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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    At a meeting of the Tumbarumba District Hospital Board last night the financial statement showed a bank balance of £31/11/. Salaries and accounts owing were approximately ...

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  3. PRICE OF TIN.

    Eastern tin-dredging shares were supported more freely on 'Change yesterday than for weeks past. Following a strong rise in the price of tin ...

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  4. MUNGANA.

    Before Mr. Justice E. A. Douglas, in the Supreme Court, to-day, Mr. B. Fahey, on behalf of William Mccormack, ex-Premier of Queensland, applied for an extension of the ...

    Article : 185 words
  5. DAVIS CUP.

    In the Davis Cup match between Great Britain and Poland, Lee (Great Britain) beat Stolarow (Poland), 6-4, 6-2, 8-6; Sharpe (Great Britain) beat Tlocynskl (Poland), 6-2, ...

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  6. FEDERAL SESSION.

    A number of matters were discussed in the House of Representatives to-day. After a heated debate, a motion by the Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Blakeley) to ...

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  7. NAVAL TREATY.

    The Secretary of State (Mr. Stimson), continuing his evidence before the Senate Committee, in reply to a question, said: "The availability of merchant ships enters into ...

    Article : 549 words
  8. LIQUOR TRADE.

    The most serious dispute that has occurred in the retail liquor trade since the Federal body of the United Licenced Victuallers' Association came into existence nine years ago ...

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  9. QUESTIONS.

    The Acting Minister for Customs (Mr. Forde), replying to Mr. Price (S.A.), said that his department maintained two laboratories, one in Sydney and another in Melbourne, for ...

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  10. YOUNG MAN'S LAPSE.

    Leslie Nevin, a young man who was found in the yard of a local hotel during the early hours of Sunday morning, pleaded guilty at the police court, to a charge of being on ...

    Article : 71 words
  11. DEATH OF MR. ALEXANDER EGAN.

    The death has occurred of Mr. Alexander Egan, of The Pines, Deep Creek, after a recent motor accident. Mr. Egan was born at The Pines in October, 1884. One of a family ...

    Article : 140 words
  12. FAMOUS EXPLORER.

    The death has occurred of Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, the famous Arctic explorer, author and lecturer. Dr. Nansen had been ill since March. He ...

    Article : 250 words
  13. OVERSEA SHIPS.

    Representatives of the Australian Steamship Owners' Federation, the New South Wales Coastal Steamship Owners' Association, and various other steamship-owning interests in ...

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  14. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    In eagerness to hear the debate on the Government's proposal to increase the working week from 44 to 48 hours, crowds invaded the Legislative Assembly yesterday. So great ...

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  15. GIRL SCALDED.

    A young girl, Mavis Bunt, stepped backwards into a copper full of boiling water when she was attempting to open a window at her home. One leg was scalded above the ...

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  16. DR. CYRIL SHEPHERD.

    Dr. Cyril Shepherd, a leading ophthalmic surgeon, who practised in Macquarie-street for many years, died at his home, No. 3 Marathon-road, Darling Point, at an early hour yesterday ...

    Article : 239 words
  17. CHARGE OF THEFT.

    Sergeant Purdon and two other police officers arrested a man who was acting suspiciously in Main-street. At the Police Court subsequently Athol Roydon Forbes was ...

    Article : 58 words
  18. ELECTRIC POWER FOR PENRITH.

    By five votes to three Penrith Council decided to purchase electric current from the City Council. The price will be six-tenths of a penny per unit and £7/5/ per K.V.A. ...

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  19. LISMORE RED CROSS.

    The president (Mrs. J. C. McIntosh, sen.), at the annual meeting of Lismore branch of the Red Cross Society, referred to the necessity of continuing the work of the society. The ...

    Article : 90 words
  20. CHANNEL TUNNEL.

    Replying to questions in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister (Mr. MacDonald) stated that the inquiry into military aspects of the Channel tunnel was taken up as soon ...

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  21. CITY ELECTIONS.

    Standing on a water trough, in the heart of Surry Hills, Mr. J. S. Garden last night opened the campaign of the Labour party in the municipal elections. ...

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  22. HORACE WALPOLE'S DEATH.

    Following the inquest at Geelong to-day on Horace Thomas Walpole, 36, hire car driver, who was found dead in his car on the Queenscliffe-road on April 29, Eric Harris ...

    Article : 199 words
  23. FOREST AREAS.

    The Minister for Mines and Forests (Mr. Weaver), accompanied by Mr. Kilpatrick, M.L.A., visited Ganmain yesterday and inspected the State Forest Reserves at Ganmain ...

    Article : 87 words
  24. LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    At Geneva the fifty-ninth session of the League of Nations Council opened under the presidency of the Yugoslavian Foreign Minister, M. Marinkovitch. ...

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  25. MINING AT BARRALLIER.

    The Barrallier Mining Syndicate, which has been prospecting here has struck a lode yielding 40 per cent, lead, 25 per cent, zinc, 5 per cent, copper, and tracings of gold and silver. ...

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  26. A FEW LOLLIES.

    A series of robberies committed during the past few weeks in northern suburbs have been solved by Plainclothes Constables Barber and Eaton. ...

    Article : 229 words
  27. HUME HIGHWAY.

    Two plans are now in the hands of the Main Roads Board for the completion of a further five miles of road on the Hume Highway, extending from Marulan to the concrete stretch ...

    Article : 113 words
  28. DOUBLE SUICIDE.

    A weirdly puzzling discovery was explained at an inquest at Blackpool into the deaths of William Parkes, 58, collector, and James Becconsall, clerk, who were found in the latter's ...

    Article : 160 words
  29. BARELLAN WATER SUPPLY

    At a public meeting held to consider a water supply for Barellan and the farms between Leeton and Barellan, Mr. F. H. Brewster, of the Water Conseivatlon and Irrigation ...

    Article : 57 words
  30. TRADE AGREEMENT.

    The Australian Minister for Customs (Mr. Fenton), who is in Ottawa to interview the Canadian Government with a view to laying the foundations of a trade agreement "which ...

    Article : 187 words
  31. FRACTURED NECK.

    While loading linseed at the P. and O. wharf, Pyrmont, yesterday, Walter Nichols, of Pennell-street, Enmore, was struck by a falling sack. He was conveyed by the Central ...

    Article : 48 words
  32. VOLUNTARY HOSPITAL WORKERS.

    The Mudgee Voluntary Workers' Association organised a wood day for the Mudgee District Hospital, and about 39 cutters, loaders, and drivers met on Mr. L. C. Sands's ...

    Article : 93 words
  33. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 164 words
  34. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Pillar boxes for air mail correspondence only are to be provided for the London postal service. They will be painted blue to distinguish them from the red pillar boxes for ...

    Article : 582 words
  35. DAM BURSTS.

    In spite of efforts throughout the night to stem the flow the bank of the reservoir at Korongvale burst early this morning. Low-lying parts of the town were flooded, but the ...

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  36. POPULAR RESIDENT FAREWELLED.

    Members of the Katoomba sub-branch of the R.S.L. farewelled Mr. R. N. Reid before he left Katoomba for Grenfell. On behalf of the members, the Mayor of Katoomba (Alderman A. E. ...

    Article : 565 words
  37. TRADE WITH RUSSIA.

    In the House of Commons to-day the President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Graham) stated that the total declared value of merchandise imported into Great Britain, and ...

    Article : 101 words
  38. LABOUR CAMPAIGN.

    About 70 delegates from Labour leagues in the City Council wards attended the first meeting of the municipal campaign committee in the Trades Hall on Tuesday night. It ...

    Article : 81 words
  39. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 195 words
  40. STUDENTS' PRANK.

    When darkness fell in Hobart to-day the four clock faces of the tower of the General Post Office, 80 feet high, were seen to be decorated with black and white representations of ...

    Article : 111 words
  41. SHOP DESTROYED.

    Thieves raided a block of four shops at Fendalton, a suburb of Christchurch, early this morning. The front doors were smashed in, and after an unsuccessful search for money, ...

    Article : 75 words
  42. SUNDAY FOOTBALL.

    The Chief Commissioner for Railways (Mr Cleary) promised a deputation to-day that a railway motor would run on Sundays to country football grounds or other places of ...

    Article : 109 words
  43. NEW MORAL STANDARDS.

    Dean Inge, addressing the Jesmond Diocesan Conference, said that the whole foundation of moral conduct was being unprecedently assailed. The younger generation, ...

    Article : 121 words
  44. OVERFLOW SEWER.

    The construction of a 12-inch overflow sewer from the low-level sewerage pumping station at Bondi Beach was objected to by Alderman Moverley at yesterday's meeting of ...

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  45. SUDDEN RICHES.

    Mr. Peter Aldridge, who left Wagga the other day on receipt of communications from a firm of solicitors at Melbourne, found his circumstances altered with dramatic ...

    Article : 150 words
  46. TO-DAY.

    Town Hall: Beethoven Recital by Backhaus, 8. Her Majesty's Theatre: "A Country Girl," 8. Criterion Theatre: "White Cargo." 8. Palace Theatre: "Westminster Glee Singers," 8. ...

    Article : 203 words
  47. SMITH AND SHIERS.

    The airmen Messrs. D. Smith and H. W. Shiers arrived at Darwin by the Malabar from Singapore to-day, and later departed for Brisbane. ...

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  48. WOMEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.

    Miss G. Hay, of Barwon Heads, Melbourne, has joined the last 32 in the women's open golf championship, defeating Mrs. Whitfield, of Bramhall, by being a little better at ...

    Article : 104 words
  49. TOWN PLANNING ASSOCIATION.

    The Town Planning Association of New South Wales yesterday carried a motion asking the Government to push on with the Cook's River Improvement Bill this season, ...

    Article : 113 words
  50. SAFE-BREAKERS AT WORK.

    Safe-breakers, who had apparently been disturbed, abandoned an attempt to blow open a safe in the office of the Central Brick and Tile Works, Albert-street, St. Peters, last ...

    Article : 45 words
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