The death occurred yesterday of Mrs. John Kennedy, at the ago of 81 years. Deceased was one of the oldest residents of Wollongong, having arrived here from Ireland with her ...
Article : 79 wordsThe death of Mr. Thomas Vicary, which took place suddenly at his residence, Johason-street. Chatswood, on the 7th instant, removes a pioneer who had a long connection ...
Article : 573 wordsA leading Sydney medical man writes:— "Darlinghurst Gaol is to go, and on the site the Government proposes to erect a Girls' High School. It is stated that some of the ...
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Family Notices : 2,880 wordsThe Salvation Army on Wednesday night, at the Central Barracks, gave a warm welcome to Adjutant Scotney, who arrived from Western Australia to succeed Captain Dixon. Many ...
Article : 111 wordsHolford Gordon Roderick, 28, a boilermaker, died on January 10 from injuries, mainly a fractured spine, received in a fall of 32 feet at the naval shipyard, Cockatoo ...
Article : 81 wordsThe installation of officers of Lodge Wyaldra took place on Tuesday. Bro. A. Baldwin was the installing master. The following are the officers:—Bro. E. D. Stott, W.M.; ...
Article : 128 wordsAfter midnight on January 10 Mrs. Mary Maher, 82, a widow, set about boiling some water on a spirit-lamp in her room at a Crown-street boarding-house. Either through the ...
Article : 95 wordsThe City Coroner concluded at an inquest yesterday that James Henry Hensby, 17, a block-boy, died on January 3, from the effect of a cart shaft penetrating his groin on ...
Article : 131 wordsMessrs. M'Mlllan Brothers' sawmill at Corunna was destroyed by fire on Tuesday night, the boiler alone being saved. The damage is not yet estimated, but it is well insured. ...
Article : 55 wordsBush fires are raging throughout the district, and considerable damage has been done. The Sydney mail, which travelled via Punkalla, had to turn back when within four miles of ...
Article : 42 wordsJames Bowen, 61, of Gunnedah, while on a visit to relatives at Brushy Hill, was found shot dead on Tuesday night. ...
Article : 27 wordsTemporary repairs to the pumping machinery were completed this morning, and water was available throughout the reticulation area by noon. ...
Article : 27 wordsAlderman W. L. Brun met with a serious accident on Wednesday. While driving in a cart the mare bolted. Alderman Brun was thrown out, and the wheel passed over him. ...
Article : 49 wordsA very large number of relatives of Mr. and Mrs. John Groves, of Craigie, entertained them at a picnic near their home during the week. Thirty-four in all turned up, and still there ...
Article : 60 wordsAt the quarterly meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation to-day it was announced that the ballot for the positions of president, secretary, treasurer, ...
Article : 529 wordsA man named Richard Boyd, working in the Condong district, four miles from Murwillum= bah, was bitten on the calf of the leg by a snake this morning. He tied a ligature above ...
Article : 56 wordsHarwood sugar mill closed yesterday after a most successful season, 75,300 tons of cane being crushed. On the south arm and several other parts of the district the crops ...
Article : 38 wordsAn inquest was held to-day on the body of Harold W. Gray, assistant operator of the International Pictures, Railway Town, who was electrocuted on Monday night whilst ...
Article : 62 wordsMr. Austin Chapman has received word from the Federal authorities, that, owing to the reduction in the Estimates for the new post-office at Bombala, it has been necessary to recast ...
Article : 51 wordsRobert Armstrong, 42, employed as a brusher in the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company's tunnel, met with an accident to-day, and died after his admittance to Wallsend Hospital. ...
Article : 72 wordsMr. C. Brosnan, the chief city sanitary inspector, visited the warehouse of a local wholesale produce firm yesterday, and, in his capacity under the Pure Food Act, seized eight ...
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Advertising : 4,144 wordsThe fire at F. Cheney's Bald Hill farm, on the Narrandera road, about 2½ miles from Wagga, was not subdued until six stacks of hay estimated at £5 per ton, had been destroyed. ...
Article : 913 wordsA remarkable escape from death is reported from Ashburton. Mrs. Neven with her yearold baby and threeo other children, Mrs. Bowden, sen., 80, and Messrs. Bowden and Neven, ...
Article : 100 wordsWillie Crowe, 8, met with a serious accident while climbing a tree for a bird's nest. The limb broke, and the lad fell heavily, breaking his right arm in two places, and ...
Article : 42 wordsA young man named Walter Goldsmith, while out shooting on the Little Dingo Creek on Saturday, was shot in the back, several grains penetrating his lungs. Dr. Kelly ...
Article : 44 wordsRobert Lindsay, an engine-driver on the Government Railways, was found drowned in a dam at the west end of the town. His clothes were found on the bank. Deceased's ...
Article : 43 wordsAt the quarterly meeting of the Miners' Delegate Board to-day, the question of the commission's inquiry into coal dust in mines was discussed. The president, Mr. David ...
Article : 70 wordsMrs. Eva Wyatt returned to her home in Camden-street, Newtown, yesterday afternoon, and found two men ransacking one of the bedrooms. ...
Article : 120 wordsThe execution of Corles Odgers, at Fremantle Gaol yesterday morning, was not carried out successfully, as the officials at first reported. Only the officials were present ...
Article : 97 wordsThe unsanitary conditions alleged to exist in the northern collieries was dealt With fully at a meeting of the Miners' Delegate Board to-day. It was stated that no conveniences ...
Article : 111 wordsA meeting of the Anti-Coercion and Political Freedom League was held at the Socialist Rooms, 16 George-street Weat Mr. Thomas Hoare, of the Railway Workers' ...
Article : 113 wordsTrouble has arisen among the navvies employed in clearing work on the Tullamore-Tottenham Railway. Of the eighteen men employed in the clearing gang fourteen downed ...
Article : 128 wordsAt the Newcastle Police Court, before Mr. T. C. M'Kell, S.M., Harold John Facer, 27, bookkeeper, was charged with false preences at Newcastle on December 20. The ...
Article : 151 wordsSir,—May I reply to "Verity" through your columns re B.M.A.? He says a Royal Commission should be appointed to inquire into this aristocratic (also illegal) trades union. ...
Article : 104 wordsThe shade temperature records for the last three days were: Tuesday 97, Wednesday 101.7, Thursday 101.4. There are numerous complaints from, the higher suburban levels of ...
Article : 47 wordsThe meeting held at the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday afternoon to protest against the methods adopted by the Taxation Department in ragard to the income ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 16 Jan 1914, Page 7
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