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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. SCARCITY OF FUEL.

    The municipal engineer (Mr. Chaston), in a report to the council, said that fuel was becoming scarce in the district, and that, in a few years, wood and coke would be difficult ...

    Article : 94 words
  3. SIR ALFRED MEEKS.

    Sir Alfred William Meeks, M.L.C., died at his home, Darling Point, early yesterday morning. He was in his 83rd year. Until his health gave way a few weeks ago ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 776 words
  4. LAND TAX.

    The president of the Graziers' Association, Mr. F. H. Tout, said yesterday that landowners throughout the State were awaiting with deep anxiety the details of the Lang ...

    Article : 493 words
  5. U.A.P. CONVENTION.

    The first general convention of the United Australia party in New South Wales will be opened by the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) at the King's Hall. Hunter-street, Sydney, ...

    Article : 252 words
  6. MR. JUSTICE HEYDON.

    Mr. Justice Charles Gilbert Heydon, formerly President of the Board of Trade, died at his home, Grcenknowe-avenue, Potts Point, last night, in his 87th year. Death supervened upon ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 307 words
  7. MOTOR ACCIDENTS.

    Leo McConnell. 21, butcher, of Desmond-street, West Cessnock, and Harry Curry, 21, baker, also of Cessnock, were killed in an accident in which three motor cycles were ...

    Article : 522 words
  8. AVIATION. Outstanding Feats of 1931.

    The International League of Aviators, meeting at Paris, has selected Mlle. Maryse Bastle as having accomplished the most outstanding aviation feat for the year. She holds the ...

    Article : 183 words
  9. RAILWAYS. COMMISSIONER'S REPLY.

    In a further reply last night to matters raised by Mr. W. B. Rogers in his progressive reports to the Premier on the administration of the railways, the Chief Commissioner for ...

    Article : 1,845 words
  10. ALLOCATION OP RELIEF WORK.

    Mr. A. Howell, the town clerk and local agent for the Government Labour Bureau, declared yesterday that no discrimination was shown in the engagement of men for relief ...

    Article : 81 words
  11. FINED FOR LIGHTING FIRE.

    At the Quandialla Police Court, Alfred Lawson was charged with igniting a crop of black oats on his farm at Berendebba, on January 29, within the Weddin Shire, then a prohibited ...

    Article : 96 words
  12. MR. ROGERS' REPORT.

    At the week-end Mr. W. B. Rogers, ex-works manager of the Clyde Engineering Works, submitted a fourth report to the Premier (Mr. Lang), as the result of his investigations into ...

    Article : 794 words
  13. MIGRATION STATISTICS.

    The "Morning Post" quotes statistics from the "Board of Trade Journal" showing that, for the first time, more British people entered Great Britain in 1931 than departed. The ...

    Article : 174 words
  14. VERICT OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH.

    At the inquest on Albert Clive Walters, 16, of Bithramere, who was killed in a collision between his motor cycle and a motor car, driven by Cyril Howarth, on the night of March 2, on ...

    Article : 50 words
  15. FIRES.

    Several fires kept suburban brigades busy during the week-end. Three weatherboard cottages were destroyed. An outbreak in the woolstore of Wincbcombe, Carson, Ltd., ...

    Article : 314 words
  16. THE U.A.P. AT ALBURY.

    An invitation will be sent to Mr. T. R. Bavin to address a public meeting here next week, in the interests of U.A.P. organisation, Local leaders of the party expect that more ...

    Article : 50 words
  17. COWRA HOSPITAL.

    At a meeting of the hospital board, it was decided to apply to the Hospitals Commission for a payment of £400, to meet current expenditure. Receipts for the month totalled ...

    Article : 47 words
  18. DESTRUCTION OF RABBITS

    Several landholders were before the police court on charges of having failed to destroy rabbits. Wingadee Shire Council was also proceeded agatnst for failure to destroy rabbits ...

    Article : 91 words
  19. BARON DAN

    Baron Takuma [?]an, general director of the Mitsui firm, was fatally shot to-day. His assassin was immediately arrested. [Baron Dan, who was 74 years of age, was ...

    Article : 111 words
  20. DEMOCRACY.

    The Anglican Bishop of Bathurst (Dr. Crotty), addressing an assembly of Masons of the western district, said that the people of Australia were tired of words. The rank ...

    Article : 158 words
  21. HELP FOR COONAMBLE HOSPITAL.

    Coonamble Hospital Board has a wages bill aggregating £750 for six months. The secretary applied to the Hospitals Commission for assistance, and the day following a reply ...

    Article : 77 words
  22. TRANSPORT.

    The Premier (Mr. Moore) on Saturday emphatically denied the report from Melbourne that the recent transport conference in Sydney had proposed to eliminate alll motor ...

    Article : 134 words
  23. INCREASED TAXATION.

    A drastic taxation measure agreed upon by both parties in Congress, and having President Hoover's approval, has been drafted. It is designed to produce 1,096,000,000 dollars ...

    Article : 76 words
  24. TRANSFER OF TEACHERS.

    At the last meeting of the Parents and Citizens' Association, a resolution was passed stating that members were satisfied with the action of the Education Department in ...

    Article : 71 words
  25. COKE PRODUCTION.

    The Minister for Mines (Mr. Atherton) said on Saturday that, as a result of negotiations with Mt. Isa Mines, Ltd., the Government had decided to erect coke ovens and ...

    Article : 88 words
  26. MOB ATTACK.

    Two men were injured when a gang of men attacked them in a Newtown hotel on Saturday afternoon. The gang, numbering about 14, drove up to the hotel in a motor lorry ...

    Article : 147 words
  27. ONE-MAN FARMS.

    A committee of the One Man Farms scheme, put forward by the Mayor of Manly (Alderman Trenerry) as a means of alleviating unemployment, made an inspection of the Manly ...

    Article : 127 words
  28. MAN'S BODY [?]OUND IN DAM.

    John Hourn, 78 years, an old resident of Temora, was found dead this morning in six inches of water in a dam near his home, in Britannia-street. He was fully clothed. [?] ...

    Article : 65 words
  29. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Following the short-lived Lappists' revolt in Finland, the ringleaders have sent envoys to the capital, Helsingfors, to arrange terms of capitulation. ...

    Article : 743 words
  30. GREAT DAY AT COMO.

    The annual picnic of the St. Peter's Sunshine Club, the red-letter day in the lives of the poorer children of the district, was held at Como yesterday. ...

    Article : 263 words
  31. SEARCH FOR BATTERY

    Before the horses went to the post for the Leonard Stakes at Flemington on Saturday, six jockeys were called before the stipendiary stewards, who suspected that an electric ...

    Article : 112 words
  32. OLD MAN'S FORTITUDE

    Edwin Charles Chandler, 76, was found at Mangoplah with a bullet wound in the chest above the heart. A bullet had passed through the chest, emerging just under the left ...

    Article : 82 words
  33. CONTINUATION SCHOOLS.

    The evening continuation schools, under the Education Department, will resume work to-night. ...

    Article : 22 words
  34. PETROL IGNITED IN SHOP.

    A serious fire was narrowly averted when petrol became ignited in Mr. S. Sumption's boot shop in Main-street, Wodonga, last night. A tin containing the petrol, with which Mr. ...

    Article : 125 words
  35. CONFLICT OF EVIDENCE.

    There were remarkable conflicts of evidence in a series of betting cases which were heard by Mr. Scobie, P.M., at Katoomba to-day. Charges of illegal betting were made against ...

    Article : 272 words
  36. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 238 words
  37. ALAN FAIRFAX

    A. G. Fairfax, the ex-international cricketer, left Sydney by the Largs Bay on Saturday for England. He was accompanied by his wife. Fairfax is due at Accrington on April ...

    Article : 86 words
  38. BULLOCK RIDERS DISQUALIFIED.

    On the last day of the show the police directed attention to the use of a chemical on bullocks used for riding. Two riders were disqualified. It is said that the chemical is ...

    Article : 46 words
  39. BOY'S FALL.

    When climbing around the cliffs at South Head, near the Hornby lighthouse, late on Saturday afternoon, Malcolm Miller, 14, or Old South Head-road, Watson's Bay, slipped ...

    Article : 128 words
  40. YACHTS COLLIDE.

    In yacht races at Williamstown on Saturday, Mr. Stanley Gamble's racing cutter Petrel collided violently with Mr. Charles Marshall's auxiliary cutter Uira. Petrel was ...

    Article : 96 words
  41. WOMAN HORNED BY COW.

    While Mrs. Frank Cleary was walking in a paddock on her husband's property at Pitt Town Bottoms, near Windsor, she was horned by a cow, a severe wound being inflicted, ...

    Article : 381 words
  42. CZECHOSLOVAKIA.

    The Czechslovak nation will to-day commemorate the 82nd birthday of President Thomos Garrigue Masaryk. The national flag of Czechoslovakia will be flown throughout the ...

    Article : 122 words
  43. THE TEACHERS.

    The question of teachers' liabilities, arising out of a recent case in which damages were awarded against a teacher for having caned a pupil, were discussed at the meeting of the ...

    Article : 347 words
  44. Advertising

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    Advertising : 193 words
  45. EMPIRE CO-OPERATION. Permanent Body Needed.

    "The Times" says that the joint suggestion of the Trades Union Congress and the Federation of British Industries for the creation of a permanent organisation, representing all ...

    Article : 119 words
  46. YACHT TEDDY

    The Norwegian yacht Teddy sailed for Brisbane yesterday, in continuation of her world voyage. Erling Tambs, the owner, expects to remain at Brisbane for about three months, ...

    Article : 74 words
  47. MISSING MAN.

    The Newcastle police announced this evening that a shirt, trousers, boots, and a towel found on the sea-front during the week-end had been identified as belonging to W. T. ...

    Article : 124 words
  48. SENATOR HARDY.

    Speaking at a meeting of the United Country movement at Coonamble, the chairman (Mr. A. J. Macpherson) said that the old Country party for years did no work, and was a ...

    Article : 110 words
  49. ELECTRICAL EXHIBITION.

    Satisfactory progress is reported by the committee of the 1932 Electrical and Radio Exhibition, now being held in the Town Hall, the attendance on Saturday being well up to ...

    Article : 91 words
  50. WAR DEBTS.

    Replying to a question in the House of Commons to-day, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Neville Chamberlain) said that the amount of war debts due to Great Britain ...

    Article : 151 words
  51. THE SUBURBS.

    The Transport Board has informed the proprietor of the bus running from Sutherland to Garnet-road that he must now terminate at Holt-road. The Transport Board has been ...

    Article : 180 words
  52. RAILWAY OFFICER.

    A brutal assault was committed last night at Casino railway station on the night officer, Mr. Tom Hanley, as he was about to step on to the station booking-office platform to ...

    Article : 142 words
  53. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 130 words
  54. MEN KILLED BY TRAIN.

    A man, aged about 20, who has not yet been identified, was killed by a train near the Bankstown station late last night. His head and arms were severed. The body was taken ...

    Article : 89 words
  55. RUSH LEGISLATION.

    Mr. C. A. Kelly, M.L.A., speaking at the opening of the Oberon show, said that Parliament should pass no further legislation for 12 months, but should comprehensively revise the ...

    Article : 69 words
  56. LOSS OF MEMORY.

    Arthur Charles Tregarthen (18), who disappeared from Coolangatta o February 21, when spending a holiday there, wandered back to his home in McKellar-street, Teneriffe, in a ...

    Article : 95 words
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