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COUNTRY NEWS.
The 6000-ton steamer Asama Maru arrived here early this morning from Japan to load 7000 railway sleepers that had been cut in adjoining forests to the order of the Chinese ...
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PRODUCTION COSTS.
"The statement of Mr. Stevens, M.L.A., at Orange last night that excessive interest rates and capital values were some of the reasons for the reduced income of primary producers ...
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WIRELESS STATION
A meeting of the metal trades unions will be held next week to consider a report that a powerful wireless transmitting station, which will be used by the Council of Churches, is ...
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PYMBLE FOREST
The Premier (Mr. Lang) informed the Labour Caucus yesterday that legislation was to be brought down at an early date to revert the Pymble State forest to its original owners. ...
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EARLY ELECTION.
The possibility of an early election is the chief topic of discussion in political circles and by newspapers in Britain. In Government circles, the feeling is understood to be that ...
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FEDERAL SESSION.
When the House of Representatives met to-day item 136[?] of the tariff, imposing additional duties on wire and wire netting, was discussed. The rates of duty on wire of No. 15 or finer ...
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DOWNING-STREET CONFERENCE.
Messrs. Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin, who are members of the new Government, arriving at Downing Street, just prior to the Labour Government's resignation. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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LODGE INSTALLATION.
The installation of the Worshipful Master of Lodge Canobolas and the investiture of officers took place in the Masonic Temple in the presence of a large gathering of members ...
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SAVINGS BANK.
Flexibility will be given to depositors' credits in the old division of the bank by a new system of credit transfers, which will begin next Monday. Previously, these credits could ...
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DEATH OF MRS. E. J. LAYTON.
Mrs. Eliza Jane Layton, who died at the age of 85 years, was born in Somersetshire, England, and came to Australia with her parents 74 years ago. She was married in ...
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P. AND O. LINERS.
After an interval of seven years, large British passenger vessels will be seen at the deep sea berth at Circular Quay next month. The P. and O. Royal mail steamer Narkunda will ...
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SUNDAY SPORT.
In response to a petition signed by Binga[?] residents, a public meeting was held at the Soldiers' Memorial Hall, Bingara, to consider the question of Sunday sport. The following ...
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REPEAL OF PROHIBITION
At Atlantic City (N.J.) to-day the American Bar Association formally pronounced in favour of the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. In making the announcement, Mr. Charles ...
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THE UNIONS.
A deputation from the Tramway Union will ask the Premier (Mr. Lang) on Tuesday to exempt employees in the electrical branch of the tramway service from the 4/6 cost of living ...
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POLITICAL DEBATE.
Mr. D. R. Hall and Alderman J. S. Garden debated the Lang Government's record in Paling's Hall last night. Mr. Hall likened Mr. Lang to a lunatic in a lifeboat, who ...
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DEATH OF MR. G. MANN.
Mr. George Mann, contractor, hotelkeeper, and business man, has died at the age of 75 years. Twice married, the late Mr. Mann had four sons and two daughters by the first ...
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LORRY DRIVER EXONERATED.
Theodore George Ober, of Castle Hill-road, Castle Hill, who had been charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of Stuart Nicolls, 14, of Prospect-street, ...
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DISTINGUISHED SOLDIER'S DEATH.
Mr. Charles George Bishop, 37, who served with distinction in the war, has died after a brief illness. He was on active service in France with the 18th Battalion. He was awarded the ...
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GENERAL CABLE NEWS.
A message from Geneva states that the Assembly of the League of Nations is expected not to oppose the convention prohibiting the killing of Right whales, calves, and ...
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CARRIAGE DERAILED.
A carriage of an electric train was derailed within about 50 yards of the Parramatta Railway Station last night and trains, including those bound to western districts, were ...
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FIRE DESTROYS HOME.
Gaining a quick hold on a six-roomed weatherboard cottage at Hamilton's Valley, Lavington, a fire which broke out shortly before 1 o'clock this morning swiftly ...
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MOTOR CYCLE COLLIDES WITH HORSE.
While riding a motor-cycle on the Windsor-road, Gibson Dunston, of Grose Vale, was thrown from the machine after colliding with a horse straying on the road. He was ...
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LANDING GROUND AT COONABARABRAN[?]
Mr. O'Neill, inspector of aerodromes, of His Aviation Department, inspected the proposed site of the local landing ground on which £700 has been spent. He considered the site ...
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AVIATION.
Seventecen pilots of the Aero Club of New South Wales will engage in an air race over a course of 75 miles this afternoon. The route, which is triangular, commences at ...
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SAFEBREAKERS UNSUCCESSFUL.
The butchering premises of Short Bros., at Ulmarra, were entered late last night and an iron safe containing the firm's books and £15 was removed. Entrance was made through ...
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INDEX.
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SHOPPING HOURS.
Drummoyne Chamber of Commerce, at its last meeting, carried a resolution strongly protesting against the proposed abolition of the late shopping night. The grounds for the ...
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DEATH OF DOMINICAN NUN.
The death has occurred at the Dominican Convent, Tamworth, of Sister Mary Edmund, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Youll, of Mayfield, at the age of 36. She had been a Dominican ...
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MALICIOUS DAMAGE ALLEGED.
Haylan Murphy was committed for trial at the police court to-day, on a charge of doing malicious damage. it was alleged that Murphy broke reven plate glass windows at ...
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BRISBANE'S DEBTS.
In a letter to the Lord Mayor (Alderman Greene) to-day, Alderman Tait offered to withdraw from the position of the council's delegate to oversea bondholders, from whom he was ...
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JACOB JOHNSON.
When he resumed his inquiry into the case of Jacob Johnson yesterday, the Royal Commissioner, Judge Beeby, said: "I have received a telegram from Mr. H. J. Brennan, ...
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SHOOTING TRAGEDY.
The inquest concerning the death of Harley Cantrell was conducted by the coroner (Mr. Melville). Gordon Cantrell, who has been charged with the murder of his brother, was ...
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AUSTRALIA'S PROBLEMS.
The financial editor of the "Morning Post" says: "The proposed legislation to enforce the conversion of a small percentage of Australian dissentients, and repeated suggestions ...
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
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WOMAN COLLAPSES.
Mrs. Catherine Jane Maloy, wife of Mr. James J. Maloy, of Eugowra, collapsed wh[?] walking on a road near here this afternoon. Mrs. Maloy was a comparatively young woman, ...
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DRUNKEN DRIVER.
The licence of Leslie Scott Williams, a Hartley, who was fined £5 at the Lithgow Police Court yesterday on a charge of driving a car while under the influence of liquor, was ...
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INTOXICATED GIRLS
"Intoxicated girls are common at charity dances in Adelaide," said Mr. Hugh Hudson, city organiser of the Citizens' League to-day "If dances cannot be run without some people ...
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RUSSIAN TIMBER.
The manager of the Hardwood Millers' Association of Victoria (Mr. E. W. Quinn) offered criticism of statements made on behalf of Mr. G. K. Radygin, who was described as ...
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DEATH FROM INJURIES.
When Miss Prince, an elderly woman, of Alpine Post-office store, was driving in a sulky near Aylmerton, the horse bolted, and overturned the vehicle. Miss Prince suffered a ...
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SALES TAX ON FLOUR.
The deputy-leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr. Latham), in a statement yesterday, criticised the Federal Government for its refusal to introduce a sales tax on flour to assist ...
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WAR STORY.
A story of how an English girl, residing in Shanghai, sheltered Captain Lauterbach, who escaped from Cocos Island when H.M.A.S. Sydney engaged the German cruiser Emden. is ...
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TO-DAY.
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DEATH OF TENNIS PLAYER.
Mr. Ray Hills, 28, one of the leading [?] players of the district, died in a private hospital yesterday, after a brief illness. He managed the grocery department of the Maitland ...
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HOUSEBREAKER.
Armed with a broom, Frederick William Newcombe, of Phillip-street, Bondi, captured a housebreaker in his home last night, but the stranger subsequently escaped. ...
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SENATOR'S DISCLAIMER.
Replying to a suggestion by Mr. Curtin, M.P., in the House of Representatives that he had been guilty of a breach of faith in that he had introduced political propaganda into a ...
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HOMESTEAD DESTROYED.
The homestead at Freshwater, 60 miles west of Booligal, in the Western Division, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday morning. The owner, Mrs. Cooper, was absent from the ...
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