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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. REMOVAL OF SALEYARDS OPPOSED.

    At a meeting yesterday afternoon, when the removal of the pig saleyaids was considered, it was suggested that the Railway Department be prosecuted for a breach of the health ...

    Article : 124 words
  3. BALLET AND MUSIC.

    National dances, songs, and balalacka and other instrumental numbers mingled in a very long programme presented at the Y.W.C.A. Hall last night by Mr. Arnoldi Spirka, with ...

    Article : 191 words
  4. STATE TAXATION.

    Evidence was given on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday before the committee appointed by the State Government to inquire into the operation of the State Income Tax ...

    Article : 596 words
  5. UNDERGROUND RAILWAY. Longest in the World.

    The last section of the tube railway extension from South Harrow to Cockfosters was opened to the public to-day. This railway is 25 miles in length, and is the longest ...

    Article : 109 words
  6. THE HOSPITALS.

    Speaking at a church ceremony at Wilberforce, near Richmond, Mr. T. E. Rofe, president of the Council of Churches, outlined a scheme designed to replace the State lottery ...

    Article : 328 words
  7. COLD WEATHER.

    For those who were looking forward to an early spring, August opened inauspiciously yesterday. The minimum or early morning temperature was the lowest for the month ...

    Article : 393 words
  8. LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.

    Henri Cochet, the French champion, in action at the Wimbledon championships. Vines and Gledhill (right) congratulating Quist and Turnbull after the victory of the two Australians at Wimbledon. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. DEATH OF MR. JOHN T. BRIDGER

    The death occurred in Sydney of Mr. John Thomas Bridger, aged 81. He had lived here for about 60 years as a blacksmith and wheelwright. He was one of the pioneers of ...

    Article : 117 words
  10. GALES IN ENGLAND.

    High winds and heavy seas around the English coast caused some interference with shipping services to-day. A pinnace from the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert, which is the ...

    Article : 114 words
  11. SHIPPING FREIGHTS.

    Informal conferences have been held in the last few days between representatives of shippers and shipowners. The deadlock on the question of rates of freight is no nearer ...

    Article : 110 words
  12. GOLDEN WEDDING.

    Yesterday, Mr. and Mrs. William Godfrey Butterworth celebrated their golden wedding and received a large number of congratulatory telegrams from Victoria and New South Wales, ...

    Article : 98 words
  13. JEWELS WORTH £20,000

    A sensational recovery is announced or £20,000 worth of jewels which were supposed to have been burnt at Dalmore House, Rossshire. ...

    Article : 104 words
  14. PROPOSED WEIR.

    At the fortnightly meeting of the Moree Municipal Council dissatisfaction was expressed with a report of the Works Department regarding the weir proposed to be placed across ...

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  15. ILLEGAL NETTING

    After an all-night vigil on the cliffs on the west side of Maianbar, Port Hacking River, on the look-out for poachers in the enclosed waters of the river, Inspector J. G. Latta, of ...

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  16. CANBERRA'S FLOWERS.

    Stray early plum blossoms on Canberra trees, in spite of bitterly cold winter weather, give promise of what is to follow in spring. Already the Cootamundra wattles ...

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  17. MACHINERY FOUNDATION MOVES

    Owing to the foundation of the machinery at the local power-house having shifted, the council has asked the Public Works Department to send an engineer from Sydney ...

    Article : 52 words
  18. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of gold to-day was £6/4/ an ounce fine, showing no change from yesterday. STERLING-DOLLAR QUOTATION. ...

    Article : 300 words
  19. OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

    There has been a marked decrease in the number of old-age pensions as a result of the more stringent conditions applied by the Federal Government. ...

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  20. WET SHOW DAYS.

    Despite bad weather on show days, the Hawkesbury District Agricultural Association has had a most successful year, and finished with a credit balance on June 30 of £154, ...

    Article : 40 words
  21. SHIPMENT OF SOVEREIGNS

    The Fiji Commissioners for Currency have shipped by the Oakbank for London 85,000 sovereigns hitherto retained as a guarantee fund, and which are now being sold, the ...

    Article : 44 words
  22. WIRE ENTERS MAN'S EYE.

    Harold Yates, 31, of Goulburn, suffered serious eye injuries at Hoskinstown when the end of a piece of wire which he was cutting flew off and penetrated an eye. It is not yet ...

    Article : 51 words
  23. WATTLE DAY.

    A feature of the celebration of Wattle Day yesterday, under auspices of the New south Wales branch of the Australian Wattle League, was a largely-attended tree-planting ...

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  24. THE CALL-UP

    A call-up for employment is announced as follow:— To-day.—Men receiving food relief in the Baulkham Hills Shire and municipalities of ...

    Article : 94 words
  25. CUSTOMS REVENUE.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 110 words
  26. MAN FOUND POISONED.

    A man who booked in at the Harp Hotel last night was found dead in his bed this morning, medical opinion being that the cause of death was strychnine poisoning. In a ...

    Article : 97 words
  27. OBITUARY. MR. LANCE ELVIN.

    Mr. Lance Elvin, an officer of the Commonwealth Crown Solicitor's office, Sydney, died at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday morning, aged 36 years. Mr. Elvin was ...

    Article : 38 words
  28. MR. J. GUISE.

    Mr. James Guise, fourth son of the late Major John W. Guise a pioneer business man, of North Sydney, died at his home at Undercliffe-street, Neutral Bay, on Monday, aged ...

    Article : 248 words
  29. LORRY OVERTURNS.

    A motor lorry driven by Eric Davis got out of control going down a steep grade on the by-road between the top of the town and the' Jetty, and overturned. Raymond Rice was cut ...

    Article : 49 words
  30. THE KING'S SCHOOL

    The King's School, the oldest Great Public School in Australia, is to be completely remodelled at a cost of some £25,000. While the five Houses will be left substantially ...

    Article : 270 words
  31. FOOTBALL CARNIVAL.

    The president of the New South Wales National Football League (Mr. A. D. Provan) caused a mild stir at the Lord Mayor's welcome to Australian Rules officials and ...

    Article : 698 words
  32. BOY THROWN FROM HORSE.

    Charles Browne, the son [?] Mr. G. Browne, of Kalulah, Mungery, after breaking an arm in a fall from a horse last March was thrown again this week, and broke [?] [?] in each ...

    Article : 43 words
  33. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 269 words
  34. R.P.A. CROSS-WORD COMPETITION.

    Adjudication of No. 2 cross-word competition conducted by the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Auxiliary was concluded yesterday. No one succeeded in correctly solving the ...

    Article : 113 words
  35. FORGED A CHEQUE.

    Leo O'Brien, l8, who pleaded guilty at Maitland Quaiter Sessions to-day to forging a cheque at Paterson, was bound over to come up for sentence within two years if called' ...

    Article : 39 words
  36. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR.

    Mr. Henry Bush (general secretary for N.S.W, of the Christian Endeavour Union) stated yesterday that the National Christian Endeavour Convention would be held at ...

    Article : 131 words
  37. ELECTRICITY CHARGES.

    At the fortnightly meeting of the Morea Municipal Council a letter was received from the Local Government Association concerning the proposed inquiry under tile Gus and ...

    Article : 124 words
  38. MR. J. B. L. CREAK.

    The death of Mr. John Baxter Lee Creak, who was for over forty years connected with the building trade of Sydney, took place on Monday afternoon. He was in his 75th year, ...

    Article : 326 words
  39. CASUALTIES.

    Raymond Clarence Flowers, of Pittwaterroad, Brookvale, narrowly escaped serious injury on Monday night when he was flung against the steering wheel of his car after it ...

    Article : 174 words
  40. CAR COLLIDES WITH TREE.

    A motor car accident occurred on Beachroad on Saturday night, when J Willson, dentist, of Burwood, who is at present spending a holiday at his cottige here, Miss Hann, ...

    Article : 97 words
  41. NEW ZEALAND TARIFF.

    By arriving last night, instead of this morning, the cargo aboard the Wanganella escapes the payment of the Customs increases on certain Australian goods, to be effective ...

    Article : 137 words
  42. Advertising

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    Advertising : 195 words
  43. BONDI AMUSEMENT PARK.

    The Waverley Council decided last night to ask the Premier (Mr. Stevens) to receive a deputation with regard to the proposal to lease portion of Bondi Beach as an amusement ...

    Article : 132 words
  44. WILBERFORCE CEREMONIES.

    The residents of the Wilberforce district held a Back-to-Wilberforce week-end to synchronise with the centenary celebration of the death of William Wilberforce. A ball was ...

    Article : 89 words
  45. DIVORCE ACTION.

    Considerable public interest was taken in a divorce suit which was begun to-day, before Mr. Justice Clark and a jury of seven. Lyle Enid Oldmeadow is petitioning for divorce ...

    Article : 117 words
  46. PRICKLY PEAR INSPECTION.

    The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Main) will visit the Moree district on Monday next After inspecting the prickly pear in the Mungle portion of the district, he will proceed ...

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  47. WEEK-END HOUSE.

    Hoodlums broke into the week-end house of Mr. A. J. Kitchen, at Lilli Pilli, Port Hacking last week. Although nothing more than a quantity of sugar and shotgun cartridges was ...

    Article : 65 words
  48. GREATER NEWCASTLE.

    Newcastle City Council decided this evening to ask the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Spooner) to introduce in Greater Newcastle legislation, in the event of its being found ...

    Article : 104 words
  49. BOND BROKEN.

    Richard Walsh, who was convicted at Sydney Quarter Sessions on October 1, 1931, on a charge of breaking and entering, and was released under a three years' bond, but who ...

    Article : 83 words
  50. AN IRISH INHERITANCE

    Mr. T. G. H. Hall, a New Zealand farmer, who owns property in Ireland, which has been handed down from his great-grandfather, reached Sydney by the Marama from ...

    Article : 115 words
  51. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 214 words
  52. REVUE IN AID OF CHARITY.

    The revue. "Bright Spots," which was presented by "The Follies" Company at the Savoy Theatre last night to assist the Deaf. Dumb and Blind Institute, the Limbless Soldiers' ...

    Article : 163 words
  53. OFFICIAL'S LAPSE.

    Arthur Latimer Stuart, 35, secretary of the East Maitland Returned Soldiers' Club, pleaded guilty at Maitland Quarter Sessions to-day to Iraudulent misappropriation of ...

    Article : 57 words
  54. NYMBOIDA SCHEME EXTENSION

    At a special meeting of the Nambucca Shire Council at Bowraville this morning, representatives of the Nymboida hydro-electric scheme and the Clarence River County Council made ...

    Article : 94 words
  55. THE UNIONS.

    The executive of the Clerks' Union, at a recent meeting, carried a resolution protesting against the introduction of any measure to retire Public servants at the age of sixty ...

    Article : 149 words
  56. BREAKING AND ENTERING.

    Frederick Charles Anderson, who was stated to be 21, to-day pleaded guilty at Maitland Quarter Sessions to three charges of breaking and entering and one of receiving ...

    Article : 145 words
  57. ABORIGINES.

    A scientific expedition which will continue Investigations into the habits of aborignes in the' far north-west of South Australia will leave for Oodnadatta on Thursday morning. ...

    Article : 110 words
  58. OLDEST N.S.W. DOCTOR.

    The death has occurred here at the age of 91 years of Dr. C. M. de Lepervanche, who was the oldest registered medical practitioner in New South Wales, and probably in Australia. ...

    Article : 129 words
  59. PAPER PULP INDUSTRY.

    The Premier (Mr. McPhee) informed a deputation to-day that the paper pulp industry was assured for Tasmania, and that, when experiments which were reachig their final stages ...

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  60. CORPS OF COMMISSIONAIRES SUGGESTED.

    "Liverpool Scottish" suggests, as a means of relieving unemployment among ex-soldiers and ex-sailors, the formation of an Australian Corps of Commissionaires, on similar lines to ...

    Article : 91 words
  61. MOTOR CAR BLOWN OVER.

    A motor car which was blown over twice by exceptionally strong gusts of wind at Fawkner to-day came to rest on its wheels. Its driver, Mr. William James Ryan, 53 years, suffered ...

    Article : 41 words
  62. MILLIONS CLUB.

    Colonel Eric Campbell will' be the guest of the Millions Club at luncheon to-morrow. ...

    Article : 17 words
  63. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of Suburban Pictures Theatres will be sound in the Amusement Column on page 2 to-day. ...

    Article : 18 words
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