The wind was somewhat "pocketty," as aviators say on Saturday afternon at an altitude of 206 or 300 feet, and fairly cold at that; while an occasional spurt of rain did ...
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Article : 34 wordsThe Democratic Convention spent the whole day balloting without any definite result. Mr. Champ Clark slightly increased his lead, however. ...
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Article : 233 wordsThe boys 18 years old who are senior cadets to-day will be citizen soldiers on Monday, the anniversary of the inauguration of the compulsory service system. The ...
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Article : 19 wordsThe life sentence passed on Baron Paterno, for the murder of the Countess Guilia Trigona, a Lady-in-Waiting at Court, includes solitary confinement for 10 years in a cell 6½ft ...
Article : 101 wordsA good deal of acrimony has been created recently by allegations on the part of various residents of North Sydney to the effect that the ferry steamers plying between Circular ...
Article : 356 wordsThe second phase of the universal training scheme, so far as the naval trainees are concerned, also commence to-day. A large number of cadets, who have reached the age ...
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Article : 87 wordsMessrs. Falk and Co.'s warehouse, Eganstreet, Kalgoorlie, was broken into on Tuesday and tobacco to the value of £25 was stolen. Burglars attempted to break open the safe, ...
Article : 99 wordsThe education controversy has been settled. The Government has taken over the free schools established by Mr. Fraser (formerly Inspector of Schools) as a protest against. ...
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Article : 112 wordsLord Lansdowne, in a speech in London, said it would be the duty of the House of Lords to exercise, at the proper time, restricted yet substantial powers to secure the ...
Article : 59 wordsThe death is announced of Mr. Alfred Ogle Maskell, F.S.A., well known in art and musical circles. ...
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Article : 109 wordsThe death is announced of Mr. Enoch Edwards, M.P. for Hanley (Labour), president of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain. ...
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Article : 313 wordsA squall at Dusseldorf wrecked the airship Schwaben while at anchor. The gas compartments exploded and injured several persons. ...
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Article : 85 wordsThe State Ministry agreed to-day that Victoria could not adopt the Commonwealth proposal for a reciprocal arrangement between the two Governments by which ex-Ministers ...
Article : 109 wordsThe Government has refused to return the gun which was captured at the battle of Bunker Hill, although requested to do so by several patriotic associations in the United ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 169 wordsLieutenant Schadt, while flying at Muelhausen, fell from a height of 800ft, and was killed. ...
Article : 22 wordsMr. D. R. Hall, Minister for Justice, accompanied by Mrs. Hall, left Sydney on Saturday for Grafton on a visit to the gaol. He will return along the coast during the week, ...
Article : 102 wordsThe liquor strike, which has been proceeding for the last few days at Winton, due to some disagreement over union rates of pay and the dismissal of unionists, is still ...
Article : 89 wordsManufacturers in West Ham, including Messrs. Henry Tate and Sons, sugar refiners, have written to the Premier, stating that they have been obliged to close their works, ...
Article : 81 wordsThe steamer Fremantle, which ran aground at Cockle Spit, Port Pirie, on June 13, floated off unassisted on Friday night, and is now in the harbour reloading 4000 tons of cargo, ...
Article : 91 wordsThe Social Democrats have given notice of motion that master bakers must not employ non-unionists. An elderly baker who had been dismissed ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 1 Jul 1912, Page 9
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