The ways of the Main Roads Board are inexplicable, according to residents of the Gosford district. The principal complaint is that, notwithstanding that the construction, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 94 wordsCouncillor H. F. White, at the Guyra Shire Council meeting, said the Postal Department had objected to the planting of trees on the cast side of the railway line, claiming that ...
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Article : 56 wordsFollowing a fire at the Vacuum Oil Company's shed at North Wollongong, the police this afternoon seized a number of cases in a house at Wollongong, and subsequently ...
Article : 45 wordsThe death occurred on Mouday of Mr. W. P. Dyce, who was 73 years old. He came to the Coolamon district in 1896, and took up a homestead selection covered with thick green ...
Article : 136 wordsIn the Supreme Court an aboriginal named Tommy Kallarouk was convicted on a charge of murdering his wife, a gin, named Dinah, and was sentenced to ten years' ...
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Article : 83 wordsJewellery valued at £130 was stolen from the residence of Robert R. Lee at 2 Fitzwilliam-street, Vaucluse, on Tuesday last. The thieves effected entrance to the house by ...
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Article : 90 wordsAn important ruling, which allows members of affiliated unions to contest Parliamentary and municipal selection ballots whether they are members of a branch of the Labour ...
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Article : 68 wordsThe eldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Brien, of Barryrenie was killed by a horse a few yards from their home. No one saw the accident, but it is believed that the girl, who ...
Article : 310 wordsAn unidentified woman, who is thought to have fallen from a tram, was found lying unconscious beside the Coogee tram track in Centennial Park last night. She was ...
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Article : 181 wordsThe member of the Advance Bathurst League who made statements at the last meeting of the league about the Government Tourist Bureau wag Mr. A. P. Crowe, secretary of ...
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Article : 69 wordsHer Majesty's: "Tha[?]s," 8. Criterion: "Sexes and Sevens," 8. Theatre Royal: "The Silent House," 8. Palace Theatre: "The Laughing Optimist," 8. ...
Article : 158 wordsThe postal revenue last month showed an increase of £57,849 over the figures for July, 1927. The collections amounted to £1,932,728. compared with £974,879. The increase was ...
Article : 39 wordsSpeaking at a welcome extended to him at Mudgee, the Bishop of Bathurst (Dr. Crotty) said that people could not "jazz" their way to beaven. Dancing and similar amusements, ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) and Mrs. Bruce were given a warm welcome when they arrived at Brisbane to-day. They also had an enthusiastic greeting from a large ...
Article : 49 wordsAn elderly Chinese, who gave his name as Ernest Wong, of Chisholm-road, Auburn, shuffled into the Regent-street police station on Wednesday night. and, after ...
Article : 107 wordsThe Violet League, formed in Sydney a year ago with the object of preserving monarchy and to stem the tide of Communism, held its annual meeting last night at the ...
Article : 99 wordsThe Bathurst Municipal Council has been served with a summons issued by the local sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League to appear before the police ...
Article : 86 wordsThe Dobson coal mine is idle. When two miners were transferred to trucking they refused to work. Later the remainder of the men declined to work. About 250 men ...
Article : 44 wordsMore than 200 Navy League sen cadets will be the guests of the directors of Hoyt's Theatre de Luxe to-morrow morning at a screening of the "Life of Nelson." Led by Birchgrove band the cadets will ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 3 Aug 1928, Page 14
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