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  2. CHURCH MUSIC.

    My previous article telling of visits to a number of metropolitan churches was intended to be descriptive rather than critical, notwithstanding a suggestion that in many churches ...

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  3. SWIMMING.

    W. Furey, the well-known Manly Club swimmer and surf swimmer accomplished a remarkable per formance in his relay of an 880 yards teams race at Manly on Saturday afternoon when he was ...

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  4. MOTOR ACCIDENTS.

    Seven men who were travelling to Goulburn as an advance party of the Sixth Light Horse camp were admitted to hospital at Goulburn in a serious condition. They were ...

    Article : 231 words
  5. ROWING.

    At the New South Wales Rawing Association's annual regatta on the Nepean River on Saturday. Mosman lost the heavyweight eight-car championship title, but gained the lightweight four-car ...

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  6. INTELLIGENCE TEST.

    Great prominence has been given recently to the evils of the examination system in our schools, and strenuous efforts are being made to replace it with a new system which will ...

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  7. SOVIET RAILWAYS.

    Two great Soviet railway construction schemes of importance in the international situation in the Far East are nearlng completion. They are the doubling of the ...

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  8. SURF LIFE-SAVING.

    The metropolitan section of the Surf Life-Saving Association opened the annual championships competitions yesterday on Freshwater and Bondi beaches, where preliminary beats of several events ...

    Article : 251 words
  9. VAUCLUSE REGATTA.

    With the weather providing excellent conditions for racing, the seventh annual Veucluse regatta was carried to a successful conclusion on Saturday at Watson's Bay, where 25 races and heats for ...

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  10. 13 BOWLERS INJURED.

    Thirteen members of the Carrum Bowling Club were injured on Saturday when a motor van in which they were returning to Carrum came into collision with a small motor car ...

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  11. SOUTHERN METROPOLITAN SECTION.

    Rescue and Resuscitation Competition.—Bondi (H. Doerner, patient: H. Nightingale beltman. Bruce Willson, resuscltator; A. Hart T. Meagher, A. Besomo). 74.55 points, 1; North Bondi (A. ...

    Article : 135 words
  12. ARCHBISHOP WAND.

    The car in which the Archbishop of Brisbane (Dr. Wand), accompanied by Mrs. Wand and Miss Wand, was travelling yesterday, crashed through the railing of a bridge at the junction ...

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  13. YAMPI SOUND.

    During the week-end Mr. J. F. Walsh, of Messrs. Lavan, Walsh, and Seaton, solicitorsattorney in Western Australia for Brasserts, Ltd., the British iron and steel firm, which ...

    Article : 157 words
  14. SOUTH NARRABEEN CARNIVAL.

    Heavy suri with baffling cross currents had [?] be faced by competitors in water events at South Narrabeen Club's Wally Proudfoot Memorial Carnival, which was held on South Narrabeen Beach ...

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  15. LEAGUE CLUBS.

    LEICHHARDT.—Grade handicap 200yds: A grade: L. Bloomfield, 1; J. Dingle. 2; J. Bralley, 3. Time 2m 29s. B grade: H. Marsh, 1; C. Johonsen. 2; A. Hart. 3. Time. 2m 36 3-5s, C grade ...

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  16. FALLS FROM LORRY.

    A. Clarke, 50, watchman, of James-street, Bankstown, was killed when he fell from a lorry in Commonwealth-street, city, on Saturday night. The Central District Ambulance ...

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  17. NATIONAL FORESTS.

    The Mayor of Lismore (Alderman E. J. Egglns) has been informed by the Minister for Forests (Mr. Vincent) that Whian Whian State forests and adjacent forests on and ...

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  18. YESTERDAY'S CLUB RACES.

    BALMAIN.—Breaststroke championship, 100yds D. Roberts, 1; W. Gally, 2; J. Bell, 3. Time, 1m 22s. Junior breaststroke championship: R. Ericsen. 1; P. Waterman, 2; A. Robertson, 3. ...

    Article : 366 words
  19. SOLDIER DROWNED.

    William Green, l8, of Ashmore-street, Erskineville, who was in camp with the Second Divisional Engineers at Liverpool, was drowned in the George's River yesterday. ...

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  20. CLUB EVENTS.

    Excepting for surf races and beach events yesterday, members of all the surf clubs had another quiet day, with good crowds and calm seas, until a heavy thunderstorm in the afternoon drove the ...

    Article : 232 words
  21. CHAMPIONSHIPS CARNIVAL.

    The executive committee of the New South Wales Amateur Swimming Association lias derided that the remaining State championships carnival will be held at Manly Municipal Baths on the night ...

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  22. CHANGE-OVER.

    To-day's change-over in the Newcastle railway system represents the culmination of the biggest work carried out by the civil engineering and signal branches of the Railway ...

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  23. WOMAN BURNED.

    Mrs. Eleanor Margaret Nicholls, aged about 85, was found lying in a passage leading to the dining-room of her home in Church-street, Parramatta, last night, with ...

    Article : 189 words
  24. AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS.

    The Crawley Baths were crowded on Saturday afternoon when the first carnival of the Australian national championship series was conducted. The water was on the slow side. ...

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  25. MOTOR BOATING.

    Several motor boat clubs decided events on Saturday. Starting in six successive races at Kogarah Bay, the speedboat Cutty Sark, which is raced by the reor-commodore, Mr, H. Collah, and hon. ...

    Article : 452 words
  26. FOOTBALL IN GREAT BRITAIN.

    Following are the results of football matches played in Great Britain yesterday:- The League.—First, division Aston Villa v Everton, 1-1; Blackburn Rovers v ...

    Article : 538 words
  27. CIVIC RECEPTION.

    Speaking at a civic reception tendered to the delegates to the country conference of the Lang Labour party yesterday at West Maitland, Mr. Laug made a bitter attack on the ...

    Article : 318 words
  28. WOMEN'S CLUBS.

    The results of the weekly competitions of the amateur women's swimming clubs:- BONDI.—100 yards handicap P. Hunt, 1; D. Mandel. 2. Time, 1m 39s. 65 yards, A grade: ...

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  29. AIRCRAFT.

    In well-informed Federal quarters it was indicated to-night that important progress is being made by the Federal Ministry in an endeavour to arrange for the manufacture ...

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  30. SAFEBREAKERS.

    Thieves entered a butcher's shop in Pitt-street early on Saturday morning, and after using explosives on a safe, stole nearly £60. The premises, known as Jack's Butchery, ...

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  31. BILLIARDS.

    The second heat of the "Daily Mril" Gold Cup, a sealed handicap, resulted in an easy victory for Tom Newman, who beat Horace Lindrum (Australia) by 11.373 to 6945. ...

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  32. WATERSIDE WORKERS.

    When the steamer James Cook arrived from Sydney, waterside workers refused to handle the cargo because the ship carried a licensed crew. A similar situation arose with the ...

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  33. LVTE MR. A. F. PRICE.

    Next Saturday afternoon by special arrangement. Flight-Lieutenant N. Mulroney accompanied by an official of the Royal Motor Yacht Club will pilot an aeroplane over Ruse Bay at 3.30, when the ...

    Article : 57 words
  34. VIGORO.

    Results of the grade matches of the New South Wales Women's Vigoro Association played on Saturday:- A Grade.—Erskineville Federals, 96 (G. Porteus ...

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  35. BRIDGE TO BRIDGE RACE.

    The Upper Hawkesbury Motor Boat Club held its third annual "Bridge to Bridge" race. 75 miles, on the Hawkesbury River to-day. The race is the longest speedboat event in the Southern Hemisphere ...

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  36. FIRES IN THE SUBURBS.

    A. fire broke out on Satarday night in V. F. Atlas's Athletic Club, Parramatta-road, petsrsham. The first floor and its conter[?] were severely damaged by fire, and an ...

    Article : 83 words
  37. RETURNED SOLDIERS' LEAGUE.

    Referring to administrative costs of the Returned Soldiers' League, the annual report of the East Maitland sub-branch stated that feeling was steadily growing throughout the ...

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  38. SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL.

    The Pambula soldiers' memorial was officially unveiled yesterday afternoon by Colonel T. E. W. Irwin in the presence of a large number of returned soldiers, representatives of various ...

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  39. UNITY CONFERENCE.

    The Federal conference of the Australian Labour party, which will discuss proposals for unity with the New South Wales (Lang) Labour party, will meet at the Melbourne ...

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  40. WHARF LABOURER INJURED.

    Martin McCaulay, 46, of Bloomfield-street, Darlinghurst, was struck, by a bale of wool while he was helping to load a vessel at Woolloomooloo. He suffered a fractured ...

    Article : 47 words
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