Flying Officer Mackenzie Richards was dashed to death at East Grimstead (Sussex) last night when a parachute failed to open after he had jumped ...
Article : 298 wordsPirates operating in the gorges of the Upper Yangtse River have introduced a novelty into their business. Travellers from these regions ...
Article : 180 wordsWithin an hour to-day two elderly lonely men whose wives had died committed suicide near their graves in the local cemetery here. ...
Article : 150 wordsArmistice Day was celebrated to-day in the customary solemn manner. Precisely on the stroke of 11 o'clock all business and traffic was suspended for two minutes. ...
Article : 165 wordsFrom an all night sitting on Mr. Charlton's censure motion regarding the sale of the Commonwealth shipping line the House of Representatives ...
Article : 681 wordsThe Premier and Treasurer (Mr. Bavin) to-day made a statement of the financial position of the State to the legislative Assembly. He said that on estimated ...
Article : 2,300 wordsJudge Fead declared to-day that the house of David Cult, dominated by the so[?] called "King" Benjamin Purnell, was a public nuisance on the grounds of immoranty. ...
Article : 141 wordsThe Prince of Wales in broadcasting a Poppy Day appeal said: "I know many listeners are sad to-night for someone lost in the great war. I sincerely sympathise ...
Article : 146 wordsThere was another large batch of questions in the House of Commons to-day. The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Winston Churchill) said that if a private totalisator ...
Article : 283 wordsCapt. Giles who is flying to Australia, and who intended leaving on the Honolulu stage to-morrow, has postponed the start until Monday, due to coastal storms. ...
Article : 94 wordsThe first Armistice Day ceremony at Canberra on the steps of Parliament House was simple and impressive. The pfesence of the full Cabinet and all mombers of both Houses ...
Article : 393 wordsSheldon Clark, a Chicago sportsman and an official of one of Sinclair's oil companies, has been formally charged with conspiring to tamper with the jury in the Fall-Sinclair ...
Article : 118 wordsThe four British supermarine flying boats which are making a 25,000 miles flight, which will include Australia arrived here to-day en route to Singapore. ...
Article : 32 wordsCapt. Lancaster and Mrs. Miller, who are flying to Australia, have been, forced to make a landing owing to a broken magneto Two Air Force machines have gone to effect ...
Article : 54 wordsThe bodies of four more victims of the Greycliffe disaster were found floating in the harbour this morning. Only one so far has been identified, that of William Barry ...
Article : 176 wordsThe jury at Bristol Assizes to-day returned a verdict of manslaughter against Enoch Dix 32), an alleged poacher, who was charged with the murder of William Walker ...
Article : 142 wordsThe leader of the Opposition (Mr. Lang) referred to-night to the narrow majorities obtained by the Government in the Legislative Assembly last night, and said that he ...
Article : 153 wordsThe wife's application for a maintenance older against an Australian, William Gibbon Nilford, at Kingston-on-Thames was described as a sad and extraordinary case Nilford, ...
Article : 144 wordsThe A.L.P. executive to-night decided to suspend Mr. J. F. Higgins, M.L.C., from membership until he came before the executive to explain his position. Messrs. ...
Article : 255 wordsThere was a solemn and impressive scene at the General Post Office, Queen-street, this morning, when about 3000 people stood in respectful silence for two minutes as a ...
Article : 69 wordsMr. Larkin, manager of the Common, wealth line, declined to make any statement in reply to Mr. Brennan's attack in the House of Representatives while the present ...
Article : 59 wordsWilliam Merton, a waiter, who, it was stated, had five children, with another one expected, pleaded guilty at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day to a charge of fraudulent ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 109 wordsAn attempt at train wrecking by jamming fish plates between the points at Walland-been station was discovered yesterday. Fortunately the Hange of the first engine that ...
Article : 70 wordsThe court-martial of M. Manoilescu, messenger of Prince Carol, opened in a small room of the barracks to-day. Strong measures were taken to prevent disorder. Only four ...
Article : 92 wordsWhile James Ronald Ellis (40) was driving a car across the tram line at the foot of Macquarie-street last night his machine was struck by a tram car. So severe was ...
Article : 69 wordsTwo young girls were caught in the undertow while surfing at Manly. The beach inspector saw their plight and dashed in, and without assistance brought them ashore in ...
Article : 50 wordsSpeaking at the inauguration of the League of Empire Housewives formed to popularise Empire foodstuffs Sir Granville Ryrie, Australian High Commissioner, ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Mullumbimby Bowling Club's green, which has recently been top dressed, is looking well, the rains having made a nice growth of grass. Dr. Cocburn, president, ...
Article : 59 wordsDonald McShean (23) was riding a motor cycle along Woodville road, Liverpool, when his machine got out of control, dashed up a bank, crashed into a tree, and then rolled ...
Article : 70 wordsTha pillage of a bag of English mail on the steamer Marama reported from Auckland is causing concern to the postal authorities here There is reason to suspect that an ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Trades and Labour Council has arrived at an agreement on the question of child endowment. The following proposals were adopted:—That child endowment be ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 82 wordsAt an inquest at Forbes concerning the death of John E. Baker, who took cyanide poison because he knew he was dying, with incurable cancer, Dr. Broadbent said: "It ...
Article : 89 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly the Premier (Mr. Hogan) moved the second reading of a hill under which it is proposed to raise additional taxation by increasing income taxes ...
Article : 54 wordsThe annual conference of the Seamens and Firemen's Union passed a resolution of confidence in their president, Mr. Havelock Wilson, and approving of the expulsion of ...
Article : 69 wordsMiss. Rosina May Richards, who received shocking injuries in a motor smash at French's Forest on October 22, died at Manly Cottage Hospital this morning. ...
Article : 35 wordsIn the Federal Arbitration Court Mr. E. Grayndler, for the A.W.U., said that if Mount Lyell mines were closed the miners would not be left stranded. His union would ...
Article : 70 wordsThe proposal of the directors of the Sun Newspapers Ltd., and the Daily Telegraph Newspaper Coy., Ltd., by which a new company will be formed to take over the "Daily ...
Article : 57 wordsJoyce Morton (2), of Granville, was burned to death this morning when fire broke out and destroyed the dwelling arid its contents. Mrs. Morton left the child on the back ...
Article : 64 wordsFor some time past the police have been receiving complaints of golf balls being stolen on Moore Park links. Yesterday a constable became suspicious of O'swald Lee (24), a ...
Article : 69 wordsV4, the largest submarine in the world, was launched at the navy yard to-day and was christened with grape juice. The launching topic 30 seconds. ...
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Northern Star (Lismore, NSW : 1876 - 1954), Sat 12 Nov 1927, Page 5
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