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  2. BEEF TRADE.

    In the House of Commons to-day the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. E. Elliot) moved the second reading of the Cattle Industry Emergency Bill, providing for ...

    Article : 377 words
  3. JARDINE'S COMMENTS.

    D. R. Jardine, writing in the "Evening Standard," says:— Woodfull's reluctance to play Ebeling is extraordinary. He is evidently staking all on ...

    Article : 215 words
  4. A.M.P. SOCIETY.

    At the request of 23 members of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, a special meeting of the society has been called to consider proposals which they make to amend ...

    Article : 608 words
  5. COMMUNITY PROFITS.

    The committee of Renmark has announced a distribution of profite for the year just ended. The institution is community-owned and is controlled by a committee elected ...

    Article : 175 words
  6. DEATH AFTER AN OPERATION.

    The Government Medical Officer at Newcastle (Dr. J. R. Leslie) stated at an inquest this afternoon that a post-mortem examination had indicated that the death of Miss ...

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  7. EARTHQUAKE

    The worst earthquake in the history of Vanikoro. Solomon Islands, occurred yesterday morning. The tremors commenced at midnight on ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. HUBERT OPPERMAN.

    Referring to the record-breaking feats of Hubert Opperman, the Australian cyclist, a newspaper critic writes:— "Opperman's performance breaks three ...

    Article : 233 words
  9. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., has been advised by the Department of Labour that work on the Yarrawonga weir is being carried out by the Victorian Government, and that ...

    Article : 87 words
  10. PERSISTENT.

    In one of his books W. G. Grace tried to explain a comparatively unsuccessful season by referring to his "extraordinarily bad luck with the toss, which he lost on eleven occasions ...

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  11. ACCIDENTAL DISCHARCE OF GUN.

    J. Wise, of Balranald, was shot in the left arm while out after foxes. He was crawling along a log with a loaded gun, which discharged. He is making satisfactory progress, ...

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  12. TURF CLUB AIDS CHARITIES.

    The Bourke Diggers' Turf Club voted £57 to purchase four large electric fans for the Bourke District Hospital, and £53 to the hospital building fund. A grant of £35 was ...

    Article : 61 words
  13. PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENTS.

    A reduction of the number of members of the State Parliament from 62 to 48 and the establishment of a National Parliament, with the subdivision of the existing States into ...

    Article : 106 words
  14. TEMORA WATER SUPPLY.

    Satisfaction is expressed in Temora that a start has been made with the excavation work in the town for the laying of pipes for the water supply. Twenty-two men were ...

    Article : 71 words
  15. BRITISH FILMS.

    The film producers' group of the Federation of British Industries gave a luncheon to Sir Benjamin and Lady Fuller. The chairman, Mr. Charles Tennyson, ...

    Article : 117 words
  16. DOMESTIC PRELATES.

    The administration of the diocese of Maitland has received a communication from the Bishop of Maitland that, by Papal brief, the following have been appointed as domestic ...

    Article : 88 words
  17. CITRUS FRUITS.

    The hope that the negotiations regarding the importation of Australian citrus fruits would be satisfactorily concluded at an early date was expressed by the Minister for ...

    Article : 124 words
  18. PETRIFIED STUMP.

    Upper Hunter Shire Council has decided to protect a petrified stump, standing within a few miles of Scone. It is acting on the suggestion of Professor ...

    Article : 58 words
  19. NARROMINE AERODROME.

    Flying-Officer Garing, a liaison officer for the Centenary air race, landed at Narromine yesterday and discussed with Mr. H. Bowde[?] Fletcher, secretary of the Narromine Ac[?] ...

    Article : 65 words
  20. NO THREAT

    The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Stewart) to-day denied a published statement that he had informed the meat advisory committee at Canberra on Thursday that the ...

    Article : 251 words
  21. AMERICAN STARS.

    The National Recovery Administration to-day issued a report, requested by President Roosevelt in connection with the cinema industry, particularly on the question of the ...

    Article : 120 words
  22. BEST SPECIMEN IN AUSTRALIA.

    Sir Edgeworth David said yesterday that he regarded the stump as an exceptionally fine specimen—easily the best in Australia. It was a type of Araucaria pine, which is now ...

    Article : 63 words
  23. THROWN FROM SULKY.

    J. W. Bull, a farmer, was returning to his home at Mororo from Maclean yesterday when he was thrown from his sulky. His back was severely injured, and he is now an inmate ...

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  24. TORRES STRAIT TEACHERS.

    A radio transmitting and receiving apparatus may be established on each of the Torres Strait islands, where white teachers lead a lonely existence, caring for aboriginal tribes. ...

    Article : 139 words
  25. NEW SCENIC ROAD.

    The Public Works Department's road construction job at Bilpin having been practically completed, five of the gangers have been transferred to Lithgow. The route from Mount ...

    Article : 119 words
  26. UNDERWRITERS' CHAIRMAN.

    MR. L. I. SKELTON. Mr. Skelton has been elected chairman of the Fire and Accident Underwriters' Association. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  27. JAPAN.

    The Premier (Admiral Okada), in a statement dealing with the new Cabinet's policies, said that Japan would contribute to the world's peace and welfare, and promote the ...

    Article : 119 words
  28. ATTITUDE TO WAR.

    The conference of the Federation of Parents and Citizens' Associations last night affirmed "That this association stands for the promotion of peace." ...

    Article : 273 words
  29. PROPOSED CAVES ROAD.

    A proposed direct road from the Wombeyan Caves to the Jenolan Caves is receiving the attention of the Goulburn Tourist Bureau. Such a road would pass some magnificient ...

    Article : 150 words
  30. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 350 words
  31. CANBERRA CONFERENCE.

    The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Stewart) said yesterday that the meeting of the Meat Advisory Committee in Canberra on Thursday was one of the most successful conferences ...

    Article : 151 words
  32. GOLF IN IRELAND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 136 words
  33. ELECTRICITY SUPPLY.

    Largely attended meetings at Marulan, Wingello, and Tallong supported the proposal to obtain supplies of electricity from the Berrima Power Company. Councillor J. ...

    Article : 70 words
  34. BIRD STUDIES.

    Motion pictures of birds taken in natural surroundings in various parts of New South Wales were screened at a meeting of members of the Royal Zoological Society of New South ...

    Article : 179 words
  35. BURNED TO DEATH.

    Firemen who were called to a house at East Malvern to-day found the charred body of the occupant, Miss Elizabeth May, about 60, lying across the doorway of the kitchen. ...

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  36. TIMBER PIONEER'S DEATH.

    With the passing of the late Mr. Wm. Frost at the age of 95, another link with the early days of the timber industry has been broken Born at Ryde in 1839, the deceased went to ...

    Article : 86 words
  37. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of gold to-day was £6/17/10½ an ounce fine, compared with £6/17/10 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. ...

    Article : 590 words
  38. THE TESTS.

    Even in the rugged inland districts of Central Australia, in areas seldom visited by white men, and hundreds of miles from the nearest settlement, cricket enthusiasts are sitting ...

    Article : 253 words
  39. RELIEF WORK RESUMED.

    After co-operating in the emergency relief scheme for seven months the Bulli Shire Council complained that the Government allowance of 15 per cent. was insufficient. The ...

    Article : 88 words
  40. HOME-MADE BEER.

    For making beer without having a licence, Ottorina G. Frizza, orchardist, of Mangrove Mountain, was fined £5, with costs, at Gosford Court to-day. The Customs investigator ...

    Article : 138 words
  41. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 252 words
  42. PUBLIC VEHICLES IN BORDER TOWN.

    Hitherto, the Albury Council has required Victorian owners of public vehicles plying within the Albury municipality to have a New South Wales certificate of registration before ...

    Article : 174 words
  43. MOTOR VEHICLES.

    Figures released by the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. S. A. Maddocks) yesterday showed that at the end of June there were 228,324 motor vehicles on the road. This ...

    Article : 92 words
  44. WAR HOME

    In 1921, William Henry Downes, of Polding-street, Fairfield, made a contract with the War Service Homes Commission to build a home on lots 6 and 30. After the house was built, it ...

    Article : 127 words
  45. PAPER CLIP

    A paper clip, which had been in the lung of a girl, aged 10, for about three years, was removed yesterday during an unusual operation at the Children's Hospital, ...

    Article : 185 words
  46. ALLUVIAL GOLD.

    A prospector named Harry Dicker states that he has located alluvial gold on a claim he pegged out about three months ago in Cornwall's paddock, Clinton, about four miles from ...

    Article : 96 words
  47. GUILTY ON LOWER COUNT.

    After a retirement of more than three and a half hours, the jury brought in a verdict of not guilty of murder[?] but guilty of manslaughter, against Wilfred George Nicholas, rabbit ...

    Article : 87 words
  48. AN EFFECTIVE BEACON.

    The Blue Mountains Shire Council has been advised that the light recently erected on the memorial at Mitchell's Ridge[?] adjacent to Mount Victoria, is plainly visible from The ...

    Article : 71 words
  49. STEEL TRADE'S DINNER.

    Referring to a complaint by the organisers of the Sheffield steel trade's dinner that the Australian cricketers did not attend the function in their honour, the manager of the ...

    Article : 77 words
  50. CRICKETER'S WIFE.

    Mrs. Kippax, wife of the Australian cricketer, will sail by the Orient liner Orsova from Sydney to-day. The liner is bound for London: but whether ...

    Article : 242 words
  51. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 315 words
  52. PROPOSED FARRER MEMORIAL.

    The Mayor Alderman H. C. Taylor, has received information from Mr. Perkins, Minister for the Interior, that £135 has been made available, the amount estimated to be ...

    Article : 230 words
  53. DAMAGE £10,000.

    A fire occurred at Currie, King Island, Bass Strait, yesterday, when the stole and manger's residence of the King Island Co-operative Co., Ltd., was destroyed. The damage is ...

    Article : 98 words
  54. WONTHAGGI SETTLEMENT.

    The assurance of the Miners' Union that it will abide by the terms offered by the Victorian Government for the settlement of the strike at tne State coalmine at Wonthaggi has ...

    Article : 70 words
  55. WIRELESS SET STOLEN

    A wireless set was stolen from High-street, St. Kilda, to-night while bystanders were listening to a broadcast of the test cricket match from it. The listeners were so ...

    Article : 139 words
  56. ALLEGED SHOOTING.

    Frank Price, 56, fruiterer, was charged before Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., with having, on June 2[?], shot at Edward Francis Inman with intent to murder. ...

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  57. NEW GUINEA AIR MAIL.

    Mr. C. T. P. U[?]m will leave Point Cooke at 4 a.m. on Tuesday with the first official air ma[?]l to Papua and New Guinea. He will call at Sydney and Brisbane, and probably ...

    Article : 67 words
  58. HORSEMAN KILLED.

    Mr. Daniel Kelly, 73, of Riverett Station, near Mt. David, was fatally injured yesterday, when he was thrown from his horse near his home. ...

    Article : 94 words
  59. MAN'S FOOT AMPUTATED.

    Claude Dundas, 35, of Old South Head-road, Rose Bay, caught hold of a handrail of a tram at the corner of Macpherson-street and Tipper-avenue, Bronte, last night, but he slipped ...

    Article : 57 words
  60. W.A. OFFICIAL RECEIVER'S DEATH.

    Mr. M. M. Moss, who had been Official Receiver in Bankruptcy since 1902, died in his 63rd wear to-night. On Friday of last week Mr. Moss underwent an operation for spinal ...

    Article : 47 words
  61. LATE SHIPPING.

    ADELAIDE (1084m).—Arr: July 20. Mildura, from Rockhampton; Karoola, from Melbourne and Sydney. ...

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  62. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

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

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