The Legislative Assembly dealt with general business last night, the Estimates being discussed. The Minister for Lands (Mr. Tref[?]e) stated, ...
Article : 1,354 wordsAn agreement has been registered whereby Jack Johnson, heavyweight champion of the world, agrees to box Jess Willard for the title, anywhere between March 15 and March 30. ...
Article : 60 wordsTo provide officers and non-commissioned officers for the personnel enrolled for the Expeditionary Forces in excess of allotments already made, approval has been given for ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 117 wordsIn the Senate this afternoon the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) said that his attention had not been called to an article appearing in an Adelaide paper in which the ...
Article : 119 wordsShortly after the members of the Legislative Council met last night the Vice-President of the Legislative Council (Sir Francis Suttor) announced the retirement of Mr. John ...
Article : 372 wordsThe Department of Public Works furnished what is described by the Minister as a rough [?]pitome of the operations of the industrial undertakings, showing not only direct profits ...
Article : 436 wordsThe Minister repr[?]nting the Minister for Home Affairs (Senator Russell) informed Senator de Larg[?] (W.A.) that three bores had been put down on the route of the ...
Article : 235 wordsJoe Shugrue, in his first boxing match after his Australian trip, outpointed Walter Mohr of Brooklyn, in a bout of ten rounds. ...
Article : 31 wordsPublic Schools.—Chatswood, 4th instalment, £7/2/1[?]; Neath Infants' School, 1st instalment, 10[?]; Randwick [?]oy's School, 6th instalment, £1/[?]/;Greenwich Park, 3rd instalment, 7/; Thurgoona, 11th ...
Article : 141 wordsAt the meeting of the City Council on Tuesday evening the following recommendation by the electric light committee was approved:—(a) That during the present ...
Article : 120 wordsIn the six-day bicycle race nine teams that are competing are more than 14 miles ahead of the previous record. At the end of the 47th hour, the distance covered was 979 miles. ...
Article : 43 wordsMr. Griffith states that, with reference to figures recently published by the Victorian Premier concerning the industrial and financial position of the two States, he has ...
Article : 192 wordsMr. Watkin (N.S.W.) asked the Assistant Minister for Defence whether the Defence Department had yet made representations to the British Amiralty, asking for the withdrawal ...
Article : 496 wordsThe proposal that the golfers of the State should provide a band for the 7th Light Horse Regiment which is proceeding to the front under the command of the well-known golfer, ...
Article : 274 wordsAll arrangements are complete for the patriotic cricket match between the first and second elevens of the State, which will commence on Saturday at 2 p.m., and conclude ...
Article : 79 wordsThe annual exhibition of the Society of Artists was opened yesterday afternoon by Mr. Carmichael, Minister of Public Instruction. ...
Article : 357 wordsSenator Pearce said in reply to a question in the Senate to-day that the Executive Council had that day cancelled the commission of Captain Edwards (whose real name is ...
Article : 70 wordsIn connection with the death of Earl Roberts a memorial service has heen arranged by the Professional Musicians' Union, to take place in Martin-place at 1 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe minister for Defence said, in reply to a senator, that the matter of temporarily oppointing non-commissioned officers of the instructional staff to the commissioned rank ...
Article : 72 wordsAmount already acknowledged, of which £8000 has been remitted, £8870/10/; Mrs. C. Edith Tindal (3rd instalment), £10; employees of Sydney Steel Co., Ltd., £10/10. Total, £8891/9/. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe steamer Corra Lynn went ashore last night on the beach at Fly Roads, south of Port Stephens, and is likely lo become a total wreck. ...
Article : 264 wordsThe Parkes Patriotic Fund sent a cheque for £1000, with a request that of this amount £35 17s be handed to the Lord Mayor's Fund, £15 10s to the Belgian Fund, and £100 to ...
Article : 293 wordsMr. Bertram Flohm's pupils gave a recital at St. James's Hall last night in aid of the Belgian Relief Fund. The Flohm School of Elocution is fortunate in possessing two such pypils as Messrs. Charles Walshe ...
Article : 249 wordsThe passengers by the R.M.S. Malwa, which arrived to-day from London, were d[?]ghted to hear that the Emden had been destroyed. One passenger stated that he had heard at ...
Article : 45 wordsSir,—It would seem well at this stage to set down as exactly as possible the actual doings of the captain of the Emden, saying naught in malice or favour; and easting out ...
Article : 813 wordsThe Repertory Society's "Festival of Australian Drama," under the auspices of the Millions Club, and in aid of a War Fund, was successfully continued at the Repertory ...
Article : 714 words"All our plans have been designed to meet an attack on Australia. There is no provision in the Act for emergencies such as the present," said Senator Millen in the ...
Article : 436 wordsThe directors of G[?]ratt's, Ltd., motor garage, Elizabeth-street, have installed a new system of oil and petrol storage, which is designed with the object of facilitating the handling of fuel and oil to ...
Article : 344 wordsNew South wales contributions to date, £52,217/2/3; Queensland contribution to date, £12,841,1/1; Auckland Provincial Belgian Relief Fund (N.Z., £10,000; Christchurch (N.Z) Belgi[?]n Relief Fund, £1,314/5/3; ...
Article : 281 wordsThough the flow of male immigrants to the State has greatly diminished since the outbreak of the war, batches of domestics continue to come out by almost every ...
Article : 76 wordsA conference was held yesterday between the members of the Necessary Commodities Control Commission, representatives of the millers, of the buyers, of the bakers, and the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 162 wordsThe 14th annual report of the Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners was table in the Legislative Assembly last night. The year's surplus on the transactions of the Trust, ...
Article : 149 wordsFortress gunners acknowledge a number of gifts from business people. The men would be very grateful for oilskins and rubber boots and camp stretchers. ...
Article : 29 wordsA splendid response has been made to the appeal for eggs, and it is hoped that a ton of frozen eggs pulp will shortly be ready for shipment. ...
Article : 110 wordsAt the Adelaide Police Court on Monday Ellen Fitzgibbon was charged with having entered the Commonwealth without having passed the dictation test. Defendant pleaded ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 155 wordsThe officers and crew of the steamer Southport, which was captured by the Germans at Ku[?]e, in the Caroline Islands, and subsequently escaped, and was brought to ...
Article : 164 wordsMr. A. D. Foley, of Foley Bros., produce merchants, Sussex-street, writes:- I am in receipt of a letter from an aunt of minc in London (Miss Foley), who is a ...
Article : 333 wordsAt the Supreme Court at Wellington, William Amos Mullins was found guilty of the attempted murder of his wife at Wellington on August 13. The evidence showed that ...
Article : 95 wordsTo-day the Federal Executive Council approved of a regulation reducing the charge for wireless messages to or from vessels licensed in Australia or New Zealand, from 11d ...
Article : 49 wordsSir.—It is with deep regret that I learn that there is an attempt being made to reintroduce liquor into the camp life of our young men preparing to go to the f[?]nt. Senator Pearce, ...
Article : 203 wordsSociety of Women Painters, 14 Moore-street[?] Royal Art Society's Exhibition: 10 to 5. Society of Artists, Exhibition, Q.V. Markets, 10 to [?] Her Majesty's Theatre: "Y[?]omen of the Guard," [?]. ...
Article : 127 wordsAt the Wollington wool sales top price was occured by L[?]vin and Company for a line of six bales of Southdown from Jas. Knight Feilding, which brought 14[?]d per [?]. The same ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 134 wordsLicenses were issued by the Governor-General in Council to-day permitting Australians with patents operating in Germany and Austria to pay the necessary fees to keep them ...
Article : 125 wordsIn the Legislative Council yesterday Sir Joseph Carruthers presented a petition from the Automobile Club in regard to the proposed taxation of motor cars. ...
Article : 69 wordsIt seems certain now that increased telephone charges are to be made, and the amended rates are to be announced in the course of a few days. The Postmaster[?]C [?]al ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Messman Central Mill Company have protested to the Prime Minister against the action of the Federal Government in prohibiting the export of sugar while the State ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 19 Nov 1914, Page 8
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