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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. FATALITY NEAR YENDA.

    A fatal motor accident occurred at Myall Park-road, five miles from Yenda, at the week-end. Mr. Jack Newman, share farmer, of Ballandry, was killed. Two passengers ...

    Article : 121 words
  3. MURDER CHARGE.

    The acting City Coroner (Mr. W. A. Flynn) yesterday held an inquiry regarding the death of Laurene Mary Whittaker, who was found dead at her home in Warren-road, Bellevue ...

    Article : 544 words
  4. 'BUS ACCIDENT.

    The inter-city 'bus from Sydney to Orange met with a serious accident at a dangerous spot on the Main Western-road to-day. When the hill beyond the Hazelbrook railway station ...

    Article : 149 words
  5. SHIELD CRICKET. Adelaide Match.

    When the South Australians commenced the third day's play in the Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales to-day, they required 311 runs to reach their opponents' ...

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  6. THE TEACHERS.

    The establishment of a teachers' training college in a country centre was promised yesterday by the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond), in opening the 34th annual ...

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  7. SCATTERED RAIN.

    Rain fell on the north coast, the northern tablelands, the north-west slopes and plains, eastern Riverina, the southern highlands, and on the south coast during the 48 hours ended ...

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  8. THE MUSEUM.

    At the centenary commemoration of the Australian Museum yesterday, the Premier. (Mr. Bavin), appealed to all who could afford to do so to support this great institution, ...

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  9. MR. KELSO KING.

    Splendid tributes were paid to Mr. Kelso King by speakers at a luncheon tendered to him at the Australia Hotel yesterday by the directors and senior officers of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. GOODS ENGINE DERAILED.

    Yesterday afternoon a heavy goods engine, which had been sent to Hay to take away a special stock train, crashed through the terminus and the fencing beyond it. A ...

    Article : 65 words
  11. PYRMONT MURDER.

    Robert Norman Urquhart was yesterday committed for trial by the Acting City Coroner (Mr. Flynn, S.M.) on a charge of having murdered his wife, Janet Urquhart, who died in ...

    Article : 124 words
  12. MURWILLUMBAH-TWEED HEADS RAILWAY.

    The secretary of the Tweed district council of the Primary Producers' Union (Mr. J. L. Banner) has been advised by the secretary of the Parliamentary Public Works ...

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  13. TRIBUTES TO MR. DRUMMOND, M.L.A.

    At a farewell to the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) and Mrs. Drummond in the Methodist Church tributes to the value of Mr. Drummond's services to the Church in ...

    Article : 131 words
  14. OFFICIALDOM.

    "Our Local Government Act, with its prolixity and obscurity, and its multitude of ordin ances, is congenial soil for autocracy," said Mr. J. J. Kissane, a Casino solicitor, at a social ...

    Article : 209 words
  15. MOTOR LORRY.

    A motor lorry, carrying 28 picnickers, including many children, plunged over a 40-foot bank near Awakino, in the King Country. Seven children and four adults were injured, ...

    Article : 88 words
  16. POOR SCORING.

    Rain on Sunday caused a great reduction in the temperature, but because the wicket had been covered it made little or no difference to the state of the wicket when the match between ...

    Article : 765 words
  17. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES' UNION.

    Acting on a suggestion by the Royal Agricultural Society, the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association wrote to the societies in the northern district with regard ...

    Article : 81 words
  18. METAL TRADE.

    Mr. W. C. Myhill, secretary of the Metal Trades Employers' Association, yesterday pointed out that the one week's notice of dismissal given by the employers to their ...

    Article : 163 words
  19. MAN'S NARROW ESCAPE.

    Edward Mathews, aged 64 years, a labourer, from Liverpool, attempted to board a moving train at Mount Victoria. He missed his footing and fell between the train and the ...

    Article : 70 words
  20. LIMBLESS SOLDIERS.

    As the winner of a competition organised on behalf of the Limbless Soldiers' Aquatic Club and Provident Fund, Mr. Stuart Doyle was presented last night, on the stage at ...

    Article : 244 words
  21. SHUNTER INJURED.

    A shocking accident occurred at the Moree railway station on Saturday. Clifford Nicholson, aged 24 years, a shunter, was engaged in shunting operations when he fell. The ...

    Article : 64 words
  22. BOYS' BRIGADE.

    The annual Christmas treat which is given to members of the Surry Hills Boys' Brigade by the Fairfax family and other friends of the movement has become a red letter day for ...

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  23. SHIRE COUNCIL ELECTION.

    The extraordinary election in B Riding, Eurobodalla Shire, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Councillor Mallon, resulted:— Andrew Keys, 56 votes; A. J. Fenning, [?]4 ...

    Article : 46 words
  24. WAVE LENGTHS.

    The Postmaster-General (Mr. Gibson), announced to-day that his department had had under consideration for some time a revision of the broadcasting wave lengths. A ...

    Article : 143 words
  25. SOLDIER SETTLER'S DEATH.

    William James Barnett, 32, a badly-wounded returned soldier, and formerly the holder of an irrigation farm on the soldier settlement at Lakeview, was found dead in bed at [?] ...

    Article : 108 words
  26. MANSLAUGHTER.

    George Edward Devine, 20 years of age, a railway employee, was charged at the Central Criminal Court at Darlinghurst, yesterday, before his Honor the Chief Justice, with ...

    Article : 695 words
  27. EXHIBITION.

    Threatening skies and rain kept people away from the Manufacturers' Exhibition at the Showground yesterday, and both pavilions bore a sadly deserted air. Such caution need ...

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  28. SCHOOLCHILDREN'S CIVIC PRIDE.

    A feature of the prize distribution and Christmas Tree of the Urunga Public School was a report from the headmaster, Mr. J. B. Ryan, upon the part played by the school in ...

    Article : 110 words
  29. UTIEKAH III>

    The yacht Utiekah III., which has been on a cruise of the Pacific, arrived at Hobart from Sydney to-night. She will spend six weeks in Tasmanian waters, and will arrive in ...

    Article : 43 words
  30. THE TIVOLI.

    A feature of the new programme at the Tivoli is the performance of the Angel Brothers. Extraordinary feats of strength mark the whole of their performance, and ...

    Article : 115 words
  31. MACFARLANE CASE.

    The Attorney-General (Mr. Boyce) announced yesterday that he had decided not to proceed further against Patrick Macfarlane. ...

    Article : 52 words
  32. STEPHEN'S BRIDGE, ARMIDALE.

    The Minister for Local Government (Mr. Bruxner) attended the official opening of Stephen's Bridge, which spans Dumaraes [?] Creek, in Marsh-street, Armidale. The bridge [?] ...

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  33. PETROL IGNITES.

    The ignition of petrol fumes caused by the heat of a bath-heater, resulted in Mary Ann Windham, aged 57, and her son, James, aged 11, being severely burned, at their home at ...

    Article : 132 words
  34. TIMBER INDUSTRY.

    At a conference of the Northern Rivers Federated Chambers of Commerce held here a motion was submitted—"That, owing to the serious condition of the timber industry, th[?] ...

    Article : 233 words
  35. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 103 words
  36. FISHING ACCIDENT.

    A painful and unusual fishing accident befell a well-known Bombala resident, Mr. Thomas Ingram, yesterday, at the Craigie River, 20 miles from Bombala. ...

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  37. YOUTH WOUNDED.

    A sensation occurred in George-street, city, late last night, when a youth, 18 years of age, employed as a stoker on H.M.A.S. Platypus, turned on himself a revolver with which ...

    Article : 172 words
  38. ARMED ROBBERS.

    A daring armed robbery was perpetrated at Hughesdale railway station to-night. Two men, armed and masked, entered the stationmaster's office at 5 minutes to 11 o'clock, ...

    Article : 157 words
  39. £205 STOLEN.

    Safebreakers this morning removed to a vacant block and exploded a safe from the Gasworks Hotel, and abstracted £205 from it. The landlord (Mr. Ryan) and his wife were ...

    Article : 50 words
  40. Advertising

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  41. FINLAND.

    The Consul-General for Finland in Sydney has received news that there has been a change of Government in Finland. The Socialist Government, which has been in power ...

    Article : 153 words
  42. ILLABO SHIRE WORKS.

    Estimates for the Illabo Shire show th[?] the shire has an estimated expenditure [?] £21,832. As the shire has £1,467,847 of ratab[?] land, the tax was fixed at 1½d in the £. Th[?] ...

    Article : 157 words
  43. MOSQUITO PEST.

    Referring to the efforts of the municipal councils to eradicate the mosquito pest, the Town Clerk of Strathfield points out that the recent rains will nullify the benefits of any ...

    Article : 73 words
  44. TWO INJURED.

    An elderly couple residents of Georges Hall-road, Canley Vale, who were injured when their motor car overturned, were found last night by officers in charge of a Liverpool ...

    Article : 81 words
  45. ITALIAN SHOT.

    Two men walking near the intersection of Roe-street and Melbourne-road, city, late last night heard a group of about nine Italians quarrelling noisily. ...

    Article : 90 words
  46. MAN FOUND DEAD.

    A housemaid employed at the C.B. Residential Chambers, in Pitt-street, yesterday found the body of Sidney Wade, believed to have come recently from New Zealand, lying ...

    Article : 116 words
  47. CYCLIST'S' DREADFUL INJURY.

    Hollis Provost, aged 20 years, of Taylor's Arm, suffered a dreadful injury when the motor bicycle on which he was occupying the pillion seat collided head on with a motor car ...

    Article : 115 words
  48. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 136 words
  49. INJURED MAN'S DEATH.

    William Bourke, aged 21, salesman, who fell down some cliffs at Berowra, a distance of 20 feet, on Sunday, died last night at the Royal North Shore Hospital, from the effec[?] ...

    Article : 35 words
  50. EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS.

    The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane (Dr. Duhig), who arrived in Sydney yesterday, en route for Brisbane, after a tour abroad, brought with him a message from the ...

    Article : 136 words
  51. LATE COMMERCIAL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 162 words
  52. "A FAIR FIGHT."

    Late last night an Italian arrived by special train from Pine Creek suffering from a broken jaw and a broken leg. He had been playing cards for drinks, when ...

    Article : 82 words
  53. ALLEGED LIBEL.

    A suit was commenced in the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice Burnside to-day in which Stanley Norman Wright, who is known in the picture industry in Melbourne, Sydney, and ...

    Article : 100 words
  54. LATE SHIPPING. ARRIVAL.—Dec. 19.

    Minmi. DEPARTURES.—Dec. 20. Uki, South Bulli. ...

    Article : 11 words
  55. ENGLISH AIRMEN ARRIVE.

    Three English aviators, who have come to Australia to assist the Royal Australian Air Force, arrived to-day by the Orama. They are Wing-Commander M. Spicer, ...

    Article : 52 words
  56. SAFE-BREAKERS AT WELLINGTON.

    During the week-end, the garages of A. Wilkins and Co., and Mr. F. Mayo, were broken into and the safes opened. The thieves secured £22 at the former garage, and £15 ...

    Article : 39 words
  57. TELEGRAPHIC.

    MELBOURNE.—Arr: Orama, from London; Arks[?] Corrimal, Katoomba, and Vedic, from Sydney; Nir[?] from Calcutta; Hurunui, and Orungal, from Brisba[?] City of Khios, from New York; Franker, from [?] ...

    Article : 62 words
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