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  2. CLIFF COLLAPSES.

    With a terrific roar a section of the cliff face of Bluff Hill, Napier, near the Breakwater, collapsed to-night and overwhelmed a motor car travelling on the road below, ...

    Article : 84 words
  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    In the recent State-wide examination of Methodist Sunday school teachers. Miss Amy White, of Lithgow, tied with Mr. R. S. T. Kingston, of Burwood, for first place. ...

    Article : 99 words
  4. COAL DISPUTE.

    Aggregate meetings of miners were held in various centres of the Newcastle field yesterday to discuss the coal position. Officials informed the men that the Miners' ...

    Article : 2,463 words
  5. MISS AMY JOHNSON.

    The young English girl flier, now on her way to Australia, in an endeavour to lower Bert Hinkler's record for the solo flight. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 27 words
  6. MUNGANA MINES.

    When the Mungana inquiry was resumed today Mr. A. J. Jones (a former Minister for Mines in the Queensland Cabinet) was examined regarding a letter he wrote on ...

    Article : 624 words
  7. GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

    Speaking at the opening of the sixty-fifth annual session of the New South Wales General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia last night, the new Moderator (Rev. ...

    Article : 1,698 words
  8. DAVIS CUP.

    The Australian Davis Cup players begin their match against Ireland at Dublin today. Ireland has produced some fine players in ...

    Article : 519 words
  9. BOGAN RIVER BRIDGE.

    The first pile of the new traffic bridge over the Bogan River was driven this morning by the former Mayor (Mr. Knight), who broke a bottle of champagne on it. The bridge will ...

    Article : 43 words
  10. GOLD PROSPECTING.

    The Minister for Mines (Mr. Weaver) has prepared a comprehensive scheme for submission to the Cabinet to encourage gold production and to subsidise bona fide syndicates. ...

    Article : 161 words
  11. SNAKE VICTIM'S PROMPTITUDE.

    While working on Mr. H. S. Gulliver's farm at Laurieton yesterday, Jack Buckman, 17, was bitten on the calf of the leg by a black snake. The lad promptly applied a ligature ...

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  12. MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTIONS.

    There was a record poll at the by-election for a vacancy on the local municipal council. The voting was: Mr. H. S. Corfield, 137; Mr. R. D. Stuckey, 108. ...

    Article : 70 words
  13. CANOWINDRA SHOW.

    At the first meeting of the new committee of the Canowindra Show Association it was decided to hold the next show on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 16 and 17. Mr. T. J. ...

    Article : 53 words
  14. THE RAILWAYS.

    The Treasurer and Minister for Railways (Mr. Stevens) estimates that the deficit on the railways at the close of the present financial year will be £2,750,000. ...

    Article : 54 words
  15. TUMUT'S "JUNGLE GYM."

    Tumut people were interested to read of Mrs. Carnegle's gift to Australia of a "Jungle Gym," as an identical apparatus is now in course of erection at the Tumut Intermediate ...

    Article : 59 words
  16. FALLING TRADE.

    April oversea trade returns were the worst for several years. Imports were £83,092,000, which was £9,498,000 less than March, and £20,206,000 less than April last year. Exports ...

    Article : 91 words
  17. WOMEN'S MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

    The Moderator of the Presbyterian Assembly (Rev. G. R. S. Reid) was present at a largely attended conference of the Women's Missionary Association of the Presbyterian Church, ...

    Article : 402 words
  18. MOTORIST FINED.

    At the Goulburn Police Court, Michael Hall, of Yass, was fined £8 for having ridden a motor cycle and sidecar in Cowper-street at a dangerous speed, and his licence was ...

    Article : 43 words
  19. "NOISIEST CITY."

    "Sydney is the noisiest city that it has ever been my misfortune or my privilege to dwell in," said Dr. Donald Fraser in the course of a lecture last evening on the subject of the ...

    Article : 372 words
  20. OFFICIAL SECRETS.

    In the House of Commons the recent questioning of a newspaper lobbyist, with reference to the Press announcement of the decision to arrest Gandhi, by the Government ...

    Article : 295 words
  21. CONSTABLE ASSAULTED.

    James Reynolds, 23, labourer, who said he came from Surry Hills, Sydney, and was tramping the country in search of work, was fined £5, in default a month's hard labour, ...

    Article : 58 words
  22. WOMEN'S GOLF.

    There were five Australian entrants in the women's golf championship, but only two of them played in to-day's preliminaries at Formby. ...

    Article : 157 words
  23. BATHURST MEMORIAL CARILLON.

    A public meeting, at which the Mayor presided, unanimously adopted a resolution to expedite the work of establishing a carillon as a soldiers' memorial. The bells, ...

    Article : 106 words
  24. GOLDEN WEDDING.

    More than 250 guests gathered at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. William Corey, of Jingera, at the celebration of their golden wedding. Relatives present included the children, 32 ...

    Article : 66 words
  25. MARTIN-PLACE.

    At a meeting in the Real Estate Rooms, Martin-place, yesterday, a sub-committee was appointed to formulate a series of questions asking candidates for the City Council ...

    Article : 548 words
  26. EMPIRE DAY DINNER.

    The Empire Day dinner of the Royal Empire Society will be held at the Wentworth Hotel on Saturday, May 24. The Governor-General (Lord Stonehaven), ...

    Article : 52 words
  27. POLICE COURT CASES.

    For having released a horse, on which the pound fees were only 4/, from the South Grafton pound, Arthur Ernest Edwards was fined £7, in default three months' ...

    Article : 456 words
  28. RUBBER PRODUCTION.

    The Government, at the instance of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, has been inquiring whether rubber planters in Johore favour the prohibition of Sunday tapping, and ...

    Article : 77 words
  29. OPTIMISM AT CESSNOCK.

    There is more optimism as a result of tne proposals which are now being considered by the miners than at any time during the long course of the present dispute. The ...

    Article : 142 words
  30. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 212 words
  31. MINISTER RESIGNS.

    The Rev. James Cosh, minister at the Ann-street Church, Brisbane, caused a stir at the Presbyterian Assembly this afternoon when, after announcing that he resigned all ...

    Article : 165 words
  32. MACLAREN'S COUNTY.

    To-day, the Australians meet Lancashire at Liverpool. The county's main ground is Old Trafford, Manchester, where the return match will be played in June, and the fourth test ...

    Article : 705 words
  33. LABOUR M.P.'s DEATH.

    The death has occurred of Mr. John Wheatley, M.P., in his 52nd year. [Mr. Wheatley, formerly a miner, was for 10 years on the Glasgow Corporation. Since ...

    Article : 59 words
  34. SEARCH FOR OIL.

    In a further report which he has forwarded to the Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Blakeley) from America, the geological adviser to the Commonwealth (Dr. W. G. ...

    Article : 360 words
  35. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 215 words
  36. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Lord Forster is suffering a slight attack of pleurisy, following a bout of Influenza. He has cancelled his engagements. Delegates from Australia and New Zealand ...

    Article : 514 words
  37. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    There was another rush for employment at the Labour Exchange, George-street North, yesterday. When officials arrived at the exchange at 7 o'clock many hundreds of men ...

    Article : 253 words
  38. DUCK THIEF SHOT.

    Ruthless raids on suburban poultry forms led to the shooting of a thief at Marrickville by a farmer who had suffered severely from their depredations. ...

    Article : 291 words
  39. TO-DAY.

    Her Majesty's Theatre: "A Country Girl," 2, B. Criterion Theatre: "White Cargo," 2, B. Palace Theatre: "Westminster Glee Singers," 2.30, 8 ...

    Article : 245 words
  40. BRIBERY ALLEGATIONS

    Chief Judge Dethridge, who will inquire into the allegations of bribery in regard to the Public Accounts Committee's Investigation of the claims of certain wireless broadcasting ...

    Article : 176 words
  41. 30-HOUR WEEK.

    All employees, totalling about 1000, employed on relief work at Bunnerong suddenly ceased work yesterday at one o'clock in accordance with instructions from the Public Service ...

    Article : 73 words
  42. MINISTER'S INSPECTION.

    Accompanied by the assistant geological adviser to the Commonwealth (Mr. Hossfeld), the Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Blakeley) Will leave Canberra on Friday to inspect the ...

    Article : 57 words
  43. OLD MAN FATALLY INJURED.

    Phillip J. Braine, 70, of Hewlett-street, South Granville, who was struck by a motor car in Woodville-road, South Granville, on May 3, died in Parramatta Hospital yesterday. ...

    Article : 53 words
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