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2024-12-11

Found! 25 Jun 1910: 'UNGRATEFUL.', Newcastle Herald and Toodyay District Chronicle, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article251

Thumbnail image of illustrated newspaper article. Uncorrected OCR text of article begins: '  UNGRATEFUL.   Servant:  "Bo  yon  have  been  ruined  and  brought  to  this  by  your  wile  7"  Walking  Tourist  ,•  (UBUBI  brand)  :  "Yee'm.  Hound  'er  three  good  jobs,  but  'er  impedance  and  independence  lost  'er  the  lot  ot  'em  !"  Pastor:  ."'I  was  sorry  for  your  wife  during  the  sermon  this  morning,  doctor.  '  She  had  such,  a  dreadful  fit  ot  coughing  that  the  eyes  of  .  the  whole  congregation  were  fixed  upon  ^  "  r  1  Doctor:  "Don't  you  be  undnly**larmed.  She  was  wearing  her.new  jiat'  <  for  the  first  Ume.» ...
2024-12-11

On this day 103 years ago! 11 Dec 1921: 'ALL THE WORLD'S NEWS', Sunday Times, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article579

Thumbnail image of newspaper article. Uncorrected OCR text of article begins: '  THE  ^TORLDi»  NEWS   -Mr.  Levy.'  Speaker  of  the  New  Sou  til  Wales  Legislative  Assembly,  has  re-  signed1  from  office.  ?   The  -Western  Australian  '  Centra]  Europe  Relief  Fund  reached  £1450  at  the  end  of  the  week.   The  London  Divorce  Court  made  ab-  solute'305  decrees  nisi  on  Monday  last.  -A  record  for  ono  day.  ;  .  ;   A  railway  accident  near  Philadelphia  (U.S.A^)  resulted  iii  the  death  of  "eight  people  and  the  injuring  af  ,20..   Said  Halim  -  Pasha,  ex-Grand  '  Vizier  of  Turkey,;  is  -reported^tb  Çaye  been  as  sassineted^in  Rome  last  Tuesday  night   Mr.  Lloyd  George  .will*hot,-in  con-  sequence  ot  the  re-asserobiing  of  thc   imperial.,,  Parliament;  visit  Washing-   ton.  .  '  "  "   A  Bill  to  reduce  the  members".  sal-  aries  was  defeated  in  the  Tasmanian  Assembly  carly  in  the  week  bj-  IC  votes   to  12.   Princess  Mary's  wedding  has  been  fixed  for  February  21  or ...
2024-12-11

Updated! 22 Dec 1933: 'BANKS.', The South-Western News, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147

Thumbnail image of newspaper article. Uncorrected OCR text of article begins: '  BANKS.   Private.—Closed  on  Monday.  Decem-  ber  25,  Tuesday,  December  26,  Mon-   day  January  1  and  Tuesday,  January  2.  Agricultural  Bank.—Closed  on  Mon-  day,  December  25,  Tuesday,  December  26.  Wednesday,  December  27,  Mon-   day.  January  1  and  Tuesday,  Janu-  ary  2. ...
2024-12-11

Found in response to Guardian (Australia) latest at theguardian.com/australia-news! 1 May 1926: 'HOW LABOR POLLS ITS VOTES.', The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172

Thumbnail image of newspaper article. Uncorrected OCR text of article begins: '  HOW  LABOR  POLLS  ITS  VOTES.   Giving  evidence  before  the  Federal  Electoral  Committee,  a  man  uatned  Gillignn,  nho  sr.id  be  had  some  years  worked  for  the  Labor  party  on  a  salary,  declared  that,  there  was  at  least  15.000  rlurnmy  .names  on  the  East  Sydney  Federal  roll.  He  Said  the  Labor  party  at  the  last  Federal  elec   tion  in  Hj?.5i  ayaney  maue  extensive  use  of  dummy  vot.es  which  were  polled  by  the  Leagues  and  issued  to  supporter.;.  One  woman  told  him  that  she  had  voted  29  times.  He  gave  Hie  name  and  address  of  the  Vrtmiau  to  the  committee.  He  himself,  as  scru  tineer,  saw  a  man  named  Brown  go  into  the  booth  and  vote  three  times.  He  said  dfflhmy  voting  was  .  used  a  gooc!  deal  by  the  people  of  Surry  Hills  and  Woolloomoqloo.  Th«;re  were  certain  kinds  of  people  who  were  used  by  the  Labor  party,  ami  who  did  not  mind  T?luit  they  di-i  so  long  ...
2024-12-10

On this day 98 years ago! 11 Dec 1926: 'Cables. China. BRITAIN’S OUTLOOK. SHANGHAI Dec 7', Murchison Magnet and Mullewa Mercury, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article255

Thumbnail image of newspaper article. Uncorrected OCR text of article begins: '  ?   BBITAlp'S  OUTLOOK.  SHANGHAI  Dec  7   Miles  Lampson,  Britain's  new  envoy  to  China,  in  addressing  British  business  xnsn  in  Shanghai,  prior  to  his  depart  «re  Cor  Hankow,  created  a  sensation  by  declaring  that  the  intervention  by  Britain  was  unthinkable.  Lampeon  -who  has  the  widest  powers  from  the  British  Government  to  deal  with  the  situatidfefandprho  intends  conferring  with  the  rival  War  Lords  with  a  view  to  make  an  amicable  settlement  of  the  situation,  said  that  Britain  was  prepared  to  suffer  more,  rather  tban  intervene  in  order  to  maintain  trade.  8hqn?baiDeo8  The  'Red*  Meoace  has  taken  a  new  turn.  Reports  from  Peking  state  that  the  Kuoinchun  (*peoples  party)  with  Boisbevifc  aid,  and  well  supplied  with  wSovietmnmtions)and  money  is  invading  SmfcianR  Province  bordering  on  Russia"  and  has  established  a  direct  communication  with  the  Soviet  forces.  Bolshevisati...
2024-12-10

Found! 1 May 1942: 'IRON and STEEL Western, Australia's Future Wealth (Continued from last week) Chapter IX. WHAT WEST AUSTRALIANS WAY. (Continued)', Bridgetown Advocate, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article252

Thumbnail image of illustrated newspaper article. Uncorrected OCR text of article begins: '  IRON  and  STEEL   Wedtem~(luAtM£ia  >  d  &utme  WeaUA   (.Continued  from  last  week.)  Chapter  IX.  WHAT  WEST  AUSTRALIANS  (<  "oiitinueij).  SAY.   By  R.  S«  SAMPSON^  M«L>A«   In  even  more*  vigorous  language,  Mr.  Malloch  wrote  to  the  W.A.  Chamber  ol  Manufactures,  urging  development  of  Steel  iti  preference  to  Munitions.  Here  are  extracts  from  his  letter:  "III  my  opinion  our  energies  should  he  directed  to  the  development  of  our  iron  ore  deposits.  and  the  establishment  of  the  steel  industry,  particularly  as  we  have  all  the  necessary  raw  material  available  within  the  State.  There  is  a  great  shortage  of  steel  in  Australia  today,  even  for  making  munitions,  and  the  establishment  of  an  industry  here,  while  considerably  helping  to  alleviate  this  position,  would  also  be  of  a  permanent  and  everlasting  benefit  to  the  State.  At  the  present  time  the  existing  West  Australian  in...
2024-12-10

Found! 16 Jul 1903: '[?] The V.R.C.', The Arena-Sun, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article255

Thumbnail image of newspaper article. Uncorrected OCR text of article begins: '  The  V.R.C.   By  The  Scout.   Last  week  I  burst  into  doggerel  on  the  folly  o^  trying  to  pick  winners  from  "  weights,  perform"  ances  and  pedigree.'"  I  am  now  convinced  that  it  is  equally  foolish  to  attempt  to  dream  them.  It  is  the  old  story  of  the  glorious  uncertainty  of  turf—the  surest  thing  that  ever  emanated  from  crayfish  and  porter  may  go  down.  On  paper  Sir  Harry  looked  the  quintessence  of  a  cert,  ran  well—  too  well  in  fact  for  a  portion  of  the  journey—then  at  the  turn  jump  took  off  half  a  street  away,  and  then  down  with  u  crash  came  the  thousands  of  the  multitude.  My  vision  as  to  Freedom  could  not  have  been  the  lobster—it  must  have  been  the  stout—for  he  stuck  to  his  task  with  bull-dog  tenacity  and  finished  where  I  had  placed  him—second.  Grafnell  (Grafton—Little  Nell)  is  a  great  horse  -his  i  i  i  o  work  in  the  „  Maiden  on  the  .......
2024-12-10

On this day 126 years ago! 10 Dec 1898: 'LICENSING COURT.', Northern Public Opinion and Mining and Pastoral News, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article255

Thumbnail image of newspaper article. Uncorrected OCR text of article begins: '  LICENSING  COURT.   A.  SITTING  of  this  court  was  hold  on  Monday,  Mr.  John  Brockman,  G.R.,  and  Dt.  Hicks  and  Mr.  A.  C.  Gillam,  J'e.P.,  presiding,  the  following  applications  being  dealt  with:—  PUBLICANS'  GENEBAI,  LICENSES.  Mr.  W.T.  Hanger  was  granted  u  license  for  the  Weld  Hotel  Cossack.  Tiro  following  renewals  of  licenses  wore  also  granted  -.  Claries  Itassott,  Leap  Year  Inn,  Roebourno;  Thos.  Portor,  Victoria  Hotel,  Boebour&e;  F.  W.  Laffcr,  Jubilee  Hotel,  Boebourno;  J.  H.  Johnson,  lioeljourno  Hotel,  Boebourne;  C.  \V.  Harrey,  White  Hot-ae  Hotel,  Coaeack.  WAYSlniS  HOUSE  LICENSES.  The  following  applications  for  wayaide  house  licensee  were  granted  :  John  Dunn,  Whim  Crceli;  David  Harrison,  Whim  Creek;  Maggie  D'Alton,  Eastern  Harding:  E.  C.  Teeedala,  Towranna;  Edward  Vaughan,  Pilbaira;  W.  Byron,  Balla  Balla  W.  MatthewB,  Halla  Balla.  T,  J.  Newland  applied  for  a  rene...
2024-12-10

Found! 26 Jul 1902: 'Ladies' Column FASHION AND THINGS FEMININE. (ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.) MODES FOR MATRONS.', Liverpool Herald, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article375

Thumbnail image of illustrated newspaper article. Uncorrected OCR text of article begins: '  FASHION  AND  THINGS   FEMININE.   BY  MISS  ADA  HELLER.   (Axi.  BIGHTS  BESEBTXD.)   MODES  FOB  MATRONS.   3B*j9^>ANCE  capes  for  summer  wear  »re  .iii®/?  assuming  a  grace  that  is  very  jK¡¡JÉk  pleasing,  and  the  matron  will  fin«  much  that  is  suitable  for  her  among  the  novelties  in  outdoor  mantles  which  are  now  being  Bhown.  Look,  for  instance,  at  the  elegant  design  of  a  black  lace  cape  depicted  in  the  group-sketch  in  thiB  column.  The  shoulder  drapery  is  its  main  feature,  and  is  composed  of  black  chiffon  united  by  a  big  chou  in  front  and  finishing  in  knotted  scarf  ends.  The  lace  cape  itBelf  can  be  lined  with  black  or  coloured  silk,  or  be  devoid  of  lining.   The  other  sketch  in  the  group  illustrates  a  cert  cf  black  broohe,  turned  back  with   revers  of  white  satin  and  lace  and  having  cuff  B  to  match.  It  is  intended  to  fit  the  figure  closely,  and  to  be  re...
2024-12-09

On this day 75 years ago! 10 Dec 1949: 'No title Priestley's Paragraphs Are Well Worth Reading', The Argus, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227

Thumbnail image of newspaper article. Uncorrected OCR text of article begins: '  Priestley's  Paragraphs  Are   Well  Worth  Reading   THIS  reviewer  s  literary  acquaintance  with  Mr  J.  B.  Priestley  goes  bock  to   the  almost  inconceivable  past  of  1922  when  he  acquired  a  volume  of  essays  called  "Papers  from  Lilliput"  of  so  amiable  and  generally  pleasant  a  kind  that  he  not  only  kept  it  but  even  now  occasionally  glances  into  it.   DELIGHT,  by  J.  B.  PRIESTLEY.  London:  Heinemann.  aiiiiiiiiiimimiiii.inmmiiiimiiMiiiii.i.mmm   On  the  title  page  young  Mr  Priestley  was  described  as  author  of  "Brief  Diversions."   Now  Mr  Priestley,  a  very  cele-  brated  man  indeed,  has  written  so  many  books  and  plays  and  what-have-you  generally,  that  on  the  long  list  which  faces  the  title-page  of  "Delight"  there  is  not  room  at  all  for  mention  of  "Papers  From  Lilliput."   But  the  interesting  point  is  that  Mr  Priestley  has  gone  on  being  Mr  Priestley  despite  all  the  things...
2024-12-09

Updated! 17 May 1866: 'REPORT FROM THE ENGINEER OF HARBOURS AND RIVERS. (Ordered by the Legislative Assembly to be printed, 25th April, 1866.) Department of Harbours and Rivers, Engineer's Office, Brisbane, 25th April, 1866.', Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123

Thumbnail image of newspaper article. Uncorrected OCR text of article begins: '  BEPORT  FROM  THE  ENGINEER  OF  HAR-  BOURS  AND  RIVERS.  (Ordered  by  the  Legislative  Assembly  to  be  printed,  25th  April,  1866.)  Department  of  Harbours  and  Rivers,  Engineer's  Office,  Brisbane,  25th  April,  1866.  Sir,--I  have  the  honour  to  submit  the  following  report  on  the  Harbour  and  River  work  executed  and  in  progress  under  my  clarge.  IPSWICH  AND  BRISBANE  NAVIGATION  WORKS.  The  removal  of  the  principal  obstructions  to  the  navigation  of  the  River  Bremer,  between  the  basin  and  the  wharves  at  Ipswich,  has  been  accomplished.  A  sketch  of  the  latest  portion  of  this  work  at  the  entrance  of  the  basin  is  appended,  showing  the  posi-  tion  of  the  channel  and  its  depths  at  low  water  spring  tides.  The  most  difficult  part  of  the  work  at  Ipswich  was  the  cutting  of  a  channel  through  bars  of  basaltic  rock  of  extreme  hardness.  A  portion  of  the  work  was  originally  let ...
2024-12-09

Found in response to Guardian (Australia) latest at theguardian.com/australia-news! 27 Aug 1993: 'OUTSIDE THE LOBBY', The Australian Jewish News, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article261

Thumbnail image of newspaper article. Uncorrected OCR text of article begins: '  Outside  the  lobby   Jacques  Rockman  North  Melbourne   IT  IS  unlikely  that  Gareth  Evans  now  believes,  as  Helen  Teichmann  claims,  that  the  ZFA  adequately  rep  resents  the  Australian  Jewish  com   munity.  (AJN  20/8)  But  if  there  is  any  doubt  he  should  be  told  the  facts.   Many  leading  Zionists  from  1981  onwards  have  rejected  the  ZFA  as  their  representative  body.  There  is  a   substantial  section  of  Australian  Jewry  who,  although  very  con  cerned  about  Israel’s  welfare,  do  not  share  the  ZFA’s  ideology.   The  ECAJ,  imperfect  though  it  may  be,  represents  the  communal  bodies  of  all  Australian  states.   IN  HER  article  in  defence  of  the  Jew  ish  lobby,  Helene  Teichmann  (AJN  20/8)  points  out  quite  rightly  that  Jewish  communal  representatives  have  a  difficult  job  in  promoting  the  community’s  agenda  in  public  debates.  The  Senator  Evans,  David  Irving  and  Tim  Fischer  affairs...
2024-12-09

Found! 13 Jun 1905: '“Music Hath Charms.” CHAPTER III.—(Continued)', The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264

Thumbnail image of newspaper article. Uncorrected OCR text of article begins: '  "Music  Hatlj   ?   'CHAPTER  III.—(Continaed)   "  It  wa3  s  a.  very  nice  idea  of  .yours,"  she  said  kindly.  "  Now  xsome  and  have  some  tea."  She  took  her  into  her  own  toom,  where  tea  was  ready,  and  •during  the  meal  was  so  kind  that  Rosalind  quite  fell  in  love  with  her.  It  was  Celit's"  way  to  b»  •agreeable  to  everyone,  and  besides,  she  was  already  beginning  to  feel  very  bored  with  the  Court,  and  this  quiet  little  cmjntiy  girl,  with  her  exquisite  voice  and  soft  eyes,  interested  and  amused  her.  It  amused  her  to  draw  her  out,  to  hear  about  her  siroplo  life  And  besides,  Celia  was  a  noted  hostess,  who  prided  herself  in  always  having  'something  new'  at  her  receptions  an*d  At  Homes  -—the  latest  literary  lion,  the  •newest  of  yuui.g  singeis.  .  Alread}'  she  was  shrewdly  appraising  -Rosali/id  in  the  latter  rapacity.  "Just  a  little  training—not  enough  to  s...
2024-12-09

On this day 71 years ago! 9 Dec 1953: 'SMITH RIDES IN PERTH', Barrier Miner, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article500

Thumbnail image of newspaper article. Uncorrected OCR text of article begins: '  SMITH  HUIES   SN  IM  lt  TH   Melbourne:  Mentone  light-  weight  jockey  W.  A.  Smith  has  accepted  the  mounts  on  Alexis  in  the  W.A.T.C.  Rail-  way  Stakes  (December  28)  and  Dandy  Don  in  the  Perth  Cup  (January  1).   !  Smith  said  he  would  leave  Melbourne  for  Perth  by  air  after  riding  at  Caulfield  on  December  26.   It  will  be  Smith's  second  trip  to  ride  in  Perth.  He  won  the  King's  Cup  on  Royal  Academy  there  in   j  1949. ...
2024-12-09

Found in response to Guardian (Australia) latest at theguardian.com/australia-news! 23 Apr 2004: 'OPEN LETTER TO BASHAR AL-ASSAD', The Australian Jewish News, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article262

Thumbnail image of newspaper article. Uncorrected OCR text of article begins: '  OPEN  LETTER  TO  BASHAR  AL-ASSAD   ELI  Cohen  was  executed  in  Damascus  in  1965.1  am  asking  you  to  stop  my  and  my  children’s  torment.  I  have  been  living  on  my  own  since  my  hus  band’s  execution.  My  children  have  grown  up  without  their  father.  My  family  is  asking  you  to  return  my  hus   band’s  coffin.   Your  father,  the  late  Hafez  al  Assad,  promised  my  husband’s  bones   would  be  returned.  This  is  the  time  now!   It  should  be  done  not  through  negotiations,  but  as  a  human  action  to  benefit  my  children.  Eli  was  pun  ished,  so  were  we.  We  live  with  his   remembrance  here  in  Israel,  but  we  are  also  in  your  country,  where  his  grave  is.   If  you  could  imagine  what  a  change  it  would  bring  on  our  life  to   have  the  return  of  his  coffin.   My  children  don’t  know  the  mean  ing  of  the  word  “father”,  and  I  forgot   the  word  “husband”.   The  time  arrived  for  you  ...
2024-12-09

Found! 20 Feb 1957: 'Reasons why', Il Canguro = The Kangaroo, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article249

Thumbnail image of newspaper article. Uncorrected OCR text of article begins: '  Reasons  why  \   Sir  Douglas  Copland  in  prin  cipal  of  the  Australian  Admini  strative  Staff  College  and  a  member  of  the'  Immigration  Planning  Council.  Sir  Douglas  Copland  is  prin-  should  sustain  both  the  rate  of  development  and  the  rate  of  im  migration.  "If  this  involves  some  conflict  between  stability  and  progress,  we  should  choose  progress."  Sir  Douglas  Copland  recalled  that  in  1951  he  had  told  deleg  ates:  "You  cannot  have  pro  gress  free  of  cost."  He  said  that  today,  six  years  later,  Australia  was  confronted  with  the  same  choice,  the  same  fundamental  issue.  "The  rate  of  immigration  is  not  to  be  decided  on  economic  grounds  alone,"  he  said.  "There  is  ample  evidence  to  show,  however,  that  on  the  whole  the  high  rate  of  immigra  tion  in  the  past  eight  years  has  been  a  net  economic  gain  to  Australia.  "No  doubt  it  has  imposed  strains  on  the  economy,...
2024-12-09

Found in response to Guardian (Australia) latest at theguardian.com/australia-news! 31 Jul 1946: 'JEWISH COMMUNITY HONORS MINISTER', Daily Advertiser, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article145

Thumbnail image of newspaper article. Uncorrected OCR text of article begins: '  JEWISH  COMMUNITY  HONORS  MINISTER   The  Jewish  community  of  Australia  last  week  tendered  a  luncheon  to  Mr.  Makin  (Minister  for  the  Navy)  ,  who  will  shortly  leave  for  the  United  States.  Pictured  above,  from  left  to  right,  are  Dr.  Norris  ?  illzweig,  Mr.  G.  de  Davis,  Mr.  Makin,  Dr.  M.  Laserson  au  d  Mr.  W.  Maloney. ...

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