Articles from page 5: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. TRAGEDIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    This morning two young men were bathing in Ross Creek, near the railway cleaning sheds, when one, named Samuel Tristing, was seized by a shark, and ...

    Article : 97 words
  3. NEW YEAR HONOURS

    The list of New Year honours includes the following:— Raised to the Peerage.—Sir Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, K.C.M.G., late ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,324 words
  4. SECOND TEST MATCH.

    The second day's play in the second test match was begun in cloudy is weather. In the early morning light rain had fallen, but the wicket, if rather slow, did not appear ...

    Article : 1,261 words
  5. DAVIS CUP

    The weather this morning was fine, and the court dried rapidly, being in excellent condition at the commencement of play in the Davis Cup contest. In the ...

    Article : 650 words
  6. BUNDABERG CALEDONIANS

    The sports carnival of the Bundaberg-Musgrave Caledonian Association was commenced to-day under very favourable auspices. The weather was fine, and the ...

    Article : 1,458 words
  7. PARASITE OF CANCER

    Sir Henry Butlin, in a valuable paper (summarised in the "Times") contributed to the Royal College of Surgeons, London, last month, dealt with the two great ...

    Article : 1,905 words
  8. CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.

    The War Office is giving consideration to the invention of Mr. Arthur Wigram, an Australian, of an aerial torpedo. It is also giving attention to the invention of an ...

    Article : 754 words
  9. A DISASTROUS FIRE

    Three small daughters of a private in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, with a boy friend were locked up in the married quarters of the barracks in ...

    Article : 95 words
  10. SUICIDE IN A TRAIN

    John Robert Jones, a first-class passenger by the Winton train last night, cut his throat in the lavatory of the carriage before arriving at Stamford. The ...

    Article : 145 words
  11. ROYAL VISIT TO INDIA

    The King and Queen, who arrived here yesterday, received the leading officials and citizens of the province of Bengal in a great amphitheatre, which ...

    Article : 110 words
  12. TRIPLE DROWNING FATALITY

    Four young men, Oscar M'Alpine (18), Edward Ostenfeld (17), Roy Coleman (17), and Arthur Guthrie Davis (20), set out this morning for a boating holiday on ...

    Article : 211 words
  13. SYDNEY UNIVERSITY

    As the result of the acton of Parliament in voting an additional sum of £23,000 for the work of the Sydney University, it has been decided to found ...

    Article : 94 words
  14. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES

    The strike at Newport, which affected 4000 dock workers, has been temporarily settled, the dockers hoping that the dock companies will arrange for the loading of ...

    Article : 46 words
  15. A TERRIBLE DEATH

    Frank Harris, jun., aged 31 years, whilst attending to a bull at Jamberoo on Sunday afternoon, was gored to death. The bull, which was naturally a quiet one, ...

    Article : 87 words
  16. BOXING

    Jack Lester and Dave Smith met at the Stadium to-night for the light heavyweight championship of Australasia. Lester had agreed to weigh not over 12.7, or forfeit £250. He weighed 12.2¾ ...

    Article : 158 words
  17. THE RAILWAY TROUBLE.

    At a mass meeting of railway men held at Swansea yesterday it was resolved unanimously that the executives of the four railway unions had ...

    Article : 70 words
  18. A GANGER'S SUICIDE

    Thos. O'Shaughnessy, railway ganger, blew his head off yesterday at Blackbull with a shotgun. It is surmised that deceased was insane, as he had been queer ...

    Article : 66 words
  19. MINING STRIKE SETTLED.

    The strike of miners at Treorchy, owing to the employment of non-unionists, has been settled, as the non-unionists are joining the unions. ...

    Article : 32 words
  20. CYCLING

    A pistol shot, fired by the Minister for Education at a little after 1 o'clock this morning, was the starting signal for a six days' bicycle race on the Sydney Cricket Ground, the first ...

    Article : 280 words
  21. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Sydney has never before seen the New Year ushered in so quietly as 1912 was. There was a remarkable absence of noise and disorder. To-day the weather was ...

    Article : 80 words
  22. BATHING IN THE SURF

    Several narrow escapes from drowning occurred yesterday morning at Burleigh Heads. While bathing in the surf on an ebb tide, Messrs. Noble (who is in the ...

    Article : 184 words
  23. TASMANIA.

    At the Caledonian sports at Launceston to-day H. P. Hortin (Sydney) finished third in the Half-mile Bicycle Handicap. L. Clifford (Victoria) won the Caledonian ...

    Article : 41 words
  24. PERSONAL.

    Bishop Frodsham was a passenger from the North by the Grantala, which arrived at Brisbane, at 7 o'clock yesterday morning, and he joined the Southern mail ...

    Article : 172 words
  25. SPORTS AT SANDGATE

    The annual sports of the Sandgate Gordon Club were held yesterday on the Lower Esplanade at Sandgate, the sports as usual forming one of the principal ...

    Article : 438 words
  26. DIED FROM HEART DISEASE

    An inquest was held to-day at Forcett on the body of a farmer named Price, aged 45 years, who was found dead on Friday in a room at his home. He had ...

    Article : 133 words
  27. OLD AGE PENSIONERS' CAROUSE

    Punishment has been inflicted by the Federal authorities upon three old age women pensioners, who were found lately to have been concerned in a carouse which ...

    Article : 135 words
  28. ACCIDENT AT STRATHPINE.

    A rider at the North Pine races yesterday—R. Stewart, a single man, 30 years of age—was considerably knocked about owing to his horse, Drover, falling with him. ...

    Article : 66 words
  29. BEAUDESERT HOSPITAL FETE.

    A continental in aid of the local hospital was held in the grounds adjoining the residence of Mr. and Mrs. James Dowrie on Saturday night. The grounds were ...

    Article : 320 words
  30. ILLNESS OR SULKS?

    The absence from the Kaiser's New Year's reception of the Crown Prince of Germany, notwithstanding the birth of his Son on December 19, is arousing ...

    Article : 73 words
  31. SENSATION IN FRANCE

    In connection with the debate on the Moroccan negotiations, a sensation was created in the Senate by the production of telegrams showing that M. Jules ...

    Article : 98 words
  32. FOUND WITH HIS THROAT CUT.

    The man, William Green, who was found last night at the Senefru boarding house with his throat cut died in the hospital at 5.45 o'clock this morning. ...

    Article : 61 words
  33. THROWN FROM A HORSE.

    Master Cyril Amies, youngest son of Sergeant and Mrs. Amies, while out riding, was thrown from his pony, and broke his right forearm. He was attended by ...

    Article : 42 words
  34. SPORTS AT CLEVELAND.

    A large number of residents and visitors participated in a varied programme of sports at Cleveland last Saturday afternoon. The meeting was organised by Mr. ...

    Article : 132 words
  35. VOTES FOR WOMEN.

    It is announced that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Lloyd George, will address a mass meeting at the Albert Hall on February 23 in support of women's ...

    Article : 76 words
  36. ACCIDENTS IN BRISBANE.

    Peter Croke, 18 years of age, single, a resident of 103 Isaac-street, Spring Hill, trod on a broken bottle yesterday, and received a punctured wound in his right ...

    Article : 184 words
  37. METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS.

    On Saturday night a dance was given by Mr. J. Forfar in the hall he has recently built. There was a large attendance. The music was supplied by Mrs. Reynolds, and ...

    Article : 67 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$