The ill-fated submarine A3, which was sunk in a collision with the cruiser Hazard, was towed to sea yesterday, and the battleship St. Vincent, at a range of 2000 yards, sank ...
Article : 510 wordsA fatal accident occurred on the railway near Oakey Park early on Sunday, by which a railway ganger named Robert Joseph M'Garity lost his life, after receiving terrible ...
Article : 264 wordsA story, coinciding in facts with that told by Senator M'Dougall and Mr. Ozanne, M.P., on Saturday, concerning the Northern Territory, is told by one who has lived there ...
Article : 319 words{No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]
Detailed lists, results, guides : 106 wordsMaunganui, s, 1454 tons, Captain Worrall, from Wellington. Passengers—Misses Diamond, Ellis, Kempthorne, Rossbottom, Hall, Pringle (2), Meyers, Skoglund, Boulton, Brown, Cholmondeley, Dall, Score (2). ...
Article : 518 wordsThe following Vessels cleared at the Newcastle Customs-house on Saturday:—Komura, s, for Melbourne, with 3150 tons coal cargo, 160 tons bunkers; Tofua, s, for Fiji, via ...
Article : 160 wordsThe programme of Empire Day celebrations arranged by the British Empire League in Australia for Sydney and suburbs includes a special Empire service at 1 p.m. at St. ...
Article : 491 wordsThe members of the Newcastle and Northern District Naval and Military Association met at the Council-chambers on Saturday night, when the flag recently presented by his ...
Article : 65 wordsTh Mayors, ex-Mayors, presidents, and ex-presidents of the northern district held a river excursion and picnic on Saturday, at which Alderman H. M. Shedden, Mayor of ...
Article : 67 wordsMr. D. Watson, president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, made some pointed remarks to-day concerning the proposed 24 hours' irritation strike, with which it is ...
Article : 248 wordsThe newly-formed Enginedrivers' Union at Waihi has issued a long manifesto justifying its action in breaking away from the Miners' Union, in the course of which it says:— ...
Article : 344 wordsAs a result of the preliminary survey made by Dr. Bourne, the medical inspector of schools, the Government contemplates a considerable increase in expenditure in ...
Article : 145 wordsH.M.A.S. Protector, for Newcastle. St. Albans s, for Melbourne. Dredge Tethys, for the North Coast. Yarra, s, for Adelaide, via Wallarah. ...
Article : 34 words{No abstract available}
Detailed lists, results, guides : 772 wordsTofua, s, for Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, and Auckland; Pacifique, F.M.S., for Noumea and the New Hebrides: Kapunda, s, for W.A. ports, via Melbourne and Adelaide; Wyreema, s, for Melbourne; Arawatta, s, for ...
Article : 123 wordsThe beginning of the Chapman-Alexander Mission in Adelaide has been made under in-auspicious circumstances, for already three members of the party have been prevented ...
Article : 153 wordsSt. Albans, s, 4119 tons, for Melbourne. Glaucus, s, 1363 tons, for Melbourne, via Newcastle. Yarra, s, 2140 tons, for Adelaide, via Wallarah. ...
Article : 214 wordsOn June 4 in London a conference will be held to discuss radio-telegraphy. Representatives of all the civilised countries will be present, and no doubt a scheme will be ...
Article : 275 wordsA well-known district farmer named Frederick William Preston, 39, was found dead in his room at the Royal Exchange Hotel, soon after noon to-day. A traveller, who ...
Article : 95 wordsCaptain Paine, late of the torpedo school ship Actaeon, who secured an airman's [?] tificate, after only four days' flying, and was appointed to the Naval Air Corps, has since ...
Article : 83 wordsOn Saturday afternoon two brothers, Thomas and Clyde Hewitt, were returning from a football match on a motor cycle when they met with a serious accident. Thomas Hewitt ...
Article : 151 wordsIt has been decided to postpone tne Commonwealth cadet competitions from June 7 and 9 to June 21 and 22 to avoid clashing with the several educational examinations in the ...
Article : 123 wordsAs Lieutenant Ashton was concluding a successful flight at Salisbury Plain a crowd of 2000 spectators closed in upon the aeroplane shed, and the airman in alighting was unable ...
Article : 49 wordsCufie, s (White Star line), sailed from Liverpool on Saturday for Australian ports. Rostock, s, and Sydney, s (G. A. line), both arrived at Suez on Friday from Australia. ...
Article : 123 wordsA remarkable divorce case, in which Charles Peach Ashton, a commercial traveller, sought dissolution of his marriage with Elizabeth Jane Ashton, on the ground of her ...
Article : 210 wordsSurprising revelations as to the insanitary conditions and the insufficiency of buildings for accommodation of classes in arts and education were disclosed in the report submitted ...
Article : 240 wordsBRISBANE (510m).—Arr: May 19, Mallina, s, from Rockhampton May 20, Van Heemakerk, s, and Bombalu, s, from Melbourne; Marloo, s, and Gabo, s, from Sydney, Tyrian, s, from Cairns: Warrego, s, from ...
Article : 756 wordsThe conference convened by the German Emperor to advise as to precautions to be taken to secure the safety of passengers at sea, has presented a report, which includes a ...
Article : 81 wordsThe steamer Tofua, sailing to night for Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, and Auckland, will take the following passengers:—Mr. and Mrs. Shillingford, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Strong, Dr. and Mrs. Joynt, Mr. ...
Article : 175 wordsIn view of the success that has attended the experiments of the Commonwealth wireless expert with respect to the utility of ground lines in long-distance wireless ...
Article : 117 wordsThe body of an unknown swagman has been found in the bush in the vicinity of the Pinnacles, about 20 miles from here. ...
Article : 32 wordsA terrible accident happened yesterday to H. Badge, working at Tabletop railway station. While he was shunting he missed his footing and fell, the wheels of the truck ...
Article : 54 wordsThirty-two applications have been received by the Department of External Affairs for the position of Director of Lands in the Northern Territory at a salary of £600 a ...
Article : 89 wordsAt a meeting of railway men at Birmingham yesterday it was resolved that the time had come for the establishment of a minimum living wage. ...
Article : 83 wordsThe steamer Australian, recently wrecked on the South Australian coast, was an old Clarence River trader under the flag of John Sec and Co., which ran in opposition to the Clarence and Richmond River ...
Article : 114 wordsIt has now been practically arranged that the next Davis Cup match for the lawn tennis championship of the world will be played in Melbourne, on the Albert Cricket ...
Article : 150 wordsRobert Wilson, a miner, whilst engaged in bo[?]ing a piece of rock in the Great Cobar mine on Saturday night, was buried through the rock splitting. Screw jacks had to be used ...
Article : 53 wordsAt the Carlton Court on Saturday Henry Schultz, aged 18 years, a member of the Carlton contingent of cadets, was charged under the Commonwealth military regulations with ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 418 words"Owing to the compulsory clauses of the new Electoral Act," said the Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) yesterday, "enrolment is now more active than at any other period in the ...
Article : 150 words"I'm not going to inflict Mafeking on you to-night," said General Baden-Powell to a large audience at the Sydney Town Hall last evening. ...
Article : 225 wordsThe new steamer Pulganbar will make her maiden voyage to the Clarence this week leaving Sydney on Saturday 25th instant, crossing the Clarence bar early on Sunday. Four hundred invitations have ...
Article : 61 wordsMr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, addressed a meeting of 10,000 people at Carnarvon on the Disestablishment of the Church in Wales. During the proceedings eight ...
Article : 67 wordsConsiderable delay has occurred in salving the tug Thistle, which sank in the Bellinger River through damages received on the bar, on account of the salvage gear from Sydney not arriving till a few days ago. ...
Article : 159 wordsFrank Carroll and Billy Robertson, both [?] amateur light-weight boxers, met at the Melbourne Athletic Pavilion to-night. Robertson was leading until the eighth round, when [?] ...
Article : 129 wordsThe annual memorial parade of the South African Soldiers' Association, which was held at the Fallen Soldiers' Monument, St. Kildaroad, on Saturday, was attended by about ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Mohammedans at Ill, favouring the re-establishment of a monarchy, massacred the newly-appointed governor and the district magistrate. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Taunen which passed close to the yacht Culwulla III, off Long Reef on Saturday was the O.K., owned by Messrs. Church and Crawford, of Abbotsford. She was towed into Port Jackson by the steamer Barunda. ...
Article : 71 wordsThe N.S.W. Royal Commission on the Totalisator commenced the examination of Queensland witnesses at Parliament House this morning. ...
Article : 140 wordsRev. J. E. Watts-Ditchfleld delivered an address before the members of the Church of England Men's Society at the Cathedral Chapter-house last night. The Archbishop, ...
Article : 183 wordsQueen Alexandra and the Empress Dowager Marlo of Russia will attend the funeral of the late King of Denmark, Frederik VIII. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe superintendent of Navigation (Captain Hacking) returned to Sydney yesterday from a visit to the Macleay and Nambucca rivers. While at Nambucca Heads he concluded the preliminary inquiry held in reference ...
Article : 82 wordsSpeaking at the luncheon at the North mine employees' picnic on Saturday, Mr. Geo. Weir, the general manager of the North mine, said that the average wages a shift made by ...
Article : 181 wordsThe opening night of the Exhibition Skating Rick was held last night, when an invitation evening was given by the managing directors, Messrs. McDonagh, Foley, and McCarthy, at which over 2000 people ...
Article : 64 wordsThe British Olympic games trials are proceeding with promising results in running and swimming. Corkery won the Marathon trial in 2h 37s. ...
Article : 31 wordsNEW PLYMOUTH.—Arr: May 20, Queen Elizabeth, s, from Newcastle, BLUFF (1107m).—Dep: May 20, Moeraki, s, for Hobart. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe new vessel ordered by the Norddeutscher Lloyd from the Schichau Yard will be, according to reports in Hamburg, about 7500 tons larger than the George Washington—that is to say, about 33,000 tons—and have ...
Article : 77 wordsA fire of an unusual nature was discovered about 8 o'clock on Sunday morning at Kogarah Post-office by a newsboy passing by He saw smoke emitting from the posting ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 197 wordsThe second trial of Charles Brown Kellow and Raymond Ewart Kemsley on charges of conspiracy commenced to-day. The charges were that Kellow and Kemsley did, between ...
Article : 172 wordsThe steamer Boppie has taken from the Clarence a load of hardwood to Queensland market. The shipments are likely to be more regular in future as the mills are again working at Reppville. Three ...
Article : 60 wordsMr. H. C. Hull, Minister of Finance, has resigned from the Ministry, owing to differences with respect to the raliway policy. ...
Article : 32 wordsFor the north-west cattle trade it has been decided to purchase the steamer Darius, 3295 tons, the Archibald Currie liner, for £20,000; also the steamer Wexford, 2104 tons. ...
Article : 75 wordsThe annual dinner of the Cornwall and Devon Association took place at the A.B.C. Cafe, on Saturday evening, under the presidency of Mr. J. R. Rosewarne. Theo vistors ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Conciliation Board has increased the wages of the Durham miners by 32 per cent. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe success which attended Miss Phyllis Hopwood-Foldi at her first recital in the Y.M.C.A. Hall on Saturday was repeated last night, when she gave the second entertainment of the present short season in ...
Article : 115 wordsThe Tanbar, the latest addition to the fleet of the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, Limited, was launched on Saturday. According to a cable received yesterday by ...
Article : 92 wordsIrishman, from Liverpool, via ports. Moorabool, from Melbourne. ...
Article : 13 wordsTitania four-masted bqtne, 1031 tons, Surprise is land to Dunedin—guano; Helen Denny, bq, 694 tons, Newcastle to Wellington—coal. ...
Article : 22 words{No abstract available}
Detailed lists, results, guides : 50 wordsThe following particulars were posted at the G.P.O. yesterday evening—Richmond River Heads, bar 10ft, inside channel 9ft, low water; Camden Haven Heads, bar 7ft 9in, rise of tide 2ft 9in; Manning River Heads, ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 21 May 1912, Page 10
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