Serious floods were again threatening yesterday when the remarkably heavy rainfall caused several of the rivers in the north to overflow their banks. Luckily the weather ...
Article : 181 wordsA number of aeroplanes arrived in Sydney yesterday from England, and are at present in the Federal Government store at Darling Island. ...
Article : 458 wordsTo-day the electors are to choose the party which shall rule them for the next three years. The two rival parties are well known. They have both been in office. Their records are ...
Article : 198 wordsI shall not trouble much further about Mr. Hughes' statements concerning my attitude towards the trusts, except to correct his absolutely false statements. ...
Article : 716 wordsA daring burglary has occurred in the Berkeley Hotel, Piccadilly. Four men entered an adjacent garage, which was not locked, at an early hour this ...
Article : 184 wordsIf the recommendation of the Public Works Committee to proceed with the construction of the North Shore Bridge is accepted by Parliament, and a start is immediately made, ...
Article : 929 wordsSir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, told the Balkan delegates in his recent interview with them that the treaty peace must be signed to-morrow, and ...
Article : 93 wordsOne of the worst scandals in the history of the army has just culminated in the death, by his own hand, of Colonel Redl. This officer was implicitly trusted in regard ...
Article : 233 wordsThe Turko-Bulgarian armistice bas been prolonged for a fortnight. ...
Article : 15 wordsNearly 2 inches of rain fell here during Thursday night, and it is still showery. The Hawkesbury River is rising fast, and at 11.30 was within 5ft of the decking of the bridge at ...
Article : 142 wordsIt is reported that the Bulgarians have destroyed Hadji and Bairamlik, between Salonika and Serres, and that they massacred a11 Mussulmans in the town. ...
Article : 99 wordsTwo paths He before you to-day. One leads to constitutional chaos and ultimate national disaster. The other leads to national freedom and honour. ...
Article : 74 wordsMr. W. A. Watt, Premier of Victoria, entertained Mr. P. M'Bride, Agent-General for the State, at a banquet in the Hotel Cecil last night. ...
Article : 495 wordsThe by-election for Altrincham division of Cheshire, rendered necessary by the death of Mr. Kebty-Fletcher (Unionist), resulted:— HAMILTON (Unionist)........ 9409 ...
Article : 192 wordsThe creeks are all flooded, and it is still raining heavily. Five inches have been recorded since Tuesday night. It will be impossible for half the electors to get to ...
Article : 51 wordsDuring the debate on the Foreign Office Vote, in the House of Commons last night, Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, said that an agreement had been ...
Article : 156 words"Mr. Cook reduces controversy on all great public questions to the equation of his opponent's personal appearance," said Mr. Hughes yesterday. "Even when he avoids ...
Article : 897 wordsThree navvies engaged on the Glenreagh section of the North Coast railway, while crossing the Orara River in a box at Glenreagh this morning, were capsized into, the ...
Article : 57 wordsMr. J. Duff, living in Howe's Valley district, met with an accident while riding from one camp to another on Kindarun Estate. It was raining and pitch dark. As the horse kept ...
Article : 212 wordsThe Treasurer and Minister for Railways (Mr. Cann) thinks that new State works should be established for the building of locomotives. ...
Article : 139 wordsA 311b shell burst prematurely on the battleship Colossus in the North Sea. Several sailors were injured with fragments of the shell. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe trial was continued to-day of Cecil Chesterton, editor of the "Eye Witness," on a charge of libelling Godfrey Isaacs, managing director,of the Marconi Company, whom ...
Article : 159 wordsSix people were killed and many injured by an explosion of two tons of nitro-glycerine in a factory at Port Vendres. The mangled bodies of some of the victims ...
Article : 42 wordsMr. Hughes's outburst—euphemistically termed comment—on thE Privy Council's judgment in the Vend appeal case contains so many grose misstatements and reckless ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 257 wordsFollow Electors:— From the din and turmoil of the political contest, three main issues stand out appealingly for your consideration:— ...
Article : 519 wordsThe passengers by the French mail steamer Nera include Mr. Holman, Attorney-General of New South Wales, who, with Mrs. Holman, is returning to Sydney from a trip ...
Article : 599 wordsMr. Watt held a reception to-day in honour of Lady Fuller, wife of the Governor of Victoria, at which there were 600 guests. Including Sir George Reid (High Commissioner for ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Senate has practically unanimously agreed to grant the retention of time-expired soldiers with the colours for an extra year. ...
Article : 59 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" suggests that the Board of Agriculture should build 10,000 cottages, costing £160 apiece, and rent them to agricultural labourers at from 3s to 3s 6d per ...
Article : 71 wordsThe New South Wales Government has placed Treasury Bills amounting to £750,000, with a currency of 12 months, at 4 per cent. ...
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Advertising : 201 wordsAccording to the Minister for Justice (Mr. Hall), a person who wins a motor car or a house in an art union has no legal claim to the property. ...
Article : 324 wordsThe liner Haverford, while bound from Liverpool to Philadelphia, with 1200 passengers, struck the rocks to the west of Queenstown. ...
Article : 52 words"Early next session," said the Minister for Works (Mr. Griffith) yesterday, "I shall ask Parliament to approve the Public Works Committee's recommendations with regard to the ...
Article : 129 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Society of Friends yesterday the compulsory training system in Australia was discussed, and the conviction expressed that opposition to the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 133 wordsThe match between the Australian cricketers and the Victoria team was played yesterday. The local men batted first, and were all ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Treasurer stated yesterday that no money had been "set apart towards the North Shore Bridge proposal." Mr. Cann admitted that a big loan would ...
Article : 110 wordsIn the second paragraph of my statement on the Privy Council decision in connection with the Vend case, a clerical error appears in line two. "1910" should read "1906." The ...
Article : 79 wordsAn application has been lodged with the Industrial Registrar of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration for the registration of the Commonwealth ...
Article : 68 wordsThe Dudley Arbitration Board, under the chairmanship of Mr. James Hardy, has issued the award for the rates to be paid miners for skirting pillars at Dudley colliery. The ...
Article : 73 wordsWhile Bishop Cleary was travelling in a train at Aramoho Junction, a pearifle bullet crashed through the carriage window. The bishop was struck by glass, but was not hurt. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 31 May 1913, Page 15
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