The meeting in the Ashfield Town Hall on Thursday night in furtherance of the Red Cross "drive" was most enthusiastic. The hall was crowded. Eloquent appeals were made by ...
Article : 114 words"We have already used up a week of the fortnight's extension of the closing date of the loan," said the governor of the Commonwealth Bank, Mr. Denison Miller, ...
Article : 300 wordsMajor F. J. Hayter, of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, has received a cable mensage from the Secretary of the War Office, announcing that his only son, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 71 wordsYesterday 70 soldiers who had seen service in France arrived in Sydney. Twenty-seven of them were Queenslander, and the others were New South Wales men. Having missed ...
Article : 430 wordsSome time ago tobacco was declared [?] nocessary commodity. The Minister in charge of price-fixing (Senator Russell), on tthe [?] commendation of the Chief Prices ...
Article : 56 wordsThe drive in connection with the sale of house badges for the Red Cross appeal too[?] place to-day, £240 being raised. The fund now stands at £1086. ...
Article : 625 wordsThe grocery market was firm yesterday, and generally speaking it was impossible to buy under last week's levels. Dried fruits sold more freely than of late. Fair quantities of ...
Article : 272 wordsThe State Cabinet is opposed to the preposal that the Commonwealth should undertake the collection in the States of incomes and land taxation. ...
Article : 47 wordsThe wakatipu left for Sydney to-day with 262 bags peas, 642 bags bark, 16 bags tares; 326 bags asbestos, 132 bags sheelite, 35 casks mutton birds, 1550 bales straw, 58 bales skins, 103 lamb rams, 96 cases stout, ...
Article : 47 wordsThe following sales of investment stocks and shares were recorded:- Foronoon.—War Loan Bonds (1925), £99/10/; War Loan £10 Bonds (1927), £9/19/; Beard, ...
Article : 124 wordsSir,—On behalf of 72 unions in our State I am writing in support of the letter your p[?] lished on Monday by the Rev. C. J. Prescott suggesting the abolition of horse racing in ...
Article : 313 wordsA fair average turnover waa effected in mining shares on the Stock Exchange yesterday, but prices continued to display some irregularity. Copper stocks were inclined to ...
Article : 489 wordsThe following additional subscriptions to the war loan are acknowledged by the Commonwealth Bank:- Perpetual Trustee Co., Ltd., £147,000. ...
Article : 304 wordsThe following decisions in interpretation of the tariff have been announced by the Customs Department:— Belting or Webbing.—Elastic, covered with leather. ...
Article : 133 wordsTo-day's sales included:—War Bonds (1925), £99/13/; ditto £10 Bonds, £9/18/; H.H. Proprietary, 6 per cent, debentures, £103. £102/10/; Melbourne Electric Stock, 37/; Huddart, Parker, pref., 21/2½; Silverton Trams (2[?]) ...
Article : 76 wordsThe New South Wales executive of the Australian Labour Party in its annual report, which has just been issued, submits the following peace proposals:—The right of small ...
Article : 476 wordsSir,—The reason for Great Britain [?] having initiated a day of prayer and testing throughout the land is very probably that she is too busy, day and night, Sundays and ...
Article : 298 wordsLife assurance statistics compiled by Mr. J. B. Trivett, the Government Statistician of the State, show that we are becoming a more assured people. In 1907 there were in ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 128 wordsBarley, steady, Chevalier 5/6 to 6/, Cape 4/ to 4/1; oats, milling Algerians steady, 3/10 to 4/; feed weaker, 3/8; maize, quiet. 5/1 to 5/1½: Peas, duns 6/7 to 6/8; chaff, steady, £4/15/ to £5/2/6; potatoes, dull. ...
Article : 130 wordsWith the very Plain fact of a good investment in the shape of the war bonds themselves, as also the chance of winning £1000 or any of the 108 other substantial cash ...
Article : 1,091 wordsThe following mining sales were listed:- Coppor:—Hampden (odd lot 50 shares), 21/; ordinary parcel, 21/: Mount Lyell, 6 weeks, 28/6; cash. 28/6: Mount Cuthbert, 9/3. ...
Article : 159 wordsThe list of special gifts to the Red Cross Day Fund was yesterday further reinforced by the receipt of £200 from Mrs. A. A. Dangar and £200 from Miss M. M. Dangar. ...
Article : 124 wordsThe Federal Deputy Commissioner of Taxation points out that if a partnership is assessed for any year on undistributed profits, and distributes them to the partners in ...
Article : 47 wordsSir,—May I be permitted through your columns to endorse the admirable suggestion made therein by Rev. C. J. Prescott, M.A., in a recent issue. The suggestion that the ...
Article : 216 wordsThe quantity of bacon available in the dairy produce section of Sussex-street yesterday was considerably greater than has been the case for some time past. Supplies at sides ...
Article : 1,117 wordsMr. J. J. Mulligan writes:- Sir,—In Monday's issue of your paper, Mr. Gerald R. Campbell writes suggesting a method whereby subscribers to War Bonds of small denominations would ...
Article : 292 wordsOn the Stock Exchange to-day British B.H. (old) were quoted, b 38/9, s 40/; B.H. Proprietary, b 64/4, s 65/7; B.H. Proprietary Block 10, b 33/1, s 34/4; Waihi Grand Junction, b ...
Article : 45 wordsThe non treasurers, Dalton Douse, 115 Pitt-street, acknowledge the following—Amounts previously acknowledged, £51,484/10/4½ Nock and Kirby, £50; John Sandereon and Co., £50, Miss Cl. Busby, per ...
Article : 232 wordsThe Broken Hill Junction output for the fortnight ended Saturday last was 1425 tons. The reduced output was owing to the Easter holidays. ...
Article : 126 wordsSir,—Probably the suggestion which I am about to make has already been taken into consideration by Captain Carmichael, who apparently forgets nothing, but in case of its ...
Article : 164 wordsArthur Geoffrey Oldring was executed in Melbourne Gaol, in expiation of his crime in murdering Margaret Taylor and her daughter. Rose Taylor, at Trawool on or ...
Article : 52 words"G. R. S." writes:- Sir,—In reference to your article dealing with the question of making war loan bonds legal tender, there are, as you say, very prat disadvantages against ...
Article : 330 wordsA special summoned meeting of the Amalgamated Painters' Union was held on Monday night to consider a notice of motion given by Mr. A. Bremner, "That in the opinion of ...
Article : 165 wordsThe appeals for employment on behalf of returned soldiers are giving good results, and the Deputy Comptroller is very much gratified with the response of employers who are ...
Article : 304 wordsTo-day's mining sales and quotations were:- Copper: Hampden, 20/6, 20/7½, s 21/3; Mt. Lyell, b 28/, s 23/9; Wallaroo, 51/6, 51/3, b 52/6, s 52/9. Silver: Brokens, 62/, 61/6, 63/, b 63/6, s 63/9; Block ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 167 wordsAt a meeting of the Master Builders' Association last evening, a letter was received from the Building Trades Federation of Employees complaining of the Building ...
Article : 240 wordsThe board of directors of the Royal Bank of Australia has appointed Mr. Alfred Ernest Bright, of Messrs, Gibbs, Bricht, and Co., a director of the bank, to fill the vacancy caused ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 217 wordsReferring to the recent strike Lieutenant J. D. S. Potts, who has since been killed, states in a letter written from Palestine to his father, Mr. A. E. Potts, of Areadia, Longueville. Lane ...
Article : 191 words"G.C." writes:—"A property was bought in 1911 for a lamp sum or £34,000, with all improvements and the following stock:—6000 cattle, 7000 sheep, 240 horses and plant worth ...
Article : 186 wordsMessrs. Horwood and Co., shipping agents, of O'Connell-street, yesterday received information that Captain Trudgett and officers and, trew of the American schooner Winslow, ...
Article : 90 wordsCriterion: "Bird of Paradise," 2 and 8. Her Majesty's: "Dick Whittington," 1.45 and 7.45. Palace: "Aladdia," 1.45 and 7.45. Grand Opera House: "The Woman Thou Gavest, ...
Article : 123 wordsThe Legislative Council having adjourned a month for the elections the Assembly to-day further considered the Health Bill in Committee. The vital clause of the venereal ...
Article : 93 wordsReports have reached Zurich that the wellings of workmen employed in Zeppelin factories in Manzell, near Friedrichshafen, have been destroyed by fire. The gas ...
Article : 91 wordsThe official opening of the School of Commerce, Ltd., took place at the classrooms, Siddeley-chambers, Hunter-street, on Monday afternoon, and addresses were delivered by ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Chief Prices Commissioner. Mr. Whitton, announced to-day that no more unsalted butter will be received for export other than that already packed. The percentage of ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Stock Exchange displayed a more cheerful feeling to-day. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 17 Apr 1918, Page 12
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