South Australia defeated New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield match by one wicket to the accompaniment of a storm of cheering which was brought into remarkable relief ...
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Article : 224 wordsForeign tenderers were opposed by several members of the Water Board at its meeting yesterday. In one case, a recommendation for the purchase of a German machine ...
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Article : 141 wordsThe French Chamber of Deputies to-day authorised the laying down, between July 1 l927, and June 30, 1928, of one cruiser, six destroyers, five first-class submarines, one ...
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Article : 188 wordsThe Italian Ambassador (Marchese della Toretta), on behalf of the Italian Government has presented to the British Government the [?] copy printed of the special centenary ...
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Article : 123 wordsMr. and Mrs. Wilfred Anderson, of Wagga, recently completed a motor trip round Australia. They left Wagga in an Austin car on August 31 for Sydney, and travelled thence to ...
Article : 114 wordsThe British Broadcasting Corporation's listening station at Keston [?] abandoned hope of picking up [?]LO. Melbourne, but is trying to got 2BL, Sydney. Tests will be ...
Article : 226 wordsOn December 13 Mr. W. V. Purnell, a solicitor, of G[?]long, was missed from his home at Newtown. A continuous search has been made for him since, and at the ...
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Article : 152 wordsWhen he attempted to board a moving train at Mount Victoria railway station. Edward Matthews, aged 64 years, slipped and fell on to the line. The train was brought to a ...
Article : 94 wordsJohn Langley (19), cook, and Sydney Dykes (21), painter, pleaded guilty in the Police Court to-day to the theft of property valued at £17 from a goods train travelling from ...
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Article : 74 wordsThe M.C.C. team to-day began a two-days' match at Beno[?] against a South African XI. Scores: South African XI., 86 (Hammond six wickets for 32); M.C.C., six wickets ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 22 Dec 1927, Page 9
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