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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. MEMORIAL TO GALLANT FIREMEN

    A bronze tablet, bearing the inscription: "Erected by the Board of Pire Commissioners of New South Wales as a tribute to the memory of Firemen W. Robinson and B. F. Jones, ...

    Article : 135 words
  3. DEFENCE. Propaganda Denounced.

    A meeting of about two hundred undergraduates in the University Union Hall yesterday almost unanimously passed a motion expressing its conviction that the present race ...

    Article : 517 words
  4. STATE FINANCES.

    The Auditor-General's report for the year ended June 30 last, which was tabled in the State Parliament yesterday, discloses a substantial improvement in the State's finances as ...

    Article : 957 words
  5. DR. ANNIE BESANT. Death Announced.

    The death occurred at Madras to-day of Dr. Annie Besant, president of the Theosophical Society who won world-wide fame as an author and lecturer on religious, ...

    Article : 49 words
  6. UNITED STATES. CURRENCY INFLATION.

    Senator Thomas asserted to-day that President Roosevelt is gradually bringing about inflation of currency, but that he will not dare to admit it. ...

    Article : 573 words
  7. "KANGAROOS" Beat Lancashire.

    The Australian Rugby League team, the "Kangaroos," beat Lancashire yesterday by 33 points to 7, treating the crowd to a thrilling display of brilliant football. ...

    Article : 1,212 words
  8. HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR AUSTRALIA

    The Right Hon. S. M. Bruce, Resident Minister in London, whom the Commonwealth Government has decided to appoint to the office of High Commissioner. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 28 words
  9. PICTURESQUE FIGURE.

    Dr. Annie Besant was a picturesque figure Whether as orator or mystic social worker empire builder,or internationalist she was a force in world affairs her work for India's ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,254 words
  10. FRUITLESS INQUIRIES INTO ROBBERY.

    Exhaustive police investigations into the mysterious theft of two mail-bags, containing about £80 in pension money, from Newbridge railway station last week, have proved ...

    Article : 50 words
  11. COTTAGE BURNT.

    A weatherboard cottage occupied by Mrs. A. Foy, off Maybe-street, was destroyed by fire last night. The fire started while the occupants were absent. Nothing was saved. ...

    Article : 32 words
  12. INJUNCTION SOUGHT.

    Coff's Harbour Parents and Citizens' Association has asked the Minister for Lands for an injunction to restrain the trustees of the Coff's Harbour Jetty recreation reserve ...

    Article : 41 words
  13. MATERNITY HOSPITAL FUNDS.

    Funds to build a maternity hospital in the grounds of the Cooma Hospital, subscribed mole than six years ago, now aggregating £1700, are still unused. A proposal was ...

    Article : 68 words
  14. JAPAN. Industrial Conditions.

    The Japanese Ambassador in London (Mr. T. Matsudaira), in an interview, said that, although wages in Japan were low compared with those in Europe, it was most inaccurate ...

    Article : 144 words
  15. DRASTIC REPORT

    The Mayor of Rockdale (Alderman Barton), in a minute submitted to last night's meeting of the council, stated that an independent investigator's report on the town clerk's ...

    Article : 804 words
  16. COUNTRY WOMENS CONFERENCE.

    The fifth annual conference of branches within the Namo[?] group of the Country Women's Association took place at Curlewis yesterday. The gathering comprised more than ...

    Article : 60 words
  17. FALL IN WAGES AND VALUES.

    During evidence before Judge Pike in the Municipal Appeal Court, it was stated that the number of railway employees in Junee in 1929 was 457, and in 1933 there were 337. The ...

    Article : 131 words
  18. MELBOURNE LEAGUE.

    A deputation of citizens to-day urged upon the Lord Mayor (Councillor H. Gengoult Smith) the necessity for greater public interest in the defence of Australia. The Lord ...

    Article : 111 words
  19. TENNIS IN U.S.A.

    J. Crawford (Aust.) and V. McGrath (Aust.) broke their homeward Journey at Los Angeles to-day to play in exhibition matches, in which Billy Seward, a Beverly Hills junior ...

    Article : 756 words
  20. NYMBOIDA EXTENSION.

    Next Sunday the transmission line from Nymboida hydro-electric plant to Lismore will be used for the first time. The line will convey current of 66.000 volts, one of the ...

    Article : 115 words
  21. DEAN INGE.

    Dean Inge, in the preface to his latest book, "God and the Astronomers," admits that he does not support the traditional heaven and hell of the Christian religion, and says that ...

    Article : 146 words
  22. THE CALL-UP

    A call-up for employment will be made today, as follows:— Men in certain stated divisions who reside in the Shire of Blacktown and the ...

    Article : 142 words
  23. TWO MOTOR CYCLISTS INJURED.

    On the Peak Hill road, five miles from Parkes, last evening. Cyril Parker, 24, and James Harrison, 15, were riding on a motor cycle to Parkes when it collided with a car, ...

    Article : 77 words
  24. "RELIEF WORK MONEY NOT INCOME"

    Mr. A. Mair, M.L.A., has received a letter from the Department of Labour and Industry with reference to representations regarding the earnings of men employed under the ...

    Article : 123 words
  25. SERIOUS PLAGUES

    The Manchukuo Government is making desperate efforts to prevent the southward spread of the dreaded bubonic and pneumonic plagues, which are at present raging in the ...

    Article : 131 words
  26. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 325 words
  27. £15,000 MUNICIPAL LOAN.

    The Tamworth Municipal Council has accepted an advance of £15,000 from the Unemployment Relief Council for the erection of a war memorial, a town hall, and municipal ...

    Article : 83 words
  28. A DISSATISFIED COUNCIL.

    The Cooma Municipal Council is dissatisfied with the restriction on the number of local unemployed allowed to work for the dole, and with the absence of unemployed relief grants. ...

    Article : 82 words
  29. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of gold to-day was £6/12/9 an ounce fine, compared with £6/13/9 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. ...

    Article : 458 words
  30. TARIFF BOARD.

    "You have presented one of the most comprehensive statements submitted to the Board," said Mr. A. D. J. Forster, a member of the Tariff Board, yesterday, when Mr. ...

    Article : 400 words
  31. FARMER HELPS UNEMPLOYED YOUTHS.

    A farmer at Chipping Norton has gives two unemployed youths a portion of his land to work, on the understanding that me la[?] will share the fruits of their labour. The ...

    Article : 88 words
  32. Advertising

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    Advertising : 213 words
  33. AGE OF THE EARTH.

    In a lecture on the "Age of the Earth," delivered at the Royal Society last night. Dr. G. D. Osborne said the oldest radioactive minerals had ages of the order of 1450 ...

    Article : 141 words
  34. BOWRAL FLOWER SHOW.

    A successful daffodil and spring flower show, organised by the Bowral Hospital Auxiliary, was held in St.Jude's Hall. The blooms shown were exceptionally fine. A ...

    Article : 193 words
  35. GOLF IN BRITAIN.

    Surprises in the "News of the World" golf tournament to-day were the defeat of A. H. Padgham by B. Hodson, and the defeat of C. A. Whitcombe by R. R. Burton, the latter ...

    Article : 205 words
  36. MURDER OF WOMAN.

    Twenty-one month after Nora Upchurch was found strangled in an empty shop in Soho, London, on October 2, 1931, Frederick Field surrendered to the police and confessed ...

    Article : 163 words
  37. NEW NAME FOR WOY WOY.

    The Woy Woy and District Chamber of Commerce has decided to invite Wcy Woy Shire Council's co-operation in having the name of Woy Woy changed to a mo[?] ...

    Article : 36 words
  38. IRISH FREE STATE.

    There were riotous scenes when the Irish Free State Government offered at auction six cows seized for non-payment of rates owed by a Tipperary farmer. Hundreds of farmers ...

    Article : 134 words
  39. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 170 words
  40. PUNT CONTROL CHANGED.

    Owing to heavy losses on the Wiseman's Ferry power punt, which crosses the Hawkesbury River on the old main northern road, the four councils concerned. Erina, Hornsby, ...

    Article : 55 words
  41. LITHGOW ACCEPTS RELIEF SCHEME.

    The Lithgow Council has decided to inform the Government that it is now agreeable to works being carried out in its area under the work-for-dole scheme. It has also been decided ...

    Article : 65 words
  42. PERTH'S ANZAC HOUSE.

    The executive of the Returned Soldiers' League yesterday accepted a tender of £19,689 for the construction of Anzac House, in St.George's-terrace, where land was ...

    Article : 34 words
  43. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes ot Suburban Picture Theatres will be found in the Amusement Advertisement Column. ...

    Article : 16 words
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