[?] to the political situation was [?] the opening of the railway from [?] to Kurrajong on Saturday. Mr. Shand, M.L.A., said that so far the ...
Article : 292 words"If any Government declined to construct a line of railway until an assurance was forthcoming that the line would pay, very few railway lines would be built," said the ...
Article : 504 wordsAfter the meeting of the A.L.P. executive, the members of the special committee appointed to endeavour to induce Messrs. Goodin and Gillies not to resign from the ...
Article : 280 wordsAn engine derailment happened at Sandy Creek on Friday night to the train which left Adelaide for Angaston at 5.30 p.m. The engine broke through limestone formation, ...
Article : 214 wordsOwing to their 14ft sailing skiff, the Edna, in which they were proceeding to the St. George Sailing Club's races on Saturday afternoon, shipping a heavy sea and overturning ...
Article : 414 wordsAwakened out of sleep a few minutes after 3 o'clock this morning, Mr. A. Cork, a storekeeper, residing at Railway-street, Merewether, discovered that his cottage, with a ...
Article : 146 wordsAt the last meeting of the Baulkham Hills Shire Council the Water Board was bitterly criticised for its failure to provide water at Baulkham Hills and Castle Hills. Councillor ...
Article : 99 wordsSalt-stained and begrimed after her long voyage from England, the fishing trawler Jane Wright reached Fremantle to-day with her supply of provisions low and coal bunkers ...
Article : 132 wordsHundreds of youths swim in Duck Creek, which forms the boundary of Auburn and Granville municipalities, but, according to the report of Dr. Purdy (metropolitan health ...
Article : 140 wordsThe motor car of Mr. Herbert Horsfield, of Cremorne, which was stolen from a garage in Milltary-road, Mosman, on November 13, has been found by the police abandoned ...
Article : 68 wordsThe man who was killed at Queencliff Point on Friday has been identified as LieutenantColonel R. S. Reid, D.S.O., of Murdoch-street, Cremorne, well known amongst military men ...
Article : 264 wordsAt Grafton Quarter Sessions, before Judge Mocatta, Albert William Dore, formerly town clerk of Maclean, pleaded guilty to misappropriation of £300/8/2, the property of ...
Article : 263 wordsGuests at the inauguration to-day of celebrations associated with "Back to Bowral" week included his Excellency the Governor, Sir Dudley de Chair, Lady de Chair, and Miss ...
Article : 255 wordsWhen presenting the present complement of the 8th Field Ambulance with a banner bearing such names as Fromclles, Mont St. Quentin, and Villers Bretonneux, Major-General ...
Article : 229 wordsSpecial investigations into the economic effect of the alterations in the tariff made during the last session of Parliament are being made by the Minister for Trade and Customs ...
Article : 332 wordsA combined shopping carnival in Annandale, Leichhardt, and Potersham was inaugurated on Friday night. A procession took piace on Saturday afternoon, and the display ...
Article : 46 wordsAt the beginning of the new year six vessels will be added to the fleet of interstate cargo steamers Five of the steamers were formerly owned ...
Article : 550 wordsAt 3.45 o'clock yesterday afternoon a motorcar which was proceeding along George-street, towards the railway station, collided with a tram car at the intersection of King-street. ...
Article : 144 wordsA number of people were knocked down by motor cars during the week-end and were injured. On Saturday Gwen Smith, aged 13 years, of ...
Article : 174 wordsA char-a-banc with six passengers overturned while coming down Hamilton Hill, between Queanbeyan and Canberra, last night. Lydia Rouse, of 198 Ramsay-road, Haberfield, ...
Article : 136 wordsJohn Henry Nelson, of 33 Edward-street, Summer Hill, was riding a motor cycle and sidecar along Carlton-crescent, Summer Hill, last night, when the machine struck a rut, ...
Article : 79 wordsA motor car containing three adults and two children, one of them a baby, overturned on the Geelong-road, near Werribee, on Saturday night. The driver of the car, Mrs. Maria ...
Article : 107 wordsA motor car got out of control on a steep grade near Outram, and, going over the bank, overturned. Michael Black and Murdoch Graham Were pinned beneath and killed. ...
Article : 36 wordsA fight took place on the steamer Eastern Moon, in Sydney Harbour, on Friday evening, and as a result Roland Hansell, fireman, was conveyed to Sydney Hospital ...
Article : 82 wordsThe problem of the removal of the steamer Malaita, which was blown into the South Melbourne baths by the storm on Wednesday, is still unsolved. The Harbour Trust ...
Article : 169 wordsA prospector named Svenson has brought in a sample of stone from a locality 20 miles south of Bynee Harbour. It is described by the local authorities as the richest seen for ...
Article : 80 wordsA large tent on an allotment at the corner of Archer-street and Victoria-avenue, Chatswood, in which the Rev. W. P. Nicholson has been holding evangelical meetings, was caught ...
Article : 69 wordsMany gardens in the northern suburbs, including Manly, benefited by a thunderstorm yesterday afternoon. At several places heavy rain fell for about half an hour. The ...
Article : 104 wordsThe Royal Automobile Club has requested the Premier to receive a deputation in opposition to the proposed appropriation of a portion of the revenue of the Main Roads Board. ...
Article : 155 wordsA fall of earth occurred at the Premier Company's coalmine near Collie. Fifty men, mostly surface hands, have been rendered idle. For some time past the company had ...
Article : 75 wordsAt the last meeting of the Coal Lumpers' Conciliation Committee, over which Mr. C. J. Bellemore presided, an award was made increasing the rates of wages for night work ...
Article : 55 wordsIt was announced by the Federal Treasury on Saturday that the board of management of the Commonwealth Superannuation Fund had decided to invest £100,000 in the 5½ per cent. ...
Article : 125 wordsMr. J. B. Brown, a former headmaster of the Granville Trades School, presented the prizes at the annual breaking-up social. A gold medal, presented by the Master Plumbers' ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Eight-Hour Art Union, organised by the Eight-hour Labour Demonstration Committee, was drawn at the Trades Hall on Saturday. About 150 persons were present, ...
Article : 86 wordsThe Fiji Government has given the Burns, Philp and Co., Ltd., inter-insular steam service an annual subsidy of £7500. ...
Article : 25 wordsA fire which occurred early on Saturday morning at the premises of the Coburg Timber Company, Gaffney-street, Coburg, caused damage estimated at £6000 before it was ...
Article : 50 wordsAt half-past 11 on Saturday night Mrs. Charles Hanson, residing at New Norfolk, was awakened by a crackling noise in her front room, and getting up she found the ...
Article : 97 wordsTwo more savage attacks upon Melbourne police occurred on Saturday. In each case the constables involved received very severe handling from the crowd, and ...
Article : 219 wordsDisgraceful scenes were witnessed near the White City in William-street late on Friday night, when a mob of youths attacked constables who were protecting two young girls ...
Article : 75 wordsFour of the most desperate criminals serving sentences in Hobart Gaol escaped this afternoon in a sensational manner, and parties of police are now scouring the countryside ...
Article : 454 wordsAt a meeting of the Kogarah branch of the National Association of New South Wales the following resolution was unanimously passed:—"That this meeting emphatically ...
Article : 78 wordsDuring Saturday night thieves broke into the Majestic Picture Theatre in New Canterburyroad, Petersham. They ransacked the office and cut the bottom out of an iron safe. The ...
Article : 62 wordsClifford Wild, aged 14 years, of 24 Braystreet, North Sydney, dived off a pile at the Neutral Bay baths yesterday afternoon, and his head struck the bottom of the baths. He ...
Article : 56 wordsEarly yesterday morning a fire occurred at premises 377 Parramatta-road, Leichhardt, occupied by Mrs. Fuss. The building, which was of two stories, and the contents were ...
Article : 33 wordsThomas Whitford, a fireman on the steamer Baradine, was admitted to Sydney Hospital on Saturday evening with his throat cut. It is alleged, in a statement made to the police, ...
Article : 60 wordsAdvice has been received from the AgentGeneral in London that the War Office is inviting tenders for the supply of 1,500,000 tins (12oz) of corned beef. ...
Article : 32 wordsEllen Carroll, who resides with her sisters at 7 Moncur-street, Woollahra, on entering the kitchen at her home on Saturday evening was gripped by the throat by a man. She ...
Article : 92 wordsThe departure of the interstate steamer Karoola from Fremantle was delayed for five hours on Saturday as a result of the behaviour of several intoxicated firemen. ...
Article : 178 words"To my mind, sooner or later, and the sooner the better, the Government will insist that no registration of a motor car or motor cycle shall be allowed until the owner ...
Article : 137 wordsThe Sydney Harbour Trust commissioners announce that No. 1 dock at Fort Macquarie will be out of commission for a short period commencing at 9.30 a.m. to-morrow, to ...
Article : 42 wordsThe new convent building for the Sisters of Mercy at Epping was opened by Monsignor H. McDermott, P.P., V.F., yesterday afternoon. Subsequently a public meeting was held in the ...
Article : 96 wordsAachen, s, No. 8 wharf, Walsh Bay, Araiura, s, No. 9 wharf. Woolloomooloo Bay; Alexa, bqtne, Cockatoo Dock; Baradine, s, No. 9 wharf, Walsh Bay; Buteshire, s, No. 11 wharf, Woolloomooloo Bay; Baron ...
Article : 162 wordsThe French mail steamer Dupleix arrived in Sydney yesterday afternoon, and after medical inspection was taken to an anchorage in Double Bay. The vessel will berth at No. 3 wharf. East Circular Quay, at about 7 ...
Article : 79 wordsADELAIDE (1081m).—Arr: Nov. 20, Anchises, s, from Liverpool; Barwon, s, from Newcastle, Lowana, s, and Mildura, s, from Eastern States, Oronsay, R.M.S., from London. Nov. 21, Eumeralla, s, from ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 204 wordsHer Majesty's Theatre: "Rose Marie," 7.50. Theatre Royal: "Abie's Irish Rose," 8. Criterion: "The Fake," 8.10. St. James Theatre: "Betty Lee," 8. ...
Article : 114 words[?] council, on the casting vote of the Mayor (Alderman Robinson) refused to grant a petition from business people of the town requesting the council to recommend the ...
Article : 108 wordsAt the first meeting of the newly-appointed Port of the Clarence Advisory Board, at Grafton. Mr. A. J. Pollack was elected chairman and Mr. W. A. Zuill, secretary and treasurer. ...
Article : 190 wordsThe Gratton Chamber of Commerce has decided to apply to have the road between the Junction and the Flying Horse made a main road, as it would shorten the journey from ...
Article : 132 wordsThe death occurred last night of Mr. Theodore Pursey, an old resident of Coraki. He was settled here 60 years ago, and was nearly 90 years of age. His wife predeceased him by ...
Article : 58 wordsA meeting was held this afternoon to discuss the question of the lack of coal-loading facillties at Port Kembla. Delegates were present from various unions and public bodies, and ...
Article : 173 wordsA special meeting of the A.L.P. exedutive was held in the Chief Secretary's office yesterday afternoon. Mr. W. Seale, president, wns in the chair ...
Article : 1,111 wordsThe Junee Municipal council has refused to give the Junee Hospital a Christmas present of about £70. the amount owing by the institution for electricity. Because of the ...
Article : 49 words"One of the most beautiful little churches in the State," was the remark passed by the Moderator-General of the Presbyterian Church in Australia at the opening and dedication ...
Article : 226 wordsOfficers of the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board have been making investigations in regard to the proposed sewerage scheme for Maitland. The president of ...
Article : 96 wordsAn eight-roomed cottage at Trevallya, occupied by Mr. Arthur Cant, a dairy farmer, was destroyed by fire. Two children who were asleep were rescued with difficulty. Two ...
Article : 70 wordsDr. Radford (Anglican Bishop of [?] on. Sunday conducted confirmation services at several centres in the parish. At the principal services at St. Matthew's 70 candidates ...
Article : 49 wordsThe municipal election on Saturday [?] sulted:—Jas. Stephen, 595; J. P. Smithenbecker, 492; G. W. Daniel, 263; V. A. Miers, 209; J. A. Brian, 147. Messrs. Stephen and ...
Article : 239 wordsOfficials of the Pacific Cables [?] steamer Faraday, which is laying the Fanning Island-Fiji section of the new duplication cable, expect to complete their work to-day, [?] ...
Article : 28 wordsAt Roma-street on Saturday Lucerne chaff was [?] at form 15/6 to 11/6, potatoes, 25/3 to 20/3 No maize was offering. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 22 Nov 1926, Page 12
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