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  2. RAILWAYS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 482 words
  3. BLACK OPALS.

    Mr. Percy Marks has presented 12 sets of Australian opals to High and Intermediate Hign schools throughout [?]te State. The presentation took place yesterday at ...

    Article : 685 words
  4. THE CRICKETERS

    The special representative of the Australian Press Association with the cricketers says: The outlook of the team now resembles that of the pupils of a boarding school on the verge ...

    Article : 477 words
  5. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The Department of Local Government has approved of a grant of £165 to Bellingen Shire Council to repair flood damage to Bellingen Bridge, Kethel's Bridge, Cook's ...

    Article : 105 words
  6. THE EISTEDDFOD.

    With to-night's interstate choral contest and championship final at the Town Hall, the second City of Sydney Eisteddfod comes to an end. ...

    Article : 1,191 words
  7. GRAZIER'S CLAIM

    "People who are talking about Alsatians do not know one iota about the dog or they would never say the things they do," said L. C. Marienthal, giving evidence in the Supreme ...

    Article : 203 words
  8. CALARE AND RIVERINA ELECTORATES.

    The map shows the considerable changes which have been made by the redistribution scheme in the division of Calare. In Riverina there have been additions from the divisions of Calare, Darling, and Hume. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 38 words
  9. SHELTER FOR UNEMPLOYED.

    Bellinger River Chamber of Commerce carried a motion protesting against the sale by Bellingen Shire Council of a wharf shed at East End, Bellingen, on the ground that it was ...

    Article : 69 words
  10. OLD POLICE WARRANTS.

    More than 150 warrants issued by police 60 years ago, and which have never been executed, are to be destroyed by the Goulburn police. The charges concern chiefly ...

    Article : 121 words
  11. NATIONAL INDEPENDENT ODDFELLOWS.

    At the annual meeting of the National Independent Order of Oddfellows, Bro. J. D. Calvert was elected Grand Master. Bro. Calvert is well known for the keen ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 67 words
  12. WHOOPING COUGH OUTBREAK.

    There is a mild epidemic of whooping cough at Lithgow, although cases are not as numerous as they were in midwinter. The death occurred at Lithgow Hospital of an ...

    Article : 56 words
  13. KINGSFORD SMITH

    At 6 a.m. to-morrow, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith will leave Melbourne on his attempt to fly non-slop to Perth in 11 hours. He will begin the flight with 400 gallons of petrol. ...

    Article : 196 words
  14. TAXI-CAB FARES.

    Although it was expected that the taxicab war in Sydney would have ceased immediately the Commissions for Road Transport adopted the major[?]ty recommendation of a conference ...

    Article : 310 words
  15. MACKSVILLE ELECTRICITY FRANCHISE.

    At a conference on Wednesday between the Shire Council, Mr. E. Jobson, of Mosman, wh[?] holds the franchise for the Macksville ele[?] tricity system, which has eight years to ...

    Article : 103 words
  16. DEATH OF MR. JOHN DWYER.

    The death occurred yesterday of Mr. Joh[?] Dwyer, aged 84, at Gaylong Vale, Walgett, after a long illness. He selected land in this district in 1896, and had lived here ever since. ...

    Article : 76 words
  17. MINOR COUNTIES MATCH.

    woodfull declared Australia's innings closed with eight wickets down for 370 runs in the two-day match against the Minor Counties, which was concluded at The Oval to-day. ...

    Article : 199 words
  18. LATE MR. SIDNEY MYER.

    Mr. Myer, governing director of the Myer Emporium, Ltd., died in Melbourne on Wednesday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 20 words
  19. TENDERS FOR BRIDGE.

    Nine tenders have been received by Marthaguy Shire Council for the construction of a new bridge over Sandy Creek, between Warren and Nevertire. The council recommended ...

    Article : 52 words
  20. MAN FOUND DEAD.

    William Charles Wilson, 42, a railway fireman, was found dead with a gunshot wound in the head in a shed near his home this morning. The discovery was made by his ...

    Article : 51 words
  21. SUSPENDED.

    The Queensland Lawn Tennis Association's management committee decided to-day to suspend the affiliation of the Summer Tennis Association. a body which last season controlled ...

    Article : 181 words
  22. THEFT CHARGE DISMISSED.

    In the Wellington Police Court, before Mr. Pickup, P.M., James Edward Mackay, of Cowra, was charged with breaking, entering. and stealing from his brother's (R. G. ...

    Article : 56 words
  23. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 300 words
  24. DEVELOPMENT OF GAS.

    In an address before the Popular Science Club at the Australian Hall last night, Mr. Telford F. Waugh, engineer for distribution of the Australian Gas Light Company, said ...

    Article : 185 words
  25. BOY THROWN FROM HORSE.

    Norman Coates, 14, was riding a pony at Murrami to-day, when the bridle broke and the pony bolted, dashing the rider against an electric light post and breaking one of his ...

    Article : 72 words
  26. MR. BRUCE HEATHCOTE.

    Mr. Heathcote's account of the events leading up to the battle of the Falkland Islands was published in yesterday's "Herald." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 24 words
  27. AERODROME DELICENSED.

    The L[?]smore Municipal Council has been advised by the Defence Department that the municipal aerodrome has been removed from the register of licensed aerodromes until th[?] ...

    Article : 93 words
  28. NEARLY 2000 RUNS EACH.

    The Australian cricketers have only two more matches to play—against Mr. H. D. G. Leveson Gower's Eleven, three days, commencing to-day, at Scarborough, and against ...

    Article : 296 words
  29. RADIO MUSIC IN HOTELS.

    In recognition of the principle that composers and authors deserve recompense for the use of their works performed publicly in hotels by means of wireless receivers, the ...

    Article : 232 words
  30. SHIPPING.

    Australian shipping circles are keenly interested in the announcement which was made by the Prime Minister of New Zealand (Mr. Forbes) recently, indicating that a ...

    Article : 224 words
  31. STRIKE IN W.A.

    As the result of a dispute at the Midland Junction railway workshops, whether fitters or boilermakers should perform certain work, 93 members of the Federated Society of ...

    Article : 97 words
  32. OLD LITHGOW CUSTOM.

    A years-old custom is being observed on the visit to Lithgow of Inspector Cheadles, of the Weights and Measures Department. The inspector is testing grocers' scales. hotel ...

    Article : 70 words
  33. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 263 words
  34. MODERATOR'S HOPE.

    The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales (the Right Rev. Joseph Lundie), who was accompanied by the Rev. James Wright, officially opened the ...

    Article : 71 words
  35. SKI SCHOOL.

    The Michaclmas Ski School is in full swing at the Hotel Kosciusko. Seventy-six pupils from Fort-street Boys' High School, Sydney Grammar School, and Sutherland Intermediate ...

    Article : 235 words
  36. H.M.A.S. MORESBY.

    As the Court of Inquiry which is investigating the happenings on H.M.A.S. Moresby at Darwin has not completed its work, no date has been set for the departure of ...

    Article : 99 words
  37. BILPIN REQUEST.

    The Premier (Mr. Stevens) has advised Mr. Ronald B. Walker, M.L A., that the [?]etition [?] behalf of Bil[?]in residents, requesting that [?] deviation, which would be of scenic value and ...

    Article : 73 words
  38. TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

    A fitting climax to a most successful fortnight's music will be the contest for the State choral championship, to be decided at the Town Hall this evening Four leading choirs, ...

    Article : 231 words
  39. GRAZIER FINED.

    At the Central Police Court yesterday, Alan Plumpton Wilson, 24, grazier, was fined £5 on a charge of having driven a motor car negligently on Bradfield Highway yesterday ...

    Article : 159 words
  40. ASSAULT CHARGES.

    At the Gosford Police Court to-day, Hero[?] Carter, 42, carpenter, of Mooney Creek. wa[?] committed for trial on two charges of assa[?] on two girls attending the Somersby Pub[?] ...

    Article : 60 words
  41. TWELVE MURDERS.

    Ghulam Hussain, a middle-aged Moslem, who is called "Jack the Ripper" of Hyderabad, was sentenced to imprisonment for life for murdering 12 women. The crimes were ...

    Article : 107 words
  42. MARCHESE MARCONI.

    A cable message was received by the centenary executive committee to-day from the Marchese Marconi announcing that he would be unable to attend the centenary ...

    Article : 110 words
  43. MRS. EDITH LANSELL.

    Personal property of an estimated value of £104,000 was left by Mrs. Edith Lansell, of "Fortuna, " Barnard-street, Bendigo who died on March 12. There was no real estate. By a ...

    Article : 111 words
  44. OLD CHURCH IN NEW SETTING.

    The old Methodist Church building at [?] mouth Valley. in the Tarana area, has been transferred to Oberon[?] where it has been [?] erected for use as a Sunday school and ...

    Article : 116 words
  45. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 328 words
  46. PRESIDENT OF SENATE.

    The President of the Senate (Mr. P. J. Lynch) last night concluded a 1700-mile tour campaigning in the interests of the joint Senate team, Senators H. B. Collett and E. B. ...

    Article : 156 words
  47. CIRCUS PERFORMER

    A circus performer, who appears under the name of "The Great Prybill," touring with Wirth's Circus, met with an accident while being fired from a cannon during a ...

    Article : 99 words
  48. FOREIGN SHIPPING.

    For some time negotiations have taken place between the Commonwealth Government and the New Zealand Government, with a view to dealing with the competition of subsidised ...

    Article : 76 words
  49. DERAILMENT.

    Heavy rain caused a sinking in the permanent way which resulted in the derailment of a mixed train near Beabula, 13 miles from Hay, yesterday. ...

    Article : 80 words
  50. COAL TRUCKS DERAILED.

    Two trucks, each carrying about 15 tons [?] coal, were derailed in Lithgow Valley Company's siding. The line was blocked for about four hours, but the colliery's operations ...

    Article : 45 words
  51. SIR GEORGE PEARCE'S VIEW.

    Sir George Pearce, on his arrival in Brisbane to-day, said his experiences throughout the campaign indicated most thoroughly that the Lyons Government would be returned to power. ...

    Article : 55 words
  52. NAVAL STOKER KILLED.

    To-day a man from H.M.A.S. Moresby, who was killed in a road accident in Perth last night, was identified as Reginald Frederick Phipps, a stoker, whose wife lives at 264 ...

    Article : 80 words
  53. BIRD SANCTUARIES SOUGHT.

    The Forbes branch of the Farmers [?] Settlers' Association has decided to ask the Minister for Lands to set aside reservati[?] within certain State forests as sanctua[?]es for ...

    Article : 80 words
  54. SAMPANS AND 'PLANES.

    A report from Thursday Island states that the ketch Thistle sighted a sampan at Doubleyou Reef. with all her boats out and at work. The Thistle als[?] reported having sighted two ...

    Article : 57 words
  55. HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE'S OFFENCE.

    At the police court, John Jasper James Cooper, a former employee of Darwin Hospital. wh[?] had recently left for Western Australia, was fined £15, with 15/ costs, in default a ...

    Article : 47 words
  56. OLD RELICS FOUND

    A muzzle-loading pistol and a huge clasp knife, which are nearly 100 years old, were found in a cave near Essington, in the Oberon district. They are in splendid condition. ...

    Article : 99 words
  57. NEWCASTLE NEWS.

    Captain E. S. Deed, who retired to-day from the position of Deputy Superintendent of Navigation and Harbour Master at Newcastle, has a record of 34 years of service with the ...

    Article : 115 words
  58. LATE SPORTING.

    Leslie W. Hayes (N.S.W.) retained the [?]mateur bi[?]llards champlonship title to-nigh by defeating A Sakzewski (Q.) by 268 points. Final scores: Hayes, 2000; Sakzewski, 1732. Best breaks:— Hayes, 114. ...

    Article : 29 words
  59. SEVERE DUST STORMS

    Owing to severe dust storms, the air mail failed to connect with the "down" train that left Birdum this morning. The air mail will not arrive at Darwin to-morrow. but may be ...

    Article : 47 words
  60. ROAD CONSTRUCTION WORK.

    The Local Government Department [?] [?] formed the shire council that the first inst[?] ment of the £5000 to be spent on bltumen[?] penetration work on the Northern Highway ...

    Article : 56 words
  61. BLIND MAN STABBED.

    Thomas Francis Coyne. aged 62, a blind pensioner, was savagely assaulted and stabbed twice in the back at his home. The assailant, who is unknown, escaped. Coyne was taken to ...

    Article : 43 words
  62. BOY DROWNED.

    Jack Strange, 4, who lived with his parents at George-street, Erskineville, was drowned at Terry Creek, Eastwood, yesterday. He was playing beside the creek and with a small ...

    Article : 36 words
  63. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of suburban picture theatres will be found in the Amusement Advertisement Columns. ...

    Article : 21 words
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