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  2. RAILWAYS. BUDGET TO-NIGHT.

    In the Railway budget speech to be delivered in the Legislative Assembly to-night by the Treasurer (Mr Stevens) the announcement will be made that a 48-hour week in ...

    Article : 265 words
  3. COUNTRY NEWS. GRAFTON ACCIDENTS.

    A series of accidents occurred at Grafton during the week-end. Lance Morris aged 19, was driving a motor cycle and sidecar on Copmanhurst-road, a few miles from ...

    Article : 228 words
  4. COAL DISPUTE. MASS MEETINGS.

    The miners' convention yesterday decided to convene mass meetings on the coalfields, when its deliberations concluded at the end of this week. Although it was officially ...

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  5. SCATTERED RAIN.

    Prospects of rain in the southern areas of New South Wales are bright. The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) has forecast the development of scattered rain and ...

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  6. NEW CHIEF JUSTICE.

    The Federal Attorney-General (Mr, Brennan) announced to-day in Melbourne that the Chiel Justice of the High Court of Australia, Sir Adrian Knox, had forwarded his ...

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  7. CITY UNDERGROUND RAILWAY.

    Below George-street. Progress of the work in the vicinity of the Town Hall. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. MR. BRENNANS FORECAST.

    When asked to-day whether the Federal Ministry would amend the Judiciary Act to enable the High Court of Australia to carry on with five Judges, instead of six, the ...

    Article : 61 words
  9. ARMED MEN.

    Three men, believed to be gangsters, visited the shop of Mrs. Kate Barry, Riley-street, Surry Hills, late last night, and one of them levelled a revolver at the woman shop ...

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  10. CAR'S CRASH INTO POLICE STATION,

    After passing over the border motor grid into Tweed Heads from Coolangatta late yesterday afternoon, a single-seater motor car driven by A. C. Elliott, auctioneer, of Tweed ...

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  11. CARS IN COLLISION.

    Two motor cars collided with great foret at the corner of King-street and Canal-road, St. Peters, shortly after 8 o'clock last night, and the six occupants of one car were ...

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  12. YOUTHS INJURED AT A BUCKJUMPING SHOW.

    W. Fry, l8, of East Gresford, received a lacerated wound to the top of the head when kicked by a horse at a buckjumping show at East Gresford. He was admitted to ...

    Article : 106 words
  13. ENGINEDRIVERS.

    Arrangements were made by the Federal Council of the Engine-drivers' and Firemen's Association, which ended its annual meeting at the Trades Hall to-day, for the ...

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  14. TARIFF BOARD.

    Evidence for and against a proposed duty of /3 per 1b on kapok was given before the Tariff Board yesterday. At present kapok is imported duty free. ...

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  15. RETIRED CHIEF JUSTICE.

    Sir Adrian Knox, Chief Justice of Australia, who announced his intention yesterday of retiring from that office. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  16. NEW CHIEF JUSTICE.

    Sir Isaac Isaacs, who has succeeded Sir Adrian Knox as Chief Justice of the High Court. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  17. SMALL ARMS FACTORY.

    The Minister for Defence (Mr. Green) has approved of the small arms factory undertaking outside contracts, and has appointed Alderman T. H, Jensen, who is secretary of the ...

    Article : 271 words
  18. KING'S CUP RACE.

    The triple failure to stage effectively an elght-oar championship, giving the winning crew the right to represent Queensland in the King's Cup Race on the Murray River, had ...

    Article : 126 words
  19. FIRE AT EAST MAITLAND.

    A weatherboard cottage of five rooms in Little Melbourne-street. East Maitland, occupied by Nicholas Flanagan, was destroyed bv fire, which started through a mosquito net ...

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  20. BREAD AND WATER DIET.

    Prisoners in Fremantle Gaol who went on strike last week have been dealt with by a magistrate and justices, who ordered a diet of bread and water and extra imprisonment. ...

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  21. ALLEGED ASSAULT.

    A fight occurred on the verandah of a hotel at Parkes last night, when E. G. Austin was seriously hurt and removed to Parkes Hospital It was found that his skull had been fractured. ...

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  22. ACCIDENT NEAR WAGGA.

    Four people were injured in a car smash which occurred about half-past 6 o'clock today on the Albury road, five miles from Waega. ...

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  23. ELECTRICAL RADIO EXHIBITION.

    No display in the Radio Exhibition illustrates more clearly than the Amateur Club's stand how rapid has been the growth of wireless. Equipment made by members of the ...

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  24. SHIPMENT OF GRAPES.

    Two thousand five hundred and eighty cases of Ohanez grapes, packed in cork dust, were railed from Leeton to-day by the Producers' Distributing Society, to be shipped to ...

    Article : 47 words
  25. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.

    The inquest on Thomas O'Brien, who was found dead in Barraba last Tuesday, was adjourned till Thursday next. Edward Campbell, arrested in connection ...

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  26. DEATH FROM INJURIES.

    Hugh Henry, 27, who met with severe injuries to the head when he was thrown from the sidecar of a motor cycle on Sunday, died in the district hospital to-day. He was the ...

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  27. 44-HOUR WEEK. Railwaymen Threaten to Fight.

    At the railway salaried officers annual banquet at Werris Creek on Saturday, Mr. J. C. O'Brien, president of the Werris Creek Urban Council, referred to the ...

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  28. LOANS TO COUNCILS.

    One of the outstanding features of local government in New South Wales during the past 12 months has been the tremendous decrease in the number of loans secured by ...

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  29. LONG RIDE.

    At half-past 7 o'clock this morning two young St. Kilda residents, Messrs. W. G. Hicks, Jun., and J. Abrahams, left Melbourne for Sydney on horseback. The horses will ...

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  30. VERDICT OF SUICIDE.

    A verdict of suicide was recorded by tne district Coroner this afternoon at the inquest regarding the death of Leslie Janies Harris, 17 whn was found hanslng by a strap from ...

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  31. TRADE TREATY.

    Defending the Canadian-Australian Trade Treaty to-day, the deputy-leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr. Gullett) said that Canada's exports to Australia had doubled under ...

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  32. TAMWORTH SHOOTING.

    Charles Jeffries Britten was committed for trial at the Armidale sittings of the Supreme Court on April 28 by the Coroner (Mr. W. C. Geikle) to-day. on a charge of murdering his ...

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  33. FIRE AT BOMBALA.

    A fire broke out soon after 8 o'clock last night at the residence of Mr. David Payne, when a large weatherboard dining-room, [?]tchen, laundry, and bathroom were destroyed. ...

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  34. AUSTRALIAN WORKERS.

    Trades Hall officials expressed the view today that the Canadian immigration authorities had created no surprise when they detained eight Australian workers, who had arrived at ...

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  35. WHALER'S VALUABLE CARGO.

    The Whaler Southern Princess arrived at Wellington from the Antarctic, with oil valued at £215,000 aboard. ...

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  36. COTTAGE DESTROYED.

    A cottage opposite the railway station at Wingham, owned by Mrs. W. F. Summerville, was destroyed by fire at an early hour his morning. The cottage was tenanted by Mr, ...

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  37. THE UNEMPLOYED.

    The Mayor of Canterbury (Alderman Bramston) asserted at last night's meeting of the council that numbers of unemployed had complained to him that the food they received ...

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  38. LATE SHIPPING.

    Arrivals, March 31.—Discovery, from Antarctic: Iron' Prince, from Newcastle. ...

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  39. INDEX. NEWS.

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  40. CANBERRA HOUSING.

    A proposal by the Federal Capital Commission to erect 36 two-story semi-detached houses in a group at Canberra to house the Commonwealth Public servants who are about ...

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  41. "KEEP OUT OF STRIKES."

    "Keep out of strikes" was the general advice given to the Goulburn branch of the Australian Railways Union at the annual smoke social. ...

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  42. OIL TRADE.

    Mr. J. McCombie, marine superintendent for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, who arrived at Melbourne to-day by the P. and O. liner Cathay, is visiting Australia to supervise the ...

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  43. NEED FOR POPULATION.

    Speaking at the opening of a Roman Catholic school at Brunswick yesterday. Archbishop Mannix said that if Australia ever failed in achieving its purpose it would be ...

    Article : 85 words
  44. NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

    An improved service between Australia and Japan will be inaugurated by the Nippon Yusen Kalsha line in August, when the present fleet will be replaced by three faster ...

    Article : 223 words
  45. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  46. CAR FALLS 100 FEET.

    Mr. and Mrs. F. Cracknell, who recently arrived from Antwerp. were killed when then motor car went over a cliff near Opotlkl, tailing 100 feet into the river below. Husband ...

    Article : 57 words
  47. UNION OFFICIAL'S STATEMENT.

    "The only way to prevent a return to the 48-hour week is by a refusal to accept it," said the general president of the Australian Railways Union, Mr. E. A. Chapman, ...

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  48. JAPANESE ROYAL WEDDING.

    Prince Takamatsu, who visited Sydney two years ago, and his bride, Miss Kikuko Tokugawa, on their wedding day. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  49. TRAINS DELAYED.

    The breaking of the overhead wires on the Bankstown electric railway line, near Punchbowl railway station, about 4.40 o'clock yesterday afternoon, caused serious delays, and ...

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  50. LEURA TRAGEDY.

    The man whose body was found wedged in the fork of a tree near the Gordon Falls Leura, on Saturday is believed to have been James McNamara, of Newtown. ...

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  51. FATHER AND SON.

    Samuel Cohen, 40, of Elizabeth-street, Redfern, and his son, Joseph Cohen, aged 4 years, were knocked down by a motor car in Cleveland-street, Redfern, yesterday afternoon. ...

    Article : 101 words
  52. EFFORTS OF MILITANTS.

    Plans for resisting the proposed reintroduction of the 48-hour week in industry will be discussed at a meeting of the executives of all unions, to beheld in the Trades Hall on ...

    Article : 141 words
  53. TO-DAY.

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  54. MINISTER CITED.

    In the West Maitland Industr al Court to[?] day the case was called in which Tradeusz Wlodarczyk proceeded against the Minister for Mines (Mr. Weaver) for fallure to pay ...

    Article : 73 words
  55. INSPECTION CAR DERAILED.

    When a Commonwealth railway car left the rails to-day between Gordon and Wilson, on the north-south line and turned over three times, P Mortlock a driver of Port Augusta. ...

    Article : 114 words
  56. MENTAL DEFECTIVES.

    After sixteen months' study of the methods of instructing the sub-normal and mentally deficient children in Manchester and London Miss Thelma Hawkins. B A.. is convinced that ...

    Article : 126 words
  57. OPOSSUM SEASON.

    The Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales has written to the Premier (Mr. Hogan) protesting against the proposal to allow the trapping of opossums. The society states ...

    Article : 77 words
  58. NEWCASTLE NEWS.

    Charged at Newcastle Police Court to-day[?] with having murdered Alfred Wallace at Hamilton on Saturday last, Ronald Henry Edwin Channon, 30, mechanic, was ramanded ...

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  59. BABY LEFT IN CAR.

    Mrs Elma Powell, of O'Brien-street, Coogee discovered a female infant in her motor cat which she had left standing outside her home last night. The infant was warmly elad, but ...

    Article : 63 words
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