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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. ROAD TO CANBERRA.

    Information received to-day shows that the delay that has occurred in the provision of a direct road from the south to Canberra, to reduce the distance between the border and the ...

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  3. AVIATION.

    The Minister for Defence (Major-General Sir Neville Howse, V.C.) passed through Adelaide on his way to Melbourne by the Cathay on Saturday. ...

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  4. RAIN STORM.

    Heavy, almost torrential, rain fell at Sydney on Saturday afternoon, a total of 109 points being recorded at the Weather Bureau within a few hours. ...

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  5. A.N.A. CONFERENCE.

    About 180 delegates, representing 80 branches of the Australian Natives' Association, attended the twenty-seventh annual conference of the association at Manly on ...

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  6. MOTOR ACCIDENTS. FOUR MEN INJURED.

    Four men were injured—one of them seriously—when a motor car overturned on Saturday afternoon on Liverpool-road. The injured were:— ...

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  7. MASSACRE.

    Passengers by the Burns, Philp island mail steamer Mataram, which arrived at Sydney on Saturday, brought news of a massacre of armed native police by a bush tribe on the ...

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  8. "FIGHTING MAC."

    Lieutenant-Commissioner McKenzie, of the Salvation Army, has been appointed Territorial Commander in North China. Commissioner McKenzie is widely known in Australia. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. FRANCONIA. ARRIVES AT SYDNEY.

    With the third visit to Sydney of gigantic ocean liners conveying tourists on a world cruise, the citizens of the State capital might reasonably have been ...

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  10. MISSING BOY.

    Although dragging operations have been continued almost unceasingly, no trace has been found of a four-year-old boy. Thomas McDonald, who is believed to have been ...

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  11. LORRY AND TAXI.

    Albert Wollett, 30 years of age, of New Canterbury-road, Lewisham, was injured on Saturday afternoon when a motor lorry and a taxicab collided at the corner of ...

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  12. ENGINEERING CORPS.

    At the Liverpool military camp the most interesting portion is that allotted to the engineers. Here are to be found dugouts, trenches, complete with traverses, hurdle ...

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  13. ROBBERIES.

    Reports were received at police headquarters on Saturday of numerous thefts in the city and suburbs. The largest amount involved was £473. Fur ...

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  14. THIRTY YEARS AS SHOW PRESIDENT.

    After being president of the P. and A. Association for 30 years, Mr. J. Forsythe refused to stand for election again, at the first meeting of the new committee. It is 33 years ...

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  15. ACCIDENT AT LIVERPOOL.

    The tyre on the rear wheel of a motor car, owned and driven by Mr. J. Howlett, of Lukemba-street. Lakemba, blew out yesterday afternoon as he was passing the Warwick ...

    Article : 105 words
  16. MOUTH ORGAN CONTESTS.

    A much-discussed question among the committee of the Lismore Musical Festival Society during the past few months has been the advisability of including a mouth organ ...

    Article : 77 words
  17. LEVEL-CROSSING FATALITY.

    A motor car was run down by an electric train while passing over a level crossing near the Croydon Railway Station on Saturday evening, and was wrecked. The driver, Oswald ...

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  18. PROPOSED HOSPITAL FOR NARROMINE.

    At the last meeting of the Narromine branch of the Country Women's Association the question of starting a fund for the establishment of a public hospital was introduced by Mrs. C. ...

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  19. AMERICA DESIRES PEACE.

    The whole of the people of the United States, said Mr. Heacock, formerly a United States Senator, were behind President Coolidge in his disarmament proposals. "We are all for ...

    Article : 118 words
  20. PARRAMATTA TRAMS.

    The Railway Commissioners have refused a request by the Parramatta Council to instal a rail-motor service along the route formerly served by steam trams. ...

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  21. OBITUARY. MR. JOHN PARKER.

    The death occurred at Randwick of Mr. John Parker at the age of 85 years. He was a well-known figure in the tea trade of Australia. Having had his tea training in ...

    Article : 147 words
  22. ROYAL COLONIAL INSTITUTE.

    According to the report submitted at the annual meeting of the Royal Colonial institute, the Sydney branch of that body has passed through a year characterised ...

    Article : 160 words
  23. LADY PEARSON.

    Lady Pearson, D.B.E., widow of the late Sir Arthur Pearson, has informed the president of the Sydney Industrial Blind Institution (Sir Alfred Meeks, M.L.C.) that she will visit ...

    Article : 69 words
  24. DUBBO DISTRICT COURT.

    At the District Court, before Judge Armstrong, Alfred Ernest Wheeler sued E. H. Utley and Co. for £143/3/10 for timber sold to defendants, who are pawmillers. Defendants ...

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  25. THE PASSENGERS.

    A striking personality is that of Mr. William H. Dodge, a manager of the ScrippsHoward Newspaper Syndicate, which now controls a group of 30 United States ...

    Article : 280 words
  26. MR. ALBERTO ZELMAN.

    Mr. Alberto Zelman conductor of the Philharmonic Society, and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, who died suddenly early on Friday morning, was buried yesterday at the ...

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  27. ROBBERY AT DOUGLAS PARK.

    Between 5 p.m. on Saturday and 7 a.m. yesterday thieves forced the front door of a shop at Douglas Park, occupied by Ezra Carlos Rose, and stole six pairs of men's working ...

    Article : 67 words
  28. QUARTER SESSIONS.

    Judge Coyle was welcomed when he took his seat for the first time at the West Wyalong Quarter Sessions. Robert Sharpe was found guilty of an ...

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  29. EX-TOWN CLERK.

    Samuel Tolbart Green, 41, was arrested on Friday night on a charge of having, whilst town clerk of Blackheath, concurred in the making by John H. Keogh of a false ...

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  30. COLLISION AT KOGARAH.

    A motor-cycle, ridden by H. Stein, aged 19 years, of 78 Hampton Court-road. Kogarah, and a motor car, driven by E. Parry, of Botany-street, Arncliffe, came into collision ...

    Article : 60 words
  31. JENOLAN CAVES TUNNEL SUGGESTION.

    Sir,—Mr. O. Trickett's letter in your issue of March 2 recalls the fact that his cave work warrants comparison with the similar work of Dawkins in England, Martel on the ...

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  32. SCHOOL OF ARTS DEBATING CLUB.

    The Sydney School of Arts Debating Club is in its 83rd year. Through its ranks have graduated a number of public men, including the late Sir George Reid, Sir Edmund Barton, ...

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  33. RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    The new president of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League, Mr. Fred Davison, has held various official positions in the league. He has been a member of the State ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  34. SCHOOL-CHURCH AT EARLWOOD

    A new Roman Catholic school-church that has been erected at Earlwood, at a cost of £3500, was officially blessed and opened by Archbishop Kelly yesterday. Dr. Kelly was ...

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  35. LABOURER SENTENCED.

    Posing as an organiser of a travelling opera company, Bert Colin William Cheer, 27, labourer, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment on a charge of vagrancy. ...

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  36. SCHOOLBOY DIES SUDDENLY.

    Allan McKenzie, aged 12, collapsed and died as the result of heart failure at Murwillumbah Intermediate High School. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. McKenzie, of ...

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  37. CHINESE NATIONALISM.

    "We must clear out the war lords before we can establish a proper Parliament with a proper Constitution," said Dr. F. T. Wood, a Cantonese leader, in an address at the ...

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  38. DAIRYMEN FINED.

    The New South Wales dairy inspector prosecuted 10 farmers for selling cream for profit without having registered their dairies, and fines of £1 and costs were imposed on ...

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  39. LATE SHIPPING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 110 words
  40. HIGH SCHOOLS.

    The new Sydney High School, which is to be erected at Moore Park, will be, according to the Minister of Education (Mr. Mutch), the largest High School building in Australia. ...

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  41. GRAWIN OPAL FIELDS.

    The Grawin opal field, 12 miles from Cumborah, and 40 miles from Walgett, continues to grow, and is attracting a large number of diggers. Approximately 160 men are at ...

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  42. EMPLOYEE SHAREHOLDERS.

    Mr. Henry R. Curtis, of St. Paul, Minnesota, has had time to form some opinions on the economic features of Australia. "You won't get enough new capital into this country of ...

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  43. INDEX. NEWS.

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  44. FALL FROM TREE.

    Sighting an opossum in a tree at the rear of business premises in Auburn-street, Nell Mcpherson (56), commenced to climb the tree with the idea of capturing the animal. As ...

    Article : 80 words
  45. CLUB EMPLOYEES.

    In the Federal Arbitration Court Judge Lukin gave reserved judgment on the application by the Federated Liquor and Allied Trades Employees' Union for a Federal award ...

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  46. DEATH OF MR. J. P. McTIERNAN.

    Mr. John Patrick McTlernan, who died at the age of 32 years in Lewisham Hospital yesterday afternoon, was the youngest brothem of the Attorney-General (Mr. C. A. ...

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  47. TYPES OP MIGRANTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—One reads with great surprise the strictures of Mr. Rayment in the "Sydney Morning Herald" of March 1, on the character and purposes of girl migrants. I have ...

    Article : 264 words
  48. GOULBURN RAILWAY INSTITUTE.

    At the annual meeting of the Goulburn branch of the Railway Institute, the Area Commissioner. Mr. J. D. Reid, presided. The annual report stated that out of the 1000 ...

    Article : 90 words
  49. PRINCETON UNIVERSITY.

    Professor Warren, of Princeton University, is spending his Sabbatical year in making a world tour on the Franconia. He is Professor of Psychology and is ...

    Article : 84 words
  50. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 216 words
  51. FREEZING WORKERS' PAY.

    The Arbitration Court's award in an application jointly made by freezing companies and workers' unions has been filed. The lower paid time workers are granted 2/1 per hour; ...

    Article : 49 words
  52. MACARTNEY TESTIMONIAL.

    Sir,—May I through your paper thank sincerely first the New South Wales Cricket Association for having arranged a testimonial match for me, and then the Press, the general ...

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  53. TRUNDLE WAR MEMORIAL.

    The "Miss Trundle" competition was won by Miss Mudge, with 26,000 votes. Miss Mailer was second, with 20,000 votes. Over £1200 was collected for the war memorial hall ...

    Article : 43 words
  54. LAND SUBDIVISION.

    Mr. William H. Moffit, the principal of what be claims is the largest land subdivision organisation in California, had his anger roused by reading in an Australian paper an ...

    Article : 65 words
  55. FAIRFIELD LOAN PROPOSAL.

    The Fairfield Council decided at its latest meeting to withdraw its application to the Local Government Department to borrow £25,000 for road reconstruction, and to make ...

    Article : 70 words
  56. NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL.

    A lively argument is taking place as to whether the site of the war memorial should be at the summit of Mount Ainslee, or at the foot as suggested. It is improbable that the ...

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  57. OSTEOPATHS CHARGED.

    Charges under section 17 of the Medical Act were preferred against five osteopaths in the City Court. They were James Washburn. Clymer Eleaner Keam, Milton Conn, Martha ...

    Article : 86 words
  58. SHIPPING PROBLEMS.

    The shipping industry in the United States, according to Mr. E. J. Barber, of New York, head of the Barber Shipping Lines, is just rounding the corner after a long period of ...

    Article : 80 words
  59. PARRAMATTA BY-ELECTION.

    An election to fill the vacancy in the Parramatta Council caused by the resignation of Mr. H. Bird will take place next Saturday. Two candidates have been nominated, Mr. ...

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  60. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—May I crave a little space in your columns to protest against the way Mr. Rayment speaks of young single girls (pigeons, as he calls them). He seems to place all ...

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  61. AN ELECTIVE COUNCIL.

    Sir,—Apropos of the reported statement of his Excellency the Governor, "That the Legislative Council should be elective," might I draw attention to a proposal put forward at ...

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  62. DESTINATION BOARDS ON ELECTRIC TRAINS.

    Sir,—I am sure it would be helpful to travellers if destination boards were affixed to the front of the electric trains, and, if possible, on the sides similar to our trams. As there ...

    Article : 134 words
  63. TO-DAY.

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  64. FREEMASONRY.

    A new Masonic Temple, in Merrylands, was dedicated by the Grand Master, Most Wor. Bro. John Goulston, on Saturday. The new building is situated at the corner of Pitt and ...

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  65. A RUMOUR DENIED.

    Mr. H. Slazenger, of the London firm of sporting goods manufacturers who, in spite of 53 years' work with his firm, contrives to belle his years, definitely stated that he was ...

    Article : 67 words
  66. OWNER OF ISLAND.

    In partnership with several, other American citizens. Mr. Wellington Martin, who is travelling with his wife, owns Captiva Island, which lies off the Florida Coast, south of ...

    Article : 101 words
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