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  2. SCOTLAND AND HER TRADITIONS.

    One of the time-honoured functions associated with the day was the largely-attended and representative luncheon, over which the president of the Highland Society (Mr. John ...

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  3. COUNTRY NEWS. RATING EXEMPTION ACT.

    At a meeting of the Corowa Municipal Council, the town clerk reported that as a result of the Rating Exemption Act the council would lose £380 in revenue. It was decided to ...

    Article : 52 words
  4. HEAT WAVE.

    A fresh easterly breeze yesterday checked the rise of temperature in the metropolitan area, and the maximum temperature recorded at the Weather Bureau was 75.2 degrees, at 11.55 ...

    Article : 101 words
  5. THIRD TEST.

    South Africa, which covered itself with glory by dismissing the strong Australian team on a good wicket for 198, and had lost only one wicket for 46 on Thursday, batted ...

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  6. TO-DAY'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. BALMAIN.

    Balmain municipality has been governed during the past three years by a council composed of five Labour aldermen and seven anti-Socialist aldermen. There are 35 ...

    Article : 281 words
  7. GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S CONGRATULATIONS.

    Sir Isaac Isaacs congratulating the drummer of the Highland Society's band, Mr. Alex. Scott, on the band's win yesterday at the Highland Society's gathering. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. CANTERBURY.

    Two non-political parties are opposed to each other in the Canterbury municipality, and the intervention of a State Labour group has further complicated the position. The two ...

    Article : 313 words
  9. WAGGA WATER SUPPLY.

    Considerable anxiety is felt regarding the water supply. During the present heat wave the demand has been so great that pressure has been seriously reduced. Householders found ...

    Article : 61 words
  10. MAN WITH FIREARM.

    Considerable excitement was caused in Darlinghurst yesterday afternoon when police arrested a member of the underworld and charged him with having an unlicensed ...

    Article : 216 words
  11. HORSE'S ATTACK CAUSES INJURY.

    A horse attacked Horace Milton in a paddock yesterday. In his hurry to escape, Milton dislocated a shoulder in getting through a fence. ...

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  12. DEATH OF PRIEST'S MOTHER.

    The death is announced of Mrs. Catherina Butler, of Old Castle, County Westmeath, Ireland, on Christmas Eve. She was the mother of the Rev. Father Butler, of Goulburn, who ...

    Article : 52 words
  13. BRIGHTEST CHRISTMAS FOR YEARS.

    This Christmas has been one of the brightest in Glen Innes for a number of years. Business houses reported a remarkable amount of business. People consider that the outlook is ...

    Article : 48 words
  14. DECLINE IN RAILWAY REVENUE.

    Railway revenue from Christmas passenger and parcels traffic showed a decrease of £63 on last year's figures. The total this year was £933. ...

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  15. PETERSHAM.

    In Petersham all but one of the retiring aldermen are seeking re-election, and in South Kingston Ward the three retiring aldermen have been elected unopposed. Of those ...

    Article : 390 words
  16. MISHAP TO LORRY.

    A motor lorry crashed over the side of Cliff-road, Wollongong, this afternoon, and fell about 10 feet. The accident was due to the driver's endeavour to avoid a collision with a motor ...

    Article : 549 words
  17. ENFIELD.

    The Mayor of Enfield (Alderman S. A. Lloyd) yesterday made a strong appeal for anti-socialist voters to record their votes to-day before setting out for the holiday. He ...

    Article : 304 words
  18. DISTINGUISHED JOURNALIST.

    Mr. C. P. Scott, the former editor of "The Manchester Guardian," whose death is reported from England by cable. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  19. PROFITS FROM GOLD. British Furnaces Busy.

    A big gold rush is taking place to the furnace rooms at Hatton Garden, where thousands of pounds' worth of gold brooches, bangles, rings, and cigarette cases are being melted ...

    Article : 127 words
  20. A SCOTTISH CONCERT.

    Those people who fondly believe that national spirit should be and can be extinguished in the world in order that internationalism may bring in its unknown benefits, ought to go to a ...

    Article : 509 words
  21. FINLAND

    Finland, after 12 years' experience of prohibition, has overwhelmingly voted in a referendum in favour of a return to liquor licences. ...

    Article : 112 words
  22. SMASHED DOOR

    The celebration of the New Year by lighting bonfires led to the appearance of Eric Thompson, 35, and Bernard Russell, 44, labourers, at the Central Police Court yesterday. They ...

    Article : 171 words
  23. WATERLOO.

    Waterloo is one of the suburban councils which has for some years been controlled by a majority of aldermen returned in the Labour Interests. Its retiring Mayor is ...

    Article : 379 words
  24. RANDWICK.

    The Mayor of Randwick (Alderman Moverly) said last night that the Lang candidates had issued scurrilous pamphlets about him and his colleagues regarding council contracts and ...

    Article : 89 words
  25. UNEMPLOYED FIGURES.

    A change which only party riva[?]ries prevented from being made earlier is a new method of announcing unemployment figures to begin in the New Year. The previous ...

    Article : 116 words
  26. YOUNG MAN ARRESTED.

    As the result of the terrible accident at Bondi on Christmas Eve, when Mrs. Ruby Bridon, 48, of Tasman-street, Bondi, and her daughter, Gladys Bridon, 25, were shockingly ...

    Article : 136 words
  27. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 256 words
  28. MUNICIPAL CANDIDATES.

    In the Annandale election, the Progressive party candidates—Messrs. Boyd, Douglas. Francis, Hogan, Howe, McLaughlin, McDonald, Johnston, Marshall, Service, Smith, and ...

    Article : 190 words
  29. MR. G. F. DE SALIS.

    Mr. George Fane De Salis, who was a member of the State Parliament before Federation, has died at his residence, Soglio, Michelago, at the age of 80 years. He was a well-known ...

    Article : 340 words
  30. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Alain Gerbault, who has made many long voyages alone, was sailing a friend's yacht from Marseilles to Cannes when it was disabled by heavy seas and drifted helplessly. ...

    Article : 200 words
  31. BORDER CALEDONIAN SOCIETY.

    At the official luncheon held at the annual gathering of the Tenterfield Border Caledonian Society to-day. Mr. Biuxner, M.L.A., said that never before had it been more necessary for ...

    Article : 393 words
  32. CAR OVERTURNS.

    Mrs. Johanna Hueson, 62, of Carrington-street, Randwick, was killed yesterday morning when a motor car, driven by her husband, overturned on the Pacific Highway, 15 miles from ...

    Article : 92 words
  33. CASUALTIES.

    Mrs. Christina McKenzie, of Ramsay-street, Haberfield, died at the Western Suburbs Hospital yesterday from injuries received when she was thrown from a sulky in ...

    Article : 269 words
  34. YOUTH KILLED.

    After having been struck late last night by a motor car, driven by a man who had stolen it. Ross Thomas, who had been riding a motor cycle, died in the Adelaide Hospital this ...

    Article : 163 words
  35. Advertising

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    Advertising : 206 words
  36. FRACTURED SPINES

    Two bathers, one at Bronte and one at Clovelly, suffered fractured spines yesterday. Sydney Palmer, 51, of Goodlet-street, Surry Hills, was surfing at Bronte when another ...

    Article : 152 words
  37. ALSATIAN IMPRISONED

    Three hundred keenly-interested spectators watched the frantic efforts of four men and a boy to retrieve an expensive Alsatian dog from a 12-inch drain pipe at Rushcutter Bay ...

    Article : 197 words
  38. HANDCUFFED MAN

    A man who had been arrested for stealing, escaped from the custody of a constable on Thursday night, although he had been handcuffed. ...

    Article : 114 words
  39. OBITUARY. MR. M. TOOMEY.

    The death occurred yesterday of Mr. Michael Toomey, city hotel proprietor. Before retiring from the Queensland police force Mr. Toomey was senior police prosecutor in the Brisbane ...

    Article : 53 words
  40. NARROW ESCAPES.

    Mr. David Davies and other occupants of his cottage at the corner of Church and Wellesley streets, Pymble, had narrow escapes yesterday morning, when the building caught ...

    Article : 144 words
  41. TWO MEN DROWNED.

    Eric Hedges, aged 25 years, of Hedges-street, Fairfield, was drowned yesterday at the junction of George's River and Prospect Creek, where he had gone with a picnic party. ...

    Article : 190 words
  42. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 180 words
  43. NEW YEAR'S DAY SERVICES.

    In accordance with custom, a New Year's Day service was held at St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church at 7 o'clock yesterday morning. The Rev. Hugh Paton took for his text a ...

    Article : 197 words
  44. MR. MICHAEL MEAGHER.

    Mr. Michael Meagher died suddenly at his home, Kilrush, Durham-street, Bathurst, to-day, aged 64. A son of the late John Meagher, M.L.C., Mr. ...

    Article : 167 words
  45. BABY'S ADVENTURE.

    When Mr. H. T. Head, farmer, of Crystal Brook, was told that his two-year-old son had fallen down a 26ft well he rushed to the spot and peered down. He was greeted with a ...

    Article : 122 words
  46. FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    The Commonwealth Electoral Office was informed to-day that Senator Payne (U.A.P.) had been re-elected to the third Tasmanian position in the Senate. Senators Sampson ...

    Article : 41 words
  47. ROBBERY AT KENSINGTON.

    Banknotes and personal possessions, to the value of £30, the property of Clarence Joseph Scahill, were stolen from his home in Doncaster-avenue, Kensington, by a thief, who ...

    Article : 42 words
  48. FIRE AT GOLF CLUB.

    Damage estimated at £10 was caused by a fire which broke out early yesterday morning among a quantity of matches and other goods in the boiler house of the New South ...

    Article : 46 words
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