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  2. COUNTY COUNCIL

    When the County Council at its meeting yesterday resolved to make formal application to the local government department for approval for the conversion of its £2,000,000 ...

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  3. COUNTRY NEWS. NEW LODGE OPENED.

    A branch of the Royal Ancient Order of Buffaloes was opened at Ariah Park on Saturday night, 30 members being installed. More than 100 visitors were present, including ...

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  4. THREE KILLED.

    Three men were killed, and two were injured to-night when a crane on the large ore bins of the Electrolytic Zinc Co. crashed at McGaw Pier during a storm. ...

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  5. CITY COUNCIL.

    The works committee of the City Council yesterday recommended that the council should co-operate with the State Government and other local ...

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  6. GRIMY FIGURES.

    Upon revisiting Sydney after an absence of some years, a correspondent, in a letter to the "Herald" a day or two ago, stated that among the things ...

    Article : 658 words
  7. FRENCH ART TRENDS.

    The problem for painters in the future would be to take advantage of the innumerable discoveries and enrichments of modern times without rejecting tradition, said M. Jean de ...

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  8. CHINA.

    A Chinese income tax law was promulgated as long ago as January, 1914, and was supposed to come into effect on January 1, 1921. That it was not found practicable to levy it, ...

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  9. NORFOLK ISLAND.

    The Minister for External Affairs (Sir George Pearce), replying yesterday to a statement by Mr. Henry, M.L.A., regarding the economic condition of Norfolk Island, said ...

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  10. SHEARING AT BALRANALD.

    Shearing has now commenced at Paika Station. Kiora started this morning, and Millicent last week. Clare and Till Till stations expect to start on August l7, and Yanga on ...

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  11. HAND CUT BY SAW.

    John Willis, 22, of Bermagui, while working at A. P. Beare's sawmill at Dignam's Creek, came in contact with a circular saw which cut off the thumb and first finger ...

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  12. FAMOUS FLIER.

    M. Bleriot, whose death is announced, is shown after landing at Dover from his epoch-making flight across the English Channel in 1909. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  13. NATTAI SHIRE ELECTRICITY.

    The Minister for Local Government has informed Mr. Mark Morton, M.L.A., that the Government will give the Nattai Shire Council an initial subsidy of £178 towards ...

    Article : 95 words
  14. PROPOSED AVENUE OF TREES.

    The Byron Bay and District Improvement Association and Byron Shire Council are investigating the cost of planting an avenue of trees from Barton's crossing to Ewingsdale [?] ...

    Article : 53 words
  15. CHARGES OF THEFT.

    James Royal Murdoch Reid, 51, salesman, of St. Kilda, who announced recently that he would ride a horse to London for the coronation, pleaded guilty to five charges of ...

    Article : 178 words
  16. RELIEF WORKER

    The Randwick Municipal Council last night decided to reward a relief worker who, finding a bag containing £110, had promptly returned it to the council. ...

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  17. ROADSIDE SIGNS.

    The Byron Shire Council has decided to enforce its recent decision that all roadside signs be removed back from the roadway except in specified cases. The council is giving ...

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  18. SOUTH ABERDARE COLLIERY.

    The South Aberdare miners' lodge has not been informed of any intention of reopening the South Aberdare colliery, which has been sealed down for nine years. Owing to ...

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  19. BETTING

    In an address at the annual meeting of the Burnside women's branch of the Liberal Country League, the Premier (Mr. Butler) defended the new betting legislation, and said ...

    Article : 459 words
  20. GOULBURN ELECTRICITY.

    The Goulburn City Council has called for a report from its electrical engineer on a proposal that the Electricity Commission should take over the Goulburn power house ...

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  21. NOVEL CLAIM

    A novel point was raised in a matter before the Workers' Compensation Commission yesterday. The Court was asked to determine whether an injury received by an employee ...

    Article : 211 words
  22. PORT KEMBLA.

    An open inquiry into the working system of the Australian Iron and Steel, Ltd., railway systems and the reinstatement of the dismissed driver and shunter by the company, ...

    Article : 248 words
  23. AIRCRAFT FACTORY WANTED.

    A deputation of Goulburn aldermen put before Mr. J. A. Perkins, M.P., reasons why the proposed aircraft factory should be bulit at Goulburn. They pointed out that ...

    Article : 71 words
  24. LEO KELLY SUED

    Leo Kelly, who recently distinguished himself in boxing contests at the Sydney Stadium, appeared as a defendant before Judge Sheridan in the District Court yesterday, and was ...

    Article : 348 words
  25. WIND MECHANISM COLLAPSES.

    A tower on the top of Tattersall's Hotel, which was elected to demonstrate its value as a wind-driven device for generating electricity, was blown down by the wind this ...

    Article : 62 words
  26. MARKETS INQUIRY

    The inquiry by the Town Clerk (Mr. Hendy) into allegations made against municipal employees at the city markets, which was to have been held at the Town Hall ...

    Article : 316 words
  27. INSURANCE EXPERT.

    SIR WALTER KINNEAR. Sir Walter Kinnear reached Melbourne this week by the Strathaird. He has been asked by the Federal Government to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  28. DETECTIVE'S SUDDEN DEATH.

    Detective Stedman, who died suddenly on Sunday, was bulled in Katoomba Cemetery to-day. A large number of people attended the funeral, including many police. ...

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  29. WARDROBE MURDER.

    The inquest on Mabel Patricia Goodman, who was murdered on or about June 14, and whose body was later found in a wardrobe in city residential premises, has been fixed for ...

    Article : 145 words
  30. APPLICATIONS FOR FARM WORK.

    Since tne publication a few days ago that there was a shortage of farm labour in the Richmond River district, Mr. R. Pilgrim, district secretary of the Primary Producers' ...

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  31. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE

    Mr. R. Bruce Walker, M.L.A. for the Hawkesbury, who returned by the Neptuna yesterday, after a trip to the East, said that there seemed to be big possibilities for the ...

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  32. RENOWN COLLIERY IDLE.

    Renown colllery, at Cullen Bullen, is idle because of a breakdown in the aerial tramway. The main carrier rope has broken on several occasions, and it is considered not to ...

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  33. WITHSTANDING COLD.

    Sir Stanton Hicks, Professor of Physiology in the Adelaide University, and Dr. J. O'Connor, assistant lecturer in physiology, will leave for Central Australia on ...

    Article : 93 words
  34. CUSTOMS REVENUE.

    There was an increase of £597,595 in the Customs and Excise revenue of the Commonwealth last month, the receipts amounting to £3,927,924, compared with £3,330,392 in ...

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  35. MARAUDING SHARK CAUGHT.

    While fishing at Currarong, near Nowra, yesterday, Mr. W. C. Batt, the Nowra town clerk, was pulling a 121b schnapper into his boat when a shark flashed up, and bit off ...

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  36. MANLY PAVILION.

    The Manly Council last night decided to adhere to its original intention to call for competitive designs for the new surf pavilion at South Steyne. ...

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  37. GROUP SETTLERS

    Group settlers in the south-west are threatening organised resistance to the eviction of those who reject the State Agricultural Bank's demand for deduction of ...

    Article : 212 words
  38. PEACE SUNDAY

    The Council of Churches, at its meeting yesterday, decided to organise a peace demonstration, to be held on Sunday, August 30. Mr. Firth said the occasion would afford an ...

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  39. ARBOR DAY.

    Arbor Day was celebrated at the Tumut Intermediate High School by the planting of 1100 pine trees in the school forest, and 36 shade and ornamental trees in the ...

    Article : 169 words
  40. SUGAR PRODUCTION.

    Speaking at a public reception at Mackay to-day, the Premier (Mr. Forgan Smith) advocated restriction of sugar production. He said that sugar producers had to realise ...

    Article : 149 words
  41. MANLY COUNCIL FINANCE.

    The town clerk of Manly (Mr. Wellings) reported to the meeting of the council last night that since January 1 a sum of £65,102 in rates had been collected. This included ...

    Article : 62 words
  42. NEW FREIGHTERS.

    The two new cargo ships ordered by the Adelaide S.S. Co., Ltd., which will be delivered next year, have been named Beltana and Bungaree, after the well-known South Australian ...

    Article : 99 words
  43. CHASE AT MARRICKVILLE.

    It was reported to the Marrickville police yesterday that a youth was acting suspiciously near a house in Robert-street, Marrickville. Constable Roberts saw a young man and ...

    Article : 48 words
  44. MEDIEVAL BUILDING.

    In a lecture on a tour from Naples to Cairo before the Royal Australian Institute of Architects last night, Professor Wilkinson stressed the remarkable wearing virtues of ...

    Article : 99 words
  45. UNGARIE MEMORIAL HALL.

    The report submitted at the first annual meeting of the Ungarie War Memorial Hall building committee showed that the financial position was very sound. Besides the ...

    Article : 76 words
  46. COMPARISON OF TAXATION A HEAP OVER 21 YEARS.

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  47. ILLEGAL BETTING.

    Fines totalling £10,329/10/ were imposed on persons convicted of illegal betting within the metropolitan district and Newcastle during the three months ended June 30, 1936. ...

    Article : 69 words
  48. UNEASY EUROPE.

    Mr. G. S. Jones, of New Zealand, who arrived in Brisbane to-day by the oversea air liner, after a five months' tour of England and the Continent, stated that in ...

    Article : 155 words
  49. OLD MAN'S COURAGE.

    Courage and presence of mind saved William Baines, 74, from a horrible death. He was walking into his house at the Tipperary cricket ground, near Young, about 6.30 p.m., when he ...

    Article : 107 words
  50. SEAMAN'S ILLNESS.

    When the steamer Orungal, bound for the North Coast, cleared Sydney Heads at 8.56 o'clock last night it was two hours behind schedule, owing to the sudden illness of a ...

    Article : 92 words
  51. W.A. SENATE VACANCY.

    The State executive of the A.L.P. has selected Mr. R. F. Bourke to nominate for the Senate vacancy caused by the death of Senator Carroll, of the Country party. Mr. ...

    Article : 91 words
  52. NEW POLICE TRUCK.

    Following his promise earlier this year, the Commissioner of Police has made a new motor utility truck available for the local police. The truck is fast and complete in even detail, ...

    Article : 51 words
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