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  2. MIGRATION.

    Delegates attending the annual conference of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales yesterday displayed great interest in the question of ...

    Article : 614 words
  3. RIOTS IN SPAIN.

    Reports from Madrid state that the Government has closed Fascist centres throughout Spain, in an effort to stop the riots, which have been proceeding for some days. More ...

    Article : 170 words
  4. NEW BLOCK

    A new hospital block, which will cost about £100,000, and which will be one of the most modern of its kind in the world, is to be built for St. Vincent's Hospital, on property ...

    Article : 292 words
  5. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    The Companies Bill made fair progress in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, the principal section dealt with containing clauses relating to the winding-up of companies and the responsibilities of liquidators. In addition to fraud, concealment of material facts in relation to a ...

    Article : 188 words
  6. INVISIBLE RAY.

    Under close military guard, victor Penny, garage attendant has been making experiments on Somes Island, Wellington, and it is believed that he is endeavouring to perfect apparatus ...

    Article : 249 words
  7. CREW OF THE IDLE HOUR.

    The United States ketch, Idle Hour, reached Sydney yesterday, in the course of a world cruise. The crew is shown above. From left: Messrs. L. Campbell, Timi (a Tahilian), I Palmer (at back), and the owner, Dwight Long. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 43 words
  8. DOMESTIC SLAVERY.

    The Colonial Secretary (Mr. J. H. Thomas), in reply to a question in the House of Commons, announced the appointment of a Commission, consisting of Sir Wilfred Woods, ...

    Article : 188 words
  9. DOCTOR DISCHARGED.

    The jury at the General Sessions to-night, returned a verdict of not guilty, after a retirement of two hours and 35 minutes, in the case in which Dr. Allan John Bothomley, 45, ...

    Article : 121 words
  10. COMPANIES BILL.

    When the debate in committee was resumed on the Companies Bill, Mr. Lang complained that in the guillotine proceedings of the previous sitting an amendment outlined by Mr. ...

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  11. NEW AIR MAILS.

    Two new aerial mail services are to be established shortly, one providing a same-day delivery of Sydney letters in Adelaide, and the other enabling the direct carriage of ...

    Article : 332 words
  12. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    The Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Dunningham), in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, replied to statements made by Sir Frederick Stewart, M.P., about unemployment ...

    Article : 422 words
  13. MOSQUITOES.

    To-day will live, disagreeably, as "Mosquito Thursday" in the memory of most residents of Newcastle. After a night of stings and buzzes in tens of thousands of homes, a ...

    Article : 180 words
  14. CATERPILLARS.

    Properties in the neighbourhood of Grafton are being invaded by caterpillars, millions of which attacked Mr. T. James's farm at Carr's Creek, and Mr. J. Walker's farm at Grafton. ...

    Article : 116 words
  15. MARQUIS OF HARTINGTON

    According to "The Times" the under-Seeretary for the Dominions (the Marquis of Hartington) will attend the South Australian centenary, provided that there is no ...

    Article : 56 words
  16. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Gold was quoted to-day at £7/1/ an ounce fine, compared with £7/1/1 the previous day. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The American dollar was quoted to-day at ...

    Article : 255 words
  17. AN OLD CHARGE.

    In a case at the Quartet Sessions yesterday, reference was made to a riot which took place at Clovelly nearly six years ago, when a house in Surfslde-avenue and its contents were ...

    Article : 242 words
  18. CADET MIDSHIPMEN.

    The Navy Office of the Department of Defence is inviting applications from boys who arc 13 years of age this year and who wish to enter the Royal Australian Naval College ...

    Article : 40 words
  19. HOSPITALS COMMISSION.

    Mr. Otton has been appointed secretary and superintendent of the Hospitals Commission of New South Wales. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  20. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment is announced to-day. Details are published on page 20, column 5. ...

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  21. PIPE NEAR COLLIERY

    A section of a waterpipe in the vicinity of Ayrfield colliery, which is worked by nonfederation labour, was blown up last night. The pipe was connected not to the colliery ...

    Article : 91 words
  22. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 266 words
  23. MANSLAUGHTER.

    A verdict of not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter with a strong recommendation to mercy, was returned against Herbert Nelson Lane, 30, of Abbotsford by a jury in ...

    Article : 174 words
  24. WOMEN'S HATS.

    Judge Curlewis holds the view that there are styles of hats that should not be worn by women motorists when driving. "I hope," said his Honor, to Dorothy Field, ...

    Article : 158 words
  25. D. S. MITCHELL.

    To celebrate the centenary of the death of David Scott Mitchell, founder of the Mitchell Library, an exhibition of material selected from the collections of the library was opened last ...

    Article : 266 words
  26. KIDNAPPING THREAT.

    Because of a threat of kidnapping made by the telephone to the Chief Justice (Sir James Blair) in an attempt to influence his treatment of a prisoner, who was to appear before ...

    Article : 215 words
  27. THE BIBLE.

    "Fundamentalism has done and is still doing, as I believe, a real disservice to the cause of true religion," said the Bishop of Newcastle (the Right Rev. F. de Witt Batty) ...

    Article : 177 words
  28. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 261 words
  29. GOODS WORTH £300

    Jewellery and clothing valued in all at £300, were stolen on Wednesday night, from the home of Captain C. W. C. Thompson, in St. Elmo-street, Clifton Gardens. ...

    Article : 112 words
  30. COLLISION AT MOSMAN

    Seven people were injured last night when a motor lorry and a car collided at the intersection of Military-road and Winnie-street, Mosman. The car was overturned and thrown ...

    Article : 134 words
  31. VOLUNTEERS

    Licensed seamen engaged in the Australian coastwise trade are preparing to form a new organisation, which will be known as the Licensed Seamen's Association of Australia. ...

    Article : 73 words
  32. TRAIN MYSTERY.

    Search parties, consisting of about 20 police and nearly as many civilians, yesterday scoured the rugged country about the railway line between Oatley and Como, in the hope of ...

    Article : 114 words
  33. STOP-WORK MEETINGS.

    The Lake Macquarie Shire Council received from the Department of Labour and Industry a letter which stated that gangers were to be instructed to close down ...

    Article : 127 words
  34. LEVEL CROSSING CRASH.

    A collision in which a man was killed, and two women seriously injured, occuried between a motor buckboard and a tramcar at the recently widened Wayville ciosslng,, to-day. ...

    Article : 174 words
  35. FLOODED RIVERS.

    The Bulloo River to-day reached the level of the January flood, and submerged miles of low-lying country. Considerable damage w[?] done to fences and sheepyards in the ...

    Article : 136 words
  36. SHORTER WORKING WEEK.

    At a meeting of the Federal Parliamentary Labour party to-day, it was decided to invite the chairman and secretary of the Australasian Council of Trades Unions (Messrs. A. ...

    Article : 69 words
  37. TO-DAY.

    Theatre Royal: "Anything Goes." 8. Tivoli Theatre: "Heading for Happiness," 2.30. 8. St. James Theatre: "Mutiny on the Bounty," ...

    Article : 255 words
  38. CASUALTIES.

    Percy Hadfield, 48, garage proprietor, of Collarenebri, was admitted to the Maitland Hospital to-day suffering from severe facial lacerations and contusions, fractured ribs, and ...

    Article : 201 words
  39. BETTING INQUIRY.

    It was learnt in Ministerial circles yesterday that two members of the Legislative Assembly have applied to the Government for legal assistance to appear before the Royal ...

    Article : 93 words
  40. SHIPPING SERVICES.

    Tenders will be received by the secretary to the Prime Minister's Department at Canberra up to August 31 next from persons or companies desirous of contracting for the ...

    Article : 91 words
  41. TANKER VINCAS.

    Provided that conditions are favourable, the former Union Line cargo steamer Kawatiri will begin her attempt to-morrow to tow the obsolete oil tanker Vincas from Lakes ...

    Article : 72 words
  42. INTERSTATE CRICKETER'S DEATH.

    Horace Lamcolm Thompson, 22, single, sharebroker's clerk, of Adelaide, an interstate cricketer who was injured on February 20 when a motor car in which he was travelling ...

    Article : 50 words
  43. DEATH AFTER ACCIDENT.

    "In view of the doctor's evidence, it is problematical whether the driver of the car was the cause of this man's death. Undoubtedly he was greatly to blame," remarked ...

    Article : 144 words
  44. SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS.

    A finding that there were no improper practices by any officer of the Education Department, or any person, in the preparation or recommendation of text-books for State ...

    Article : 84 words
  45. INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS.

    Mr. W. R. Hebblewhite has been elected chairman of the Sydney division of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, for 1036. He succeeds Mr. V J. F. Brain. ...

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  46. LINESMAN INJURED.

    John McGregor, 56, of John-street, Woollahra, was critically injured when he fell 30 feet from a tree to a concrete pavement, in Mona-road, Darling Point, yesterday. ...

    Article : 87 words
  47. W.A. LOTTERY PROFITS.

    During the ypar ended December 31 last, 1,876,186 tickets were sold in 13 Western Australian charities consultations, yielding £234,523, according to figures made available ...

    Article : 76 words
  48. LITE SPORTING.

    The council of the Amateur Swimming Association last night endorsed the finding of its cxecutive committee that J. King and T. King (leading water polo players), both of the Pyrmont ...

    Article : 70 words
  49. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of Su[?] Picture Theatres will [?] found in the Amusement Advertise[?]lent Colum[?] ...

    Article : 21 words
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