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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The balance-sheet of the district hospital reveals a revenue of £4156, and expenditure of £3386: The hospital has now a credit balance of £1138, after setting aside £2226 ...

    Article : 111 words
  3. MOTOR ACCIDENTS.

    Four people were injured late on Saturday night when a motor lorry overturned on Parramatta-road, Flemington. They were: Doreen Howell, years of age, of ...

    Article : 182 words
  4. A.W.U. CONVENTION.

    No session of the A.W.U. Convention was held during the week-end. At the invitation of the Tasmanian Government, delegates went to Port Arthur on Saturday, returning to Hobart ...

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  5. HAILSTORM.

    The rain reported on Saturday morning covered the greater part of Riverina, the south-west slopes, the southern tablelands, and the southern coastal districts. Many ...

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  6. STORM AND CALM.

    "My outstanding recollection of the start of the voyage was the thought, as I sat with the little wheel of the Ada in my hands, that the ship's head was turned towards Australia, ...

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  7. THE YACHT ADA.

    THE ADA ARRIVING AT ROSE BAY YESTERDAY EVENING UNDER MOTOR POWER. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. HISTORIC HALL BURNT.

    The old Excelsior Hall at Wyalong was destroyed by fire at 2 o'clock this morning. It was a wooden building, unused for many years, but in the past had been used for all ...

    Article : 88 words
  9. AMBULANCE COMPETITION.

    An ambulance competition was held for district teams. Bearers J. Kerr. Goldie, and Kirkwood were in charge of the competitions. Results:—Wollongong A team (260.6 points), ...

    Article : 53 words
  10. WOMAN FATALLY INJURED.

    Violet May Brown, aged 40 years, Mackenzie-street, Waverley, was knocked down by a motor car at the intersection of Tebitt-street and Pittwater-road, Narrabeen, late ...

    Article : 53 words
  11. HEAVY-TAXATION LIKELY.

    During recent heavy rainstorms June-streets were damaged to the extent of hundreds of pounds, which will mean extra heavy taxation to effect repairs during February. ...

    Article : 57 words
  12. MAN KILLED.

    One man was killed and six persons were injured to-night in a collision between two motor, cars at the junction of Atherton and Dandenong roads at Oakleigh, about ten miles ...

    Article : 155 words
  13. MOREE WATER SUPPLY.

    The municipal council has a scheme for diverting the artesian bore water from the baths into the gravel beds adjacent to the town water supply. The Mayor informed the ...

    Article : 104 words
  14. BRITAIN'S EGG SUPPLY.

    In a report made by the imperial Economic Committee on the subject of eggs and poultry it is stated that this country requires annually somewhere about 5,700,000,000 eggs. Out ...

    Article : 82 words
  15. GENERAL CABLE NEWS

    Sir John Russell, director-designate of the Soil-Science Bureau, arrives in Australia at the end of May, and will remnin there two months, lecturing and arranging a research ...

    Article : 668 words
  16. EXCITING CHASE.

    There was an exciting sequel at Albion Park racecourse on Saturday afternoon to the robbery at Richmond, Victoria, on September 30 last, when a girl employee of Easthaugh, Ltd., ...

    Article : 195 words
  17. HAY HOSPITAL.

    At the annual, meeting of contributors of the Hay Hospital last night statements were submitted showing that 570 in-patients and 212 out-patients were treated, the daily ...

    Article : 94 words
  18. SIR ALEXANDER MACCORMICK.

    SIR ALEXANDER RETURNED TO SYDNEY YESTERDAY AFTER A HOLIDAY OF A YEAR ABROAD. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  19. RIFLES FOR CHINA.

    The Czecho-Slovakian steamer Praga, on its voyage from Manila to Tsingtao, was attacked by a Cantonese gunboat off the Shantung coast, and a running fight ensued, but the ...

    Article : 124 words
  20. CLARENCE RIVER POWER STATION.

    At a meeting of the Clarence River County Council the engineer and manager reported that output from the power station for the 12 months ending December 31, 1927, amounted ...

    Article : 78 words
  21. PORT KEMBLA ACCIDENTS.

    James Day, employed at Hoskins' steel works, Port Kembla, was placing some sheets in the blast furnace when one of the lids became jammed. In trying to force it Day ...

    Article : 128 words
  22. LIGHTNING FLASH.

    A lightning flash caused remarkable electric disturbances at the home of Mr. G. R. Brettingham Moore, a short distance from Richmond, on the East Coast-road. ...

    Article : 130 words
  23. RAILWAY DISASTER.

    Twenty were killed and 30 injured in a railway disaster 100 miles from Rangoon, on the main line to Mandalay. A mail train crossing a bridge near Kyautaga dashed into ...

    Article : 110 words
  24. THE LOG BOOK.

    Just as the sun, was sinking behind a silhouetted Middle Head, a small swallow-like craft lifting to the swell of sullen water passed serenely through the Heads, her four ...

    Article : 1,536 words
  25. OLD RESIDENT'S DEATH.

    Mrs. Clara Dietz (84) was fatally burned when her clothes caught fire while she was making tea on Friday. A neighbour, hearing screams, ran into her ...

    Article : 93 words
  26. OPPRESSED PEOPLES.

    The Pan-Amcrican Conference upheld the principle that oppressed peoples have the right to revolt against their Government. The Cuban and Argentian delegations apparently ...

    Article : 80 words
  27. WOMAN WOUNDED.

    When Mrs. Mary Hartramps, of Riley-street, was treated at Sydney Hospital last evening for a bullet wound in her forehead, the hospital authorities notified the Darlinghurst ...

    Article : 190 words
  28. ASSAULT UPON A CONSTABLE.

    During an affray at the Banks-street Reserve at East Maitland on Thursday night. Constable O'Keeffe was assaulted and suffered cuts about the face. Trouble ...

    Article : 89 words
  29. WATCHES STOLEN.

    There has lately been a succession of thefts from jewellery shops in Melbourne. In every case a brick or stone has been thrown through a window, and valuables extracted, sometimes ...

    Article : 87 words
  30. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 184 words
  31. SUBMARINES' VICTIMS.

    It is reported from Oslo that Germany has agreed to pay Norway about £330,000 as compensation for Norwegian seamen killed and wounded during the war through the ...

    Article : 53 words
  32. FIREMEN RESIGN AT JUNEE.

    A second inquiry has been held into the recent resignation of five firemen from the Junee Fire Brigade. The inquiry was held by Mr. J. T. Smith, M.L.C., chairman of the ...

    Article : 83 words
  33. LUNCHEON TO DR. HADEN GUEST.

    Dr. L. Haden Guest will be the guest of honour at a luncheon arranged by the Millions Club, at tbe Wentworth Hotel on Wednesday. ...

    Article : 32 words
  34. CASINO ASSAULT.

    The police have arrested a man and charged him with having assaulted Miss Mackie, a music teacher, who was found in her home with her head badly battered ...

    Article : 34 words
  35. BOY'S SPINE INJURED.

    Edward Hanson, aged 14 years, a resident of Thornton, is in Maitland Hospital in a critical condition as the result of injuries received while swimming in a waterhole at ...

    Article : 68 words
  36. MOTOR CYCLIST INJURED.

    James Frederick Noble, of South-street, Granville, was thrown heavily to the roadway of Smithfield-street, Fairfield, when the sidecar broke away from his motor cycle last ...

    Article : 55 words
  37. NEW SCHOOL FOR PARRAMATTA

    The Parramatta Municipal Council has been informed by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Bruntnell) that plans are being prepared for a central domestic science school for girls at ...

    Article : 33 words
  38. MARAUDING DOGS.

    Marauding dogs in the Wentworthville and Pendle Hill districts have killed a large number of fowls during the past week. Mr. Allen, of Wentworth-road, ...

    Article : 51 words
  39. CHILD KILLED BY CAR.

    George James, aged 6 years, was killed on his birthday on Saturday. The child was running across the road in Church-street, North Richmond, to tell the driver of a ...

    Article : 65 words
  40. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 188 words
  41. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

    Enlarged and improved, "Commerce," the official journal of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, is this month evidence of the increasing activity of the chamber. It is a ...

    Article : 49 words
  42. FARMER KILLED.

    Mr. Peter Campbell, a well-known farmer of the Maitland district, was killed yesterday when driving in a sulky from his home at Rosebrook to West Maitland. He was ...

    Article : 91 words
  43. DAVIS CUP ENTRIES.

    A report from Paris says that entries for the Davis Cup comprise 27, including 23 in the European zone. Japan has entered in the American zone. ...

    Article : 33 words
  44. MOTOR CYCLIST KILLED.

    In consequence of his motor cycle [?] on a steep hill near Lilydale on Saturday, Norman Aylett, of South Yarra, fell heavily, and received injuries from which he ...

    Article : 45 words
  45. UNDER FULL SAIL.

    THE ADA IS HERE SEEN IN THE OPEN SEA RUNNING BEFORE THE WIND. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  46. THE PERSONNEL.

    With Sir Alexander MacCormick on the Ada were Mr. Neville Dangar, Commander Nash (late R.N.R.), Mr. Gibb (Sir Alexander's chauffeur), and the bosun (Mr. Whisbie). ...

    Article : 28 words
  47. MAITLAND SEWERAGE SCHEME.

    The Hunter District water Board [?] formed the West Maitland Municipal Council that it was anticipated that the design of a sewerage scheme for the Maitland ...

    Article : 259 words
  48. WATER SUPPLY FAILURE.

    A breakdown of three valves in the Beecroft, Mobb's Hill, and Wahroonga water mains, caused concern to residents of the Eastwood, Epping, Beecroft, and Hornsby districts over ...

    Article : 59 words
  49. YACHT ADA.

    The Ada is a wholesome—looking craft, built of teak and oak, schooner rigged, with spiked topmasts, spoon bow, counter stern, and plenty of freeboard. She was built by the ...

    Article : 86 words
  50. LATE SHIPPING.

    ADELAIDE (1084m).—Arr: Jan. 28. Orvieto, R.M.S., from London; Canadian Conqueror, s, from Halifax; Jan. 29, Gisla, m.s., from eastern States; Pipiriki, s, from New York. Dep: Jan 28, Berrima, s, Nardana, ...

    Article : 95 words
  51. TO-DAY.

    Her Majesty's Theatre: "The Girl Friend," 8. Theatre Royal: "The Trial of Mary Dugan," 8. Criterion: "The Letter." 8.15. St. James Theatre: "Archie," 8. ...

    Article : 102 words
  52. CHILD KILLED.

    Kathleen Jennings, a four-year-old child, who was returning with her parents on the Great Western express to Leonora, was killed on Saturday night in unusual circumstances. ...

    Article : 74 words
  53. TOC H.

    Toc H. has decided to compile a book of remembrance and thanksgiving containing the names of fallen soldiers and ex-service men on behalf of whom Toe H. has received ...

    Article : 85 words
  54. COMING BY THE R.M.M.S. AORANGI.

    The R.M.M.S. Aorangi, en route from Vancouver to Sydney, called at Auckland this evening. Among the Sydney passengers are Mr. Denham, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Rosenfeld, Mr. and Mrs. Wilburham, Mr. R. ...

    Article : 77 words
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