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  2. CUSTOMS REVENUE.

    Despite a decrease of £115,847 in the Customs and Fxcise revenue last month compared with March 1933 the recpipts tor the nine months of the present financial year are ...

    Article : 314 words
  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The "Welcome to Lithgow" electric sign, which has been erected at the entrance to the town on the Great Western Highway, has attracted much interest, and is declared by ...

    Article : 62 words
  4. HEAVY RAIN

    Welcome rain fell over Southern Victoria last night and to-day. Among the heaviest falls were those in the hill country of the western district. The Central, South ...

    Article : 157 words
  5. OVERSEA TRADE.

    A decline in imports and a slight increase in exports during February were instrumental in producing a further improvement in the balance of Australia's trade for the first eight ...

    Article : 408 words
  6. OPENING OF SYDNEY YEARLING SALES.

    Left: Chestnut colt by Heroic from Winter, in sprightly mood. Right. The highest priced yearling, chestnut colt by Heroic from Cohesion (imp.), bought for 1000 guineas yesterday by Mr. S. Masters, of Melbourne. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 38 words
  7. OLD MAN FALLS DOWN WELL.

    Hearing cries from an old well near the Trang[?]e saleyards yesterday, a man found that Harry Johnson, an old-age pensioner, had fallen down the well. Police and civilians ...

    Article : 65 words
  8. PROSPECTOR'S DEATH.

    vernon Hyland, 40, who had been engaged in prospecting in the Dalmorton district, was found dead in his camp about three miles out of Dalmorton this morning, by two other ...

    Article : 63 words
  9. FALLS IN W.A.

    Further storms and heavy rains are reported from the north-west. Additional telegraph lines are useless and Onslow, 770 miles north of Perth, is isolated, Ro[?]burne, 165 miles ...

    Article : 220 words
  10. AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL FOR TEACHERS

    Twenty-eight teachers from staff and sixth class schools controlled by the Education Department assembled at Lithgow Intermediate High School to-day to take part in four ...

    Article : 45 words
  11. CAR CAPSIZES.

    When a car capsized on River Lett Hill, near South Bowenfels, yesterday, Heather Thom, 15, of Hurstville, who was returning home with her father, received injuries to her ...

    Article : 55 words
  12. BIG GAME FISHING.

    Messrs. P. R. Rogers and G. Beauchamp, of Melbourne, have again demonstrated that swordfish are to be found in the deep-sea fishing grounds, off Twofold Bay. They baited a ...

    Article : 317 words
  13. NEW INDUSTRY.

    Dr. Otto Kraus, a Viennese engineer, who is travelling to Sydney by the Orama, reached Fremantle to-day. He is going to supervise the installation of plant in Sydney for the ...

    Article : 128 words
  14. WOODCHOPPING.

    The main event in last night's wood-chopping programme was the teams' contest. A big crowd was present and was moved to intense enthusiasm by the exciting finishes. ...

    Article : 254 words
  15. GALLIPOLI.

    Our passage through the Dardanelles was a pathetically easy passage, it seemed, in this year of peace. We were on a French ship, yet, as a gracious tribute to the big part ...

    Article : 1,279 words
  16. THE SUBURBS.

    Plans for a new infants' school at Willoughby were before the Willoughby Council, at its last meeting. These provided for a brick structure of two stories, ...

    Article : 251 words
  17. EVANS HEAD 'PLANE CRASH.

    The condition of Jason Hazzard, the young Sydney pilot of the aeroplane which crashed at Evans Head on Sunday, fatally injuring two young men, Raymond Woolley and R. ...

    Article : 89 words
  18. BUTTER EXPORTS.

    The Minister for Commerce (Mr. F. H. Stewart), in a statement last night, said that in the period from July 1, 1933, to March 24, 1934, the amount of Australian butter exported ...

    Article : 164 words
  19. GUN ACCIDENT.

    Two fingers of his left hand were so badly injured when a small-bore gun that Carl Lionel Smith, 22, was carrying at Tuena last night exploded, that amputation was necessary. ...

    Article : 68 words
  20. RAIN IN TASMANIA.

    In the past 24 hours 97 points of rain fell at Lake Margaret, but the Mount Lyell mines, which have been idle since March 11. owing to a shortage of water in the lake, are not ...

    Article : 57 words
  21. RURAL EMPLOYMENT PLAN.

    The report for the first quarter of 1034 of the honorary secretary of the New South Wales Rural Employment Scheme for Boys (Captain F. Aarons) indicates that the ...

    Article : 214 words
  22. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.

    Railway traffic from all stations in Maitland during Easter was heavier than that in the corresponding holiday period last year. The increase at West Maitland was £33, ...

    Article : 60 words
  23. MODEL AEROPLANES.

    Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, in opening an exhibition of model aeroplanes in Farmer's Blaxland Galleries yesterday, confessed that, at the age of five years, his greatest desire ...

    Article : 585 words
  24. ARBITRATION

    Addressing members of the Rotary Club, at David Jones' yesterday, Mr. T. M. Ritchie, a member of the council of the club and works director of a large industrial undertaking, said ...

    Article : 631 words
  25. CASE FOR SECESSION.

    The "West Australian," Perth, has issued a special edition, dated March 27, giving the full text of the case for secession prepared by the special committee appointed for the purpose ...

    Article : 189 words
  26. NONAGENARIAN PATIENT.

    Many congratulations were extended to William Robinson, an inmate of the Lithgow Hospital, on Sunday, when he celebrated his 95th birthday. Robinson has been a patient since ...

    Article : 69 words
  27. COPPER MINING COMPANY.

    The Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Co., Ltd. (Tas.) has made application to the Arbitration Court to reduce the wages of its employees who are members of the following ...

    Article : 174 words
  28. ANTI-AIRCRAFT PRACTICE.

    The Port of Sydney will be closed to-morrow from 10 o'clock in the morning until 5 o'clock in the afternoon, when anti-aircraft gunnery practice will be carried out from North Head. ...

    Article : 83 words
  29. CHILD'S DEATH.

    The District Coroner (Mr. C. W. Swiney) held an inquiry into the death of Richard Feehan, aged 16 months, who died in Albury District Hospital on March 27 from injuries ...

    Article : 72 words
  30. TAMWORTH ACCIDENTS.

    Three men narrowly escaped serious injury when a motor car overturned on the Armidale-road, three miles from Tamworth. The injured men were:—William Barnett, farmer, of ...

    Article : 91 words
  31. THE CALL-UP

    A call up for employment is announced for to-day. Details appear on page 22, column 4. ...

    Article : 20 words
  32. EXTRACTION OF TOOTH

    The District Coroner (Mr. Mahony) held an inquiry to-day into the death of Maxwell Earl Duck, 4, son of Mr. R. J. Duck, of Vacy. The child collapsed in a dental surgery while ...

    Article : 124 words
  33. SYDNEY'S BIRDS.

    Strange facts about birds found close to Sydney were described by Mr. K. A. Hinwood, of the Royal Australian Ornithologists' Union, in a lecture to the Naturalists' Society at the ...

    Article : 320 words
  34. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 299 words
  35. CASUALTIES.

    While crossing Parramatta-road, Homebush, on Monday night, Constable Henry Raymond Olliver, of Ball's-road, Dundas, was knocked down by a motor car. He suffered a fractured ...

    Article : 618 words
  36. CAR FATALITY.

    The District Coroner (Mr. Coen) to-day found that Haime Stone, 42, of Parramatta-road, Annandale, died from injuries accidentally received on March 29 in a motor car ...

    Article : 161 words
  37. SPIVAKOVSKY TRIO.

    Negotiations are being undertaken for the permanent establishment in Melbourne of the Spivakovsky Trio[?] Messrs. Jascha and Tossy Spivakovsky, the p[?]anist and violinist ...

    Article : 227 words
  38. PEA RIFLE ACCIDENT.

    Robert Brown, a young man, was pulling out a supposedly empty pea rifle from under his bed when the weapon was discharged. The bullet entered the fleshy part of one of his ...

    Article : 51 words
  39. FIRE IN SHOP.

    The police are investigating the circumstances surroundings a fire at Mr. R. St, John George's shop. It is understood that traces of kerosene were found in a storeroom wher[?] ...

    Article : 70 words
  40. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 217 words
  41. BOY SCOUTS.

    The South Coast and Tablelands Boy Scouts' Association held its ninth annual competition for the H. R. Lee challenge flag near Albion Park during the Easter holidays. In ...

    Article : 86 words
  42. WAGE RESTORATION.

    It is expected that the judgment of the Full Court of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court on the claim by the unions for the restoration of the 10 per cent, by which wages were ...

    Article : 55 words
  43. FIRE BRIGADE CHIEF.

    The Board of Fire Commissioners, at its meeting next Tuesday, will select for the Government's approval, a new chief officer, to fill the position recently vacated by Mr. ...

    Article : 87 words
  44. OYSTER LEASES.

    The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) announced yesterday that in a new fisheries bill shortly to be introduced there would be provision for substantial increases in the penalties ...

    Article : 254 words
  45. THE FLEET.

    The Royal Australian naval souadron, comprising the flagship (H.M.A.S. Canberra) and H.M.A.S. Australia and the destroyers, will return to its base at Sydney on Friday, the ...

    Article : 140 words
  46. CHURCHES OF CHRIST.

    At the City Temple, Campbell-street, last night, the conference of the Churches Christ concluded with the installation of the president for the ensuing year. ...

    Article : 130 words
  47. COUNTERFEIT COINS.

    Owners of fruit, paper, and confectionery shops in Canterbury-road, Canterbury, complained to the police yesterday that they had been paid for purchases with counterfeit ...

    Article : 107 words
  48. TO-DAY.

    Moore Park: The Show. Theatre Royal: "White Horse Inn" 2[?] 7.50. Criterion Theatre: "Fresh Fields," 2[?] 8. St. James Theatre: "Queen Christina," 11. 2. ...

    Article : 218 words
  49. CARNIVAL SIDESHOW.

    The Randwick branch of the Australian Labour party protested last night to the Randwick Council against an exhibition at a recent Coogee carnival which was described ...

    Article : 94 words
  50. CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

    The annual conference of the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of New South Wales will be held to-morrow in the Sydneyt Chamber of Commerce. The conference will open ...

    Article : 54 words
  51. WOMAN TRAPPED.

    When the hand punt was almost across the north arm of the Tweed River at Tumbulgum a motor truck which it was conveying suddenly ran hack, broke tne gates of the punt, and ...

    Article : 141 words
  52. WORKERS' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

    The Sydney University tutorial class session for 1934 will be opened next Monday, with a series of public lectures. The Workers' Educational Association hopes to ...

    Article : 122 words
  53. EAST-WEST AIR MAIL.

    The first flight of the unsubsidised east-west aerial mail service was begun to-day from Perth. The subsidy agreement, which has been in force since June, 1929, expired ...

    Article : 109 words
  54. DOUBLE CENTURY.

    Mainly due to the large score of 245 by F. Taaffe[?] Claremont defeated Mt. Lawley to-day by 243 in the final of the Western Australian Cricket Association's competition. Taaffe ...

    Article : 80 words
  55. WAIHEMO STILL AGROUND.

    An unsuccessful attempt was made last night to refloat the freighter Waihemo, which went aground in Navula passage on Sunday. A towline was passed to the steamer Malake, but ...

    Article : 54 words
  56. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of Suburban Picture Theatres will be found in the Amusaments Advertisement Columna. ...

    Article : 20 words
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