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  2. GOLF.

    In the second round of the British open golf championship, which is decided by stroke play over 72 holes, the leaders are:— Diegel 140. Hagen 142. Mitchell 144. Allise ...

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  3. CANTERBURY.

    Mr. J. L Sutton, town clerk of Canterbury, yesterday continued his evidence at the inquiry into his suspension from office by the Canterbury Municipal Council. He stated ...

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  4. SYDNEY UNIVERSITY EIGHT-OAR CREW.

    THE CREW WILL LEAVE FOR MELBOURNE TO-MORROW NIGHT TO COMPETE IN THE INTER-UNIVERSITY REGATTA. J. C. LOXTON (BOW), E. LOVE (2), P. J. MOREY (3), F. M. OSBORNE (4), W. J. PHIPPS (5), R. B. HIPSLEY (6), G. L. WRIGHT (7), R. R. B. BROWN (STROKE), A. L. STEWART (COX). ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. SALVATION ARMY.

    The Centenary Congress of the Salvation Army was opened in Sydney yesterday, with a largely-attended women's rally at the Congress Hall, which was addressed by Lady de ...

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  6. SHOT FIRED.

    During a desperate struggle between a watchman and a thief, whom he had disturbed in a house at Vaucluse last night, a shot was fired, and the thief was injured. ...

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  7. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The death has occurred of Mrs. Emma Swan, aged 74. She was a member of an old pioneering family, being the daughter of the late Mr. James Hayes. She was born in the Mudgee ...

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  8. PRICE OF ELECTRIC CURRENT.

    After seven months' trading the council has reduced the price of electric current to 3d a unit for light and 2½d for power. Further reluctions are looked for in the future. ...

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  9. ROORIANAWA SUB-DIVISIONAL SALE.

    There was a large attendance at the subdivisional sale of the well-known Goorianawa Station, and the whole 12 blocks submitted, were disposed of by the auctioneers, at the ...

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  10. LAND FOR SETTLEMENT.

    It is understood that as a result of the visit of Mr. Weaver (Minister for Forests) additional land will be made available for settlement on the Bulga plateau. For years the ...

    Article : 116 words
  11. DEAD AIRMEN.

    The Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Abbott) announced yesterday that the bodies of FlightLieutenant Keith Anderson and his mechanic, Mr. Hitchcock, were to be brought back to ...

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  12. WOMAN'S DEATH.

    Unremittingly Detective-sergeant Quinn, who recently returned from Scotland Yard, and Detective German, have pursued their inquiries into the death of Selina Stanley, a ...

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  13. QUEEN HOLDS COURT.

    The first Court of the season was remarkable in that it was the first slice the reign of Queen Victoria to be held by the Queen of England Despite the absence of the King ...

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  14. BOYCOTT OF 'BUS SERVICE LIFTED.

    The boycott of the 'bus service here by the school children has been temporarily settled, as the result of the intervention of the officials of the Parents and Citizens' Association ...

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  15. GAOL FOR THREE MEN

    Arising out of an attack on a volunteer timber worker in King-street, Newtown, on May 4, James Brewer Cable. 27, timber worker, Frederick Isalah Perkins. 30, labourer, and ...

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  16. YASS ALDERMAN RESIGNS.

    The municipal council has decided to instal a new setting of retorts at the gas works at a cost of £1014. Alderman J. J. 'Cusack vigorously opposed the council's decision to ...

    Article : 70 words
  17. LEAGUE OF NATIONS. ECONOMIC RESEARCH.

    The Australian Press Association correspondent at Geneva learns that the Economic Consultative Conference has allotted its work to four committees, this action being chiefly ...

    Article : 143 words
  18. ORANGE BABY SHOW.

    At a baby show held under the auspices of St. Barnabas' Church, the following prizes were awarded:—Best-dressed baby, under 12 months: Fay Arkins and Owen Roberts, equal, ...

    Article : 126 words
  19. SONG BOOK.

    The humour in this year's University songbook, which has just come from the printer's hands for use during the Commemoration festival later in the month, is of a rather ...

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  20. WOMAN INJURED.

    At a carry farm on the [?]artbrook, Mrs. D'Aivion was attending to the milking machine engine, when her dress was caught in the fly-wheel. She was thrown over with ...

    Article : 64 words
  21. WHEAT SURPLUS.

    At Washington, the Department of Agriculture announced on Thursday that winter wheat as far as can be estimated by present conditions may yield 595 335,000 bushels, or ...

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  22. COAL CONTROVERSY.

    Mr. McDonald, chairman of the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association, has supplied the following statement:— "The ingenuous arrangement of figures ...

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  23. WOUNDS IN NECK.

    Henry Barnett, miller, living at Aberdarestreet, Kurri Kurri, was found by his wife in an unconscious condition in a bedroom to-day with three wounds in his neck. A pair of ...

    Article : 55 words
  24. CHINA'S TROUBLES.

    The Uuder-Secretary ot State for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Godfrey Locker-Lampson) made a statement in the House of Commons regarding the present situation in ...

    Article : 258 words
  25. GRANT TO ORANGE HOSPITAL.

    The Orange District Hospital has been notified that the Government has made a special grant to it of £500. The secretary reponed at the last meeting that the hospital was £400 ...

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  26. LATE SHIPPING.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.).—Dep.: May 10, Rangitiki, for London. ...

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  27. FARMER COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.

    At the Parkes Police Court Albert James McKay was committed for trial at the Parkes Quarter Sessions in July next on a charge of defrauding the Minister for Agriculture by ...

    Article : 84 words
  28. INDEX.

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  29. EMPIRE DAY.

    Empire Day celebrations in the local school will be responsible for an innovation in the matter of addresses. Mr. M. Morton, M.L.A., will be the only adult to speak to the pupils, ...

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  30. WOOLSHED DESTROYED.

    A woolshed and contents, valued at £300, the property of Mr. J. H. Kerr, Little Valley, Elsmore, was destroyed by fire. There was no insurance. The police theory is that the ...

    Article : 44 words
  31. VETERAN PLANTER.

    Mr. Mouton, a retired planter of New Guinea, who arrived in Sydney yesterday, is the last Belgian survivor of the Marquis De Ray expedition. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  32. MINING VENTURE.

    The Minister for Railways (Mr. Wlllcock) drove the first spike in the MeekatharraWiluna Railway. A company intends to expend £1,000,000 in the development of the ...

    Article : 113 words
  33. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.

    When a charge or manslaughter against Arthur Godbold, a resident of Tamworth, was called at Armidale Quarter Sessions to-day, the Crown Prosecutor informed Judge ...

    Article : 301 words
  34. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  35. REBELS ATTACK FORTS.

    Several minor skirmishes, caused by the Kwangsi troops at Kwantung, culminated yesterday in an attack by the rebels on the Macao forts. Several Chinese gunboats ...

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  36. SUNDAY DANCING.

    Representatives of dance hall and cabaret proprietors who waited upon the Chief Secretary yesterday urged that licensed halls should have the right to permit dancing on their ...

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  37. OIL PROSPECTOR.

    Captain Hanlin, who arrived in Sydney yesterday says that undoubtedly oil exists in New Guinea. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  38. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    An important step in the British talking film industry is an agreement between His Master's Voice Gramophone Company and the British Dominion Film Corporation, providing ...

    Article : 335 words
  39. EDUCATION.

    At the Catholic Education Association yesterday. Professor T. C. B. Osborn, of Sydney University, explained his reasons for altering the botany syllabus for secondary schools, and ...

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  40. MAN FOUND DEAD.

    In extraordinary circumstances the body of William Frederick Jeffery was found at a villa in Madura-street, Flemington, fate tonight. Jeffery conducted a private inquiry ...

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  41. TRAMWAY PITMEN'S WAGES.

    In the Arbitration Court to-day. Sir John Quick refused an application by the Railways Union for an increase in the margins for pitmen employed in the tramways services of ...

    Article : 87 words
  42. TO-DAY.

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  43. COAT OF ARMS.

    At a meeting of the council of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales the following resolution was unanimously carried:—"That this society protests against the ...

    Article : 126 words
  44. ELECTRICIANS.

    All firms, companies, partnerships and bodies trading as electrical contractors and carrying but electrical installation work will be required to take out licenses as electrical ...

    Article : 149 words
  45. TRAFFIC DELAY.

    Nearly 20,000 people residing in the northern suburbs were late for work yesterday morning, owing, to a partial failure of the electric train services on the Milson's Point line. On one ...

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  46. £10,000 OFFERED.

    At the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church to-day it was stated that Mr. W. R. Black had offered to give £1 for every £1 collected within a certain time up to £10,000 ...

    Article : 76 words
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