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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. DISCOVERY OF OLD COINS.

    While renovating the Club House Hotel, Mudgee, a number of old coins were found, Some of them were 114 years old. The coins included half-sovereigns, shillings, sixpences ...

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  3. NEW RAILWAY.

    The State Treasurer (Mr. Stevens) to-day inspected the construction work on the Moss Vale-Port Kembla railway, which is expected to cost £1,500,000. He was accompanied by ...

    Article : 488 words
  4. THE CONSTITUTION.

    Resolutions invoking the aid of the Federal Government for an elected Constitutional convention at Canberra, and inviting the co-operation of all interested parties were passed ...

    Article : 938 words
  5. UNASSOCIATED PITS.

    The scope of the coal stoppage has been narrowed to some extent by a decision of the central council of the Miners' Federation yesterday, that members who had not received ...

    Article : 202 words
  6. MR. CHICHESTER.

    Members of the New South Wales Sports Club, who entertained Mr. F. C. Chichester yesterday, and presented him with an engraved cigarette case, were curious about his ...

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  7. £50,000 ADVANCE.

    Action was taken to relieve the embarrassment caused by the suspension of the Commonwealth Bank's housing plan to persons desiring to build homes in Canberra. ...

    Article : 191 words
  8. SAMPAN RIOT.

    The Coroner, who held an inquest on the victims of the Samoan riot on December 28, found that precautionary measures taken by the police were reasonable and proper: that ...

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  9. RYDER'S EXCLUSION.

    Scenes of wild enthusiasm marked the meeting held at the Collingwood Town Hall tonight to protest against the exclusion of Jack Ryder from the Australian Eleven. It ...

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  10. HOTEL LICENSE FOR YANCO.

    Sitting at Narrandera on Friday last, Mr. Arnot, a member of the New South Wales Licensing Bench, dealt with an application by George Edgar Thomas for a conditional hotel ...

    Article : 66 words
  11. MILLFIELD GRETA.

    Four men, believed to be members of the Miners' Federation, have started work on coal at Millfield Greta Colliery, but it is understood that the employment of those four ...

    Article : 129 words
  12. DANGAR COTTAGE HOSPITAL.

    At the annual meeting of the Dangar Cottage Hospital the report stated that 477 cases had been treated during the year. The surplus of receipts over expenditure was ...

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  13. PRIME MINISTER HONOURED.

    Yesterday the Governor-General (Lord Stonehaven) was advised that his Majesty had appointed Mr. Scullin a member of the Privy Council. Mr. Scullin first entered the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 64 words
  14. TUMUT RATEPAYERS' DISSATISFACTION.

    A meeting of ratepayers was held last night to protest against the 1930 valuations of the Tumut Shire Council in "D" (town) Riding, and rates assessed on the ...

    Article : 180 words
  15. REAL ESTATE AUCTIONS.

    The auction room of Hardie and Gorman Pty., Ltd., was filled yesterday, when a fairly long list of properties came under the hammer. Much interest centred in the offering ...

    Article : 428 words
  16. ALLEGED UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY.

    The little courthouse at Kurri Kurri to-day was very congested when 94 residents of Abermain, Weston, and Hebburn were proceeded against on two charges of having ...

    Article : 454 words
  17. THE WEATHER.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 165 words
  18. TWO FIRES AT NARRANDERA.

    Two fires occurred last night. The first broke out in a 10-roomed unoccupied dwelling, situated at Waterview holding, owned by C. and C. N. Culley. The building was ...

    Article : 89 words
  19. FASCIST ITALY.

    With the advent of the Fascist regime, Italy has trembled under the stirring of a great renascence. The spirit of ancient Rome has burst into a restless energy, into an ...

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  20. EXPRESS TRAIN.

    The express train which left Adelaide at 4.30 o'clock this afternoon for Melbourne came into collision with a motor lorry at a level crossing near Carlington this evening. ...

    Article : 82 words
  21. ORANGE QUARTER SESSIONS.

    At the Orange Quarter Sessions, before Judge Thomson, Edward Leigh, James Craddock, and Leslie Allan Wallace were convicted on charges arising out of a robbery from the ...

    Article : 99 words
  22. AIR MAIL SERVICE.

    An air mail service between Camooweal (Q.) and Daly Waters (North Australia) with intermediate landing points at Alexandra, Brunette Downs, Anthony's ...

    Article : 242 words
  23. INFANTS NOT ADMITTED TO SCHOOL.

    When enrolment was commenced at Cooerwull Public School this morning all children under six years of age were not admitted. Mothers who accompanied them were ...

    Article : 136 words
  24. WARDERS FINED.

    Several warders at the Pentridge penal establishment have been reprimanded and fined for not having exercised sufficient vigilance when a prisoner, Lewis Spencer, ...

    Article : 74 words
  25. CHINESE ATTACKED.

    Chinese living in Surry Hills are in a state of terror as a result of attacks made recently on several of their number by a gang of larrikins. The police have been unable to ...

    Article : 216 words
  26. TOBACCO INDUSTRY.

    Commenting on the announcement that Godfrey Phillips, Limited, one of the largest tobacco manufacturing firms in Great Britain, had decided to establish a factory in ...

    Article : 148 words
  27. RIFLE CLUB EQUIPMENT.

    At the meeting last night of the National Rifle Association, the use of N.R.A. equipment for housing the police at Rothbury was questioned by the delegate for Newcastle (Mr. F. ...

    Article : 193 words
  28. WOMAN IN LAKE.

    A woman was found in Lake Pillans this morning by a miner on his way to work at the State mine. She was fully clothed, and was standing in the water up to her ...

    Article : 160 words
  29. TELEGRAMS FOR LITHUANIA.

    The Postal Authorities notify that the Lithuanian Administration has brought under notice that telegrams are frequently received bearing in their address the pre-war ...

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  30. DIAMOND DISCOVERY.

    Officials of the Mines Department stated yesterday that they were not in a position to verity the reported discovery of diamonds at Mount Werong, near Lithgow. ...

    Article : 104 words
  31. LATE SHIPPING.

    ADELAIDE.—Arr: Feb. 5, New Orleans, from New York, Westralia, from Fremantle. Sailed: New Orleans, for Colombo and New York. ...

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  32. TWO YOUTHS SENTENCED.

    At the Quarter Sessions, before Judge Mocatta, three youths, Harold Alfred Grose, John William Doherty, and John Francis Molloy, were charged with assault causing ...

    Article : 453 words
  33. SEAMEN FOREGATHER

    The Admiralty Court in King-street during the past two days was the mustering point of a considerable number of seamen, interested in the case arising out of the collision in ...

    Article : 363 words
  34. INDEX. NEWS.

    {No abstract available}

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  35. FEDERAL MINISTRY.

    Referring to the address by Mr. Scullin to the annual convention of the Australian Workers' Union in Sydney, the leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr. Latham) said that ...

    Article : 187 words
  36. DAY OF PRAYER.

    In the simple, unpretentious hall of the Gospel Union, in Commonwealth-street, city, yesterday, a number of people prayed for the speedy cessation of hostilities on the ...

    Article : 62 words
  37. BALMAIN MINE.

    The dispute betweer the miners and the enginedrivers at the Balmain colliery remains unsettled. The enginedrivers are continuing to picket the mine, but the miners are ...

    Article : 227 words
  38. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    In the House of Lords the Traffic Bill was read the third time. Frank Biggs, 21, who was reported to have found a bomb in the Indian section of the ...

    Article : 529 words
  39. MILORA AGROUND.

    The A.U.S.N. steamer Milora ran aground in the Fitzroy River while on her way downstream from Rockhampton on Tuesday afternoon. Although apparently undamaged, there ...

    Article : 258 words
  40. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 230 words
  41. A.L.P. EXECUTIVE.

    A vote of confidence in the Federal Government was unanimously carried at a meeting of the Federal A.L.P. executive yesterday. The Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) and the ...

    Article : 199 words
  42. STATE ELECTIONS.

    A conference has been arranged between the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Lang) and the endorsed Labour candidates, to discuss plans for the elections. It is expected that ...

    Article : 53 words
  43. MOTOR TOURISTS.

    Some of the people living in Mudgee have either encountered rather sad specimens of motor car owners, or have contracted an irrational dislike of strangers. At any rate, ...

    Article : 144 words
  44. OLD MAN'S HOARD.

    Peter Duncanson, 70, was found dead in the kitchen of his home in College-street, Portland, yesterday. He had lived alone for many years. On the body the police ...

    Article : 65 words
  45. FILM INDUSTRY.

    The importance of making an effort to put forthcoming British coloured pictures before the Australian public was emphasised by Mr. Stuart F. Doyle, managing director of Union ...

    Article : 184 words
  46. TO-DAY.

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  47. LABOUR PARTY.

    Members of the Federal A.L.P. executive met at the Trades Hall to make arrangements for the triennial Federal conference of the Labour party. It was decided that the ...

    Article : 43 words
  48. SEAMAN DIES FROM INJURY.

    Frank W. Cochrane, aged 50 years, of Waltham-street, Artarmon, died yesterday in Sydney Hospital from injuries received when he was struck by a steering rod on the Roseric, ...

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  49. HUME RESERVOIR.

    The release of larger quantities of water from Hume reservoir during the last few weeks has had a noticeable effect on the submerged area. The water, which has fallen to a depth ...

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  50. ESCAPES FROM CUSTODY.

    On January 27 Richard Bennet, who was awaiting trial on a charge of having been in unlawful possession of a quantity of wheat, escaped from Merredin lock-up. He has not ...

    Article : 78 words
  51. FIRE IN SLIPPER FACTORY.

    The slipper factory of Kilborn, Morton, and Co., 117 Edith-street, Leichhardt, was severely damaged by fire early this morning. The cause of the outbreak, which was discovered ...

    Article : 67 words
  52. WOMAN'S ALTITUDE FLIGHT.

    What is believed to be the New Zealand altitude record was achieved yesterday by Miss P. Bennett at Blenheim in a Moth. Taking two hours, she reached 19,000ft. The ...

    Article : 50 words
  53. MAN KILLED BY TRAIN.

    John Cullen, 75. milk vendor, of Medlow Bath, was killed when the passenger train from Mount Victoria to Sydney knocked him down as he was crossing the line at Meldow ...

    Article : 49 words
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