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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. PROPOSED GLEN INNES LOAN.

    Mr. J. M Main, supcivising engincer, Department of Public Works, Coff's Harbaur. inquired into the poposal of the Glen Innes Municipal Council to boirow £12,000 ...

    Article : 140 words
  3. MR. S. M. BRUCE.

    Mr. S. M. Bruce, the former Prime Minister, informed the Federal Public Accounts Committee, which is inquiring into the claims of broadcasting companies for £65,200, that ...

    Article : 150 words
  4. MOTOR ACCIDENTS.

    Irene Hudson, single, 23, of Alfred-street, Milson's Point, died at St. Joseph's Hospital, Auburn, on Sunday morning from injuries caused by having been thrown from the ...

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  5. THIEVES' DEPREDATIONS.

    Thieves viere active in different parts of the city and suburbs at the week-end. About £70 and several bottles of liquor, the property of the licensce of the Hotel Adelaide, ...

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  6. SHIELD CRICKET. Queensland's Collapse.

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  7. SENATOR LYNCH.

    The Government made a blunder when it failed to back up responsible officers of the union who urged a settlement," said Senator Lynch when discussing. the coal situation ...

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  8. RAIN EXPECTED.

    The extreme sultriness which has been a feature of the weather in New South Wales during the past few days should culminate in scattered rain throughout the State within ...

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  9. FREIGHTS TO AUSTRALIA. No Reduction Likely.

    Exporters of various commodities to Australia have been pressing shipping companies to reduce freights as an offset against the tariff increases. ...

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  10. BALMAIN COLLIERY.

    Miners employed at the Balmain colliery on Saturday ignored the "black" embargo imposed by the enginedrivers. The enginedrivers, who have gone on strike because of ...

    Article : 139 words
  11. BORDER FREIGHT CHARGES.

    When the Railway Departments of New South Wales and Victoria agreed to lift the bolder charge on goods carried over the border it was thought that the last had been ...

    Article : 131 words
  12. AVIATION.

    Lieutenant Barnaby flew from the dirigible Los Angeles in a motorless glider, and landed safely in the middle of the flying field at Lakehurst (New Jersey) in 13 minutes from a ...

    Article : 117 words
  13. STATE ELECTIONS.

    The A.L.P. executive, at its last meeting, endorsed candidates for country seats at the next State elections, with nine exceptions No nominations have yet been received from ...

    Article : 103 words
  14. SOUTHERN MINERS.

    A general meeting of the southern miners was held at Slacky Flat, Bulli, this afternoon. Mr. Fred Lowden, president of the southern miners' organisation occupied the chair. The ...

    Article : 75 words
  15. HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT.

    At the annual meeting of the Macleay District Hospital, the president, the Rev. Father Morris, announced that he intended to resign and gave as his reason the committee's refusai ...

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  16. EX-SERVICE CLUBS.

    The annual conference of the Australian Legion of ex-Service Clubs was opened by Captain Stevenson, R.A.N., at the Aeolian Hall, George-street, on Saturday. The ...

    Article : 247 words
  17. BROADCASTING.

    The. Indian Broadcasting Company, which was formed two and a half years ago, is going into voluntary liquidation, and the Calcutta and Bombay stations will close at ...

    Article : 127 words
  18. CASE OF DETONATORS.

    An employec of the Sutherland Council engaged in excavation work swung his pick into a case containing 1700 powerful detonators. Had one of them burst the remainder ...

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  19. KURRI BAND.

    Defying the Wollongong Municipal Councit, the Kurri Kurri Pipe Band played in the streets last night, and took up a collection in aid of the northern miners. ...

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  20. PROPOSED NEW RAILWAY.

    The Public Works Committee took evidence at Narrandera on Thursday and yesterday regarding the proposed railway from Combaning to Grong Grong. The proposed line has a ...

    Article : 116 words
  21. HOSPITAL TREATMENT.

    Complaints made by J. O'Brien, a volunteer worker from Rothbury colliery, against the treatment accorded him while a patient in Maitland Hospital were considered at a special ...

    Article : 374 words
  22. DAY OF PRAYER.

    Mr. G. E. Ardhill has arranged a day of united prayer for a peaceful settlement of the coal dispute. The meetings will take place in the Gospel ...

    Article : 56 words
  23. LABOUR INQUIRY.

    At the sittings of the Australian Labour party conference yesterday, the following resolution was adopted:— "That there is no case for Mr. L. L. Hill ...

    Article : 87 words
  24. BOMB DISCOVERED.

    Following a telephone message from a stranger, giving the name of Ali Khan, who declared that he had overheard Indian students plotting to blow up the Indian room of ...

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  25. GIRL FOUND IN WATERHOLE.

    The body of Rita Irene Goslett, 19, the daughter of James Goslett, was found by her father in Limestone Creek, Micalong, 40 miles from Tumut, on Thursday morning. ...

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  26. MURRAY POLLUTION.

    The Minister for Lands (Mr. Ball) returned to Sydney yesterday, having attended a conference at Corowa for the purpose of considering the pollution of the River Murray. ...

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  27. GUARD'S KINDLY ACT

    A kindly act on the part of John Jackson, 39, a raliway guard, of East-parade, Sutherland, cost him two fingers on Saturday night. Just as the train on which he was ...

    Article : 99 words
  28. SCOUTS' CHURCH PARADE.

    The first annual church parade of the 2nd Summer Hill (St. Andrew's) group of Boy Scouts, Rovers and Cubs, was held yesterday at St. Andrew's Church of England, Summer ...

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  29. ENTRY TO RUSSIA.

    An Australian Press Association representative accompanied Mr. Culnane, of Melbourne, who was refused a passport to Russia to interview the Soviet Vice-Consul, who, when ...

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  30. CHILD POISONED.

    Chrestes Yakalis, aged three years, died on Friday after eating pills containing strychnine. The child was at Deewhy, where his mother ...

    Article : 85 words
  31. DEATH OF MR. SNODGRASS.

    Mr. Charles Snodgrass, whose death occurred recently, was connected with the Department of Education for more than 40 years. He was headmaster of several leading ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  32. UNEMPLOYED AT HILLSTON.

    More than 100 people attended an invitation meeting of local unemployed to-day to protest to the Minister for Works and Railways against the introduction of casual unemployed to the ...

    Article : 99 words
  33. DISTRESS AT BANKSTOWN.

    The Bankstown Council has decided to ask the State Government for some means of relief for the unemployment in the munlcipality. which is creating dire distress. ...

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  34. BIRTH CONTROL.

    Birth control was denounced by Archbishop Kelly in an. address at the opening of a new hostel at Darlington yesterday. "You will And some people advocating shocking ...

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  35. MADMAN'S DREADFUL ACT.

    Presumably insane owing to domestic worries, Joanes Harountunin, 43, an Armenian labourer, ran amuck at Marseilles. He killed five persons, seriously wounded two, and then ...

    Article : 113 words
  36. INDEX. NEWS.

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  37. M.C.C. CRICKETERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 158 words
  38. TOBACCO CULTURE.

    Giving evidence before the select committee of the Federal Parliament on the tobaccogrowing industry in Australia on Saturday, Mr. H. W. Gepp, chairman of the ...

    Article : 279 words
  39. BED IN FLAMES.

    William Cowling was asleep in his bedroom in Strickland Flats, Balfour-street, Chippendale, on Saturday night, when a fire broke out. He awoke to find the room in flames. ...

    Article : 88 words
  40. BRITISH POST OFFICE.

    A surplus of £9,000,000 is revealed in the Post Office commercial accounts for the year ended March last. This is the highest recorded in the history of the Post Office. The ...

    Article : 108 words
  41. TEARING UP ROADS.

    The Parramatta Council decided at its last meeting to seek the co-operation of other councils in an effort to have the powers of the Australian Gas Light Company curtailed ...

    Article : 111 words
  42. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 213 words
  43. FAST SCORING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 198 words
  44. LIFE-SAVERS' WOE.

    Perhaps the most exasperating of life's little Ironies is to lose one's dignity just at the moment when dignity is supremely necessary to one's composure of mind. Of all people ...

    Article : 189 words
  45. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of silver to-day fell /0[?] to 1/8 per ounce, the lowest price ever touched. The Chinese markets are closed for holidays, and no support is being received from that ...

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  46. STATE FINANCES.

    A marked decline in revenue occurred in Victoria during January. The revenue amounted to £1,540,414, compared with £1.748,975 in January, 1929. The decrease ...

    Article : 112 words
  47. THE LICENSING BILL.

    By the Licensing Bill to be submitted to the forthcoming session of the State Parliament, the system of petitioning for the granting of new licenses is to be abolished, and ...

    Article : 91 words
  48. PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES.

    Returns prepared by the Commonwealth Treasury show that on January 24 there were 149,310 old-age pensions and 61,231 invalid pensions being paid throughout the ...

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  49. LINESMAN'S FATAL FALL.

    While working on the top of an electric light standard in Kelord-road, Brunswick, yesterday, James McDonough, 35, clectric linesman, of Hawthorne, lost his grip and ...

    Article : 41 words
  50. FIRE AT RAMSGATE.

    A ham and beef shop, at 122 Rocky Pointroad, Ramsgate, occupied by Albert Charles Berry, was destroyed by fire at 1.30 a.m. yesterday. The building, which was of ...

    Article : 66 words
  51. TO-DAY.

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  52. NEW HOSTEL FOR WOMEN STUDENTS.

    The new Hostel of St. Michael, which has been built at City-road, Darlington, fer Roman Catholic women students at Sydney Univeisity, was blessed and opened by ...

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  53. CHRISTMAS BOX ART UNION.

    Mrs. A. Mclnncss, Bloore-street, Kyogle, won a diamond necklace, valued at £1000, the first prize in the 17th Christmas Box Art Union. in aid of St. Margaret's Hospital, which was ...

    Article : 69 words
  54. CHINESE PARTNERS.

    Two Chinese, who were business partners, died recently, and at the inquests it was shown that their deaths occurred almost simultaneously. ...

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  55. NEW SHEARING AWARD.

    The new shearing award carne into operation yesterday, and union officials anticipate that work will proceed without a hitch. A message from Longreach states that two ...

    Article : 42 words
  56. UNUSUAL REQUEST.

    A man who entered the Redfern police station on Saturday night made an unusual request. He said that as he believed that he was going insane, he wished to be taken to ...

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  57. AIR RACES.

    Yesterday at Mascot air races were held. Results: A grade (about 12 miles): N. Rodoni, 1: H. R. Clarke, 2: G. Henyy, 3. B grade: Finalists (A. H. Gray, A. R. Thorn, and G. ...

    Article : 63 words
  58. DOCTOR'S SERVICES PRAISED.

    Messrs. D. Qulgley and J. A. Jenkins, writing to the Editor, express appreciation of the action of Dr. Baxter, of Springwood, in the recent raliway accident ncar Warrimoo. ...

    Article : 81 words
  59. FIRE AT REDFERN.

    A fire which broke out in the mercer's shop of H. Goldsmith in Regent-street, Redfern, last night destroyed the contents and did considerable damage to the shop. ...

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  60. BEER STRIKE IN W.A.

    Beer at the State Hotel at Gwalla has been declaied "black" on account of sixpence being chaiged for a 10-ounce measture of beer. The men demand twelve ounces for sixpence, and ...

    Article : 60 words
  61. DEATH FROM BURNS.

    Mrs. Pearl Gaskell, 40, of Gladstone-street, Adelaide, who was severely burnt on Wednesday while washing clothes, died in the Adelaide Pospital this morning. ...

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  62. ABBOTSFORD TRAMS.

    A minimum fare of 5d is now being charged in the second section on Abbotsford trams which leave Fort Macquarie during the evening business hours. ...

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