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  2. COUNTRY' NEWS. DISTRICT HOSPITALS.

    The 58th annual report of the Grenfell District Hospital showed a satisfactory year, during which 585 patients were treated. The revenue for the year was £[?], and the credit ...

    Article : 261 words
  3. THE WEATHER. BOISTEROUS WINDS.

    Boisterous winds prevailed over Sydney on Saturday, reaching the maximum force at 2.35 p.m., when, according to the Weather Bureau's records, the wind blew at the rate ...

    Article : 179 words
  4. MOOREFIELD RACES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 2,330 words
  5. ROMAN CATHOLICS.

    The laying of the foundation-stones of the first Roman Catholic Church, school, and convent in the Federal Territory was the occasion of a Catholic national pilgrimage to ...

    Article : 669 words
  6. COMMAND IN CHINA.

    Major-General John Duncan, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., who left England last Monday to take command of the British forces which are going to Shanghai, was born within the staff ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 489 words
  7. EXCITING PLAY.

    The new stadium, at the courts of the Victorian Tennis Association at Kooyong, was crowded when the Australian tennis championships were continued to-day. It was ...

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  8. CROWN PROSECUTORS

    Mr. L. J. McKean will succeed Mr. T. Coyle, K.C., as Senior Crown Prosecutor, Mr. Coyle having been promoted to the District Court Bench. Mr. Niel P. McTague has been ...

    Article : 194 words
  9. LONG FLIGHT.

    The aviators, Messrs, Kingsforth Smith and Keith Manderson, in their Bristol tourer machines, with Mr. J. W. Marshall and his wife, and a mechanic (Mr. A. R. Hitchcock). ...

    Article : 304 words
  10. NORTHERN TABLELANDS.

    The rains of the past week have resulted in considerable damage to culverts and bridges, while in many rapes road surfaces are in such a condition that car travelling is ...

    Article : 168 words
  11. RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS.

    Impassioned protests against the refusal of State aid to Roman Catholic and other denominational schools were a feature of the speeches at the laying of the foundation-stone ...

    Article : 353 words
  12. NYMBOIDA HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME.

    The revenue from the sales of electricity under the Nymbolda hydro-electric scheme for 1926 amounted to £16,287. The revenue for the quarter ended December 31 totalled £4543, ...

    Article : 190 words
  13. HEAVY SEAS.

    Life-savers on most of the suburban beaches were kept busy yesterday. Thousands of people, lured by the fine weather, thronged to the beaches, and owing to the treacherous ...

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  14. FATAL FIRE.

    Amy Warren, aged 49, residing at 230 Wills street, was found dead in bed at 12.10 this morning, with the bedclothes burnt and smouldering. She was in the habit of reading in ...

    Article : 93 words
  15. RABBITERS' STRIKE.

    Since the rabbiters of the district went out on strike there has been no alteration in the position. Mr. Austin Murphy, representing the strikers, interviewed the manager of the local ...

    Article : 141 words
  16. FIRE AT ROZELLE.

    Shortly after 2 a.m. on Sunday a fire was discovered in a weatherboard combination shop and dwelling at 96 Weston-road, Rozelle. Balmain and Rozelle brigades attended, but ...

    Article : 57 words
  17. PERFORMING RIGHTS ASSOCIATION.

    At last meeting of the Wingham Municipal Council a communication was read from the secretary of the Performing Rights Association, asking what the council intended to do ...

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  18. CROSSING FATALITY.

    One man was killed and four people injured in a collision which occurred between a train and a motor car at Hackham railway crossing on Saturday afternoon. The ...

    Article : 187 words
  19. BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER.

    Mr. R. W. Dalton, his Majesty's senior Trade Commissioner in Australia, who is moving his headquarters to Sydney as from February 1, will leave for Sydney on Tuesday. Mr. H. L. ...

    Article : 58 words
  20. ENGLISH CRICKET.

    "Australia will have to look to its guns in order to regain the ashes next year," declared Mr. Syd. Smith, jun., manager of the last Australian Eleven, in an address before the ...

    Article : 216 words
  21. BOY DROWNED.

    Two youths, who were members of a Methodist boys' camp on the banks of the Yarra at Eltham, got into difficulties while bathing this afternoon. Keith Bishop, aged 17, of ...

    Article : 63 words
  22. NUMEROUS THEFTS.

    Many houses in the city and suburbs were broken into and robbed on Friday and Saturday, the money and goods stolen totalling over £300 in value. ...

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  23. WINGHAM-TAREE WATER SUPPLY.

    Good progress is now being made with the laying of water pipes from the reservoir at Wingbam to Taree. The main pipes have been laid through Wingham, and across Cedar ...

    Article : 120 words
  24. MAN'S FATAL FALL.

    Falling on the footway in Regent-street, near his residence, yesterday afternoon, Edward Mahony, aged 50 years, suffered a fracture of the skull. He died shortly after ...

    Article : 36 words
  25. LATE SPORTING.

    The Welsby Cup sailing race for 16ft skiffs, postponed from last week end, was decided in Waterloo Bay to-day. The cup was won by Alf. Whereat in the Brisbane boat Ajax, who thus carried off ...

    Article : 90 words
  26. OBITUARY. MR. C. E. BRESSINGTON.

    The funeral of Mr. C. E. Bressington, who collapsed while umpiring a bowling match at Waverley last Thursday, and died shortly afterwards, was followed to the Waverley ...

    Article : 89 words
  27. ERADICATION OF BLACKBERRY.

    Experiments are contemplated by the Department of Agriculture, in co-operation with the Dorrigo Chamber of Commerce, in the eradication of blackberry at Dorrigo. The ...

    Article : 147 words
  28. LATE SHIPPING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 137 words
  29. UNEMPLOYED.

    An extraordinary attitude was adopted yesterday by 33 unemployed men, who, owing to a shortage of labour on the Fremantle wharf, were picked up and empolyed on coaling ...

    Article : 121 words
  30. DARING ASSAULT.

    A daring attempt at daylight robbery occurred about,noon on Saturday, when Henry Schwartz, licensce of a hotel in Spencer-street, West Melbourne, was attacked by two ...

    Article : 172 words
  31. MR. J. MORRISON.

    Mr. Joseph Morrison, of Station-street, Fairfield, a prominent resident of the district and a large property owner, died last week at a private hospital at Wahroonga. He was ...

    Article : 64 words
  32. SEAMEN'S FUNDS.

    A writ has been issued on behalf of the Wellington Federated Seamen's Industrial Union of Workers, the body reregistered under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration ...

    Article : 125 words
  33. LOWER CLARENCE HOSPITAL.

    At the annual meeting of the Lower Clarence Hospital, held on Thursday, Mr. Archibald McKinnon was unanimously elected president for the third year. A credit of ...

    Article : 493 words
  34. INDEX. NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 209 words
  35. MR. CALEB KING.

    Mr. Caleb King, who died recently at his daughter's residence at Merrylands, was the oldest resident of the Campbelltown district, having resided in that centre for 81 years. He ...

    Article : 110 words
  36. TRANSPORT TENDERS.

    The Premier has directed Mr J. B. Holme to hold an inquiry into the calling of tenders recently by the Government Tourist Bureau for motor transport to the Jenolan Coves. ...

    Article : 90 words
  37. MANLY JUBILEE.

    The Manly Jubilee committee has been unfortunate in regard to the water pageant, which was to have been held on January 5. Owing to unfavourable weather conditions the ...

    Article : 196 words
  38. HINDU'S FUNERAL.

    The carnation of the remains of Sunder Singh, an eldeily Hindu Punjabi, of the Sikh or Jut caste, at Grafton Cemetery this afternoon, was associated with an unseemly ...

    Article : 229 words
  39. MRS. HARRINGTON LEES.

    The affection in which Mrs. Harrington Lees was held was shown by a large congregation at St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday, and at the burial service in the Box Hill Cemetery ...

    Article : 163 words
  40. DALLEY BY-ELECTION.

    Mr. E. G. Theodore ex-Premier of Queensland, who has been selected, following the resignation of Mr. W. G. Mahons, as Labour candidate for Dalley Federal electorate, will ...

    Article : 72 words
  41. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  42. ROYAL TOUR.

    For some time past the State Organiser of the tour of the Duke and Duchess of York (Mr. C. H. Hay) and his staff have occupied rooms in the Treasury building. It has now ...

    Article : 64 words
  43. SIR HENRY BRETT.

    The death occurred on Saturday evening, at Rotorua, of Sir Henry Brett, managing director of the "Auckland Star," aged 84. He was born in Sussex, England, and came to ...

    Article : 92 words
  44. PRISONER'S ESCAPE.

    Gerald Harold Taylor, arrested last week on three charges of larceny, escaped from a cell at the city watchhouse yesterday by climbing through the grille to the roof, and getting into ...

    Article : 60 words
  45. A.W.U. CONVENTION.

    Delegates attending the annual convention of the A.W.U. will, it is expected, be asked to discuss during the week the proposed group system rules under which the A.L.P. in New ...

    Article : 174 words
  46. DEATH UNDER ANAESTHETIC.

    This afternoon Mrs. Alice Minetta Hoskins, residing at 401 William-street, died under an anaesthetic. Yesterday afternoon Dr. Michell, who attended her, ordered her removal to ...

    Article : 79 words
  47. WOMAN POISONED.

    Mrs. Rose Elizabeth Thornton, aged 48 years, of The Lodge, Hill-street, Waverley, was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday morning suffering from carbolic ...

    Article : 45 words
  48. MENTALLY DEFICIENT.

    Sir,—In a recent issue of the "S.M. Herald" I noticed a movement to provide an institution for girls who are mentally deficient, and I quite agree that we should provide for those ...

    Article : 134 words
  49. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 97 words
  50. BROADCASTING.

    Arrangements are being made for the broadcasting in every State, except Western Australia and Tasmania, of the speech of his Royal Highness the Duke of York, and other ...

    Article : 69 words
  51. CONDITION OF ALLAN CRAGO.

    Allan Crago, who recently was brought from the Burragorang Valley after an operation in a bush but, following a shooting accident, is bright and cheery after his trying ordeal. He ...

    Article : 66 words
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