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  2. CANBERRA NEWS.

    Surprise was caused by the announcement to-day of the Chief Federal Commissioner (Sir John Butters) that no statement of the intentions of the Commission would be issued ...

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  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    A historic flag was included in the decorations at the Anzac Day luncheon given to the returned soldiers by Mrs. Bartlett. It was flown at Mafeking during the Boer war, and ...

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  4. WAR MEMORIAL.

    Further evidence regarding the national war memorial which it is proposed to build at Canberra, at a cost of £250,000, was given before the Federal Public Works Committee ...

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  5. MR. J. T. LINGEN, K.C.

    Unassuming and active as ever Mr. John Taylor Lingen, K.C., celebrated his eightieth birthday yesterday. Mr. Lingen, one of the oldest barristers in New South Wales, retired ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. CHILLED MEAT.

    The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Forgan Smith) referred to-day to a report that a deputation had waited on the Assistant Minister for Agriculture of Victoria, in Melbourne, ...

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  7. DOMESTIC FEUD.

    Among many unpleasant suits which come before the Judges in Equity was one yesterday in which a wife sued her husband for an order for the custody of a son ot their ...

    Article : 131 words
  8. COMMUNITY SERVICE.

    "Community service is an ideal, more or less in the air[?] but is awakening interest; and the spirit is getting behind activities of one kind and another," said Mr. F. E. Barraclough, ...

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  9. £200 STOLEN.

    Inquiries are being made by the police and postal departments regarding the disappearance of a large sum from a mailbag sent from Adelaide on Tuesday. ...

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  10. ENGINE OUT OF CONTROL.

    During shunting operations in the railway station yard an engine ran over the end of a shunting set of rails and up a steep bank a distance of 12 or 14 feet until it stood ...

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  11. CANBERRA.

    Types of architecture and the efficiency of workmen at Canberra were criticised to-day by Mr. George McLeish, an architect, who gave evidence before the public accounts ...

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  12. AN EXPERIMENT FAILS.

    The lunch-hour closing experiment in Goulburn has not proved a success, and traders have now gone back to the old practice of keeping their shops open continuously from ...

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  13. SIXTY-FOUR YEARS.

    Two hale and hearty persons, Mr. Charles B. Henville, 87 years of age, and Mrs. Henville, 82 years of age, living in Villiers-street, Kensington, celebrated their 64th marriage ...

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  14. MORE PROTESTS.

    Further protests have been made to the State Government against the carrying of the Host in the forthcoming Eucharistie procession. Representations have been made to ...

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  15. FUNDS MISSING.

    An official of the State branch of the Australian Seamen's Union has been called upon to explain the disappearance of funds of the union totalling £300. ...

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  16. MINER'S DEATH.

    The jury returned a finding of accidental death at the inquest held by the coroner (Mr. R. C. Atkinson, S.M.) into the death of Robert William Hocking, following an accident ...

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  17. PUBLIC SPIRITED SETTLERS.

    The Wollondilly Shire Council has been endeavouring to secure Government assistance to open the road from Camdon, via Burragorang Valley and Cox's River, to Wentworth ...

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  18. NORTH AUSTRALIA.

    At the meeting of the council, the Mayor (Alderman Watts) spoke in bitter terms of the North Australia Commission. He said that a water shortage for supplying passing ...

    Article : 93 words
  19. RAILWAY TRAGEDY.

    A shocking tragedy occurred last night at the railway station, when one of the employees, Jack Costa, of Broadmeadow, Newcastle, was dushed to pieces by the mail ...

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  20. CRIPPLE RESCUED.

    But for the prompt and gallant action of Stanley Woodworth, of Victoria Park, William Patterson, an old-age pensioner and a helpless cripple, would have been burnt to ...

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  21. SUPREME COURT.

    It was pointed out on behalf of the Ministers yesterday, that the Government did not propose to appoint an Acting Judge to the Supreme Court Bench until the present law ...

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  22. REPATRIATION.

    Soldiers' grievances were discussed at meetings of the Nationalist and Country parties yesterday, and a proposal for the establishment of boards of appeal, made during ...

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  23. CLAIMS FOR MOTOR COLLISIONS.

    At tne District court, before Judge White, [?] two cases were heard in which claims were made for dnmages sustained through collisions with motor cars. J. Izzard, mail ...

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  24. STEAMER HOUTMAN.

    The Royal Packet steamer Houtman ran aground in Moreton Bay at 3.30 o'clock yesterday morning, but came off without help at 10 a.m., and proceeded on her way to ...

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  25. FALL FROM TRAIN.

    After his inquiry yesterday into the death of William Hanson Spicer, the City Coroner (Mr. Fletcher) returned a finding of death from injur[?]es received probably from ...

    Article : 206 words
  26. ABORIGINES.

    The Prime Minister has announced that the Queensland Government had agreed to lend the services of Mr. J. W. Bleakley, Chief Protector of Aborigines of that State, to the ...

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  27. GOULBURN EISTEDDFOD.

    Goulburn's first eisteddfod was opened yesterday. Three sessions were held, and were well attended by the public. More than 1100 competitors are taking part, three States ...

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  28. MR. S. Y. MALING.

    It was learned in Sydney yesterday that Inspector Mackay, chief of the criminal investigation branch of the New South Wales Police Department, and Mr. S. Y. Maling, ...

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  29. THROWN FROM SULKY.

    A terrible experience befell an old man near Blacktown on Thursday night. He lay unconscious in a pool of water all night before he was found. ...

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  30. ANZAC DAY IN THE COUNTRY.

    The Memorial Hall was crowded for the Anzac Day memorial service. Appropriate music was sung by a combined choir, and addresses were given by the Mayor and the Revs. W. M. ...

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  31. LATE MR. W. C. QUINTON.

    As reported in our issue of yesterday, Mr. Quinton, who was widely known in New South Wales sporting circles, died at West Maitland on Thursday afternoon, aged 85 years. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  32. AIR FORCE OFFICERS.

    The Minister for Defence (Sir William Glasgow) announced to-day that the Government had recently considered the ranks and seniority held by senior officers of the Royal ...

    Article : 177 words
  33. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 189 words
  34. MR. GARDEN'S POSITION.

    Mr. James McMahon, president of the Sane Democracy League, has supplied the following statement:"The announcement that Mr. J. S. Garden ...

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  35. OBITUARY.

    The funeral of Mr. Robert B. Wilkinson, managing director of Wilkinson and Lavende[?], Ltd., who died at Strathfield on Thursday[?] was held in the St. Thomas' Church Cemetery. ...

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  36. CITY LOANS.

    The City Commissioners have requested the State Government so to amend the Sydney Corporation Act as to permit them to go on the New York market, if necessary, for city loan ...

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  37. RED INTERNATIONAL.

    Mr. J. S. Garden, secretary of the Labour Council, claimed yesterday that his appointment to the executive of the Red International of Labour Unions did not have any political ...

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  38. A. W. WINTER.

    A. W. Winter, the Olympic hop, step, and jump champion, has been selected to represent Australia in the next Olympic Games at Amsterdam. ...

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  39. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 215 words
  40. HOSPITAL SATURDAY.

    Suburban collections in aid of the Hospital Saturday Fund had realised over £1230 at 9 o'clock last night. The collections in Paddington and Balmain ...

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  41. PETROL PRICES.

    The garage and oil and petrol sections of the Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales have agreed to sell petrol at two shillings a gallon for first grade and 1/10 for ...

    Article : 45 words
  42. LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    Senator McLochlan, Assistant Minister, will lead the Australian delegation to the League of Nation's annual meeting at Gene[?] in September. The announcement of his ...

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  43. FALCON ISLAND IN ERUPTION.

    The Steamer Tutanekal reports that Falcon Island was in eruption last night, and that its length bad increased to two miles. ...

    Article : 28 words
  44. MILK DISTRIBUTION.

    "I desire to give the most emphatic contradiction," said Dr. Arthur (Minister for Health) yesterday. "to allegations that I wished to secure a cheapened milk supply for ...

    Article : 168 words
  45. COOLER WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 126 words
  46. MR. BAVIN.

    A warm tribute to the personal qualities and capabilities of Mr. Bavin was paid last evening by the Acting-Premier (Mr. Buttenshaw) in a speech before the Sydney division ...

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  47. CORRUPTION.

    The Rev. R. Noble, M.A., principal of the Edwards College, Peshawur, lecturing to the University Christian Union, made some noteworthy remarks regarding the prevalence of ...

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  48. TO-DAY.

    Town Rollt Moiselwitsch recital, 8. Criterion Theatre: "The High Road," 8. Her Majesty's: "Rose Marie," 2, 7.50. Theatre Royal: "Rookery Nook," 7.50. ...

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  49. BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY.

    Among the features of the British Music Society's concert at the King's Hall on Thursday night was the charming fantasy for strings with which William Yeates Huristone, ...

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  50. COSTLY SCHEME.

    In giving evidence before the Royul Commission on child endowment yesterday, Mrs. L. Lynch, honorary secretary of the Women's Central Organising Committee of the ...

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  51. STEAMER CONVERTED.

    The work of converting the lighthouse steamer Cape L[?]win from a toal to an oil burner has been completed. The vessel has been manned by a crew of commenwealth ...

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  52. PRINTERS' DISPUTE.

    The [?]ob printing section of the Printing Industry Employees' Union urges that in view of the Employers' Federation's decision to support the master printers in the dispute, ...

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  53. R.M.S. ORAMA.

    The Orient liner Orama will be eight days behind schedule when she leaves Sydney at 4 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, but it is expected that, by omitting the call at ...

    Article : 147 words
  54. GREAT HALL AT UNIVERSITY.

    It was announced at the annual meeting of the Electrical Empoyers' Association last night that the association had undertaken the lighting free of charge of the Great Hall of ...

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  55. TRADE UNIONS' PROTEST.

    The All-Australian Council of Trade unions last night carried a resolution protesting against the failure of the Commomwealth Arbitration Court to keep fa[?] with the unions ...

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  56. SOLICITOR EXONERATED.

    My a majority judgment of the Full Court to-day Mr. A. G. Ogilvie, a legal practitioner, was upheld in his explanation of matters regarding which he had been called upon to show ...

    Article : 75 words
  57. FACTORY AMBULANCE CHESTS.

    In conformity with an amendment made to the Factorles and Shops Act by the Lang Government, providing that in every factory there should be a first-aid ambulance chest, ...

    Article : 61 words
  58. FLOWERS ON CENOTAPH.

    Beatrice Macdonald, writing to the Editor, suggests that some provision should be made for keeping alive the flowers placed by the public on the Cenotaph. A trough about six ...

    Article : 74 words
  59. BROADCASTING COMPANIES CO-OPERATE.

    At a meeting of shareholders of 3AR to-night proposals were agreed to for co-ordinating the broadcasting services from 3LO and 3AR, the two Victorian "A" class ...

    Article : 38 words
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