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THE PANAMA CANAL

... THE PANAMA CANAL A succinet and well-conceived account of the construction and subsequent working of the Panama Canal was given by Mr J. F. Stevens in his presidential address to the lAmericm Society of Civil Engineers, in July last. This discourse relates ...

Published: Tuesday 24 January 1928
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 770 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

MOBBED BY INFURIATED WOMEN

... place near the Grand Junction Canal.—lt ap- | peared that the prisoner and the child were seen by a woman, who immediately started to the police-station with the object for giving information. On the way she spoke to several women, anid nearly a hundred proceeded ...

Published: Saturday 25 August 1906
Newspaper: Horncastle News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 322 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BODY IN CANAL. Abandoned Taxicab Mystery

... BODY IN CANAL. Abandoned Taxicab Mystery. A Manchester taxi driver’s body was fcurnd in mysterious ¢ rcumstances early yesterday morning, in the canal at Sale, some distance from where his abandoned taxi overhung the water, with one vheel partly submerged ...

Published: Monday 21 January 1929
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 119 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BEAUTIES OF THE BARGE Canal Girls Living to Modern Fashions

... among the canal boat community on the Brentford section of the Grand Union Canal, where he has had opportunities of observing the gradual surrender of the women and girls to the changes in modern fashion. “At one time,” he said, “girls on the canals were quite ...

Published: Tuesday 17 December 1929
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 228 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Ex-Constable Hanged for Murder of Girl CANAL TRAGEDY

... Ex-Constable Hanged for Murder of Girl CANAL TRAGEDY James Power, the Birmingham ex-policeman, was executed in Birmingham Gaol this morning for the murder of a girl whose 'bedy was recovered from the canal. ~The prison was only 500 or 600 yards from ‘the ...

Published: Tuesday 31 January 1928
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 207 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

EALIFAX CANAL TRAGEDY Mother and Child Found Drowred

... EALIFAX CANAL TRAGEDY Mother and Child Found Drowred A sensational wes made by two Biddal boys mm afternoon, the bodies of a woman and a child being discovered in the canal near Phosbe-lane mills, 8s the resnit of the boys seeing a women's bat and cinid’s ...

Published: Monday 14 March 1921
Newspaper: Halifax Daily Guardian
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 203 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

POLITICS FOR WOMEN By Woman Voter,

... POLITICS FOR WOMEN By Woman Voter, Strainge as it may appear, I find there are only two political organisations that have prepared what can be termed a real woman's programme. These are the Women's Party and the N’?‘L lx:t’;ny. i hole-hearted 'y promise ...

Published: Saturday 16 November 1918
Newspaper: Halifax Daily Guardian
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 625 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

VILLAGE FIRES IN EGYPT. Fire Engine Fallsin Canal on Way to Scene

... Fire Engine Fallsin Canal on Way to Scene. Cairo, Thursday. Two further village fires are reported to-day. The first occurred near Tanta, and was still raging at midnight. Over 300 navive dwellings were destroyed, and three women anJl one child were burut ...

Published: Thursday 07 March 1929
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 129 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

PETROL BY CANAL Gmrnm:_m- Inspector Reports Large Increase

... PETROL BY CANAL Gmrnm:_m- Inspector Reports Large Increase Mieence is made by Mr Owen J. Chief Inspector under the Canal Acts, in his annual report to the larze in the quantity of motor spirit car- N on canals. ‘r’d send motor spi-it by he says, mut:ho ...

Published: Thursday 25 September 1930
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 224 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

RUFFIANS WITH BAZORS. COLOURED MEN ANNOY WHITE WOMEN

... RUFFIANS WITH BAZORS. COLOURED MEN ANNOY WHITE WOMEN. There was o dangerous affray botweed a Md&-&lmdth-&flwdpduumh Vicinity of the Suip Canal dock yesterday evening. In this district there hve about a thousand coloured men, who are a constant source qf ...

Published: Monday 10 March 1919
Newspaper: Halifax Daily Guardian
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 105 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

\CANAL BOAT CHILDREN’ BILL. Promoters Acc?pt Important Amendment

... \CANAL BOAT CHILDREN’ BILL. Promoters Acc?pt Important Amendment. The standing committee of the House ot Comamons, under the chairmanship of Sif Samuel Roberts (C) Ecclesall, resumed 10 day, consideration of the Canal Boats Bill, a ptivate mewber's measure ...

Published: Tuesday 11 March 1930
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 217 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WHERE WOMEN ARE WANTED Washington Hints for ~ Lonely Hearts

... 100 women to every 90 men in the State of Columbia, and the picture houses are always crowded with girls who have no dates. To them the advice of the Department is : “Go North, young lady, go North.”—-BUP. Although his clothes were found on a canal bank ...

Published: Tuesday 01 September 1936
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 470 | Page: 4 | Tags: none