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  2. CLOSED STREETS.

    Mr. Piddington, K.C., told the Metropolitan Land Board yesterday that if he owned the land in Ross-street and Crescent-street, Glebe, instead of the Glebe Council, he would ...

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  3. MAREO GUILTY.

    Eric Mareo, 44, musician, was to-day found guilty of the murder of his wife, with a very strong recommendation to mercy. He was sentenced to death. ...

    Article : 189 words
  4. MR. ZANE GREY

    Mr. Zane Grey, who has been camped at Bermagui for about two months, yesterday moved his camp to Bateman's Bay. The wisdom of the move was quickly seen when ...

    Article : 174 words
  5. METHODISTS.

    The New South Wale" conference of tne [?]thodist Church of Australia was opened at the Lyceum Hnll last night. The retiring president the Rev. M. K. ...

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  6. FAMILY INCINERATED.

    A family of four perished when their home at Maerenuhenua, near Oamaru, was destroyed by fire to-day. The victims are Douglas Arthur Nolan, 27, shearer; Mabel Thelma ...

    Article : 109 words
  7. NEW PRESIDENT.

    At the New South Wales conference of the Methodist Church last evening the Rev. E. Coplin Thomas was elected president for the ensuing year, and the Rev. P. L. Black was ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 344 words
  8. D. BROWN.

    The president of the New South Wales Rugby League (Mr. H. R. Flegg) said that night, at a meeting of the Eastern Suburbs club, that the retention committee had already ...

    Article : 468 words
  9. SHIPPING FREIGHTS.

    The Acting Minister for Commerce (Mr. Thorby) said to-day that he was very disappointed that Mr. J. P. Abbott, president of the New South Wales Graziers' Association, should ...

    Article : 247 words
  10. REV. ARTHUR H. BARNES.

    The Rev. Arthur H. Barnes, of Grahamstown, South Africa, was welcomed at the Methodist conference yesterday. For many years Mr. Barnes worked in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 102 words
  11. HELP FOR COUNCILS.

    The annual report of the Department of Local Government, tabled in Parliament yesterday, stated that the State Government gave financial assistance totalling £3,649,163 to ...

    Article : 194 words
  12. MINE TRAGEDY.

    Further details of the tragedy yesterday at the Golden West mine at Kunanalling, when three men lost their lives in an old shaft containing foul air, reveal that apparently two ...

    Article : 262 words
  13. AWATEA LAUNCHING.

    At the luncheon following the launching of the Union S.S. Company's 14,000-ton liner Awatea at Borrow-in-Furness, Mr. James Callander, a director of Vickers-Armstrong, ...

    Article : 117 words
  14. NEW BUSES.

    It was announced by the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. Maddocks) yesterday that tenders were being called for 35 new doubledecker omnibuses and five large-type ...

    Article : 111 words
  15. RADIO EQUIPMENT.

    Recommendations involving an expenditure of about £350,000 to provide wireless equipment for guiding aeroplanes on air routes throughout Australia are expected to be made ...

    Article : 250 words
  16. SPEECHES BROADCAST.

    The speeches at the launching ceremony were broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation through 2FC yesterday, and by arrangement with Amalgamated Wireless ...

    Article : 315 words
  17. MANSLAUGHTER.

    A jury in the Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Gavan Duffy, found William Sylvester John Barrett, labourer, of Drummond-street, Carlton, guilty of manslaughter. He ...

    Article : 98 words
  18. RELIEF DOCKETS.

    The Bulli shire clerk avas officially advised yesterday that the Department of Labour and industry had withdrawn the instructions to stop food relief at Helensburgh, and that ...

    Article : 132 words
  19. HUXLEY'S OMISSION.

    It was announced in the "Herald" on Tuesday that A. A. Kay and J. Bromwich had been selected as Australia's representatives to visit Java. Many peisons are anxious to know, and ...

    Article : 270 words
  20. SOUTHERLY STORM.

    Another violent southerly storm, accompanied by a high wind and exceptionally heavy rain in some districts, swept the lower half of the North Island early this morning. ...

    Article : 172 words
  21. POSTMASTERS.

    The Commonwealth Postmaster's Association, consisting of retired and present postmasters, held its first reunion at Thone's Cafe, Castlereagh-street, last night. ...

    Article : 178 words
  22. NORTH COAST

    The Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. Spooner) has informed the Northern Rivers Association of Municipalities and Shires that he cannot see his way clear to ...

    Article : 249 words
  23. AUCTION SALES.

    Since the enactment of the Warehousemen's Lein Act last year, many furniture storage firms hod conducted public, auctions of unclaimed, furniture, in an ...

    Article : 232 words
  24. COUNCIL MEETINGS.

    A move has been made by Labour aldermen to rescind the decision of the City Council to exclude representatives of the Press from the meetings of its standing committees, and ...

    Article : 150 words
  25. MAN RESCUES HORSE.

    J. Furze, a visitor from Melbourne, rescued a horse from drowning this evening. W. F. Bailey was driving the horse and cart near the bank of the Murrumbidgee River at ...

    Article : 137 words
  26. BRITISH CAPTAIN HONOURED

    In November last the small Norwegian steamer Sisto, while on a voyage from Quebec to Europe, encountered a violent gale in the Atlantic. Her rudder was broken, her ...

    Article : 164 words
  27. YOUTH EMPLOYMENT.

    As a result of preparatory work for the increased expenditure of £3,000,000 a year planned by the Water Board, non-manual employment has been given to 107 persons, ...

    Article : 188 words
  28. COLLIER AGROUND.

    The collier Pelton bank grounded on a mudbank in the Hunter River while on the way from Hexham to Newcastle to-day. A tug was sent from Newcastle this ...

    Article : 98 words
  29. NEW CHAIRMAN.

    Mr. T. J. Cavanagh was elected chairman of the Builders' Exchange of Now South Wales at the annual meeting of that body last night. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  30. McARTHUR APPEAL.

    Further argument was heard by the Full Court of the High Court to-day upon the application for special leave to appeal that is being made by John William Shaw McArthur ...

    Article : 332 words
  31. "HEAT WAVE."

    Roland Pertwee's crisp dialogue allowed no mental lassitude during the production of "Heat Wave" at Bryants' Playhouse last night. The story by Denise Robins tells of marital ...

    Article : 119 words
  32. CASUALTIES.

    Joseph Cooper, 79, was foUrid with a bullet wound in his head, at his home in Darlington-road. Darlington, yesterday. The Central District Ambulance took him to the Royal ...

    Article : 236 words
  33. THE UNIONS.

    A conference to-day between representatives of the Commonwealth Railways Commissioner (Mr. G. A. Gahan) and of unions having members employed by the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 74 words
  34. RAILWAYS.

    More than 30,000 children travel by train to and from school in the State. The majority travel free and the remainder at concession fares. From time to time officers of the ...

    Article : 144 words
  35. REPORTED ASSAULTS.

    Newcastle police were sent out late this evening to investigate a report that a volunteer fireman from the steamer Dilga had been assaulted near a hotel at Carrington. The ...

    Article : 93 words
  36. LIFT-MAKERS.

    As the result of a conference yesterday between representatives of Waygood Otis, Ltd., of Alexandria, and the lift-makers now on strike, it iss expected that work will be resumed ...

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  37. BREAD PRICE REDUCED IN PERTH.

    The price of a 21b loaf of bread was reduced to-day by /0½ to /5 cash delivered and /4½ in shops. This resulted from the abolition of the Federal sales tax of £2/12/6 a ton on ...

    Article : 48 words
  38. SAFETY RAZORS.

    The Tariff Board was told yesterday by a [?]ess that about 50,000,000 safety razor clades were used annually in Australia. He based his calculation on an estimate of ...

    Article : 212 words
  39. CLARENCE RIVER COUNTY COUNCIL.

    The annual report of the chief engineer and manager of the Clarence River County Council stated that the revenue for 1935 was £30,339, an increase of more than £17,000, and the ...

    Article : 197 words
  40. N.Z. PARLIAMENT.

    The Premier (Mr. Savage) announced today that Parliament would meet on March 25. He said that the legislative programme vould then be ready for the House, and there ...

    Article : 79 words
  41. OBITUARY.

    Mr. John Walton Townley, formerly of Concord West and Epping, died recently in a private hospital, aged 73. He retired from the audit branch of the New South Wales ...

    Article : 66 words
  42. ALTRUISTIC SALESMAN.

    Cyril Raymond Juillerat, 42, salesman, gave an unusually altruistic explanation at the Central Police Court for having committed an offence. ...

    Article : 152 words
  43. ARCHITECT'S TOUR.

    The Federal Cabinet will shortly consider a proposal that the Commonwealth Government's Chief Designing Architect, Mr. E. H. Henderson, should visit Britain, the United ...

    Article : 120 words
  44. FORBES DISTRICT HOSPITAL.

    The Torbes Distiict Hospital Board has agree 1 to pay the Hospitals Commission half of the total cost of £1300 for a new isolation block at the institution. ...

    Article : 133 words
  45. PEDIGREE DOGS.

    The Investigation Committee for the Control of Pedigree Dogs, which was appointed at the conference convened recently by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hugh Main, ...

    Article : 98 words
  46. MRS. I. J. MALE.

    Mrs I J. Male, a well-known resident of Wellington, N.S.W., died on Sunday in a private hospital at Croydon Aged 73, the late Mrs. Male was a foundation member of ...

    Article : 107 words
  47. N.Z. BAND CONTEST.

    The first A grade selection in the New Zealand brass bands' contest at New Plymouth was decided to-night. The judge, Mr. A. Balle, of sydney, placed the Timaru ...

    Article : 56 words
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