Ten Year Old Immigrant Voyages from London Alone
Posted by Paul on October 29, 2011
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Ten Year Old Immigrant Voyages from London Alone
Editor’s Note: Garth Webster was born about 1916 in England to Herbert Webster and Pearl Clemenson Eunice Lees and was 28 when he died in 1944. TEN-YEAR-OLD IMMIGRANT Voyages from London Alone FAMILY VICISSITUDES On the s.s. Borda last Tuesday morning a group of interested people gathered round Garth Webster, a sturdy little boy, ten [...]
Miss Noela Ruthning – Hollinshed-Danasher-Avery Studio
Posted by Paul on October 1, 2011
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Miss Noela Ruthning – Hollinshed-Danasher-Avery Studio
Noela must have been an accomplished dancer for there are a number of newspaper articles in the National Library newspaper archives about her, her dancing and her marriage to Dean Stocker Prangley.
Lees Convicted of Assault and Unlawful Wounding
Posted by Paul on September 3, 2011
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Lees Convicted of Assault and Unlawful Wounding
On the 15th of July 1857 William Lingham Lees, father of Robert James Lees was fined £10 and jailed for two days for assault and unlawful wounding (see line 10). His was by no means the worst offence on the days register. The last entry, for Elizabeth Smith notes that she was being tried for [...]
Home of W.H. Walker For Sale
Posted by Paul on August 13, 2011
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Home of W.H. Walker For Sale
The website of the Professionals at Gympie in August 2011 listed the property of William Henry Walker (1833-1903) as being for sale with offers of over $740,000 being considered. The text and photos in this article are from that listing. Monkland One hundred years on, this picture perfect Queenslander radiates a timeless elegance and will [...]
Rockhampton – Man Drowned When Canoe Capsized
Posted by Paul on April 2, 2011
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Rockhampton – Man Drowned When Canoe Capsized
Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld.) Saturday 17 June 1950 Drowned When Canoe Capsized BRISBANE, June 16. Tonight water police recovered the body of a man who was drowned near Victoria Bridge this morning. Extensive police inquiries have disclosed no clue to toe identity , of the man who was thrown into the river when, his canoe [...]
Albert E. Warneke Fined £10
Posted by Paul on March 5, 2011
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Albert E. Warneke Fined £10
”NO RETURNS. For having failed to furnish income tax returns and information, the following persons were fined by Mr. Archdall, C.P.M., in the Summons Court:—William Smith (as a member of the partnership of Cassolls and Smith), of Jericho, £10; Albert E. Warneke, shopkeeper, Ruthven-street, Toowoomba, £10; Frank Way, contractor, Harold-street, West End, Townsville, £2¡ and [...]
1926 Injunction Application Against Albert Edward Warneke
Posted by Paul on February 1, 2011
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1926 Injunction Application Against Albert Edward Warneke
”INJUNCTION APPLICATION. Clifford Edwin Orchin and Edwin Orchin, of Toowoomba, made application for an interlocutory injunction to restrain Albert Edward Warneke from engaging, directly or indirectly, or managing, or as servant or agent, either on his oven account or in the name of his wife, in the business of smallgoods dealer at Toowoomba, nor within [...]
Do You Believe in Ghosts?
Posted by Paul on November 21, 2009
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Do You Believe in Ghosts?
This is a reproduction of an article featured in the Leicester Mercury, Thursday, July 5, 1962 LEICESTER MERCURY, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1962 DENIS DOWNES meets a Leicester woman who believes that “the spirits are all around us” DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS? Do you believe in ghosts? From time to time a story appears in [...]
1849 – ROBERT JAMES LEES – 1949
Posted by Paul on November 21, 2009
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1849 – ROBERT JAMES LEES – 1949
1849 – ROBERT JAMES LEES – 1949 August, 1849, marked the birth of one of the greatest mediums. This month we commemorate the centenary of Robert James Lees whose books have brought comfort and encouragement to thousands. He was a brilliant and widely travelled lecturer. Without a doubt his greatest book is “Through the Mists [...]
Centenary of R.J. Lees
Posted by Paul on November 21, 2009
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Centenary of R.J. Lees
SEER AND SOCIAL REFORMER One hundred years ago, (August 1849), a boy was born in the small town of Hinckley, Leicestershire, who was destined to become one of the greatest mediums this country has produced. He was Robert James Lees and was one of a family of eight. Very early in life he became a [...]