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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. PROTEST AGAINST TIN HARES.

    The announcement that tin hare racing was to come to Kempsey has aroused a storm of protest in certain sections of the community A petition has been signed by the parish[?]oners ...

    Article : 68 words
  3. MR. CLEARY

    Mr. W. J. Cleary, when opening the annual [?]utumn exhibition of the Railway and Tramway Dahlia Society on Saturday, said that it would be the last occasion on which he ...

    Article : 364 words
  4. TUTANKHAMEN.

    The technical staff at the Cairo Museum, headed by Mr. Alfred Lucas, the distinguished chemist, who carried out all the original preservation work, are now busy unpacking the ...

    Article : 930 words
  5. MURCHISON CRIME.

    The Criminal Court sat on a Saturday for the first time since the famous Auburn murder case in 1924 to complete the Murchison mystery trial, in which John Thomas Smith, alias ...

    Article : 142 words
  6. AGUA CALIENTE.

    In the 12 years' history of the west's great race there has been nothing to equal the popularity of Phar Lap. In an exclusive statement to the Australian Press Association, Mr. D. J. ...

    Article : 1,087 words
  7. THE HISTORIC WENTWORTH HOME.

    Vaucluse House, the scene of Saturday's pageant, viewed from the air. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 15 words
  8. N.S.W. DEFAULT. Appeal to High Court.

    It was announced to-day that the Victorian Government had decided to apply to the High Court for leave to intervene in the action, New South Wales versus the ...

    Article : 679 words
  9. POSSESSION OF OPIUM PIPES.

    At the police court, before Mr. E. Harrison, P.M., Harry Lee, a Chinese, charged with having opium pipes and utensils in his possession, was fined £20, in default, 40 days' hard ...

    Article : 91 words
  10. MAGISTRATE'S CAUSTIC COMMENT.

    "That is the ma[?]mum sentence I can give you, but I don't think it it enough for a man like you," said Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., in Murwillumbah Police Court, when sentencing ...

    Article : 91 words
  11. PUBLIC SERVICE.

    Although a considerable saving is expected from the amalgamation of the Commonwealth Departments of Home Affairs, Works, and Transport, no official estimate of the amount ...

    Article : 181 words
  12. ELECTRICITY PLANT SOLD.

    The municipal council has sold its electricity generating plan[?] the price being £3750. The purchaser was Mr[?] [?]. R. Hammond. The council is obtaining i[?]s supply of electricity ...

    Article : 47 words
  13. ONCE PROPRIETO[?] NOW YARDSMAN.

    John Bartley told Mr. H. H. Farrington, P.M., during a bankruptcy examination that, though he was a hotel proprietor a few months ago, he was now working as a ...

    Article : 61 words
  14. COMMUNISTS.

    A meeting of the Newcastle-Kurri Kurri-Cessnock group of the State A.L.P. last night condemned the action of the State A.L.P. executive in refusing membership of the party ...

    Article : 260 words
  15. FIRST TRAVELLERS

    Six hundred and thirty-two citizens have been the victims of a great illusion! They came from the length and breadth of Australia, some travelled thousands of miles, ...

    Article : 601 words
  16. YOUTH KILLED.

    William John Drew, 19, of Victor-street, Chatswood, was killed instantly late last night when his motor cycle crashed into the rear of a stationary motor lorry in Willoughby-road, ...

    Article : 176 words
  17. SENATOR HARDY AT QUEANBEYAN.

    Senator Hardy addressed a small meeting here last night. It was presided over by Mr. J. Esmond, president of the local branch of the Monaro-South Coast movement. Senator ...

    Article : 50 words
  18. RUINED FARMERS

    At the annual meeting of the local branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association the president (Mr. J. A. Lawson), referring to settlement along the Moulamein railway, said ...

    Article : 157 words
  19. SHOWGROUND TO BE SOLD.

    Junee Showground is to be sold. The committee of the Junee P. A. and I. Association has decided not to hold a show this year. The trustees will call for tenders for the sale of ...

    Article : 71 words
  20. LITHGOW UNEMPLOYED.

    The Lithgow branch of the Unemployed Workers' Movement has decided to ask the Federal Government to make available vacant houses at Littleton settlement The houses ...

    Article : 59 words
  21. 60Z. NUGGET OF GOLD FOUND.

    A nugget weighing 6oz [?]dwt 12gr[?] was found by Mr. W. A. Ross at Dark Corner, near a spot where much gold was discovered in former years. It was located in a crevice of rock on ...

    Article : 55 words
  22. DISORGANISED.

    Train traffic through the city to Parramatta and Liverpool was disorganised last night, consequent upon the opening of the Harbour Bridge lines. For more than an hour after ...

    Article : 156 words
  23. MOUSE PLAGUE

    A plague of mice is approaching from the south-west. The pest has already invaded the houses, and reports from outlying centres indicate that they are travel[?]g over the ...

    Article : 62 words
  24. GRENFELL HOSPITAL.

    The first annual report of the Hospital Ladies Auxiliary showed that splendid work had been done by them for the Hospital. They had raised over £250 during the 12 months. ...

    Article : 93 words
  25. MR. LANG.

    Speaking at the annual meeting of the Armidale branch of the Country party, Mr. D. H. Drummond, M.L.A., strongly criticised the Lang Government. He declared that, ...

    Article : 186 words
  26. BRITISH PRESS COMMENT.

    The "Observer," in an editorial, says:—"Mr. Lang's move to get the new Commonwealth Acts set aside as unconstitutional heralds a big struggle. Mr. Lyons's position is very ...

    Article : 102 words
  27. COASTAL GUNFIRE PRACTICE.

    The Port of Sydney will be closed between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., and between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. to-day and between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., on Wednesday, to enable the Garrison ...

    Article : 127 words
  28. DANGEROUS ROAD.

    The road on the way to Newnes, particularly at a spot known as the Gap, is declared to be in a particularly dangerous condition. At one point there is a sheer drop of hundreds of ...

    Article : 54 words
  29. BOARDING HOUSE FIRE.

    Damage estimated at £3000 was caused last night by a fire which destroyed a 12-roomed boarding house in Herries-street, Toowoomba. Nine boarders lost their belongings. A crowd ...

    Article : 76 words
  30. LITHGOW COUNCIL RATES.

    The Local Government Department has granted permission to Lithgow Municipal Council to refrain from levying gasworks loan rates this year in respect to loans of £1500 ...

    Article : 109 words
  31. 'PLANE ACCIDENTS. Actor's Night Flight

    Coming out of a nose-dive in an aeroplane at a speed of nearly 110 miles an hour, Campbell Copelin, aged 31 years, of Clarendon-street, Port Melbourne, an actor, who had ...

    Article : 252 words
  32. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 285 words
  33. CASUALTIES.

    Phillip H. Davis, 22, hairdresser, of Watson-street, Neutral Bay, was riding a motor cycle and sidecar along Penshurst-street, Willoughby, about noon yesterday, when he collided with ...

    Article : 253 words
  34. DOLE ORDERS DECREASED.

    As a result of a conference between representatives of the Chief Secretary's Department and local storekeepers, the value of dole orders has been slightly reduced. ...

    Article : 63 words
  35. VETERAN BUS PROPRIETOR.

    The death has occurred of Mr. Horacs Borlan Lawrence, a well-known resident of Lithgow since 1916. The late Mr. Lawren[?] was reputed to be the proprietor of the first ...

    Article : 47 words
  36. MILK PRICES.

    A statement by the New Health Society of New South Wales says the society views[?] with alarm the fact that the increased price of milk his already caused a d[?]inution in its ...

    Article : 102 words
  37. MAGISTRATE FAREWELLED.

    Mr. J. B. Scobie, who is being transferred to Woollongong as stipendiary magistrate, after a term in a similar position in the western district, was farewelled here by members of ...

    Article : 73 words
  38. COLLECTING THE TOLL.

    Toll collection by the State Transport (Coordination) Board began at midnight on Saturday, and between that hour and 6 o'clock yesterday morning £287 had been collected, ...

    Article : 368 words
  39. SETTLER'S SUICIDE.

    Mark Potts, 39, a group settler, who was committed for sentence at Albany Quarter Sessions on Friday on two serious charges, was found dead in his cell at Denmark lock-up ...

    Article : 54 words
  40. ROYAL SHOW.

    The Royal Agricultural Society's 1932 show, which promises, among other attractions, the greatest aggregation of aristocratic live stock seen in the Commonwealth, will be opened ...

    Article : 436 words
  41. FALSE PRETENCES.

    Alfred Burns, alias James Ray Penningto[?] 32, at Bowral Police Court, was charged with false pretences. The evidence showed that Burns had purchased two watches from W.E. ...

    Article : 63 words
  42. STOWAWAYS LANDED.

    The freighter Iron Monarch, which had left Newcastle earlier in the day for Whyalla[?] called at Sydney on Saturday afternoon to land two stowaways who had been discovered ...

    Article : 57 words
  43. MR. P. E. COLEMAN.

    The friends and supporters of Mr. P. E. Coleman propose to recognise his representation of the Reid electorate in the House of Representatives for nine years by giving him ...

    Article : 43 words
  44. Advertising

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    Advertising : 222 words
  45. GORED BY BULL.

    While preparing a bull for the local show, Charles Mas[?]en, dairy farmer, was knocked down and gored by the animal. One arm was badly torn, and his stomach and ribs were ...

    Article : 366 words
  46. EFFIGY OF CAPTAIN PHILLIP.

    The size of this effigy of Captain Phillip, in Saturday's procession, may be estimated by the girl beside the figure. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 24 words
  47. SOUTHERN CROSS

    Air—Commodore Kingsford Smith, after returning from participating in the display of illuminations at the Harbour Bridge on Saturday night, suffered a mishap at Mascot ...

    Article : 215 words
  48. TWO MEN MISSING.

    It is feared that the 13-foot motor-boat in which two fishermen left Beachport on Friday has capsized and sunk. No trace of the men or wreckage has been found. ...

    Article : 56 words
  49. INFANTILE PARALYSIS.

    An additional case of infantile paralysis has been reported from West Tamworth. The patient, a girl, is aged nine years. ...

    Article : 25 words
  50. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 215 words
  51. WOOL-BROKER'S DEATH.

    On Saturday morning Mr. William James Cass, 53, a Sydney woolbuyer, collapsed near the parking reserve on the Esplanade. A constable found him at [?].40 a.m., very ill, and ...

    Article : 105 words
  52. SENSATIONAL SAILING.

    One of the most sensational races known to local sailing history took place in a southwesterly gale on the upper reaches of the harbour yesterday. It was the 10-footers' ...

    Article : 162 words
  53. DAMAGE TO MAIL 'PLANE.

    A message from Camooweal states that, the mail 'plane which was disabled at Brunette Downs on Friday[?] arrived at Camooweal yesterday morning. ...

    Article : 111 words
  54. TASMANIAN PARLIAMENT.

    The special financial session of the Tasmanian Parliament, which was, to have been opened on April 6, will be deferred until the end of April or early in May, as the Premiers' ...

    Article : 43 words
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