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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    At the Chamber of Commerce meeting a speaker referred to the old rolling stock used on the Glen Innes line. He said that the Glen Innes mail was the "Cinderella" of the ...

    Article : 82 words
  3. ESCAPING SNAKES.

    During a wind squall which nearly overturned a sideshow at the Lismore Show Ground several Bnakes escaped. Thelma Pink, a snake charmer, recaptured two, but was ...

    Article : 66 words
  4. A CENTENARIAN.

    Mr. Charles Henry Streeton, who to-day celebrates the hundredth anniversary of his birthday, continues to enjoy wonderfully good health. He is still able to walk about with ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 401 words
  5. ENGLISH BOWLERS' TRIUMPH.

    England dismissed an Australian Eleven at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday for 231 runs and then made 20 without losing a wicket. It was the finest day's out cricket the visitors have produced to ...

    Article : 80 words
  6. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Ministerialists consider that in Western Australia the Fremantic seat is the only one that is regarded as being beyong the bounds of certainty, but the prospects of the Nationalists ...

    Article : 344 words
  7. LABOUR COUNCIL.

    Mr. F. A. Armstrong, commenting yesterday on the move made at the last meeting of the Labour Council to eject him on the ground of alleged disloyalty, said that the treatment ...

    Article : 154 words
  8. AVIATION.

    The suggestion has been made that at the international aircraft exhibition to be held at Olympia, London, from July 16 to 27 next year. Sir Ross Smith's and Hinkler, 'planes ...

    Article : 280 words
  9. ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS.

    At a district meeting of members of the Grand United Order of Oddfellows at Bogan Gate, the following officers for the area were elected:—Past Noble Grand, Bro. Bert Smith; ...

    Article : 88 words
  10. NEWCASTLE SEAT.

    A chance exists that Mr. W. P. J. Skelton (Independent Labour candidate for the Newcastle seat) will poll surprisingly heavily to-morrow. The closing days of the campaign ...

    Article : 381 words
  11. ALLEGED FORGERY.

    Victor Thomas Ryan, 28, bank manager, of Parkes, was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with having forged and uttered a cheque purporting to have been signed by ...

    Article : 109 words
  12. COUNTRY WOMEN MEET AT MUDGEE.

    The Mayor of Mudgee (Alderman A. E. Bartlett) opened the group conference of the Country Women's Association at Mudgee. Delegates from every centre were ...

    Article : 61 words
  13. GREAT FIELDING.

    Led by deputy captain J. C. White, in the absence of Chapman, the Englishmen gave their four bowlers remarkable support, Hendren's slip catching and Duckworth's wicket ...

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  14. WATERSIDERS.

    Before the Arbitration Court to-day the Permanent and Casual Wharf Labourers' Union mnde an application that the award of the Waterside Workers' Federation should ...

    Article : 126 words
  15. BREAKING AND ENTERING CHARGE.

    At the Mittagong Police Court Cyril Moles was committed for trial at Parramatta on a charge of breaking and entering at Hill Top. On a further charge of stealing a camera ...

    Article : 49 words
  16. OIL COMPANY.

    The Essential Oil Development Company will begin operations next week in the Mellaleuca Forests, behind Coraki, distilling an oil called melol from certain species of ti-tree. The oil ...

    Article : 84 words
  17. COUNCIL DISPUTES ROAD CJARGES[?]

    Difference of opinion exists between the Main Roads Board and the municipal council regarding the construction of an extra length of bituminous roadway in the town. The board ...

    Article : 79 words
  18. ECONOMIC CHANGES.

    The chairman of the Trade Union Congress (Mr. Ben Tillett), speaking at Bolton, said that a revolution was in progress in modern industrial development. Labour limped along in ...

    Article : 145 words
  19. DEATH OF MR. JESSE HOLLOWAY.

    Mr. jesse George Holloway, one of the oldest citizens of Goulburn, has died. He was 82 years of age. He was born in London, and came to Goulburn in 1869 under engagement ...

    Article : 128 words
  20. CHILE.

    Sonor Don Pedro A. Pacheco, who recently took up the duties of Consul-General for Chile in Australia, is the first permanent member of the Chilian Consular Service to be ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 259 words
  21. BRUTAL ATTACK.

    While walking through Wentworth Park, Glebe, late last night, Mrs. Mary Aso, of Shepherd-street, city, was suddenly set upon by three men, who knocked her to the ground, ...

    Article : 178 words
  22. ABANDONED CAR CLAIMED[?]

    About ten days ago a motor car was found abandoned on the banks of the Mulwaree River, near Goulburn, and was brought to the Goulburn Police Station. After it had been there ...

    Article : 60 words
  23. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    The House of Commons passed the second reading of a bill extending the borrowing powers of the unemployment insurance fund from £30,000,000 to £40,000,000. ...

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  24. HINTS TO ELECTORS.

    Booths will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. There are three specific votes to be cast— for the House of Representatives candidate, for the Senate candidates, and for the ...

    Article : 156 words
  25. ENGINEER OBTAINS DAMAGES FROM COUNCIL.

    In the District Court, Austin Diamond, formerly electrical engineer to the Cowra Council, claimed damages from the council for wrongful dismissal. He claimed that he should ...

    Article : 187 words
  26. SPANISH TRAINING SHIP.

    The Spanish Vice-Consul (Mr, Dancker) yesterday received advice that the Spanish naval training ship Juan Sebnsttan d'Eleano will arrive at Adelaide on December 8, and ...

    Article : 51 words
  27. RHODES SCHOLAR.

    Mr. Ian Matheson Edwards was yesterday unanimously selected Rhodes Scholar of New South Wales for 1929. The meeting of the selection committee ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 246 words
  28. BOUVET ISLAND.

    The Norwegian Minister in London has been informed that the British Government is prepared to walve its claim to Bouvet Island, and will raise no objection to annexation by ...

    Article : 123 words
  29. PROHIBITED IMMIGRANT.

    Bettini Jennaro, 32, an Egyptian musician, who escaped from the French liner Ville D'Amiens at Fremantle on Thursday, was arrested near the Perth police station to-day ...

    Article : 54 words
  30. PAPER MILLS FIRE.

    The finding of the City Coroner (Mr. May) yesterday relative to the destruction of the Cumberland Paper Mills by fire on October 7 was that the fire was "accidentally caused, ...

    Article : 505 words
  31. EQUIPMENT FOR WAGGA MATERNITY HOSPITAL.

    The Country Women's Association has undertaken to raise the quota required by the Public Health Department towards the cost of erecting the equipment of the maternity ...

    Article : 75 words
  32. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 224 words
  33. WAGGA AS AIRPORT.

    The Wagga branch of the Employers' Federation is making an effort to have Wagga included as ona of the air ports for the proposed mail passenger service between Melbourne, ...

    Article : 59 words
  34. FRENCH POLITICS.

    A report from Paris says that M. Po[?]care appeals to Republicans to prosecute the unfinished work of the Ministry's prodecessors. He insists on passing the Budget this year. ...

    Article : 124 words
  35. FIRE AT TEMORA.

    At 1 a.m. yesterday the fire brigade was called to a fire in a four-roomed cottage in Deboos-street, owned by the estate of Albert Schubert. The building, which has been ...

    Article : 70 words
  36. LABOUR COUNCIL.

    A further extension of the work of the Sydney Labour Council will take place shortly, when a social department will be established to cater for the entertainment ...

    Article : 129 words
  37. TRANSFER OF MUNICIPALITY WANTED.

    A petition to have a portion of the [?] beroo municipality transferred to Kiama has been signed by nearly 50 residents of the area affected, and sent to the Local Government ...

    Article : 135 words
  38. PRESENTATION TO BRADMAN.

    During the luncheon adjournment at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday the New South Wales Cricket Association presented D. G. Bradman with a cricket kitbag in ...

    Article : 62 words
  39. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The directors of the Bank of England will recommend to the meeting of proprietors in April the election of Sir Ernest Harvey, the retiring comptroller, as deputy-governor. ...

    Article : 404 words
  40. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 280 words
  41. WOODFULL'S OPINIONS.

    In an article in the "Evening Standard" W. M. Woodfull discusses Australia's fielding. He says that Bradman's excellente in the deep field may secure his preference for the ...

    Article : 108 words
  42. WESTERN DOWNS WATER SUPPLY SCHEME.

    A largely attended meeting of representatives from towns interested in the south-western downs water supply scheme took place at Temora, when arrangements for the ...

    Article : 65 words
  43. RETIRING TEACHER.

    Mr. A. G. Alanson, headmaster of Randwick Intermediate High School, who is retiring after 51 years' service under the Department of Education, was presented yesterday ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 149 words
  44. WALKING FEAT.

    The necessity of catching the Montoro before she left New Guinea for Sydney stimulated Mr. J. O. Livingstone, a well-known miner at Edle Cieek, to perform a remarkable ...

    Article : 228 words
  45. WOODBURN SHIRE VALUES.

    The valuation of the Woodburn Shire, just completed, discloses that the unimproved capital value of the area is approximately £570,000, which will yield nearly £5000 in rates, ...

    Article : 410 words
  46. WHITE'S PERFECT LENGTH.

    "White, with his perfect length and swing, will be useful to relieve Freeman in the test matches," says C. G. Macartney in a special cable to the "Evening Standard." ...

    Article : 76 words
  47. TO-DAY.

    Her Majesty's Theatre: "The Vagabond King," 2, 7.50. Criterion: "the Patsy," 2, 8. Theatre Royal: "While Cargo." 2, 8. ...

    Article : 238 words
  48. DEATH OF MR. H. E. HARRIS.

    The death occurred yesterday, after a long illness, of Mr. Herbert Harris, who, for many years, was senior Crown Prosecutor. Born in England, Mr. Harris was educated at ...

    Article : 217 words
  49. PRISONER ESCAPES.

    Jack O'Brien, a prisoner at the Mila prison camp, near Bombala, who was sentenced to 12 months' Imprisonment at Sydney on October 5. on a charge of breaking and entering, ...

    Article : 66 words
  50. MISSING GIRL.

    The search for Katherine Dykes, aged 13 years, who disappeared from her home in Edith-street, Leichhardt, in mysterious circumstances on Tuesday night, is being ...

    Article : 155 words
  51. COMPETITION FOR WHEAT-GROWERS.

    Among the passengers who arrived at Sydney yesterday by the steamer Commissaire Ramel, from Dunkirk, was Mr. John Regan, a former wheat-grower, of Temora, who has ...

    Article : 93 words
  52. SOLAR-RADIATION STATION.

    A valuable addition to the instrumental equipment of the Riverview Observatory has just been made by the well-known optical firm of Zeias, of Jena. It is a fine ...

    Article : 68 words
  53. METHYLATED SPIRIT DRINKER.

    Frederick Kenny, 59, a fruit hawker, who was admitted to hospital on Thursday in an unconscious condition suffering from methylated spirit poisoning, died to-day. About ...

    Article : 46 words
  54. CLEVELAND-STREET SCHOOL.

    The annual dinner of the Cleveland-street Old Boys' Union will be held at the Hotel Sydney on Tuesday, November 27. ...

    Article : 33 words
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