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  2. DR. CLAIRE WEEKES.

    Miss Weekes has had the distinction of being the first woman to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Science of Sydney University. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. MR. COOLIDGE.

    Mr. Calvin Coolidge, ex-President of the United States, writing in the latest issue of the "Cosmopolitan Magazine," puts an end to all suggestions and rumours that he might ...

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  4. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Mr. James Channell, of Yarra, celebrated [?] 90th birthday, and is still hale and hearty. [?] has lived 60 years in the Goulburn district. [?] was born in Somersetshire, and, with [?] ...

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  5. ELECTIONS.

    Although in the earlier stages of the Legislative Assembly election campaign there was little evidence of public interest, the new tariff schedule and the proposed referendum, in ...

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  6. TRADE WITH CANADA.

    Pleasure was expressed to-day by the Acting Minister for Customs (Mr. Forde) at the prospect of closer trade relations between Australia and Canada, as the result of a visit ...

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  7. BARRABA INQUEST.

    At the conclusion of the inquest to-day on Thomas O'Brien, who was found dead at Barraba, on March 24, the Coroner found that O'Brien died from suffocation following ...

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  8. STATE SESSION.

    When the Legislative Assembly met yesterday the debate on the railway and tramway estimates was resumed. Mr. Tully said that the annual interest bill ...

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  9. BILLIARDS.

    A large crowd of well-wishers farewelled Walter Lindrum and Clark McConachy, the billiard players, at Victoria Station. They are en route to join the Maloja at Marseilles, ...

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  10. MULWAREE SHIRE EXPENDITURE.

    A surplus of £1283 on works in the Mulwaree Shire was shown during 1929, according to the auditor's report. This increased the accumulated available funds to £3939. The ...

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  11. VIOLENT-TONGUED TRESPASSER.

    When Stanley Wilson Brown, 25, pleaded guilty to chaiges of having trespassed on an enclosure at Wagga lockup, and with having used insulting words to a constable, the police ...

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  12. MURDER ALLEGED.

    As the sequel to the death of a young man at Brisbane Hospital recently, following an affray at a house at Breakfast Creek on March 21, Margaret Vines, 36, housewife, in ...

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  13. WIRELESS TELEPHONY.

    A report from Rome [?] that in continuation of his research work abroad the yacht Elettra, the Marchese Marconl has spoker direct to Buenos Ayres and Montreal. He is ...

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  14. INVERELL COUNCIL BUSINESS.

    At the last meeting of the Inverell Municipal Council an application for a considerable amount of overtime by members of the staffone officer claimed 78 hours—was the subject ...

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  15. ARBITRATION.

    The Premier (Mr. Bavin) yesterday said he was afraid the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) was under a misapprehension about his (Mr. Bavin's) reference to the arbitration ...

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  16. DESPERATE PLIGHT.

    Speaking at a concert held under the auspices of the Empire Fellowship of Women in St. James Hall last night, Mr. William A. Oakley, of the British Migration League, said ...

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  17. MOTOR SPEED TRIALS.

    At Daytona Beach, Florida, Mr. kaye Don drove his Silver Bullet over the course for the sixth time, but, chiefly owing to the condition of the beach, he was unable to do better ...

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  18. HAND CAUGHT IN COGS.

    Whilst Charles Payne, of Southgate, was endeavouring to start the engine of a motor launch near the public wharf at Palmer's Island, his hand wns drawn into the cogs of ...

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  19. GO-SLOW TACTICS.

    Go-slow tactics adopted by freezing works slaughtermen at South Otago last week spread to Canterbury to-day, and at Pareora and Smithfield Works, the men settled down to ...

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  20. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION WORK.

    Messrs. Beaver and Fowtrell, representatives of the Railway Construction Branch, met the Mayor and aldermen of Grafton to discuss proposed alterations to plans for the ...

    Article : 132 words
  21. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The position of the parties was unchanged yesterday. In Sturt, the third seat went to Mr. Anthoney, one of the sitting Liberals, Labour representatives having obtained the ...

    Article : 184 words
  22. OBJECTION TO GASOMETER.

    Residents of Woolstonecraft, who object to the new gas container at Kerosene Bay, decided last night at a meeting, presided over by Mr. J. H. King, to take action seeking to ...

    Article : 87 words
  23. INJURED BY EXPLOSION.

    An unusual claim ior damages was neara by Judge Wolnarski and a Jury yesterday, when Dorothy Tomlinson, dressmaker, of Warracknabeal, sought £499 from McDonald Garage ...

    Article : 174 words
  24. PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT.

    The Senate, without a word of debate, approved a 36,000,000 dollar direct appropriation for prohibition enforcement next year—the same figure as set by the House of ...

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  25. FIRE AT GOULBURN.

    Damage estimated at £400 was caused by a fire which broke out in a fancy-goods shop early yesterday. The shop was one of a block of about 10 shops. ...

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  26. COLLISION.

    A collision between the yacht Royal and the paddle steamer Weerona occurred at the Station Pier, Port Melbourne. William Piper, 37, was struck by the falling ...

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  27. DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE.

    The "Law Journal" suggests that in view of the difficulties in the case of William Henry Podmore, the House of Lords should have the opportunity of considering the question of ...

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  28. CALCUTTA SWEEPS.

    Questioned in the House of Commons, with reference to the sale of Calcutta sweepstake tickets, the Home Secretary (Mr. Clynes) said that if action was taken it would be in ...

    Article : 142 words
  29. ALBURY BATTERY.

    Recently it was decided to remove the Albury battery to Melbourne, because officers and recruits were not forthcoming. Difficulty was also experienced in hiring gun horses for ...

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  30. MAN BADLY BURNT.

    Terrible burns were received by John Evans, 60, yesterday when his clothing became ignited while he was burning out bitumen drums at Guildford. Enveloped in flames he ran into ...

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  31. UNKNOWN MAN FOUND DEAD.

    An unidentified man was found in Belmore Park last night. He was taken to the Sydney Hospital by the Central District Ambulance, and was found to be dead. ...

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  32. PRISON POPULATION.

    The annual report of the Comptroller of Prisons, covering the period from July, 1928, to June, 1929, was tabled to the Legislative Assembly yesterday. ...

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  33. BATTALION FLAG.

    Citizens of Grafton in 1916 presented a Union Jack to the 42nd Battalion, A.I.F. The flag was taken to England and France, and brought back to Australia, where it was hung ...

    Article : 163 words
  34. SIR DOUGLAS MAWSON.

    In order to meet Sir Douglas Mawson, Captain J. K. Davies, commander of the Discovery, and members of the scientific staff of the expedition, the Victoria League of ...

    Article : 117 words
  35. UNEMPLOYED AT LITHGOW.

    LITHGOW.—Since unemployment is growing to the Lithgow district, it his been suggested that the Forestry Department might engage some of the men on the ...

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  36. INDEX.

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  37. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A Scottish woman resident in Australia has forwarded a first edition of Burns's poems, published in Kilmarnock in 1786, to Sotheby's. It is stated that it is one of the rarest books ...

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  38. LUXURIOUS YACHT.

    At Bath, Maine, Mr. J. P. Morgan's new 2,500,000 dollar yacht. Corsair, was launched after the financier's daughter had cracked a quart of 1915 vintage champagne over the ...

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  39. LITHGOW DISTRESS RELIEF.

    The State mine lodge, the biggest miners' lodge in the west, has decided to strike a levy of 1/ a member as a contribution to the Lithgow District Cripples' Fund. The impost will ...

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  40. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    In the Legislative Council the AttorneyGeneral (Mr. Boyce) made a Ministerial statement regarding the report of the Coal Commission. Referring to a complaint by ...

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  41. WOMAN ATTACKED.

    Two men, driving to a horse-drawn van, which they had hired from a livery stable earlier to the day, approached a young woman in Grattan-street, Carlton, to-night. One of ...

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  42. SOUTH POLE EXPEDITION.

    A report from Oslo says that the airman, Major Gran, who was a member of Captain Scott's 1910 expedition, is planning an attempt to reach the South Pole by motor ...

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  43. LORD MAYOR OF PERTH.

    Alderman J. F. Franklin, Lord Mayor of Perth, returned from Brisbane yesterday, after having taken part to the festivities connected with the opening of the new Town Hall ...

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  44. ST. JOHN AMBULANCE—A RECORD.

    The St. John Ambulance class at Lithgow claims an Australian record. During the past 13 years not one of nearly 400 candidateshas failed to pass an examination. ...

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  45. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 273 words
  46. FATAL RESULT OF MOTOR ACCIDENT.

    Joseph Kelly, who was seriously injured in a motor car collision at Dunn's Corner, Bowenfels, on April 2, died in hospital on Thursday night. The funeral took place on Friday ...

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  47. BUTTER PRICES FALL.

    The Australian and New Zealand Produce Board announces that importers have decided to sell best Australian and New Zealand butter at 118/ to 122/ a cwt. ...

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  48. DOCTOR'S DEATH.

    At the conclusion of the inquiry into the death of Dr. Henry Lyon Johnston (30), in Perth on March 5, the acting coroner found that the motor collision which caused the ...

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  49. ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL.

    A large number of some of the parents who were charged at the South Melbourne Court to-day with having failed to send their children to school stated that the children had ...

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  50. WATER BOARD LOAN.

    It was stated officially yesterday that notwithstanding the successful flotation in New York of the Sydney Water and Sewerage Board's loan of £1,500,000, there is little ...

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  51. CINEMA TRAGEDIES.

    A cinema fire to a travelling circus caused the death of 22 spectators at Volsk (Russia). Eighteen persons, mainly women and children, perished to a similar disaster in the ...

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  52. GOULBURN WOOLLEN MILLS.

    Owing to a general slackness, the Goulburn Woollen Mills have reduced production by half. The policy, it is stated, is in common with many other mills. In view of new tariff ...

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  53. DISORDERLY DANCES.

    Dunedin aldermen are perturbed at happenings in several dance halls to the city. It was stated that a dance, held recently to the concert chamber of the Town Hall for a ...

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  54. 48-HOUR WEEK.

    Claiming that a 48-hour week should operate in retail butchers' shops in New South Wales and Queensland, the Master Butchers, Meat, and Allied Trades Federation has served a ...

    Article : 101 words
  55. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 215 words
  56. LABOUR BALLOTS.

    Mr. A. Luchetti, who is a member of the A.L.P. central executive, yesterday emphatically denied a report that a committee appointed by the A.L.P. had recommended the ...

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  57. EMPIRE ECONOMIC COUNCIL.

    The appointment of a commission of business men to various units of the Empire "to inquire into Empire resources, markets, and factors entering into the promotion or ...

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  58. MAIN BURSTS AT MOSMAN.

    Tram traffic was disorganised on the Spit Junctlon-Mllson's Point line yesterday morning owing to a bursting water-main. The main burst at about 3 o'clock, near ...

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  59. WOMAN ELECTROCUTED.

    The Coroner (Mr. C. A. Arnold) conducted an inquiry this moring into the death of Mrs. Howard Manton Lane. Evidence was given by L. A. Lane, solicitor, a relative of the ...

    Article : 130 words
  60. DEATH UNDER ANAESTHETIC.

    Though anaesthetics succeed in thousands of cases an occasional inexplicable failure leading to a patient's death could not be avoided, was the opinion of Dr. I. Bull, at the ...

    Article : 88 words
  61. QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT.

    At the close of a meeting of the Cabinet, the Premier (Mr. Moore) said that the Government would apply to the Industrial Court to fix at 48 a week the hours of ...

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  62. AUSTRALIAN AVICULTURE.

    An Avicultural section hns been established by the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, and the first meeting will be held on Monday next. ...

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  63. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    With the object of relieving unemployment a meeting of the Government party yesterday decided to commence certain works, to be financed by special means. This ...

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  64. BIOGRAPHY OF QUEEN MARY.

    Interviewed with reference to the strong controversy which has arisen from the publication of a biography of the Queen without Royal permission, the publisher cays that the ...

    Article : 63 words
  65. BOY SCOUTS' SERVICE.

    The Northern Suburbs District Boy Scouts and Cubs will hold their annual Scouts' Own Service at the Arcadia Theatre, Chatswood, to-morrow afternoon. ...

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