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  2. CHARGE OF BLACKMAIL.

    Remarkable evidence was heard in a charge of blackmail, which came before Mr. Justice McArthur in the Criminal Court to-day. William Thompson, 44, an accountant, of Albury, ...

    Article : 187 words
  3. LABOUR PARTY. LIVELY EXECUTIVE MEETING.

    Notwithstanding the claim of the vice-president, Mr. J. Bailey, that he knew the name of the member responsible for the allegations that the new Federal Labour party ...

    Article : 250 words
  4. COUNTRY NEWS. CHILDREN'S HEALTH SCHEME.

    The Rev. and Mrs. Stanley Drummond, founders of the far west children's health scheme, were in Moree last week-end making arrangements for an extensive search for ...

    Article : 108 words
  5. WESTERN LEASES.

    An accountant's investigation of the resumption of Canally holding formed the principal evidence yesterday at the sitting of the Royal Commission which is inquiriny into the ...

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  6. TWO CASH BAGS

    Two cash bags, containing about £44 in cheques and over £2 in cash, mysteriously disappeared from a train which arrived at Rockhampton yesterday from Emerald. ...

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  7. MEALS FOR SURRY HILLS CHILDREN.

    The Lady Mayoress, Mrs. Jackson (centre), visited the Children's Welfare League of Australia's branch at Collins-street yesterday and saw the children at their midday meal. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 30 words
  8. JUDGE'S RIGHT

    Application was made to-day in the Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice Macrossan, that the case in which Michael Nell O'Sullivan, solicitor, is proceeding against Michael ...

    Article : 541 words
  9. ILLEGAL POSSESSION.

    Andrew Murray, 42, was sentenced to three months' hard labour in Hay Gaol for being in possession of a carcase of a sheep, reasonably suspected of having been stolen. The ...

    Article : 62 words
  10. DEATH OF MR. EPHRAIM BATTLE.

    The death has occurred of Mr. Ephraim Battle, aged 62 years, of Commandant Hill, an old and respected resident. He leaves a family of ten, and also 35 grandchildren. He was ...

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  11. WORK RESUMED.

    Operations have been resumed at the Cooerwull woollen mills, which were closed down more than a year ago. Messrs. Howard J. Sparkes and F.W. Sparkes, trading as Howard ...

    Article : 105 words
  12. RICHMOND RIVER MASONS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 147 words
  13. CLERKS MAY WITHDRAW.

    A motion will be discussed at the next general meeting of the Clerks' Union to withdraw its affiliation with the State Labour party. The principal ground on which members will ...

    Article : 254 words
  14. WHEAT MARKETING BILL

    The decision of the wheatgrowers of New South Wales to reject the proposal for a compulsory wheat pool caused considerable surprise in Federal political circles, and will, ...

    Article : 250 words
  15. HOSTILE BLACKS.

    In a letter dated June 10, from No. 40 well, 400 miles north of Wiluna, Mr. A. W. Canning, who has been reconditioning the stock route between Wiluna and Hall's Creek, said:—"We ...

    Article : 118 words
  16. THE TOTALISATOR.

    When Parliament enacted legislation establishing the Racecourse Betting Control Board and thus permitted the introduction of the totalisator form of betting to English ...

    Article : 839 words
  17. SUPPOSED TIGER

    For several years reports have persisted of the existence of a tiger in the Tantawanglo Mountains. Mr. Erie Britten, a resident of Tantawanglo, ...

    Article : 124 words
  18. THEFT OF TOBACCO.

    Thieves broke into the tobacconist shop of Mr. Jeffrey Ryan and stole about £ 20 worth of tobacco, cigarettes, and cigars. They gained access by breaking two windows at the back ...

    Article : 39 words
  19. THIEVES POISON BULLDOG.

    Early on Sunday morning Poulton's skin store was broken into by thieves, who picked the lock. A valuable bulldog, which slept on the premises, was poisoned. A quantity of fox ...

    Article : 58 words
  20. STOLEN SKINS RECOVERED.

    A bale of 540 opossum skins valued at £ 150, which was stolen from Green and Co.'s bulk stores last week, was discovered to-day in scrub on the eastern side of the town by ...

    Article : 43 words
  21. PAINTERS' REQUEST.

    With the object of distributing work among all the unemployed, the Painters' Union has appealed to employees in Government departments to resign at the end of each month ...

    Article : 163 words
  22. INCENDIARISM.

    Another attempt by an incendiarist to burn a building has been reported to the police. On Saturday evening a double-fronted weatherboard house in Major-road, Fawkner, ...

    Article : 69 words
  23. COUNTERFEIT COINS.

    In the Criminal Court to-day Norman George Steele, about 30, a motor engineer, pleaded guilty to having been in possession of a mould for counterfeiting a florin, and ...

    Article : 72 words
  24. FOOTBALLERS INJURED.

    Within a few minutes of the finish of a football match between Wyangarie and Doubtful Creek at the week-end two players of the latter team suffered serious injuries in a ...

    Article : 72 words
  25. FREIGHTER SPRINGS LEAK

    At a late hour last night the pumps were still at work on the freighter Sun Kong (formerly the Adelaide Company's Urilla), which sprang a leak yesterday morning, whilst ...

    Article : 99 words
  26. MONARO MOVEMENT.

    A meeting of members of the Monaro-South Coast movement appointed an executive for the Cooma centre, consisting of Messrs. H. A. Dulhunty, O. C. Devereux, F. F. Mitchell, W. ...

    Article : 57 words
  27. BODY RECOVERED FROM RIVER.

    Edward Seaman, who wandered from his home on June 23, was missing for 27 days. His body was discovered by Norman Haley yesterday, in Cudgegong River, in six feet of ...

    Article : 56 words
  28. SHEARERS.

    The Pastoral Workers' Onion, which is described as a breakaway rank and file organisation from the Australian Workers' Union, has decided to make a determined effort to ...

    Article : 237 words
  29. MR. J. A. MOLLISON.

    Mr. J. A. Mollison, who intends to make a second attempt to break the record by air from Australia to England, had his new 'plane successfully tested at Mascot aerodrome ...

    Article : 48 words
  30. GODFREY SMITH CONCERT.

    At Mr. Laurence Godfrey Smith's concert at the Conservatorium Hall last night the works of three of the greatest French modernists were presented with a polished and ...

    Article : 287 words
  31. GIRL'S STRUGGLE WITH MAN.

    While Joyce Neilson was going to her home at Mudgee South last night she was attacked by a man, who caught her round the body and threw her to the ground, A struggle ensued ...

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  32. FORMER SHIPPING MANAGER.

    LATE MR. DAVID REID, former general manager in Australia for the Orient S.N. Co., who died on Saturday. The remains were privately cremated at ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  33. CENTENARIAN'S DEATH.

    Mr. George Charles Davis, whose death occurred at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. A. Hoffman, of Calero-street. Lithgow, was in his 104th year ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 182 words
  34. THIEVES CONVICTED.

    At the Parramatta Quarter Sessions yesterday, Harold Hooker, 20, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment on a charge of having broken into the Burnside Homes at ...

    Article : 66 words
  35. BUILDINGS DESTROYED.

    Thompson's Store and the adjoining building, occupied by Mrs. Reinhard, were destroyed by fire early this morning. The fire started in the store, but its origin is a mystery. The ...

    Article : 72 words
  36. WOMAN BADLY BURNED.

    Ellen Walsh, an elderly woman, was sitting alone in front of a fire at her home about midnight on Saturday when her clothes caught fire. She struggled to divest herself of her ...

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  37. INDEX. NEWS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 352 words
  38. NET-FISHING IN MIDDLE HARBOUR.

    The Chief Secretary (Mr. Gosling) states that the whole of the tidal waters of Middle Harbour above Roseville Bridge, are closed against the use of fishing nets until further ...

    Article : 33 words
  39. MINING MECHANICS.

    The result of ballots on the amendment of the rules of the Federated Mining Mechanies' Association was made available to-day. By 495 votes to 67, members decided in favour of ...

    Article : 170 words
  40. WAGE REDUCTIONS.

    At a special meeting of the executive of the Australian Insurance Staffs Federation to-day, disapproval was express [?] of the judgment of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court ...

    Article : 60 words
  41. PAROLE BROKEN.

    Three good conduct prisoners escaped from the State prison farm at Pardalup early yesterday morning. They were Allan Bernard Cleverley, 23; Robert Alfred Hobson, 25; and ...

    Article : 124 words
  42. CASUALTIES.

    Reginald Peter Bourke, 20, of Victor-road, Deewhy, was killed when his motor cycle collided head-on last night with a motor car on the Pittwater-road, near Deewhy. ...

    Article : 196 words
  43. THE MUNGANA CASE.

    A formal Chamber application by the Crown for leave to serve a subpoena outside jurisdiction in regard to the Mungana case was taken before the Chief Justice (Sir James Blair) ...

    Article : 43 words
  44. ESCAPE FROM POLICE.

    Trapped in a bathroom of the Courthouse Hotel, late on Saturday night, a man, for whom the police were searching, jumped from a window to the footpath, a distance of 20ft. ...

    Article : 170 words
  45. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 253 words
  46. RACIAL HYGIENE.

    The necessity for sex education in schools was stressed by several speakers at the annual meeting of the Racial Hygiene Association, held last night at the Allora Cafe, Pitt-street, when ...

    Article : 200 words
  47. STATE LOTTERY.

    Applications for tickets were received over the counter at the State Lottery office yesterday. The office in the Government Savings Bank building opened at noon. Many people ...

    Article : 87 words
  48. CHARGE OF ARSON.

    The Coroner (Mr. P. H. C. Flett) held an inquiry into the first which occurred on May 22 at Mambo Island, near Coopernook, resulting in the destruction of a dwelling house ...

    Article : 117 words
  49. COUNCIL ELECTIONS.

    The Government has decided to pass legislation which will permit ratepayers to register their votes at local government elections despite the fact that they have not paid their ...

    Article : 78 words
  50. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    The Maitland District Area Committee of Unemployed decided to inform the Government that the promise to increase the dole by 25 per cent. had not been fulfilled. It also ...

    Article : 201 words
  51. ARMED ROBBERIES.

    Raymond Watts, of Victoria-parade, East Melbourne, has informed the police that shortly before midnight of Sunday two young men, one of whom was armed with a revolver, called at ...

    Article : 115 words
  52. RIVER STEAMERS.

    Motor transport on the Northern Highway has taken practically all the fruit trade from the small steamers plying between the Hawesbury River and Sydney. ...

    Article : 86 words
  53. PRECIOUS MINERAL.

    Four ounces of osmiridium, worth £60, have been stolen from cases of minerals in the art gallery of the Tasmanian Museum. This is the second robbery which has ...

    Article : 79 words
  54. FEDERAL TAXATION BILLS

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) said today that he hoped to be able to introduce in the House of Representatives to-morrow the bills to amend the Sales Tax Assessment ...

    Article : 73 words
  55. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 179 words
  56. ROBBERIES.

    Thieves stole clothing, boots, and shoes, valued at more than £100, from Elsie Burcher's shop in Forest-road, Hurstville on Sunday evening. ...

    Article : 166 words
  57. HOUSE WRECKED.

    Riotous conduct by members of a militant organisation of unemployed men, who had objected to the departure of a woman and her children from a house from which they ...

    Article : 83 words
  58. RAILWAY GUARD KILLED.

    As the Birregurra to Geelong mixed train was leaving the Marshall station this evening, the guard, W. J. E. Smith, who had given the signal, attempted to step on to the train while ...

    Article : 95 words
  59. WOOLLAHRA COUNCIL VACANCY.

    A couple of weeks ago Alderman G. Gallop resigned from the Woollahra Council. He had been a member of the council—Double Bay ward—for nine years. ...

    Article : 81 words
  60. STRIPPED CLOTHES-LINES.

    Many housewives in the Leichhardt, Haber-field, Ashfield, and nearby districts will welcome the news that detectives have recovered a large quantity of clothing, lingerie, and ...

    Article : 78 words
  61. OSMIRIDIUM FIND.

    A specimen submitted to the Mines Department by Mr. Alf. Barnes, a resident of the Upper Manning district, was found to contain osmiridium. The specimen was taken from ...

    Article : 38 words
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