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  2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    Sir,—To-day memory is pulling at the heartstrings of the older generation, and the "flowers of remembrance" are being laid with reverent hands in every part of the Empire. ...

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  3. ROYAL SHOW.

    Weather conditions for the ninth day of the Royal Show could scarcely be regarded as favourable, and throughout yesterday rain fell intermittently. Nevertheless, there was a ...

    Article : 151 words
  4. NEW ALL-METAL AEROPLANE.

    This all-metal Junkers aeroplane, which arrived from Melbourne yesterday, is believed to be the first of its type to visit Mascot, From left: Major Berriman, and the pilot, Mr. P. Hall. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. NOVELS of the DAY

    Of course one reads a book by E. Phillips Oppenheim with a certain amount of respect as the output of a renowned storyteller. Broadly speaking, there are in the production ...

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  6. THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

    Sir,—I was glad to read in your leader of this morning the suggestion that it might be more in the interests of Empire to make the Governor-Generalship an Imperial ...

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  7. A PRIZE WAR NOVEL.

    Its a Great War," by Mary Lee, was given a prize of £2500 in America for the best war novel in a competition. The author spent two years in France when the American troops ...

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  8. A PAGE OF MANLY'S HISTORY.

    Sir,—With reference to the article by M.M.K., in last Saturday's "Herald," I should like to add something on the early history of the building on the banks of the Manly ...

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  9. RING EVENTS.

    The hunting events were free of accident except for a spill in the "Murdoch's" 14.2 hands pony jump in front of the Suttor Pavilion, when W. Marton was injured and ...

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  10. PREDICAMENT AT WATER JUMP.

    Sunlight jammed on the first water jump fence at the Royal Show yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  11. PORT STEPHENS.

    Sir,—In your Issue of Monday appeared a resume of an article in the current issue of the journal of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, attempting to belittle Port ...

    Article : 475 words
  12. WOOD-CHOPPING.

    When he won the New South Wales underhand championship, 15-inch logs, in the splendid time of 1m 1 3-5s, Mannie McCarthy, one of the State's most popular and expert ...

    Article : 359 words
  13. OYSTER LEASES.

    Sir,—There is another side to the interesting views published under the heading "Oyster Thieving," and the Minister should hear it before throwing in his lot with the oyster ...

    Article : 332 words
  14. SHAKESPEARE AND BEAUTY.

    "It is still quite respectable to admire Shakespeare," said Mr. Justice Piddington, in his address on "Shakespeare and his Idea of Beauty," on Wednesday. ...

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  15. STD STOCK.

    A large and valuable shipment of stud stock from Great Britain was brought to Australia by the Aberdeen and Commonwealth line motor vessel Taranaki, which berthed at ...

    Article : 302 words
  16. ORGANISING STRIKES.

    It has been suggested that proceedings in the coal dispute in New South Wales, from the miners' point of view, have followed somewhat closely a code of rules emanating ...

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  17. SHOW ATTENDANCES.

    The attendance at the Show on Wednesday, including both day and evening sessions, was 38,000. This brings the aggregate for the first eight days up to 548,220, made up as ...

    Article : 84 words
  18. RETRENCHMENT.

    Sir,—The question of employment of single v married men being raised by a correspondent in to-day's "Herald," I should like to quote my experience. After three years' ...

    Article : 167 words
  19. MR. SCULLIN'S IMPORT DUTIES.

    Sir,—I suggest to the Federal Government that they study the condition of England during Sir Robert Peel's second Ministry— 1841 to 1846. The condition of England at ...

    Article : 260 words
  20. ALLIANCE FRANCAISE.

    The Alliance Francaise headed its "soiree de gala" at the Ambassadors last night with a play by Tristan Bernard, entitled '"L'Anglais, tel qu'on le parle." The piece, ...

    Article : 328 words
  21. HOME FOR MIGRANTS.

    The old naval training ship Tingira, once [?]amous as the Sobraon, may not rot at her moorings in Berry's Bay, after all. A scheme is afoot to fit the old ship up, to serve the ...

    Article : 391 words
  22. UNCLEAN HANDLING OF FOOD.

    Sir,—Surely something can be done to stop the unclean handling of food by shopkeepers and restaurant employees. It is almost impossible to buy cakes, biscuits, or sweets ...

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  23. RYDE UNEMPLOYED.

    A public meeting convened by the Mayor of Ryde (Alderman Greenwood) was held in the basement of Ryde Town Hall yesterday, und was attended by several hundreds of ...

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  24. SAMOAN AGITATION.

    An Apia message states that Mrs. Nelson was charged with identifying herself with and expressing approval of a seditious organisation, and her sister, Mrs. Muench, was ...

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  25. CALLOUS MOTOR DRIVERS.

    Sir,—Grant me space to speak as I think I ought. On Monday night at a quarter past five o'clock, my son was driving his pony and sulky along Liverpool-road, not ...

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  26. THE DOLE SYSTEM.

    Sir,—The spectacle of hundreds of ablebodied men lined up for rations at a prominent grocer's shop in Auburn is a sorry one indeed. Many of these men would willingly ...

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  27. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Governments financial operations dunng the year ended March 31 yielded a surplus of about £150,000, according to an official announcement made by the Premier ...

    Article : 180 words
  28. FOREIGNERS.

    Replying to the Premier's statement yesterday regarding the employment of foreigners on the water front, Mr. D. W. Phillips, chairman of the State Committee of Shipowners, ...

    Article : 115 words
  29. OBITUARY.

    Mr. F. J. Heatley, science master at the Sydney High School, complained of feeling unwell yesterday just before attending his class, and, before anything could be done for ...

    Article : 120 words
  30. GOOD FRIDAY OBSERVANCES.

    Sir,—Whilst the council of ths Royal Agricultural Society is to be commended for its action in closing the Royal Show for a short duration on Anzac Day in ...

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  31. "ONE MAN ONE JOB."

    Sir,—May I bring under notice what I conside rto be the very unfair competition resorted to by a great number of men in Government positions, particularly railway men, ...

    Article : 117 words
  32. GLADESVILLE WHARF.

    The Sydney Harbour Trust, in a letter to the Ryde Council directed attention to the dangerous condition of portion of Gladesville wharf. The council decided, in ...

    Article : 62 words
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