A very interesting description of his visit to the fabled rooms at Yildiz, where the ex-Sultan Abdul lived, has been written by the Constantinople correspondent of ...
Article : 1,055 wordsFrederick Smith, who has admitted that he is the perpetrator of a long series of cheque frauds in this State and South Australia, and who was arrested a week ...
Article : 305 wordsHAMLEY BRIDGE, December 28.—Today about 9.15 a.m. a fatal accident took place about three and a half miles from Hamley Bridge, the victim being James ...
Article : 245 wordsThe bush fires are again raging in the Kilmore district, and many farmers have suffered heavy losses. Although great efforts are being made to stay the ...
Article : 151 wordsThe scheme of Government-owned and controlled wireless telegraphy stations. Linking Australasia with the principal islands of the southern Pacific, drafted ...
Article : 151 wordsThe luncheon in the Town Hall was largely attended. The Mayor (Mr. W. Patterson) presided. He had on his right his Excellency the Governor, and on his ...
Article : 2,930 wordsThe four-year-old daughter of F. Baker, a city optician, snapped a bon-bon at her Christmas dinner and swallowed what she thought was a lolly. She was immediately ...
Article : 90 wordsAt the Kensington registered race meeting this afternoon Myth fell, bringing down three other horses. Two jockeys, Anderson and Hubbon, were seriously ...
Article : 41 wordsDuring a fire at Rotorua to-day a visitor, named Grierson, ascended the roof of a neighboring house. The roof collapsed, and Grierson was picked up dead with ...
Article : 37 wordsA serious fire occurred at Sheep Hills today. It is supposed to have got away from men who were burning along the sides of a lane. It entered Mr. H. Bynge's paddock, ...
Article : 182 wordsThe New Zealand axemen's carnival began on Monday. David Pretty, of Hamilton, won the world's championship chop, 2 ft. standing blocks. His time was 5 min. ...
Article : 109 wordsCharles Brian, the Union Company's foreman manager, was killed to-day by a fall down the hold of a coal hulk. ...
Article : 28 wordsAn accident of a painful nature befell W. Tuohy and J. Lindner whilst playing cricket on the oval yesterday afternoon. Both the players were in the act of taking ...
Article : 130 wordsA remarkable shooting accident occurred on Boxing Day at Dromano, when a young man. Albert Brown, was shot in the right thigh as he lay asleep in his tent. Brown, ...
Article : 108 wordsA shocking burning accident occurred this afternoon at the home of Mr. Edgar Hooper, proprietor of the Benalla Iron Foundry. Mrs. Hooper was engaged in ...
Article : 194 wordsA heavy thunderstorm passed oyer the Dunolly district this afternoon, when hailstones as large as pigeons eggs pelted down thickly, and all windows exposed to the ...
Article : 94 wordsWhen asked whether it was intended to continue the State Agency-General in view of the appointment of the High Commissioner, the Premier (Mr. Murray) said ...
Article : 149 wordsAn accident, which terminated fatally, happened at Dookie College, near Shepparton, on Christmas Eve. Lancelot Parker, one of the students, was unhitching ...
Article : 107 wordsOn Monday an accident occurred to a 5-year-old boy of Mr. T. Ball. The lad was crossing a footbridge over the River Sturt and overbalanced, falling 7 or 8 ft. ...
Article : 71 wordsAt about 5 o'clock this morning the authorities at the watch-house were informed by Mr. O'Brien that the body of a woman was floating in the water close ...
Article : 124 wordsIt was Solomon, king and philosopher who wrote, "Better is the end of a thing than the beginning," and it is possible to apply the words in connection with the ...
Article : 994 wordsBy this season's operations at the Wahgunyah and Rutherglen viticultural stations the work of supplying grafted vines for the reconstruction of vineyards destroyed by ...
Article : 224 wordsThe following tenders have been accepted for wire, insulators, tapes and binders, conduits, &c., for the South Australian Post and Telegraph Department: ...
Article : 159 wordsThe passenger traffic on the trains and trams during the Cristmas holidays has been heavy. Although the actual figures of the Railway Department will not be ...
Article : 886 wordsA drowning accident occurred at Tuggerah Entrance on Sunday morning, when Henry Lewes, aged about 20, lost his [?]. Lewes, who was a son of Mr. J. Lewes, ...
Article : 148 wordsA more perfect day for aquatic sports could not have been experienced. The sun was bright and warm, and the heat of the day was tempered by a beautiful sea breeze. ...
Article : 611 wordsAdvices, received by the N.D.L. liner Prince Waldemar yesterday, report that the auxiliary schooner Otis, belonging to the New Guinea Company, and b[?]t some ...
Article : 120 wordsSydney, December 28. Yesterday 80 persons on board the oil launch Carroo had a sensational experience off Crookhaven Heads, as the result of [?] ...
Article : 186 wordsA couple of thousand people a swarmed around Colley Reserve, where the footraces took place. The running grounds, Which had been prepared by Mr. G. Norley, were ...
Article : 1,239 wordsOver 20 persons were affected by ptomaine poisoning at a ball at Camden fast night. It is thought that the poisoning resulted from eating corned beef ...
Article : 88 wordsAt an inquest at Lismore into the circumstances of the death of Maud Thompson, who was drowned last week, evidence was given to the effect that deceased, who ...
Article : 198 wordsA serious accident happened to a wedding party at Linton yesterday. The wedding had just been celebrated at the Roman Catholic Church of Mr. J. Steele to Miss ...
Article : 136 wordsOn Thursday afternoon last a courageous deed was performed by the eldest daughter of Mr. Robert Thompson, of Oaklands. A younger sister was playing at the tank, ...
Article : 207 wordsA visitor to Stawell, named Fewster, was, on Saturday night, staying in a weatherboard house, which was completely destroyed by fire. Fewster, in his endeavor ...
Article : 70 wordsBRISBANE, December 28. The sailing boat Truant capsized of Green Island, in Moreton Bay, on Monday morning. Several boats left Wvnnum to ...
Article : 54 wordsThe New Zealand axemen's carnival took place on Monday. Pretty, of Hamilton, won the world's championship chop, 2 ft. standing blocks. His time was 5 min. 5 1-5 ...
Article : 184 wordsPort Wakefield, December 28. On Christmas morning, when Mr. McNamara was leaving the church with his wife and child in a buggy, the winkers came off, ...
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Advertising : 295 wordsSydney, December 28. Charred remains were discovered in a cave on Block 13 at White Cliffs on Sunday night. The remains proved to be these ...
Article : 61 wordsThe swell on the sea was not sufficiently heavy to deter pleasure-seekers for a trip on the gulf, aud the steamers Eagle, Leveret, and Juno, which were running ...
Article : 46 wordsYorketown, December 27. Mr. Swartz, an old resident of the district, met with a painful accident on Wednesday. He had a big draught foal locked ...
Article : 91 wordsReturns made available at the three metropolitan stations last night, though deficient in some particulars, show that the Christmas holiday railway traffic has been ...
Article : 204 wordsBROKEN HILL, December 28. Mr. W. Howe, accountant at the Broken Hill branch of the London Bank, has been transferred to a similar position in the ...
Article : 168 wordsB[?] December 28. A horse and sulky belonging to Hugh Henry, first engineer at the Mount Cr[?]by waterworks, were found in the Brisbane ...
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Advertising : 13 wordsSTORM AT WHITE CLIFFS. White Cliffs was visited by a heavy thunderstorm to-day, and 125 points of rain fell in less than an hour. In Broken ...
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The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), Wed 29 Dec 1909, Page 6
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