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  2. INCENDIARISM.

    After an inquiry yesterday into a fire in a cottage at No. 19 Bridge-road, Stanmore, on December l8 last, the City Coroner (Mr. E. A. May) found that some persons unknown had ...

    Article : 157 words
  3. CATTLE STEALING.

    Considerable interest was taken in the hear ing of several charges of alleged cattle duffing at the South Woodburn Court. The court was crowded, and many people were unable ...

    Article : 241 words
  4. INFLATION.

    In the cabled report of the "Daily Mail" editorial on Viscount Rothermere's latest statement we find the following:—"It is for them (Australians) to decide whether Mr. ...

    Article : 983 words
  5. COUNTRY'S DEMANDS.

    The proposed secession scheme adopted at the Wagga meeting on Saturday met with almost unanimous approval here. The general feeling is that the country interests have ...

    Article : 183 words
  6. WAGE REDUCTION.

    When the hearing of an application for a reduction by 10 per cent. In the wages of employees in the flour milling trade was before the Full Court of the Arbitration Court to-day, ...

    Article : 714 words
  7. WORLD'S EXHIBITION.

    The Government has been approached by two syndicates for assistance in holding exhibitions to synchronise with the opening of the Harbour Bridge. ...

    Article : 199 words
  8. WAR MEMORIAL

    The Exhibition Hall at Australia House does not often contain so interesting an item as it does this week. The Commonwealth officials have permitted the showing on a temporary ...

    Article : 334 words
  9. SYDNEY SAILORS' HOME.

    Comment was made at yesterday's annual meeting of the Sydney Sailors' Home upon the Government reduction of the annual subsidy by £100. ...

    Article : 180 words
  10. MILKBOY'S STORY.

    A remarkable story was told to the police yesterday by Alexander Mackie, aged 17 years, a milkboy, employed by Mr. Campbell, of Chamberlain-street, Padstow Park. Mackie ...

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  11. ORIENT COMMODORE.

    Captain W. S. Shelford, commodore of the Orient line, completes six months' leave of absence this month, and retires from active service, after 50 years at sea. He is succeeded ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 245 words
  12. RETURNING TO PALESTINE.

    Mr. L. Andrews, O.B.E., district officer at Nazareth, Palestine, who left yesterday by the Narkunda on his return to the Holy Land. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 25 words
  13. GENERAL STRIKE.

    Mass meetings of miners at Portland, Kandos, Cullen Bullen, and Lidsdale adopted resolutions yesterday favouring a general strike to resist the claim of the owners before ...

    Article : 80 words
  14. TRANSPORT BILL.

    The N.R.M.A. Issued a statement yesterday that far-reaching provisions will be included in the Transport Bill now being framed by the State Government. ...

    Article : 195 words
  15. POLICE MENACED

    An ugly scene was created at the corner of Campbell and Riley streets, last night, when Constables Kellaway and Hutchison were surrounded by several hundred angry people, who ...

    Article : 104 words
  16. ROTHBURY COLLIERY.

    It is understood that contracts made by the Bavin Government with the owners of Rothbury colliery shortly before its opening with free labour in December, 1929, will be adhered ...

    Article : 129 words
  17. BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY.

    Mr. Moore MacMahon was re-elected president of the Sydney centre of the British Music Society at the annual meeting last night at Paling's Hall. ...

    Article : 232 words
  18. BOY AND GIRL.

    Muriel McDonald, aged 16, and Claude Hargood Boundy, both of Wollston, Christchurch, left their homes yesterday, and did not return. Their coats and other articles belonging ...

    Article : 87 words
  19. LABOUR VIEW.

    The deputy leader of the Labour party (Mr. M. J. Savage), in an address on the financial situation, opposed the reduction of wages, and urged a surtax on incomes to meet national ...

    Article : 89 words
  20. PATRIARCH OF ANTIOCH.

    Archbishop Alexander, of Tripoli, who has been elected Patriarch of Antloch and of the Orient. He is an uncle of Mr. Henry Bittar, of Wagga Wagga. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 29 words
  21. POSTAL OFFICIAL

    Last night Detective-sergeant Royal, of the Sydney C.I.B., arrested a postal official here upon charges of theft and icendiarism. On February 28 a fire destroyed the ...

    Article : 88 words
  22. WAR SERVICE HOMES.

    In the House of Representatives this afternoon, the deputy leader of the Opposition (Mr. Gullett) directed the attention of the Ministry to the position of certain owners of ...

    Article : 90 words
  23. EARTHQUAKE APPEAL.

    Two hundred officers and ratings from the H.M.S. Dunedin marched through the city streets yesterday to help the work of collectors for the Lord Mayor's Earthquake Appeal ...

    Article : 290 words
  24. ROYAL EMPIRE SOCIETY.

    Sir Hugh Denison presided at the annual meeting of the New South Wales branch of Uie Royal Empire Society yesterday afternoon. The annual recort mentioned that ...

    Article : 137 words
  25. STREET FATALITY.

    Robert Orkney, 55, a tallow merchant, of 50 Bowden-street, Ryde, was charged yesterday before Mr. A. E. Capp, J.P., at the Ryde Police Court, with having feloniously slain ...

    Article : 88 words
  26. OBITUARY. MRS. COLLIN BATES.

    Mrs. Collin Bates, who died on Sunday last at Arncliffe, was a keen worker for the Free Kindergarten movement. Mrs. Bates was the eldest daughter of the ...

    Article : 120 words
  27. SALE OF BLOODSTOCK.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 221 words
  28. ARCHITECTS' NEW PRESIDENT.

    Mr. H. E. Budden, C.B.E., F.R.I.B.A., the new president of the Architects' Association of New South Wales. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 20 words
  29. RUNAWAY LORRY.

    Rocking from side to side, and travelling at a speed which some eye-witnesses describe as terrifying, a motor lorry, of which the driver had lost control, hurtled down the ...

    Article : 142 words
  30. SEARCH FOR GOLD.

    At the Warden's Court at South Woodburn the Jerusalem Creek Proprietary Coy., a Victorian company, registered in this State, was granted six months' suspension of labour ...

    Article : 196 words
  31. KYOGLE RAILWAY.

    The Premier (Mr. Moore), referring to a proposal made earlier in the week in regard to the possible cancellation of the agreement on the Brlsbane-Kyogle-Sydney line, stated ...

    Article : 104 words
  32. MRS. F. H. RYDER.

    The death occurred recently at Neutral Bay of Mrs. Florence Henrietta Ryder. She was the only child of Mr. Robert Hall Owen, a solicitor who practised for many years in ...

    Article : 131 words
  33. GREAT WESTERN-ROAD.

    The Main Roads Board recently circularised councils through which the Parramatta-road passes, seeking opinions on the proposal that the Parramatta-road and the Great ...

    Article : 206 words
  34. HIGH-EXPLOSIVE SHELLS.

    Steel is being manufactured locally by Australian Iron and Steel, Ltd., and will be used at Maribyrnong (Vic.) in the manufacture of the first high explosive shells produced in ...

    Article : 80 words
  35. CAR OVER BRIDGE.

    A motor car, in which John Neagle, 23, and Walter Neagle, 30, brothers, of Henly Bench, were travelling towards the city, crashed into a newly-erected bridge. The car and its ...

    Article : 75 words
  36. WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.

    Mrs. Molly Sinclair, a cook employed at Milawa Station, received fatal injuries when her clothes caught fire while she was cooking breakfast. The occupants of the ...

    Article : 74 words
  37. TRAMWAY SERVICE.

    It is probable that the Transport Trust will apply to the Federal Arbitration Court for permission to ration tramway employees. There are more than 600 surplus employees ...

    Article : 87 words
  38. SHEEPSKINS DUTY.

    The Collector of Customs (Mr. W. H. Barkley) states that the Minister for Customs (Mr. F. M. Forde) has directed that all export duty paid on sheepskins shall be refunded. On ...

    Article : 49 words
  39. FINE GOLF TROPHY.

    The cup for the winner of the "Spalding" Australian professional oversea golf championship. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 18 words
  40. JUNEE WATER SUPPLY.

    The Minister for Works (Mr. Davidson) told a deputation representing the municipality of Junee that unless it carried out a provision submitted by the Public Works ...

    Article : 137 words
  41. PRICE OF GRAPES.

    The Minister for Customs (Mr. F. M. Forde) announced to-day that he had decided not to grant the request of a section of the winemakers in South Australia that grape prices ...

    Article : 51 words
  42. BRIDGE SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD.

    Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gleeson had a lucky escape from death when returning to their home at Pleasant Hills yesterday. Seeing that the waters of Urangeline Creek had ...

    Article : 76 words
  43. RACEHORSE DRUGGED.

    Unable to understand the poor form of Laird o' Cockpcn, who ran last In the Ascot Handicap on Monday, his trainor had a swab taken of the horse's saliva, and this has been ...

    Article : 285 words
  44. MAN JUMPS INTO SEA.

    Mr. A, Swayne, of Glanville, Jumped into the sea to save himself from burning, when petrol in a container ignited on a fishing cutter. The container on the engine box ...

    Article : 95 words
  45. ST. IVES NATIONALISTS.

    Addressing an enthusiastic meeting of the St. Ives branch of the National Association last night, Mr. Bavin, dealing with matters affecting organisation, said that it was his ...

    Article : 149 words
  46. KINGSFORD' SMITH STAMPS.

    Special stamps to commemorate the achive mcnts of Air-Commodore Kingsford Smith have been issued by the Postal Department, and advance copies have been forwarded to ...

    Article : 39 words
  47. BOILERMAKER INJURED.

    At the tramway power-house, Ultimo, yesterday, Ralph Stephenson, 25, a bollermaker, of Rocky Point-road, Kogarah, fell a distance of about 50 feet. He had been at work riveting ...

    Article : 55 words
  48. SOUDAN VETERANS.

    The 46th annual reunion of the Soudan veterans was held at Sargent's Oafe, Marketstreet. Captain Brownlow, who was in the chair, feelingly referred to absent veterans. ...

    Article : 29 words
  49. BONDI BEACH IMPROVEMENTS.

    At a meeting of the Waverley Council, the Mayor (Aldermnn Hunter) recommended that a special committee should be appointed to consider the completion of improvements to Bondi ...

    Article : 101 words
  50. AUSTRALIAN HOPS.

    When the Canadian-Australasian Royal mail liner Niagara left Sydney on Thursday for Vancouver she had on board a small consignment with which it is hoped to establish a ...

    Article : 45 words
  51. PIGEONS DESTROYED BY FIRE.

    Early yesterday morning a fire broke out in a pigeon-house at the rear of a weatherboard cottage in Alfred-street, Annandale. About 150 birds were burnt and the pigeon-house ...

    Article : 55 words
  52. EASTER RAILWAY EXCURSIONS

    Timely notice is given by the Railway Depaitment of an extensive scries of long distance excursions from and lo Sydney prior to Easter. The time-tables have been arranged. ...

    Article : 54 words
  53. CYCLIST KILLED.

    George Martin, of John-street, Mascot, was driving a motor cycle and sidecar along Botany-road on Thursday night, when his view was temporarily obscured by exceedingly ...

    Article : 86 words
  54. MR. H. F. HARDACRE.

    In the Land Appeal Court to-day a farewell was tendered to Mr. H. F. Hardncre, who, for the past 11 years, has been connected with the court, and who is now retiring on ...

    Article : 62 words
  55. CYCLING. To-night's Program:

    At the Canterbury Velodromo to-night ses eral of the champions of New South Wiles and Australia will meet in matches Three seniors Len Standen 10 mfles champion of Australia H. ...

    Article : 107 words
  56. DEGREES COMPLETED.

    In the results of recent University examinations published yesterday appear the narres of three of the cicw of the yacht Windward, which left Chatham Islands for Wellington on ...

    Article : 72 words
  57. TRAIN CONCESSIONS FOR SCOUTS.

    The Railway Commissioners advise that Boy Scouts and Girl Guides in uniform travelling to Sydney for the visit of the Chief Scout (Lord Baden-powell) will be issued ...

    Article : 57 words
  58. POLICE METHODS.

    The question of police methods was brought forward at tho Lnbour caucus meeting yesterday. It seems tfcat a letter from the Darlinghurst ...

    Article : 88 words
  59. "B.P." MAGAZINE.

    Attractively printed and profusely illustrated, the March issue of the "B.P." Magazine, a quarterly, published by Burns, Philp, and Co., Ltd., Sydney, maintains the high ...

    Article : 60 words
  60. LATE CONSTABLE ANDREWS.

    The Commissioner of Police (Mr. Childs) has received a letter from the father of Constable Andrews, who was muidcred whllbt endeavouring to arrest an armed maniac at ...

    Article : 95 words
  61. MAN'S LOSS OF MEMORY.

    Detective yesterday interviewed a welldressed young man, who appeared to have lost hW memory He was found wandering in the outer metropolitan area, and was examined ...

    Article : 89 words
  62. PHARMACY EXAMINATIONS.

    The following were the successful candidates at the recent Pharmacy Board final examination, held on March 2, 1931, and subsequent days:—E. R. Maynard. C. H. Williams, A. D. ...

    Article : 55 words
  63. EARLY MUSHROOMS.

    Following the heavy rains between Parramatta and Penrith yesterday unemployed men in the districts were able to gather many mushrooms which sprang up overnight. ...

    Article : 48 words
  64. TRAM SERVICES.

    A special service of trnms will be run from nallway-square loop to the Sydney Sports around to-day, commencing at 1 p.m. Commencing Monday next, a later tram will be run from Ashfield ...

    Article : 64 words
  65. AUBURN SPORTS

    Owing to wet wenther the sports at Auburn were postponed last Saturday afternoon. and will be held to-day on the Auburn Park. Amateur events will be contributed by the Auburn Bankstown. ...

    Article : 40 words
  66. HUGE SHARK CAUGHT.

    Fishing from a launch with a rod at Whangaroa, Dr. T. H. Pettit caught, after three and a half hours' struggle, a shark weighing 9101b. ...

    Article : 31 words
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