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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. GOULBURN HOSPITAL.

    The chairman of the Hospital Commission, Mr. J. R. Love, paid Goulburn Hospital a visit. Endeavours are being made to have a maternity block in the hospital and the ...

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  3. ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE.

    At the Ballarat City Court yesterday Charles Edward Jacobsen, aged 18½ years, auctioneer's assistant, was charged that being in company on August 29, he shot at Francis Heath ...

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  4. ARCHDEACON MOYES

    Speaking of the election of Archdeacon Moyes as Bishop of Armidale, the Dean of Newcastle, Very Rev. W. H. Johnson, said:— "I consider that the diocese of Armidale has ...

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  5. GRAFTON TRAGEDY.

    Giving evidence at the inquest concerning the death of George Denny. 69, on August 3, Sergeant McAlpine said that Mrs. Denny had been attacked with a hammer and had ...

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  6. MOTOR ACCIDENTS. Golf Secretary Killed.

    Mr. Charles Percival Browne, secretary of the Mosman Golf Club, died in the Manly Cottage Hospital on Saturday from injuries received in a motor accident. ...

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  7. MATERNAL MORTALITY

    "I am deeply interested in the subject of maternal mortality, and it is gratifying to find that the Australian Governments, as well as the Medical Congress, are giving the ...

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  8. A DAY'S GOOD DEED BY SCOUTS.

    Boy Scouts of Dulwich Hill set out at seven o'clock on Saturday morning to erect a service hut at the Home for Incurables, Ryde. It was finished by night, and will be used to store materials for the scouts, who intend to lay lawns and plant trees at the Home. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. WORK FOR BOYS.

    The Cessnock council decided last night to protest to the Government against the decision to oblige boys 16 years and under to register for work with the Sydney Labour ...

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  10. WINTRY WEATHER.

    There was a sudden change in the weather conditions throughout Tasmania over the week-end, and extremely rough, wintry conditions were experienced to-day. In Hobart ...

    Article : 111 words
  11. CASINO SOLDIERS' CLUB.

    When the war ended a soldiers' club was started in Casino, but was not successful. The premises were then rented as a boarding-house Casino returned men now desire ...

    Article : 99 words
  12. NEW BISHOP.

    The Right Rev. Dr. Byrne, first Bishop of Toowoomb, was consecrated in St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral Toowoomba, to-day. The occasional sermon was preached ...

    Article : 191 words
  13. DRUNKEN MOTOR DRIVER.

    At 1.30 a.m. on Friday Sergeant McIntosh, having received a complaint from a ferryman, found Duncan Mc[?]rlane, aged 24, of Ulmarra, lying drunk and asleep on the seat ...

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  14. OLD MAN'S DEATH.

    James Allen, 71, of 23 Riley-street, Surry Hills, who was knocked down by a motor lorry in Oxford-street on March 20, died suddenly at Sydney Hospital yesterday afternoon ...

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  15. TOTE FRAUD.

    An attempt to chea[?] the totalisator at Morphetville on Saturday was detected by a pay-out clerk in the halt-crown machine. The aid of the police was summoned, and a man ...

    Article : 270 words
  16. MAN STABRED

    With a severe knife-wound in his forehead, Paulino Pellazzaroll, 21, a labourer, was taken to Sydney Hospital early this morning after a stabbing affray in Bathurst-street. It is ...

    Article : 191 words
  17. TUNG OIL.

    At a conjoint meeting of the Sydney Chemical Societies, held under the auspices of the Sydney Technical College Chemical Society in the Turner Hall (Sydney Technical ...

    Article : 208 words
  18. MOTOR CYCLIST KILLED.

    Shirley Hall, 16, a salesman, of Upper Spit-road. Mosman, was fatally injured at the intersection of Falcon and West streets. North Sydney on Saturday, when a motor cycle he ...

    Article : 59 words
  19. POSSESSION OF OPOSSUM SKINS.

    "The evidence shows every appearance of systematic trading in skins," said the magistrate, when George Ferguson, 54, pleaded guilty at the Camden Police Court this ...

    Article : 82 words
  20. KILLED BY SHARK.

    At Townsville a shark tragedy occurred to-day. Edward William Hobbs fell off a wharf near the Harbour Board office into Ross Creek, and had hardly struck the water when a ...

    Article : 62 words
  21. CRUSHED BY MOTOR CAR.

    When crossing King-street, Newtown, on Saturday morning Edward Charles Brooker, 28, was struck by a car, which flung him to the ground. One of the wheels then ran ...

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  22. LATE MR. BURGESS.

    There was a large attendance at the funeral at the Northern Suburbs Cemetery on Saturday of Mr. Bernard Burgess, a director since 1924 of Hardie and Gorman Proprietary ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  23. SHARE COUNCIL VACANCY.

    For the vacancy on the Cudgegong Shire Council, caused by the death of Councillor A. W. Williams, the following nominations have been received: G. W. H. Blakemore (Mudgee), ...

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  24. LATE COMMANDER F. J. RANKEN

    The death has occurred of Commander Francis James Ranken, who was engaged in mine-sweeping on the Australian coast during the war. He had lately been residing ...

    Article : 175 words
  25. MAN KILLED.

    While William A. Fawcett, aged 45 years, was crossing Crown-street, Wollongong, on Saturday, he was struck by a motor car. He received injuries from which he died while ...

    Article : 102 words
  26. WOMAN PILOT INJURED.

    LADY MARY HEATH, who, according to cable messages, was seriously injured when the 'plane which she was piloting crashed through the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  27. PASSING OF EARLY SETTLERS.

    The death has occurred at Stewart's Brook of Mrs. Carter, widow of the late Mr. Robert Carter, in her 85th year. She had resided in the district for 77 years, having reared a ...

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  28. PLAYED WRONG BALL

    An incident possibly unique in professional billiards occurred on Saturday evening in the match between Willie Smith and Clark McConachy McConachy had completed a ...

    Article : 190 words
  29. BOUGH SEAS.

    Rough seas and strong winds, which at times attained the intensity of a gale, caused some delay to shipping on the Victorian coast at the week-end. The White ...

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  30. ON WORLD TOUR.

    Two Hungarian motor cyclists, Z, Sulkowsky and G. Bartha, riding a Harley Davidson sidecar outfit, arrived in Sydney yesterday in the course of a trip round the world by road. ...

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  31. MOTOR CAR WRECKED.

    Two travellers who set out from Lithgow for Sydney yesterday were injured when the car in which they were riding skidded and overturned on the Great Western-road near ...

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  32. NEW TOWN CLERK OF KATOOMBA.

    At a special meeting of the Katoomba Council this afternoon Mr. F. C. Taylor, Town Clerk of Forbes, was appointed Town Clerk of Katoomba, at a salary of £750 a year. ...

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  33. ELECTRICITY LOAN RATE.

    Public indignation has been caused by the receipt of a communication from the Public Works Department, stating that the council must again impose an electricity loan rare, ...

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  34. OUTBREAK OF MALARIA.

    Advice was received by the Health Department yesterday that the outbreak of malaria among the population of Poid, a village in Torres Siralt, a few miles trom Thursday ...

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  35. TELEPHONE SERVICE

    Referring to recent comment on the telephone service, Mr. J. W. Kitto, Deputy Director Posts and Telegraphs, stated on Saturday that the telephone branch of the ...

    Article : 122 words
  36. HEAD-ON COLLISION.

    A collision between two motor cars occurred a few miles north of Cundletown this morning. Walter Roy Worthing, having as passengers in his car Albert Reeves, George ...

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  37. INJURED BY HORSE.

    This afternoon, while William Neaves was riding a motor bicycle past a horse at Port Kembla, the animal kicked him in the face. Neaves was later admitted to the Wollongong ...

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  38. MAN FALLS OVER CLIFFS.

    A 401b groper was responsible yesterday for Leonard Vickery, 21, butcher, being severely injured by a fall. Vickery was fishing with his father on the ...

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  39. POLO.

    At Toowoomba, one of the most gruelling polo games ever played was witnessed on Saturday, when Cromarty met Spring Creek "A" team in the final for the gold cup. There ...

    Article : 96 words
  40. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 181 words
  41. MINER INJURED IN SHAFT.

    At Preston Coal Company's colliery, Werris Creek, this afternoon, James Hodson, 21, miner, West Maitland, was knocked unconscious at the bottom of the shaft. He suffered ...

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  42. FATAL INJURIES.

    Herbert Llewellyn, 50, of Cooper-street. Mascot, who was knocked down by a fire engine on Friday night, and subsequently admitted to Sydney Hospital suffering from ...

    Article : 93 words
  43. NEW SCHOOL HALL.

    The foundation-stone of a new school hall in connection with St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church at Wentworthville was laid on Saturday by the Moderator of the General ...

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  44. BODY RECOVERED.

    The body of George Baker, 52, of Bath-street, Kogarah, who was drowned in Botany Bay on Friday night, was recovered off Taren Point on Saturday. ...

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  45. FIRST DAY OF SPRING.

    Yesterday the calendar proclaimed the first day of spring but nature was obstinate, and in contrary mood ordained that Sydney people should suffer the unpleasantness of ...

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  46. FIVE INJURED IN COLLISION.

    A motor car, driven by Frank Ernest Coventry, 19 years, gardener, of Athelstone, collided with another car driven by Mr. M. C. Moore, chemist, of East Toorak, on the ...

    Article : 111 words
  47. AUSTRALASIAN MEDICAL CONGRESS.

    Some of the delegates who arrived by the Tahiti on Saturday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  48. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

    "Glasgow was the first town to start a Chamber of Commerce, nearly 300 years ago," said Mr. G. A. Parkes, president of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, in responding to the ...

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  49. POUR MEN FOUND DEAD.

    Bernard Radkin Burgess was found lying dead in Bancroft-avenue, Roseville, on Friday evening. About 6 p.m. on Friday a body was found ...

    Article : 148 words
  50. CAMDEN RED CROSS BRANCH.

    Lady de Chair, in proposing the adoption of the annual report and balance-sheet of the Camden branch of the Red Cross Society, congratulated the branch on Its excellent work, ...

    Article : 154 words
  51. Advertising

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    Advertising : 190 words
  52. ST. JOSEPH'S GIRLS' ORPHANAGE.

    The annual reunion of St Joseph's Girls Orphanage, Lane Cove, was held yesterday and was largely attended The Rev Dr P Tuomey appealed for support for the ...

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  53. OTHER ACCIDENTS.

    Frederick Neal. 17, of Woodlands-avenue, Pymble fell from a motor lorry near his home yesterday afternoon, and was admitted to the Royal North Shore Hospital with a fractured ...

    Article : 368 words
  54. MR. JUSTICE HARVEY.

    "We have no right to assume that what we make for ourselves belongs to us," said Mr. Justice Harvey, addressing the men of St. Augustine's Church, Neutral Bay, who ...

    Article : 375 words
  55. CHILDREN'S HOSTEL.

    About£900 and a number of articles of furniture are in hand for the Bush Church Aid Society's hostel, to be erected, at Mungindi, and it is expected that building ...

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  56. FISHERMAN DROWNED AT WOY WOY.

    An inquest was held to-day by the Coroner (Mr. W E. Kirkness) on the death of Charles William Curtis, aged 49 years on Sunday last. ...

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  57. SHIPPING AGENT CHARGED.

    John William Do ett 39 a shipping agent was remanded yesterday on a charge of having ing on May 9, failed to appear at the Sydney Quarter Sessions to answer a charge of false ...

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  58. NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

    There was a large attendance of Parents and visitors at Tudor House yesterday for the opening of the first unit of a new block of buildings to be erected by the council. ...

    Article : 193 words
  59. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 259 words
  60. SHOOTING IN BIRD SANCTUARIES.

    The New South Wales Rangers' League investigated complaints regarding bird-shooting at Middle Harbour and Lane Cove at the week-end. ...

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  61. CHILD BURNT TO DEATH.

    The five-year-old son of Mr J Trilfor[?], of Ohangal, near Hawera after being dressed in a costume made of paper and a light woollen material to attend a children's party, ...

    Article : 65 words
  62. ELECTRICAL EXHIBITION

    Arrangements have been completed for an electrical exhibiton at Wagga next week, lasting four days Several large electrical firms have secured space to display the latest ...

    Article : 93 words
  63. LATE SHIPPING.

    ADELAIDE ([?]).—Arr: Aug. 31. Comorin. s, from London; Reynolds s, from Montreal. Dep: Karoo[?] s, for Fremantle. Arr: Sept. 1, Touraine, m.s., from Continental ports; Almkerk. s, from ...

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  64. FALL FROM BRIDGE.

    Crashing through the open girders of the railway bridge at Parramatta, to the road[?] way on Saturday morning. John Waters, 56, of Railway-street. Lidcombe receive[?] serious ...

    Article : 79 words
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