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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The two-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. A. Burke, of Chatsworth Island, who was kicked by a straying horse while playing near her home, died in the Lower Clarence Hospital. ...

    Article : 38 words
  3. OVERWHELMED.

    Three persons were killed through a landslip at Blackwater, Buller Gorge, Westland, to-night. The victims were Mrs. Parker and her infant daughter, and Mrs. Southon, Mrs. ...

    Article : 126 words
  4. LOSS OF MAITLAND COAL.

    The Australian Gaslight Co., Ltd., is receiving large supplies of coal, but difficulty has been caused by the fact that supplies now coming to hand do not compare with ...

    Article : 706 words
  5. COAL INDUSTRY.

    Mr. C. M. McDonald, chairman of the Northern Collieries' Association, yesterday made the following statement:— ...

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  6. EX-TOWN CLERK.

    Roy Daniel O'Grady, formerly Town Clerk of Tenterfield, was charged at the Tenterfield Police Court to-day with having stolen on February 1, 1928, £400, on February 28, £110[?] ...

    Article : 386 words
  7. LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    On June 4, immediately after his resignation of the office of Foreign Secretary, Sir Austen Chamberlain telegraphed as follows to the Council of the League of Nations now in ...

    Article : 223 words
  8. DERAILMENT NEAR MELBOURNE.

    Five workmen on the permanent way were injured when this train, which was empty, fouled the points at the Elsternwick station. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. MARKET EFFECTS.

    Six hours of gas in twenty-four failed to cook enough food to satisfy the city's collective appetite yesterday, and such a lowly commodity as firewood received flattering ...

    Article : 334 words
  10. MAYOR ORDERS WITHDRAWAL OF SUMMONS.

    There is a strong feeling of disapproval among ratepayers at the action of the Mayor (Alderman J H. Stahl) in authorising the town clerk to withdraw a summons taken out ...

    Article : 146 words
  11. COTTAGE GUTTED AT LISMORE.

    Early this morning a six-roomed weatherboard cottage, owned and occupied by Mrs. A. Jacobson, was destroyed by fire. Mrs. Jacobson and her family are in Queensland on ...

    Article : 39 words
  12. MAIN ROADS.

    "The cheaper road to construct requires the larger average expenditure to maintain, and, for this type of road, the cost of maintenance rises very rapidly as traffic increases," said ...

    Article : 180 words
  13. DEATH OF GOLD-MINING PIONEER.

    Henry Scarbrough was found dead in his bed at his residence, Campbell's Creek, Windeyer. The deceased, who was 76 years of age, had been confined to his bed for some ...

    Article : 54 words
  14. MOTOR CYCLISTS.

    In the Isle of Man junior tourist trophy race of 264 miles, F. Hicks won, riding a Velocette. His time was 227m 23s. He made a new lap record of 95 miles an hour. W L. ...

    Article : 339 words
  15. TELEPHONE FRAUD.

    By means of an improper arrangement of the telephone wires at the telephone exchange a subscriber, who is believed to have been engaged in starting-price betting, obtained ...

    Article : 350 words
  16. TIMBER STRIKE.

    Strong fears are entertained that the policy of violence carried out against loyal timber workers in Sydney and Melbourne for months past will extend to Newcastle. ...

    Article : 148 words
  17. PROPOSED WALLARAH POINT BRIDGE.

    When he inspected the site of the proposed Wallarah Point bridge on June 8 the Minister for Lands (Mr. Ball) said that if the shire would find half the cost, estimated at £8000, ...

    Article : 86 words
  18. FOOT ALMOST CUT OFF.

    While scrubcutting on Mr. T. C. Hackney's property, Mr. W. Cuthel, of Burraga, almost severed his foot at the instep. Some years ago Mr. Cuthel's other foot had to be ...

    Article : 51 words
  19. FORGED CHEQUES.

    A fraud involving several thousand pounds has been practised on shopkeepers and business firms in the city by two women working with several men. ...

    Article : 169 words
  20. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

    The digestions of some householders may De yielding under the attacks of lukewarm meals and gas-using industries may be suffering inconvenience, but some people in the ...

    Article : 185 words
  21. FIRE IN COTTAGE.

    A spark from a small blaze beneath a laundry copper caused an outbreak of fire yesterday at a cottage occupied by Mr. Clarence Bullivant, in Prince's Highway, Rockdale. ...

    Article : 105 words
  22. INCREASED LAND VALUES AT DUNEDOO.

    Land values generally have increased 100 per cent. in this district during the past five years. Many properties have hanged hands within the past six months at ...

    Article : 107 words
  23. GOVERNOR WILL HELP.

    Recently the Auburn Council asked the Governor (Sir Dudley de Chair) to endeavour to effect a settlement of the strike of timber-workers. ...

    Article : 121 words
  24. ENDOWMENT TAX.

    At a meeting of primary producers of the Lower Hunter, Mr. L. B. Fisher moved a motion, proposing the exemption of primary producers from the provisions of the Child ...

    Article : 106 words
  25. "GO-GETTERS."

    The increasing prevalence of "go-getting" is viewed with alarm by the Real Estate Institute of New South Wales. The president of the institute (Mr. J. A. Somerville) ...

    Article : 131 words
  26. ANGLICAN GHURCH.

    The Bishops' committee, reporting to the Church Assembly, proposes that the Dean and Chapter of cathedrals should have the right to refuse to elect as bishop a person named in ...

    Article : 168 words
  27. ANGLICAN CHURCH.

    The Bishop of Newcastle (the Rev. Dr. Long), in his presidential address to the Newcastle Diocesan Synod yesterday, expressed regret that the opposition of the Sydney ...

    Article : 426 words
  28. AUSTRALIA.

    "Australia must be known as a nation of culture, not as a nation of sheep and wooll" enjoined Mr. William Murdoch, the noted pianist, speaking yesterday at a luncheon at ...

    Article : 929 words
  29. LOST IN BUSH.

    The five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. McGeary, who reside near Diamond Head, Laurieton, wandered away from her parents on Saturday morning and became lost in ...

    Article : 144 words
  30. CHILD'S PAINFUL INJURY.

    When she tripped and fell at her parents' home on Sunday Nellie Collins, aged 5 years, ran the point of a pair of scissors into one eye. She was removed by the ambulance ...

    Article : 53 words
  31. ALDERMAN FINED.

    Thomas Jefferies, alderman of Ulmarra Municipality, was fined £10, with costs amounting to £4/6/6, at the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions before Mr. C. G. Carr Boyd, ...

    Article : 234 words
  32. COLLIERY SAFE STOLEN.

    Thieves forced an entrance to the office of the Invincible Colliery Co. at Cullen Bullen during the week-end and stole a safe containing £115 and important office papers. ...

    Article : 54 words
  33. CRUISER EMDEN.

    The Auckland Harbour Board has decided to extend to the German cruiser Emden the facilities and courtesies usually accorded visiting warships. The warship will berth at ...

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  34. TWO PERSONS INJURED.

    Mr. and Mrs. Morgan O'Brien were driving along Lewis-street, Mudgee, when a dog rushed out in front of the horse, causing it to fall. Both occupants were thrown out. ...

    Article : 539 words
  35. THE "TALKIES."

    Addressing the English Speaking Union, Mr. Cosmo Hamilton, the dramatist, while admitting that the "talkies" were revolutionising the film industry and were making more ...

    Article : 125 words
  36. WIRELESS PLANT.

    A new wireless station, to cost about £6000, is to be erected by the Government on Tinakori Hills, Wellington. The plant, consisting of short-wave transmitting and receiving ...

    Article : 94 words
  37. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 161 words
  38. MR. F. A. ARMSTRONG.

    Communists were rebuffed last night when a general meeting of the Clerks' Union agreed to revoke the order suspending Mr. F. A. Armstrong from his position as delegate to ...

    Article : 125 words
  39. AUSTRALIA'S FUTURE.

    Sir Arthur Duckham was the chief guest at the twenty-seventh Western Australian dinner at the Trocadero, and in proposing the toast of his health, Mr. J. W. Kirwan ...

    Article : 148 words
  40. COLD WEATHER.

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  41. AIR RECORDS.

    During the post few days Squadron-Leader H. G Smart has made record flights—from Adelaide to Melbourne and from Melbourne to Sydney—in two of the new Air Force ...

    Article : 206 words
  42. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 241 words
  43. FEDERAL MINISTERS.

    With the ending of the present series of meetings of the Federal Cabinet, the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) will leave Canberra tomorrow night for Melbourne, where he will ...

    Article : 188 words
  44. ARCHBISHOP SHARP'S CRITICISM.

    At the annual synod of the Brisbane diocese of the Church of England, Archbishop Sharp, in his inaugural address, dealt with the new constitution of the Church of England in ...

    Article : 148 words
  45. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Little that is new has been revealed by the test trial. The young bowlers, Goddard, Voce, and Mitchell, had a poor chance of doing anything on Saturday's dead wicket. ...

    Article : 374 words
  46. TO-DAY.

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  47. PREMIER'S MESSENGER.

    Having been in the State Public Service for 40 years, Mr. Henry Butz, senior messenger of the Premier's Department, entered on 12 months' leave of absence ...

    Article : 139 words
  48. WIDESPREAD ATHEISM.

    Preaching at Grafton the Rev. F. R. Swynny, chairman of the North Coast Methodist district, asked, whether Australia was becoming atheistic. The Hebrews, he said, tended to ...

    Article : 199 words
  49. DARING FRAUD.

    The police state that a woman by falsely pretending she was a person who had an account with a large city firm obtained goods valued at £19. ...

    Article : 106 words
  50. KANGAROO PEST.

    Kangaroos are numerous in parts of the district, particularly about Nevertire and towards the Bogan. They are destroying fences and playing havoc with the limited supply of ...

    Article : 76 words
  51. BUILDER FINED £100.

    On a charge of making a false income tax return for the year 1927-28, Charles Ensel Tear was to-day fined £100. The matter of a double tax was adjourned ...

    Article : 134 words
  52. MR. HERBERT BROOKES.

    A dedication service for Mr. Herbert Brookes, Commissioner-General for Australia in the United States, will be conducted by the Rev. T. E. Ruth, at the Pitt-street ...

    Article : 65 words
  53. N.Z. FARMERS' TOUR.

    The Railway Department, which during the past few winters has been organising farmers' tours throughout the Dominion, is now considering a proposal to organise a special ...

    Article : 50 words
  54. ALLEGED SHOPLIFTERS.

    Five women were arrested on charges of theft in two city stores yesterday evening. It was alleged that they endeavoured to leave the shops with stockings and hat ornaments ...

    Article : 56 words
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