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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    At the Bowral court recently F. St. Leger was convicted of an offence against the Commonwealth Electoral Act, He appealed against his conviction, and is now in receipt ...

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  3. ELECTIONS.

    Elections for the Legislative Council were held yesterday, but provoked little public interest, and there was a small poll. Chief interest centred in the metropolitan seat, in ...

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  4. GENERAL CABLE NEWS

    The price paid to Lady Desborough for Raphael's "Madonna and Child" was £175,000. The purchaser was Sir Joseph Duveen. Herr Emil Bohnke, conductor of the ...

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  5. WARWICK MAY HANDICAP.

    Spruiker returning to the enclosure. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. ACUTE DISTRESS.

    The seriousness of unemployment in the Kurri Kurri district was emphasised, by a representative deputation which waited on Mr. Stevens (Assistant Treasurer) to-day. ...

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  7. KILLED BY CAR.

    Mr. George Walton Smith, who for nearly 40 years had been a member of the composing-room staff of tbe "Sydney Morning Herald," was killed by a motor car in ...

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  8. HEAD OF RIVER.

    Xavier College, which for 23 years had been "knocking at the door," won the coveted title of Head of the River for the first time tn the annual race, which was held on ...

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  9. PRINCE'S HIGHWAY.

    At a public meeting of residents of Bega and Eden, held to discuss the state of the Prince's Highway between Edon and Bega, which is in a dangerous condition, a motion ...

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  10. FLOODGATES IN WOODBURN SHIRE.

    The country is waterlogged here as a resuit of rain. So far tills year nearly 31 inches have been recorded at Cobaki. Woodburn Shire Council has accepted the ...

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  11. AUSTRALIAN CARS.

    Australian-made motor cars will be produced before the end of the year, according to a statement made yesterday by a director of the National Motor Car Company, Ltd. ...

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  12. FOUNDATION-STONE CAVITY RIFLED.

    The old Public school is being demolished, and when the foundation-stone of the building was raised it was discovered that the bottle, with its contents, placed in the cavity ...

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  13. OZEOHO-SLOVAKIANS.

    Referring to Mr. J. S. Garden's allegations that a deputation of unemployed Czecho-Slovaklans had informed him that they had been lured to Australia by the misrepresentations ...

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  14. THE CARILLON.

    The fifth recital of the Sydney University carillon was given last evening. Many people assembled In the University grounds and on tbe adjacent roadways to hear the music of the ...

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  15. MOTOR ACCIDENTS.

    A motor car and motor lorry came into collision on the Western-road, St. Marys, about 7 p.m. on Saturday, and the driver of the car, Thomas Bassett, aged 25 years, of ...

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  16. OLD RESIDENT DIES.

    The death has occurred of Mr. Frederick Theodore Johnston, a builder, of Rlverviewstrcet, Murwillumbah. The deceased was 79 years of age, and had resided in the Tweed ...

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  17. A £35,000 BRIDGE.

    The Nambucca Shire Council has decided to accept the offer of the Main Roads Board to construct a bridge over the Nambucca River at Macksville. The estimated cost is £35,000, ...

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  18. MOTOR CYCLISTS INJURED.

    Two motor cyclists collided head-on on Saturday night at the intersection of Liverpool-road and Woodville-road, Fairfield. Both drivers were injured. They were: James ...

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  19. MR. STEVENS' PROMISE.

    The Assistant Tronsurer (Mr. Stevens) visited West Maitland yesterday and received deputations from local councils and miners' lodges which asked for assistance in relieving ...

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  20. MR. S. Y. MALING.

    Deputy-general manager of the City Council Electricity Department, who will be an important witness at the Royal Commission which is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  21. DOG RACING.

    In the House of Commons to-day Mr. John Buchan (Con.) moved the second reading of the Dog Racing Bill, which requires that tracks used for such racing shall be licensed ...

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  22. MAN SHOT.

    The Redfern police are mystified concerning the manner in which Henry Morris, aged 21 years, received a bullet wound on Saturday night. ...

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  23. CATTLE STEALING.

    At the Richmond police court, before Mr. J. B. Gibson, S.M., George Reginald Beecroft appeared on a charge of stealing 14 head of cattle, the property of Percy William ...

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  24. MOTOR CYCLE OVERTURNS.

    Two men were injured at Pyrmont on Saturday, when a motor cycle and sidecar in which they were travelling overturned. Robert Tate, 20, grocer, of CurtlB-road, Balmain, ...

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  25. DEAD HEAT IN BRISBANE.

    The final of the Great Public schools' head of the river four-oar race on Saturday morning provided a great contest. The State High School and Brisbane Grammar School ...

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  26. HOSPITAL PATIENT.

    Jumping from a window on the ground floor of a private hospital In Domain-road, South Yarra, on Saturday afternoon, Thomas Toohor, aged 62 years, one of the patients, ...

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  27. PAY FOR SHIRE COUNCILLORS.

    "Why Bhould a councillor spend all day here on moetlng-day, and get only his travelling expenses?" asked Cr. Marks at a meeting of Tweed Shire Council, when intimating that ...

    Article : 151 words
  28. LAND TAX.

    The Commonwealth Treasurer (Dr. Page) to-day denied assertions by the Department of Taxation of having nullified the reduction of 10 per cent. In the land tax by increasing ...

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  29. SALVATION ARMY.

    Commissioner H. W. Mapp, special representative of General Booth, returned to Sydney on Snturday. The Chief Secretary (Mr. Bruntnell) ...

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  30. BLACICHEATH ELECTRICITY CONTRACT.

    Blackheath Municipal Council has decided to accept the offer of the Katoomba Municipal Cuuncil for a supply of electricity in bulk for five years, commencing on January 1, ...

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  31. OPEN GOLF CHAMPION.

    THE FAMOUS AMERICAN, WALTER HAGEN, Who won the British open championship for the third time on Saturday. His previous victories were in 1922 and 1924. There is a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  32. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 255 words
  33. CRAYFISH INDUSTRY.

    The desperate position of the crayfish industry, due to the lack of communication with the market in Sydney, was brought under the notice of the Chief Secretary (Mr. ...

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  34. KURRI KURRI EISTEDDFOD.

    The following are additional prize-winners at the Kurri Kurri Eisteddfod:- Plaiioforto duct, under 10: Laura Allington and Edna Hindmarch (Weston), 87, 1; Lillian Germyn and ...

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  35. MR. JOHN COLQUHOUN.

    Who died on Saturday on the day a park he donated to Grau ville Municipality was opened. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  36. MOTHERS' DAY.

    The Consul-General for the United States (Mr. E. M. Lawton), spenklng yesterday afternoon at a special Mothers' Day commemorative service at the Y.M.C.A., said that in ...

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  37. EQUAL FRANCHISE.

    Addressing a mass meeting of women in London, the Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin) referred to the passing by the House of Commons of, the bill giving-votes to women ...

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  38. DONOR OF PARK.

    Alderman John Colquhoun, of Granville, died on Saturday in St. Joseph's Hospital, Auburn, a few hours before a magnificent park, which he had given the town, was officially opened ...

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  39. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 252 words
  40. HOUSE AND GROUNDS.

    Mr. E. A. Clift, of Clifton, Lochinvar, has notified the Anglican Church authorities of his Intention of conveying to the Church his property, which consists of a stone house and ...

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  41. TUBERCULOSIS.

    Interim reports from sub-committees were received at a meeting of the board of control of the campaign against tuberculosis, held on Saturday. Dr. Dick, Director-General of ...

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  42. RAILWAY WORKERS.

    Members of the raliway workers' branch of the Australian Workers' Union complain that there is more unemployment within the ranks of the union at the present time than ...

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  43. SOCIALIST PARTY.

    At yesterday's meeting of the general executive of the Socialist Labour Party of Australia n resolution was adopted, advising the workers of Australia to avoid precipitating or ...

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  44. GRAFTON.

    Great interest was taken in the extraordinary. by-election of nine aldermen for South Gratton Council, following on the resignation of the whole of the council as a sequel to the ...

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  45. SELF-HELP.

    The ratepayers held a meeting at the Scrub regarding a bridge over Dwyer's Creek, and to decide what to do to assist the shire council to carry out the construction of a ...

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  46. AMALGAMATION OF FOUNDRY INTERESTS.

    Ball's foundry, one of the oldest-established Industrial concerns in Goulburn, is about [?]o cease operations owing to an amalgamation of interests between the proprietors and the ...

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  47. TO-DAY.

    Criterion: "The Notorious" Mrs. Elilismlth," 8. Her Majesty's "Princess Charming," 8. Theatre Royal: "Rookery Nook," 8. Palace Theatre; Madame N," 8. ...

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  48. GREATER SYDNEY.

    The Parramata Council has decided to invite the majority of the outer western suburban councils to a conference to consider means to prevent the districts coiicorned being included ...

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  49. EARLY MORNING CHASE.

    A few belated citizens nbTond in Kingstreet, Newtown, at an early hour on Saturday were astonished at the sight of a man running as fast as he possibly could down the ...

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  50. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

    The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Western Australia passed motions disapproving strongly of war, and advocating disarmaments, and teachings in the interests ...

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  51. WOMAN RESCUES CHILD.

    The 18 months old child of Constable Har rower, of South Grafton, was being taken across a plank over the Christopher Creek by a number of other children, when it fell into the ...

    Article : 64 words
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