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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    When he crossed the Richmond bar for sydney on Saturday, Captain R. Purdie, of the intrastate motor-ship Wyangarie, completed his 861st trip as master of a vessel trading ...

    Article : 108 words
  3. ON THE LAND.

    The biological branch of the Department of Agriculture completed 25 years' service at the end of 1938. In that period there were developments of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,202 words
  4. LETTERS

    Sir,—The intensity with which the voluntary recruting campaign is being waged should clearly reveal to the most unthinking the urgency of the measures sought for our ...

    Article : 382 words
  5. FINANCE AND COMMERCE.

    Industrialists and financial men in Britain had become fairly well accustomed to incidents "worse than Serajevo." They knew too well that ...

    Article : 1,604 words
  6. MINING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 141 words
  7. IN THE GARDEN.

    A.J.C (Paddington.—That aster plant appears to be affected with will a trouble which is practically uncontrollable above ground level, and it is a virulent disease in epidemic form. Perhaps this ...

    Article : 1,122 words
  8. AN INVESTOR'S DIARY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 928 words
  9. BREEDING QUALITY WOOLS.

    The second half of the wool-selling season opens in Sydney to-day with prospects that, if not definitely brighter than those prevailing for months past, ...

    Article : 591 words
  10. GIRL CYCLIST INJURED.

    Daphne Simington, 16, was admitted to hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from extensive facial injuries received when she lost control of a bicycle on the Jumpup Mountain ...

    Article : 39 words
  11. CHEAPER ELECTRICITY.

    A feature of the New Year celebrations was the change-over by the Blackheath Council of their bulk supply of electilcity from the Katoomba power house to the service of the ...

    Article : 144 words
  12. MINING NOTES.

    VICTORIA GOLD DREDGING.—December 14 to December 29: Seven days' running dredge operated for 150 hours and treated 45,200 cubic yards for the recovers of 65oz bullion estimated to contain ...

    Article : 219 words
  13. BLACKHEATH PROCESSION.

    About 10,000 people gathered in the streets of Blackheath for the New Year's Eve revels, which were the best ever held here. The crowd was happy and orderly. ...

    Article : 185 words
  14. STOCK INDICES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 259 words
  15. TREATMENT IN MENTAL HOSPITALS.

    Sir.—The letters of "Relative," 27th inst., and "A Parent," 29th lnst., deserve at least the sympathy of every humane citizen Cannot something be done? ...

    Article : 310 words
  16. MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTION.

    At a by-election held on Saturday to fill two vacancies on the Glen Innes Municipal Council created by the resignations of Aldermen W. E. Lightfoot and J. R. Windeyer, Messrs. ...

    Article : 68 words
  17. FATAL FALL FROM HORSE.

    Wallace James Manewell, 26. of Upper Fine Flower, was fatally injured when he was the own from a horse against a tree at Barletts Creek yesterday afternoon. He received ...

    Article : 66 words
  18. MAN'S SUDDEN DEATH.

    After cycling a short distance to Grafton on Satuiday night, in company with Thomas Carr, of Palmer's Island. with whom he was staying, William Brownlee, 50. of Concord, was ...

    Article : 59 words
  19. LAMBS FOR EXPORT.

    It is generally accepted that the Down type of export lamb carcase is to be preferred to all others. At present the proportion of Australian ...

    Article : 237 words
  20. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—From my own experience having a deal one in one of these institutions. I can speak only in the greatest of praise of them. The patients have their own pictures and ...

    Article : 86 words
  21. SHIRE ENGINEER'S DEATH.

    The death has occured of Mr. George Williams for many years electrical engineer to the Gundagai Shire Council. He leaves a widow and four children. ...

    Article : 32 words
  22. FALL FROM TOWER.

    Sheldon Valley, 20. of Lismore, fell about 30ft when portion of a disused bell tower at the Lismore fire station collapsed late on Saturday night during a New Year's Eve ...

    Article : 66 words
  23. SURFERS CARRIED OUT.

    Twenty surters were carried out of the depth by a strong backwash from heavy dumpers crashing on a sand spit at Kirr[?] Beach, Coolangatta. Life-savers, using three ...

    Article : 52 words
  24. BANK RATES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 391 words
  25. MR. CHAMBERLAIN AND IL DUCE.

    Sir,—When a man his reached the high office of Prime Minister of Great Britain, it may fairly be assumed that his capacity is far above the average, and that he possesses ...

    Article : 295 words
  26. PASSENGER IN WAGGON INJURED

    When a meat waggon driven by [?] of Albion, turned over on its side on the Pacific Highway, a passenger. Mr. L. Irvine fearing that the waggon might catch fire ...

    Article : 58 words
  27. BURNT BY PETROL.

    Malcolm Raffan. 17. an apprentice mechanic employed at the motor garage of W. Robinson and Son, Lismore, received serious burns when a quantity of petrol ignited. Raffan, ...

    Article : 80 words
  28. VITAL STATISTICS.

    During 1938, 50 marraiges were registered at East Maitland, an increase of 10 on the previous year. There were 106 births (55 males and 51 females), an inciease of two ...

    Article : 49 words
  29. FIRE DESTROYS COTTAGE.

    A five-roomed cottage, valued at £600, owned by Mr. C. E. Hambly, and occupied by Mrs. Mead, 82, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The cottage was covered by ...

    Article : 42 words
  30. FEW INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

    For the small number of infectious diseases notified in the East Maitland municiapl[?] the year 1938 equalled the record of 193[?] In both these years only seven cases were ...

    Article : 62 words
  31. MURRUMBIDGEE AT HAY.

    Mr. J. Alan Gibson, Mayor of Hay who holds several properties in the south-west, including an irrigation [?] near Griffith, referring to the Burrinjuck Dam water ...

    Article : 204 words
  32. BABY SCALDED BY TEA.

    Maxwell McMillan, an eight-months-old baby, whose parents are holidaying at Currumbin, pulled a cup of hot tea over his body from a table. He was badly scalded ...

    Article : 46 words
  33. Advertising

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    Advertising : 256 words
  34. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—Is there no means of conveying to Mr. Chamberlain the knowledge that the weight of opinion of the peoples of the British Empire is against his journeying to Italy next ...

    Article : 78 words
  35. PRODUCE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 143 words
  36. DIVIDENDS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 17 words
  37. A TRIBUTE TO THE RAILWAYS.

    Sir,—Whilst deploring the large number of accidents, particularly those pertaining to transport during the Christmas holidays, a performance that stands out as a beacon light ...

    Article : 186 words
  38. OLD SILO WHEAT.

    There are still about 1,000,000 bushels of wheat of the 1937-38 harvest in the Sydney terminal elevators. A circular has been sent by the silo authorities to ...

    Article : 245 words
  39. TICK ERADICATION.

    The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Reid, has advised dairymen and stockowners in the Grafton and Maclean quarantine zones that the tick eradication campaign will be ...

    Article : 109 words
  40. WHOLESALE TRADE.

    In most sections of the wholesale trade in Sydney last week trade was quite on account of the Christmas and New Year holidays. Hardware, station oils and paints bad little ...

    Article : 194 words
  41. SUB-CONTRACTORS DEBTS.

    Sir,—The letter of Mr. W. K. McLean does not go far enough, especially on prime cost articles. Take the case of a small army of small contractors, little removed from the ...

    Article : 171 words
  42. PURE-BRED CATTLE FOR AUSTRALIA.

    Pure-bred cattle shipped to Australia during the last fortnight include the following shorthorn heifers: Mr. Duncan Stewart's "Crocus Queen 3," which won the first prize at the ...

    Article : 67 words
  43. AUCTION SALES TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 53 words
  44. JAPAN'S FLOUR EXPORTS.

    In the period July to December Japan exported 1,320,000 sacks of flour to China and 5,030,000 sacks to Manchuria, compared with 3,826,000 sacks and 2,357,000 sacks respectively ...

    Article : 62 words
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