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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. GOVERNOR TO VISIT BREWARRINA

    The Governor (Sir Philip Game) will visit Brewarrina on November 18. On arrival he will be given a civic reception and a public luncheon in the memorial hall. In the afternoon ...

    Article : 68 words
  3. BACK TO PARRAMATTA

    The picturesque history of Parramatta, and incidents associated with the district's development, were described yesterday when the "Back of Parramatta" carnival began. ...

    Article : 595 words
  4. BUILDING. TRADE IMPROVES.

    There has been a remarkable improvement in the building and allied trades throughout the metropolitan area, during the past six months. The keen demand now being made ...

    Article : 1,156 words
  5. TOBACCO INDUSTRY.

    Proposals that £100,000 ue spent over a period of five years for the development of the Australian tobacco industiy were agreed to at a conference of experts of the ...

    Article : 352 words
  6. BRITISH NAVY. SUBMARINE L26.

    Lieutenant-Commander John Hugh Lewis, commander of the submarine L26, was court-martialled on charges of stranding the submarine, and neglecting after the grounding to ...

    Article : 204 words
  7. FEDERAL SESSION.

    By 33 votes to 21, the House of Representatives to-night rejected an amendment by the deputy-leader of the Country party (Mr. Paterson), providing that the duties on galvanised ...

    Article : 1,026 words
  8. STRIKE RESUMED.

    Miners at the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Burwood colliery, who returned to work this morning after two days' idleness caused by a dispute over the employment of boys ...

    Article : 384 words
  9. WINOOKA FAILS AT LAUREL PARK.

    The Australian horse Winooka, ridden by E. Britt, made a poor showing in the six furlongs "Challenger Invitation" race at Laurel Park to-day. He was never in the race, and ...

    Article : 710 words
  10. NYMBOIDA SCHEME.

    The Clarence River County Council had before it reports on numerous applications for rural lines, and it approved the construction of four—between the existing Coldstream line ...

    Article : 51 words
  11. PRICE OF PETROL.

    The Goulburn Chamber of Commerce decided to write to the Motor Traders' Association urging that the price of petrol be reduced. Sydney, it was pointed out was obtaining ...

    Article : 64 words
  12. FERRY ADRIFT.

    Both ferries on the Lower Tweed and the Boyd's Bay ferry across the Terranoa were out of commission during the week-end. The hawser broke when the Boyd's Bay punt was ...

    Article : 73 words
  13. FRENCH CABINET.

    M. Sarraut has formed a Radical Ministry, and becomes Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. M. Paul-Boncour goes to the Ministries of ...

    Article : 102 words
  14. SMASHING OF SHOP WINDOW.

    Reuben Stafford, 46, was to-day lined £20, and ordered to pay compensation of £20, on a charge of maliciously smashing a window, the property of M. Campbell and Co. Stafford ...

    Article : 67 words
  15. ILLEGAL USE OF CAR ALLEGED.

    Leonard Albert Simmons, 23, Arthur Tindall, 18, and Kenneth Wright, 18, were charged at the Orange Police Court with having stolen a motor car valued at £150, the ...

    Article : 71 words
  16. COAL EXPORTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 284 words
  17. TRADE AGREEMENT.

    Further commendatory references to the new trade agreement between Australia and New Zealand were made by business men yesterday. "We are hopeful that the new agreement ...

    Article : 364 words
  18. MENTAL DEFECTIVES.

    The sterilisation of mental defectives continues to be a matter of intense public debate. Dr. Cyril Burt, Professor of Psychology at ...

    Article : 143 words
  19. STATE MODERATOR.

    The Rev. D. F. Brandt, State Moderator of the Presbyterian Church, was given a civic reception at Narrabri. He officially opened the Presbyterian Church fair. He conveyed ...

    Article : 91 words
  20. ROAD DANGERS

    The need for greater consideration by motorists for other road-users, in order to prevent unnecessary accidents, was emphasised by the divisional engineer or the Main Roads ...

    Article : 120 words
  21. WHEAT SURPLUS.

    Further efforts to induce the Federal Government to purchase the unexportable surplus wheat crop will be made in the House of Representatives to-morrow morning by Country ...

    Article : 128 words
  22. 100,000 PRISONERS

    The Soviet Government's flair for grandscale operations is further evidenced by the mustering of 100,000 convicts and political prisoners of both sex to excavate an 80-mile ...

    Article : 113 words
  23. MAN'S BODY IN RIVER.

    The body of William Henry Creighton, 55, who had been missing from the Commonwealth Sugar Refining Company's mill since Sunday morning, was found in the Tweed ...

    Article : 35 words
  24. COUNTRY WOMEN'S CONFERENCE.

    Mrs. R. H. Dangar, of Coolah, president of the Mudgee-Coolah group of the Country Women's Association, presided at the group's confernce here to-day. ...

    Article : 102 words
  25. CASUALTIES.

    The woman whose body was found in Sydney Harbour on Wednesday, after the had fallen from the bridge, was identified yesterday as Mrs. Lucina Lillian Moye, 65, of Wagga, ...

    Article : 543 words
  26. THE CALL-UP

    A call-up for employment is announced for to-day. Details appear on page 18, column six. ...

    Article : 19 words
  27. WINOOKA'S OPPONENTS.

    Mate, the winner of the Baltimore race yesterday, was a contemporary of Twenty Grand and Equipoise, when all were three-year-olds in 1931. On May 9 of that year he defeated ...

    Article : 542 words
  28. ENDURANCE SWIMMING.

    Swimmingly continuously for 79 hours 24 minutes in the Royal Lakes at Rangoon, P. K. Ghose, a young Bengali from Calcutta, claims to have broken the world's record ...

    Article : 73 words
  29. MAN LOST IN BUSH.

    A returned soldier, George Quinlan, left Muir, near Tocumwal, yesterday afternoon, with the intention of catching the Melbourne train, but, falling to do so, he was reported ...

    Article : 62 words
  30. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 242 words
  31. OIL FROM COAL.

    It was announced to-day by the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) that, at the request of t[?] Commonwealth Government, the High Commissioner (Mr. Bruce) has approached ...

    Article : 229 words
  32. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of gold a fine ounce was quoted to-day at £6/10/9½, compared with £6/10/1 yesterday. DOLLAR-STERLING EXCHANGE. ...

    Article : 555 words
  33. INTEREST CHARGES.

    A meeting of landowners of the Marthaguy portion of the district decided to petition the Minister for Lands for the removal of the interest charges on bores sunk by the ...

    Article : 150 words
  34. FARMER'S DEATH FROM TETANUS.

    After having suffered for three days from tetanus, Hilton Claude Cranston, 31, a wellknown district farmer, has died in the district hospital. He was married only six months ...

    Article : 36 words
  35. RELIEF WORKS.

    Mr. Hamilton Knight, M.L.A., was advised to-day that relief works are to be started in the town almost immediately. The work-for-the-dole scheme was introduced at ...

    Article : 225 words
  36. Advertising

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    Advertising : 197 words
  37. DAMAGE BY FROST.

    Widespread damage was caused to vines and orchords by a frost which swept through Barossa Valley last night. The damage was done between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m., when ...

    Article : 180 words
  38. SPAIN. Bitter Election Campaign.

    The Madrid correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that election propaganda is in full swing, characterised by the usual violence, including knives and stone-throwing. ...

    Article : 96 words
  39. BILLIARDS RULES.

    Joe Davis, who is at Newcastle, said that he refuses to continue to play baulk-line billiards, and will in future play according to the ordinary rules, with a limit of 50 cannons, ...

    Article : 69 words
  40. INDIAN TRADE.

    The British Senior Trade Commissioner in India and Ceylon (Sir Thomas Ainscough), reviewing conditions and prospects of United Kingdom trade in India, says that the year ...

    Article : 121 words
  41. BASIC WAGE.

    The following additional firms have decided not to take advantage of the latest basic wage reduction:—Vereys, St. James Theatre, St. James Theatre Euilding Pty., Ltd., and ...

    Article : 205 words
  42. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 175 words
  43. OLD LANDMARKS.

    The stone Station House (station master's residence) at Mount Victoria, which was built in 1868, is to be demolished by order of the health authorities. ...

    Article : 196 words
  44. EXPORT INDUSTRIES.

    A return presented to the House of Representatives to-day stated that assistance totalling £659,325 had been granted to selected export industries under the Export Guarantee ...

    Article : 77 words
  45. GERMANY.

    The British Ambassador to Berlin (Sir Eric Phipps) states the Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," has handed a British Note to the German Government asking for ...

    Article : 140 words
  46. RANGERS' LEAGUE.

    The report of the council of the Rangers' League, presented at the annual meeting of the league last night, stated that as an indication of the public confidence in the league, ...

    Article : 110 words
  47. FRENCH MURDER TRIAL.

    A message from Paris says that at the trial to-day of Katherine and Philomene Schmidt, beautiful German sisters, and Georges Sarret, an Italian-born lawyer, on charges of murder ...

    Article : 116 words
  48. SUPPOSED LOSS OF MEMORY.

    Rockdale police believe that Percival Joseph Taylor, 38, who has been missing from his home in Ke[?]t-street, Rockdale, since Tuesday, is suffering from loss of memory. Taylor is ...

    Article : 64 words
  49. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

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

    Article : 18 words
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