Charged with attempting to commit a capital offence upon a woman known to be an imbecile, Oliver Collins Grose, 48, laborer, appeared before the Cessnock Police Court to-day. He pleaded not guilty, ana was remanded till Tuesday, bail being a Honed at £80. ...
Article : 278 wordsMotor cyclists, who for months have been in the habit of participating in acceleration tests at Regent's Park without interference, received an impromptu visit from the Burwood police, yesterday. ...
Article : 302 wordsHiding some where in Sydney, it is thought, is an escapee from the Darwin leper station. He is a Greek known as Victor Koofoganis, otherwise Vassilies, and he has been at large for about two years, for the whole of which time an anxious officialdom has been conducting a discreet but none the less persistent search. He is believed to have arrived at Sydney about March last as a deck passenger on a certain boat. ...
Article : 610 wordsThe art of democracy is to wring taxes from the people, on a more elaborate scale than King John could do with his forceps, and give them in return added interest bills to meet throughout the future. ...
Article : 443 wordsThough Rufe Naylor, well-known bookmaker and entrepreneur, does not mention it in his preliminary announcement that a £30,000 company is being formed to exploit a new variety of tin hare, many folk think ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 470 wordsIt is feared the four men and a woman who competed in the Dole prize flight from San Francisco to Honolulu have met with disaster. And the latest incidental of the eventful flight is the fact that Pilot Erwin, one of the successful starters in the big event, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 414 wordsThe man looking for trouble generally has not far to seek. The shortest cut to it is to mention to a Newcastle alderman, "engineer," "Taylor ...
Article : 129 wordsWith a majority of one over all other candidates, Dr. H. V. Evatt, M.L.A., placed himself in a very strong position in the Balmain Labor ...
Article : 244 wordsUp till-an early Hour ra[?] morning detectives engaged on the Condon murder mystery were no nearer a solution of the crime than they were ...
Article : 154 wordsClarence and Cyril Usher each bad his skull fractured when a motor cycle they were riding collided with a sulky in Cauterbury-road, Punchbowl, last night. ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Full Bench of the Massachusetts Supreme Court to-day dismissed the appeal of Sacco and Vanzetti for a new trial. This leaves the Supreme Court of the United States the only remaining Court to which to appeal. ...
Article : 292 wordsLast night Madame Alda chose a programme worthy of her full-blooded nit, her sense of drama, her craftsmanship, and her rich, fresh, resonant soprano ...
Article : 289 wordsRobert Wallace Robertson, aged 5, who lived with his parents in Clovelly-road, Clovelly, was knocked down by a motor car near his home last night. He ...
Article : 40 wordsThe first and top floors of Gartrell and White's bakery at Crow's Nest was severely damaged by fire last night. The origin of the outbreak is unknown, and ...
Article : 73 wordsCaptain' Kingsford-Smith and Lieut. Anderson and Mr. C. T. Ulm, who intend to fly from Sun Francisco to Australia, stated that they plan to start the ...
Article : 51 wordsThe funerals of Albert Ward and John Pell, who were killed in the explosion at John Fell's oil refinery works, Granville, on Thursday, left the premises of ...
Article : 142 wordsA spirited meeting of the social committee of the 1027 Artists' Ball, held at the Australia last week, decided tint the famous Town Hall ...
Article : 165 wordsA motor cycle, ridden by two youths, collided with a car at the corner of Wiles Avenue and Canterbury-road, Lakemba, yesterday. ...
Article : 80 wordsA. Sandham, the Surrey cricketer, writing in the "Daily Express" on the eve of bin benefit mulch at the Oval, when Yorkshire will be Surrey's ...
Article : 122 words"Men of the past were not content to sit at home and wait for trade to come to them. They went out into the world mid sought it," declared the Prince of Wales ...
Article : 108 wordsBalchen, who was one of Commander Byrd's crew in the recent flight across tint Atlantic, arrived here to-day to recruit a ship's crew for Commander Byrd's ...
Article : 62 wordsAdverse weather conditions over the Atlantic still delay the departure of Captain Courtney, on his attempt to fly from England to New York and back. ...
Article : 128 wordsMrs. Blanche Millist, 34, of Camberwell, was killed by a train ut Richmond late last night. She bad been in ill-health for some time ...
Article : 61 wordsSuccessful candidates in the examination of the Institute of Actuaries included:—Part I.: Messrs. Lickett (Wellington), McLaren (Sydney). Part II. ...
Article : 40 wordsMargaret Blair, 48, of 105 May-street, St. Peters, fell from a tram at Chalmers and Cleveland streets, Redfern, last night and fractured her left arm. Central ...
Article : 44 wordsCarnegie Clark, the well-known golf pro., was robbed by a thief who broke into his workshop on the Rose. Bay golf links and stole 12 clubs and 9 bulls ...
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Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930), Sun 21 Aug 1927, Page 2
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