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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    In keeping with the administration of other cemeteries in the State, Bulli Cemetery management has set out to enforce the bylaw that no wooden structures shall be ...

    Article : 113 words
  3. NO ABOLITION.

    The Minister for Justice (Mr. Martin) stated yesterday that it was not the Government's intention to introduce legislation to abolish capital ...

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  4. SCONE 'PLANE CRASH.

    At the inquest into the 'plane crash on Sunday, the District Coroner (Mr. W. T. Seaward) found that Dr. Hillis Kyle Houston died from injuries accidentally received when the ...

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  5. MR. G. H. VARLEY.

    The interment took place privately at South Head Cemetery yesterday of Mr. George Henry Varley, who was a member of the Legislative Council for 15 years, and a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday the Local Government (Noxious Plants) Bill passed through the second reading. ...

    Article : 1,346 words
  7. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    The House of Representatives spent most of to-day in debating the second reading of the Income Tax Assessment Bill, which provides for uniform ...

    Article : 2,194 words
  8. MAY DAY DEMONSTRATION

    South Bulli and Corrimal, the two stronge[?] lodges in the district, have refused to pay the levy of 2/6 a member to meet the expenses of four special trains and sports prizes for ...

    Article : 189 words
  9. BUNDANOON EX-SOLDIERS.

    The returned soldiers' reunion was held in the Bundanoon Memorial Hall. Mr. Perkins, M.P., represented the Federal Parliament. ...

    Article : 70 words
  10. CONTRACT BRIDGE.

    The concluding match in the metropolitan pairs championship, played under the auspices of the New South Wales Bridge Association at the Sydney Bridge Club on Tuesday night, ...

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  11. WEEDS IN BANANA PLANTATIONS.

    Robert Sinclair, Axel Linden, John Norman Stewart, and A. Stewart, all of Coorabell, pleaded guilty in the Byron Bay Police Court to having failed to keep their banana ...

    Article : 76 words
  12. MID-NORTH CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

    The recently-formed Chambers of Commerce of the Mid-North Coast held the first quarterly meeting at Coff's Harbour to-day. Mr. W. H. T. Riding, of Coff's Harbour, ...

    Article : 104 words
  13. BULLOCKS IN COLLISION.

    Five valuable bullocks in a mob travelling along the Hume Highway near Joppa, about five miles out of Goulburn, were so seriously injured in a collision with a motor lorry ...

    Article : 82 words
  14. CLARENCE RIVEH ELECTRICITY.

    An offer from the State Superannuation Board of a loan of £90,000 has been accepted by the Clarence River County Council for additional plant at the Nymboida and ...

    Article : 144 words
  15. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    There was a brief sitting of the Legislative Council yesterday. At the instance of the Minister for Social Services (Mr. Hawkins), supported by the ...

    Article : 73 words
  16. MUSIC IN SCHOOLS.

    The secretary of the Australian Music Examinations Board (Mr. J. Sutton Crow), at the close yesterday of the interstate conference of that body, emphasising the ...

    Article : 233 words
  17. THE SENATE.

    Criticism of the action of the United Kingdom in officially communicating with the Commonwealth Government regarding cement duties when the debate on the duties was about ...

    Article : 747 words
  18. FEDERAL LABOUR PARTY.

    Mr. J. A. Beasley, the former leader in the House of Representatives of the Lang Labour party, and Mr. Rosevear, who was a member of that party, were to-day elected by ballot ...

    Article : 93 words
  19. OBITUARY.

    News has been received in Sydney of the death at sea of Mr. H. C. G. Cumming, chief officer of the R.M.S. Narkunda. Mr. Cumming died as the steamer was nearing Plymouth, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 136 words
  20. KATOOMBA COUNCIL LOANS.

    The Katoomba Council last night approved of the application of the following loans:— £20,000 with a Government grant of £20,000 for development works, £8000 for additional ...

    Article : 70 words
  21. ACCIDENT ON UNSAFE ROADWAY.

    An unusual case was heard in the Lismore District Court, before Judge Clancy, when Keith James Graham claimed £60 damages from the Byron Shire Council for alleged ...

    Article : 102 words
  22. ORCHESTRAL CONCERT

    The reception accorded to the Chateau Tanunda Symphony Orchestra last night, when it gave its third concert programme, conducted by Isador Goodman, was proof of the ...

    Article : 174 words
  23. "THE SPICE OF PARIS."

    The new show at the Tivoli, "The Spice of Paris," is an excellent variety-cum-revue bill. Notable for the hilarious continuity which is so essential to a real variety bill. Paramount ...

    Article : 189 words
  24. WESTERN COLLIERIES.

    As a result of receiving an order from the Sydney County Council for 75,000 tons of coal over six months, Australian Iron and Steel. Ltd., will re-employ 70 miners and others at ...

    Article : 75 words
  25. RADIO RECORD.

    A record in aerial communications on the 600 metres band is believed to have been established yesterday when the sydney and Townsville coastal stations of Amalgamated Wireless ...

    Article : 161 words
  26. THEFT OF CATTLE.

    In the Macksville Police court, Me[?] Brown, 25, pleaded guilty to stealing five head of cattle valued at £10 from John Whalan and J. V. Byrnes, of Eungai. The police ...

    Article : 69 words
  27. OLYMPIC GAMES.

    Mr. Leon Olb, a native of Austria, but now a naturalised Australian, who returned from a two years' tour of Europe and the Pacific Islands by the La Perouse last night, said ...

    Article : 160 words
  28. WOMAN'S DEATH FROM TETANUS.

    The death has occurred of Mrs. Mary Bowen Gaggin, 72, from tetanus. She trod on a rusty nail sticking through a paling to be used for firewood. The wound was attended to, but ...

    Article : 74 words
  29. MR. C. D. MURRAY.

    Mr. Charles David Murray, who died at his residence, Nicholson-street, Burwood, on Tuesday, had been managing director of Murray and Company, Ltd., of Burwood, since 1924, ...

    Article : 135 words
  30. JONES' CASE.

    Mr. T. C. Doyle, ex-M.L.C., accompanied by the solicitor for Frank Howard Carpenter Jones, privately interviewed the Minister for Justice (Mr. Martin) yesterday. ...

    Article : 135 words
  31. ART SCHOLAR.

    Mr. Smith won the Travelling Art Scholarship for 1936 provided by the Government of New South Wales. He leaves by the Baradine on Saturday for England and the Continent, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  32. FATAL LORRY ACCIDENT.

    William Peacock, jun., of Euroka-street, Walgett, was killed when he was thrown off a motor lorry about nine miles from Walgett. The lorry was loaded with gravel, and Peacock ...

    Article : 56 words
  33. STATE SERVICE.

    The following appointments were approved by the Executice Council yesterday:—Mr. A. W. Hicks to be Superintendent of Technical Education, in addition to Under-Secretary and ...

    Article : 95 words
  34. PETERSHAM EXCHANGE.

    The Postmaster-General (Senator McLachlan) stated in the Senate this afternoon that approximately 1500 of the subscribers' lines on the Petersham manual telephone exchange ...

    Article : 107 words
  35. FURNITURE LORRY OVERTURNS.

    When a lorry loaded with furniture was being driven into Wellington with three perons riding in the cabin, the engine stalled on a steep grade. The lorry began to go ...

    Article : 98 words
  36. VICTIM'S NEPHEW.

    The Minister for Justice (Mr. Martin) said last night that he had received a letter from a nephew of the late Mr. Henwood asking the Government to reconsider its decision in ...

    Article : 91 words
  37. NEW AIR LINER

    Holyman's Airways new Douglas air liner, which has been named Bungana, and which will accommodate 14 passengers, two pilots, and an air hostess, has undergone a successful ...

    Article : 140 words
  38. WEST WYALONG HOSPITAL.

    The repayment of principal and interest on the District Hospital, ertcted two years ago at a cost of £11,000, together with the administrative expenses, is causing the board ...

    Article : 56 words
  39. AIR LEAGUE FOR BOYS.

    Company Commander R. Neale has been installed into the charge of the Paddington branch of the Australian Air League. It was stated that the branch had been established ...

    Article : 100 words
  40. NATIONAL GALLERY

    The trustees of the National Art Gallery have made a purchase from Miss Mary Edwards's exhibition at the Macquarie Galleries. Their choice was the oil painting, "Portrait of ...

    Article : 46 words
  41. ILLEGAL BETTING.

    Fines totalling £13,221 for illegal betting in the metropolitan and Newcastle districts were imposed during the three months ended March 31 last. ...

    Article : 27 words
  42. LEASE OF POLICE PADDOCK REFUSED.

    The Department of Lands has refused the application of the Postures Protection Board for a lease of the Morangarell police paddock. It was pointed out that two private ...

    Article : 48 words
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