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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. POSTMAN CHARGED.

    George Hesley Davey, aged 45, postman stationed at Leura, was charged at the Katoomba Court to-day with having knowingly had in a house in Togo-parade. Leura ...

    Article : 59 words
  3. FEDERAL SESSION.

    Shortly after 7 o'clock this morning the House of Representatives, after an all-night sitting, passed through the final stages the Wheat Marketing Bill, which provides for the ...

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  4. TOUR DE FRANCE. Australians Do Well.

    On the 21st stage of the Tour de France cycle road race from Colmar to Metz, 128 miles, Dipaco was first in 6h 20s; Stoepel (Germany) was second, and Pelissier third. ...

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  5. UNEMPLOYMENT

    Every effort is being made by the Federal Ministry to obtain the fullest information about possible means of relieving unemployment. This information is to be placed ...

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  6. WESTERN LANDS.

    Mr. McMahon, S.M., yesterday continued his Inquiry as a Royal Commissioner into certain aspects of the administration of the Western Land Board. ...

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  7. CHARITY'S AFFAIRS.

    Mrs. Alice Strudwick, organising secretary of the Mothers' Relief Club, Enmore, was notified by the town clerk, Newtown, yesterday, that the operations of the club must cease at once. ...

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  8. ALDERMAN McELHONE.

    Alderman McElhone (Reform) has announced his resignation from the position of vice-chairman of the works committee of the City Council as a protest against the methods ...

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  9. THE PHILHARMONIC.

    Mr. Gerald P. Peachell has resigned his position as conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Society of Sydney, as he proposes to return to England. His resignation has been ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 270 words
  10. HOSPITAL CHARGES.

    The board of the Maitland Hospital recently, at the suggestion of the Hospitals Commission fixed the charge for treatment in the general ward at £3/3/. It was stated ...

    Article : 94 words
  11. CANADIAN WHEAT.

    A suggestion that the three Prairle provinces should co-operate to establish a trading corporation to handle this year's wheat crop, is made in a communication from the Prime ...

    Article : 110 words
  12. GOLD SEEKERS.

    At the Lithgow Mining Court the Warden (Mr. A. N. Graham) said that he was astonished when Samuel Cook, an applicant for permission to enter an area near Hartley to ...

    Article : 123 words
  13. WEDDING IN CINEMA.

    A wedding ceremony held in the Regent Picture Theatre to-day was witnessed by 2500 people. Many more waited in the street outside. It was organised as part of an effort to ...

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  14. LABOUR PARTY.

    A progress count of the ballot for the appointment of three Labour candidates to contest the next Senate elections showed that Senator J. P. Dunn was leading with 2734 ...

    Article : 412 words
  15. HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITIONS.

    At the Lismore High School the subject for the debate in the winter cup competitions between the Grafton and Lismore High schools was, "That Australia's best means of solving ...

    Article : 86 words
  16. BRITISH OFFICER DIES.

    Lieutenant G. R. Hext, of the 2nd-8th Punjab Regiment, who was stabbed while asleep on a train proceeding to Poona, died from his wounds at the Bhusawal station ...

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  17. LAWSON.

    The Blue Mountains Shire electricity supply was officially switched over from the Katoomba Council's supply to the Government railways power station at Lithgow at 7.30 to-night by ...

    Article : 284 words
  18. BEGA TROTTING CLUB.

    The Bega Trotting Club had a successful season, holding five days' racing, and finishing with a credit of £85. Mr. J. M. Rixon was elected president; Messrs. W. A. Smith, E. I. ...

    Article : 65 words
  19. FOREST FIRES.

    Forest fires are devastating vast areas of timberlands in four Western States. The fires raged over 50,000 acres in Wyoming. Volunteers numbering 2500 are fighting fires in ...

    Article : 67 words
  20. 4000 OPOSSUM SKINS.

    About 4000 opossum skins have been stamped by the Temora police. In all 177 licences to catch the animals have been issued. Mr. R. Feckner, of Lower Temora, caught a white ...

    Article : 37 words
  21. FLAX CORPORATION.

    A reply was made yesterday by the governing director (Mr. J. Moore Robinson), on behalf of the Flax Corporation (Australia), Ltd., to statements made by the Minister for ...

    Article : 121 words
  22. LATE CAPTAIN B. ROBERTS.

    Captain Bert Roberts, who was Quartermaster to General Allenby during the Palestine campaign, died in the Moree Hospital on Thursday, at the age of 46 years. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  23. A.F.A.

    The Morpeth, district branch of the All for Australia League last night carried a motion recommending the executive to include in its policy a clause providing that, immediately ...

    Article : 150 words
  24. OIL SHALE INDUSTRY.

    The Oakey Park miners' lodge has carried a resolution "demanding" that should the Newnes Valley oil sh[?]le industry be revived members of the Western Miners' Federation ...

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  25. NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 172 words
  26. MISHAP TO LAUNCH.

    Whilst R. Fay was Bringing the fishing launch Petrol from Terranora Creek he lost his bearings, and the boat ran high and dry on to the rocks of the retaining wall. During ...

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  27. PAINFUL ACCIDENT.

    Mr. C. Campbell, of the Railway Department at Lithgow, met with a painful accident while visiting his parents at Hargraves. He was cutting timber, when the axe slipped and ...

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  28. CANCER RESEARCH.

    "In the interests of cancer research I bequeath my body to the medical profession." These were the concluding words of the will of the late Mr. Arthur Polkinghorne, aged 48, a ...

    Article : 121 words
  29. ROBBING "DRUNKS."

    "It is a despicable business robbing a drunken man, and doing it with other men like a pack of jackals makes it worse. You want to bear in mind that you are well ...

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  30. GOLD FIND NEAR MUDGEE.

    Mr. R. Croake, an experienced miner, has opened up a reef at Pyramul, which promises to be of some value. He has forwarded a parcel of stone to the Mines Department, and the ...

    Article : 55 words
  31. ARBOR DAY.

    In celebration of Arbor Day, tree planting ceremonies will be held at Ball's Head and Willoughby this afternoon. ...

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  32. SILVER COINS.

    New regulations affecting the import and export of silver, gazetted last night, provide that not more than £2 worth shall be brought into New Zealand without warrant ...

    Article : 160 words
  33. INDEX. NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 359 words
  34. DOLE FRAUDS.

    At the police court to-day Trancis Michael Connolly was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for fraud in connection with the issue of dole orders. Although living apart ...

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  35. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. E. J. St. L. Strachey, M.P., and Mr. Allan Young, secretary, have resigned with the Mosley party owing to differences with Sir Oswald Mosley regarding organisation and ...

    Article : 483 words
  36. BLIND INSTITUTION.

    Referring to the resolution passed by the Labour Council condemning the alleged action of the management of the Blind Institution in "endeavouring to force partially blind ...

    Article : 209 words
  37. MONSTER CAULIFLOWER.

    Mr. W. Armstrong, of Cornwallis, has produced a cauliflower weighing 25½lb. It is causing great interest among other Hawkesbury farmers. ...

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  38. TEMORA HOSPITAL.

    At a special meeting the Temora District Hospital Board decided to make an all-round reduction of 10 per cent, in the salaries of the staff from August 1. ...

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  39. WIFE GUILTY.

    A jury in the Criminal Court to-day found that Agnes Wyman, aged 28, had caused poison to be administered to her husband, Leslie Howard Wyman, with intent to murder him. ...

    Article : 99 words
  40. ADVENTUROUS SEAMEN.

    Two adventurous seamen arrived in Brisbane last night in a ship's boat, 18 feet long, which they sailed from Sydney. The craft is named the Swordfish, and the crew consists of an ...

    Article : 200 words
  41. RAILWAYS UNION.

    At its final session to-day, the Australian Council of the Australian Railways Union dealt with a number of remarkable resolutions, all of which were submitted by the ...

    Article : 130 words
  42. BODY RECOVERED.

    The body of John Deverill, who was drowned a fortnight ago in the flooded Billabong Creek, was found floating near the spot where his boat capsized.—The shire council engineer estimates ...

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  43. GRAZIER KICKED BY HORSE.

    S. Price, a grazier, who resides in Trangle, left home on Monday with the intention of staying until Wednesday on his property, 18 miles out of town. When he did not return, ...

    Article : 82 words
  44. LIMBLESS SOLDIERS.

    The Premier's Department has taken steps to tighten up the issue of rail and tram passes to limbless soldiers. Officials stated yesterday that the regulations ...

    Article : 161 words
  45. ALLEGED DOLE FRAUDS.

    Sergeants Dunnet and Day and Constables Roberts and Doak, of the water police, arrested a man yesterday on charges connected with dole frauds. Between 40 and 50 charges ...

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  46. DEATH OF MR. HENRY LYONS.

    The death has occurred of Mr. Henry Lyons, aged 54, a son of the late W. H. Lyons, a retired naval captain, who brought his family to Australia nearly 50 years ...

    Article : 76 words
  47. FEDERAL ECONOMY.

    Mr. A. L, Langker, general secretary of the Commonwealth Public Service Association, has been appointed by the Federal Government, in place of Mr. R. J. Murphy, the industrial ...

    Article : 126 words
  48. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 206 words
  49. COMMUNIST'S DEATH.

    Leslie Benedict Bateman, aged 41, of Allcestreet. Newtown, regarded by the police as a Communist, died at a house in Fulham-street, Newtown, yesterday, as the result of a head ...

    Article : 163 words
  50. COTTAGE DAMAGED BY FIRE.

    A fire broke out in a cottage occupied by Frith Turner during his absence at work. A quantity of goods were destroyed or damaged by water, and the inside of the house was ...

    Article : 427 words
  51. FEDERAL MINISTERS.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. scullin) left Canberra this evening for Melbourne, where tomorrow he will attend a conference of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labour ...

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  52. WALKING FEAT.

    Mr. John Carlyon, who is walking from Cape York, the most northerly point in Australia, to Wilson's Promontory, the most southerly point, reached Sydney at noon yesterday. He ...

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  53. THE UNIONS.

    The Amalgamated Engineering Union has sent a letter to the Labour Council, recommending a shorter working week in the railway services instead of rationing. It is ...

    Article : 284 words
  54. HUME WEIR.

    Ministers concerned with the construction of the Hume reservoir—Senator Dooley (Commonwealth), and Messrs. Mark Davidson (N.S.W.), Bailey (Victorla), and McInnes ...

    Article : 109 words
  55. TO-DAY.

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  56. THE SUBURBS.

    The Mayor of Mosman (Alderman Buckle), writing with reference to a statement by Mr. John R. Wallace, that certain aldermen were interested in a scheme to grant a 25 years' ...

    Article : 179 words
  57. THE GOVERNOR.

    At a large open-air meeting at Wollongong to-night the Minister for Education (Mr. Davies) and Mr. Landa, M.L.A., strongly condemned the action of the Governor (Sir Philip ...

    Article : 126 words
  58. SPECIAL SPORTS 'PLANE.

    A special sports Avro Avian aeroplane, the first of its kind to arrive in Australia, was unpacked at Mascot aerodrome yesterday. It was imported by Mr. J. Broadbent, who ...

    Article : 42 words
  59. SALARY REDUCTIONS.

    Because members of the House representing country constituencies would be more severely affected by salary reductions than representatives of metropolitan constituencies, the ...

    Article : 65 words
  60. SURPLUS WHEAT.

    It was reported to a meeting of the State provisional executive of the Federal Labour party last night that "a friendly market" existed in England, which was available for the ...

    Article : 52 words
  61. ACCOUNTANT CHARGED.

    William Archibald McDiarmid, 32, married, an accountant, was arrested to-day on a charge of having stolen £999/18/1, the property of All-British Motors, Ltd. ...

    Article : 28 words
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