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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The amount expended on building operations in Graiton during the current year has been exceeded only three times—in 1924, 1925, and 1926, the last being the record year, when ...

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  3. DUKE OF GLOUCESTER.

    The Duke of Gloucester arrived at Hastings this morning, and was given a remarkable reception at the racecourse, where there was a sea of waving flags. The Duke ...

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  4. PIPE CONTRACTS.

    A serious allegation was made at a meeting of the Water Board yesterday during consideration of a letter from the Premier (Mr. Stevens), asking that the board should ...

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  5. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    The Legislative Assembly yesterday passed a bill to reduce the indebtedness of a number of country towns in respect to water, sewerage, and drainage works. ...

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  6. BOYS' BRIGADE.

    Santa Claus came to Fig-street, Pyrmont, last night, with his bright red coat adorned with the membership badge of the Boys' Brigade. With him, he brought approximately ...

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  7. INDIAN REFORM.

    In the resumed debate in the House of Lords on Indian constitutional reform, Lord Lloyd led an attack on the Government's scheme on the same lines as that of Mr. Winston ...

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  8. NEW BUILDINGS.

    Building statistics compiled by the assessor of the Water Board (Mr. W. O. C. Day), and submitted to the board yesterday, show an increase of £1,337,037 in the value of new ...

    Article : 359 words
  9. UNION OF MUNICIPALITIES.

    As the outcome of a citizens' meeting called by the Mayor (Alderman E. P. Hogan), the ratepayers of Narrabri are to be asked whether they favour the union of the municipalities ...

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  10. WORK FOR YOUTHS.

    Details of the Government's drive to promote employment of youths in Queensland were announced by the Premier (Mr. Forgan Smith) to-day. To bring about closer relationship ...

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  11. COROWA C.P. CANDIDATE.

    At a meeting of the Corowa district council of the Country party, held at Urana, Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., was unanimously selected to contest the Corowa seat at the next State ...

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  12. RECEPTION FOR SCOOTS.

    A party of English Boy Scouts which recently arrived in Australia fiom England to attend the jambor[?]e at Frankston (Vic.), reached Wagga yesterday morning. The boys ...

    Article : 67 words
  13. SECESSION.

    The Public Petitions Committee of the House of Commons recommended the appointment of a special select committee to consider Western Australia's secession petition. ...

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  14. STATE ELECTIONS.

    The Mayor of Bathurst (Alderman M. J. Griffin) was selected unanimously at a meeting of the Bathurst branch of the Federal Labour party to contest the seat at the ...

    Article : 143 words
  15. 124th CHURCH ANNIVERSARY.

    A special service was held in St. Peter's Church of England, Richmond, to mark the 124th anniversary of the first service in the district, held in an old schoolhouse ...

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  16. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    In the Legislative Council yesterday, Standing Orders were suspended to enable the House to deal with a number of bills, including the Charitable Collections Bill, which, among other ...

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  17. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    Persons wholly unemployed and seeking work in Australia in August last represented about 16 per cent. of the total number dependent on employment. Since the peak of ...

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  18. MAN KICKED BY BULLOCK.

    While Harry Leonard was driving cattle from a truck at Rago, a bullock kicked him in the face, breaking his nose. ...

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  19. ROBBERIES IN RANDWICK.

    Housebreakers were active in Randwick last night, and, during the absence of the occupants, stole jewellery and clothing from houses in Avoca and Creer streets. The occupants of ...

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  20. WOMAN HANGED.

    Mrs. Major, who was convicted of murdering her husband by giving him poison, was hanged at Hull to-day. This is the first execution of a woman in Britain since 1926. Dramatic ...

    Article : 138 words
  21. GOULBURN RELIEF WORKS.

    Proposals for continuing the emergency relief works scheme by providing for the concreting of the excavation [?]ank at the water works so as to have an additional reservoir ...

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  22. LATE SPORTING.

    Jim Richardson, 11st 1lb (Victoria), defeated Doug McKell[?]r, 11st 12lb (Queensland), at the Brisbane Stadium to-night. McKellar was on the retreat practically throughtout, and surroundered at the end ...

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  23. ANTI-WAR CONFERENCE.

    At an anti-war conference in the Lithgow Town Hall, a resolution was carried protesting against war preparations in Australia and elsewhere, and settling up a Lithgow committee ...

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  24. THE CALL-UP.

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  25. SHEEP STEALING CHARGE.

    In the Moree Police Court, Mr. C. F. Denton, P.M., committed Norman Mackay and George Charles Henry Gunthorpe for trial at the Moree Quarter Sessions in February on a ...

    Article : 72 words
  26. WHEAT QUOTAS.

    The diplomatic correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says: "Argentina, Australia, Canada, and the United States have agreed in reduce their exportable wheat quotas by ...

    Article : 121 words
  27. PRICE OF BREAD.

    The Premier (Mr. Stevens), in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, said that if no agreement was reached with the master bakers the Government would fix the price of bread at a ...

    Article : 624 words
  28. INDEX.

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  29. FIRE MALICIOUSLY CAUSED.

    An inquiry was held by the district coroner (Mr. W. E. Kirkness) at Woy Woy to-day regarding a fire which recently party destroyed a water-front cottage at Ettalong, ...

    Article : 75 words
  30. HEAVY RAILWAY TRAFFIC.

    Albury railway officials state that holiday passenger traffic between Melbourne and Sydney, and Riverina wool traffic to Sydney, have shown remarkable improvement this ...

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  31. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of gold to-day was £7/0/9½ an ounce [?]ne compared with £7/0/9 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted to-day ...

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  32. BEQUESTS TO HOSPITALS.

    The estate of the late John Stolforth, of Home Rule, who died in Gulgong District Hospital some months ago, and who left his estate to be equally divided between Gulgong ...

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  33. HOSPITAL'S COMPLAINT.

    During a discussion by the Hospital Board of a suggestion by the Hospitals Commission that all purchases should be made from Government stores, it was stated that while ...

    Article : 98 words
  34. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  35. PREMIER'S REPLY.

    The Premier (Mr. Stevens) last night replied to Alderman Tresidder's statement. He said that it was a pity that Alderman Tresidder had not a greater sense of responsibility, ...

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  36. GOVERNMENTS CO-OPERATING.

    Speaking at the North Randwick Literary Institute last night, Mr. J. T. Jennings, M.P., said that the Lyons Government was standing up to its election promises. It would ...

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  37. CASUALTIES.

    The body of Clive Maxwell Cameron, 9, of Wright's-road, Mascot, who was drowned in the Cook's River canal on Monday, was recovered from the canal by a fisherman early ...

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  38. WINE AND SPIRIT TRADE.

    Mr. V. H. Peate (president of the Wine and Spirit Association of New South Wales), speaking at the twelfth annual dinner of the association, at the Hotel Australia, last night, said ...

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  39. MERGER OF COUNCILS.

    When a departmental inquiry resulted in the merging of Wallendbeen municipality with the adjoining shires of Jindalee and Demondrille, it was necessary to elect a new council ...

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  40. JUDGE'S REMARKS.

    The Kurri Kurri Hospital Board recently instructed its secretary (Mr. W. Robinson) to write to the Minister for Health (Mr. Weaver) in protest against remarks made by Judge Nicld ...

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  41. MAN'S CLOTHES IN FLAMES.

    Mr. Chadwick Whatman, of Kangaloon, was repairing a petrol-controlled house lighting plant last night when the petrol overflowed and the fumes came in contact with a lighted ...

    Article : 66 words
  42. WIRELESS PICTURES.

    Mr. E. T. Fisk (president of the Institution of Radio Engineers, Australia, in on address to members of that body at Science House last night, said the ultimate aim of ...

    Article : 208 words
  43. COTTAGE BURNED DOWN.

    A five-roomed weatherboard cottage in Ferry-street, owned by Mr. G. Jones, was destroyed by fire. The building was unoccupied. The fire brigade concentrated on saving [?] ...

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  44. TO-DAY.

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  45. CHILD LABOUR.

    The president of the Primary Producers Union (Mr. M. P. Dunlop) said yesterday that the statement by Mr. P. Forsyth at the Public school teachers' conference that child labour ...

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  46. RADIO ON COASTERS.

    Members of the Victorian branch of the Seamen's Union, at a special meeting to-day, decided to defer until Monday action concerning its ultimatum to the shipowners that ...

    Article : 145 words
  47. COUNCIL PUZZLED.

    A hastily-convened meeting of the Wade Shire Council was held yesterday to consider th inclusion of Griffith in the Commonwealth and State Governments' water and sewerage ...

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  48. MAGISTRATE'S OPINION.

    Ronald Keith Vaughan, 34, was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, when he appeared at Newcastle Police Court 10-day on three charges of obtaining goods and money ...

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  49. TWEED RESIDENT'S DEATH.

    Mr. John Charles William Goodall, 77, died at his home at Mooball. He came to the Tweed about 35 years ago, and had lived continuously in various parts of the district since ...

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  50. MANLY SURF PAVILION.

    The Manly Council decided to seek the opinions of the Town Planning Association, surf slubs, and other bodies concerning a site for a new surf pavilion at South Steyne. A ...

    Article : 60 words
  51. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of Suburban Picture Theatre[?] will be found in the Amusements Advertising Columns. ...

    Article : 16 words
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