A motor car driven by Mrs. Doris Chavelle, of Potts Point, Sydney, got out of control descending George-street. It ran over the foot-path and crashed through a fence into the ...
Article : 86 wordsErnest Michael Simonsen, aged 25 years police constable, who was arrested on Friday and charged with having stolen £171/7/3 the property of Union Theatres, Ltd., appeared ...
Article : 208 wordsPrompt action by Constable Archer, of Katoomba, was responsible for the arrest at revolver point yesterday morning of six men. ...
Article : 209 wordsAh Chu, 56, a Chinese gardener, was admitted to the Royal South Sydney Hospital on Saturday night, after having been severely assaulted by three men in Alexandria. His ...
Article : 218 wordsThe Nanking Government's promised official mandate concerning abolition of extra-territoriality has been released through the official news agency, bearing the stamp of the ...
Article : 438 wordsOil the run to Wood's Point in the Pittwater Regatta Cup. Left to right: Vanessa (9), Norn (7), the winner, and Bona (19). ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 28 wordsWhile on a rabbit-shooting expedition at Montavella, Ernest Engleson, 41 years, a visitor from Sydney, was examining a pearifle. The weapon exploded, and the bullet entered ...
Article : 41 wordsJ. Hennessy of Tamworth fell from a bicycle and struck the side of a car, injuring his back.—Albert King, Tamworth, horse trainer, fell when getting off a motor lorry near ...
Article : 176 wordsDozens of former playmates paid their last respects on Saturday to William Oakley, 16, of Rosser-street, Balmain, who died as the result of wounds inflicted by a shark when he ...
Article : 257 wordsA lady racing motor cyclist, Miss Fay Taylour, who arrived in Sydney only on Saturday from England, had a sensational fall while competing in a handicap race at the ...
Article : 292 wordsActing upon the advice of the chairman of the Hospitals' Commission (Mr. R. J. Love), the committee of the proposed Liverpool Hospital has abandoned the idea of having a ...
Article : 110 wordsA programme of suggested improvements to the railway and tramway services for immediate and vigorous investigation and experiment was outlined by the Chief ...
Article : 459 wordsSeveral thousand people yesterday watched the efforts of about 50 men to land a vicious tiger shark, more than 13ft long, at Taronga Park. It had been caught by Mr. C. ...
Article : 348 wordsJames Lye, 32, motor mechanic, of Margaret-street, Petersham, was so severely injured when a motor cycle combination which he was riding skidded in Carrington-road, ...
Article : 342 wordsMr. Frame Lugsden, one of the best-known farmers in the Wagga-Uranquinty district, is dead, at the age of 80 years. Mr. Lugsden arrived in Australia as a child, and later ...
Article : 69 wordsWhile Ronald Howarth was skylarking with a brother at his parent's home in North Wagga one of the boys raced through the house, slamming a door as he passed through. ...
Article : 56 wordsMr. C. A. Hodgson, metropolitan area commissioner since 1925, is to retire from the railway service early in the New Year. After graduating at Cambridge, Mr. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 143 wordsOn Christmas Day Mervyn James Howard, 17 years of age, came from Glen Innes with his brothers on a visit to their mother, and during the morning they decided to bathe in ...
Article : 102 wordsDrastic changes in the methods adopted for the enforcement of prohibition appear probable as the result of recent discussions in which prominent senators have covertly ...
Article : 190 wordsThe Water Police and officers from the Clarence-street Police Station were busy on Saturday probing the mystery of a taxi-cab, which was found abandoned on Pyrmont ...
Article : 178 wordsNotwithstanding the industrial trouble, railway traffic from West Maitland station at Christmas showed a big increase over the holidays in 1928. On Christmas Eve the ...
Article : 59 wordsThe death is announced of Mr Frederick George Weaver formerly senior partner of the Arm of Weaver and Perry, Ltd., stock and station agents of Sydney, Muswellbrook, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 374 wordsWilliam Mulvovey, of Mayfield, an engina-driver employed on the Government Railway, was severely burned on the right arm, both legs and face, while on an engine yesterday. ...
Article : 532 wordsMembers of the Melbourne Oakland-Pontiac Club who are engaged in an interstate tour arrived at Sydney on Saturday afternoon. About 110 persons made the journey in 30 ...
Article : 340 wordsA prisoner saved Constable Malone from more serious injury when he was attacked and wounded by a man with a razor in a taxicab in the city on Saturday night. Malone ...
Article : 173 wordsThe annual conference of the Communist party, which was commenced in Sydney at the week-end, decided to nominate candidates for the next State elections in opposition to ...
Article : 174 wordsThe Treasury Department has announced that an agreement has been reached between the united States and Germany for settlement of all reparations' claims arising out of ...
Article : 100 wordsThe Inspector-General of Mental Hospitals has forwarded a report to the Minister for Health (Dr. Arthur), in which the work of those institutions during the twelve months ...
Article : 225 wordsHeavy rain fell in Canberra during the past three days and nearly three inches have been recorded since Thursday morning. The rain followed a period of sulty heat. The ...
Article : 94 wordsPrances Alda has announced her retirement from the operatic stage after 21 years affiliation with the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York. The staff, directors, and singers ...
Article : 110 wordsThere was a busy scene at police headquarters on Saturday when Constable Brooks climbed to the roof of the building, and triumphantly faced a swarm of enemies. It ...
Article : 89 wordsThe Commonwealth and Dominion steamer Port Pirie, which reached Sydney on Saturday from New York, reported having called at Pitcairn Island in mid-Pacific in response to a ...
Article : 73 wordsThe French Chamber of Deputies voted large sums for naval and land defences, the former to conform to a fixed programme under which the whole navy will be re[?]uvenated ...
Article : 203 wordsThe King has sent a personal telegram to President Irigoyen, of the Argentine Republic, warmly congratulating him on his escape from the attempt made on his life ...
Article : 477 wordsThe Chess Congress was continued to-day. At the end of the fourth round Erskine and Gunderson are equal in third place, and Purdy is fifth. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 212 wordsThe Department of Public Health has informed the Blacktown Shire Council that the immediate appointment of a health officer in the shire is essential. ...
Article : 87 wordsThe pillow fights were perhaps more amusing for the onlookers than for the contestants. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 19 wordsA drowning accident occurred in the Nepean River on Saturday evening. A party of 12 boy scouts, who were in camp on the banks of the river at Castlereagh, near ...
Article : 161 wordsA fire broke out in the furniture factory of O. K. Elliott's, Ltd., The Crescent, Annandale, at 4.15 this morning. When the fire brigades arrived the flames ...
Article : 46 wordsThat the crew of the goods train was responsible for the railway accident at Tooradin was the finding of the special inquiry board which inquired into the mishap. ...
Article : 93 wordsA light aeroplane, which promises to be a great success, is at present under construction by Mr. Bert Hinkler. It is a small monoplane, driven by two 40-h.p. Salmson engines ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 222 wordsFour young girls who were bathing in George's River, near the Liverpool railway station, had a narrow escape from drowning yesterday afternoon. They were:—Thelma ...
Article : 144 wordsWilliam Spears, 51, of Botany-road, Alexandria, was savagely assaulted by two men at the corner of James and George streets, Redfern, last night. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 30 Dec 1929, Page 10
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