Her Excellency Lady Helen Munro Ferguson, accompanied by Lady Doris Blackwood, arrived in Sydney yesterday morning from Brisbane, and her Excellency returned to Melbourne by ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 81 wordsA bill was introduced in the House of Representatives to-day to provide the machinery for the imposition, assessment, and collection of the proposed new death duties. Provision ...
Article : 955 wordsNot until the early hours of the morning could any definite news be obtained of the state of parties, many country returns being considerably delayed. The position then ...
Article : 389 wordsThe Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, Senator Russell, informed Senator Grant (N.S.W.) that about 1,000,000 bricks had been manufactured at the ...
Article : 523 wordsThe manager of one of Sydney's most influential wheat-trading firms stated yesterday that, during the day, he had been offered 5/10 a bushel by another Sydney operator. ...
Article : 166 wordsThe following message from Victoria (B.C.), October 26, is published in the San Franciso "Examiner":- Fierce opposition to the award of a ...
Article : 570 wordsThe publication of the numbers of the £2000 worth of Commonwealth notes stolen in transit from Melbourne to Perth has been followed by the tracing of 38 notes, which have been ...
Article : 217 wordsAmount already acknowledged, £76,091/16/11; Department of Defence, refund of freight paid on foodstuffs shipped in troopships Rangatira, Afric, Euripides, and Medic, £785/6/1; E.A., 12/6; J. M. Atkinson (per ...
Article : 98 wordsFire broke out at 6 this morning in Messrs. Pearce and Williams' premises, one of the largest general stores in the town—a two-story brick building. The grocery, ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Wheat Acquisition Act is not yet in actual operation, and in the meantime Riverina farmers, with the new wheat to sell, are rushing it into Victoria. It is ...
Article : 443 wordsCollection to date.......... £6687 6 5 Expenditure to date.......... £3399 1 0 The superintendent of the "War Chest" Depot, through Mrs. Dyer, of Miller-street, North Sydney, ...
Article : 154 wordsThe United States has notified Generals Carranza and Gutierriez, that unless indiscriminate firing across the border cases the United States will forcibly prevent it. ...
Article : 41 wordsNew South Wales contributions to date, £61,014/10/1; Queensland contributions to date, £13,191/1/2; Auckland Provincial Belgian Relief Fund (N.Z.), £25,000; Christchurch (N.Z.) Belgian Relief Fund, £2,232/14/10. ...
Article : 220 wordsSam McVea defeated "Battling" Jim Johnson at Philadelphia in ten rounds. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Earl of Aberdeon, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, has resigned for private reasons. It is rumoured that Lord Wimborne will succeed him. ...
Article : 29 wordsAdvocates of the totallsator waited as a deputation on the Chief Secretary (Mr. Cann) yesterday to urge the immediate legalising of the machine. ...
Article : 518 wordsThe Edison Company's entire plant at We[?] Orange, New Jersey, with the exception of the laboratory, has been burned. The loss is estimated at £1,000,000. ...
Article : 55 wordsMr. Greene (N.S.W.) asked the Attorney-General whether he know that the gentleman he had been in communication with in regard to the duty on beer and spirits had been ...
Article : 368 wordsThe following contributions in money and kind have been received by the Pastoralists' Union Patriotic Fund:- Previously acknowledged, £22,244/13/7; R. H. ...
Article : 76 wordsAddressing the students of St. Patrick's College at the annual distribution of prizes. Bishop Gallagher said:—"Remember that you live under a Government which, whatever ...
Article : 120 wordsThe New Zealand Loan and M[?] Agency Co., Ltd., has declared a dividend of 5 per cent. ...
Article : 31 wordsMonday night's Red Cross meeting had a most stimulating etfect on the workers at the Town Hall. On Tuesday 71 pairs of pyjamas, mostly flannel, were completed, also many smaller articles. ...
Article : 55 wordsMerchants and millers who have sold wheat for future delivery, and have had the prico almost doubled against them, are anxious that the Government should take action, as has ...
Article : 305 wordsThe long-promised Dolls' Carnival, in aid of the Children's Hospital, was officially opened at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon by the Governor, Sir Gerald Strickland, in the ...
Article : 635 wordsNEWCASTLE (62m).—Arr: Dec. 11, Queen [?] Wakatipu, s, Duckenfield, s, Galava, s, Bright W[?] s, Strathgarry, s, from Sydney; Dauntless, s, William, s, from Port Stephens; Blaxlands, Coombar, s, [?] ...
Article : 263 wordsPublic Schools:—Glen Innes, Sill instalment, 18/6; Barren Jack, 5th instalment, 11/; Badgery's Creek, 4th instalment, 12/6; Smithfield, 9th instalment, 6/3; Tumbarumba, 7th instalment, 16/4; Bryan's Gap, 1st ...
Article : 210 wordsThe dispute between the Tamworth Municipal Council and the Minister for Works regarding the water supply has come to a head, and the council has declared its ...
Article : 224 wordsWhen Dr. Maloney, M.P., was discussing the administration of the Home Affairs Department in the House of Representatives to-night on the Budget debute in committee, ...
Article : 250 wordsThe Sydney Y.M.C.A. will, during the forthcoming week, place a small equipment in the garrison camp on the Randwick Rifle Range, where the trainees can write their letters in comfort, free of cost. The ...
Article : 185 wordsWELLINGTON (1239m).—Arr: Dec. 11, M[?], s, from Newcastle. Dep: Dec. 11, Moana, R.M.S., for San Francisco: Manuka, s, for Sydney, at 5.30 p.m. BLUEF (1107m).—Arr: Dec. 11, Warrimoo s, from ...
Article : 48 wordsA deputation comprising Messrs. Partridge (manager of Toohey's, Ltd.), Reach, Everett (Maitland manager of Toohey's, Ltd.), and Davis, waited on the Necessary Commodities ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 147 wordsThe Wheat Acquisition Bill has caused a rush of wheat into Victoria, particularly from the Culcairn to Corowa line, which is one of the best wheat areas In the State. During ...
Article : 351 wordsSeveral earthquake shocks have lately been experienced, and in the "Commercial Bulletin" of the 21st instant, a correspondent states that the two big Ambrym volcanoes ...
Article : 128 wordsAmount already acknowledged, of which £9000 has been remitted, £9379/12/8; employees of Sydney Steel Company (second instalment), £10/10/; Glencoe Branch Red Cross Society, £10; Miss Hall, £10; ...
Article : 55 wordsAttempting to board the 8.35 p.m. Homebush train, when it was leaving No. 8 platform at the Central Railway Station last night, John Simpson, 60, an engineer's fitter, ...
Article : 113 wordsA deputation from the North Sydney Council waited on Mr. P. T. Taylor, chairman of directors of the Sydney Ferries, Limited, yesterday, and asked that improvement be ...
Article : 277 wordsA performance is to be given at the Theatre Royal on December 17, when the entire proceeds will go to a fund to provide a Christmas party on the day before Christmas Eve, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 205 wordsThe Prices of Goods Board was asked by jam manufacturers to-day to increase the price of certain jams by a halfpenny per pound. ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Electrical Employers' Association of New South Wales held its annual dinner last night at Baumaun's Cafe. After the loyal toast had been honoured, Mr. S. Warden ...
Article : 268 wordsAbout 8 p.m. on Thursday, Mr. William Edmond Collingridge, of Ermington, Tivoli-avenue, Rose Bay, heard a noise at the front casement window of the house. On going ...
Article : 104 wordsSir,—In your issue of even date you publish under war nows that "trainroads of corpses continue to be despatched from Belgium eastwards for cremation. Some are being taken ...
Article : 338 wordsA correspondent suggests that in order to provide canvas shoes for the soldiers while on board ship, a request should be made to tennis players for contributions of ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Foodstuffs Bill passed the second reading on the voices in the Assembly last night. The Premier said the bill was necessary, because wheat and flour prices varied greatly ...
Article : 203 wordsSir,—The Postmaster-General's Department must be getting desperately hard up. Its latest report is to try to raise a forced loan from holders of private letter-boxes. As the ...
Article : 293 wordsAt a meeting of the Bathurst Patriotic Fund Committee it was announced that in all £2325 had been collected or promised. BOWRAL, Friday. ...
Article : 95 wordsA deputation of Master Tanners protested to the Minister for Customs (Mr. Tu[?]or) against the new duty on wa[?]e bark. It was stated that Australia could not produce ...
Article : 202 wordsRoyal Art Society's Exhibition: 10 to 5. Her Majesty's Theatre: "Patience," 8. Criterion Theatre: "Broadway Jones," 8. Palace Theatre: "Sweet County Kerry," 8. ...
Article : 190 wordsThe chess champion, Mr. Viner, played 29 simultaneous games with the best players in the metropolis in two and a half hours. He won 21, draw 6, and lost 2. He made 750 ...
Article : 41 wordsA strike occurred in Hobart amongst the members of the Waterside Workers' Union, whose numerical strength is about 260 against the increased price of beer. S[?] ...
Article : 84 wordsAt the Wyalong Quarter Sessions W. Onward, stipendiary atcward at Yalgogrin races, sued Crowley and Company. "Wyalong Star," newspaper proprietors, for alloged libel. ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Arbitration Court gave an award on the quarrymen's citation for increased pay:— General rate, 10s per day; truckers, 9s; powder, 12s. Mr. Daflish, employers' ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Demosthenes, which arrived this morning, brought out 155 nominated immigrants, 30 domestic servants, and 50 lads, to be trained in farm work, the boys being assisted from ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 12 Dec 1914, Page 16
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