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  2. TRANSPORT ACT.

    Labour members in the House of Representatives to-day offered vigorous opposition to the introduction of the bill to amend the Transport Workers Act. The effect of the ...

    Article : 2,185 words
  3. FEDERAL SESSION.

    On the motion of the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) this afternoon, the House of Representatives agreed to the election to the Public Accounts Committee of Messrs. ...

    Article : 456 words
  4. AFGHAN STRUGGLE.

    The forces of All Ahmed Jan, who was proclaimed ruler at Jalalobad, were defeated by Khuglanl and Shinwari tribesmen, who looted the camp of rifles, ammunition, and ...

    Article : 133 words
  5. GENERAL BOOTH'S SUCCESSOR.

    Commissioner Edward Higgins, who has been chosen by the High Council of the Salvation Army as leader of the organisation. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 24 words
  6. CLOUDBURST.

    Reports concerning the cloudburst at Duri show that miles of country carried water severer feet deep for upwards of an hour: this levelled fences, piled up debris, and ...

    Article : 317 words
  7. FALL OF EARTH.

    To be burled beneath a large quantity of earth for two hours, and conscious through the ordeal, and to be rescued only slightly Injured, was the experience of Joseph Mills, ...

    Article : 250 words
  8. COUNTRY NEWS.

    There was a stormy meeting of the Bathurst Council, when the application of the power-house engineer (Mr. J. Muston) for permission to withdraw his resignation Was ...

    Article : 146 words
  9. MAN'S BODY FOUND IN CREEK.

    A man's body, which was found in a creek near the Council Chambers, proved to be that of George Edward Parsons, 53 years, of Wandsworth, No marks of violence were ...

    Article : 38 words
  10. BEAUTIFICATION OF FORBES.

    The services of an export landscape gardener are to be employed by the Forbes Council to help in its extensive and costly beautification scheme. It was stated at the ...

    Article : 87 words
  11. SIR GRANVILLE RYRLE.

    Sir Granville Ryrie, who has been accompanying Mr. Rudyard Kipling on an inspection of war graves in Egypt, has been advised to return to London owing to Indisposition. It ...

    Article : 61 words
  12. MURRUMBIDGEE BRIDGE.

    There has been an agitation for years for a bridge over the Murrumbidgee River, between Wagga and Narrandera. When Mr. Flannery was Minister for Works ...

    Article : 127 words
  13. GOULBURN QUARTER SESSIONS.

    Allan Williamson, who was convicted on Tuesday of being an accessory to forging and attering in October last year, was sentenced to two years hard labour by his Honor, Judge ...

    Article : 121 words
  14. NEW SUBMARINES.

    The submarines Otway and Oxley, built in England for the Commonwealth Navy, entered Sydney Heads at dusk yesterday, twelve hours ahead of schedule. ...

    Article : 531 words
  15. THE EX-KAISER.

    A message from Berlin states that the Press made practically no comment on the Ex-Kalser's preface to the "Letters of the Empress Frederick." ...

    Article : 69 words
  16. TRAM DERAILED.

    A double set of tram cars left the rails at the foot of a hill at Balgowlah last night. The leading car travelled 50 yards before it carne to a standstill in the golf links. ...

    Article : 237 words
  17. PARRAMATTA.

    Speaking at Carlingford last night, BrigadierGeneral Lloyd (National candidate for Parramatta) replied to the attack made by Mr. Lang upon the Bavin Government. ...

    Article : 383 words
  18. CITY TRAFFIC.

    Although the State Cabinet completed the draft of the Transport Bill some time ago, it seems that Ministers are not yet satisfied with some of the provisions, particularly in regard ...

    Article : 189 words
  19. BUTCHER SEVERELY INJURED.

    Mr. A. Ingram, of Messrs. Sherrin and Ingram, butchers, of Bombala, while working In their slaughter yards, slipped off the scaffold. In falling his arm caught in a sharp ...

    Article : 82 words
  20. FATAL DIVE.

    Diving into shallow water in Crawley Baths Jack Pearsall, 17, of Mount Magnet, who was on holiday in Perth, dislocated his spine in several places, and died half an hour ...

    Article : 70 words
  21. ADMIRAL TOGO.

    Admiral Togo, who commanded the Japanese fleet at Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese war. is seriously ill. Fears are entertained that he may not recover. The admiral is in his ...

    Article : 39 words
  22. THE SENATE.

    In the Senate the debate on the motion for the adoption of the Address in Reply was continued. Senator Foll (Q.) said that there were many ...

    Article : 390 words
  23. JEMALONG SHIRE'S RATES.

    Mr. R. T. Hole, representing the Minister for Local Government, inquired into the Jemalong Shire Council's proposal to increase the rate from 2d in the £ to 2½d for 1929 and ...

    Article : 184 words
  24. BAND OF HOPE UNION.

    Speaking last night at the annual meeting of the Band of Hope Union, the Rev. R. B. S. Hammond said that only a short while ago those associated with the temperance ...

    Article : 105 words
  25. GERMAN TRADE TREATY

    Mr. Walter Smith, a vigneron from South Australia, who toured South Africa for three months, was asked by an interviewer whether if Australia considered nersolf placed at a ...

    Article : 137 words
  26. SUPREME COURT.

    The State Cabinet yesterday approved the appointment of Mr. Edward Milner Stephen as an Acting Supreme Court Judge. The now Judge will hold the appointment for 12 months ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 98 words
  27. GIRL DROWNED.

    Amella Coffee, aged 10 years, daughter of Patrick Coffee, farmer, of Hillsborough, about 10 miles up the river from Maitland, was drowned late on Wednesday afternoon. ...

    Article : 89 words
  28. PASTORALIST'S DEATH.

    Mr. Maurice Walsh, a grazier of Goolagong, and a resident of the district for the last 60 years has died. The late Mr. Walsh, who was a native of Windsor, came to the Cowra, ...

    Article : 128 words
  29. SEARCH FOR OIL.

    The Minister for Mines said to-day that he was anxiously awaiting the complete report of the Commonwealth Government geologist (Dr. Woolnough) on the search for oil ...

    Article : 300 words
  30. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    It is stated that the postponed New Year honours will be issued towards the end of the month. The list will be shorter than usual. ...

    Article : 416 words
  31. HOSPITALS UPKEEP.

    The hospital committee last night severely criticised the Government for its apparent unwillingness to legislate in the direction of a univorsal tax for the upkeep of hospitals. ...

    Article : 58 words
  32. MAN FOUND HANGING.

    Thomas Fernie, 35 years, was found hanging by a rope attached to a hook on the wall of his house at Green Hills, near Mudgee. The body was quite naked, and in a huddled ...

    Article : 82 words
  33. "COWARDLY ABUSE."

    Speaking in support of the Nationalist candidate for the Parramatta seat, BrigadierGeneral Lloyd, the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Bruxner) said:— ...

    Article : 420 words
  34. MOORE PARK LINKS.

    The municipal golf links at Moore Park have been declared by the Country and Suburban Golf Association to be unfit for the playing of A grade matches. In consequence of this ...

    Article : 362 words
  35. PROPOSED NEW RAILWAY.

    Members of the Executive Migration Committee visited Nyngan this morning to bear the advocates in favour of the classification of the Nyngan-Condobolln proposed railway ...

    Article : 89 words
  36. NURSES WITHDRAW RESIGNATIONS.

    The seven nurses who recently tendered their resignations from the Tweed District Hospital staff informed the committee that they desired to withdraw them, and that ...

    Article : 85 words
  37. TWO ARRESTS.

    The curiosity of Constable Emerson, of the Ashfield police, yesterday afternoon resulted in the arrest of two men and the clearing up of a robbery before it had been reported to ...

    Article : 328 words
  38. MINER INJURED BY DETONATOR.

    Thinking to get rid of a detonator which had misfired in a colliery, Harold Longdon, a miner, living in the Vale of Clwydd, threw It in a fire in the backyard. It exploded, ...

    Article : 438 words
  39. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 174 words
  40. AMBULANCE BOGGED.

    While one of the ambulance waggons attached to the Canterbury-Bankstown station was conveying a patient to Western Suburbs Hospital last night it left the roadway in ...

    Article : 122 words
  41. MYSTERY LIGHT.

    The mystery light was seen again on Saturday and Sunday nights and in an entirely different position. On Saturday night a man at the jetty saw it come along the beach ...

    Article : 137 words
  42. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 250 words
  43. THE POPE IN PONTIFICAL THRONE CHAIR.

    Showing the ostrich feather flabella carried on the occasion of the thanksgiving for peace with Italy. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 24 words
  44. INDUSTRIAL PEACE.

    Dissatisfaction among certain sections of the Labour movement has arisen following the decision of the State executive of the A.L.P. to rescind its resolution, withdrawing ...

    Article : 256 words
  45. DRUNKEN MOTORIST.

    In the Traffic Court to-day, the magistrate(Mr. H. D. Moseley, P.M.) imposed a fine of £25 on Arthur Albert Johnson, contractor, of South-street, Fremantle, and ordered that he ...

    Article : 103 words
  46. MR. MORROW'S SPEECH.

    Speaking at Parramatta, in support of Drigadler-General Lloyd, Mr. Morrow made an attack on the last Lang Administration, and warned his hearers against voting for "this ...

    Article : 164 words
  47. RAIN OF STONES.

    Two workmen, William Webb, 41, of Evans-street, Rozelle, and Christopher Byers, 42, of Edie-street, Leichhardt, were severely injured yesterday afternoon as the result of a quantity ...

    Article : 82 words
  48. RAILWAY PLATFORMS.

    The adoption at raliway stations in this State of the American system, which eliminated platforms, was declared to-day to be inevitable by Mr. J. D. Reid (area railway commissioner ...

    Article : 105 words
  49. WATER SUPPLY.

    Despite the rains of the past few days, little benefit accrued to the water storage at Manly. Only 76 points of rain fell on the Manly catchment area during the 21 hours ended 6 a.m. ...

    Article : 99 words
  50. TO-DAY.

    Theatre Royal: "The Wrecker," 8. Her Majesty's Theatre: "Hit the Deck," 8. Criterion Theatre: "The Patsy." 8. Palace theatre: "New Brooms," 8.15. ...

    Article : 82 words
  51. TO-NIGHT'S MEETINGS.

    The following Nationalist meetings have been arranged for to-night:— Eight o'clock, Epping, Monument corner, open-air. Spenkers: Brigadier-General Lloyd. ...

    Article : 82 words
  52. DRAMATIC SUICIDE.

    John McNamara, 36 years old, of Perouse-road, Randwick, committed suicide in dramatic circumstances in a house in High-street, North Sydney, yesterday afternoon. It is ...

    Article : 81 words
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