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  2. EDUCATION.

    Drastic changes in the State school examination system in the near future ere now regarded as unlikely in well-informed circles. If any alteration is made in Government policy, ...

    Article : 513 words
  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The Fisheries Department is considering an extension of its work in stocking country streams with native fishts, accoidlng to information received by the Cowra Amateur ...

    Article : 90 words
  4. MOTOR ACCIDENTS.

    John Edward Smith, 52, a carting contractor, fell from a motor truck which he was driving up Eungella Range in the Mackay district, early this morning, and a double set of ...

    Article : 61 words
  5. SEARCH FOR MISSING AIRMEN.

    The map shows the proposed route of the missing American fliers (Messrs. Ellsworth and Kenyon) from Dundee Island to the Bay of Whales; the route of the Australian relief expedition in the vessel Discovery II from Dunedin (N.Z.) to Ross Sea and the Bay of Whales; and the route of Sir ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 95 words
  6. CHRISTMAS OBSERVANCES.

    The services at St. Andrew's Cathedral were largely attended on Christmas Day. Holy Communion was administered at 7 a.m., 8.15 a.m., and again at 10.30 a.m., when the ...

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  7. SHIPPING STRIKE.

    Maritime unions fear that the seamen's strike may develop into a prolonged struggle, ending, like the timber workers' strike of a few years ago, in the disintegration of the ...

    Article : 561 words
  8. IN THE HOSPITALS.

    Although the sisters and nurses at Sydney Hospital succeeded in making all the wards specially bright and attractive, three of them stood out for colourful groupings and ...

    Article : 1,107 words
  9. CAR AND CYCLE COLLIDE.

    The occupants of a car driven by Mr. C. Smith, of Paterson, were uninjured when it came into collision with a motor cycle on the Paterson Bridge this afternoon. The ...

    Article : 82 words
  10. CARS IN COLLISION.

    Two cars collided with such force at the intersection of Pomeroy-road and Underwood-street, Homebush, on Christmas morning that both overturned and the six occupants were ...

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  11. BUILDING IN NAMOI SHIRE.

    Sixteen new buildings, of a total value of £8803, were erected in the towns and villages in the Namoi Shire during the year. This represents a decided increase over the ...

    Article : 65 words
  12. MANILLA MEMORIAL HALL.

    A deputation from the trustees of the Manilla Memorial Hall has asked the Municipal Council to take over control of the hall. For the past 10 years the hall has been controlled ...

    Article : 52 words
  13. TRUCK RUNS INTO HOUSE.

    The family of Sergeant W. B. Harrower in Riverview-street, Murwillumbah, were awakened abruptly when a motor truck crashed through the front fence of their residence and ...

    Article : 103 words
  14. A WAR MEMORY.

    It was never nice to be bombed; to be bombed on Boxing Day was not only uncomfortable, but also incongruous. So, at least, we thought at Fremicourt in 1917. As an ...

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  15. BOXING CONTEST.

    Giving the greatest display of his career, Jack Carroll, the Australian welterweight boxing champion, decisively out-pointed the Dutch champion, Bep van Klaveren, in a 15-rounds ...

    Article : 617 words
  16. DEATH DURING TENNIS MATCH.

    While playing tennis with his wife on Christmas morning at Medlow Bath, Francis Robert Vail Hammett, 29, collapsed and died. Hammett and his wife were visiting the ...

    Article : 48 words
  17. PROGRESS AT MANILLA.

    Owing largely to assistance under the unemployment relief scheme, the Manilla municipality has made excellent progress during the past 12 months. New streets have been formed ...

    Article : 129 words
  18. RACING JUDGE.

    As the horses enteied the straight for the finish of the Trial Handicap at Ascot this afternoon the Queensland Turf Club's judge, Mr. A. H. G. Drury, collapsed in his box. He ...

    Article : 157 words
  19. FIRES.

    A fire which broke out yesterday afternoon in a large timber mill at Saltash, owned by A. C. Brown, Ltd., of Newcastle, and occupied on lease by Henry Berry and Sons, caused ...

    Article : 177 words
  20. EXCAVATIONS CAUSE ACCIDENTS,

    Excavation work under the new sewerage scheme has caused a series of minor accidents in Griffith. Constable Ewing, while off duty and ...

    Article : 86 words
  21. PEOPLE COLLAPSE IN HEAT.

    Severe heat was experienced throughout the Gosford district to-day Doctors among the crowds who watched the Terrigal Surf Life Saving Club's annual carnival this afternoon ...

    Article : 64 words
  22. THE CALL-UP.

    There will be a call-up for employment today. Details appear on page 14, column 8. ...

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  23. LATE SPORTING.

    E. J. Winter, the New South Wales pole vault champion, beat the New Zealand pole vault record at Napier to-day. Clearing 12ft 0½in, Winter beat the existing record by eight inches. ...

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  24. FATAL SHOOTING ACCIDENT.

    Eric Mcpherson, 33, who was injured in a shooting accident on Monday, died in Jerilderie Hospital yesterday. He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Mcpherson, ...

    Article : 67 words
  25. EXCITING INCIDENTS

    A heavy ground swell off the coast round Sydney during the holidays was responsible for a number of exciting incidents on the beaches, which were thronged with thousands ...

    Article : 346 words
  26. BRISBANE FACTORY.

    For three hours before dawn to-day firemen from three metropolitan stations fought a losing battle against a fire which destroyed the venetian blind factory of John Thurlow and ...

    Article : 114 words
  27. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 196 words
  28. CAR LEAVES ROAD.

    A motor car left the road at a dangerous curve in Gang Gang-street, Katoomba, yesterday, and collided with a cliff face. The five occupants were taken to the district hospital ...

    Article : 54 words
  29. WORKMAN LOSES THREE FINGERS.

    John Thurkettle received extensive injuries to the left hand when operating a circular saw at Cullen's woodyard. Three fingers of the hand were severed, and the hand was badly ...

    Article : 44 words
  30. COLLISION WITH TREE.

    Robert Linden Blake, 49, of Old South Headroad Waverley, was driving a car on the Great Western Road, Medlow Bath, on Christmas Day, when the can ran off the road and hit ...

    Article : 73 words
  31. MURDER CHARGE.

    Gaicomo Tarca, 26, an Italian farm labourer, appeared in the City Court to-day, charged with having murdered Luigi Marchesi at Gruyere on November 1. He was ...

    Article : 164 words
  32. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 158 words
  33. PRESERVATION OF RECORDS.

    The Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) emphasised the need for historical records in Australia, when speaking at a social function at Tenterfield. Although Australia was only ...

    Article : 88 words
  34. AMAZING INNINGS.

    D. G. Bradman gave one of the most exhilarating displays of his remarkable career in the Sheffield Shield match between South Australia and Queensland, at Adelaide Oval, ...

    Article : 316 words
  35. GRAFTON PIONEER'S DEATH.

    Mr. William Joseph Hawthorne, one of the best-known residents of Grafton, and a pioneer of the district, has died at the age of 84. Mr. Hawthorne was born at South Grafton ...

    Article : 307 words
  36. CASUALTIES.

    Three boys found the body of Thomas Molster, a retired warehouseman, of Dennis-street, Lakemba, in a water channel at Campsie on Wednesday evening. The police ...

    Article : 319 words
  37. STEAMER WAREATEA.

    A report received from Launceston late tonight announced that the Bass Strait steamer Wareatea was several hours overdue in Launceston owing to the bad weather in Bass ...

    Article : 155 words
  38. CANON HAMMOND'S TREAT.

    On Christmas Day Canon Hammond entertained 300 unemployed men at Christmas dinner at his hotel for the unemployed near St. Barnabas' Church. The men were given a ...

    Article : 301 words
  39. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 255 words
  40. ALL BLACKS.

    The All Blacks to-day played a match against London Counties. At half-time the All Blacks led by seven points to nil. ...

    Article : 42 words
  41. SHOOTING ACCIDENT.

    Harold Hodgson, the manager of a store in Lockhart, was injured in a foot while on a shooting expedition to-day. A rifle was accidentally discharged when Hodgson left the ...

    Article : 51 words
  42. NAVAL CADETS' VISIT.

    A party of 40 officers and cadets of the Victorian branch of the Navy League Sea Cadet Corps arrived in Sydney by the Melbourne express on Christmas Day under the command ...

    Article : 102 words
  43. FAR WEST CHILDREN.

    The 171 children at the camp in Manly, arranged under the Far West Children's Health Scheme, should long remember their first Christmas in Sydney Father Christmas ...

    Article : 87 words
  44. SKELETON FOUND.

    It was reported to the Sutherland police yesterday afternoon that a skeleton, evidently of a man, had been found in almost inaccessible bush on the shores of Port Hacking. The ...

    Article : 53 words
  45. NOVELIST'S DEATH.

    The death is announced of Paul Bourget, poet, critic, and novelist. He had been a member of the French Academy since 1894, and was created a Commander, of the Legion ...

    Article : 45 words
  46. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of suburban Picture Theatres will be found in the Amusement Advertisement Columns. ...

    Article : 22 words
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