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  2. WOMEN'S COLUMN.

    Early morning duties are so numerous and pressing that the preparation (and often the thinking-out) of the office lunch comes it most inopportune time. Many attractive ...

    Article : 335 words
  3. ON THE LAND.

    The late Thomas Brags, of Mungeribar, was one of the best-known men in the west. Thirty-five years ago Mungeribar was but wild scrub aud green forest land, unfenced. Its ...

    Article : 788 words
  4. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 905 words
  5. LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

    A number of councils have submitted resolutions for the conference of the Local Government Association to be held in Sydney on the 29th of next month. As is usual a ...

    Article : 247 words
  6. Advertising

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    Advertising : 8,923 words
  7. THE COST OF INQUIRIES.

    A resolution from Granville brings up a subject which will be sympathetically received by many councils. Under the Act there are now a great number of cases where the ...

    Article : 170 words
  8. SPRING CLEANING.

    Spring cleaning time is coming, and it behoves the good housewife to make her plans. The following is an idea carried out in a living-room which had become rather shabby. ...

    Article : 252 words
  9. A TRAP FOR PURCHASERS.

    The danger of buying a house without first making inquiry at the local council does not appear to be generally recognised. It is easily possible for a person to purchase a ...

    Article : 231 words
  10. "OUTPOST" KINDERGARTEN.

    The "Outpost Kindergarten," situated in a thickly populated part of Pyrmont, was formally opened by Sir Henry Y. Braddon yesterday afternoon. The kindergarten is to be ...

    Article : 234 words
  11. URBAN AREA COMMITTEES.

    The creation of urban area committees is a novel experiment made possible by the Act. The idea is that towns in shires may appoint a small committee of three to manage the ...

    Article : 240 words
  12. CELERY ROOTS.

    Miss Ruth Beale writes:—"It is the customs here to cut off the roots from the celery in marketing it. If the roots were saved and sold separately they could be peeled, boiled, ...

    Article : 81 words
  13. FIELD WHEAT.

    The conditions of the fourth field wheat competition conducted by the Royal Agricultural Society have just been issued. The plan provides that the wheat-growing parts of ...

    Article : 390 words
  14. NEAR AND FAR.

    Miss Pennefather, who became well known to Australians when they were in hospital in England, ia visiting Sydney. Miss Penne-father was in England when war broke out, ...

    Article : 745 words
  15. A SWEEPSTAKE FOR DEFAULTERS.

    In many wheat and stock districts the landowners have had a bad time and councils hesitate to press too harshly for rates. At the same time they cannot discriminate ...

    Article : 206 words
  16. THE DIFFICULTIES OF IMPOUNDING.

    The council that establishes a pound is taking to itself a constant source of trouble Owners of stray stock are usually very well versed in the law concerning them. The ...

    Article : 188 words
  17. MR. DUNN AND THE POOL.

    Mr. T. I. Campbell, secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, stated yesterday:—I have read with considerable astonishment Mr. Dunn's statement concerning the ...

    Article : 227 words
  18. THE INEQUALITY OF RATING.

    A letter was before the last meeting of the Murrumburrah Council, complaining of the unequal effect of rating on the unimproved land value. The rate there is 8d on the ...

    Article : 210 words
  19. W.A. PRIMARY PRODUCERS.

    PERTH.—The annual conference of the Primary Producers' Association was attended by about 500 delegates. The Country party members of Parliament, Dr. Earle Page, and Messrs. Gregory and Prowse also ...

    Article : 269 words
  20. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    "Vigilant": Gutters are only intended to be used for the conveyance of ordinary drainage water. A dredging company that used the council's gutters to get rid of the water from the dredge could be ...

    Article : 151 words
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