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THREE MEN ARRESTED.
Following the seizure of a motor car, alleged to contain a large quantity of Illicit spirit, a few miles from Manilla on the Tamworth-road early on Saturday morning, the police ...
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BLIND M.P.
Sir Ian Fraser, a member of the British House of Commons, arrived in Sydney by the Niagara on Saturday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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AUSTRALIAN GOODS ABROAD.
Australians returned from a visit overseas habitually deplore the quality of exported Australian foodstuffs, the packing of Australian goods, and how insufficiently they are ...
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RIFLE SHOOTING.
Favourable conditions prevailed at Anzac Range on Saturday, but the light was dull. The attendance was affected by the rain. Double-stage possibles were recorded by M. Healy (Sydney), D. ...
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YACHTING.
Taking the lead about a mile from the finish in the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club's race on Saturday, Norn, under the command of her owner, A. F. Albert, again became the holder of the King ...
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ROWING.
Leading from start to finish, the London Rowing Clubs eight easily won the Grand Challenge Cup from the Wanganui (N.Z.) Boat Club crew. Their time of 4m 37s has been bettered only once. ...
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OBITUARY.
Mr. Ernest Smith, whose funeral moved on Saturday to the Castle Hill Cemetery, was in his 86th year. He leaves a widow and one son and three daughters. At the age of 13 ...
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MILITIA RIFLE CLUBS.
The third monthly match of the New South Wales Militia Rifle Clubs' Union was held at Long Bay Range on Saturday. Conditions were 10 rounds snap shooting and a tile match. Rain and ...
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RECORDS BROKEN.
Shooting records were broken on the metropolitan rifle ranges on Saturday. In club competition at 800 yards, six competitors registered double eight-shot possibles. These were: J. Revill, A. D[?]wer, ...
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MR. JAMES FERN.
Mr. James Fern, whose death took place in a private hospital at Belmore last week, was 67 years of age, and was managing director of the Premier Glass Company, Ltd., ...
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SCULLING.
Handicap events for men and women in Gladstone skiffs were decided by the Parramatta River Sculling Club over the Tennyson-Putney course on Saturday. ...
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THE SUBURBS.
The first of the new Diesel-engined doubledeck buses began running on the Watson's Bay-Central Railway Station service on Friday. Earlier in the week two of the new buses were ...
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MR. H. S. WISDOM.
Mr. Harry Steele Wisdom, manager of the mercantile company of Marlows, Ltd., died suddenly this morning. He was a son of the late Mr. J. B. Wisdom, an inspector of ...
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PITTWATER AQUATIC CLUB.
The Gladstone skiff handicap, rowed on the Bayview course of three-quarters of a mile, resulted:- First heat: C. Wilson, 17s, 1; B. Hickson, 17s, 2; A. Fryer, 24s, 3. Second heat: F. Kerr, 7s, 1; ...
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MR. W. LOBBAN.
Mr. William Lobban, a former inspector of police, died at Manly on Wednesday, aged 73 years. A native of Scotland, he served with the police forces in Scotland and Manchester ...
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BOWLS.
Rain prevented play on nearly all metropolitan greens on Saturday, but Bankstown succeeded in computing a match just before dark, and Concord en[?]oyed a full afternoon's play. ...
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MR. W. E. DWYER.
Mr. William E. Dwyer, who died at Manly on Friday, was a solicitor in country districts and at Manly. He was born at Bathurst in 1864, his father, the late Mr. William Dwyer, being ...
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MR. H. M. STEPHEN.
Mr. Henry Montagu Stephen, second son of the late Mr. Cecil B. Stephen, K.C., died at a private hospital at Darlinghurst yesterday, aged 55 years. He was born at ...
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SAILING.
C. Burton scored a fine win in Rosetta by fifteen seconds from Britannia in the annual race for the Llewellin Cup on Saturday. A. J. Black again had Scot going in splendid style, and finished ...
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CYCLING.
Riding under adverse weather conditions, Charles Winterbottom, the Australian amateur road champion, on Saturday lowered the unpaccd record from Nowra to the G.P.O. (10[?] miles), established ...
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SYDNEY LADIES' REGATTA.
Sydney Ladies' Rowing Club held its annual regatta on the Hen and Chicken Bay course[?] Parramatta River, on Saturday. Balmain Club won the lightweight junior champion ...
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THE CHURCHES.
The oratorio "From the Deep," composed by Mr. Victor Massey, the church organist, was performed at All Saints' Church, Woollahra, yesterday afternoon by the narrators and a ...
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SYDNEY CLUB.
Races were rowed by the Sydney Club on Woolloomooloo Bay in pairs for the Downie Cup, and fours for the Steen Cup. The first heat of the pairear race resulted in a dead-heat, and both crews ...
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP.
As several of the leading road riders had not returned from Melbourne on Saturday, the League of New South Wales Wheelmen decided to postpone its annual individual road championship until ...
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EXAMINATIONS.
By means of a dialogue the examination system and its results were discussed in a broadcast by station 2FC (relayed from station 3AB, Melbourne) last night. The topic was ...
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BALMAIN CLUB.
Balmain christened a new regulation four at its club-house on Saturday, naming it "Sid Sharp," after one of its best known present-day oarsmen. ...
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RAINY WEATHER
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BOXING.
An unusual Programme is to be submitted at Rushcutter Bay Stadium to-night. In the principal contest of 15 rounds Alf Blatch will meet the American lightweight Jack Portney, who ...
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SHOWCASES SMASHED.
Goods valued at between £300 and £400 were stolen from the show windows of S. B. Heser and Company's Jewellery shop in Queen-street shortly after 2 a.m. on ...
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NORTH SYDNEY CONTESTS.
Dave Finnie (7-12) beat Stan Brown ([?]st) on points, and Bluey Thompson (8-10) outpointed Micky Rodgers (8-10), in six rounds contests at North Sydney Stadium on Saturday night. In four ...
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SNOOKER.
So brilliantly has Joe Davis (England) performed against Horace Lindrum in the £100 snooker challenge match that, with only two days of play left, he is in an unassailable position. The lead ...
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SAWMILL DESTROYED.
Damage estimated at between £20,000 and £30,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed Wilson Hart and Company's sawmill at Maryborough early this morning. The mill and ...
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MR. SIDNEY MYER.
Como Park, with its spacious lawns and grassed natural amphitheatre, provided a splendid setting for the Sidney Myer musical commemoration service this afternoon, as a ...
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MOUNT KEIRA STRIKE.
At a meeting on Saturday a proposal that the Mount Keira miners, who are on strike, should resume on the terms of the management, was defeated. Had a settlement been ...
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PARRAMATTA STADIUM.
Two engagements of 10 rounds occupied the attention of a large crowd at Parramatta Stadium on Saturday night. Jimmy Waters (9-2) and Snowy Williams (9-1) provided an attractive display, and ...
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BRISBANE MATCH.
The biggest crowd since the boom days of Archie Bradley made a demonstration at the Brisbane Stadium to-night, when the referee, Pat Hill, declared Jack O'Brien the winner against Reg. Hickey, ...
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COUNTRY COMPETITIONS.
GOULBURN.—Railway Ambulance Club's monthly shoot at 900 yards: J. Painter, 49 (3), 50; C. Morris, 49 (3), 50; R. Hatch, 47 (3), 50; B. Shells, 47 (4), 50; W. Crammond, 45 (5), ...
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