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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. HURT BY FALLING STONE.

    At Gosford quarries yesterday Herbert Wells aged 50 years, met with a severe accident when a large stone, weighing about half a ton became dislodged and struck him on the head ...

    Article : 74 words
  3. BLOOD BROTHERHOOD. TERRORISM IN JAPAN.

    Preliminary examination of the 14 members of the Blood Brotherhood who were responsible for the deaths of Mr. J. Inouye and Baron Dan in February and March ...

    Article : 91 words
  4. TOOWOOMBA MATCH.

    The English team with score of 376 won on the first innings by 166 runs against the Queensland Country team to-day. Queensland's country batsmen were far ...

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  5. HEAVY RAIN

    Heavy rain has fallen in the north and north-west portions of the State. Ten inches was recorded at Tully, four inches at Innisfail and seven and a half inches at Macknade. ...

    Article : 183 words
  6. SHEFFIELD SHIELD.

    At the Cricket Ground during the next few days Sydney cricket enthusiasts will have an opportunity of seeing the play of B. J. Tobin, the South Australian fast bowler who ...

    Article : 354 words
  7. PROFESSOR J. Le GAY BRERETON.

    Professor John Le Gay Brereton. Professor of English Literature at the University of Sydney, died suddenly near Tamworth yesterday morning while on a caravan tour He had ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. COMMISSIONER McKENZIE

    Commissioner William McKenzie the newly appointed leader of the Salvation Army in New South Wales and Queensland, will reach Sydney by the Manunda this morning. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 85 words
  9. PRESSURE TUNNEL.

    When the Royal Commission which is investigating the construction of the pressure tunnel and other matters, met yesterday, the Chairman, Mr. H. J. Swain, made the ...

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  10. PEA-RIFLE ACCIDENT.

    Eswell Fetcher, 14, of Lithgow-road, Wallerawang, was admitted to Lithgow District Hospital suffering from a wound by a pearifle bullet in the upper part of a thigh ...

    Article : 57 words
  11. PLAYER-WRITERS.

    After the president, Mr. J. J. Booth, had supported Lord Hawke's criticism of J. B. Hobbs, the Yorkshire Cricket Federation, representing 600 clubs, carried a resolution ...

    Article : 85 words
  12. CONDEMNED ELECTRICAL FITTINGS.

    Protesting that the new regulation's necessitating new and altered reticulations throughout the town before the new current from the Nymboida scheme can be connected are ...

    Article : 98 words
  13. LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANIES

    Representatives of life assurance companies waited on the Assistant Treasurer (Mr. Cooper) to-day and pointed out that the stamp duty payable on an ordinary policy was 1/ per cent. ...

    Article : 193 words
  14. CRIME IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT.

    Cases of crime in the southern district showed a decrease of 202 in 1932 compared with those of 1931. Drunkenness cases fell from 253 in 1931 to 233. Other notable ...

    Article : 84 words
  15. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of gold to-day was £6/1/3½ an ounce fine, compared with £6/1/2½ yesterday PAYMENT IN STERLING. ...

    Article : 179 words
  16. DEATH OF DR. D. RAE.

    Cabled information from London contains the news that Dr. David Rae, a popular Wauchope doctor, died suddenly on board the Largs Bay shortly before the arrival of that ...

    Article : 90 words
  17. PLANTERS' TRIALS.

    Wild animals add an interest to the life of planters in the wilder parts of Ceylon, according to Mr. Geoffrey Pickthall, manager for the Galphele Rubber and Tea Estates ...

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  18. OBITUARY. MR. W. T. MISSINGHAM, M.L.A.

    The funeral of Mr. William Thomas Missingham, M.L.A., took place from his home at Brighton-street, Croydon, to the Methodist portion of the Northern Suburbs Cemetery ...

    Article : 733 words
  19. MONSTER MUSHROOM.

    Seekers after mushrooms in a paddock at Narrabri found one which measured 9 inches in diameter and 28 inches in circumference, and weighed lloz. It was 4 inches high, with ...

    Article : 42 words
  20. WIDOWS' PENSIONS.

    The Act passed last session providing for a reduction in widows' pensions came into force on Wednesday. Widows' pensions have been reduced from £1 to 17/6, and payments ...

    Article : 78 words
  21. YOUNG FRUITGROWERS' ASSOCIATION.

    The balance-sheet presented at the halfyearly meeting of the Young Fruitgrowers' Association showed that the association had experienced the best year since its inception in ...

    Article : 110 words
  22. CLEAN SPORT.

    The influence of clean sport was referred to by the Railway Commissioner (Mr. T. J. Hartigan) in a luncheon speech at the annual Railways versus Tramways cricket match, ...

    Article : 276 words
  23. AUSTRALIAN ARTIST.

    Mr. W. B. McInnes, the Melbourne portrait painter, has been commissioned by the trustees of the Castlemaine Art Gallery to paint a portrait of the Duke of York. Mr. McInnes ...

    Article : 50 words
  24. THEFT OF PETROL.

    At the Bathurst Quarter Sessions before Judge Barton, Jack Symonds was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment when he pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and stealing ...

    Article : 81 words
  25. YOUTHFUL STOWAWAY

    The story of a daring escapade was told by William Scott Munday, l8, on his return in custody by the Matson liner Monterey yesterday afternoon. Munday stowed away on the ...

    Article : 379 words
  26. TRADE IN THE EAST.

    Messrs. H. W. Pickering and C. Judd, of the Victorian Wheatgrowers' Corporation, Ltd., who recently returned from a three months' business tour of the Far East, both stated ...

    Article : 66 words
  27. BIGAMY CHARGE.

    On a bigamy charge, Llewellyn McPherson Dale appeared at the Coff's Harbour Police Court and was remanded to February 15. He is charged that in March, 1910, at Brentford, ...

    Article : 93 words
  28. THE CALL-UP

    Details of to-day's call-up for employment are published on page 16, column 6. The call for general labourers refers to specified married men and single men with ...

    Article : 104 words
  29. LADS INJURED IN EXPLOSION.

    One of three lads who were playing in North-street, Tamworth, applied a match to some explosive substance. Two are now in the Tamworth District Hospital, William ...

    Article : 64 words
  30. BOY'S LUCKY ESCAPE.

    Daniel Fay, 9 years, was knocked 30 feet to the ground when he touched an electric street cable carrying a high voltage. He climbed an iron sewer vent pipe to a point ...

    Article : 113 words
  31. REDUCED PETROL PRICES.

    The large oil refining companies announced to-day that the wholesale price of both first and second grade petrol had been reduced by 1d a gallon. ...

    Article : 115 words
  32. THIRTEEN PLAYERS CHOSEN.

    The Queensland side to meet the M.C.C. team on Saturday will not be chosen until a few hours before the match commences. The team will be selected from the following 13 ...

    Article : 58 words
  33. INDEX. NEWS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 261 words
  34. MRS. E. CHARLTON.

    Mrs. E. Charlton, who died at her residence, Rothesay, Minna-street, Burwood, on Tuesday, aged 75 years, was a native of Ayr, Scotland, and arrived in New South Wales with her ...

    Article : 355 words
  35. CRUSHED BY LOG.

    While William Fletcher, a timber-getter, wa[?] attending to a load of logs on a waggon a log slipped from the waggon, and the end struck Fletcher across the abdomen, inflicting ...

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  36. REDUCED RAILWAY FARES.

    Excursion tickets to Brisbane will be issued from Sydney and intermediate stations on the main northern line (via Wallangarra) and North Coast (via Kyogle) lines, on Wednesday ...

    Article : 72 words
  37. NEW TEST CRICKETER.

    B. J. TOBIN, the South Australian player, who has been selected for the test in Brisbane, will appear for his State in the Sheffield ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  38. PURCHASE OF ELECTRICITY.

    Representatives of the five councils in this district which obtain electric current in bulk from Port Kembla, and which have been unsuccessfully endeavouring to arrange cheaper ...

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  39. POLICE WORK

    A report of the work of the police in the metropolitan area during last year has been prepared by the Criminal Investigation Branch and presented to the Commissioner of Police ...

    Article : 131 words
  40. ALLEGED ASSAULTS.

    Two cases of alleged assault reported to the police last night possessed unusual features. One man walked into Sydney Hospital several hours after he had had a quarrel with a ...

    Article : 371 words
  41. A.W.U.

    It is expected that the executive council of the Australian Workers' Union which continued its sittings in Sydney yesteiday will complete its arrangements to-day for the ...

    Article : 156 words
  42. OLD MAN KILLED BY TRAIN.

    At Stuart Town to-day, John Stewart, 60. was killed instantly when he was struck by the buffer of the engine of the local passenger train. ...

    Article : 95 words
  43. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 219 words
  44. CLOSER SETTLEMENT.

    The Minister for Lands (Mr. Dunstan) to-night announced the names of the three fulltime members of the Closer Settlement Commission which will re-organise land ...

    Article : 107 words
  45. DARING ROBBERY AT HOTEL.

    A daring theft was committed last nigni a[?] the Fitzroy Hotel, Coff's Harbour, when a man and his wife and son lost a coat and about £35 in cash. The party booked at ...

    Article : 114 words
  46. ALDERMAN G. E. FORTESCUE.

    Alderman George Edward Fortescue, an old member of the Rockdale Municipal Council, and a former Mayor, died at his nome at Rockdale last night. He was 64 years of age. He was ...

    Article : 111 words
  47. BOLTING HORSE.

    Mrs. Loretta Dodd, of Davis-street, Blacktown, had a nerve-wracking experience when a horse attached to a sulky in which she was riding bolted seven miles before she could pull ...

    Article : 173 words
  48. GABO ISLAND ISOLATED.

    As a result of the recent cyclonic disturbance the telephone cable connecting Gabo Island with the mainland has been dislocated. Five hundred yards of the cable are reported ...

    Article : 103 words
  49. FLOOD MITIGATION SCHEME.

    A conference of district councils proces[?] against a proposal for the formation of a Hunter River flood mitigation board, to cover the areas of the Bolwarra, Kearsley. Port ...

    Article : 215 words
  50. MEDICAL RESEARCH.

    The director of the Walter Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Resear[?], Dr. C. H Kelleway will leave for London to-morrow. He will spend the first port of his eleven months ...

    Article : 99 words
  51. BLACKMAIL METHODS.

    "Gangsters appear to be gaining a stronger hold on the United States," said Mr. Thomas Rice, of the "New York Star." who arrived in Sydney yesterday by the steamer Ballarat ...

    Article : 177 words
  52. THEFT OF BOOKS

    Books to the value of nearly £200 are lost from the City Municipal Library each year Library officials have suggested that to prevent "unauthorised borrowers' from ...

    Article : 167 words
  53. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 130 words
  54. SOLDIERS' GRAVES.

    It having been represented to the Minister for Defence (S[?] George Pearce) that there a[?] hundreds of unmarked graves of ex-members of the A.I.F., the Minister has decided ...

    Article : 105 words
  55. FEDERAL A.L.P.

    The central executive of the Federal A.L.P. at its meeting last night decided to hold the annual State conference on April 22 and subsequent days. The Federal leader. Mr. ...

    Article : 95 words
  56. YOUTH BURNED BY ACID.

    Anthony Gilding, 17, a metal-work apprentice, of Station-street, Kogarah, was carrying a bottle of sulphuric acid yesterday, when he was knocked down by a car at the corner of ...

    Article : 68 words
  57. CONDUCTOR'S FATAL FALL.

    Cecil Bailey, about 32, tram conductor, lately resident at the Garden Suburb, Cardiff, suffered fatal injuries when he fell from the footboard of the tram on which he was ...

    Article : 58 words
  58. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES

    Programmes of Suburban Picture Theatres will be found in the Amusement Section on page [?] each day. ...

    Article : 24 words
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