The design selected shows a Union Jack with the words. "This is our flag. What are you doing ...
Article : 166 wordsWhen members of the small arms factory employees recently advocated the introduction of the third shift at the factory the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) said ...
Article : 75 wordsSir,—We wish to refute the statements made by Mr. F. E. Winchcombe and others on Tuesday, September 29, at a deputation to Mr. Tudor against the embargo on ...
Article : 262 wordsA.J.C. Spring Meeting, Randwick Racecourse: First race, 1. Town Hall: Mme. Charvin's War Concert, 8. Her Majesty's Theatre: "Polash and Perimutter," & ...
Article : 152 wordsThe State Governor was accorded a cordial public reception last night in the Town Hall, which was packed. Alderman Hulbert presided. His Excellency and Mr. George Black ...
Article : 42 wordsProbate of the will of Mr. John Louis Tre[?], late Minister for Lands, has been granted to testator's widow, Kathleen Trefle, of Waverley; his brother, Charles Bede ...
Article : 162 wordsThe Soldiers' Club, where the Queenslanders were entertained, had an unexpected visit from the Governor-General (Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson). He went about in quite an ...
Article : 299 wordsMr. Massey informed the House of Representatives that over £5,000,000 had been paid for New Zealand meat supplied to the order of the Imperial Government, for use of the Allied ...
Article : 48 wordsThe last surviving member in Australia of Stuart's expedition, Stephen King, died in Adelaide on Thursday. Deceased, who was 74 years of age., was a native of South Australia, ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 9 Oct 1915, Page 18
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