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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The death has occurred of David Thomas Jenkins, a prominent turf personality of the west, aged 50 years. Mr. Jenkins in his youth was apprenticed to the veteran Bathurst ...

    Article : 107 words
  3. COAL LORRY COLLIDES WITH TRAM.

    The contents of this coal lorry were strewn across the lines when the vehicle came into collision with a tram in Botany-road, Botany, yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 31 words
  4. ELECTRICITY.

    Figures showing the growth of municipal electricity supply undertakings in New South Wales and a statement of his views on matters of policy were features of an address by the ...

    Article : 771 words
  5. COUNTRY PARTY.

    Speaking at the annual meeting of the metropolitan division of the United Country party last night, the Minister for Transport and leader of the State Country party (Mr ...

    Article : 233 words
  6. FARM INQUIRY.

    When the Riverina Welfare Farm Home inquiry was resumed to-day, Thomas McVeigh, a disciplinary officer at the home, said the system aimed at having the boys practically ...

    Article : 718 words
  7. BRITISH ART.

    At first glance, 128 oil paintings and watercolours does not seem an excessively large number for an exhibition. But the collection of British art which Mrs. E. Murray ...

    Article : 1,293 words
  8. TUNG OIL VENTURES.

    In reply to a letter from the Bellinger River Chamber of Commerce on the suitability of the north coast districts for the growth of the tung oil tree, the Curator of the ...

    Article : 84 words
  9. STATION EMPLOYEE'S MISHAP.

    Mr. A. H. Fleming, an employee on Laura station, was chopping wood when a chip flew up and struck one of his eyes. It is feared that the sight of the eye will be permanently ...

    Article : 41 words
  10. NEW POWER UNIT FOR FORBES.

    The Minister for Local Government has informed the Forbes Municipal Council that he will permit it to exceed its borrowing limit, by £6000 to buy an additional power unit for ...

    Article : 113 words
  11. SOCIAL QUESTIONS.

    The State lottery was attacked by speakers at the social questions demonstration of the Methodist Conference at the Lyceum last night. ...

    Article : 195 words
  12. FILM INDUSTRY.

    Evidence before the Film Inquiry is likely to be concluded this week. It is probable that an adjournment will then be granted to permit counsel to analyse the mass of evidence, and ...

    Article : 394 words
  13. SUGAR MACHINERY.

    A reminder that Australia would lose about £1,000,000 a year if Great Britain withdrew the tariff preference for Australian sugar, was given by a witness in evidence before the ...

    Article : 317 words
  14. HIGH COURT.

    Arising out of discussion at the recent conference of Commonwealth and State Ministers on constitutional revision, the Commonwealth Government is to give consideration to ...

    Article : 434 words
  15. HAIL-DAMAGED FRUIT.

    The Hartley Fruitgrowers' Federation has decided not to make an entry in the apple section of the forthcoming Royal Show. Most of the fruit is hail-marked, which prevents ...

    Article : 35 words
  16. FISHERMAN SCALDED.

    A net fisherman, C. Pateman, was badly scalded about the lower part of the body on Saturday when a can of boiling water fell from a stove on the motor launch on which ...

    Article : 61 words
  17. BABY HEALTH CENTRE.

    The possibility of forming a baby health centre at Molong was discussed by the Country Women's Association, and it was decided that at present it is impossible to establish a clinic ...

    Article : 68 words
  18. BIBLE SOCIETY.

    At the annual meeting of the Commonwealth Council of the British and Foreign Bible Society, which was commenced in Canberra to-day, Mr. R. Sullivan, B.A., LL.B., of Sydney, ...

    Article : 267 words
  19. GOLDEN WEDDING.

    At a family reunion at Bungalora, between 60 and 70 relatives and a few intimate friends and neighbours assembled to celebrate the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. ...

    Article : 63 words
  20. WOMAN'S FATAL COLLAPSE.

    Mrs. Rubena Quick, 44, was sitting talking to Mr. Percy Williams at the latter's house. A neighbour came to the house for some apples. Mr. Williams went to the orchard, ...

    Article : 69 words
  21. HEAVYWEIGHT PEACHES.

    Mr. H. Trickett exhibited 12 peaches of the "J. H. Hale" variety at the Uralla Show. Eight of the peaches weighed 1¼lb each and the remaining four 1lb 2oz each. ...

    Article : 37 words
  22. WAVERLEY COUNCIL.

    The Minister for Local Government (Mr. Spooner) has intervened in the deadlock in the Waverley Council over the election of a Mayor. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 87 words
  23. FARMER'S SUDDEN DEATH.

    Mr. James Graham, 58, died suddenly on Saturday morning while working in the dairy on his farm at Talarm, seven miles from Macksville. He leaves a grown-up family, including ...

    Article : 39 words
  24. SUVA MURDER.

    An Indian, Karingan, was sentenced to death to-day by the Chief Justice, for the murder of the woman Dhanraji, who was decapitated with a cane knife. ...

    Article : 36 words
  25. NARROMINE BY-ELECTION.

    The by-election for the Narromine Municipal Council re[?]ted:—A. J. Baker, 268 votes; H. Thrall, 110. Mr. Thrall was the candidate of the Ratepayers' Association. The poll ...

    Article : 41 words
  26. MISSING MAN.

    Two constables from Nowra, assisted by a number of unemployed men and an Alsatian dog, left for Yalwal early yesterday morning to search for C. J. Coombes, 65 years, a ...

    Article : 141 words
  27. FIRES AT FORBES.

    A fire which, it is suspected, was deliberately caused, destroyed Mr. William James Bedford's seven-roomed weatherboard home in Prince-street. Mr. Bedford returned this morning from ...

    Article : 210 words
  28. DEMOCRACY.

    "Good Government is hardly to be expected from an idle, ignorant, and unprincipled ruler," said Mr. W. M. Hughes, M.P., addressing a meeting of the Combined Churches ...

    Article : 421 words
  29. A BANKING BLOCK.

    The Rural Bank has bought land at 35 Prince-street, in the block between Victoria and Fitzroy streets. It is understood the bank will start building. Branches of the ...

    Article : 47 words
  30. LEAVE TO APPEAL.

    The Full Court of the High Court to-day granted the central executive of the Victorian Labour party special leave to appeal against the judgment of Mr. Justice Gavan Duffy, ...

    Article : 196 words
  31. LATE SHIPPING.

    AUCKLAND (1281m).—Arr: March 5, Aorangi, R.M.M.S., from Sydney. ...

    Article : 16 words
  32. SWUNG THROUGH WINDOW.

    During an altercation in Molesworth-street, Lismore, last night, a man is alleged to have grasped another by the legs and swung him through a plateglass window of the Australian ...

    Article : 47 words
  33. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 258 words
  34. WOMAN DROWNED.

    Mrs. Rebecca West, [?] a widow, was drowned in the Tumut River, near Jones Bridge, yesterday afternoon. A party was picknicking on the river bank, and Mrs. West, ...

    Article : 108 words
  35. GIRLS' SCHOOL SAVED.

    But for the aid of nearly 600 fire-fighters, it is practically certain that many fine homes and the Stawell Girls' School on Mount Lofty-road, would have been destroyed by ...

    Article : 136 words
  36. THREE CARS IN COLLISION.

    Three motor cars were involved in a collision on Catherine Hill this afternoon. Two passengers were injured, one being Miss Moya Dyring, of 383 Glenferrie-road, Melbourne, ...

    Article : 46 words
  37. DEATHS FROM CANCER.

    Statistics which were issued to-day show that deaths in Australia from cancer rose from 74 per 100,000 persons to 1911 to 105 per 100,000 persons in 1932, and that while ...

    Article : 133 words
  38. MISSING ARTIST.

    The body of Larry Bowler, 23, an artist, who had been missing for some time, was found under bushes off the Mudgee-road, three-quarters of a mile from Cullen Bullen, this ...

    Article : 156 words
  39. AUSTRALIAN JAMS.

    The need for expert marketing and more publicity of Australian jams in England is disclosed in a private letter received from England by a Sydney resident. ...

    Article : 207 words
  40. BALLINA-BOOYONG LINE.

    Speaking at a meeting of the Ballina and District Chamber of Commerce, Mr. P. E. Tighe said it was a matter for surprise that after spending nearly £500,000 on the ...

    Article : 76 words
  41. COMMONWEALTH YEAR BOOK.

    The latest issue of the Official Year Book of the Commonwealth, dealing with the year 1932 and previous years, has been received from the Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. ...

    Article : 204 words
  42. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 226 words
  43. BITTEN BY SNAKE.

    While looking for a fowl's nest this afternoon at her home at Balaclava, near Mittagong. Mrs. M. Fairhall was bitten on the left wrist by a snake. The ambulance took her ...

    Article : 47 words
  44. WOLLONGONG QUARTER SESSIONS.

    At the quarter sessions, Judge Neild was welcomed to the district by Mr. H. Cox on behalf of the legal profession, and by Inspector Davies on behalf of the police. ...

    Article : 118 words
  45. CONTEMPORARY ART.

    A small exhibition of paintings which was placed on view at Pak[?]e's Club yesterday consisting, as it does, of work by Sydney painters who have felt the influence of modern ...

    Article : 345 words
  46. CONTROL OF PRISONS.

    The Minister for Justice (Mr. Martin) was praised by the Rev. D. C. Hughes, Methodist chaplain to the Long Bay Penitentiary, in an address to the Methodist Men's Brotherhood ...

    Article : 125 words
  47. COUNTRY ROAD WORK.

    The employment of 100 Sydney men on the Cawongla road construction has roused a protest among local unemployed, who maintain they have been unjustly treated. An ...

    Article : 138 words
  48. ENGINE FAILURES.

    A large steam launch, which was disabled twice yesterday afternoon by engine failures outside the Heads, was for some time in a precarious position. She eventually returned to ...

    Article : 152 words
  49. 60-MILE JOURNEY.

    A youth whose neck was broken, travelled 60 miles in an ambulance to the Royal North Shore Hospital, where, it is reported, he is making satistactory progress. ...

    Article : 104 words
  50. MARRIED COUPLE.

    Mrs. Henry Richard Landolt, formerly Miss Doris Chong, a member of a well-known Chinese family of Sydney, returned by the Changte yesterday from a visit to China, ...

    Article : 119 words
  51. TO-DAY.

    Theatre Royal: "The Dubarry," 8. Tivoli; Jim Gerald, 2.30, 8. Civic Theatre: "Waltzing Matilde," "Meet Mv Sister," 11, 2, 5, 8. ...

    Article : 175 words
  52. PERTH TO ADELAIDE.

    From April 1 the Perth-Adelaide air mail service will be continued without subsidy. Negotiations for the continuation of the service on a new basis have been completed, and ...

    Article : 56 words
  53. DEATH BEFORE TRIAL.

    William John Griffiths, 47, of Thornton, who was arrested on Saturday night on a charge of assault, died in Maitland Hospital yesterday from the effects of poison. He was bailed ...

    Article : 53 words
  54. THE UNIONS.

    The delegate board of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association discussed the position which has arisen at Hebburn No. 2 and Seaham No. 2 collieries through weighmen at ...

    Article : 95 words
  55. PRISONER ESCAPES.

    A vigorous search is being made for Gordon Frederick Hunt, 27, who escaped from Bellingen lock-up between 10 p.m. yesterday and 6 a.m. to-day. The prisoner escaped through ...

    Article : 103 words
  56. SUPERINTENDENT FINED.

    The Department of the Interior was advised to-day that Gordon Keith Freeman, superintendent of the mission station for half-castes at Alice Springs, Central Australia, has been ...

    Article : 77 words
  57. MOTOR CYCLIST KILLED.

    Francis Edward Neil, 27, of Hillcrest-avenue, Gladesville, was fatally injured when his motor cycle collided with a tramcar which was going along Commercial-road, Rozelle, near Glebe ...

    Article : 64 words
  58. DECAPITATED BY EXPLOSION.

    While conducting blasting operations at Flagstone, near Emmaville, Vincent Coughlin, 23, of Torington, was killed. The young man had set a charge, and stood behind a tree to ...

    Article : 55 words
  59. AIR MAIL FROM N.Z.

    Arrangements have been made for [?] Charles Kingsford Smith to carry mail on his return flight in the Southern Cross to Australia on March 28. ...

    Article : 35 words
  60. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of Suburban Picture Theatres will be found in the Amusement Advertisement Columns. ...

    Article : 18 words
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