In the course of a speech of Brighton to-day, the Secretary for War, Lord Hailsham, said the British army to-day was really only an Imperial police force. ...
Article : 825 wordsPERTH, Sunday.--At 9 o'clock this morning the Midland police received a message that Captain Hugo Throssell. V.C., had been shot. A doctor was called in ...
Article : 394 wordsPresident Roosevelt has announced that an agreement has been reached for the resumption of normal relations with Russia. Mr. William C. Bullitt will be the ...
Article : 1,515 wordsFollowing sultry conditions, a heavy downpour occurred in the metropolitan area on Saturday afternoon, causing the postponement of many events, notably the ...
Article : 384 wordsBRISBANE, Sunday.--Splendid rains, averaging up to 5 14 inches, fell throughout the south-west during the week end. Recent fulls, which are described as the ...
Article : 173 wordsURANA, Sunday.--A shock, resembling an earth tremor, was felt throughout this district on Thursday, about 2.30 p.m. Doors, windows, &c., shook. Some ...
Article : 45 wordsCRESWICK, Sunday.--Believed to have been caused by children playing with matches, a hay shed at the rear,of Mr. D. J. Kawkey's grocery store caught on ...
Article : 150 wordsARARAT, Sunday.--The fall of rain on Thursday evening last has somewhat relieved, the anxiety of farmers in the Willaura district. Though perhaps not sufficient to place the ...
Article : 1,461 wordsMINYIP, Sunday.--Further details of the hail storm which swept over this district definitely prove that several thousand pounds' worth of damage has been ...
Article : 182 wordsIn a reply to the criticism of the Government and the U.A.P. by the chief president of the Country party (Mr. Hocking). the Premier on Saturday expressed ...
Article : 535 wordsThough the flotilla companies were without, fresh meat, vegetables and bread, and were living on hard biscuits and bully beef after three days out from Port Said ...
Article : 268 wordsClifford Riddle, 10 years, whose parents live in Barton-street, Hawthorn, had a remarkable escape from drowning late on Saturday afternoon, being swept by storm ...
Article : 171 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) passed through Melbourne yesterday on his way to Canberra, where, he will preside over a meeting of the Cabinet to-day. ...
Article : 189 wordsDONALD, Sunday.--Thunder storms have occurred over the entire district, with much damage to crops. At Morton Plains, on Mr. J. Hannah's farm the roof ...
Article : 346 wordsBENDIGO, Sunday.--A phenomenal downpour of rain was experienced at Raywood on Saturday afternoon, 703 points being registered between 3.15 and 5.15 ...
Article : 119 wordsMany investors who left it too late to secure the new securities in the Commonwealth £10,000,000 loan, immediately turned their attention to the 4 per cent ...
Article : 144 wordsTwo young men, one of them an Australian, have arrived here after escaping from the French Foreign Legion. They are Robert Christie, 25 years, of Sydney ...
Article : 386 wordsDIMBOOLA, Sunday.--One of the most devastating thunder storms, ever experienced in the district occurred last night. At 6 p.m. rain began to fair in torrents ...
Article : 374 wordsOn Saturday afternoon Edward Furneaux, Alfred-street, Prahran, was working a piece of steel on an emery wheel, when the steel slipped from his ...
Article : 56 wordsROCHESTER, Sunday.--A terrific storm broke over the district yesterday. Considerable damage to wheat crops was caused in the Bonn district on ...
Article : 140 wordsThe Clerks' Union has passed the following resolutions for consideration by the annual conference of the Victorian Labor party, to be held at the end of ...
Article : 213 wordsTwenty miners were killed by a landslide at Calarea, Columbin, on Friday. Clan MacDougall's Oranges. Five hundred cases of New South Wales ...
Article : 213 wordsBROKEN HILL, Sunday.--Broken Hill is now assured of nine months' supply of water for the town and mines as the result of rains that fell this morning. The ...
Article : 126 wordsAn Egyptian aeroplane, one of a squadron, built in England for the Egyptian Air Force, crashed near Rouen while flying to Cairo. The machine burst into ...
Article : 150 wordsAt a meeting of the Teachers' Industrial Union, held at the Trades Hall during the week end, notice of motion was given that the union should concentrate ...
Article : 206 wordsRudolf Dertil, the youth who tried to murder the chancellor, Dr. Dollfuss, on 3rd October, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment to-day. ...
Article : 104 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.--Wheat growers in some ports of the Riverina are reported to be apprehensive concerning the probable effect of the recent heavy rains. The falls ...
Article : 93 wordsJEPARIT, Sunday.--The district rainfall on Saturday at Jeparit was 98 points; Ellam, 18; Depta, 180; Lorquon, 250; Tarranyurk, 210. The Wimmera River rose ...
Article : 69 wordsThe interior of the United Service Hall, Coventry-street, South Melbourne, was brightly decorated with flags and other embellishments on Saturday night for the ...
Article : 172 wordsRUPANYUP, Sunday.--The thunder storm which occurred on Friday afternoon caused terrific damage to crops, resulting in the loss of approximately ...
Article : 332 wordsADELAIDE, Sunday.--Heavy, soaking rains fell in the north-eastern pastoral areas of the State to-day, which means the breaking of a drought of two years' ...
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Advertising : 16 wordsWe have been asked to acknowledge the receipt, of £2 2 from G.W.N. on behalf of a distressed ex-soldier in the Daylesford district, for whom an appeal was made is "The Age" on ...
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Advertising : 35 wordsALBURY, Sunday.--The best fall of rain for two and a half months was registered yesterday and to-day, up to 9 a.m. 109 points being recorded. Further rain is now falling. A fall of ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Mon 20 Nov 1933, Page 9
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