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  2. HYDRAULIC POWER FAILS.

    Hydraulic power in the central city area failed yesterday morning because of a burst main in Pitt Street. This caused a temporary failure of power operating door openings to ...

    Article : 79 words
  3. MAN BURNED.

    John Gard, 50, was burned about the face, hands, and arms yesterday, when an explosion occurred in his fish shop in Gardeners Road, Mascot. ...

    Article : 81 words
  4. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Police are searching for two men who may be suffering from injuries received when a stolen car, in which they were travelling, overturned. The car was stolen from Dr. C. ...

    Article : 91 words
  5. REPAIR WORK BY AERO CLUBS.

    The Minister for Civil Aviation (Mr. Thorby) has granted permission for aero clubs which receive subsidy payments from the Commonwealth to ...

    Article : 189 words
  6. PRIZE-GIVINGS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,873 words
  7. — ON THE LAND —

    Four Acts dealing with the marketing of apples and pears were passed during the last session of the Federal Parliament. ...

    Article : 952 words
  8. NO VICTORIAN BAN.

    The Victorian Government has placed no ban on imports of hay and chaff from areas in New South Wales infested by skeleton weed. ...

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  9. SOIL EROSION POWERS.

    "I feel that your organisation is labouring under some misapprehension," states the Minister for Mines and Forests, Mr. Vincent, in reply to a ...

    Article : 375 words
  10. BLACKHEATH RATES.

    The Blackheath Municipal Council has adopted the estimates for 1939, which provide for a total rate of 1/1[?] a reduction of ¼d on the rates for 1938. ...

    Article : 58 words
  11. Advertising

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  12. NARROW ESCAPE FROM INJURY.

    When Mrs. L. Clarke was returning by car from viewing a fire at 4 o'clock this morning, she failed to negotiate a turn in Richard Street, and hit the Court House wall. She ...

    Article : 59 words
  13. FIRE IN DANCE HALL.

    The Gum Tree Palais Royal, open-air dance hall, was damaged by fire. The orchestral stand, piano, drums, amplifier, and 12 feet of floor were destroyed. ...

    Article : 31 words
  14. ACCIDENTS TO TRUCK.

    Swerving from the road to avoid another vehicle, a large transport motor truck owned by Blend's Interstate Transport Service crashed through undergrowth on the Byron ...

    Article : 101 words
  15. SHOTS FIRED IN CHASE.

    A man who escaped from the Callan Park Mental Hospital a month ago was recaptured by police officers yesterday near the Bonnie Doon golf links after ...

    Article : 342 words
  16. NO INCREASED EXCURSION SERVICE.

    Representations made by the Byron Bay Improvement Association for an improved Sunday excursion train service to Byron [?]y from Lismore and Casino have not been successful. ...

    Article : 72 words
  17. COWRA RESIDENT'S DEATH.

    The death has occurred of Mr. John Joseph Byrne, at the age of 79. He was a resident of the town and district for 65 years. He acquired a property near Cowra and was a ...

    Article : 76 words
  18. APRICOTS ON AN IRRIGATED ORCHARD.

    Harvesting of apricots has begun on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas. Size and quality generally are satisfactory, but a fairly heavy shedding is reported from Griffith. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  19. RELIEF WORKER KILLED.

    Jack Edwards, 18, who was engaged in relief work for the Forestry Department, was killed to-day when a wire rope broke and struck him on the neck. ...

    Article : 47 words
  20. COURSING PROFITS.

    The Goulburn Show Coursing Club made a net profit of £111/17/8 during the half-year ended November 30. Receipts totalled £1,748, including £422 bookmakers' fees. ...

    Article : 59 words
  21. WHEAT PRODUCTION EXPANDS.

    Mr. E. Monro who has been in charge of the silo, states that 240,000 bushels have been received, and it is estimated that there were still from 80,000 to 90,000 bushels to come ...

    Article : 143 words
  22. SEARCH FOR PRISON ESCAPEES.

    Joseph Bourke, 35, and John Williams, 28, who escaped from the Parramatta Gaol last Saturday morning, are still at large. Police have not seen either of the men ...

    Article : 143 words
  23. MAGISTRATE'S PROMOTION.

    The legal profession, the police, and the courthouse staff congratulated Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., at Grafton Police Court upon his promotion to Lismore, where he will take up ...

    Article : 70 words
  24. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RECORDS.

    Two children at the Goonoowigall School, in the Inverell district, have completed five years attendance at school without missing a day. They are Doug Hoyt and Jean ...

    Article : 77 words
  25. CONDITIONS ON THE CLARENCE.

    Rabbits are fairly numerous along the upper reaches of the Clarence River, according to the Inspector of Stock, Mr. G. A. Kennedy, in a report to the Grafton P.P. Board. ...

    Article : 157 words
  26. INQUIRY INTO FIRE OUTBREAKS.

    George Burns, 27, was committed for trial at the next sittings of the Circuit Court at Grafton on March 14, by the District Coroner, Mr. H. Hawkins, at the conclusion of an ...

    Article : 83 words
  27. OBITUARY.

    Major J. A. Chauvel, who died in Brisbane last Friday, was a member of the well-known pioneering pastoral family of the Clarence River, and a brother of General Sir Harry ...

    Article : 203 words
  28. ROAD WORKER INJURED.

    Edward Flynn, an employee of the Main Roads Department, working at the Billinudgel deviation construction, was severely injured when he fell from a motor truck. Flynn, who ...

    Article : 55 words
  29. TESTING FOR POISON.

    Satisfactory progress during the last six months of investigations of a large number of plants suspected of poisoning stock is announced in the third ...

    Article : 442 words
  30. COUNTRY PROPERTY SALES.

    Adverse seasonal conditions throughout the State and the customaty slackening of interest at Christmas time have reflected on sales of country properties during the last few weeks, ...

    Article : 236 words
  31. POLICE MAGISTRATE'S TRANSFER.

    After several years as police magistrate in the Orange district, Mr. M. J. Ryan has received notice of his transfer to Goulburn. His successor will be Mr. Robert Donaldson, ...

    Article : 42 words
  32. FIRE IN WHEAT CROP.

    A fire which broke out in a wheat crop on the property of Belabula Pastoral Co. Pty., Ltd., destroyed about 100 acres of the crop, before being controlled by members of the ...

    Article : 58 words
  33. DR. K. M. WHITING.

    Dr. Keith Moore Whiting, of Parramatta, died suddenly on Tuesday night while on a holiday at Palm Beach, He was 56 years of age. ...

    Article : 106 words
  34. SINGLETON C.W.A.

    Excellent reports were presented at the annual meeting of the Singleton branch of the Country Women's Association. The membership was stated to be 54. Mrs. P. Stacy was ...

    Article : 115 words
  35. MR. C. R. DIVE.

    The death occurred early on Monday morning of Mr. Clement Richard Dive, works manager of S. Dive and Sons, firebrick manufacturing plant at Matraville. ...

    Article : 48 words
  36. INQUEST ON CYCLIST.

    An inquest was held on George Ernst, junior, 32, who died in hospital following injuries in a road accident. The coroner found that Ernst had died from ...

    Article : 63 words
  37. DISTRICT ITEMS.

    MOREE.—At the monthly meeting of the Moree Pastures Protection Board, the stock inspector, Mr. Copeland, reported that there had been storms over the district. The feed was drying off and ...

    Article : 151 words
  38. MR. C. O. HARRISON.

    The death occurred recently at Manly Vale of Mr. Charles O. Harrison, of Paddington, who was well known in band music circles. Mr. Harrison was born in Bristol (England), ...

    Article : 76 words
  39. BABY'S DEATH FROM SCALDS.

    Thomas Berryman, 14 months, the son of Michael Joseph Berryman, of Bathurst Street, Singleton, died in hospital following an accident. The child pulled over a vessel ...

    Article : 45 words
  40. OPEN-AIR RELIGIOUS SERVICES.

    The Rev. J. N. Bagnall, Methodist minister at Coolangatta, has been granted permission by the council to hold open-air services on the beach during the summer months. Mr. ...

    Article : 68 words
  41. COUNTRY STOCK SALES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 195 words
  42. TWO YOUNG PIANISTS.

    Joyce Hook and Jack Freeman, who gave a piano recital at Paling's Hall last night, are only 15 and 17 years old respectively. But, although their style is not fully developed, ...

    Article : 134 words
  43. LITHGOW COURT CASE.

    In a report published in this column on December 8 of a case in which George Campbell, of Hartley, was fined £5 at the Lithgow Police Court on a charge of having driven a ...

    Article : 77 words
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