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  2. ARBITRTION.

    Resentment at the proposal of the Premier of New South Wales (Mr. Bavin) to prevent the overlapping of State and Federal awards, and to endeavour to withdraw State ...

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  3. SHEFFIELD SHIELD.

    The Sheffield Shield match between South Australia and New South Wales, which at the end of the third day's play bore every indication of resulting in a first innings win ...

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  4. COUNTRY NEWS. PRESENTATION TO MAYOR.

    Alderman H. F. Venables, on declining again to actept the Mayoral chair after five years' service in that capacity, was entertained at a social gathering by his fellow-aldermen ...

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  5. CONFERENCE.

    A conference of the Mining Managers' Association and delegates from the Barrier Industrial Council and the unions concerned, was held this afternoon to discuss a new ...

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  6. HARD FIGHT.

    Beautiful weather prevailed for the fourth day of the Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and Queensland on the Melbourne ground to-day. Queensland, with the score ...

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  7. TIMBER DUTIES. Master Builders' Protest.

    Addressing members of the Master Builders' Association last night, the president (Mr. A. Howie) said that the new Customs tariff on timber was nothing short of a scandal. It ...

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  8. EDUCATION.

    A proposal that the Federal Government should take over the administration of education in Australia was keenly debated at the Teachers' Conference yesterday. Mr. J. ...

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  9. MR. LOUGHLIN.

    The cheque embodying the amount that had been subscribed as a testimonial to the former Minister for Lands (Mr. P. F. Loughlin) was handed to Mr. Loughlin yesterday, at the ...

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  10. DEATH OF MR. M. COMANS.

    The death occurred yesterday, in his 58th year, of Mr. Michael Comans, a well-known business man in the Wagga, Jerilderie, Ganmain, and Junee districts, where he had ...

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  11. FAILURE TO CLOSE RABBITPROOF GATES.

    A case in which a complaint was made by G. E. Austin against Neville B. Grace for leaving open rabbitproof gates on the Wombeyan Caves-road was heard at the ...

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  12. £300 DAMAGES.

    A jury to-day awarded £300 damages and costs in the case in which Stanley Norman Wright sued Sir Thomas Coombe, a director of Union Theatres, Limited, for £10,000, for ...

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  13. COST OF INCREASES.

    The recent increases in the duties on timber were trenchantly criticised by Sir David Gordon, chairman of directors, at the half-yearly meeting to-day of Reid Bros., Limited. ...

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  14. COUNCILLORS' LONG SERVICE.

    Councillor A. Mc[?]rthur has served continuously on the Carrathool Shire since its inception 21 years ago, and Councillor George Horton, has given the same length of servies ...

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  15. RAILWAY AWARD. EFFECT IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Premier (Mr. Butler) stated this evening that he had received a minute from the Railways Commissioner (Mr. W. A. Webb), advising that the award recently given by Sir ...

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  16. STUDENT'S HAND MUTILATED.

    George Bruce, a student at the district school, had his left hand badly mutilated through the explosion of chemicals with which he was experimenting on his own account in ...

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  17. PIECEWORK.

    The proposal by Judge Beeby to make inquiries regarding the introduction of a system of payment by results for the work on the waterfront appears to be favoured by ...

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  18. SNAKE'S UNFINISHED MEAL.

    Mr. R. J. Hamilton was gathering firewood on his motor lorry at Granbalong, when he saw a brown snake busily engaged devouring a young rabbit. Mr. Hamilton shot the rep[?], ...

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  19. AN UNLAWFUL GAME.

    At the Goulburn Police Court, Edward Cooper, lessee of premises belonging to the Goulburn Mechanics' Institute, was charged with having had the management of a room ...

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  20. BOND'S.

    It is understood that the works of George A. Bond and Co., Ltd., after the Christmas and New Year closing down, will be reopened almost on a full seale early in January, the ...

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  21. DECREASED REVENUE.

    Latest returns of railway revenue in Victoria, which were completed to-day, show that the revenue up to December 14 was £5,664,592, a decrease of £208,784 compared ...

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  22. TASMANIA.

    With the object of making an emphatic protest against the Federal Government's decision in regard to Hobart shipping services, southern members of the Mainland ...

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  23. HORSEMAN'S FATAL FALL.

    The district coroner held an inquiry concerning the death of Warren Hunter Ball, of Bowman's Creek. The evidence showed that deceased, who was 19 years of ago, ...

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  24. THE EXHIBITION.

    A visit was paid to the Australian Manufacturers' Exhibition yesterday morning by the Premier of Queensland (Mr. W. McCormack), who is on his way home from the ...

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  25. THE VALUE OF BAZAARS.

    Opening a bazaar at the New Court Congregational Church, Tollington Park, N., London, Mrs. Stanley Baldwin said: "It will be found, all through life, that if people only ...

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  26. DEATH OF MUDGEE PIONEER.

    Mrs. Elizabeth Fayle has died in her 90th year. She was the widow of the late Mr. Robert Fayle, and had resided in this district since a child. She is survived by a ...

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  27. EDITOR AND SCHOOL TEACHER.

    The death has occurred of Mr. Morris Joseph Hennossy, aged 84 years. He was born at Boomley Station, near Cobborah, then the property of his father, and entered ...

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  28. ENGLAND'S TEAM.

    Mr. E. E. Bean, former secretary of the Victorian Cricket Association, who has returned from a trip to England, said the English team that would visit Australia next ...

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  29. MINISTER FOR JUSTICE.

    The Minister for Justice (Mr. Lee) was accommodated with a seat on the Magisterial Bench at the Central Police Court yesterday. ...

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  30. POPULATION.

    The estimated population of the Commonwealth on September 30 last was 6,198,986, the total increase for the year being 122,554, made up of 66,403 males and 66,151 females. ...

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  31. WASHAWAYS AT GWABEGAR.

    Damage to the permanent way was caused by heavy rains that fell on Monday night between Coonabarabran and Gwabegar. The washaways were not of a serious nature, but, ...

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  32. ONE BIG UNION.

    A meeting of the metal trades group of the Labour Council will be held at the Trades Hall to-night, to consider the proposed formation of one big union in the metal trades ...

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  33. FIRE AT ORANGE.

    A fire broke out in Mrs. J. Flynn's ladies' wear store in the main street yesterday morning. The fire was checked by the fire brigade, but not before a large quantity of the ...

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  34. THE PREMIER.

    The Premier (Mr. Bavin) is at present an inmate of St. Luke's Hospital, Darlinghurst. The operation to his car yesterday proved successful. He expects to he sufficiently ...

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  35. INDEX.

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  36. CONDON MURDER.

    The Criminal Investigation Branch has received a written statement from the man whose name was the last to appear on the books of Daniel Condon, moneylender, who ...

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  37. PRESENTATION.

    Prior to the meeting of the Executive Council yesterday morning, Mr. Stevens (Assistant Treasurer) presented to the Governor (Sir Dudley de Chair), as a momento of his recent ...

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  38. MR. MORTON.

    The Melbourne City Engineer, Mr. H. E. Morton, has resigned to join the Sydney Civic Commission. He will leave Melbourne at the end of ...

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  39. SHOT IN HEAD.

    Austasius George Raphael, a soldier settler, was found lying dead in his orchard this morning with a terrible wound in the head. A shotgun was lying beside his body. Raphael ...

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  40. DEATH OF HOSPITAL MATRON.

    Matron Morgan, of Mullumbimby Hospital, has died after an illness lasting five months. She was held in great affection throughout the district. The funeral yesterday was largely ...

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  41. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    In answer to a question in the House of Commons to-day, the Postmaster-General Sir William Mitchell-Thomson) stated that the Government had invited the dominion ...

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  42. Advertising

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  43. MURRUMBIDGEE ELECTRICITY.

    Latest official information concerning current for lighting and power from Burrinjuck is that it will be available next month. Posts for transmission line have been erected to ...

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  44. DR. L. HADEN GUEST.

    Dr. L. Haden Guest, formerly member of the Parliamentary Labour party in England, who is touring the Empire seeking knowledge of dominion affairs, has arrived in Melbourne ...

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  45. A.R.U. DISPUTE.

    A split in the Victorian branch of the Australian Railways Union is threatened by constant criticism, and attempts to embarrass the State Ministry by a section of the more ...

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  46. GIFTS TO CHARITIES.

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  47. GOVERNMENT FINANCE.

    The Premier of Victoria (Mr. Hogan) waited upon the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) and asked him what the position would be if the State Parliament did not ratify the ...

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  48. MOREE CHRISTMAS FAIR.

    A Christmas fair orgnnised by the Moree Soldiers' Club in aid of the district hospital was held in the Memorial Hall, and proved a great success. The attendance ...

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  49. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    Between January 13, 1926, and December 15, 1927, the House of Representatives sat on 143 days. Two members—Messrs. Scullin (Vic.) and ...

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  50. SIGNALS FAIL.

    Delays extending up to 15 minutes-occurred on the main suburban lines about 5.15 yesterday afternoon, as the result of failure of signals between Ashfield and Illawarra Junction. ...

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  51. DEATHS OF OLD RESIDENTS.

    The deaths occurred during the week-end of two old residents of the Albion Park district. Mrs. Margaret Condon, widow of the late James Condon, died, at the age of 84 years. ...

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  52. MANY CHARGES.

    Herbert Rose (68), who was recently sentenced to six months' imprisonment on six charges of having obtained money by false pretences by claiming to be the inventor of a ...

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  53. TO-DAY.

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  54. TOTALISATOR BILL.

    By 19 votes to 12 the Legislative Council to-night rejected the bill introduced by the Labour Ministry to legalise the totalisator in Victoria. ...

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  55. DEATH OF COLONEL LEE.

    The death has occurred of Colonel John Henry Alexander Lee, formerly of Australia, at the age of 74 years. The late Colonel Lee was for many years ...

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  56. UNIVERSITY APPEAL.

    Leeds University has carried its appeal for £500,000 well over £400,000—the last big donation being one of £100,000 for the library. This is the largest individual gift that the ...

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  57. PREVARICATION.

    Gerald Graham Chenn[?]ry, formerly manager of the Bank of Victoria at Chelsea, was committed to prison for 21 days to-day by Judge Moule, in the Insolvency Courty, on a ...

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  58. LONG BAY.

    The Government has decided to appoint a successor to the late Dr. Lee Brown, as visiting surgeon to the Long Bay Gaol. Dr. Brown, it will be remembered, was ...

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  59. MIGRANTS WELCOMED.

    Dreadnought boys and other migrants who arrived by the steamer Ballarat were welcomed by the New Settlers' League at Trinity Hall, Miller's Point, yesterday morning. ...

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  60. SEAGULL AMPHIBIAN.

    The Seagull amphibian, piloted by Flight-Commander Wackett, alighted on Hamilton Reach in the Brisbane River this afternoon, on its return from New Guinea to Melbourne. ...

    Article : 42 words
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