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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. SNOW AT CANBERRA.

    After a succession of days of glorious sunshine Canberra is experiencing cold and squally weather. Mount Ainslie and other moun[?] in the Federal Territory are partially covered ...

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  3. ROUGH VOYAGE.

    After a tempestuous voyage from Noumea, the French freighter St. Joseph, towing the hulk Doulambo, arrived at Sydney yesterday morning, four days overdue. ...

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  4. ROYAL COMMISSION ON CONSTITUTION.

    PROFESSOR J. R. PEDEN, K.C., M.L.C., who has been appointod chairman of the Royal Commission on the Commonwealth Constitution. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. NEW COMPANIES.

    Two new theatrical companies, each with a capital of £50,000, were registered yesterday. They are to be known respectively as Bondi Theatre and Investment Propty., Ltd., and ...

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  6. A.L.P. EXECUTIVE.

    The demand of the A.L.P. Exccutive that only persens who signed the roll books before July 30 will be cligible to vote at the selection ballots has resulted in the ...

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  7. INDUSTRIAL MISSION.

    WASHINGTON, D.C., May 26.—As frequently indicated, the cost of living in America is one of the important factors in the present inquiry, and the Labour members of the ...

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  8. LABOUR CANDIDATES.

    The selection ballots to decide who will be the Lnbour candidates in the metropolitan constituencies at the State elections will take place to-day. ...

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  9. MR. MUTCH TO STAND.

    The A.L.P. executive decided last night to permit the 86 supporters of Mr. Mutch in the Botany electorate, who were disfranchised to vote in the selection ballot to-day, under ...

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  10. DEATH OF THREE OLD RESIDENTS.

    Three very old residents of the Denman district have died. They are Mrs. Buchanan, of Baerami, at the age of 103 years; Mr. Benjamin T. Baxter, of Baerami, at the age ...

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  11. BATHURST ELECTORAL ROLLS

    At the Revision Court for Bathurst electorate yesterday, a total of 351 names were added to the roll. Objections were lodged against the retention of 150 names, and in 134 cases ...

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  12. A POLICE RAID.

    Last night Inspcetor Constantine, of Albury, accompanied by six police officers, raided the recreation hall at Hume Weir, suspection that illegal gaming was being carried on. ...

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  13. BONDI.

    A meeting of more than 150 friends and supporters of Mr. H. V. Jaques, who intends to contest the Bondi seat as a straight-out Nationalist, was held in the Bondi-Waverley ...

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  14. MR. VINCENT'S CAMPAIGN

    Branches of the Couutry party have been formed here, and at Coramba and Glenreagh during the past few days. Mr. R. S. Vincent, M.L.A., attended and spoke. Another branch ...

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  15. SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL WARD.

    The local branch of the Returned Soldiers' Leagues has received a letter from the Minister for Health, stating that an amount up to £600 will be granted for the purpose of ...

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  16. AUBURN SEAT.

    Mr. W. T. Sturgess, who nominated against the Premier (Mr. Lang) for the Auburu seat, has decided to withdraw from the selection ballot. ...

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  17. VICTORIAN BUSH FIRE.

    Arising out of a disastrous fire which swept over the Stonyford district near Camperdown on February 11 last Mrs. Mary Ellen Speed, formerly of Stonyford, has brought an action ...

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  18. CIVIC GARAGE.

    At the request of the Municipal Employees' Union, the Labour aldernion intend to take the necessary action to have Mr. Bayly former Superintendent of the City Council garage, ...

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  19. THE UNWANTED HORSE.

    Two horses were offered for sale at the Richmond Pound, but no offers were received. At a meeting of the council it was stated that the owners could not be traced, and had ...

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  20. AMERICAN INDUSTRY.

    That under present conditions Australian manufacturers would never be able to compete with American industry was an opinion expressed yesterday by Mr. L. A. Davison, ...

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  21. PREFERENTIAL VOTING.

    A correspondent points out the necessity of using the preferential vote in the coming elections. After an exhaustive canvass of certain areas, he states, it had been found that ...

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  22. MUNICIPAL MATTERS.

    The Kempsey Municipal Council has circularised other councils throughout the State, requesting—(1) support for a movement to ensure that all taxation under the Main Roads ...

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  23. TRANS-PACIFIC.

    The Premier (Mr. Lang) informed a deputation of returned soldiers yesterday that the State Government would be prepared to guarantee the whole of the expenses of the ...

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  24. USEFUL RAIN. In Riverina.

    Under the influence of an energetic southern disturbance, rain fell in all the southwestern and southern areas, and at a few places in the central districts, during the 24 ...

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  25. GOVERNMENT'S RECORD.

    Mr. Cruickshank, Acting Minister for Labour aNd Industry addressing a large meeting of [?] secretaries at the Trades Hall on Thursday morning, reviewed the industrial ...

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  26. HAIRDRESSERS' CHARGES RAISED.

    The Master Haidressers' Association has decided to increase the charge for a shave from /6 to /9 from Monday next. The charge for cutting women's hair was increased to 2/ at ...

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  27. TANK STEAMER.

    Bound from Tarakan to Sydney and Melbourne with about 8000 tons of liquid fuel the tanker Henry Deutsch de la Meurthe ran aground on York Road Shea[?] on Thursday ...

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  28. FIRE AT SCHOOL.

    The City Coroner (Mr. Fletcher) yesterday held an inquiry into the fire that broke out in the Waterloo Public School on June 25. He found that the premises were wilfully damaged ...

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  29. BORDER HYGIENE.

    Af a meeting of the Coolangatta Council the health inspector presented a report on a recent visit he had made to the town of Tweed Heads, which is in the Tweed Shire Council ...

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  30. HAILSTORM.

    Considerable damage to vegetable plots and glass-houses resulted from a severe hailstorm which passed over the metropolitan area on Thursday night, the hail, more particularly ...

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  31. A QUARTER SESSIONS' ACQUITTAL.

    Harold Arthur Cossill, charged on six counts, with embezzlement and misappropriation, was, before his Honor Judge White, at the Wollongong Quarter Sessions to-day, ...

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  32. COUNTRY REPORTS.

    COOLAMON.—Steady rain commenced to fall at about 8 o'clock last night. There has been an acute shortage of water throughout the district, many of the tanks on farms being ...

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  33. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    Replying to a deputation from the Trades and Labour Council, which was introduced by the leader of the South Australian Opposition (Mr. Hill) the Premier (Mr. Butler) said ...

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  34. SHEEP TRANSPORTED BY MOTOR.

    A motor lorry and a four-wheeled trailer, fitted with double deeks and portable race, arrived at Mudgee on Wednesday with 134 fat lambs from Tongy station, Cassills. The ...

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  35. DANGER SPOT IN ASHFIELD.

    A correspondent suggests that the placing of a warning sign at the corner of Victoria and Seaview streets, Ashfield, may avert serious accidents in the future. During the past ...

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  36. RAILWAY LINE.

    Dr. Nott, M.P., introduced to the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) a deputation, which urged the construction of a railway from Camooweal to Bourke. It was urged that the ...

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  37. CHINESE ARRESTED.

    Thirteen Chinese were arrested in a raid on a fan-tan shop in Harbour-street, last night, by a party of police. Behind the fan-tan shop the police found ...

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  38. MR. LANG.

    "I cannot recollect any other time when the Labour movement had so much at stake," said Mr. Lang yesterday, in a lunch-hour address to employees of Mort's Dock, Balmain. ...

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  39. SHOPKEEPER ATTACKED.

    After having appeared to take something from Chas. Moore and Co.'s shop in Adelaide, on Friday afternoon, a young man who gave his name as Peter Sherry was followed from ...

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  40. COWRA MEMORIAL GATES.

    The unveiling of the memorial gates at the entrance to the Soldiers' Memorial Hall by Sir Neville Howse, M.P., was an impressive ceremony. More than 1500 people were present. ...

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  41. ALLEGED ABUSE OF POWERS.

    Mr. L. H. Stevens, secretary of the Motor Traders' Association, has written directing attention to what he describes as a very grave abuse of the powers of the Department of ...

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  42. THIEVES IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

    Thieves broke into the local shire council chambers through a back window, and opened several drawers, using a chisel in some cases to cut the woodwork around the locks away, ...

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  43. FALLS FROM TRAINS.

    Eileen Yates, aged 12 years, of Cross-street, Guildford, was severely injured about 9.30 o'clock yesterday morning, when she fell from a moving train at Guildford station. ...

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  44. MARCELIN BERTHELOT.

    The Consul-General for France (M. Louis Nettement), and other prominent members of the Frenen colony in Sydney attended the Marcelin Borthelot memorial lecture delivered ...

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  45. GIRL KILLED.

    While crossing Railway-parade, Kogarah, on her way home from school yestertday afternoon, Mavis Edna Hurst, aged 7½, whose parents live in Frederick-street, Ramsgate, ...

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  46. AERIAL SURVEY.

    Three Royal Australian Air Force aeroplanes arrived at 11.30 o'clock this morning, and landed in a paddock on the eastern side of the town. The 'planes are bound for ...

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  47. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 185 words
  48. DEATH OF MR. A. ROGERS.

    The death has occurred, at the age of 81, of Mr. Alexander Rogers, one of the oldest residents of Bathurst. Mr. Rogers, who was born at Lagoon, resided in the district all ...

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  49. THEFT FROM MOTOR CAR.

    At Bathurst Police Court, Hebert Dunne, 29 was sentenced to six months imprisonment on a charge of stealing a rug from a motor car, while it was parked in the main ...

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  50. SOMNAMBULIST'S DEATH.

    The mysterious death of John William Law, aged 16 years, which occurred in the Armidale and New England Hospital last night, following upon injuries received at the Armidale ...

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  51. MAIN ROADS.

    The Premier stated yesterday that £1,000,000 will be expended this year on main roads within New South Wales as the result of an agreement arrived at between the. ...

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  52. BOY SHOT IN FOOT.

    While carrying a pea-rific near his home in Windsor-street. Richmond, Ray Meyers, 15 years, accidentally pulled the trigger, and a bullet entered his right foot. At the ...

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  53. RABBITSKINS.

    Speaking at the annual general meeting of shareholders of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Company on Thursday night. Mr. A. K. Trethowan, M.L.C. (managing director), ...

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  54. Advertising

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  55. BLACKTOWN DISTRICT.

    Large areas of farming land at Rooty Hill, Blacktown, Mt. Druitt, Toongabbie, and Pendle Hill are now being subdivided into town allotments. Plans for subdivisionis ...

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  56. RICHMOND ELECTRICITY.

    The Richmond Municipal Council has decided to approach the City Council and the Railway Commissioners with the object of securing a supply of electric power from ...

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  57. SITTING MEMBERS.

    In political Labour circ[?] the general feeling is that the majority of the sitting members who opposed Mr. Lang in the recent political crists will be defeated at to-day's ...

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  58. NOUMEAN TRADE.

    The master of the steamer St. Joseph which arrived from Noumea ysterday, stated that the Compagnie Navale de [?] the owners of the St. Francois Xavier, which was ...

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  59. WEST WYALONG LAND BALLOT.

    There were 1342 applications for a ballot for three blocks at Billy's Lookout, and 849 were admitted to the ballot, which took place yesterday afternoon. The successful applicants ...

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  60. ARDUOUS JOURNEY.

    A party of 65 tourists, who had been staying at the Government chalet at Mount Buffalo, experienced a most arduous journey when they left to return to Melbourne to-day. ...

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  61. BATHS FOR MINES.

    The Acting Minister for Mines (Mr. Willis) said yesterday he considered that ample latitude had now been afforded the owners of coal mines and coke works in the matter of ...

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  62. MAIN SOUTHERN-ROAD.

    The Main Southern-road is to be diverted from the end of the township of Camden, via Murray and Broughton streets to Menangleroad, thence to Cawdor-road junction and ...

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  63. ARM BROKEN IN RIDING ACCIDENT.

    While riding to school yesterday morning Joyce Pratt, the 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Pratt, of Tygalgah, fell from her horse and broke her left arm. She had ...

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  64. LOAN RESTRICTIONS.

    "Borrowing by the State and by the various semi-Government authorities will be restricted so far as possible for the present." said the Premier (Mr. Hogan) yesterday. He added ...

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  65. MR. GOODIN.

    Surprise was caused by the announcement to-day that Mr. Goodin, M.L.A., the sitting Labour member for Murray, who has [?] prominent in the breakaway movement ...

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  66. STRUCK BY LIMB OF TREE.

    W. Watson, a maintenance worker, employed by the Byron Shire Council, was struck on the head by a limb of a tree which he was felling near Yelgun yesterday. He was brought ...

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  67. T0-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 163 words
  68. MR. BRUCE'S TRAVELS.

    During his present tour of the Commonwealth the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) will have covered 20,000 miles when he has completed his 3200 miles' tour of Queensland. He ...

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  69. FRIDAY'S CREEK BRIDGE

    The recently erected bridge over Friday's Creek was opened on Wednesday by Mr. Boultwood. President of the Dorrigo Shire Council. Mrs. [?]ltwood cut the ...

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  70. YOUNG WOMAN'S DEATH.

    A verdict of suicide was returned to-day by the district coroner, at the inquiry into the death of Lexi Gertrude Larkin, aged 20 years, which occurred in the Albion Hotel. ...

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  71. SNAKE ON MAN'S ARM.

    To have a snake crawl over his left arm while he was lopping a tree at Great Marlow was the experience of R. Lennox, line [?] In the Postal Department. Lennox was about ...

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  72. A.L.P. EXECUTIVE.

    The provisional executive of the A.L.P. decided last night to abandon the selection ba[?] in the Phillin electorate, and to exereise on some future date the right given ...

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  73. CONVICTION OF FRAUD.

    Five prom[?] Dunedin business men— James S. Campbell, Samuel Campbell. Charles J. T. A. Lowery, Frederick W. Bamfiel, and Clifford Peel—were convicted at the Supreme ...

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  74. PARRAMATTA LAND.

    A property in Church-street, Parramatta, sold this week realised £8500, equivalent to £170 per foot. Although not a record price this is one of the highest prices over ...

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  75. FIJIAN MYSTERY.

    Miss Marion Taveunl, the 16-year-old daughter of Mr. Douglas Taveuni, a planter, disappeared three days ago. Foul play is feared. ...

    Article : 31 words
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