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  2. HOW ELECTRICITY IS DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE METROPOLITAN AREA.

    The above map shows the area in which the City Council supplies current direct to consumers and the municipalities in which it is supplied in bulk to the local councils, who do the reticulation. Arrangements have been completed for the extension of the bulk supply system by the City Council to the districts of Richmond and Windsor. The Electric Light and Power Supply Corporation, Limited, supplies the municipalities of Ashfield, Petersham, Balmain, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 129 words
  3. ELECTRICITY.

    One of the reasons given for the proposal to change the method of control in the generation and supply of electricity is that under a properly co-ordinated system for the ...

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  4. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Jean Brett Schneider, who met with a shocking burning accident a few days ago, died in the district hospital. ...

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  5. AIR MAIL ROUTE.

    The Queensland Government intends to make representations to induce the Commonwealth Government to alter its decision garding the route of the England-Australia ...

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  6. BUS ROUTES.

    The Commissioner for Transport announced yesterday that from to-night the following privately-operated services would be discontinued:— ...

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  7. FEDERAL SESSION.

    The Senate to-day made rapid progress, in committee, on the Customs Tariff Bill. Senator Dunn (Lang Lab., N.S.W.) moved that the House of Representatives be ...

    Article : 727 words
  8. FIRE IN STORE.

    A fire at the premises of A. H. Mack[?] and Co., merchants, at the corner of Wilson and David streets, early this morning, caused damage which may run into several thousands ...

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  9. MONEY LOST AND FOUND.

    Mrs. J. Mccormack recently lost a handkerchief in which was wrapped 11 £10 notes, and she recovered it two days later. It had been found on the floor of a shop she had ...

    Article : 56 words
  10. FORBES LANDING GROUND.

    As a result of the interest aroused in the Yellow Waterhole landing ground through the visits of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Mr. C. T. Ulm, it is announced that a flight of six ...

    Article : 151 words
  11. PRAYER AND FASTING.

    Thirty-six hours of sustained prayer and fasting were completed by the Rector of St. John's parish, Albany, the Rev. A. E. White, at 7 o'clock this evening. The prayer and ...

    Article : 148 words
  12. CROWN WITNESSES ABSENT.

    At the Quarter Sessions, before Judge Clancy, William Richmond was acquitted of maliciously wounding Alick Schumack at Bingara on April 20 last. ...

    Article : 96 words
  13. ADAM LINDSAY GORDON.

    The centenary of the birth of Adam Lindsay Gordon, the Australian poet, which will be celebrated on October 19 of this year, will probably be marked by the placing of a ...

    Article : 61 words
  14. FRAUDULENT CONVERSION CHARGE.

    At the police court yesterday, before Mr. E. T. Oram, P.M., Francis Charles Hurrell was charged with fraudulently converting to his own use the sum of £2/8/4, the property of ...

    Article : 91 words
  15. PRIME MINISTER.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons), who, with Mrs. Lyons, received an enthusiastic welcome at a civic reception to-day, said his visit to Queensland was in fulfilment of a ...

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  16. SISTER F. L. LOWE.

    On June 1 Miss Fannie Lowe, assistant matron of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, retired after 33 years' service. Sister Lowe was trained at the Royal Prince ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  17. DR. R. S. MILLARD

    After more than 40 years' association with the Public Service, Dr. B. S. Millard, medical superintendent of the Coast Hospital, has been granted three months' leave of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 301 words
  18. CITY FIRE.

    A spectacular fire occurred in the city early this morning, when large quantities of chemicals caught alight in a photographer's studio on the second floor of Johnson's Buildings, in ...

    Article : 221 words
  19. THE TWEED BAR.

    Protests continue to be made by public bodies, the Press, and by public meetings, at the Government's neglect of the river entrance. There has been no boat in or out ...

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  20. MOLONG HOSPITAL.

    The Minister for Health (Mr. Weaver) said yesterday that recently he had approved of certain additions and repairs to the Molong Hospital, provided the local hospital board ...

    Article : 70 words
  21. HOTEL DESTROYED.

    The Post Office Hotel at Carroll was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. Only a few personal articles of the proprietress, Mrs. Westman, were saved. ...

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  22. THE CALL-UP

    A call-up for employment will be made on Monday by the Wollongong branch of the Government Labour Exchange for all men over the age of 21 years at present receiving food ...

    Article : 77 words
  23. INCINERATOR SITE.

    A suggestion was made to the Land Board yesterday that the trustees of Moore Park should give evidence to explain their attitude to the site of the proposed incinerator. ...

    Article : 328 words
  24. UNEMPLOYED.

    Members of a deputation to Mr. Crichton, an officer sent by the Government to investigate reported food relief anomalies at Wallerawang, alleged that Mr. Crichton was ...

    Article : 145 words
  25. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 307 words
  26. TELEPHONE.

    Although economic conditions in Australia have fluctuated substantially during the past few years, interstate telephone business has continued to develop. ...

    Article : 211 words
  27. AN APPRECIATION.

    We are told, and righteously so, that we ought to praise famous men, and the exhortation applies with equal force to the commemoration of women who have served their day ...

    Article : 391 words
  28. IRISH FREE STATE.

    The Deputy Prime Minister of South Africa (General Smuts), says the political correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," is interesting himself in the Anglo-Irish dispute, and is ...

    Article : 79 words
  29. INCOME TAXATION.

    Mr. J. A. L. Gunn, the author of several books on income taxation and economic subjects, is returning to Sydney by the steamer Jervis Bay after a visit to Great Britain. Mr. ...

    Article : 58 words
  30. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 258 words
  31. INDIA.

    Mr. Sinah, Chief Presidency Magistrate in Calcutta, rejected a police application for the issue of notice to the Calcutta Corporation restraining the latter from hoisting, on ...

    Article : 101 words
  32. DR. C. A. JARMAN.

    Dr. Charles A. Jarman, city organist of Launceston, Tasmania, has been appointed organist of St. Stephen's, Willoughby. He will begin duty in about six weeks' time. Dr. ...

    Article : 76 words
  33. THE TARIFF.

    Rapid progress was made in the discussion of the itemised tariff schedule in the Senate to-day. Within an hour 123 items and subitems were agreed to. For the most part they ...

    Article : 121 words
  34. MR. G. H. HASKINS.

    A presentation by officers of the water and Sewerage Board was made to the chief engineer (Mr. G. H. Haskins), who retired from the services of the board yesterday. The ...

    Article : 204 words
  35. MAN ATTACKED AND ROBBED.

    A man was attacked by two thieves near the Lidcombe railway station, shortly before midnight on Thursday night, and robbed of £2/6/. The man, Fergul Leo O'Halloran, of ...

    Article : 75 words
  36. PRESSURE TUNNEL.

    The Water and Sewerage Board has formulated a reply to the Royal Commission's report on the pressure tunnel and other parts of the board's administration. Copies will be ...

    Article : 274 words
  37. FATAL FALL FROM TRAILER.

    Velva Walsh, 10, was killed this after[?] It is believed that she fell from a trailer, and sustained severe injuries to the back of the head and a fractured lower jaw. ...

    Article : 138 words
  38. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of gold to-day was £6/2/1 an ounce fine, compared with £6/2/2 yesterday. THE PRINCE AS GOLFER. The Prince of Wales qualified for the ...

    Article : 223 words
  39. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 176 words
  40. LIVERPOOL SETTLEMENT.

    The Guild of Empire yesterday presented to Canon Hammond, in furtherance of the work of the pioneer homes settlement scheme at Liverpool, a cheque for £127/2/, the proceeds ...

    Article : 134 words
  41. LATE SPORTING.

    The best tennis of the metropolitan championships was witnessed at Milton to-day, when Goodwin went within a few points of eliminating E. F. Moon from the men's singles. ...

    Article : 111 words
  42. MURDER INQUEST.

    The City Coroner has decided to hold the inquest into the death of Mr. John Rowland on Monday, June 26. The date originally fixed was June 20. John Rowland was shot ...

    Article : 64 words
  43. A MIDNIGHT SAILING.

    The P. and O. liner Maloja left for a cruise to Papua at midnight last night. The unusual occurrence attracted numbers of interested spectators, and the farewell streamers showed ...

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  44. STAFF PRESENTATION.

    Members of the staff at David Jones' old store in George-street yesterday presented the chairman of directors, Mr. Charles Lloyd Jones, with a framed advertisement, which ...

    Article : 50 words
  45. MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED.

    John Hedges, 35, of Cowles-road, Mosman, was seriously injured last night, when he stepped from in front of a stationary taxi-cab in Macquarie-street, city, and was knocked ...

    Article : 45 words
  46. PICNICS ON THE BARRIER REEF.

    Interstate steamship lines have began the practice of landing passengers for picnics on tropical islands on the Great Barrier Reef during the winter tours. ...

    Article : 26 words
  47. SOLDIERS' REUNION.

    A reunion of members of the 13th Battalion, A.I.F., who sailed by the Ulysses on December 22, 1914, will be held in Mr. F. C. Laseron's Rooms, 56 Pitt-street, on June 24, at 7.45 p.m. ...

    Article : 38 words
  48. LATE SHIPPING.

    AUCKLAND.—Arr: June 16, Mariposa, from Los Angeles; Canonesa. from London. Dep: June 16, Mariposa, for Sydney. ...

    Article : 18 words
  49. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of Suburban Picture Theatres will be found in the Amusement Columns on Page 2 to-day. ...

    Article : 19 words
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