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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE.

    The Coroner conducted an inquiry into the cause of the death of Leslie Bullen, a railway worker, aged 31, who was killed as the result of a motor car accident about 3 miles from ...

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  3. BUTTER IMPORTS.

    A deputation, representing the Australian Dairy Council, the Victorian Farmers' Union, and the Primary Producers' Union of New South Wales, waited upon the Minister for ...

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  4. NATIONALISTS.

    "Now that the political atmosphere has cleared, and political discussion returned to normality, it may not be untitting for me to inquire just where the Nationalist party stands ...

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  5. YALLOURN STRIKE.

    Following the failure of an attempt by the Trades Hall Council to persuade the strikers at the State Electricity Commission's woiks at Yallourn to resume work, active ...

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  6. DEATH OF MR. W. G. SPENCE.

    The death occurred to-day at Terang, Victoria, of Mr. William Guthrie Spence, formerly a member of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, and afterwards ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. LOSS OF STOCK.

    The various fire fronts are apparently safe to-day, but a lot of timber is ablaze, and a certain amount of danger still exists in the event of the wind rising. The loss of wheat ...

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  8. CIVIC COALMINE.

    Private meetings of the Labour and Reform parties in the City Council will be held this afternoon, prior to a special meeting of the council at 4 o'clock, to consider proposals for ...

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  9. RAIN.

    Mr. D. J. Mares, State Meteorologist, stated yesterday that weather prospects had altered considerably from what they had been during the past few months, and indications ...

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  10. MUDGEE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

    Messrs. Albert Colless and Tereuce Robinson have been nominated for the extraordinary vacancy in the Mudgee Municipal Council created by the resignation of Alderman ...

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  11. WESTERN DISTRICTS.

    Fire-fighters were engaged at Clear View, Iona, Calona, aud Villa Nova throughout Friday night and Saturday, Villa Nova is the heaviest loser. Besides 400 acres of wheat. ...

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  12. FIRE AT KATOOMEA.

    A fire broke out last night in Glenview, a wentherboard cottage of five rooms in Wells-street, Katoomba. The fire brigade put up a great fight, and saved the adjoining ...

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  13. MOTOR CAR ILLEGALLY USED.

    "I had been drinking more than mountain dew, and never knew where I was or what I was doing." The was the excuse made by Robert John Tame, 26, chef who was arrested ...

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  14. SEVERE DROUGHT.

    The drought has assumed a serious aspect, especially in that part of Queensland west of Rockhampton, and right through to the Territory, and is considered to be the worst ...

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  15. ELECTRIC TRAINS.

    "It does not appear to me that the electric trains tend to increase the safety of members of the public, when they take unnecessary risks," said Mr. H. F. W. Fletcher, the City ...

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  16. DROWNING ACCIDENT.

    The body of James Roy Whitfield, aged 10 years, who was drowned in the Murray River at Tocumwal on the afternoon of December 5, while bathing, was recovered on Wednesday, ...

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  17. CANCER RESEARCH FUND.

    The local effort in aid of the cancer research fund has been augmented by over £47 as the result of a successful ball organised by Misses Margaret, Honour, and Kathleen ...

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  18. PEAK HILL OUTBREAKS CHECKED.

    Latest reports from Peak Hill show that fires on all sides of the town have now been checked. It is difficult to estimate the exact amouut of damage in the district, but it ...

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  19. A NARROW ESCAPE.

    Mr. A. Hyam, and his five-year-old son, of Kalang, Bellinger River, recently had a remarkable escape from death. They were carting cream and were stopped by a tree that ...

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  20. PIANO FACTORY.

    The piano factory of Smirnoff and Company, in Marrickville-road, Marrickville, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The damage was estimated at nearly £3000. ...

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  21. MAN'S BODY FOUND.

    The body of Edward Butterworth, 60 single, resident of Mudgegonga, Victoria, was found on Saturday in a billibong, near the Murray, at the foot of Macauley-street. The ...

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  22. LICENSES CANCELLED.

    The Licenses Reduction Board yesterday announced that it had been decided to award compensation in respect of the following hotels and wine saloons in the Murrumbidgee ...

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  23. PRIZE-GIVING.

    The Queensland Teachers' Union conference to-day agreed to a recommendation that it be regarded as unprofessional conduct for any member to participate in prize giving. ...

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  24. COONAMBLE ODDFELLOWS.

    Members of the Loyal Western Star Lodge, M.U. Oddfellows, last week celebrated their jubilee establishment of the lodge at Coonamble. Many lodges in the west were ...

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  25. GRAZIERS' SYMPATHY.

    Sympathy with the many landholders who have suffered loss through the bush fires was expressed yesterday by Mr. C. G. Waddell, president of the Glaziers' Association. ...

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  26. "MISS COWRA" COMPETITION.

    A "Miss Cowra" competition, held in cannection with a carnival to raise funds for a new sports ground. [?] sulted in a profit of approximately £650, ...

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  27. LATE SHIPPING.

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  28. CRICKET TOURS.

    At a meeting of the Victorian Cricket Association to-night the manager of the team which played in the Sheffield Shield match against South Australia recently (Mr. W. H. ...

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  29. CHILD KILLED.

    A fatality occurred on Alderman A. W. Blowes' orchard property at Lidster, near Orange, when Ernest James Spencer, aged 6 years, s[?] of Mr. and Mrs. Spencer, of ...

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  30. WHEAT CROPS.

    The following general note on the condition of the wheat crops' of the Commonwealth at the end of November, based upon information received from meteorological ...

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  31. OBITUARY. MR. W. L. CURNOW.

    Cabled information was received yesterday of the death in London of Mr. W. Leslie Curnow, at one time a member of the staff of the "Sydney Morning Herald." He was the ...

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  32. LAWRENCE CAMPBELL'S PUPILS

    Selections from the works of Shakespeare, Barrie, Kipling, Masefield, and Henry Lawson were included in the programme presented at St. James' Hall last evening by pupils from the studio of Mr. Lawrence ...

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  33. MURDER CHARGE.

    Meat choppers, knives, a tomahawk, lead piping, and sticks were used as weapons in a light between two Chinese in Fitzroy on September 23. The fight ended fatally, for one ...

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  34. MAYORAL ELECTIONS.

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  35. THEFT OF HORSES.

    Two horses, the property of Mr. Phillips, were reported stolen from Whiporie, in the Clarence district. Police throughout the North Coast were instructed to watch out for ...

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  36. FIRE-FIGHTERS' REWARD

    Referring to the report that in some places' fire-lighters were being paid 10/ an hour, grazieis' reprecentatives stated yesterday that it was most unusual to pay a specified ...

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  37. NEW ZEALAND BANKRUPTCIES

    For the 10 months ended October 31, 590 bankruptcies were recorded, compared with 524 in the corresponding 10 months last year. To the total Auckland contributed 249, ...

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  38. INDEX. NEWS.

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  39. KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR.

    Charles Madden, aged 9 years, residing with his parents at Chinderah, was knocked down by a motor car driven by Mr. C. Ducat, of Piggabeen, yesterday afternoon. The boy was ...

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  40. PUPILS' CONCERT.

    Many vocal and piano students of Miss Lois Zucker and Mr. G. Vera Burnett appeared last night in an attractive concert programme at Kind's Hall, and demonstrated that their training is proceeding on sound ...

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  41. MISS C. C. DOWNS.

    Miss Catherine Christina Downs, who was one of the first matrons of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, died at her residence, Miranda, yesterday, at the age of 86 years. She ...

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  42. MOTOR DRIVER COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.

    When the inquiry regarding the death of William Stevens was concluded to-day, Raymond Hunter Guy, 25, car driver, was committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter. ...

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  43. PROHIBITION.

    A deputation from the New South Wales Alliance, introduced by Mr. Crawford Vaughan, waited upon the lender of the Country party yesterday and sought the support of the ...

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  44. RELEASED PRISONER.

    At the instance of the Minister for Justice (Mr. J. C. Willcock), the Crown Law Department will call for papers at Fremantle Gaol relating to the case of Walter Joseph ...

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  45. SAVINGS BANK'S CLIENTS.

    With a view to granting assistance to the bank's constituents who have been affected, by the bush fires, the commissioners of the Government Savings Bank of New South ...

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  46. FATHER D. BYRNE.

    Rev. Father Daniel Byrne, parish priest at Auburn, died yesterday at St. Joseph's Hospital after a short illness. He was a native of Ireland, and was 47 years of age. ...

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  47. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  48. MONSIGNOR WALSHE.

    The death has occuried of Monsignor Walshe, aged 83, the oldest ordained priest in the Dominion, after an attack of bronchitis. He had been in New Zealand 62 years. He was ...

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  49. COMPULSORY DISSOLUTION.

    Sir,—On the well-warranted assumption that the Government will not honour the promise made by the Premier to appeal to the electors within four months, the constitutional ...

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  50. ALLEGED BRIBERY.

    The Royal Commission's inquiry into the allegations of bribery made by bookmakers and hotelkeepers against a number of men in the police force was continued to-day, ...

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  51. THE REV. C. H. NASH.

    The Rev. C. H. Nash, formerly Canon Nash of Geelong, has been licensed to preach by the Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne (Dr. H. C. Lees). Mr. Nash was for several years ...

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  52. RAILWAY EXCURSIONS.

    The Railway Department has arranged for excursion tickets at single fare for the double journey to be issued at a number of country stations to Sydney early in January. The ...

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  53. CLAIM TO CITY PROPERTY.

    Sir,—I read with interest your article under the above heading, which appeared in the issue of your valuable paper on the 7th instant, and was amazed at the comments thereon, by ...

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  54. ENGINE DRIVER'S EXAMINATION.

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  55. PROFESSOR GRIFFITH TAYLOR.

    Professur Griffith Taylor, professor of geography at the Sydney University and a delegate to the Pan-Pacific Science Concress, writes from Tokio, stating that the ...

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  56. SHOOTING FATALITY.

    At the Coroner's inquiry into the death of Samuel John Parsons, aged 17 years, who was fatally shot at Wandsworth, George Edward Parsons, his brother, was committed for ...

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  57. WRAPPING OF BREAD.

    Some of the automatic bakeries of Sydney, bread made by which is not touched by the baker's hand at any stage of manufacture, are proposing to deliver the bread wrapped in ...

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  58. TO-DAY.

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  59. RAIN IN QUEENSLAND.

    During the week-end thunderstorms were experienced on the northern half of the peninsula, also at many stations in the South Coast division, and in isolated piaces between the ...

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  60. INCAPACITATED SOLDIERS.

    The rail and tram tickets, granted by the State Government to incapacitated soldiers for 1927, will be issued by the Repatriation Department as follows:—A to E, Wednesday, ...

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  61. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.

    As a sequel to a motoring fatality at Talbape, in which Robert Gordon Sutherland, formerly a prominent Dunedin footballer, was killed, John Mahoney, driver of the car, was ...

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  62. MAN'S THROAT CUT.

    John McPhee, aged 61 years, cut his throat with a razor at his home in Gannon's-road, Cronulla, last night, and died shortly afterwards. ...

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