Torrential rain commenced to fall on Saturday morning, and continued intermittently over the week-end. Up to 9 a.m. yesterday 183 points had fallen. Heavy falls are also ...
Article : 71 wordsA few weeks ago the City Council in their wisdom decided to do away with the light at the foot of Prince-street. Last night the illumination at the ...
Article : 100 wordsMrs. D. Ensbey and Mrs. Ewen Ensbey, of Queensland, are on a visit to the river. Private Oldham, brother of Mrs. J. J. ...
Article : 819 wordsTenders are invited for the erection of a new school building at Palmer's Island. Portions 66 and 10, and portions 20 and 65, containing 1935 and 1942 acres ...
Article : 106 wordsThe last half of the two-months period in which the district is asked to take up Mr. Tindal's offer commences to-day. When the Acting-Minister for Public Health arrives next Sunday it is hoped the fund will be well over the £500 mark. ...
Article : 143 wordsUnder the new railway timetable the early morning train from the North Coast will leave Sydney at 6.40 a.m., arriving at Newcastle at 10.47 a.m., and at Taree ...
Article : 137 wordsThe following passengers booked by the Kyogle, which left Sydney on Saturday afternoon for the Clarence:--Messrs. H. Wedd, A. Wilson, G. Hearne, F. ...
Article : 62 wordsMr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., writes to the effect that the new Land Act will probably come into operation by a proclamation in the "Government Gazette" ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 53 wordsA weeding of interest to a large circle of friends in Grafton and on the Clarence took place in the Grafton Methodist Church on Saturday, October ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 151 wordsA question of interest to homestead selectors arose before the Land Board at Tenterfield last Friday. Several homestead selectors applied to convert their ...
Article : 125 wordsWar Chest Day here realised £3396, made up in the following:--Jumble stall, by members of the Red Cross, £108; rooster donated by Mr. Tulloch, 176; ...
Article : 165 wordsTo-day in Inglis' Buildings, South Grafton, Mr. C. K. Maxwell will conduct a clearing sale of furniture and effects on account of Mr. H. Clark. ...
Article : 297 wordsThe annual meeting of justices to consider applications for auctioneers licenses will be held on 27th inst. To-morrow is the last day for the receipt of ...
Article : 147 wordsThe monthly packing day in connection with the Ulmarra Red Cross eventuated on Wednesday afternoon, when a splendid lot of made-up goods, etc., were ...
Article : 253 wordsA good number of gifts to our soldiers were sent away from Mororo school last week. Snakes are very plentiful this year, ...
Article : 52 wordsThere is no possibility of establishing an arsenal in the Commonwealth in time to produce the slightest effect on the issue of the war Yet once more ...
Article : 359 wordsMr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., has received the following letter, dated 31st October, 1917, from the secretary of the Navigation Department:--"With reference to ...
Article : 149 wordsThe ladies of the district held a most enthusiastic meeting at the school last Tuesday afternoon, when arrangements were made for the school entertainment ...
Article : 50 wordsA case under the War Precautions Moratorium Regulations was before the Police Court to-day, the defendant being Emanuel Myerson, an estate agent, and ...
Article : 103 wordsThe official opening of the railway to Kempsey will take place probably on the 28th inst. The first train is expected on the 26th inst. . ...
Article : 99 wordsThis branch reports October packing:-- 17 hospital shirts, 26 pairs bed sox, 16 mufflers, 8 pairs mittens, 14 Balaclavas, 1 black fleece, 40 hospital bags, 2 pairs ...
Article : 324 wordsMessrs. Munro and Smith, in conjunction with Messrs. Maurice and Johnson, will sell a number of choice cane and dairying properties sitated on the ...
Article : 56 wordsTo-night the above company will give their farewell performance in the Fitzroy Theatre, prior to their leaving for Victoria to open their Melbourne season ...
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Family Notices : 29 wordsErnest Alfred Bridge, who was said to have represented himself as senior partner of John Bridge and Company, Ltd., and as a nephew of Admiral-Bridge, ...
Article : 112 wordsA shocking fatality occurred recently, at Telerah, the home of Mr. A. J. King, when a young girl, aged 16, Rita Saye, was accidentally burnt to death. It ...
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Advertising : 18 wordsThe secretaries the Hospital Friday Committee desire to thank all who so kindly sent donations of fruit, vegetables, flowers, eggs, cakes, sweets, poultry, etc., ...
Article : 243 wordsOn Wednesday night next the Grafton theatregoers will have an opportunity of witnessing the legerdemain performance by Malini, the magician, which can be ...
Article : 178 wordsA wave of anarchy is spreading through Russia, and internal trouble promises to become as rampant as in the days of the revolution. ...
Article : 733 wordsReferring to the steamship companies putting on a lesser number of men than were previously engaged on the wharves, Mr. McCristal, president of the Wharf ...
Article : 71 wordsThe usual monthly meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held on Wednesday, with a fair attendance of members. Mr. R. Rankin in ...
Article : 222 wordsMartin Dobrilla succeeded in creating the record he set out to make in the Fitzroy Theatre last week. Commencing at 11.15 on Wednesday morning, he ...
Article : 220 wordsJudge Rolin will, at Newcastle on Tuesday, hear the dispute between the coal trimmers and the stevedores' local branch. ...
Article : 26 wordsThomas Christie, aged 17, fell from a train near Lewisham station yesterday, and the carriages passed over his leg, cutting it off near the knee. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 178 wordsThe police raided premises in the city last night, and arrested 12 Chinese, who will be charged to-morrow. ...
Article : 25 wordsJames McGaw, while superintending shunting operations at Cootamundra, slipped on a rail. A heavy truck, loaded with wheat, passed, over the right leg, ...
Article : 53 wordsThe police raided a two-up school at Richmond, Victoria, early this morning, and arrested 38 men, one of whom was armed. The school was fitted with ...
Article : 76 wordsLancelot Smith, a clerk, 37, residing in Argyle-strcet, St. Kilda, attempted to commit suicide this afternoon, shooting himself twice in the forehead with a ...
Article : 62 wordsAbout 9 o'clock last night, Jack London, a waiter employed at the Carlton Hotel, collapsed and died before he reached the hospital. The cause of decease ...
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Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1915 - 1954), Mon 5 Nov 1917, Page 2
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