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  2. MOTOR CAR SALES.

    "There is a feeling in some quarters that Australia is indulging in a regular orgy of car buying which it is thought will have a detrimental effect to Australia," said Mr. H. ...

    Article : 409 words
  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    A sequel, to the Dubbo Council by-election was the charging of John Joseph McGinty, J.P., an unsuccessful candidate, with using insulting words to George Carr. Carr alleged ...

    Article : 54 words
  4. LETTERS

    Sir,—In your issue of the 14th inst. an article by "Sirod" stated that the stone walls around Kiama were built by Irish settlers. This I can prove to be incorrect. In 1856 ...

    Article : 532 words
  5. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    When the House of Representatives met to-day, Mr. Blackburn (Lab., Vic.) moved the adjournment to discuss the acceptance by the Attorney-General ...

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  6. DANGEROUS DRIVING.

    After hearing one witness yesterday morning, Mr. Farrington, S.M., convicted Lionel Henry Miles Mander, 45, director of the film, "Flying Doctor," and John Overton Cone ...

    Article : 235 words
  7. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    During the debate on the Western Lands (Amendment) Bill in the Legislative Assembly last night, the Minister for Lands (Mr. Buttenshaw) denied that the Western Lands ...

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  8. TRANSPORT ACT BREACHES.

    Pleading guilty to breaches of the Transport Act, by carrying passengers without a permit, Keith Kennedy and Francis leslie Pile were each fined £2. In each case it was stated ...

    Article : 53 words
  9. WESTERN RAILWAY PICNIC.

    More than 3000 people travelled to Dubbo yesterday by special trains for the western district No. 5 railway picnic. Employees on the Bourke train travelled all night to reach ...

    Article : 242 words
  10. THE INDIVIDUAL

    Mr. H. D. Black, lecturer in economics at the University of Sydney, addressing the Rotary Club at David Jones' yesterday, contrasted the Fascist conception of the ...

    Article : 291 words
  11. GRAFTON SEWERAGE SCHEME.

    The South Grafton Municipal Council decided to have plans and specifications prepared for a sewerage scheme, estimated to cost £50,000, with a view to obtaining financial ...

    Article : 71 words
  12. NEW AMBULANCE STATION.

    The foundation-stone of the Grafton District Ambulance new station, at the corner of Prince and Fry streets, was laid by Mr. D. J. Lobbon, treasurer of the ambulance. ...

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  13. SCHOOL TEACHERS.

    The Education Department yesterday afternoon announced the following changes in school-teaching staffs:- Assistants, etc.: Miss I. Williamson, Arncliffe ...

    Article : 946 words
  14. PUBLIC SERVANTS.

    Sir,—There seems to be a good deal of loose talk on the subject of Public servants' wages and debts. Is the reduction in their wages in fact a special tax? Are all members of ...

    Article : 503 words
  15. GRENFELL'S JUBILEE.

    The jubilee celebrations, which were wonderfully successful throughout, ended with a concert and the crowning of the queen. The hall was crowded, and hundreds were unable ...

    Article : 102 words
  16. TARONGA PARK.

    In the 15 years following the opening of Taronga Park Zoo, in 1916, the number of visitors totalled 9,017,634 These continued to increase during the next four years, adding ...

    Article : 124 words
  17. NEW TRAFFIC BRIDGE OPENED.

    A new five-span bridge over Lynch's Creek was opened by the shire president (Councillor Moore). The bridge spans a dangerous crossing which held up traffic in flood-time. A ...

    Article : 64 words
  18. GARDEN COMPETITION.

    Lithgow Horticultural Society has begun its annual garden competition, in which provision is made for the judging of blooms at private homes and in school playgrounds. ...

    Article : 117 words
  19. DISHONEST AGENTS.

    In a bail estreatment case which came before Judge Sheridan at the Quarter Sessions yesterday, Detective S. J. Corby spoke of a man as having been employed by an ...

    Article : 129 words
  20. DIED AFTER ACCIDENT.

    Sydney James Lloyd, 42, who was injured when his horse came into collision with a motor car at Bowenfels, died in Lithgow Hospital. He was a returned soldier, and at the ...

    Article : 53 words
  21. IN THE COUNCIL.

    The Legislative Council yesterday referred the Presbyterian Church (N.S.W.) Property Trust Bill to a select committee for consideration. ...

    Article : 222 words
  22. MUNICIPAL SUBDIVISIONS.

    Sir,—Mr. Spooner's proposal for the resubdivision of the north-western municipalities, like the recent White Paper, "contains something to annoy everybody." I will here deal only ...

    Article : 327 words
  23. CO-OPERATIVE COMPANIES' RESERVES.

    Mr. R. C. Gibson, president of the Richmond district council of the Primary Producers' Union, referring to the statement of the Acting Premier (Mr. Bruxner) that the Government ...

    Article : 102 words
  24. LEAP FROM CAR

    Mr. L. L. Kerr, a farmer, of Temora, had a remarkable experience this morning crossing the Berry Mountain, when his motor car left the road, dashed over the side of the ...

    Article : 103 words
  25. PRIMARY PRODUCERS' GOOD POSITION.

    "Primary producers in Australia, from a statistical point of view, are in as good a position as they have been for a long time," said Sir Frederick Tout, a director of ...

    Article : 121 words
  26. BOUNDARY REVISION.

    At a largely attended public meeting at Eastwood Masonic Hall last night, a resolution supporting the scheme of the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Spooner) for the revision ...

    Article : 186 words
  27. AMUSEMENTS.

    The new programme at the Mayfair Theatre today is headed by "Ball at the Savoy." The leading man in this is Fred Conyngham, an Australian actor, who was seen here on the stage in "Cradle ...

    Article : 46 words
  28. LIFE PAYMENTS.

    "Norman Peterson is now 33 years of age, and if he lives the assessed allotted span of life and his compensation payments are continued until then, his employer will have had ...

    Article : 225 words
  29. RELIEF WORKERS INJURED.

    Thirteen occupants of a motor lorry, which was conveying them to work, were thrown out and injured when the brakes failed, about 17 miles from Mudgee, and the driver, intent ...

    Article : 94 words
  30. COSTLY ERROR.

    A few nights ago the proprietress of a Goulburn restaurant lost £9/10/ owing to giving it in change for a new ten-shilling note. ...

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  31. CONSERVATORIUM ORCHESTRA.

    This evening the Second Subscription Concert by the Conservatorium Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Edgar L. Bainton, will be given. The programme will consist of the Overture, "The Wasps," ...

    Article : 87 words
  32. BRAKES FOR HORSE DRAWN VEHICLES.

    Sir,—As one who has had a great deal to do with horses and suffered many injuries thereby, I follow with great interest your articles and correspondents' letters in ...

    Article : 183 words
  33. NARRABRI ELECTRICITY SCHEME.

    At a meeting of delegates from Namoi [?] Council, Narrabri Municipal Council, and Narrabri West Municipal Council, to consider an electricity supply for the three centres, the ...

    Article : 218 words
  34. "MAJOR BARBARA."

    Bernard Shaw's "Major Barbara" will be staged at the Savoy Theatre this evening by members of the Workers' Art Club. ...

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  35. BUTTER PRICES.

    When asked whether the Government's guaranteed-prices scheme would mean the elimination 01 New Zealand agents of London butter importing firms, the Minister for ...

    Article : 60 words
  36. ORGAN RECITALS.

    At St. James' Church to-day at 1.20 p.m., Mr. Frank Taylor, organist of St. Stephen's, Newtown, will give a recital. The programme will include the Toccata and Fugue in D minor (Bach), the ...

    Article : 66 words
  37. MUSIC TEACHERS' ALLIANCE.

    Miss Esther Kahn will give a talk on musical therapeutics this evening as part of an Australian Music Teachers' Alliance recital at Paling's Hall. ...

    Article : 27 words
  38. 44-HOUR WEEK.

    In support of the claims of the Gas Workers' Union for a 44-hour week of five days, about 170 members of the union employed in the meter shop of the Metropolitan Gas Company ...

    Article : 161 words
  39. CANBERRA.

    When Mr. Laurence Meynell, the well-known author and lecturer, was in Australia recently, the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) gave him a set of lantern slides showing pictures ...

    Article : 163 words
  40. BRYANT'S PLAYHOUSE.

    There will be one-act plays, and sketches at Bryant's Playhouse this evening. ...

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  41. STREET LIGHTING.

    Councillor Gardiner, urging that charges made to municipal councils for street lighting were too high, moved, at a meeting of the Sydney County Council yesterday, that a ...

    Article : 133 words
  42. PRISONER'S ESCAPE.

    Sydney Arthur Balley, who yesterday was sentenced at the police court for vagrancy, escaped from custody this morning. He was waiting to be sent to Tamworth, and when ...

    Article : 71 words
  43. WOMAN SENTENCED.

    Dorothy Davies, 43, married woman, of West Brunswick, was sentenced by Mr. Justice Martin in the Criminal Court to-day to six months' imprisonment for having attempted ...

    Article : 99 words
  44. VULNERABLE POINTS.

    Sir,—The recent article by Mr. John Baillie in the "Herald" regarding the vulnerability of the great steelworks in this State invites attention to the similar position of the oil ...

    Article : 101 words
  45. EDUCATION CONFERENCE.

    The State Cabinet has decided to agree to a recommendation of the Director of Education (Mr. M. A. Klein), supported by the Minister for Education (Mr. H. Millington), that the ...

    Article : 77 words
  46. NOXIOUS WEEDS.

    A meeting of the Wagga skeleton weed committee decided to carry on with its work at least until the new noxious weeds legislation comes into operation. The committee decided ...

    Article : 72 words
  47. MAN DETAINED.

    Police investigating the hold-up of the Eidsvold-Cracow mail car on Saturday evening, detained a man at Cracow to-day. ...

    Article : 24 words
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