Bertram Armstrong has reported to the police that when he went out on the verandah of his house in Bunbury, shortly after midnight on Saturday, he was seized by ...
Article : 89 wordsThe memorial gates at Anzac Park, erected to the memory of fallen soldiers by the people of Tamworth and district, were unvelled and opened yesterday afternoon by ...
Article : 61 wordsA domestic tragedy at Geraldton was revealed to-day at the Inquest into the death of June Constance Lupp (25), married, who was found shot at the front door of the ...
Article : 288 wordsAfter one of the roughest and most exciting wrestling matches seen in Sydney, Mr. T. Banner, the referee, was unable to separate Jack Kllonis (Greece) and Mike Yokel (U.S.A.) ...
Article : 327 wordsWATER COLOUR BY MR. B. E. MINNS AT THE AUSTRALIAN FINE ART GALLERIES. The North Sydney Bridge approaches will shortly occupy this historic spot. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 27 wordsIn an address before the Constitutional Association yesterday, Mr. P. F. Loughlin, exMinister for Lands, denounced party politics as an iniquitous system. ...
Article : 447 wordsA weatherboard house, owned by Mr. P. W. Cummings, was almost destroyed by fire. The house was occupied by Mr. J. Storey, who was absent when the fire occurred. His family ...
Article : 47 wordsThe opening of the Soldiers' Memorial Hall at Morriset was made the subject of a great festival by local business people and returned soldiers. The memorial hall, with which is ...
Article : 81 wordsThree Bega boys, named Sirl, Napthali, and Deacon, narrowly escaped drowning at Tathra wharf yesterday. They were swinging in a horse-box from the crane out over ...
Article : 87 wordsThe committee of the Anzac Memorial Hospital has decided to have the long-delayed official opening of the hospital on December 28, when it is hoped that the Governor (Sir ...
Article : 65 wordsThe cargo steamer Cardross, which was recently completed at the yards of John Lewis and Sons, Aberdeen, Scotland, for James Patrick and Co., Ltd., will enter the trade ...
Article : 116 wordsAlthough the A.L.P. executive last week declared that the ballot at present in progress for the election of a leader of the Labour party in the Upper House was ...
Article : 199 wordsThe Ven. Archdeacon Campion, who ha[?] been parish priest at Parkes for the last 3[?] years, and has returned from a trip to America and Ireland, was tendered a civic welcome on ...
Article : 89 wordsThe crew of the steamer Wookata heard calls from the sea soon after the vessel had left Denial Bay last Tuesday night. They subsequently located two mon in a ...
Article : 76 wordsThe annual Country Week cricket carnival was begun on various metropolitan grounds yesterday in fine, cool weather. Teams engaged represented the Hunter River, Newcastle, Far ...
Article : 793 wordsOn Saturday morning the Secretary of State for the Dominions (Mr. Amery) held a conference with members of the Queensland Cabinet on immigration. Mr. W. H. Gepp, ...
Article : 318 wordsThe Kyeamba Shire Council has decided to strike a general rate of 2d in the £ on unimproved capital value, with a special rate of [?]d in the £ for road work. The President ...
Article : 97 wordsMrs. A. S. K. Piddington was attacked by a man at her home last night. She was alone in the house when the barking of a dog caused her to investigate the cause. She ...
Article : 86 wordsThe State Cabinet has prepared a bill to provide for the installation of totalisators' on the principal racecourses in the metropolitan area. ...
Article : 75 wordsElwood's shoe store, which was recently opened here, was severely damaged by fire which broke out in the premises early this morning. The building was insured. The ...
Article : 51 wordsAt a recent meeting of the Union Secretaries' Association, it, was decided to approach the Premier, Mr. Bavin, and submit representations on behalf of the factory ...
Article : 111 wordsDetectives who have been investigating a series of robberies in the Western Suburbs have formed the opinion that some of them were the work of a boy, aged 12, who had ...
Article : 148 wordsThe Dunlop Grand Prix, which is the longest cycling race ever contested in the British Empire, started from Melbourne at 5 o'clock this morning. Sixty selected riders ...
Article : 463 wordsThe Camden municipal council has decided not to contribute a share of the cost of reconditioning the Main Southern-road through the township, as, in council's opinion, the ...
Article : 45 wordsRichard Henry Saunders, son of the manager of the Royal Hotel, Liverpool-road, Enfield, informed the Burwood police on Sunday night that he bad fired a shot at an intruder who ...
Article : 86 wordsA start has been made with the preliminary work for the erection of the long-promised railway refreshment-room at Parkes. For several years the travelling public have had to ...
Article : 51 wordsThe announcement from London that shareholders in the Van Diemens Land Company and the Burnie (Tasmania) Timber and Brick Company, Ltd., had agreed to sell their ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 428 wordsThe premises of McGovern and Rihee, tailors and mercers, were broken into on Thursday night. The safe was blown open and the sum of £12 was taken. Rolls of cloth ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Woollahra council has contributed £5 towards the expenses of a function held at Paddington last Saturday evening by the Woollahra-Paddington Boy Scouts. This ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Parramatta district coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) yesterday held an inquest concerning the death of Kathleen Bridget Florence Leigh, of Northmead, a child aged ...
Article : 124 wordsFollowing inquiries extending over three months, into the disappearance of valuable jewellery from a house at Rose Bay, Detectives Barrett and Gelding yesterday made two ...
Article : 133 wordsA severe storm occurred last evening. The wind blow with hurricane force, and 26 points of rain fell. The storm was of short duration, but much damage was done to buildings ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Royal Commission on Child Endowment appointed by the Commonwealth Government has arrived in Sydney, and will commence taking evidence to-morrow at 10.30 o'clock at the ...
Article : 67 wordsAt a meeting of the City Council to-day the amount of the allowance to the Lord Mayor for the ensuing year was fixed at £2500. ...
Article : 30 wordsMichael William Dooley, farmer, of Lamb[?] Creek, was committed for trial to-day on [?] charge of assaulting John Francis Peters, farmer, of Maryvale. It was alleged that ...
Article : 51 wordsA radio message from North Flinders Island states that Alfred Cook, aged 12 years, on Vansittart Island, was bitten by a tiger snake yesterday, and died to-day from the effects ...
Article : 63 wordsTHE CARDROSS, NOW ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE TO SYDNEY. The vessel passed Wilson's Promontory yesterday bound to Newcastle. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 22 wordsFollowing complaints of dynamiting and netting trout in local streams, police patrols have been instituted. William Carter, formerly a member of the police force, was fined ...
Article : 49 wordsIt was announced last night that Jones Bros., Ltd., coal merchants, had purchased the steamer South Bulli for the Newcastle-Sydney trade. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 158 wordsMiss Hilda Jones, a visitor from Sydney, was knocked down by an ambulance car to-day. She was taken to the hospital in a critical condition, suffering from a fractured ...
Article : 36 wordsThe need for bowlers was emphasised by the various speakers at the welcome to the visitors at the luncheon adjournment, which was attended by a representative gathering of officials and international players. ...
Article : 249 wordsThe second serious fire within a few months occurred at Lithgow yesterday, when two old weatherboard cottages in Saywell-street were destroyed and another slightly damaged. The ...
Article : 41 wordsTwo men sustained serious injuries when a tram and motor car came into head-on collision in Parramatta-road, Camperdown, last night. ...
Article : 272 wordsMr. H. F. Shirley, of the Commercial Hotel, was accidentally shot in the hand last week. He was examining a revolver when it dropped, and in attempting to recover it, he touched ...
Article : 53 wordsConfusion and inconvenience characterise the new issue of the northern telephone book. Wrong numbers have been, given in some cases, while in others the names of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 439 wordsMiss Dorothy Ewbank, soprano from the studio of Signor de Giorgio, gave a recital at the King's Hall last night, when her programme included such varied music as "Dove ...
Article : 308 wordsThe following vessels were cleared at the Newcastle Customs-house yesterday:—Dumosa, s, for Melbourne; Dromana, s, for Port Pirie; Yugaren, m.s., for Brisbane; Poolta, s, for Dunedin, via Wellington and ...
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Advertising : 236 wordsAt the conclusion of the inquest on Sll[?] Wilfred Corrick Ponds (26), who died from injuries received in a motor accident, the district Coroner committed Thomas George ...
Article : 132 wordsNEWCASTLE (62m).—Arr: Nov. 14, Minmi, s, Wallsend, s, Echunga, s, Pelaw Main, s, Ella A., sch, Calulu, s, from Sydney; Wear, s, from south; Coweambah, s, Allenwood, s, from north. Dep: Nov. 14, ...
Article : 86 wordsCountry week matches for to-day are:—Far North v Riverina. Sydney Cricket Ground No. 1; West v North Coast, Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2; Hunter River v South. Waverlev; Newcastle v Far West. Rushcutter ...
Article : 37 wordsIt was officially stated last night that accompanying each book was a notice that the new list was not to be used until December 3. Any subscribers whose names are omitted ...
Article : 46 wordsA number of well-known players, including M. A. Noble and A. Kippax, will lecture to country players at 254a George-street, to-night. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe following vessels are expected to be in touch by wireless to-day:— With Adelaide: Commissairie Ramel, Hexham, Iron Warrior, Katoomba, Kanowna, Ormara, Port Denison, ...
Article : 195 wordsNorman Humphris, aged 21 years, an accountant, appeared before Mr. Shepherd. S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday, charged with having, between October 9, 1926, and May ...
Article : 132 words"Music has always been the handmaid of worship to support, not to supplant, the uplifting," said Dean Talbot at St. Stephen's Church, Lidcombe, when dedicating the new ...
Article : 131 wordsLast night a serious motor accident occurred about eight miles from Holbrook on the Culcairn-road. As two car-loads of young people were returning from a picnic, one car, driven ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 119 wordsThe paper train due at Cootamundra on Saturday afternoon was delayed for more than two hours through a van catching fire between Goondah and Garlong. ...
Article : 131 wordsHorses were sold cheaply at Junee pound on Thursday. Several good animals realised only 1/ each, and one very fine horse brought 7/6, a high price for the Junee pound. ...
Article : 113 wordsAt Campsie Public School on Saturday afternoon the Chief Secretary (Mr. Bruntnell), acting for the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond), will dedicate the Massey memorial bell ...
Article : 99 wordsThomas Gollan (41), clerk, was to-day fined £25 for having acted as a bookmaker at the mechanical hare coursing on Saturday night. The hearing of similar charges against John ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 507 wordsJessie Tucker, aged 19 years, a domestic, was found with a bullet wound in the head in a bedroom of a house in Great North-road, Abbotsford, shortly after 8 o'clock yesterday ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 15 Nov 1927, Page 12
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