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  2. SCHOOLGIRLS' FLIGHT.

    Jill and Jacqueline Seagers, aged seven and nine years respectively, who spent their school holidays with their parents in Salamaua, arrived in Sydney yesterday in the W. R. ...

    Article : 356 words
  3. CROWN LANDS SALE.

    Forty-one residential blocks of Crown lands at Maroubra were sold at auction on Saturday, the total amount realised being £11,348. The land is situated between Maroubra ...

    Article : 323 words
  4. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The whole of the £60,000 allotted to the Albury Co-operative Building Society by the State Government for the construction and purchase of homes at Albury has been ...

    Article : 77 words
  5. DEEP-SEA PORT IN NORTH.

    A public meeting at Ballina, attended by Richmond local governing authorities and citizens' organisations, decided unanimously to support a ...

    Article : 163 words
  6. FIRST CHRISTIAN SERVICE.

    A religious service, organised by the Church of England Men's Society, and in which other Protestant denominations took part, was held in the Domain ...

    Article : 600 words
  7. ON THE LAND

    Reports of agricultural instructors further emphasise the drastic effects of the long dry spell in the south-west, and the need for follow-up rains in ...

    Article : 597 words
  8. BAN ON CITRUS FRUIT.

    Mr. R. B. Walker, M.L.A., speaking at a meeting of citrus growers at Hornsby on Saturday, said that the Prime Minister of New Zealand had ...

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  9. HANDLING THE HARVEST.

    Flour millers declare that the failure of the silo system to handle this season's harvest in New South Wales is due to the deliberate policy of the ...

    Article : 861 words
  10. FATAL FALL FROM LORRY.

    At an inquest yesterday into the death of John Carl Adolph Schulz, 59. labourer, of Howlong, the Coroner, Mr. D. G. Padman, found that Schulz died from injuries ...

    Article : 54 words
  11. FAMILY'S NARROW ESCAPE.

    A weatherboard house at Balldale, near Albury, occupied by Mr. A Prendergast and his wife and two children, was destroyed by fire on Friday night. Awakened by a ...

    Article : 55 words
  12. MODEL ENGINEERS' WORKSHOP.

    The Mid-Western Society of Model Engineers has erected a workshop on land which has been placed at its disposal by Mr. A. Debenham. The workshop is equipped with every ...

    Article : 76 words
  13. STEWARD LOST AT[?] SEA.

    The second steward of the coastal steamer Gwydir, Charles H. Siggers, 61, disappeared mysteriously from the vessel between the Barrenjoey light ...

    Article : 199 words
  14. ROOFS OF BEACH SHEDS.

    Holders of permissive occupancies on the town waterfront as sites for jetties and boatsheds were called upon recently by the Lands Department to accept a special lease tenure in ...

    Article : 101 words
  15. FIXING OF RATE.

    Because recent municipal valuations by the Valuer-General showed an increase of approximately 18 to 19 per cent, in Goulburn unimproved capital value, the Goulburn City ...

    Article : 55 words
  16. FIRE IN OIL STORE.

    A fire broke out in an oil store at the rear of the promises of Charles Rogers and Sons, Ltd. The fire was discovered early, and little damage was done. Firemen had to remove ...

    Article : 57 words
  17. FALL FROM BICYCLE.

    Christopher James Ross, 14, su[?]d concussion and contusions to the mouth when he fell from his bicycle on the rough part of Peat's, Eridge Road. He was taken to a ...

    Article : 39 words
  18. SUBMARINE AT DARWIN.

    The British submarine Phoenix reached Darwin yesterday from Hong Kong, where it had been attached to the China Squadron. The Phoenix, which is similar in design to the ...

    Article : 143 words
  19. FACTORY BROKEN INTO.

    The premises of Jusfrute, Ltd., cordial manufacturers, West Gosford, were broken into last night by thieves, who ransacked the office. A drawer was forced open, and ...

    Article : 40 words
  20. COBAR'S RECORD OF HEAT.

    The heat wave at Cobar was the longest and most severe since 1896, the average temperature being 107.9 degrees for 40 days. There were only five days out of the 40 on ...

    Article : 77 words
  21. R.S.S.I.L.A. SUB-BRANCH.

    Office-bearers elected at the annual meeting of the Gosford sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. were:—President, J. Lawn; vice-presidents, T. Cassell, H. Elliott, W. A. Smith. ...

    Article : 63 words
  22. PROGRESS OF RICE CROPS.

    Rice crops appear to have stood up to the water restrictions remarkably well, according to Mr. H. J. Dargin, agricultural instructor stationed at Leeton. ...

    Article : 201 words
  23. MAIZE ON THE UPPER HUNTER.

    Most of the maize in the limiter Valley has failed this year because of the long continued drought. Even many of the crops under irrigtion are in a bad way since practically no water has been available for weeks, but the growers of the stand illustrated, Messrs A. E. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 76 words
  24. CYCLIST INJURED.

    When his bicycle ran into a hole in Matcham Road. Matcham, yesterday afternoon, Wilbur Alston. 22, of 20 Souter Street, Kogarah, had a leg broken below the ...

    Article : 34 words
  25. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,353 words
  26. WIDENING OF STOCK ROUTES.

    The Inverell P.P. Board has decided to ask the Minister for Lands, Mr. Sinclair, to receive a deputation on the question of the widening of travelling stock routes. It was ...

    Article : 83 words
  27. DISTRICT CONDITIONS.

    In a report to the February meeting of the Inverell P.P. Board, the stock inspector stated that since about the middle of January a welcome change has occurred in the pastoral ...

    Article : 87 words
  28. AGRICULTURAL SHOWS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 828 words
  29. LITHGOW DOCTORS.

    At its last meeting, the Lithgow Municipal Council referred to its next committee meeting a letter received from Mr. S. H. McRae, of King Street, in which he stated that, with ...

    Article : 62 words
  30. FINDING OF SUICIDE.

    After an inquest into the death of Arthur Ronald Thomas Elliott, who died at Girilambone on January 29. the Deputy Coroner. Mr. H. L. Hopkins, returned a finding of suicide. ...

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  31. TWO LOANS SOUGHT.

    The Nyngan Council has decided to raise two loans from the Australian Mutual Provident Society, of £9,100 and £1,500. at 4½ per cent, per annum, £9,100 to be spent on ...

    Article : 55 words
  32. IMPROVED MILK SUPPLY.

    Recently the Milk Board informed country factories and subtuban dairymen that it considered a decided improvement in the quality of the milk ...

    Article : 328 words
  33. INQUIRY INTO FIRE.

    It has been decided to hold an inquiry into the fire which destroyed the Girral Hotel recently. When the outbreak occurred, the licensee, Mr. R. Bamford, barely had time ...

    Article : 58 words
  34. RAISING LEVEL OF LAKE.

    Approval has been given for the lovel of Lake Cargelligo to be raised by three feet, by the release of water from the Wyangala Dam. ...

    Article : 93 words
  35. COUNTRY PROPERTIES SOLD.

    The largest country proporty sale for several months is that of Bredbo Station, in the Cooma district, by the Bredbo Pastoral Company Pty., Ltd. a Victorian syndicate. ...

    Article : 247 words
  36. TIN MINING ACTIVITY.

    There is much activity in the tin mines at Kikoira. The Gibson mines have a large number of men employed, and another company, with £15,000 capital, has applied to ...

    Article : 43 words
  37. ELECTRICITY RATES ERROR.

    At the last meeting of the Blue Mountains Shire Council, it was reponed that an error had occurred in the fixing of the shire electricity rates for 1939, with an overcharge of ...

    Article : 99 words
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