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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Tourists to Canberra for the opening ceremony in May who will be travelling through Goulburn will have the choice of two roads to the Federal capital. The Main Roads Board ...

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  3. RELIABILITY.

    The second day of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia's 10 days' interstate Alpine reliability touring contest was over a roundabout but interesting course, from Robertson to ...

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  4. MISSION ROBBED.

    Details of a recent de[?]onstration against foreigners in Foo Chow City, China, are contained in a copy of a letter which has been received in Sydney by the Church Missionary ...

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  5. MOOREFIELD CLUB.

    Although the Moorefield Racing Club kept its programme for this afternoon down to eight races, the fields are large, and backers will probably find difficulty in locating the ...

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  6. WESTERN EUROPE.

    Mr. Arthur Wilcox, London member of the firm of Crawshaw, Wilcox, and Co., Ltd., is visiting Sydney. His operations in Western Europe have brought him into intimate ...

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  7. FEDERAL SESSION.

    Further efforts to postpone the operation of the States Grants Bill were made in the House of Representatives to-day, when consideration of the measure in committee was ...

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  8. ENDOWMENT.

    An informal meeting of the managers appointed by the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council was held at Parliament House yesterday, when the Basic Wage Bill, ...

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  9. QUEANBEYAN HOSPITAL.

    [?] Hospital is to benefit from the proceeds of Mr. Hugh J. Ward's scheme to sell 2,000,000 flags to commemorate the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York and ...

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  10. DISCOVERIES OF GOLD.

    A prominent mining engineer and geologist, Mr. Charles Thebon, [?] visited [?] Dalmor[?]on district, has located a number of promising shows about six miles ...

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  11. ALLEGED KILLING.

    The inquiry into the alleged killing of aborigines by native trackers in the East Kimberley district was continued to-day at Wyndham by the Royal Commissioner (Mr. G. ...

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  12. HOUSING AT CANBERRA.

    Men at the printers' quarters, Eastlake, who had received notice from the commissariat officer of the Federal Capital Commission to leave the premises by March 9, had made no ...

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  13. FEDERAL SCHEME.

    Mr. R. A. Marks, president of the Chamber of Manufactures, said yesterday that manufacturers generally were opposed to any child endowment scheme which was not Federal in ...

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  14. KING'S PRIZE.

    Rarely has a Victorian King's prize final been won under such trying conditions as it was to-day. W. Green (Adelaide), who was one of the ...

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  15. HUNTING HORSE KILLED.

    In the lightweight hunters' event at the Gle[?] Innes show on Thursday, Irvine, a horse owned by Mr. A. Wotton, crashed into a hurdle and broke his neck. Vincent Thom, the rider, ...

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  16. INGHAM.

    The Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Gledson), who returned to Brisbane on Wednesday from Townsville, said that the view was expressed in the north that repairs to ...

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  17. SCOUTS AT CANBERRA CEREMONY.

    Although final arrangements regarding th[?] part to be played by Boy Scouts in the opening ceremony in May have not yet been made, it has been decided to allot the picked quo[?] ...

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  18. APPROACH MR. BRUCE.

    Mr. A. H. Moore, president of the Employers' Federation, said yesterday that his federation was sympathetic towards the principle of family endowment, and considered ...

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  19. LITHGOW HOSPITAL NEEDS.

    Owing to the overcrowded condition of the Lithgow Hospital some of the male patients have had to he accommodated in the old isolation block close to infectious cases. ...

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  20. WIRELESS INQUIRY.

    Small coastal vessels, in the opinion of Mr. A. G. Akeroyd, of the Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau, who gave evidence before the Royal Commission on Broadcasting to-day, ...

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  21. HYDE PARK.

    Mr. Norman Weekes, commenting yesterday on his winning design for the remodelling of Hyde Park, said his idea was that the park should be mnde distinctly Australian in ...

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  22. BUSH FIRE.

    A bush fire broke out on the Woomargama estate owned by Mr. C. P. Fairbairn, it swept into the hill country of the estate. An army of men were soon on the spot and kept ...

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  23. NAVVIES' PAY.

    Sir John Quick, in the Arbitration Court today, delivered judgment on a claim made by the Australian Workers' Union for a minimum rate of £6 a week for navvies engaged in ...

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  24. PADEREWSKI.

    M. Paderewski will begin his Australian tour at the Town Hall to-night, when the eminent pianist will play the "Variations Serieuses" of Mendelssohn, Schumann's ...

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  25. NIELSEN PARK.

    A bronze tablet has been erected to the memory of the late Mr. W. A. Notting at Nielsen Park, and will be unveiled this afternoon by Mr. T. M. Shakespeare, M.L.C. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  26. FATAL FALL FROM SULKY.

    Molly Cunningham, daughter of Patrick Cunningham farmer, at Wongalea, was thrown from a sulky through the horse running the vehicle against a stump while she was ...

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  27. OTHER INDUSTRIES.

    It was learnt yesterday that under the system of child endowment proposed by the Government a certain large engineering firm in Sydney would have to pay annually in direct ...

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  28. TOWX HALL DECORATION.

    Criticism of portion of the illumination scheme for the Town Hall was expressed by Mr. Flinders Barr yesterday. Speaking of the proposed plan or illumination, Mr. Barr ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  29. FIRE IN GEORGE-STREET.

    A fire broke out at Kelso's tailoring shop, 252 George-street, shortly after 9 o'clock last night. The fire brigades promptly brought it under control. Slight damage was done to ...

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  30. CAPTURE OF SHARKS.

    Much to the annoyance of both amateur and professional fishermen, a school of sharks has for some days been cruising outside the mouth of the Entrance devouring incoming ...

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  31. OBITUARY.

    The funeral of the Rev. J. Sweetnam Thomas, minister of the Methodist Church, Walker-street, North Sydney, took place on Wednesday afternoon ...

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  32. INDEX.

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  33. FEDERAL LAND TAX.

    Mr. Bruxner, M.L.A., late leader of the State Country party, contends that because of the Large Estates (Taxation Management) Bill, the Federal Government should abolish ...

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  34. EVIDENCE AT INQUIRY.

    Under examination yesterday by the Select Committee appointed by the Legislative Conncil to inquire into Family Endowment. Mr H. Lewis, managing director of the Vernon ...

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  35. WOMEN SEEK HARD WORK.

    At a meeting of the Central [?] cil an application from two women was received for work on roads. They claimed hat they could do as much work as the day men ...

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  36. PORT KEMBLA-MOSS VALE RAILWAY.

    An officer from thE Public Works [?] ment was at Unanderra this week making arrangements for starting work on the railway between Moss Vale and Port Kembla. ...

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  37. SOLDIERS ASK FOR EXPLANATION.

    At a meeting of the Wollongong [?] the A.L.P., a letter was read from the local branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' League, stating that members had been ...

    Article : 123 words
  38. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  39. WALTER HOOD.

    A cairn of stones marks now the graves of the eleven persons drowned in the famous wreck of the Walter Hood, near Red Head, between Ulladulla and Jervis Bay, 57 years ...

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  40. IRISH FREE STATE.

    Sir Henry Braddon, M.L.C., who, with Lady Braddon, recently returned from abroad, addressed a meeting of the New South Wales English Speaking Union at Farmer's last ...

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  41. BOILER EXPLODES.

    A boiler at Mr. C. H. Burko's Brown [?] tain sawmill, Nimitybelle, exploded yesterday, and was blown 130 feet away. A flywheel was projected 220 feet. It hit a free ...

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  42. SAFE WRECKED.

    A large safe on the first floor of the premises of Dangar, Gedye, and Co., Ltd.. in Young-street, was wrecked by safeblowers on Thursduy night. The criminals had no ...

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  43. DR. HENRY YOUNGMAN.

    The death occurred at an early hour this morning, after a serious illness extending over several months, of the Rev. Dr. Henry, Youngman, one of the outstanding figures of ...

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  44. A.N.A. PRESIDENT.

    Mr. H. L. Wallis has been elected chief president of the Australian Natives' Association for the coming year. ...

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  45. LATE COMMERCIAL.

    To-day's sales included:—Commonwealth bonds, [?] per cent. (1927), £100/5/; 5[?] per cent. [?] 5[?] per cent. (1941), [?] 5[?] per cent. (1943), £93/12/6, £9/15/; [?] per cent. (1931), £100/17/6; ...

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  46. CRUSHED BY STONE.

    Andrew Stirling, a stonemason, employed by Stuart Bros. at their Surry Hills premises, was killed instantly yesterday forenoon when a stone weighing three tons, at which he was ...

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  47. TO-DAY.

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  48. TELEPHONE ACCOUNTS.

    Complaints regarding charges for telephone services are made by a correspondent in a letter to the Editor. The correspondent staten that in August last he took over his ...

    Article : 168 words
  49. TRUCK OFF RAILS.

    A coal-laden truck, which left the rails near Mortdale station at about half-past 5 o'clock yesterday morning, delayed trains on the Illawarra line. The truck was not replaced on ...

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  50. EARLY CLOSING BILL.

    The Marrickville Chamber of Commerce and Ratepayers' Association has sent a letter to Mr. Lazzarini and Mr. McTiernan, protesting against the decision of the Government to ...

    Article : 87 words
  51. FIRE AT LAKEMBA.

    About 3 o'clock on Thursday morning fire broke out in the grocery department of Mr. John Ryan's general store at Lakemba. Damage estimated at £1000 was done to the ...

    Article : 78 words
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