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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. BOY CRUSHED BY WOOD

    Cecil McDonald, 10, was crushed by not rolling from his father's dray. He received broken ribs and internal injuries. His condition is serious. ...

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  3. RAIN IN QUEENSLAND.

    Further torrents of rain fell in the north during the week-end, accompanied by electrical disturbances. It is estimated that about another foot of rain fell at Cairns, making ...

    Article : 154 words
  4. SAYONARA CUP.

    After a strenuously foueht race yesterday afternoon, the Victorian challenger, Vanessa won the fourth heat of the Sayonara Cup series by the narrow margin of 10 seconds. Norn. ...

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  5. BROOMS SYNDICATE.

    A claim arising out of the operations of Brooms Syndicate, which was formed to conduct lotteries in Europe, wes heard in the Supreme Court to-day, when Edward John ...

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  6. BAND CONTESTS.

    The first part of the A grade bands' competition was held at the Sydney Snorts Ground last evening, when four bands successively played the prescribed test piece—the ...

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  7. SOUTH AFRICANS.

    South Australia had to fight nearly all day at Adelaide Oval to-day to wipe off its deficit of 315 in the match against the South Africans, and it was not until after 5 o'clock that ...

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  8. INDIAN EXTREMISM.

    The Government's action to meet the civil disobedience campaign is more than justified by the first results. While it is premature to suggest that the movement is broken, there ...

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  9. SHIELD CRICKET.

    New South Wales has set Victoria a very stiff task in the return Sheffield Shield match at the Sydney Cricket Ground. When stumps were drawn last night, the visitors, with all ...

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  10. DEATH OF MR. N. O. GLASSON.

    Mr. Nell Oswald Glasson died at the [?] of 37 years at his home on Saturdav after a long illness. He was a leading grazier of the district, and a member of the Shiel [?] ...

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  11. COTTAGE DESTROYED.

    A wood and iron dwelling, with its [?] owned by J. J. Dwyer, was burnt to the ground last night. The owner was [?] at the time. ...

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  12. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    The Liverpool Council recently proposed to the Government that doctors attending people in unemployed camps should be subsidised by the Government. The Minister for Health ...

    Article : 64 words
  13. LANDOWNERS' FIGHTING FUND.

    At a meeting of the Moree Lando[?]. Association, it was decided that in addition to the annual subscription of 10/, member will pay into the association 10/, for [?] ...

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  14. THIEVES THWARTED.

    Two men attempted to break into the home of Mr Edward C Riley, M.P., in Eastern-avenue, Kensington, early yesterday morning, but were disturbed by a maid. ...

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  15. FIRE AWAKENS SLEEPERS.

    A fire at 2.30 this morning destroyed six-roomed weatherboard cottage and its [?] tents. The cottage was occupied by [?] Willmott, who, with a maid, was sleeping [?] ...

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  16. COUNTRY PARTY.

    The propriety of the action of the Country party in determining to contest every country seat at the next State elections has been questioned by United Australia party supporters ...

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  17. MODERN DAIRYING.

    Mr. M. Mcclelland, of Morren station, [?] the Castlereagh, is installing a modern [?] ing plant, worked by power. This is the [?] movement to introduce dairying in these[?] ...

    Article : 96 words
  18. ECONOMIC TROUBLES.

    "All countries are asking whether the world is sinking into chaos." said Sir Walter Layton, the economist. Troubles were pronounced in countries ...

    Article : 164 words
  19. CASUALTIES.

    Norman White, 9, of Austin-street, Lane Cove, was knocked down by a motor car in Northwood-road, Lane Cove, yesterday. Central District Ambulance took him to the ...

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  20. YOUTHS' THEFTS

    "In olden days they would have called you bushrangers," said Mr. Nott, S.M., at the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, when sentencing three Queensland youths to terms of ...

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  21. DEATH FROM POISONING.

    Edward Power, 31, unemployed, a [?] [?] Yorkshire, died in hospital this afternoon [?] poisoning. He had been living for the last [?] months at an unemployed camp. ...

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  22. OBITUARY.

    Mr. William George Matchett, one of the best known pastoralists in New South Wales, died at his home, Borambil, Manly, on Friday. Mr. Matchett was born at Kilmore, Victoria, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 405 words
  23. CITY FINANCES.

    Though the City Council budgeted for a deficit in the city fund account of £95,634 in 1931, the actual deficit for the year is expected te be £89,649. The total expenditure ...

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  24. LITHGOW SHEEPSHEARLNG MACHINER.

    Mr. Lawson, M.P., has given an [?] that he will use every endeavour to protect [?] manufacture of sheepshearing machinery [?] the Small Arms Factory. Mr. Lawson [?] ...

    Article : 111 words
  25. SAILING.

    Eighty-five sailing craft of different classes competed in the sailing events to-day (Australia Day). The New South Wales representatives, Australia and Arrawatta, participated ...

    Article : 61 words
  26. SHANGHAI.

    Frantic preparations are being made by the Chinese to withstand the threatened attack by the Japanese and the forcible occupation of the Chinese areas around Shanghai. ...

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  27. THEFT FROM STORE.

    Ingham Bros.' store was entered on Saturday night or early on Sunday morning, and a [?] watch, tobacco, and clothing to the [?] of £30 were stolen. The till was also [?] ...

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  28. FATHER HURT WHILE SAVING CHILD.

    Mr. M. P. Loth, superintendent of the [?] lance, was removing electric light wires [?] trees after an entertainment at the [?] when his ladder slipped. Mr. Loth [?] ...

    Article : 101 words
  29. THE CALL-UP

    A call-up will be made to-morrow, as follows:— Labourers and Navvies.—Those married men with registration numbers from A45001 to ...

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  30. BOY SAVED FROM DROWNING.

    Len Hannam, 8, of Sydney who was [?]ing his holidays at Singleton had a [?] escape at the municipal swimming baths [?] terday afternoon. He got beyond his [?] ...

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  31. AUSTRALIAN AUTHORESS.

    The Australian-born novelist, Helen de Guerry Simpson, now resident in London, has eclipsed her earlier works with her novel, "Boomerang," published to-day by Messrs. ...

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  32. ELECTION IN GUYRA SHIRE.

    The extraordinary election in the C [?] of the Guyra Shire, caused by the resignation of Councillors H. A. Chisholm and T. F [?] resulted:—Thomas Francis Grills. 149: [?] ...

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  33. INDEX.

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  34. MENTAL HOSPITALS.

    "The mental hospitals throughout the State are seriously overcrowded: Kenmore is suffering from lack of facilities, too, but it is better situated than the others." This statement was ...

    Article : 177 words
  35. FOOD RELLEF FRAUD

    Before Mr. P. Harvey, J.P., and Mr. C Underwood, J. P., Joseph George Broader [?] of no fixed address, was charged with [?] received, under false pretences, the sun ...

    Article : 111 words
  36. TEACHER'S HOME BURNT.

    The house of the school teacher at [?] beran (Mr. S. H. Graham) was destroyed fire early on Sunday morning. Mr. Grahm was absent in Sydney on holidays, so [?] ...

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  37. NORTHERN COLLIERIES.

    When the Colliery Employees (North) Conciliation Committee resumed its sitting at the Newcastle courthouse to-day agreement was reached among the parties concerning ...

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  38. SIR ALFRED YARROW.

    The death has occurred of Sir Alfred Yarrow, whose use of a steam-driven motor car in 1861 was mainly responsible for the Act of Parliament ordering that mechanical road ...

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  39. WHARF WORK.

    The Commonwealth Steamship Owner's Association, the Adelaide Steamship Co., Ltd., and other employers, have filed a new log with the Arbitration Court in answer to the ...

    Article : 495 words
  40. SKULL FOUND.

    Some boys, digging in the sand at [?] beral this afternoon, discovered a [?] which the Government medical officer [?] to be that of a young man about 21 [?] ...

    Article : 420 words
  41. RAZOR SLASHING.

    A serious case of razor slashing, following a brawl between a group of Italians and Australians, in a hotel bar, occurred at Griffith late on Saturday afternoon. Police believe ...

    Article : 199 words
  42. Advertising

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  43. YOUTH ARRESTED.

    Detective-constable Harper arrested a wanted youth at Randwick yesterday, after a brisk chase from an empty house, where he had hidden, to await the suspect's return. ...

    Article : 148 words
  44. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The French airmen, Codos and Robida, arrived at Paris from Saigon (Cochin-China), after a 76-hour flight, beating the record established by Costes and Bellonte. ...

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  45. KINGSFORD SMITH,

    The Minister for Defence (Sir George Pearce) said to-day that there was no position available in the Defence Department for Air Commodore Kingsford Smith, and no ...

    Article : 43 words
  46. RELIEF TAX.

    A: its meeting yesterday, the State Cabinet decided that in future unemployment relief tax payable by Federal Government employees in New South Wales should be collected each ...

    Article : 82 words
  47. NORMAN SMITH.

    Although the tide to-day was the biggest since Mr. Norman Smith's arrival at the Ninety-mile Beach, the surface was not fit for racing owing to wash-outs in the centre ...

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  48. FATAL STRUGGLE

    Evidence concerning a desperate struggle between a man and his father was given at an inquest into the death of Harold McLaren Keats, 44, who died at the Hobart Public ...

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  49. MINERS' DISPUTE.

    The 36 members of the John Darling miners' lodge who have ceased work in sympathy with the Newcastle Seamen's Union campaign age inst the Broken Hill Proprietary Co., ...

    Article : 92 words
  50. TO-DAY.

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  51. BARRACOOTA

    An unusual accident happened at Currumbin, where Mr. James Dee was attacked by a mackerel (known as barracoota), which bit him on the right leg, the wound necessitating ...

    Article : 84 words
  52. MR. LYONS.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) was entertained at a conversazione in the Devonport Town Hall to-night. Mr. Lyons said that he was looking forward to the Ottawa ...

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  53. DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED.

    The State Cabinet decided yesterday to commute, to penal servitude for 10 years, the sentence of death recorded against Loftus Arthur Johns, 45, storekeeper, for feloniously ...

    Article : 45 words
  54. WOMEN MOTORISTS.

    Mrs. D. W. Cummins and Mrs. H. S. Holman, the motorists who arrived in Melbourne last week after having travelled around Australia, will leave here on Wednesday morning. They ...

    Article : 43 words
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