The heavy rains which have persisted inland and on the coast have resulted in floods in the Castlereagh, Macquarie, and Hunter Rivers. The Macquarie River has risen more than 40 feet in two days, ...
Article : 148 wordsUnsuccessful attempts were made yesterday to reach a settlement of the coastal strike. The shipowners held a long conference with the representatives of the transport unions ...
Article : 762 wordsIt was with the enthusiasm of a welltrained choir that 150 Rotari[?] at the closing sessions of the Australian Rotary Conference, hold at the Assembly Hall to-day, made the ...
Article : 581 wordsA debate on Britain's position in regard to inter-allied war debts was initiated by Mr. Philip Snowden in the House of Commons to-day. ...
Article : 763 wordsThe Government has accepted the report of the Royal Commission on the coal industry. It will legistate in accordance with the report's recommendations, if the owners and ...
Article : 477 wordsMembers of the House of Representatives devoted the whole ot the day to the tariff, with the exception of a brief period in which the Commonwealth Oil Refineries Bill was ...
Article : 1,618 wordsSubscription lists for the New South Wales 5 per cent, loan of £4,000,000, issued at 98 and redeemable in 19[?] closed to-day. The underwriters were left with 70 per cent, of ...
Article : 46 wordsMr. C. Hill is extra[?]ily optimistic about Australia's chanees in the tests in his second article in the London Press. In this he gives delightful th[?] sketches of ...
Article : 253 wordsWidespread rains fell during the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. yesterday, and accentuated the flood danger in some areas. Many of the districts which had previously had big falls, ...
Article : 189 wordsA telephone message from Coonamble last night stated that the Castlereagh River had reached a height of 18 feet, which is equnl to the level attained in 1920. A large volume of ...
Article : 229 wordsThe Australian cricketers played a oneinning's match against Ceylon, the following team taking the field:—Collins, Bards[?], Macartney, Taylor, Richardson, Ryder, Hendry, ...
Article : 75 wordsThe "Evening Standard" says that Sir [?] Lodge, after three years' secret laboratory experiments, announces that he has succeeded in doing away with the os[?]llation which ...
Article : 100 wordsSince the return from Egypt of Mr. H. B. G. Larkin, chairman of the Australian Commonwealth Shipping Board, a hitch has occurred in negotiations which were proceeding ...
Article : 76 wordsThe following is a summary of the position late last night at points on various rivers:- Macquarie.—Wellington. stationary at 50ft; Dubbo, rising strongly at 40ft; Narromine. ...
Article : 107 wordsLate last night the Cudgegeng River was railing fast at Mudgee, and the worst of the flood appeared to have passed. The river had fallen five feet in three hours at 9 p.m., ...
Article : 209 wordsThe State Cabinet has approved the recommendation of the Chief Secretary (Mr, Lazza[?]) that a 44-hour week should apply to the members of the State Police Force. ...
Article : 239 wordsSpeaking at the Canada Club, Lord Bledisloe announced that he had accepted the Government's invitation to become chairman of the Imperial Settlers' Training Committee, on ...
Article : 124 wordsThere is reported to be a split in the Communist party at Canton. A clash occurred on Monday between followers of the "Red" goneraliss[?], Chiang Kai-shek, and Chinese ...
Article : 84 wordsWhen at 2.30 p.m, to-day the Macquarie River had risen to 50 feet, compared with a level of only five feet a few days ago, and the Bell River gauge showed a height of 32 ...
Article : 592 wordsThe attitude of the transport unions was defined last night in a statement issued by the Transport Group and the disputes committee of the Trades and Labour Council. ...
Article : 128 wordsAccording to a message from Rio de Janeiro, 80 passengers, the captain, and the first and second engineers of the Brazilian river steamer Paes de Carvalno perished when the ...
Article : 66 wordsThe trial of five men at Chieti (Italy) charged with the murder of the Socialist Deputy Matte[?] resulted in three (Dumini, Volp[?], and Poveromo) being sentenced to six ...
Article : 103 wordsGrowers in the Bathurst district have Suffered many thousands of pounds damage to their crops, chieffy of tomatoes and vegetables, through the flooding of Mail Creek. ...
Article : 268 wordsThe Viceroy (Lord Reading), in a farewell address to the Central Legislature, said that he would in a few days be leaving wonderful India with great regret. During his five ...
Article : 240 wordsAt the Warwick Farm level crossing, near Liverpool, yesterday afternoon, George Solomons, aged 28 years, of Clyde, the driver of a laden motor lorry, was run down by a ...
Article : 245 wordsIn the inter-varsity golf coutest between Cambridge and Oxford, the former won by nine matches to six.—Reuter. G. Grimwade (Cambridge and Melbourne) ...
Article : 150 wordsSensational allegations regarding American interference with attempts to bore for oil in Australia were made in the House of Representatives to-night by Mr. Walter Marks ...
Article : 657 wordsFor many mouths dengue has ravaged the Tweed district, and now Lismore is tightly in its grip. Between 12 and 14 of the Government departments' staffs have been laid ...
Article : 54 wordsWhat is probably the first case of dengue fever to oc[?]ur in Hobart is at present under treatment by a medical practitioner of the city. The patient recently arrived from a ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Australian Press Association understands that Lord Somers, the Goverhor-Designate of Victoria, will land at Melbourne on June 27. ...
Article : 410 wordsRain [?]continued to fa[?] till yesterday afternoon, falling softly and continuously for about four days. Feed and Water are assured till after midwinter., The ground is so warm and ...
Article : 167 wordsPropped against a tree, the body of an unknown woman, who had been dead several hours, was found in Chadstone-road, oakleigh, at 20 minutes past 12 o'clock this morning. ...
Article : 254 wordsA bill introduced by the Minister for Justice to define sedition, for the purpose of preventing the dissemination of doctrines subversive to peace and order, provides a ...
Article : 154 wordsSteamship services between Tasmania and the mainland are in serious danger of interruption owing to attempted job control by the firemen on the st[?]mer Nairan. It is ...
Article : 226 wordsExtensive washaways have occurred on railway lines traversing the [?]ood areas in the western portion of the State, and many traius are [?]ble to reach their destinations. ...
Article : 229 wordsAdditional rises were o[?]rring in the Macquarie River at Dubn[?] and Narromine last night. The river had broken its banks at several places near Dubbo, but no serious ...
Article : 105 wordsThe Brazilian Foreign Office denies an as[?]tion made, in the British House of Commons on Tuesday that Signor Mussolini Was the moving influence behind Brazil's recent ...
Article : 137 wordsScrious floods are not expected at Narromine owing to the height of the banks, and It was stated last night that the river would have to exceed 45 feet in order to effect ...
Article : 132 wordsWord was received by the Newcastle, police at a late hour this afternoon that the body of a man, as yet unidentified, had been found by the enginedriver of a goods train lying ...
Article : 63 wordsJ. W. McHolm, a sergeant of police, stationed at Lyttelton, has been selected as companion and manager of R. A. Rose, of Wellington, Australasian champion distance ...
Article : 65 wordsMadame Louise Marshall, a daughter of Mr. Justly Rawlings, of Sydney, gave a concert at the Wigmore Hall. The crities deseribe her voice as pleasant and mellifluent, and say ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 26 Mar 1926, Page 11
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