Early this morning, a watchman, named O'Brien, found that an attempt had been made to set fire to his office in the railway yards, North Melbourne. He saw a ...
Article : 212 wordsSpeaking on the Bill increasing the maximum penalties for prohibition law violations, in the Senate, Senator Reed; of Missouri, uttered a scathing ...
Article : 225 wordsThe Associated Press was informed by the Assistant Prohibition Administrator, Mr. Silloway, that it is his belief that it was members of the ...
Article : 147 wordsHeavy rain fell yesterday at many places in the State. Junee and Wagga were deluged by a thunderstorm yesterday, water ...
Article : 340 wordsThough many areas show a slight increase in temperature, the readings throughout the country continue well below freezing point, except in ...
Article : 518 wordsThe British Ambassador, Sir Esme Howard, announced to-day that Britain soon would initiate efforts to bring about further limitation of naval armaments ...
Article : 458 wordsThe occupants of a motor car, two men and two boys, had a thrilling experience in Beaurie Creek, on the Richmond Range, near the ...
Article : 416 wordsErnest Connolly, 28, pastrycook, of Newtown, was shot in the stomach in Womerah Avenue, Darlinghurst, early this morning, and is now in hospital in ...
Article : 275 wordsThree men, armed with revolvers, entered Kenny's stables this morning, and after assaulting the proprietor, hit him on the head with the butt of a revolver ...
Article : 95 wordsThe "Daily Express" understands that Lord Birkenhead will receive £15,000 as chairman of the new Anglo-American electrical combine. ...
Article : 179 wordsA message was received in Sydney to-night that the Huddart, Parker steamer, Kanowna, bound from Sydney to Fremantle, ran ashore on Clift Island, seven ...
Article : 106 wordsAs a result of a fracas on the steamer Golden Coast, at Victoria Dock, early this morning, John McInnes, 25, greaser, received four stab wounds in the neck, ...
Article : 162 wordsA mass meeting of timber workers was held at the Trades Hall this morning, when the men decided to continue the struggle. They were told by one speaker ...
Article : 302 wordsThe resolution of Dr. Bissett, urging the establishment of a Canadian race, was withdrawn in the House of Commons, after a long debate. ...
Article : 128 wordsThe Burs[?]ry Endowment Board announced to-night that the below mentioned school pupils have been awarded bursaries, admitting them to secondary course of ...
Article : 205 wordsThe Government Astronomer, Mr. Nagle, was to-day asked for an explanation of the bright star, which appeared to move across the face of the moon last night ...
Article : 118 wordsThe Aero Club, under the presidency of Lord Gorell, investigated the claims as to who was the first Britisher to fly a heavier than air machine, and awarded ...
Article : 143 wordsR. Robertson, 25, had an amazing escape from death when he fell overboard from a yacht off Smoky Cape yesterday. Another member of the crew ...
Article : 106 wordsThe next move in the coal crisis is awaited anxiously by the men on the northern field. Although some of the unions may not ...
Article : 270 wordsThe King had a quiet day, but the severity of the weather compels the clossing of all windows, thus the King is deprived of the benefit of the sea air. The ...
Article : 153 wordsInformed by a civilian of an explosion in the Renown Theatre at an early hour this morning, Constable McGuire entered the building and found that the safe ...
Article : 124 wordsAt the Central Court to-day Douglas Brough, 29, laborer, was charged with having held up a taxi driver while armed with a revolver. It was alleged that ...
Article : 52 wordsThe secretary of the Marine Cooks' Union, Mr. Tudehope, to-day sent a letter to the Federal Attorney-General, Mr. Latham, requesting, the immediate release ...
Article : 80 wordsReferring to Mussolini's order for an increased birthrate, the city health officer, Dr. John Dale, said it does not seem desirable to raise the birthrate if ...
Article : 84 wordsRailway Inspector Hocking was driving a motor tricycle along the railway line, between Cowra and Young, when he was run down by a goods train. He was ...
Article : 44 wordsThree men forced their way into a house at Glebe last night, and, presenting a revolver at William Jo, 32, Chinese, and William James, 54, who also lived ...
Article : 54 wordsMr. F. Palmer, ex-Sergeant Goddard's solicitor has written to Lord Byng, police chief, demanding the return of Goddard's £12,000. A writ was served on Lord Byng, ...
Article : 49 wordsJohn Henry McLean, aged 4, was drowned in a waterhole, near the Abattoirs, yesterday. The child, in company with others, was ...
Article : 56 wordsDetective-Sergeant Edward Truskett, 53, and his wife, Marion Truskett, were seriously injured when a motor car left the roadway and fell 30 feet over the ...
Article : 108 wordsPeter George Cook Oakes, of Lismore, died suddenly on Saturday. Deceased was a brother of Mr. W. F. Oakes, well known Lismore bridge contractor, and ...
Article : 126 wordsAbout £5000 worth of damage was caused by a fire, which broke out in the State Theatre, which is in course of construction, in Market, street. It is ...
Article : 61 wordsHeartrending scenes were witnessed during the rescuing of survivors from an insane asylum, which was destroyed by fire. ...
Article : 51 wordsWhen a window curtain was blown against a kerosene lamp at Mr. J. Bond's home, at Old Juncee, last night, it caught alight and the house and contents were ...
Article : 63 wordsThe body of Thomas Kelly, 70, was discovered in a hut last night, death having apparently taken place two or three days earlier. He was formerly a well-known ...
Article : 37 wordsGeneral Higgins begins on Monday a tour of London and provincial centres, addressing mass meetings and conferring with local leaders. ...
Article : 82 wordsThe clothes of Thomas Da Silvera, 8 years, caught fire through the boy throwing a lighted match into a tin of petrol in his sleep-out, at his parents' house, at ...
Article : 49 wordsThe cruiser Canberra, the latest addition to the Australian fleet, arrived in Sydney yesterday. ...
Article : 24 wordsOstensibly aroused by the Chicago murders, the House of Representatives to-day incorporated an amendment into the Deportation Bill and passed a measure ...
Article : 62 wordsForcing a bar of an iron grill in the exercise yard of the Leichhardt Police Station between 11.45 and noon to-day, William Richard Hines, 22, who was ...
Article : 96 wordsDashing into a stationary motor on Bulla road early this morning a motor car, driven by Mrs. Clara Booth, 28, turned [?] somersault, and Mrs. Booth ...
Article : 66 wordsCharles Saville, 39, of Richmond, was admitted to hospital last night, in a serious condition, with a deep razor slash in his throat. ...
Article : 65 wordsA deckhand named William Smith fell from the ferry steamer Lady Rawson yesterday and was drowned. He was not missed by the other employees for ...
Article : 38 wordsA report has reached here of an outrage by insurgents in Michigan. It is stated that a passenger train was blown up with dynamite, and the whole ...
Article : 55 wordsSir Norman Rae, former president of the British Wool Association, who died last month, left estate valued at £465,187.He bequeathed £36,000 to his fiancee, at ...
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Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1915 - 1954), Mon 18 Feb 1929, Page 5
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