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  2. RAILWAYS.

    An Immediate beginning is to be made with a scheme involving the expenditure of £100,000 on the reorganisation of railway facilities in Newcastle, as the result of ...

    Article : 306 words
  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Gunn[?]an Show privileges brought high prices. The total purchase prices amounted to £108. ORANGE, Wednesday. ...

    Article : 81 words
  4. FEDERAL SESSION.

    In the House of Representatives to-night, the sales tax legislation proposed by the Government to ratify the collection of sales tax on second-hand goods before December ...

    Article : 477 words
  5. SHIPMENT OF WOOL.

    Contending that substantial freight reductions would result from a reversion to an open shipping marker foe Australian wool, a deputation from the Graziers' Federal Council ...

    Article : 293 words
  6. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    A great number of bills were dealt with in the Legislative Assembly yesterday in the rush of legislation before the end of the session. ...

    Article : 2,135 words
  7. SECESSION.

    When the joint select committee resumed its inquiry to-day into the receivability of Western Australia's secession petition, Professor J. H. Morgan (for Western Australia) ...

    Article : 489 words
  8. WATER BOARD.

    The vice-president of the Water Board (Alderman Parkes), at a meeting yesterday, questioned the measure of preference accorded by the board to Australian manufacturers. ...

    Article : 564 words
  9. WOODBURN-LISMORE ROAD.

    Lismore Municipal Council has decided to suport the Lismore Chamber of Commerce in its request for the construction of a first-class road from Woodburn to Lismore. The ...

    Article : 117 words
  10. BABY BOY SCALDED.

    A nine months' old boy named Williams suffered severe scalds on the legs and lower portion of the body when he pulled a pot of boiling water on to himself at the Main Roads ...

    Article : 64 words
  11. ACCIDENT WITH AXE.

    [?], an employee of the Forestry Department, was cutting timber on the forestry reserve at Braemar, when his axe slipped, and inflicted a deep gash in a foot. ...

    Article : 57 words
  12. DEPUTY PREMIER AT BINGARA.

    The Deputy Premier and Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) was given a civic reception at the council chambers to-day. The Mayor (Alderman C. Doherty) and the Shire ...

    Article : 193 words
  13. AIR MAIL 'PLANES.

    The number of passengers to be carried on the Qantas Empire Airways 'planes between Brisbane and Singapore will depend largely on the quantity of air mail carried on each trip. It ...

    Article : 336 words
  14. BROADCASTING.

    The Federal Government has arranged to obtain from the former chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Commission (Mr. C. Lloyd Jones) a report on the broadcasting ...

    Article : 96 words
  15. VISITING RACING OFFICIAL.

    MR. A. H. TODD. The secretary of the Singapore Racing Club and the Straits Racing Association (Mr. A. H. Todd) reached Sydney yesterday by the Nieuw ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 37 words
  16. MAN'S DEATH IN STREET.

    Michael Walsh, 59, of Church-street, West Maitland, collapsed when talking to a friend in the street to-day and died a few minutes later. Mr. Walsh had a saddlery business at ...

    Article : 58 words
  17. NAZIS IN MEMEL.

    Messrs. John Lawrence and Godfrey Norris, London solicitors, who attended the Nazis' trial on March 26, declare that the sentences had little relation to the evidence, but were ...

    Article : 165 words
  18. EX-SERVICEMEN'S REUNIONS.

    The 1st Field Company Engineers' Association will hold its annual smoke social at 283a Elizabeth-street on April 27 at 7.45 p.m. The secretary is Mr. S. Lalor, 2 ...

    Article : 119 words
  19. VALUATIONS REDUCED.

    A number of ratepayers appealed to the Valuer-General's representatives against the Berrigan shire valuations. The outcome was a reduction of 5 per cent. for those who ...

    Article : 60 words
  20. WOMAN RESCUED.

    Climbing from the lookout platform on the Town Hall tower to a narrow ledge 240 feet from the ground to recover her purse, a woman stood on a ledge clinging to a pillar ...

    Article : 160 words
  21. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    Mr. Grant, resuming the debate on the motion for the second reading of the Gas and Electricity Bill, said that the bill was absolute confiscation. The City Council had ...

    Article : 934 words
  22. WOMAN'S DEATH FROM BURNS.

    Shock and burns caused the death of Mrs. Sara Anderson, widow of the late Thomas Anderson, of Sunny Vale, near Burrumbuttock. Mrs. Anderson, who was 85 years of age, died ...

    Article : 90 words
  23. LONDON-BOUND MAILS.

    The Qantas Empire Airways liner Sydney, which left this morning for Singapore, has a record load of 539lb of air mails, including Melbourne and Sydney mails of 167lb and ...

    Article : 123 words
  24. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment is announced to-day. Details appear on page 18, column 5. ...

    Article : 19 words
  25. BUILDING ACTIVITY.

    Building operations continue at Boggabri. Mr. J. O'shea has added a new front to the Lyric Theatre. The Royal Hall is about to be remodelled. Mr. A. Eather is making ...

    Article : 110 words
  26. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 238 words
  27. TOWN HALL TITLE

    The Lord Mayor (Alderman Parker) yesterday disputed the opinion of officials of the Justice Department that the land on which the Town Hall is situated does not belong to ...

    Article : 231 words
  28. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of gold to-day was £7/5/7½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/4/1 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted to-day ...

    Article : 602 words
  29. 'PLANE DAMAGED.

    The Shell Company's new biplane "Spirit of Shell," en route from Sydney to Melbourne, was damaged when landing here late this afternoon. ...

    Article : 133 words
  30. FIG TREE POINT.

    The Balmain Council is considering the resumption of Fig Tree Point for recreation purposes. The point is on the Long Cove waterfront, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 81 words
  31. RARE COINS MISSING.

    Bathurst police are endeavouring to trace a box containing valuable old coins, which is reported to be missing from the home of Henry Brewster, of Orton Park. Mr. Brewster is a ...

    Article : 67 words
  32. CHECK IN MOTOR CAR SPEEDS.

    Following adverse comment by the Coroner on the speed of motorists returning to Sydney from the Kembla Grange races, a special police patrol was instituted yesterday ...

    Article : 55 words
  33. CARS CAPSIZE.

    A motor car driven by Mr. J. V. McGee, estate agent, of Tuggerah Lakes, ran off the road at a bend in the Tuggerah Lakes-road, near Wamberal, late on Monday night, and, ...

    Article : 127 words
  34. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 253 words
  35. DAIRY HERDS.

    Speaking at the police conference yesterday in support of a motion from the Kempsey branch, that all registered dairymen should pay a licence fee of £ 1 a year, to be used for ...

    Article : 324 words
  36. BODY IN SCRUB.

    At the inquiry into the finding of the body of Edward McBride in the scrub a short distance from Paterson, on February 22, the District Coroner found that the evidence ...

    Article : 84 words
  37. CASUALTIES.

    George Roberts, 35, of the Camden Colliery, was driving one motor lorry and towing another down the Burragorang Valley yesterday, when the rear lorry ran forward and ...

    Article : 391 words
  38. MR. LANG.

    Mr. J. T. Lang received an enthusiastic welcome from 500 people at a dance in the town hall to-night. Mr. Lang appealed to the people to settle ...

    Article : 97 words
  39. MULWALA CANAL WORKS.

    Mulwala canal works are now providing employment for 250 men. In addition in numerous private camps a large camp has been established by the Water Conservation ...

    Article : 99 words
  40. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 295 words
  41. TENDERS FOR NEW BATHS.

    Dubbo Council last night decided to [?] tenders immediately for the construction of baths, previously estimated to cost £15,000. Excavation and preliminary work has been ...

    Article : 46 words
  42. ALLEGED ASSAULT.

    Arising out of an accident and a subsequent assault on a pursuer of a motor car by one of the men in the car, Matthew James Lynam, 25, formerly a police constable, was charged ...

    Article : 92 words
  43. SLEEPER-CUTTERS' PAY.

    Sleeper cutters received £1200 on pay [?] which is now held every month, instead of every two months. ...

    Article : 27 words
  44. HOSPITAL ADDITIONS.

    The new nurses' quarters and the [?] tions to the kitchen block at the Wellington District Public Hospital were officially opened this afternoon by the Minister for Health ...

    Article : 138 words
  45. ASSAULTED MAN'S DEATH.

    Archibald Roy Macpherson, 53, a tailor, of West Melbourne, who was found with his head battered in a lane off Errol-street, North Melbourne, on Saturday night, died in Melbourne ...

    Article : 108 words
  46. STORM DAMAGE IN W.A.

    Estimates by settlers to-day of the losses which they suffered through the cyclonic storm which swept through part of the orchard and vegetable growing areas of the Darling ...

    Article : 53 words
  47. LABOUR BALLOTS.

    It is expected that sensational allegations affecting certain Labour plebiscites held in the metropolis last Saturday will be made at a meeting of the Queensland central executive ...

    Article : 40 words
  48. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of Suburban Picture Theatres will be found in the Amusement Advertising columns. ...

    Article : 22 words
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