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  2. FORESTRY OFFICIAL

    Mr. G. J. Rodger, B.Sc. (For.), fo the New South Wales Foresty Commission, has been appointed Conservator of Forests in South Australia, in succession to Mr. E. Jullus, who ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 267 words
  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    At the annual meeting of the Coonabarabran Parents and Citizens' Association, the secretary was instructed to write to the Premier emphasising the inadequate ...

    Article : 66 words
  4. AIRMAN ILL.

    Flying Officer C. C. Davies, who was to accompany Ray Parer to New Guinea, each flying a different 'plane, is an inmate of the general hospital, suffering from tetanus. ...

    Article : 104 words
  5. NEWCASTLE SEAT.

    The Newcastle Federal by-election made necessary by the death of Mr. David Watkins, M.P., will almost certainly provide the keenest electoral fight the Newcastle district has seen ...

    Article : 480 words
  6. STATES' RIGHTS.

    In his address before the joint select committee inquiring into the receivability of Western Australia's secession petition, Mr. Wilfred Greene, K.C. (for the Commonwealth), said ...

    Article : 368 words
  7. FEDERAL SESSION.

    The sittings of the Federal Parliament ended to-night, and both Houses rose until a date to be fixed. The House of Representatives held two sittings in the one day, for the ...

    Article : 504 words
  8. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    Both Houses of the State Parliament formally adjourned last night, pending a dissolution. The Legislative Assembly sat throughout ...

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  9. £2300 FOR ROAD WORK.

    Mr. A. W. Yco, M.L.A., has advised the shire council that £2300 has been made available as a grant for work on the Ulamambri-Napier road, over which a large ...

    Article : 70 words
  10. ARM SEVERED IN CHAFF-CUTTER.

    Frank Warren, employed by Worthington Brothers at Thornhill, 10 miles from Coolamundra, fell into a chaff-cutter. His left Arm was severed above the wrist. The ...

    Article : 61 words
  11. PAYING PASSENGERS.

    The England-Australia air service will inaugurate its first paying oversea passenger service next week. The first 'planes will leave London about April 13 and Brisbane ...

    Article : 106 words
  12. CULCAIRN SHIRE BOUNDARIES.

    The Culcairn Shire Council has decided to alter the riding boundaries of the shire, which are very confused, and at the next meeting will take steps to define them. The council ...

    Article : 62 words
  13. THEFT OF £20.

    After pleading guilty to stealing [?] in notes from the pocket of Ralph Greig, the Tottenham mail contractor, John Leslie Wales was sentenced to imprisonment for one month, ...

    Article : 56 words
  14. GRAFTON WATER SUPPLY.

    The Gragton-South Grafton Water Board has adopted a scheme estimated to cost £74,000, recommended by its engineer (Mr. G. W. Caidwell), for the augmentation of ...

    Article : 189 words
  15. INSANE FATHER

    John Vincent Dole, who was charged at Narrandera Circuit Court to-day with the murder of his daughter, Annie Catherine Dole, 15, near Finley on December 6, was found not ...

    Article : 279 words
  16. H.M.A.S. AUSTRALIA.

    Recalling that it was a place where many great naval heroes had been honoured the Lord Mayor of London (Sir Stephen Kill[?]) welcomed to the Guildhall a large party of ...

    Article : 272 words
  17. PAPUAN CUSTOMS.

    Interesting customs of the native tribes of Papua, which have come under the notice of recent patrol parties, are described in the annual report for 1933-34 of the ...

    Article : 776 words
  18. RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS TOUR.

    The Deputy Railway Commissioner (Mr. F. C. Garside) arrived from Brisbane by special train yesterday afternoon. He told deputations that it would be necessary to spend ...

    Article : 99 words
  19. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    The Minister for Labour (Mr. Dunningham), at a farewell tendered him last night at the Randwick Town Hall by the Coogee Electoral Conference, said that 65,000 men previously ...

    Article : 251 words
  20. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    When the Legislative Council resumed the Forestry (Amendment) Bill, the Friendly Societies (Amendment) Bill, the Cinematograph Films (Australian Quota) Bill, and the Wool, ...

    Article : 275 words
  21. THE SENATE.

    The Senate passed through all stages the bill relating to agreements with the States on soldier settlements, and also the Supplementary Appropriation Bill. ...

    Article : 136 words
  22. PROPOSED HOSPITAL.

    The Minister for Health (Mr. Fit[?]) met a Macksville committee to-day regarding a proposal to build a public hospital here, Mr. A. C. Wallace, chairman of the committ[?] ...

    Article : 116 words
  23. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment is announced to-day. Details appear on page 18, column 6. ...

    Article : 17 words
  24. SUNDAY TENNIS BANNED.

    At a meeting of the municipal council a petition signed by many residents asked the council to allow Sunday tennis on the park, a counter-petition, signed by other residnets and ...

    Article : 140 words
  25. MR. LYONS

    The Australian Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) was the guest of the National Union of Farmers at luncheon to-day. "We realise," said Mr. Lyons, "perhaps even ...

    Article : 180 words
  26. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 261 words
  27. RASPUTIN'S DAUGHTER

    Marie Rasputin, daughter of Russia's "Black Monk." who is an animal trainer in the Hagenback-Wallace circus, was clawed by a bear in the arena to-day at Peru (Indiana). ...

    Article : 133 words
  28. NATIVE CONSTABLE.

    A native constable, Sipei, appeared in the Supreme Court at Rabaul to-day, before Chief Judge Wanliss, and was found guilty of the wilful murder of Assistant District Officer E ...

    Article : 55 words
  29. INDIA BILL.

    When consideration of the transitional provisions of the Government of India Bill was completed in the House of Commons to-day, 297 clauses had been dealt with. ...

    Article : 163 words
  30. WESTERN POLICE SUPERINTENDENT.

    Superintendent P. J. Dunne, the head of the western police district, will retire at the weakend, after more than 35 years' service, Superintendent Dunne was first stationed at Bathurst ...

    Article : 122 words
  31. INCENDIARISM CHARGE.

    In the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory to-day, before Mr. Justice Lukin, Allan Luke Colverwell, grazier, of Burbong, was found not guilty on charges that, ...

    Article : 166 words
  32. BEACH PROJECT.

    A New Zealander who is camped on one of the beaches proposes to convert the count[?] millions of pipples on the beaches into mon[?] by making soup from the [?]esh, fertiliser from ...

    Article : 59 words
  33. GIRL'S FATAL ERROR.

    Margaret Joan Bourke, 3, and John Leslie Bourke, 5, children of Mr. J. L. Bourke, who is employed on Quambone Station, were playing in a shed when they discovered a bottle ...

    Article : 148 words
  34. COMET BREAKS RECORD.

    The Comet, machine which Cathcart Jones and Waller flew in the Centenary Air Race, and which is now owned by France, broke the Croydon-Paris record by 11 minutes ...

    Article : 62 words
  35. THEATRE DISASTER.

    The concrete balcony in the Capitol cinema theatre in Canton, which was crowded in consequence of a 50 per cent, reduction in prices, collapsed during a screening, and the ...

    Article : 87 words
  36. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 244 words
  37. CATHOLIC EDUCATION.

    At the annual Communion breakfast of the H.A.C.B. Society at Murwillumbah, Monsignor Quinn congratulated the Roman Catholic Bishop of Lismore (Dr. Carroll) on [?] ...

    Article : 77 words
  38. CASUALTIES.

    Frederick Parnell, 16, of Hampton-street, Balmain, was riding a bicycle along Mullins-street Balmain yesterday morning, when he came into collision with a motor lorry. The ...

    Article : 454 words
  39. NEW TOWN HALL FOR DUBBO.

    The municipal council has decided to construct a new town hall in Dubbo at an estimated cost of £8000. The structure will be built in a manner providing for future ...

    Article : 103 words
  40. MR. T. J. HARTIGAN.

    The Commissioner for Railways in New South Wales (Mr. T. J. Hartigan), who left Sydney at the end of February to investigate railway developments in Europe and America, ...

    Article : 136 words
  41. PROPOSED AIR RACE.

    Pending a definite proposal from the Premier of South Australia (Mr. Butler), aviation authorities are reluctant to discuss the prospects of a London-Adelaide air race for ...

    Article : 119 words
  42. MUTILATED BODY.

    A combined inquest was held to-day on the body of a man, with the head missing, the legs severed close to the body, and a hand missing, which was discovered in a canal near ...

    Article : 180 words
  43. AFGHAN HOUND.

    An Afghan hound, said to be the only one imported into Australia, arrived in Sydney yesterday, on board the Berwickshire. The breed is stated by authorities to be the oldest type ...

    Article : 120 words
  44. NEW POST-OFFICE OPENED.

    A new post-office was opened at Bangalo[?] to-day. The president of Byron Shire Council welcomed Mr. Roland Green, M.P., and the postal officials, Mr. Leece ...

    Article : 125 words
  45. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of gold to-day was £7/3/11½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/3/8 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted to-day ...

    Article : 210 words
  46. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 294 words
  47. SALE OF DRUGS.

    In the Dubbo Police Court the Pharmacy Board proceeded against Walter Henry Campbell a Dubbo chemist, for an alleged breach of the Act in supplying Matron Cousins, of ...

    Article : 135 words
  48. ACTOR'S CONFESSION.

    Mr. Cyril Ritchard, the actor, in an address to the University Dramatic Society yesterday revealed that his failure to understand practical zoology was the reason why he ...

    Article : 265 words
  49. CYCLIST INJURED.

    Ronald Pyers, 15. was riding a bicycle [?] the Kyogle road when he attempted to [?] the front wheel while the machine was [?] motion. His hand became jammed between ...

    Article : 88 words
  50. BUSINESS MAN'S DEATH.

    Mr. John Glasson, formerly manager of the Ballarat Trustees, Executors and Agency Co., Ltd., for 31 years, died suddenly to-night, while attending the reception following the ...

    Article : 81 words
  51. TWO MEN BEHEADED.

    Two men, Salli Epstein, a young Jewish painter, and Hans Ziegler, were beheaded for complicity in the murder of the Nazi hero, Horst Wessel, in 1930. They were sentenced ...

    Article : 74 words
  52. FIRE DESTROYS SAWMILL

    Messrs. A. and L. Schwager's sawmill [?] Cubbo, in the Pilliga Scrub, was burnt to [?] ground this week. The mill had not [?] worked for some time, and only a few month[?] ...

    Article : 55 words
  53. OVERDUE KETCH.

    Although it is 13 days since the sma[?] fishing ketch Voana left Port Welshpool [?] Flinders Island, news of the craft is [?] awaited. The mystery of the vessel's [?] ...

    Article : 125 words
  54. BUSH MYSTERY.

    The remains of an unidentified man were found late this afternoon on a rocky ledge on a hillside near South Bowenfels, five miles from Lithgow. ...

    Article : 96 words
  55. RAILWAYMEN'S PROTEST.

    The Enfield Loco Industrial Shop Committee, at a recent meeting, carried a resolution protesting against the action of the Federal authorities in compelling the wife of a ...

    Article : 85 words
  56. FRENCH VINEYARDS.

    Spring frosts have ravaged the vineyards in the Bordeaux region. It is estimated that from 50 to 90 per cent, of the crops have been mined. Such disaster has not occurred since ...

    Article : 65 words
  57. GEELONG WOOL SALES.

    The tenth series of wool sales for Geelong closed with a very strong market to-day. The 8800 bales comprised a good proportion of good to super styles. Bidding was animated, and all the best features ...

    Article : 99 words
  58. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

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

    Article : 23 words
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