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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Owing to the severe heat and the abundance of grass, Councillor B. P. Bell, president of the Hume Shire Council, said yesterday that bushfire outbreaks were likely unless the ...

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  3. WOMAN'S DEATH.

    On Saturday the Coroner (Mr. Grant, P.M.) found that Mrs. Linda Youren had died from poisoning, but that the evidence did not enable him to find how, when, or by whom ...

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  4. CHULLORA MEN.

    At a lunch-hour meeting of employees of the electric car repair shop, Chullora, the following resolution was agreed to:—"We, employees of the Electric Car Repair Shop, ...

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  5. DAY OF MOURNING.

    While to-morrow will no[?] be a holiday, it will be a day of mourning owing to the funeral of the late King George. Memorial services will be held in all the cathedrals and churches in the State. At noon a two minutes' silence will be observed. ...

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  6. MOTOR BUS FORCED UNDER SHOP AWNING.

    A young woman passenger and the conductor were fortunate to escape with slight injuries when a shop awning tore the upper deck from this double-deck bus after the vehicle had been forced on to the footpath following a collision in Pacific Highway, Crow's Nest. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. CHARGE OF FORGERY.

    Before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., at the Ballina Police Court, Alexander Macpherson was charged with having forged a bill of exchange with intent to defraud, and with having uttered ...

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  8. CATHEDRAL SERVICE.

    His Excellency the Governor-General will be represented by Brigadier C. G. N. Miles, C.M.G., D.S.O., Commandant, Royal Milltary College, at St. Andrew's Cathedral to-morrow ...

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  9. FEDERAL OFFICES TO CLOSE.

    Following receipt of a message from the High Commissioner (Mr. Bruce) stating that Government offices in London would close on Tuesday the Federal Government has decided, ...

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  10. AMALGAMATION OF COUNCILS.

    A communication from the Department of Local Government has been received by the Tallaganda Shire Council informing it that the report of the Commissioner (Mr. C. H. N. ...

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  11. WOUNDED MAN

    Wilfred Gladstone Taylor, 32, of Collingwood, died in hospital on Saturday night from the effect of deep incised wounds on the arms, body, and neck. ...

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  12. THE KING'S THANKS.

    The Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) has received a cablegram from the private secretary to the King as follows: "Please convey the following message from the King to the ...

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  13. MOTHER SAVES SON'S LIFE.

    The presence of mind of Mrs. Jack Teale on Friday afternoon saved the life of her son, Norman, aged 10 years, who gripped an earth w[?] that had become charged with 240 volts ...

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  14. MAN DROWNED

    Donald James Byrnes, 38, who resided at Park-avenue, Mascot, was drowned in Sans Souci Baths yesterday. He was unable to swim and got out of his depth. ...

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  15. BAND CONTEST.

    The City of Sydney interstate band contest was continued[?] on Saturday and yesterday. Out of respect for the late King, five massed bands, under Mr. A. Baille, at the opening of ...

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  16. ANNIVERSARY DAY.

    To-day, the anniversary of the foundation of New South Wales, is a public holiday. For the second time since 1837, when the first of the annual Anniversary Day regattas ...

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  17. FATHER'S HEROISM

    Ernest James Flavel, a director of Flavel and Sons, a large Adelaide importing and distributing firm, gave his life to-day to save that of his daughter, when both were caught ...

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  18. LABOUR LEADER.

    The former leader of the Federal Parliamentary Labour party (Mr. Matt Charlton) moved a vote of sympathy to the Queen Mother, King Edward, and other members of ...

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  19. 54 SNAKES KILLED.

    Mr. A. T. Campbell saw a snake disappear on a block of land belonging to Mrs. W. Roberts, senr., near Guyra Lagoon. He killed another snake 15 yards away, and with the ...

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  20. OLD-AGE PENSION.

    A scheme for using the Old Age Pension to help reduce unemployment was propounded at the third annual conference of the New South Wales division of the Aged and Invalid ...

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  21. TUMUT WATER SUPPLY.

    During December, electric power used for pumping in the town water supply was 17,180 K.W.H., costing £89/10/, from Burrinjuck Supply, or /1¼ per unit. The number of ...

    Article : 88 words
  22. PROPOSED MEMORIAL.

    State Ministers agreed last night that a national memorial should be erected to the late King George. The subject will be discussed at an early ...

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  23. FIREMAN ON ROYAL TRAIN.

    The death has occurred at Goulburn, at the age of 60, of Alfred Charles King, of Victoria-street, who was a fireman on the pilot engine which brought the Royal train through ...

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  24. QUARREL IN GARAGE.

    Frederick Willits, 39, of High-street, Hunter's Hill, was taken to Sydney Hospital on Friday night by the Central District Ambulance, suffering from severe injuries to his ...

    Article : 108 words
  25. CLARENCE RIVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

    The report of the Clarence River Historical Society stated that the society was now firmly established as a permanent public institution, its development having been more rapid than ...

    Article : 119 words
  26. PUBLIC TRIBUTES.

    The Grand Master (Mr. J. W. Spain) of the Loyal Orange Institution of New South Wales, stated yesterday:—"The Grand Lodge of the Loyal Orange Institution of New South ...

    Article : 134 words
  27. RAILWAYMEN.

    If Brisbane railway enginemen carry out the decision of a mass meeting held this afternoon all locomotives not placed in their sheds within the 45 minutes provided in the ...

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  28. ROTHBURY.

    The northern miners' management committee sent a telegram to the Premier (Mr. Stevens) yesterday afternoon asking that an immediate meeting of Cabinet should be called ...

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  29. INDEX.

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  30. MOTOR ACCIDENTS.

    While driving a car along Parramatta-road, Camperdown, on Saturday morning, Arthur John Farrelly, 27, of Goodrich-avenue, South Kensington, lost his hat. He alighted fiom ...

    Article : 189 words
  31. COLLISIONS AT SAME POINT.

    When a motor car and a motor cycle collided on Burleigh Heads Bridge, Robert Sherrin, of South Brisbane, received severe injury to his right foot, and Daphne Hopp, of South ...

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  32. THE PREMIER'S DUTY.

    The Premier (Mr. Stevens), in opening the Buckland Convalescent Mental Hospital at Springwood, on Saturday, said that, in view of the national mourning now being observed, ...

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  33. CHINESE INJURED.

    Sung Ting, 62, a Chinese gardener, was admitted to the Tamworth Base Hospital with injuries to his left leg and side, received in a motor cycle accident. ...

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  34. BACK TO GRENFELL WEEK.

    A "Back to Grenfell week" will be held from March 23 to 30. It is 12 years since the last celebration of a similar nature was held. ...

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  35. CHEAP TRIPS.

    No fewer than 163,000 tickets, at sixpence each, were issued to children in the metropolitan area by the Railway Department during the Christmas and New Year holidays. ...

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  36. OBITUARY.

    Mr. George Ternen, who died at his residence, Trafalgar-street, Annandale, on Friday, aged 88 years was for over 50 years a produce merchant in Sussex-street, and for ...

    Article : 180 words
  37. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  38. TWO YOUTHS.

    A landowner at Camden on Saturday made a remarkable report to the police. He stated that two youths from Granville and Auburn erected a tent at Kelly's Hill, near Camden. ...

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  39. TOLLING OF BELLS.

    The Premier (Mr. Stevens) announced last night that he had received a telegram from the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) stating that the Dominions Secretary had cabled ...

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  40. BOA CONSTRICTOR

    A boa-constrictor, five feet long, which was brought from Panama to New Zealand aboard the liner Remuera, was destroyed on Friday. The owner, Mr. E. W. Scott, a former New ...

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  41. MANLY OMNIBUS

    The driver and conductor and two passengers, a man and a woman, had remarkable escapes from serious injury on Saturday morning when a Manly-bound double-decker ...

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  42. FOUNDER OF A NATION.

    During the Anniversary Day celebration arranged by the Central Methodist Mission at the Gospel Hall yesterday, the Premier (Mr. Stevens) paid a glowing tribute to the work ...

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  43. HORSEWOMAN

    Mrs. Richard John Newill, of Seven Hills, who celebrated her 71st birthday last September, and the 47th anniversary of her wedding last Monday, was a competitor in several ...

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  44. MR. T. DILLON.

    The death has occurred in Newcastle of Mr. Thomas Dillon, of Banfield, Dungog. He was a pioneer of the Williams River district. He was born in Banfield 74 years ago. Mr. ...

    Article : 77 words
  45. CASUALTIES.

    Frederick William Jay 58, a warehouseman, who lived in Park-street, Kirribilli, collapsed after surfing at Bronte Beach yesterday, and he died almost immediately. Eastern ...

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  46. TANKER STRIKES SKIFF.

    A sailing skiff narrowly escaped being run down by the tanker Svo[?]der off Clifton Gardens on Saturday afternoon. The tanker was leaving port for Botany, when the skiff ...

    Article : 105 words
  47. TO-DAY.

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  48. SEQUEL TO QUARREL.

    Clement Emmett, a well-known resident of Stanwell Park, was conveyed to the Colodale Hospital early yesterday morning by the district ambulance, suffering from severe head ...

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  49. OLD SAILOR'S DEATH.

    The body of Thomas Carter, 75, was found on Saturday morning, floating in the water off White Horse Point, near Iron Cove. Carter, who was an old-age pensioner, was a ...

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  50. WAGGA FAMILY.

    A strange series of misfortunes which have brought tragedy to a Wagga family culminated to-day in the death of the father and breadwinner. ...

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  51. MOVEMENT AGAINST WAR.

    Delegates from four States were present at the third national congress of the Australian section of the Movement Against War and Fascism, held in the Railway and Tramway ...

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  52. FALL DOWN HATCH.

    Two men were injured—one fatally—while working on the P. and O. Company's mail steamer Narkunda while it was lying at No. 20 wharf, Jones Bay, on Saturday. ...

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  53. NATIVE MISSIONARIES.

    Isikeli Daveta, a native of Fiji, arrived in Sydney by the Niagara on Saturday to attend deputations in Sydney in connection with the Methodist missions. ...

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  54. FATAL BEE STING.

    While motoring with her husband and family near Invercargill, Mrs. Alicia Hemmingsen, aged 53, was stung on the back of the neck by a bee, and died within an hour, as the result ...

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  55. GIRLS RESCUED

    Two girl employees were locked in a factory at 135 Sussex-street, city, after the premises were closed at noon on Saturday. After five hours they were able to send word to the fire ...

    Article : 74 words
  56. W.A. JUBILEE APPEAL.

    The jubilee appeal for youth and motherhood, opened in May last year, resulted in the collection of £45,636. ...

    Article : 24 words
  57. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 20 words
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