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  2. TO MILAN

    The dramatic way to arrive in Italy is via Switzerland-and the Simplon tunnel. At Brig are Swiss scenes, Swiss people; it is the last stopping-place in Switzerland. ...

    Article : 1,564 words
  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The first ordination ceremony to be performed at St. Joseph's Church, Orange, took place on Monday, when Dr. Norton, Roman Catholic Bishop of Bathurst, ordained the ...

    Article : 121 words
  4. CHRISTMAS EVE.

    Coloured lights under a leaden sky, heat and noise, chuckles and sighs, and a vast crush heading nowhere—such was Christmas Eve in Sydney. From Circular Quay to the ...

    Article : 1,200 words
  5. SHIELD CRICKET.

    Only 38 minutes of play was possible in the match on the Melbourne ground to-day between Victoria and New South Wales. There had been a heavy shower during the night, ...

    Article : 406 words
  6. OBITUARY.

    The funeral took place yesterday at the Northern Suburbs Cemetery of Mr. James Peddle, president of the Institute of Architects, and one of the principals of the firm of Peddle, ...

    Article : 439 words
  7. DOMINION PREMIERS AT FILM STUDIOS.

    The Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Scullin, and Mrs. Scullin (in the centre of the group) watching a scene being made at Elstree, England. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 28 words
  8. UNIVERSITY.

    The following results of examinations were announced last evening by the University authorities:- EDUCATION. ...

    Article : 272 words
  9. TENTERFIELD IMPROVEMENTS.

    Tenterfield entered a new era on Saturday last with the official turning on of the town water supply, and at night the switching on of the new electricity undertaking Mr. ...

    Article : 168 words
  10. SHUNTING ACCIDENT.

    A shunting accident occurred at South Grafton railway station yesterday as a result of which Sidney Chapple, conductor on the mail train from Sydney, suffered [?] broken ...

    Article : 120 words
  11. MR. DUNCAN ALLAN.

    Mr. Duncan Allan, the oldest soldier of the A.I.F., who left Australia in the same troopship as his grandson, wad buried at Lawson to-day. ...

    Article : 342 words
  12. THE HOLIDAYS.

    The principal sporting event on Boxing Day will be the A.J.C. races at Randwick. The match between the second elevens of New South Wales and Victoria will be continued ...

    Article : 346 words
  13. BANK SHOOTING.

    Evidence was concluded at Redfern Police Court yesterday, on the charge against Victor Hoare, 28, taxi-driver, who was charged with having, at Alexandria, on November 21 (in ...

    Article : 720 words
  14. SCHOOL TEACHERS.

    Mr. Arthur Cousins, headmaster of the Ashfield Superior Public School, is about to retire from the Public Service after 49½ years in the Education Department. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 168 words
  15. PADDINGTON.

    Watching the ceaseless procession of trams buses, cars, and lorries that pass through Paddington to-day, one finds it very hard to realise that 65 years back it was a stretch ...

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  16. MAIL SERVICE DISCONTINUED.

    At a largely attended meeting of Obero[?] business people and citizens a unanimous protest was made against the Postal Department's proposal to discontinue the mail service ...

    Article : 106 words
  17. MATCH IN ADELAIDE.

    It was stated in the "Herald" that the match between Queensland and South Australia, at Adelaide, would begin yesterday. An alteration of the original fixture list has, however, ...

    Article : 39 words
  18. IS IT CHAOS?

    Australia has arrived at the crossroads. The day has come when unless something of a drastic nature is done quickly to rectify the present state of parliamentary chaos nothing ...

    Article : 670 words
  19. WOMAN AND CHILDREN SCALDED.

    Mrs. Ada Hugnes and her two young children were badly scalded when she tripped and fell in the kitchen of her home at Federal, near Lismore, while carrying a pot of bolling ...

    Article : 80 words
  20. BUILDING AT LISMORE.

    The building industry in Lismore had a record year for 1930, beating the previous best total figures, established in 1929, by £7000. The total was swelled by two new large ...

    Article : 82 words
  21. MR. P. McGARRY, EX-M.L.A.

    The death occurred at his residence, Ardenclutha, Ryde-road, Hunter's Hill, on Tuesday, of Mr. Fatrick McGarry, a resident of the district for many years. Mr. McGarry ...

    Article : 73 words
  22. RECORD OF SOCIAL SERVICE.

    At the Wattle Tree Club's euchre party in the School of Arts there were 170 players.s Misses Marjorie and Freda Wilton won the first and second prizes in the women's ...

    Article : 94 words
  23. SOVIET NAVY SEES RED.

    The British battleship Queen Elizabeth (27,500 tons length 600 feet beam 90½ feet, eight 15-inch guns, 12 6-inch guns four 21inch torpedo tubes complement of 1124) has ...

    Article : 414 words
  24. MRS. M. A. BRUNSKILL.

    The death has occurred of Mis. M. A. Brunskill, who was born in Cumberland, England, more than 92 years ago. With her husband and six children, she came out to ...

    Article : 127 words
  25. FIRE AT MILTON.

    A fire which broke out in a building owned by Mr. Habeb, and containing J. Kalos' refreshment-rooms, P. Malos' billiard saloon, and J. Madigan s hairdressing saloon, was ...

    Article : 766 words
  26. MR. A. S. CANNING.

    The funeral of Mr. Algernon Stratford Canning took place at the Crematorium at Rookwood yesterday. The chief mourners were Mrs. Canning (widow), Miss Roma Canning ...

    Article : 119 words
  27. FERRY PASSENGERS.

    On a yearly basis of traffic, about 860,700 people are daily carried on the various ferry services operating on Sydney Harbour. The report of the Harbour Trust for the year ...

    Article : 56 words
  28. COMMONWEALTH LIBRARY.

    The Parliamentary Library Committee has announced that the Commonwealth National Library will be made available to members of the general public in the New Year. The ...

    Article : 156 words
  29. ACCOUNTANCY EXAMINATION.

    A. Marco Shadier, aged 20, of Roseville, who secured first place in the Commonwealth in the final accountancy examination of the Australasian Corporation of Public ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 31 words
  30. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 199 words
  31. PARKS AND TREES.

    At the Spit, where the western waterfront has been too rough for use as a park or a playground, the Mosman Municipal Council has done some good work in regrading and ...

    Article : 359 words
  32. THREAT OF WORLD WAR.

    General Ludendorff has published a remarkable pamphlet entitled "Threat of World War," in which, writes the Berlin correspondent of the London "Daily Mail," he knocks ...

    Article : 233 words
  33. NEWCASTLE NEWS.

    Christmas business has proved more satisfactory than expected in the Newcastle district, and in some cases has represented an improvement on 1929—this year's depression ...

    Article : 185 words
  34. ROCKET AERODROME.

    The world's first aerodrome for rocket airships was opened recently in the Berlin suburb of Reinickendorf. The municipal authorities, says the Berlin ...

    Article : 181 words
  35. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 172 words
  36. FATAL FARM ACCIDENT.

    William George Haynes, 15, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. James Haynes, fell when he attempted to jump on a wheat lorry yesterday at his father's farm, and a wheel of the ...

    Article : 46 words
  37. SUPPOSED SUICIDE AT THE GAP.

    The discovery of a pencilled but unsigned note, in which a man expressed his intention of committing suicide by flinging himself over the Gap at South Head, led the Vaucluse ...

    Article : 112 words
  38. MAN INJURED BY LORRY.

    James Frize, of Renwick-street, Redfern, suffered a fracture of the skull and severe laceration to the head when he was knocked down by a motor lorry in Hickson-street, city, ...

    Article : 66 words
  39. WELCOME TO DR. BARRY.

    St. Peter, and St. Paul's Roman Catholic Cathedral was crowded when the Bishop of Goulburn (Dr. Barry) was welcomed after a visit to Rome and Ireland. He was ...

    Article : 76 words
  40. FIRE IN WHEAT CROP.

    A fire destroyed several hundred acres of wheat on C. W. Trescowthick's property, six miles from Narromine, to-day. volunteers from town were able to control the blaze. ...

    Article : 33 words
  41. BANNED MIGRANTS.

    When the Otranto departed for Sydney to-day, all the prohibited Italians aboard responded to the roll-call. ...

    Article : 24 words
  42. TO-DAY.

    Town Hall: "The Messiah," 8. Lyceum: Concert, 8. Christmas Day services at city and suburban churches. ...

    Article : 17 words
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