At a meeting of the Tintenbar Shire Council yesterday it was decided to oppose inclusion in the proposed greater county council for the control of electricity on the north coast. ...
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Article : 267 wordsThe motor truck owned by Benjamin Cozens, of Macquarie-street, Windsor, which plunged into the Hawkesbury River from the punt at Wiseman's Ferry, was located yesterday. ...
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Article : 459 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. E. Elliot) moved the second reading of the Sugar Industry Reorganisation Bill, which has for its ...
Article : 119 wordsThe will of the late Miss Jane Chalmers, of Ashburton, provides that the whole estate of £80,000 goes to charities. Miss Chalmers had no living relatives, and ...
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Article : 215 wordsFrederick George Fury was fined £5 [?] driving a motor vehicle in a manner [?] to the public. The police stated that Fury was the driver of a car which came into [?] ...
Article : 63 wordsTarrant's team of Australian cricketers continued the match again Mysore to-day. Love took his overnight score of 60 not out to 91, when he was out lbw. It was his highest score ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 288 wordsBathurst was plunged into darkness [?] nearly half an hour last night, when a [?] broke out behind the switchboard in the [?] sell-street electrical sub-station. The [?] ...
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Article : 103 wordsBefore 3000 people at St. George Club's [?] annual carnival, held at Hurstville Oval last night B. C. Dickenson and H. A. Gould, of St. George Club, broke the State running broad jump [?] ...
Article : 146 wordsTheatre Royal: "Anything Goes," 2, 8.. Tivoli Theatre: "Lucky Stars," 2.30 and 8. St. James Theatre: "Broadway Melody of 1936," 10.55, 1.45, 5, 7.55. ...
Article : 277 wordsWhen Mr. George Montgomery pulled in a shark-line which he had set over-night recently, he found half the head of a shark attached to the hook. The remainder had ...
Article : 66 wordsAllyn Albert Ward, 8, of Allen-street, Arncliffe, was riding a push bicycle along Prince's Highway. Arncliffe, when it came into collision with a motor lorry, and the boy was ...
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Article : 130 wordsThe second series of the Australian [?] swimming championships was conducted by [?] Western Australian Amateur Swimming Association to-night. In the 110 yards women's [?] ...
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Article : 154 wordsComplaints made last November by Flying-Officer Littlejohn that, on his England-to-Australia flight, he was subjected to heavy expense incident to obtaining "flying visas" ...
Article : 188 wordsThe Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney (Dr. Kelly) will celebrate his 86th birthday to-morrow. Dr. Kelly is now the oldest prelate in Australia and New Zealand, and one ...
Article : 85 wordsThe Egyptian Government is negotiating with the Suez Canal Company to secure the nomination of Egyptians to [?] board, on which, at present, there is no Egyptian ...
Article : 66 wordsProgrammes of Suburban Picture Theatres will be found in the Amusement Advertisement Columns. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 12 Feb 1936, Page 14
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