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  2. MUNICIPAL WORK.

    The year just closed has been one of very marked activity and Progress in the municipality of Petersgam, which embraces Stanmore, Lewisham, and portion of Dulwich ...

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  3. LOANS TO CHINA.

    The correspondent of the "New York Times" at Washington says: A plan having a double object—to bring peace to China and to make the initial international effort to ...

    Article : 276 words
  4. MISSING AIRMEN.

    The two additional air force aeroplanes, which left Point Cooke yesterday, to assist in the search for Mr. W. L. Pittendrugh and Mr. S. J. Hamre, in Central Australia, were ...

    Article : 253 words
  5. BASIC WAGE CASE.

    Addressing Mr. C. Crofts, the advocate for several employees' organisations, in the basic wage case to-day, Judge Beeby said that Mr. Crofts was closing his eyes to the cold facts ...

    Article : 324 words
  6. WELCOME CHANGE

    Oppressive heat which prevailed throughout the morning and late into the afternoon yesterday gave way to a strong southeily change before nightfall. Registering 92.8 ...

    Article : 307 words
  7. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Mr. J. H. Sutherland, clerk of Mitchell Shire, presented a satisfactory report on the year's operations. Total rates assessed were £12,640, of which £1638 was outstanding. ...

    Article : 113 words
  8. PROJECTED FLIGHT TO JAPAN.

    Mr. Guy Menzies (left), who flew to New Zealand on Wednesday, and Mr. Albert E. James, who will accompany the young aviator in his projected flight to Japan. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 32 words
  9. UNLAWFUL USE OF CAR.

    William Leonard Floyd and Harold Piercey were charged with unlawfully using a motor car. Piercey was fined £25, and ordered to pay £3 compensation, in default three ...

    Article : 124 words
  10. UNEMPLOYED HOAXED.

    A mean hoax was practised on local unemployed by some unknown person. He pinned a notice on the door of the Town Hall calling for 200 men to apply at the Labour Bureau for ...

    Article : 84 words
  11. FIGHT FOR PARKES.

    The National campaign in the Federal electorate of Parkes will be opened by the selected candidate (Major C. W. C. Marr), in the Ashfield Town Hall at 8 o'clock to-night. ...

    Article : 99 words
  12. FIRE AT CASINO.

    Fire last night destroyed a six-roomed cottage in South Casino, owned by Mrs. Howard, and occupied by Mr. Athol Young and his family. Mr. Young, who was a Labour ...

    Article : 74 words
  13. THRIFT IN BRITAIN.

    In a message sent to the National Savings Movement acknowledging his pleasure in receiving the thousand-millionth savings certificate presented to him, the King commends ...

    Article : 127 words
  14. SCHOOLGIRL DROWNED

    A 12-year-old schoolgirl, Katherine Duff, of Morven-road, Old Guildford, was drowned in the Prospect Creek at Fairfield yesterday. A fairly large crowd was bathing in the ...

    Article : 61 words
  15. CHILD FALLS 16 FEET.

    June Bowbell, 3, had a remarkable escape from death when she fell from the balcony of a house on to the garden footpath, a drop of 16 feet. The child is now in hospital, ...

    Article : 59 words
  16. PROTECTION URGED

    Sir Thomas Powell Thomas, formerly a South Wales coal exporter, who is a visitor to Sydney, expressed the opinion that only by protection of the iron and steel industry can ...

    Article : 310 words
  17. UNEMPLOYED RELIEF.

    The dishonest methods adopted by some of the unemployed at Lidcombe to obtain work from the Federal grant of £2000 made to the council were revealed at lost meeting of the ...

    Article : 359 words
  18. BONDI JUNCTION TRAGEDY.

    Evidence concerning the deaths of Police Constables Norman Allen and Ernest Andrews, who were killed in the execution of their duty at Bondi Junction on Saturday, and of John ...

    Article : 240 words
  19. LABOUR POLICY.

    Serious differences have arisen within the Labour party concerning the policy to be advocated by speakers in the Parkes by-election. While the A.L.P. executive has officially ...

    Article : 145 words
  20. SHOP AND CONTENTS DESTROYED.

    F. Hall's tailor shop, at the corner of Cold-stream and River streets, with the contents, was completely destroyed by fire at about 1 o'clock this morning. The South Grafton Fire ...

    Article : 62 words
  21. MR. G. U. ALLEY.

    Mr. George Underwood Alley, of Sassafras, Upper Shoalhaven, long known as one of the most energetic outdoors men in the south, will celebrate his 91st birthday to-morrow. His ...

    Article : 166 words
  22. FIENDISH MURDER.

    Evelyn Foster, a pretty brunette, aged 28, daughter of a garage proprietor, was found dying beside her blazing motor car on a lonely moor near Otterburn, a few miles from the ...

    Article : 242 words
  23. MURRAY RIVER WATERS.

    At a meeting of the Albury Municipal Council, the Mayor (Alderman Waugh) submitted a statement made by Mr. Matthew, superintendent of testing for the State Rivers ...

    Article : 176 words
  24. DR. P. D. F. MURRAY.

    Dr. P. D. F. Murray, son of the Lieutenant-Governor of Papua, Sir Hubert Murray, has been awarded the Smithson Fellowship in Natural Science at Cambridge. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 162 words
  25. SNAKE TRAVELS IN CAR.

    A black snake, six feet long, travelled unobserved in a picnic party's car from Kangaroo Creek to Grafton, a distance of 15 miles. The snake had crawled into a bag, ...

    Article : 105 words
  26. NEW CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

    The Bishop of Armidale (Dr. Moyes) laid the foundation-stone of the new St. Thomas' Church of England at Dungowan in the Tamworth district. There was a large ...

    Article : 41 words
  27. COAL MERCHANT.

    a retired South Wales coal exporter, who has left Sydney for New Zealand. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 21 words
  28. MISSING MAN FOUND.

    Frank Spruhan, postmaster at Leadville, who had been missing since Monday morning, was found yesterday afternoon, weak from exhaustion and exposure, by the side of ...

    Article : 55 words
  29. SHEARING DISPUTE.

    The principal development in the shearing dispute to-day was the refusal of local shearers to sign on at Meteor Downs, in the Springsure district, following the arrival of ...

    Article : 86 words
  30. THE ANTARCTIC.

    A message from Oslo says that depths of more than 2000 fathoms were found by the Antarctic survey ship Norvegia on the supposed site of Nimrod Island, the existence of which ...

    Article : 73 words
  31. FIRES AT GRAFTON.

    Early this morning fire destroyed Frank Hall's tailor's shop, a wooden building at the corner of Coldstream and River streets, Ulmarra, nine miles from South Grafton. The ...

    Article : 113 words
  32. MAN FATALLY CRUSHED.

    Ivan Moras, 53, married, a Yugoslav, was fatally injured when crushed between a dump of zinc concentrates and trucks at the Zinc Corporation works late this afternoon. ...

    Article : 845 words
  33. SKIFF CHAMPIONSHIP.

    The second heat of the Australian skiff championship at Hobart this afternoon was another triumph for Queensland representatives, who filled the first five places. Echo (R. ...

    Article : 133 words
  34. CANADIAN WHEAT.

    "With wheat at ruinously low levels, no alarm should be felt if a huge carry-over exists at the end of July," said Mr. J. I. McFarland, manager of the Canadian wheat ...

    Article : 140 words
  35. THE KING'S SCHOOL SONG COMPETITION.

    The committee of The King's School, Parramatta, Old Boys' Union is anxious to have a song treating suitably the tradition and sentiment of the school, which was founded in ...

    Article : 114 words
  36. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 266 words
  37. TASMANIAN WOOL SALES.

    The Tasmanian series of wool sales commenced to-day at Hobart and will be continued at Launceston on Tuesday. Contrary to expectations, prices showed a decided ...

    Article : 182 words
  38. RATES BY INSTALMENT.

    A ratepayer, in a letter to Eastwood Council, suggested that the rates for the present year should be reduced, and that ratepayers be allowed to pay by instalments. The council ...

    Article : 91 words
  39. QUEENSLAND CRICKET.

    F. C. Thompson will not be available for the Queensland team against the West Indians commencing at Brisbane on Saturday, and V. Goodwin has been included in his stead. No ...

    Article : 92 words
  40. STRUCK BY MOTOR CAR.

    Struck and knocked down by a motor car in King-street, Newtown, yesterday, Charlotte Craven, 13, of Pleasant-avenue, Erskineville, suffered general abrasions and internal ...

    Article : 44 words
  41. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The latest news of the motorship Tricolor, which was wrecked by a terrible explosion on Monday, is that 40 persons were on board, including a baby. The captain of ...

    Article : 198 words
  42. ROUTE OF THE MAWSON ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.

    This map shows the route that was planned tor the B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition, led by Sir Douglas Mawson, which has just embarked after spending two days on King George V. Land. The expedition left Hobart on November 22, 1930, in the little exploring vessel ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 114 words
  43. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 197 words
  44. EARTH TREMORS IN N.Z.

    Persistent earthquake tremors, which have continued almost without interruption since the big upheaval at Murchison in June, 1929, have induced the Government to send an ...

    Article : 88 words
  45. CANBERRA NEWS.

    The town of Queanbeyan which, although in New South Wales, is only nine miles from Canberra, has benefited considerably from tourist traffic to the Federal capital. ...

    Article : 181 words
  46. OLD COACH ROBBERY.

    Mr. Jack Bates, proprietor of the Glencoe Hotel, is the possessor of a painting of his father the late "Bob" Bates, one of the famous Cobb and Co. drivers, executed by Tom ...

    Article : 181 words
  47. CASH DEMANDED.

    Newcastle unemployed organisations decided at a meeting to-day that relief should be given in cash instead of in dockets. The proposal will be brought before an ...

    Article : 122 words
  48. BURGLARY.

    Early yesterday morning a man roused Mrs. Annie Boston, 80, from her sleep by holding a torch over her face ond then calmly proceeded to deprive her of belongings valued ...

    Article : 128 words
  49. HONOURED POSTAGE STAMP.

    A postage stamp skilfully thrown to the ceiling by Sir James Barrie "to mark a great occasion" is to decorate permanently the Royal Box at the Haymarket Theatre, says the ...

    Article : 124 words
  50. TO-DAY.

    Her Majesty's: "Turned Up," 8. Criterion Theatre: "In Port" and "Eliza Comes [?] Stay." 6.10. St. James Thentre: "Pus In Boots," 2, 8. ...

    Article : 152 words
  51. STRUCK BY FALLING CEMENT.

    Struck by a heavy piece of cement, which fell from the fourth story of a building in course of erection in Wynyard-street, city, yesterday, William Maxwell, 40, of ...

    Article : 78 words
  52. FIRE AT GUILDFORD.

    A weatherboard five-roomed cottage, occupied by George Tuckwell and family, in Guildford-road, Guildford, was almost completely destroyed by fire last night. The flames swept ...

    Article : 53 words
  53. GARAGE AND CARS DESTROYED.

    Damage estimated at £3000 was caused by a fire late to-night, which destroyed a garage and 10 motor cars at Kingaroy. ...

    Article : 28 words
  54. DEATH FROM POISON.

    George Henry Basman, 58, of High-street, Mascot, died at the Royal South Sydney Hospital on Wednesday from the effects of poison. ...

    Article : 25 words
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