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  2. PRISONER HANGED.

    David Bennett, aged 59 years, who was convicted on a charge of having committed a capital offence against a girl aged four years, was hanged at the metropolitan gaol, Coburg, ...

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  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Mrs. Caroline Franklin, 73, of Manly, reached Albury yesterday to visit her daughter, Mrs. Henry King. During the afternoon she collapsed, and died from heart failure. ...

    Article : 38 words
  4. FRUIT MACHINES.

    Mr. Monahan, K.C., in his address to the Royal Commissioner at the fruit machines inquiry yesterday, suggested, among other things, that his Honor should accept, the evidence of ...

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  5. SURVEY OF BUSINESS CONDITIONS.

    In 1930 the Melbourne University Old Commerce Students' Association appointed a committee to make investigations into fluctuations in business conditions. The committee has ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. RAIL WORKERS.

    Indicating that it thought it was preferable that State tribunals should deal with the fixing of wages and conditions for railways workers, the Full Court of the Arbitration Court ...

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  7. PUBLIC HEALTH.

    At the opening of the 21st annual conference of the Health Inspectors' Association yesterday, the Minister for Health (Mr. Weaver) said that legislation would be ...

    Article : 453 words
  8. AMERICAN WHEAT.

    Representatives of the Federal Farm Board and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation held a conference with President Hoover and the Secretary for Agriculture (Mr. Hyde) at ...

    Article : 122 words
  9. SETTLEMENT OF MEBBIN FOREST.

    The Tweed Shire Council has been urging the throwing open to settlement of Mebbin State Forest. At a meeting of the Council a reply to its representations to the ...

    Article : 92 words
  10. ROTARY CLUB.

    The charter was presented to the Tamworth Rotary Club by the district governor of 76th Rotary International (Mr. Ben R. Gelling), in the presence of many visiting Rotarians. Mr. ...

    Article : 52 words
  11. AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS

    Announcing the German Cabinet's decision to restrict agricultural imports, including fruit and butter, for which quotas will be fixed by negotiation, the Minister for Agriculture ...

    Article : 101 words
  12. WARSHIP'S STORES.

    Charges of having improperly left his ship, neglecting certain duties, and fraudulent conversion to his own use of £17 were preferred, at a court martial, against Samuel George ...

    Article : 137 words
  13. SELF-HELP PRAISED.

    The official opening of the North Derrigo Public School extension, which comprises a new classroom, was performed by Mr. W. Mann, district inspector of schools, on ...

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  14. BAGSNATCHERS

    While standing at the corner of Marchant and Cambridge streets, Stanmore, at about six o'clock last night, Nellie Nash, of Harrow-road, Stanmore, had her bag, containing 15/, ...

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  15. HEAD-ON COLLISION.

    Two cars collided head-on on Glen Innes-road. One, driven by Mr. A. R. Ross, an employee of the Bannockburn Shire contained his wife and family, who were returning from ...

    Article : 68 words
  16. BODIES FOUND IN RIVER.

    The body of James Alexander, a grazier, need 56, was found floating in the McIntyre River on Saturday. Alexander was once owner of Sunbury Station, near Garah, and was ...

    Article : 79 words
  17. RACE CLUB FUNDS.

    Frederick Deuchar McVay, formerly secretary of the Takapuna Jockey Club, pleaded guilty in the police court to charges of stealing various moneys belonging to the club, ...

    Article : 70 words
  18. OBITUARY.

    Dr. Archibald W. G. Murray, whose death occurred last Friday as the result of a motor accident at Colac (Vic.), was well known throughout the western district of Victoria. ...

    Article : 211 words
  19. YOUTH ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.

    Lawrence Adams, 17, was shot through a foot on Cooinoo station yesterday when the charge in the gun he was holding exploded He was admitted to the Moree District ...

    Article : 44 words
  20. DAIRY COMMISSION.

    In a statutory declaration which was read before the Dairy Commission to-day Laurence Michael Kennedy, a butter expert, of East Crescent-street, North Sydney, who was ...

    Article : 147 words
  21. EXPLOSION IN KITCHEN.

    Francis Bridgewater, aged 25 years, was severely burnt about the face, eyes, and mouth yesterday afternoon, when a quantity of ammonia exploded in the kitchen of a house ...

    Article : 88 words
  22. HOSPITAL MAY HAVE TO CLOSE.

    At a meeting of the Moruya Hospital Board it was stated that if some Government financial assistance was not forthcoming soon the institution would have to be closed. The ...

    Article : 67 words
  23. SERIOUS POSITION OF COUNCIL.

    Owing to the serious financial position of the municipal council, a special meeting will be held to-morrow night to go fully into the state of the finances, and to see what can be ...

    Article : 67 words
  24. THE CALL-UP

    A call-up for employment will be made to-day as follows:- "E" classification.—Pipe-joiners (cast iron), report at 2 p.m. ...

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  25. MRS. J. P. FRANKI.

    The funeral of Mrs Bessie Franki widow of the late Mr. J. P. Franki, late managing director of Morts Dock and Engineering Co., Ltd., took place yesterday, the interment ...

    Article : 312 words
  26. CONSIGNMENT OF BANANAS.

    The first consignment of bananas for Western Australia comprised 142 cases, shipped under the arrangements recently made by the New South Wales Banana-growers' ...

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  27. UNEMPLOYED YOUTH.

    An unemployed youth made a desperate attempt to leap from the Harbour Bridge last night, but was prevented by a pedestrian, who overpowered him after a fierce struggle. ...

    Article : 104 words
  28. DISTINGUISHED LIBRARIAN.

    MR. HUGH WRIGHT, librarian of the Mitchell Library, whose approaching retirement is announced on another page to-day. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  29. SHEEP LOSSES.

    Losses of newly shorn sheep during the recent wet period have been heavy in some parts of the district One owner, near Ashford, lost 1700 out of a flock of 3800. Another in ...

    Article : 43 words
  30. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 317 words
  31. TROUT FRY LIBERATED.

    This week the members of the Orange Trout Fishing Club liberated 30,000 trout fry is Orange district waters, and next week 90,00[?] will be distributed at the Spring Creek and ...

    Article : 54 words
  32. SCHOOLBOY'S CHALK.

    Conscience money is received by the Government departments almost dally. Some of it is for unpaid accounts; some for petty thefts: some for avoided railway and tramway ...

    Article : 104 words
  33. ACCIDENT PROVES FATAL.

    Matthew Duffy, who was injured by falling from a tree last Thursday, at Burrapine, died to-day without having regained consciousness. ...

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  34. RETURNED SOLDIER DROWNED.

    The body of a returned soldier, Patrick Hannanbury, who had been missing for a week from his camp on the river bank, was found in the Murrumbidgee, two miles below Hay, ...

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  35. MR. R. H. BARBER.

    Mr. Robert H. Barber who died in a private hospital on Saturday after a severe heart attack, was well known in insurance circles in Sydney havin[?] been associated with the ...

    Article : 343 words
  36. THEFT FROM STORE.

    The back door of Fuller and Meyers' store was found wide open this morning and a quantity of tobacco and clothing was missing. The thieves entered through a fanlight. No ...

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  37. ATTACK ON TARIFFS.

    "Protection is a superstition which degrades and embitters public life," said Mr. C. R. Swan, vice-president, in an address at the annual commemmoration of the birth of the ...

    Article : 244 words
  38. DETECTIVES' WATCH.

    Detectives have travelled in workmen's trains for the last week, dressed as workmen. and with lunches under their arms, to search for men who have slashed the fittings of ...

    Article : 121 words
  39. RELIEF FERRY WANTED.

    Tweed Shire councillors think the main roads authorities should provide a relief ferry for use at Chinderah or Boyd's Bay. It was pointed out that both ferries would have to be ...

    Article : 70 words
  40. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 263 words
  41. COUNTRY PARTY RESOLUTION.

    "If the country is to be saved the country people must save it," said Mr. P. A. Wright at a meeting of the United Country party at Tamworth. It was decided to form a speakers' ...

    Article : 110 words
  42. MINISTER'S WARNING.

    The Minister for Labour (Mr. Dunningham) said yesterday a deputation had pointed out to him that certain bedding manufacturers were using second-class filling materials and ...

    Article : 123 words
  43. TEXTILE TRADE.

    The employers in the textile trade in New South Wales have been served with a log of wages and conditions by the Australian Textile Workers' Union. The union claims a ...

    Article : 93 words
  44. GLASS [?]DUSTRY.

    Mr. George Shramko, expert on glass manufacture to the Australian Glass Company, returned to Sydney yesterday by the steamer Jervis Bay from Europe, where he investigated ...

    Article : 104 words
  45. RABBIT MENACE.

    At a meeting of the Coolah Shire Council the menace of landholders from rabbits on stock reserves was considered. A letter was received from the Coonabarabran Pastures ...

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  46. MR. F. W. SELLEY.

    Mr. Frederick William Selley, of Strath-field, died at a private hospital on Sunday, aged 70 years. He was a native of Islington, England, and was widely known in this ...

    Article : 163 words
  47. CASES OF SUICIDE.

    "It is, I think, beyond dispute that the publication of evidence given at inquests on persons who commit suicide induces people who might otherwise continue to fight against ...

    Article : 103 words
  48. LABOUR UNITY.

    Alderman J. S. Garden, leader of the N.S.W. delegation to the recent conference of the All-Australian Council of Trade Unions, on his return to Sydney yesterday, stated that the ...

    Article : 139 words
  49. TO-DAY.

    Town Hall: Szigeti, with Conservatorium Orchestra, 8. Theatre Royal: "Captain Brassbound's Conversion," [?] ...

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  50. PROPOSED "FISH PASS."

    The Minister for Health (Mr. Weaver) has notified the Chief Secretary Mr. Chaffey that, regarding the desirability of providing a "fish pass" over the dam erected on the Namol ...

    Article : 85 words
  51. MEMBERS' PAY.

    The Haberfield branch of the United Australia party carried a resolution which declared that the suggested reduction of 12/6 a week in Parliamentary salaries was ...

    Article : 54 words
  52. WINDOWS BROKEN.

    Guests at the Hotel Kurrajong to-night were startled by a series of loud reports. They found a man standing in a quadrangle bombarding the windows on the ground floor ...

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  53. SIR EDWARD MILLER.

    Sir Edward Miller, aged 84 years, died to-day. He was elected to the Legislative Council in 1892, and remained in politics for 20 years. He was a director of a number of ...

    Article : 57 words
  54. INJURED MINISTER.

    Dr. Windsor, of Brisbane, flew to Nambour to-day to attend to the Minister for Transport (Mr. Dash), who was seriously injured yesterday in a railway accident. When Dr. ...

    Article : 61 words
  55. DROVER FINED.

    At Manilla Police Court, Arthur Sproton, of Casino, was charged by Inspector Bell, of Tamworth P.P. Board, with "loafing" 313 head of travelling stock on a reserve near Manilla. ...

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  56. GELIGNITE IN SHOP.

    An attempt to blow up a butcher's shop at Quairading with gelignite was made on Saturday night, but as a detonator was not used with the fuse, the explosion did not occur ...

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  57. REPORTED ROBBERIES.

    A Jemmy was used to force open a door of the Covent Garden Hotel, in Hay-street, city, and £100 worth of tobacco, cigarettes, matches, rum, whisky, and brandy, the ...

    Article : 127 words
  58. NEWSPAPER'S ANNIVERSARY.

    The newspaper "Dominion" celebrated its 25th anniversary to-day. It was marked by a staff dinner, and a presentation to Mr. C. W. Earle, editor and managing director, who has ...

    Article : 44 words
  59. FALL DOWN HOLD.

    Ronald James Hockley, aged 18 years, an apprentice employed on the steamer Baradine, which is berthed at No. 8 wharf, Walsh Bay, was fatally injured yesterday afternoon when ...

    Article : 82 words
  60. BEER "STRIKE"

    About 150 unionists, mostly from the Wyndham meatworks, who are returning to Fremantle by the Koolinda, are maintaining the beer "strike," according to a message from ...

    Article : 64 words
  61. FINED FOR HAVING "BOB IN."

    Several men who admitted that they had "had a bob in," the winner to "shout," were fined at Goulburn Police Court to-day on charges of playing an unlawful game in the ...

    Article : 89 words
  62. ORCHARDISTS' PROTEST.

    A meeting of 130 delegates representing about 890 fruitgrowers of the district, was held at Lisarow to-night. Alleging that the Federal Government, by lifting the embargo ...

    Article : 68 words
  63. FIRE OFFICER'S FAREWELL.

    District Officer Frank McLaughlin, who has completed 34 years' service with the fire brigades, was accorded a presentation and sendoff at the Petersham Fire Station last night ...

    Article : 67 words
  64. GYMKHANA AT WESTMEAD.

    The Parramatta Agricultural and Industrial Society will conduct its second annual gymkhana at the Westmead Showground on Eight-Hour Day. ...

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  65. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programme of suburban picture theatres will be found in the Amusement Section on Page 2 each day. ...

    Article : 22 words
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