Telegrams received by the Railway Department from the Deputy-Commissioner of Railways at Townsville show that floods are occurring over practically the ...
Article : 280 wordsMAP SHOWING THE AREA WHERE THE GREAT FLOOD DISASTER TOOK PLACE. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 15 wordsA meeting of the State Recruiting Committee, consisting of Professor Macintyre, chairman, Senator Millen, Mr. J. West, M.P., Mr. J. J. Cohen, Mr. John Storey, Mr. J. J. ...
Article : 556 wordsWheeler-sergeant Norman F. Reid, 21, killed in action in France on November 19, 1916, was the third son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Reid Crow's Nest, North Sidney. He was ...
Article : 264 wordsWhile tuberculosis is decreasing in Australia, and there is a far smaller proportion of the disease here than in the United Kingdom, with its more crowded population and ...
Article : 1,385 wordsA double drowning accident occurred in the Manning River yesterday. Thomas Connolly, saddler, engaged a boat to take his family, comprising his wife, self, four sons, and two ...
Article : 179 wordsAccording to yesterday s cable news nine Australian nurses have been decorated with the Royal Red Cross. The decorations comprise three first-class matrons, two ...
Article : 264 wordsThe death of the notorious mystic monk, Gregory Rasputin, who was a great favourite at the Russian Court, and was known as the "New Saviour," is definitely announced. ...
Article : 275 wordsConcurrently with the inauguration of the new time schedule at 2 a. m. on Monday, a violent earth tremor passed across the district with a general direction north-west to ...
Article : 148 wordsThe Deputy-Commissioner of Railways has received a telegram from the divisional traffic manager at Rockhampton, which was lodged at Clerment at 3.40 p.m., stating that ...
Article : 189 wordsDriver Edward Cyril Tapscott, who died of wounds in France December 4, 1916, was the youngest member of a family of which every male member offered his services to the ...
Article : 176 wordsThe measured rainfall was 16.37 inches, but the gauges overflowed at times. The weather is now clearing, and the sun is shining. The rainfall for the last 24 hours was only ...
Article : 212 wordsAlfred John Toomba, an elderly man, residing at 236 Oxford-street, Woollahra, was conveyed to Sydney Hospital on Monday night, suffering from a bullet wound in the stomach. ...
Article : 115 wordsMessrs. MacDonald, Hamilton, and Co., managing agents for the A.U.S.N. Co., to-day received a telegram stating that on Wednesday flood waters were expected to be over ...
Article : 42 wordsLieutenant Stephen M. Harris has been wounded in France and is now in No. 3 General Hospital, Wandsworth, London. He is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Harris, of ...
Article : 270 wordsThe clearances at the Bankers' Clearing House during 1916 totalled £15,275,046,000, an increase of £1,867,321,000 as compared with 1915. ...
Article : 66 wordsThe will of the late Mr. Charles Burcher, of Euglorie, Campbelltown, has been granted probate. Testator, who died on November 27 last, appointed two nephews—Mr. Albert ...
Article : 221 wordsMessrs. Carroll, Comley, and Hauenschild, three former Clermont residents, explain that it was not the backwater, but direct flood waters from Sandy Creek and Wolfang Creek ...
Article : 142 wordsMrs. Hargreaves, of Tara, Watson-street, Bondi, has received word that her son, Gunner N. C. Hargreaves, has been awarded the Military Medal. Gunner Hargreaves is a ...
Article : 88 wordsThere was a very good response at the barracks yesterday, and several men who had seen service with the A.I.F. in Gallipoli were among the recruits. A journalist from ...
Article : 92 wordsThe newspapers welcome the announcement that Mr. C. G. Wade will probably receive the appointment of Agent-General for New South Wales. They recall his exploits as a ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Government is taking steps to relieve the distress due to the flood. Every effort is being made by the Home Department to get food and other supplies through to the ...
Article : 137 wordsMr. H. Markham Mills, whose three sons have gone to the front, has received congratulatory messages from General Birdwood and General Sir C. F. Cox on the splendid work done by ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Bradford wool trade is practically suspended owing to rumours that the Government is requisitioning all stocks on account of the scarcity of wool and the extreme urgency of ...
Article : 39 wordsMrs. L. H. Williams of Brookvale, has received news that her son, Private H. C. Williams, has been admitted to the 3rd London General Hospital, suffering from trench feet. ...
Article : 71 wordsMr. Alpin W. Cameron, of the Bank of New South Wales, who has resided in Clermont for some years, was able to-night to throw some light on the cause of the disaster. Clermont, ...
Article : 213 wordsThere were 53 volunteers to-day, and of these 22 were accepted. ADELAIDE, Tuesday. To-day 24 men were accepted for service, ...
Article : 29 wordsFrank Matthew M'Cabe, a married man, died in the Sydney Hospital last Monday from the effects of a fractured skull. It is alleged that on December 22 M'Cabe was in ...
Article : 58 wordsA thunderstorm occurred during yesterday afternoon in the city. The cause was the culmination of the persistent sultry cloudy weather, resulting in 40 points of rain being ...
Article : 42 wordsAt the last meeting of the Irish National Association of New South Wales a motion protesting against the participation by Mr. W. H. Hughes, at the forthcoming Imperial ...
Article : 47 wordsMen between the ages of 18 and 40 residing, or even temporarily staying, in Sydney, who have not yet enrolled in the A.I.F., and who may want advice or information as to the ...
Article : 94 wordsMr. Carroll (who formerly resided at Clermont) says there was a big flood in the year 1870, about which old residents have many memories. The waters on that occasion ...
Article : 126 wordsSir,—A. Mellor and other critics state that if I went about things in a proper manner I would have no difficulty in obtaining the assistance required, viz., Voluntary labour. I ...
Article : 803 wordsSir,—The Minister of State for Defence is issuing a greetings card whose "motif" is "Australia will still be there," with a stardotted blue ensign visaging the Union Jack, ...
Article : 552 wordsNews has been received by Mrs. S. Thompson that her son, Sergeant Harold Thompson, of North Sydney, has been missing since November 14. ...
Article : 96 wordsThe first fancy drew carnival of the season will he held at the White City on Thursday evening, the 11th last. It is to be a red, white, and blue carnival, and prizes will be awarded to the winners. ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Governor (the Earl of Liverpool) has received the following telegram from the Governor-General of Canada (the Duke of Devonshire):- ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 161 wordsArthur George Goodsell, the half-caste aborigine who escaped from the Molong lockup on Sunday last, was recaptured yesterday at Eugowrie, near Bathurst. ...
Article : 25 wordsEwan Campbell, 3 years of ago was missed from the house of Mr. H. Beeson, of Lane Cove-road, on Monday afternoon. The police were informed, and Sergeant Benson, of ...
Article : 172 wordsSir,—In your leader on Saturday you say this question is "undeniably urgent." Unfortunately our Governments and Parliaments act as if no reasons for hurrying existed. As ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 200 wordsCaptain Charles Grieve and Captain Arnold Hosking, who have been awarded the Military Cross, are natives of this town. The former is a son of the late Inspector Grieve, and at ...
Article : 96 wordsThree former Clermont residents, Messrs J. Carrell, F. J. Comley, and A. C. Hauenschild, to-day afforded some interesting information about the disaster. Speaking of the victims of ...
Article : 428 wordsNicholas Green, aged 60, who lives by himself at 15 Cornwallis-street, Redfern, was assaulted at his home last night. The police patrol waggon conveyed him to Sydney ...
Article : 86 wordsSir,—Now that my brother has died of wounds, and at a time when so many are complaining of the non-delivery of soldiers' letters, I would like to pay a small tribute to ...
Article : 196 wordsRecruiting Meeting, Warringa Hall, Neutral Bay, [?] Organ Recital: Town Hall, 3.15. Her Majesty's Theatre: "The Cinema Star," 1.45 and 7.45. ...
Article : 158 wordsAnxiety is felt locally as to the whereabout, of the timber schooner Swordfish, which was on a trip from Townsville to Maryborough, and was seen on the evening of ...
Article : 74 wordsThe Railway and Tramway Construction Branch Field Staff Association and the Builders' Foremen and Clerk of Works Association have been amalgamated under the name of the ...
Article : 125 wordsThe last day for receiving nominations for the Sturt electorate, the seat having been rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr. J. H. Cann, on his appointment as an Assistant ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 3 Jan 1917, Page 12
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