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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. VETERAN'S FORTITUDE.

    Mr. W. Hooper, of Windeyer, who is 95 years old, was admitted to the District Hospital for an operation on one of his hands. He refused to have an anaesthetic when skin was ...

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  3. THE SOLDIERS.

    Uproar was caused yesterday at the annual State congress of the New South Wales branch of the Returned Soldiers' League when the Flemington sub-branch pressed for the ...

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  4. MR. WEAVER.

    An attack upon Commission Government and the delegation of authority to bodies not responsible to the people was made, last night, by the Minister for Mines and Forests (Mr. ...

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  5. COAL DISPUTE.

    The Council of Churches will try to mediate in the coal mining dispute by inviting an open and friendly discussion between representatives of the miners and Coal Owners' ...

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  6. REDISTRIBUTION.

    Already Labour members are making arrangements for the forthcoming State elections in view of the fact that the redistribution considerably alters the boundaries and ...

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  7. FIRST AID FEES.

    The Minister for Health (Dr. Arthur) promised the superintendents and secretaries of the New South Wales Ambulance Transport Service yesterday that he would support the ...

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  8. NEW LANDING GROUND FOR AERO CLUB.

    A map showing the site between Liverpool and Warwick Farm racecourse, which the N.S.W. Aero Club, at a meeting last night, decided to purchase at a cost of £21,250. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. MUDGEE HOSTEL.

    At a large meeting in the Town Hall the secretary of the Mudgee High School Parents and Citizens Association (the Rev. H. C. Howard) sand that the Minister for Education ...

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  10. DEATH OF AN INFANT.

    The three-year-old son of Mr. John O'B[?]n, of Merlwood, Collie, died suddenly. It is thought that he found and ate some strychnine. An inquest will be held on Thursday. ...

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  11. CAR OVERTURNS.

    Mr. L. E. Lyons, of the Public Works Department, at Goulburn, and his wife and three children, had a remarkable escape when their car overturned neal Picton yesterday. ...

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  12. THE FIRST TRAIN.

    The first passenger train from Adelaide reached Alice Springs at 2 p.m. to-day, and was greeted by over 200 people. Many old residents said they had never seen so many ...

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  13. ARMED MAN.

    A plucky attempt was made to capture an armed man to-night by a pedestrian. Mr. John Davidson, of Mitcham, was visiting friends in Gardenvale. When about to ...

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  14. SUGARCANE.

    A variety of sugarcane which has not been previously used commercially, but which offers prospects in this direction, has been thoroughly investigated in New Britain by Mr. C. E. ...

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  15. FORMER AIRMAN PUNISHED.

    At the police court, before Mr. H. H. Farrington, P.M., Norman Hazelwood was charged with having driven a motor car while drunk. It was stated that the defendant's car, which ...

    Article : 121 words
  16. LITTLE BOY'S PLUCK.

    The pluck and intelligence of Earle James, the four-year-old son of Mr. C. G. James, of Villiers-street, Grafton, averted a tragic occurrence at Palmer's brickyard. ...

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  17. PILOT PADRE.

    The Rev. L. Daniels, padre of the Bush Church Aid Society, with headquarters at Wilcannia, has flown to Sydney for the annual meeting of the society, which is to be ...

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  18. BASIC WAGE.

    Inquiry into the living wage for adult males in rural industries was resumed yesterday by the Industrial Commission, comprising their Honors Mr. Justice Piddington (president), ...

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  19. MOTOR FATALITY.

    Mr. Thomas Mead, aged 75 years, farmer, of Midlorn, was knocked down by a motor car on the Belmore-road while returning home, and he died, as the result, of his injuries, on ...

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  20. W. MINIHAN'S DEATH.

    The City Coroner (Mr. E. A. May) returned a verdict of death from natural causes at the conclusion of the inquest yesterday concerning the death of William Minihan, 49 years. ...

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  21. LATE MR. F. WHARTON SERVICE AT ST. MARK'S.

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  22. ONLOOKERS INJURED.

    There were several mishaps to-day in the polo matches for the Illilson trophies for B grade teams. In the first match, in which Uralla defeated ...

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  23. OLD MAN FOUND DEAD.

    John Cox, a well-known identity in the Merriwa district, was found dead in his but at Giant's Creek by his brother. He was 79 years of age, and had lived in the district ...

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  24. THE SEAMEN.

    Mr. H. T. Brennan, general secretary of the Seamen's Union of Australasia, has sent a telegram to the Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Latham), repudiating a letter sent by Mr. C. ...

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  25. MAN WITH THROAT CUT.

    On Sunday morning Mr. W. Parkinson found a man on his property, about four miles from Merriwa, with a large gash in his throat, alleged to have been self-inflicted with a ...

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  26. MOSQUITO KILLERS.

    Mr. C. E. Pemberton, who has been engaged in research work in New Guinea for 16 months, arrived in Sydney by the Calulu today, with 250 mosquito-killing insects, which ...

    Article : 198 words
  27. BREACH OF LIQUOR ACT.

    For allowing licensed premises at the Alexandria Hotel, Leura, to remain open for the sale of liquor during prohibited hours, James Dooley, a former speaker of the Legislative ...

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  28. WORLD'S CHIEF SCOUT.

    LORD BADEN-POWELL, who proposes to visit Australia in September, 1930. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  29. MAN ROBBED.

    In a quarrel with another man, in a hotel yard here to-day, George Wilson. 35, of Haystreet, was slashed with a razor, and was taken to hospital with a facial wound five ...

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  30. CLERKS' UNION.

    Another revolution has again taken place in the ranks of the Clerks' Union. Suspensions and expulsions by opposing factions have left the organisation in a state of ...

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  31. DEFALCATIONS.

    Charged with stealing three sums of money, which had come into his possession on account of the Beak Pastoral Co, Ltd., and which formed part of a general deficiency of £1450, ...

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  32. INDEX.

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  33. COAL INDUSTRY.

    The proposal to send an expert delegation from Australia to investigate the latest developments in the coal industry in Britain and the United States is opposed by the ...

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  34. REPARATIONS CONFERENCE. OPENED AT THE HAGUE.

    Speaking at the opening of the Reparations Conference at The Hague, Dr. Stresemann, German Foreign Minister, struck a new note by saying that he hoped the gathering would ...

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  35. ALSATIAN DOGS.

    Severe losses have been inflicted on sheepowners in the Styx district of Canterbury lately by the alleged depredations of Alsatian dogs. One man reports the loss of 19 ewes ...

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  36. IMPRISONMENT.

    A woman found in the possession of cocaine and fined £ 250 for the offence appealed yesterday to Judge Edwards against this penalty. The Judge varied the penalty by entirely ...

    Article : 168 words
  37. Advertising

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  38. HALF-CASTE CHILDREN.

    "The accommodation provided for half-caste children at Jay's Creek. 30 miles from Alice Springs is sppalling, said the Rev W. Morgan Davies, rector of St. Thomas' ...

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  39. MAN KILLED.

    William Farrell, aged 29 years, of Trafalgarparade Concord, was fatally injured when be was knocked down by a motor car, while crossing Tennyson-road, Mortlake, shortly ...

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  40. GRASPED LIVE WIRES

    Working with postal employees, who were affixing a cross-arm to an electric light pole at Portland this morning Mr. S. D. Davis, Blaxland Shire Council's electrical engineer, ...

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  41. THEFT FROM A BANK.

    Patrick Joseph McMahon, 29, a clerk, was charged at the Police Court to-day with stealing £168, the property of the National Bank of Australasia. Accused pleaded guilty ...

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  42. SALVATION ARMY.

    It is understood that Commissioner John Cunningham, formerly Salvation Army International Secretary for Europe and the Dominions, will suceed Commissioner James Hay, ...

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  43. FARM TRAGEDY.

    A tragedy occurred on the farm of Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Mader at Katanning yesterday, when their two-year-old son, Milton, was drowned in a dam on the property. ...

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  44. TWINS STRANGLED.

    Mrs. Cubis rushed from her residence at Mount Eden this morning distractedly shoutting: "Oh. my beautitul children," and it was later found that her twin sons, aged 4 ...

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  45. NEWSPAPER POSTAL REGULATIONS.

    The Postal authorities remind the public that the postal regulations require that newspapers must be wrapped in such a way that the cover can be drawn without breaking any ...

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  46. TO-DAY.

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  47. SYDNEY AQUARIUM.

    Mr. D. G. Stead, lecturing to the Naturalists' Society, described Sydney's aquarium as the "world's worst example" of what a modern public aquarium should be. He said it was ...

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  48. COTTON DISPUTE.

    Hopes of negotiations being resumed in the cotton crisis disappeared when the operative spinners' delegate meeting in less than half an hour, rejected the recommendation ...

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  49. PREFERENCE AND PROTECTION.

    At an executive meeting of the Henry George League it was decided to congratulate the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr Snowden) upon his reported intention to sweep away all ...

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  50. AERIAL TOUR.

    Two Wapiti aeroplanes, lent by the Federal Government, will leave Melbourne on Thursday to make an aerial reconnaissance of 30,000 square miles of little-known country in the ...

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  51. ALEXANDRIA STRIKE.

    Having decided to continue the strike at Hadfields (Australia), Ltd., Alexandria, the engineers, who have ceased work, yesterday closely picketed the establishment. The ...

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  52. TOURING BOWLERS.

    A team of Victorian veteran bowlers, whose average age is 74 years, returned from Fiji on Monday At Suva they joined a Victorian representative team and entered for the ...

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  53. HISTORICAL ESSAY.

    The council of the Royal Australian Historical Society has awarded the T. E. Rofe Prize to Master Norman H. Rose, of Fort-street Boys' High School, Petersham, for the ...

    Article : 55 words
  54. £6100 IN COUNTERFEIT NOTES.

    The Turin police, getting wind of the impending release of a large sum of forged English banknotes, raided the villa of Crivelli an engraver at Cavoretto and found a ...

    Article : 50 words
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