Serious floods with great loss of life occurred recently in Germany as the result of a cloudburst. This railway [?] in the Hartz Mountains was undermined, causing a crash, which killed eight persons. Central News, photo. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 44 wordsThe wrecked main street of the village of Ber[?] near Dresden, overwhelmed in the storm which swept Saxony recently. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 26 wordsRIVERS BECOME RAGING TORRENTS. The ruins of a house at Berggiesshubel wrecked by a cloudburst, which caused the deaths of 150 persons in Saxony's "little Switzerland," near Dresden. The rivers were turned into raging torrents, which swept everything before them. Central News. photo. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 48 wordsThe attempts of the detectives to trace the man who murdered Daniel Condon, the moneylender, in his office last Thursday, have so far failed, but the police ...
Article : 233 wordsAustralian radio stations will broadcast today and to-night as shown in the list below. The times given for Melbourne and Sydney programmes have been corrected to Adelaide time. ...
Article : 1,060 wordsSPECTACULAR PLAY. An incident in the match between South Australia and Victoria at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday afternoon. Owens and Riley are the South Australian players in the air ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 34 wordsOPENED AT PORT PIRIE. On Saturday the Soldiers' Memorial grandstand at Port Pirie was officially handed [?] to the citizens. It was erected at a cost of £3,406. A report of the ceremony appeared in yesterday's issue of "The Advertiser." Million, photo. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 46 wordsThe following poem appeared in London "Punch" of June 29, and is of local interest for South Australia, particularly for the mothers of the little girls referred ...
Article : 243 wordsTwelve members of the party organised by Mr. A. G. Bond, of Bond's Motor Services, who have been touring Central Australia for the past three weeks, returned to Adelaide on Monday afternoon, after having covered 2,507 miles. The party travelled in two Studebaker touring cars, one a 14-passenger and the other an eight-passenger. No mechanical trouble was experienced, and the party travelled according, to their schedule. The party was met at Gepp's Cross by motorists in 38 motors and accompanied into the city, where the journey ended shortly after 3.30. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 97 wordsTO CONTEST THE INTER-STATE CHALLENGE CUP. The representatives of the South Australian Women's Basketball Association, to leave Adelaide to-morrow for Sydney to play against New South Wales for the Inter-State Challenge Cup on August 20, 24, and 26:—Back row—P. [?] J. Lillecrapp, J. Wulfitt, D. Saxby. Front row—N. Shiers. M. Kenney, J. Morey (captain). J. Saxby. L. Pryor. The [?] plan was to have an All-Australian Carnival in Sydney, but Queensland and Victoria have found it impossible to take part this year. An important event during the carnival week will be the conference to be held on August 26 and 27, with a view to establishing a Commonwealth Women's Basket Ball Association. At it South Australia will be represented by J. Moray (president) and M. Kenney (secretary). On the return journey the team will play Victoria, and will reach Adelaide on August 30. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 149 wordsNot having received the letter which Sir Henry Galway is reported to have sent from London appealing for a donation from the B.A.W.RA. funds of £175,000 to help ...
Article : 102 wordsONE OF THE DISPLAYS. The fleet of "Shell" tankers and lorries which took part in the Charity Carnival on Saturday. This and other attractive displays were well received by the immense crowd who witnessed the procession. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 40 wordsA lecture on "Geo-Physics," a method of prospecting for minerals by means of electro magnetic instruments, which it is hoped may prove of great value in ...
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Article : 592 wordsThee Norddeutscher Lloyd liner Aller arrived on her maiden trip from Europe on August 18, and is one of five modern [?] to be built on the Weser ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 312 wordsMr. Ken Maynard scores in "Somewhere in Sonora," now at the New Pavilion Theatre. "Somewhere in Sonora" is a .jay romance set against a beautiful ...
Article : 147 wordsWithout a trace of the grotesque "make-up" that the public usually associates with his name, Mr. Lon Chaney gives an intensely powerful portrayal in ...
Article : 120 wordsThe [?] the hearing to-day [?] [?] ...
Article : 93 wordsA heavily-laden motor lorry bound from Gisborne to Wairoa, crashed 200 feet at Shaw's Hill. The truck was smashed to pieces, but the driver was unhurt. ...
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The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), Tue 16 Aug 1927, Page 14
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