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  2. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT. ATTACK ON B.H.P.

    Violently attacking the Broken Hill Proprietary Co., Ltd., on the ground that its suggested intention to acquire a large interest in Australian Iron and Steel, Ltd., would ...

    Article : 1,843 words
  3. MURDER CHARGE

    The hearing was continued in the Auckland Police Court to-day of the case in which Eric Mareo, 41, musician, is charged with having, on April 15, murdered his wife, Thelma ...

    Article : 505 words
  4. AERO CLUB PRESIDENT.

    Flight-Lieutenant N. Mulroney was elected president and chairman of the Royal Aero Club of New South Wales on Tuesday night. He served with the 6th Light Horse on ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 88 words
  5. PETROL PRICES.

    Alderman J. McMahon, who presided at a conference of the N.R.M.A., said that the recent rise of a penny a gallon in the price of petrol was a serious matter, especially to big ...

    Article : 290 words
  6. VISITING MINISTER.

    REV. R. O. CLACK. Mr. Clack, who is on a visit to Sydney, was born at West Maitland and educated at the Paddington Public School. He was assistant ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 146 words
  7. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    A warning that trout-fishing in New South Wales was in danger of extinction was made by Sir Thomas Bavin during the debate on the Fisheries Bill in the Legislative Assembly ...

    Article : 2,064 words
  8. COUNCIL TENANTS

    The policy of the City Council in relation to tenants in distressed circumstances was reviewed by the finance committee of the council yesterday. Reports submitted by the Town ...

    Article : 356 words
  9. STAFF APPOINTMENTS

    At a meeting of the Federal Parliamentary Labour party to-day, it was decided to empower Mr. Mahoney (Fed. Lab., Tas.) to move the adjournment of the House of ...

    Article : 150 words
  10. NEW PERSONNEL.

    It was announced in the House of Representaties, Canberra, yesterday that Messrs. N. R. Mighell (chairman), J. Webster, and F. H. Rowe, had been appointed as the new ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 298 words
  11. SUDDEN DEATHS

    When Mr. Jeremiah Connolly, M.P. for Mid-Canterbury, collapsed and died in a taxi in Wellington to-day, the driver rushed to the surgery of Dr. Alex Robertson, who ...

    Article : 146 words
  12. SHARK-PROOF FENCE.

    An application by the Manly Council for a special lease at South Steyne for 20 years to construct a shark-proof enclosure was the subject of an inquiry by the Metropolitan ...

    Article : 238 words
  13. THE SENATE.

    When the Senate met, Senator Arkins (U.A.P., N.S.W.), who was recently elected by the joint Houses of the New South Wales Parliament to fill the Senate vacancy caused by ...

    Article : 616 words
  14. CASUALTIES.

    Ernest Herman Haberland, 47, of Darling-street, Balmain, was discovered on Tuesday in the front room of his residence, lying on a couch with a rug over his head and the gas ...

    Article : 231 words
  15. ALLEGED ATTEMPT

    At the Grafton Police Court to-day Marcel Laffineur, 29, was committed for trial on a charge of having assisted William George Riley and Albert John Edwards in attempting to ...

    Article : 327 words
  16. PUBLIC SQUARES.

    Mr. A. J. Brown, in the Vernon memorial lecture on town planning, at the University last night, advocated the building of large public squares in modern cities. Mr. Brown ...

    Article : 238 words
  17. "BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK."

    "Beggar on Horseback," by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly, is a remarkably clever play. It is also a difficult play to produce, for it embodies frequent and rapid ...

    Article : 289 words
  18. GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT.

    It was officially announced last night that Mr. Cobden Parkes had been appointed Government Architect. He will succeed Mr. Edwin Evan Smith, who has held the position ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 85 words
  19. LIQUOR LAWS.

    The liquor laws of Australia, and particularly of New South Wales, were criticised at the dinner to the interstate delegates to the Federal Viticultural Council and visitors to ...

    Article : 336 words
  20. LICENSING SYSTEM.

    A system of licensing receivers of wheat, or warehouses where wheat is concentrated, is to be recommended by the Federal Government to the conference of Federal and State ...

    Article : 312 words
  21. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    The agitation for a shorter working week was discussed in a broadcast talk by the secretary of the Chamber of Manufactures (Mr. L. Withall). ...

    Article : 441 words
  22. UNEMPLOYED YOUTH.

    A demonstration of the activities of the Young Citizens' Associations will be held in the Sydney Town Hall (lower hall) on October 10 and 11. It will be officially opened by the ...

    Article : 181 words
  23. COMPETITION PLAYS.

    The fourth session of the Bryant's Playhouse tournament was held last night at the Playhouse, when the remaining four entries were performed. They were:—"Centre ...

    Article : 118 words
  24. ALLEGED ASSAULT

    William Shepherd, bus proprietor, of Wood[?] ward-avenue, Strathfield, and Frederick Munro, bus driver, of Lyons-road, Fivedock, were attacked at Strathfield last night. They ...

    Article : 168 words
  25. TENNANT'S CREEK.

    The Minister in Charge of Development (Senator McLachlan) has received from Sir Herbert Gepp, Director of the Northern Australia survey, a report in which Sir Herbert ...

    Article : 263 words
  26. OBITUARY. MR. T. G. BRATCHELL.

    Mr. Thomas George Bratchell, who died at St. Joseph's Hospital, Auburn, on Monday, aged 57 years, was born in Glamorganshire, Wales. He came to Australia as a young ...

    Article : 174 words
  27. RESERVOIRS.

    The Metropolitan Water Board, at its meeting yesterday, decided to purchase launches for patrol purposes to exercise stricter supervision at the Cataract, Avon, and Cordeaux ...

    Article : 74 words
  28. LEWISHAM HOSPITAL.

    The Minister for Health (Mr. Fitzsimons), at the annual meeting of Lewisham Hospital yesterday, said the hospital was doing a splendid national work, and the Government ...

    Article : 169 words
  29. MALABAR RESERVE.

    Strong opposition to the lensing of Crown lands dedicated to public recreation was expressed at a meeting of the Parks and Play[?] grounds Movement yesterday, which discussed ...

    Article : 139 words
  30. TRAIN STRIKES LORRY.

    A special train conveying the chairman of the Railway Commissioners (Mr. Clapp) and departmental officers, crashed with terrific force into a motor transport waggon at ...

    Article : 70 words
  31. RAILWAY BOOKINGS.

    Owing to anticipated heavier loading than usual next Friday night, mail trains leaving Central at 8.25 p.m. for Temora, 9.5 p.m. for Cooma, and 10.20 p.m. for Albury will be run ...

    Article : 91 words
  32. NIELSEN PARK.

    The swimming season at Nielsen Park will open next Saturday, the new and strongly protected shark-proof net having been placed in position. The opening ceremony will be ...

    Article : 47 words
  33. MR. A. L. MUIR.

    The death has occurred of Mr. Allan Leonard Muir, editor of the "Poverty Bay Herald," at the age of 64. He was a delegate to the Imperial Press Conference in London in ...

    Article : 41 words
  34. VAIN FIGHT FOR CHILD'S LIFE.

    Rachael Sharland, 8, who was brought from her home at Clayfield, Queensland, in a specially chartered 'plane to the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children on Tuesday, died ...

    Article : 34 words
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