To-day the Governments and people of Australia and New South Wales and Sydney wi[?] receive the fleet. At 10 o'clock there will land (according to ...
Article : 372 wordsIt was a day of transformations. A great setting had been prepared for a great event; and, as events progressed, one scene merged into another with kaleidoscopic effect. ...
Article : 976 wordsNot quite everyone tried to find standing room on South Head, North Head, Middle Head, Bradley's Head, or other of the numerous promontories jutting into Port ...
Article : 521 wordsA cold night, frosty away from the sea a few miles, was experienced by the camper on North Head It was a long vigil, for there was always the possibility that the fleet would ...
Article : 353 wordsIn the absence of Rear-Admiral Schroeder, Captain F. E. Beatty was seen on the Wisconsin. Whether he anticipated the customary query or not can only be surmised, but he ...
Article : 230 wordsTHE FLEET IN MIDSTREAM (STEEL POINT TO THE LEFT). ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 12 wordsTwo special trains (7.50 a.m., carrying [?] and 8.12 a.m., carrying 150) will take officers and men to the Blue Mountains. Twenty officers will be taken by motor to the Jenol[?] ...
Article : 147 wordsAt the evening concert Miss Ada Middenways sang "Love was Meant to Make us Glad" (German), and bracketed "Sing, Happy Birds" and "The Way Home" (Liddle), while Miss ...
Article : 180 wordsAlong the road to South Head from an early hour there ran, walked, cycled, drove, motored, and otherwise progressed a crowd which sought the points of vantage on the Bondi ...
Article : 1,043 words"Clean ship" was the order for the afternoon, and work extended well into the evening. The battleships had coaled just before leaving Auckland, and an exceedingly rough ...
Article : 505 wordsThe Sydney Sports Ground and the Agricultural Ground will be the scenes of interesting competitions to-day. This afternoon the interstate band contest will be continued, and ...
Article : 88 wordsDuring the great crush at the Watson's Bay Ferry the surging crowd pushed in the front of the fruit shop on the wharf. The smash of the glass, and the tumbli[?]g of the fruit out ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 122 wordsPEOPLE SWEPT OFF FOOTBOARDS. The crowds of pedestrians who flocked along King-street past the Domain towards New South Head-road, all anxious to witness the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 599 wordsTo keep the public entertained while waiting for the fleet the State Government arranged for a daylight fireworks display. This, it is understood, was duly carried out, which, ...
Article : 275 wordsMr. W. Turner, a visitor from Western Australia, staying in Dowling-street, Woolloomooloo, reported last night that he had been relieved of a purse containing £35 whilst ...
Article : 37 wordsLife on board a great line of battle ship such as the Connecticut is not necessarily all serious. The sailor man has much spare time in the hour of peace, and he soon discovers the ...
Article : 561 wordsDuring the great rush back from South Head to the city, the crowd gathered in such numbers on the wharf at Watson's Bay that a railing gave way, and a great many ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Australian Buckjumpers, Ltd., gave an exhibition of their capabilities yesterday afternoon at the Sydney Sports Ground. The occasion was one of a series of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 152 wordsAbout 6 o'clock last evening a woman named Mrs. Kaluey, wife of a tram guard residing at Annandale, had a very narrow escape of not only losing her own life, but ...
Article : 259 wordsThe following regulations have been issued in connection with the Illuminations:— After 7 p.m. on the nights of the general illuminations, two lines of vehicles and horses ...
Article : 243 wordsThe police last night evidently adopted the principles of the American fleet patrols and ensured peoce by being ready for war. They were in great force, many mounted ...
Article : 173 wordsWhen a newspaper representative stopped on the deck to wait for the return of Rear-Admiral Emory from the Connecticut men and officers came round to make inquiries. ...
Article : 722 wordsAt a meeting of the Tasmanian Tourists' Association to-night, Mr. P. S. Siagor said that when the committeeman read the complimentary remarks made by Admiral Sperry ...
Article : 133 wordsIn connection with to-day's procession, the following regulations for traffic have been issued:— Carriages taking part in the proce[?] ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 21 Aug 1908, Page 11
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