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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Charles St[?]va[?]a, a foreigner, was charged at the police court with having carried an unlicensed pistol between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. Detective-sergeant Duckworth stated that ...

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  3. PEACE IN INDUSTRY

    Employers, unanimously favour a conference of representatives of employers and employees being convened by the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce), to promote industrial peace. ...

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  4. PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE ACROSS PITT-STREET.

    Mr. C. B. Rorison, manager of Daking House, suggested to the Traffic Advisory Committee yesterday that a bridge should be constructed from Daking House to the ramp leading to the Central Railway Station, so that pedestrians would not have to cross the road in the midst of heavy and confusing traffic ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. BOROTRA WINS.

    Jean Borotra, brilliant and versatile player, and Jack Crawford, the young New South Wales champion, provided the most thrilling contest ever seen on a Sydney lawn tennis ...

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  6. PESSIMISTIC VIEW.

    The Trades and Labour Council has plumbed the depths of despondency in its annual report, which was presented at a meeting of the council last night. On every hand the council ...

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  7. GENERAL RAIN.

    During, the 24 hours ended 3 a.m. yesterday, rain of a general nature fell over practically the whole of the State, with the exception of the central and north coast, and the ...

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  8. YASS HOSPITAL.

    At the annual meeting of the Yass Hospital, Mr. W. McIntosh was elected president and Mr. G. A. McShane vice-president. There were more nominations for the committee than ...

    Article : 93 words
  9. BOYS ON GOODS TRAIN.

    Two boys, each 11 years of age, were found huddled in a truck of ashes on a goods train which arrived at West Maitland from Newcastle at about 1 o'clock this morning. They ...

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  10. MISSING MAIL BAG.

    A mall bag containing about 15 letters and a sum of money, representing remittances from Danglemah post-office, was despatched from there to Tamworth on January 24 by rail. It ...

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  11. AUBURN HOSPITAL.

    At the annual meeting of the Auburn District Hospital, complaints that there was a shortage of linen were made by two subscribers, one of whom stated that there was ...

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  12. EJECTMENT SOUGHT.

    In the Leongatha Police Court, Mr. W. E. Bright, an authorised officer of the Closer Settlement Board, applied for an order against Percy Grey, a settler, for ejectment from a ...

    Article : 222 words
  13. SOVIET RUSSIA.

    The manner in which the conditions of women in Soviet Russia have been ameliorated held delegates to last night's meeting of the Trades and Labour Council spellbound when ...

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  14. STATE HOSPITAL.

    Following recent disclosures of the shocking conditions which prevail at the Lidcombe State Hospital and Home, particularly in regard to the overcrowding of certain wards, ...

    Article : 314 words
  15. WYANGALA DAM.

    The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby) estimates that the cost of constructing the proposed Wyangala dam on the Lachlan River will be about £1,500,000. ...

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  16. STORM AT LOCKHART.

    Reports from outlying districts state that there have been heavy falls of rain between Osborne and Urangeline. Several telegraph poles were uprooted on the Bullenbong line ...

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  17. RAILWAY DUPLICATION.

    At the instance of the Junee Municipal Council, southern public bodies are submitting a request to the authorities for the duplication of the main southern railway line from ...

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  18. A.W.U. HOSTILITY.

    A statement issued to-day by the general secretary of the A.W.U. (Mr. Grayndlor), indicated that the A.W.U. was unlikely to cooperate with the scheme of the Prime ...

    Article : 371 words
  19. COUNTRY HOSPITALS.

    At the annual meeting of the district hospital Mr. George Paul was elected president in succession to Mr. M. Bembrick, who will shortly leave the town. Mr. Bembrick has ...

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  20. COUNTRY REPORTS.

    BINGARA, Thursday.—Heavy rain fell in this district to-day, the registration being 184 points. The rain commenced early this morning, and the showers ...

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  21. MR. R. H. JUDD.

    Mr. Robert Hewlett Judd, formerly well-known throughout the State as breeder and judge of prize poultry and dogs, died at Collaroy on Tuesday, aged 73 years. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  22. BEER AT A DANCE.

    At the Wyndham Police Court James Pheeney, licensee of the hotel at Wyndham, was fined £15 and costs for carrying beer for sale at a Barrngate dance without ...

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  23. DEATH OF MR. E. A. WRIGHT.

    The death occurred on Wednesday of Mr. Edward Abraham Wright, a well-known builder and contractor. He was 59 years of age and a native of Peel. Mr. Wright identified ...

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  24. RAIN IN QUEENSLAND.

    Dalgety and Co., Ltd., received the following telegram from its Hughenden branch yesterday:—"Scattered thunderstorms have occurred in this district during the past 24 ...

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  25. UNATTENDED CAB.

    The case of Leo Clarence Moore, a taxi-cab driver, who was fined at the Traffic Court for having left his cab unattended on tbe northern side of Rawson-place while he had a meal ...

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  26. MOTOR CAR OVERTURNS.

    A motor car, driven by Mr. T. Darry, of Kootingal, Hotel, and containing six other persons, who were bound for the Armidals races, overturned on the Uralia-road. The ...

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  27. MINERS' COLLIERY.

    The general secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. D. J. Davies) announced to-night that negotiations had been completed for the control of the Catamaran mine by the ...

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  28. UNION COUNCIL

    Referring to the criticism of the Australasian Council of Trade Unions by Mr. Grayndler (general secretary of the A.W.U.), Mr. D. J. Davies (secretary of the Colliery ...

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  29. DR. HONNER RETURNS.

    Dr. R. Honner, who was a member of the last Olympic Games team, and who did not return to Australia until recently, has, reached his home in Junee after an absence of four ...

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  30. PASSPORT STOLEN.

    While on a recent trip to Honolulu Mr. Harold Munro, of Junee[?] had his passport stolen by a stowaway, who landed safely, Customs officers arrested Mr. Munfo, who was ...

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  31. CHOICE OF DELEGATES.

    The president of the Australasian Council of Trade Unions (Mr. W. J. Duggan) made further reference to-day to the proposal of the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) for a conference ...

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  32. SERUM TRAGEDY.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) stated that the Royal Commission which had been appointed to investigate the cause of the Bundaberg disaster had been given an entirely free ...

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  33. BARRIER MINES.

    It is regarded as certain that representatives of the mining companies will meet the Barrier District Council to consider terms for the new agreement on February 10. ...

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  34. LATE ADMINISTRATOR OF NORFOLK ISLAND.

    MAJOR-GENERAL SELLHEIM. Administrator of Norfolk Island, who died at the Residency last week. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  35. FATAL LANDSLIDE.

    Dr D. Browning, of Adelaide, who worked unsparingly at the Belair landslip throughout the rescue operations, is credited with having been largely responsible for saving three lives, ...

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  36. OFFER TO EX-SOLDIER.

    Mr. E. G. V. Vass, Borry-street, Masc[?] heard of a returned Tamworth soldier hav[?] to keep his children on ten shillings weekly, and offered to give him a block of land st ...

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  37. LABOUR PAPERS, LTD.

    The report of Labour Papers, Ltd., which has been prepared for submission to the convention, recommends that a daily newspaper be started in Sydney immediately. The ...

    Article : 169 words
  38. THREAT OF STRIKE.

    A dispute between the electricians on the one hand and the shipwrights and bollermakers on the other, may involve the Cockatoo Island dockyard in a strike. ...

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  39. DEATH OF MR. J. WHITEHEAD, SEN.

    The death has occurred of Mr. John Whitehead, sen., of Junction Meadows, Towong, [?] notable figure in the Upper Murray, at the age of 91. Mr. Whitehead owned considerable ...

    Article : 76 words
  40. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 190 words
  41. VIOLENT STORM.

    The secretary of the Commissioner for Railways has received a telegram containing a report by the stationmaster at Balfe's Creek that a goods train, which left Charters Towers ...

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  42. EROSION OF RIVER BANK.

    Although 155 persons had signed a requistion to the Mayor of Tamworth, asking him to convene a public meeting to discuss the Peel River erosion problem, there was an ...

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  43. SAVING WATER.

    It was decided last night by the Barrier branch of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association that members employed in the Water service are not to accept work ...

    Article : 145 words
  44. PROCEDURE DEFENDED.

    Dr. Richards, of the pathological laboratory, Bundaberg; Dr. Tilling, a member of the Council of the British Medical Association: and the Brisbane City Council's health officer ...

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  45. LADY MOTORIST.

    A finding of unlawful killing was returned to-day by the Acting Coroner (Mr. F. F. Horgun) nfter inquiring into the death of George Francis Jarman, 20, which followed a ...

    Article : 86 words
  46. ICEBERG REPORTED.

    On arrival at Albany yesterday Captain Jones, of the Whita Star liner Suevic, reported that a big iceberg was in the track of shipping in the Great Australian Bight on Monday ...

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  47. TAXES INCREASED.

    Additional proposals for improving the financial position of the railways were announced by the Minister (Mr. Tunnecliffe) to-day. These include an increase of 5 per cent. ...

    Article : 83 words
  48. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 255 words
  49. POTATO MARKET.

    There is a dispute in Melbourne between merchants and commission agents concerning tbe terms on which potatoes are sold. Merchants recently constituted themselves a ...

    Article : 131 words
  50. NEW ZEALAND PRECAUTIONS.

    As New Zealand supplies of toxin-and-toxin are largely drawn from the Commonwealth serum laboratories, the Department of Health has issued directions that no further ...

    Article : 167 words
  51. SKIFF ADRIFT.

    As the tug St. Giles was proceeding from Newcastle to Sydney early yesterday afternoon she sighted a skiff adrift off Long Reef, the headland at the southern extremity of ...

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  52. INFANTILE PARALYSIS.

    Health authorities in Melbourne are concerned over the number of cases of infantile paralysis in the metropolitan area in the last week. Twelve additional cases have ...

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  53. AUSTRALIAN AVENUE.

    Not to rest content until an avenue, lined with Australian trees, stretches from Sydney to Canberra, to Melbourne—that is the ambition, of the Australian Forest League, as ...

    Article : 109 words
  54. FEDERAL ELECTORAL ROLLS.

    New supplemental Commonwealth electoral rolls, embodying names remaining on the existing supplemental roll, and new names added since the last reprint, are about to be ...

    Article : 94 words
  55. ONE-WAY TRAFFIC.

    In view of the congestion of traffic which exists in Bay-street. Glebe, on Friday nights, arrangements have been made by the Traffic Department for the "one way traffic" system ...

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  56. JOHN ENRIGHT MEMORIAL FUND.

    A fund in memory of the late Rev. John Enright, who died in New Zealand recently, and who was formerly stationed at Bondi and Ballina, New South Wales, was ...

    Article : 73 words
  57. CHILD ENDOWMENT.

    Before the Child Endowment Commission, Mr. W. E. Thomas, general sccretaiy of the State Teachers' Union, advocated a national scheme of child endowment, controlled by ...

    Article : 80 words
  58. GREYCLIFFE DISASTER.

    The inquiry into the Greycliffe disaster was continued yesterday at the City Coroner's Court. Captain Barnes, who was in charge of the Greycliffe at the time of the collision ...

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  59. TO-DAY.

    Her Majesty's Theatre: "The Girl Friend," 8. Theatre Royal: "The Trial of Mary Dugan," 8. Criterton: "The letter," [?].15. St. James Theatre: "Archie," 8. ...

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  60. ENGLISH TRADE.

    Speaking at a luncheon tendered by the Hobart Chamber of Commerce to-day, Sir Robert Horne said that the position of England in finance and industry had shown a ...

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  61. ALARM AT DURBAN.

    The report of the deaths of children at Bundaberg (Q.), following diphtheria inoculation, has created alarm at Durban, where arrangements, had been made to provide for ...

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  62. MR. DONALD GRANT.

    Mr. Donald Grant yesterday announced that he would be a candidate for the Labour preselection ballot for the Senate elections. Mr. Grant was a Labour candidate for the Senate ...

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  63. FIRE IN BERMAN HOUSE.

    The firm of Charles Foe[?] motor trimmers and painters, state that no damage to their stock occurred during the fire which occurred at Herman House, Campbell-street, early ...

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  64. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN DEFICIT

    There was a deficit of £76,118 in the State finances for January, making the total deficit for the seven months of the financial year £413,618, compared with £386,452 for ...

    Article : 50 words
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