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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Increases in all departments of municipal activity were instanced by the Mayor, Alderman Terry, [?]t the final meeting of the council. An exception is the bank overdraft, ...

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  3. RADIO-THERAPY.

    The fact that £5000 worth of radium is stored in the Treasury vaults and is not being used in cancer treatment has caused some comment recently. ...

    Article : 185 words
  4. ELECTIONS.

    Although further votes were counted yesterday, two House of Representative seats— Boothy (S.A.) and Herbert (Q.)—remain still in doubt. ...

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  5. MR. R. H. CAMBAGE.

    Mr. R. H. Cambage, F.L.S., C.B.E., a scientist with a distinguished record, died suddenly early yesterday morning. Mr. Cambage retired from the Under- ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 548 words
  6. STATE SESSION.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday the debate on the second reading of the Government Railways (Amendment) Bill, which provides for the separation of the railway and ...

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  7. AUDITOR-GENERAL.

    The Auditor-General for New South Wales (Mr. Frederick Albert Coghlan) will retire to-morrow, after having occupied the position for 14 years. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 643 words
  8. ON A CORAL ISLE.

    Coral islands! Palm trees, turquoise lagoons, sand-like gold filings, cobalt skies, purple shadows, the lisp of the sea, staring moons—Romance. ...

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  9. MIGRANTS ARRIVE.

    With the Salvation Army flag fluttering bravely at the foremast, and to the accompaniment of cheers, the White Star liner Vedic arrived at Sydney yesterday with 334 ...

    Article : 355 words
  10. MOTOR COMPETITION WITH RAILWAYS.

    The extent to which motor transport is competing against the railways has been strongly in evidence in Bowral lately. In one day three lorries arrived from Sydney laden ...

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  11. TEMORA COUNTRY WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION.

    Mrs. Matt Sawyer, State president of the Country Women's Association, was entertained at the annual meeting of the Temors branch and, in an interesting address, said ...

    Article : 165 words
  12. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    The officials have announced further completed returns, as follow:- Barton.—Ley (Nat.), 25,070; Tully (L.), 32,316. Infermal 2768. ...

    Article : 89 words
  13. TYPHOID FEVER.

    There has been a serious outbreak of typhoid fever at Cloncurry during the past three days; more than 30 cases were reported. The outbreak is stated to be due to drinking ...

    Article : 122 words
  14. FIRE IN CITY SHOP.

    Midday shoppers at Brightlight's store near the G.P.O. in George-street had an unusual experience yesterday, when the front showcase burst into flames. ...

    Article : 316 words
  15. LIGHTING AND POWER AT INVERELL.

    The ofnclal opening of the council's new electric lighting and power plant took place yesterday. The turning on of two new Ruston Hornsby diesel engines of 300 h.p each, and a ...

    Article : 116 words
  16. SENATE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 293 words
  17. "UNCOUTH BEHAVIOUR."

    What he described as uncouth conduct in the State Parliament drew severe comments from Alderman Williams at a local civic function. He said that he had been a ...

    Article : 72 words
  18. MEN COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.

    At the Tamworth Police Court Artie Doyle, 31, and George Carroll, 22, were committed for trial on a charge of attempted breaking and entering the premises of Upjohn, Limited, at ...

    Article : 79 words
  19. KILLING OF NATIVES.

    The board which the Federal Minstry proposes to create to investigate allegations against Northern Territory police in regard to the killing of 17 aborigines near Alice ...

    Article : 96 words
  20. MARRANGAROO-GUNNEDAH ROAD.

    A conference of delegates from local governing bodies and chambers of commerce in the area affected met at Mudgee and decided to ask the Minister to visit the ...

    Article : 55 words
  21. SHOT-GUN FATALITY.

    Wilfred Clarence Martin, 25, single, a dairy farmer of North Codrington, lost his life shortly atfer 9 o'clock last night. In company with a boy he went out shooting. ...

    Article : 65 words
  22. SHOPPING HOURS.

    At a meeting of the Council of the Retail Traders' Association of New South Wales the opinion was expressed that it would be inadvisable to make a recommendation that ...

    Article : 136 words
  23. GUYRA TOWN IMPROVEMENT.

    At the annual meeting of Guyra Town Improvement Association the report stated that 24 elms and 45 plane trees had been planted round the cricket and tennis grounds, 127 elms ...

    Article : 75 words
  24. RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    Mr. G. J. C. Dyett (Federal president) presided at the thirteenth Federal Congress of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia, which was begun ...

    Article : 368 words
  25. CONSERVATORIUM.

    The Fourth Symphony of Brahms, which may well be regarded as his crowning achievement, was the great feature of the concert of the Conservatorium Orchestra last night. ...

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  26. ST. JOHN AMBULANCE.

    To co-ordinate the work of the St. John Ambulance Association in the Commonwealth, a delegation from the Order of St. John, headed by Sir John Hewett, reached Fremantle ...

    Article : 212 words
  27. TROUT FISHING AT GUYRA.

    Mr. L. P. Dutton, of Urandangie, Guyra, will in all probability entertain the Governor of Queensland (Sir John Goodwin), the Governor-General (Lord Stonehaven), and the State ...

    Article : 53 words
  28. REFERENDUM.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 39 words
  29. INCOME TAX CASE.

    In a report published in "The Sydney Morning Herald" on November 21 of cases in which various persons were charged with having failed to furnish income tax returns it was ...

    Article : 82 words
  30. DRUNKEN DRIVER FINED.

    On a chnrge of driving a car while under the influence of liquor, Frederick Barfold Christensen was fined £20 at the Tamworth Police Court. His license was suspended for ...

    Article : 370 words
  31. SENATE VOTING.

    Federal Ministers are concerned over the confusion and the informal voting caused in the Victoria Senate election by the death of Major-General Forsyth. The view is held ...

    Article : 213 words
  32. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 172 words
  33. BLIND WORKERS.

    At the annual picnic and sports for the adult blind of the Sydney Industrial Blind Institution, at Clifton Gardens yesterday, the chairman (Mr. Russell Sinclair) referred to the ...

    Article : 231 words
  34. CANCELLATIONS.

    Referring to the report from Sydney of the cancellation of the license of a waterside worker at Newcastle, who had been convicted on a charge of pilfering cargo, the secretary ...

    Article : 152 words
  35. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 209 words
  36. WHARF RIOT.

    At the Maitland Quarter Sessions to-day further charges were heard arising out of the trouble on the Newcastle water front during the waterside strike. ...

    Article : 158 words
  37. AMAZING STORY.

    Sensational evidence was given in the Police Court to-day during the hearing of charges against William Alexander Higson, aged 17. It was alleged that after ...

    Article : 171 words
  38. EXPENSIVE MAILS.

    The steamer Golden Cloud which arrived from Los Angeles to day brough two bags of mill from the United States. The contract provides for payment of £2866 each trip. The ...

    Article : 72 words
  39. VOLUNTEERS.

    In reply to statements by volunteer wharflabourers that preference of employment, which had been promised during the strike, was not now being extended to them, the ...

    Article : 109 words
  40. £30,000 LOAN.

    There were angry scenes at a meeting of the Hunter's Hill Council last night during the discussion of a motion to raise a loan of £30,000, to construct a concrete road through ...

    Article : 154 words
  41. NEGRO FINED.

    Two police constables had an exelting few minutes with an American negro, who gave the name of Ernest Lacey, and described himself as a vaudeville artist. Constables Walsh ...

    Article : 153 words
  42. FOUND DEAD ON TRAIN.

    When the Tamworth mail train, en route from Sydney, reached Greta about 1.30 yesterday afternoon a porter discovered an unknown man lying dead in the lavatory of a ...

    Article : 89 words
  43. TO-DAY.

    Her Majesty's Theatre: "The Vagabond King," 7.50. Theatre Roval: "On Approval," 8. Criterion: "The Patsy." 8. St. James Theatre: "Good News," 8. ...

    Article : 127 words
  44. ATTEMPT ON MOTOR RECORD.

    Continuing their effort to break the Melbourne to Perth light ear record, Messrs. Albert Peardon and Geoffrey Sinclair, of Melbourne, arrived in Adelaide about 4.30 p.m. ...

    Article : 70 words
  45. WOMAN'S DEATH.

    Returning to his home at 77 Victoria-street, Darlinghurst, about midday yesterday, Mr. Chate found his wife, Alice Emily Chate, aged 39 years, lying in an unconscious state on a ...

    Article : 65 words
  46. CAR MINDERS DEFENDED.

    A correspondent, C. W. Peck, in a letter to the Editor, defends car-minders in the city. "I believe," he writes, "that the carmilder is a 99 per cent. efficient person and a ...

    Article : 73 words
  47. BALLARAT SAILS.

    After being moored to river buoys in Fremantle harbour since Monday, the liner Ballarat, from which a case of smallpox was landed at Capetown, returned her voyage to ...

    Article : 47 words
  48. WOMAN FATALLY BURNT.

    Sarah Woodhead, aged 69 years, was burning off grass in the yard at her home at Long Gully, near Beudigo, to-day, when she was enveloped in flames and was severely burned. ...

    Article : 46 words
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