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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    After considerable delay, the Board of Health has forwarded to the shire council copy of a report by one of its officers in regard to a sanitary site at Denman. The ...

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  3. BOY SCOUTS.

    A large fire blazed in Riverside Park, Marrickville, on Saturday evening, and before an audience of thousands of people, clustered on the slopes above Cook's River, the first troop ...

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  4. BUSH FIRES.

    Firemen from Maroubra and Randwick stations were faced with an extremely difficult task yesterday afternoon in preventing the flames of a large bush fire from spreading to ...

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  5. WOMAN ATTACKED.

    Emma Craft, a single woman, about 40 years, was found in some bushes at the rear of Aberdare Extended colliery fan-house late on Friday afternoon with her head horribly ...

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  6. BRIBERY CHARGES.

    "I wonder if it will ever be possible, as the years roll on, for Mr. Bavin to moke a correct statement on any public question," said Mr. Lang yesterday. "In his comments ...

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  7. MEAT TRADERS.

    The dispute which has arisen between the stock and station agents operating at the Newmarket saleyards and the wholesale buyers of livestock has reached a deadlock. ...

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  8. A.L.P.

    The special conference of the A.L.P., which was concluded on Saturday, was regarded as one of the most orderly in the history of the movement. It resulted in a succession of ...

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  9. ROBBERIES.

    Two men were attacked by gangs and robbed in the city early yesterday morning. A shop at Redfern was entered and robbed during Saturday night. ...

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  10. LITHGOW HOSPITAL.

    According to a report submitted to the Lithgow Hospital Committee by Colonel Wells, Government architect, £6000 will be saved by an alternative building scheme. Instead of ...

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  11. BEAN TRUCK.

    Having travelled more than 6000 miles since it left Melbourne on September 22, the Bean motor truck, which is undergoing a Transcontinental motor test, arrived at Brisbane ...

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  12. ILLAWARRA AMBULANCE.

    At a meeting of the Illawarra Ambulants Committee it was decided to purchase a third ambulance. Mr. Wingate, of Tully, Queens. land, was appointed from a large number of ...

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  13. GOLDFIELDS MURDER

    Evan Clarke's solicitor has given a month's notice of his intention to file a petition of claim for the £1000 reward offered by the Government to the person giving information ...

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  14. GRASS DESTROYED NEAR DUBBO.

    A bush fire this morning destroyed upwards of 200 acres of grass at Delroy, the property of Mr. Charles Wheeler. Several cars loaded with volunteers went out from the town. Mr. ...

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  15. TRADE DISPUTES.

    The embargo placed upon timber by the Adelaide and Port Adelaide Trade and Labour Councils on Friday, came into force on Saturday, morning, with the result that no timber ...

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  16. BYRON BAY SHIPMENTS.

    Shipments from Byron Bay last week included 7690 boxes of butter, 470 cases of bananas, 72 cases of bacon, 150 bags of beans, and 1470 bags of sugar. This is the first ...

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  17. TREE FALLS.

    Three men were injured at Gymea Bay, Port Hacking, early yesterday morning, when a tree under which they were sleeping was blown over by the wind. The injured were: ...

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  18. STEAMBOAT ON FIRE.

    Fire broke out on the water tender Gleaner, moored in Waterview Bay, early on Saturday, and before the flames were extinguished damage was done to the amount of £400. ...

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  19. MOSQUITOES ERADICATED.

    At the last meeting of the municipal council, the health inspector reported that Manilla was practically free from mosquitoes, in view of the fact that the town was swarmed ...

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  20. EDUCATION.

    The Minister for Education (Mr. Mutch), in opening additions to the Manly West Public School 'on Saturday afternoon, said he was afraid that the next financial year would be a ...

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  21. GRASS AND CROPS BURNED.

    A bush fire broke out this morning on Mr. J. Dore's property, near the homestead. Mrs. Dore was the only porson at home, except her four children. The fire carne up to the ...

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  22. WOOL STOREMEN.

    A temporary settlement in the Port Adelaide wool stores dispute was reached on Saturday. The Registrar of the Federal Arbitration ...

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  23. MOTOR ACCIDENT.

    A Paige car, driven by Mr. E. W. H. Beckman, overturned on the Burringbar Range, burst into flames, and was totally destroyed. It appears that Beckman changed a tyre at ...

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  24. MANILLA RURAL SCHOOL.

    Extensive additions to the Manilla Rural School are nearlng completion, and the building should be ready for occupation at the opening of next term. The architecture is ...

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  25. STATE FOREST DAMAGED.

    The work of fighting the bush fire in the Bom Bom State forest, near South Grafton, has been finished, and the firefighters have succeeded in saving 2000 acres, on which are ...

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  26. DRINK TRAFFIC.

    Mr. J. Neave, managing director of Larke, Hoskins, and Co., and Larke, Neave, and Carter, who has Just returned to Sydney after a world tour, said that it was easy to ...

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  27. FIRE IN MOTOR CAR.

    A Dodge car yesterday was being drives by P. Schwartz along Quinn-street, when it suddenly burst into flames. It was soon extinguished, and the car was not damaged ...

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  28. BATHER'S DEATH.

    Samuel Dallas Stokes, aged 35 years, a returned soldier, of Douglas-street, Redfern, was bathing at Freshwater about 7.30 a.m. yesterday, when he suddenly collapsed in ...

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  29. NEW VEHICLE FERRY.

    The new vehicle ferry Karakara arrived in Sydney on Saturday morning, after a voyage of 100 days from Liverpool. She is to be employed in the Fort Macquarle-Jeffrey-street ...

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  30. LATE SHOPPING NIGHT.

    Shopkeepers of the district have handed to the local members a petition for presentation to the Minister for Labour and Industry protesting against the abolition of the late ...

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  31. SURF RESCUES.

    Two men got caught in the cross-current when surfing at Manly yesterday morning, and were swept swiftly away from the beach. Two lines were run out, the beltmen being A. ...

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  32. CHURCH SCHOOL.

    The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of St. Joan of Are's hall and school in Dalhousic-street, Haberfield, was performed yesterday by Archbishop Kelly. ...

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  33. GIRL DROWNED.

    While bathing in the Hawkesbury River, near Sackville Reach, about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Mary Esma Henny, aged 17 years, of East Kurrajong, was drowned. ...

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  34. PORT KEMBLA.

    Great indignation exists in industrial and business centres at the failure of the Government to provide adequate loading facilities at Port Kembla. During the paBt month 19 ...

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  35. REMOVAL OF ROAD OATES.

    At the October meeting of the Severn Shire Council a motion was unanimously carried introducing a policy providing for the removal of gatos from the important roads of ...

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  36. OVERTIME DISPUTE.

    Abandoning threats of direct action to enforce claims for the payment of overtime, the Seamen's Union yesterday referred a dispute to a board of conciliation. The board, ...

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  37. NEXT ELECTIONS.

    Mr. W. J. Gibb, organiser of the Clothing Trades Union, and a prominent member of the Trades and Labour Council, announced during the week-end that he would be a ...

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  38. WHITE WAY AT BONDI JUNCTION.

    Alderman Robinson on Friday night opened the Great White Way at Bondi Junction. This brilliantly illuminated thoroughfare is part of a campaign to induce people in the ...

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  39. CANCER RESEARCH.

    The following contributions to the fund for cancer research and treatment bring the total (exclusive of proceeds from the stamp campaign) to £70,146/0/5: ...

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  40. WAGGA HEALTH WEEK.

    The council has decided to conduct a health week in order to educate householders of the value of protecting food from contamination. The health officer (Mr. Lewis) is conducting ...

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  41. GLEBE SCHOOL OLD BOYS.

    A reunion dinner of the old boys of the Glebe School will take place at Aaron's Exchange Hotel on December 4. This will be their first reunion since the establishment ...

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  42. TRAGIC FIRE.

    Richard Owens, the victim of the fire which destroyed the office at the Chatsbury slate quarries, has died in the Goulburn District Hospital from the effects of his burns. The ...

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  43. SUSPECTS ARRESTED.

    Police arrested two men in the mercery shop of Boyle and Co., Regent-street, Redfern, at 1 a.m. on Saturday. After searching the interior, they found the men hiding under a ...

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  44. MR. G. E. HUDSON.

    The death occurred on Saturday, at his home at East Malvern, of. Mr. George Ernest Hudson, C.M.G., chairman of the Tariff Board. Mr. Hudson attended his office for the last ...

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  45. LATE SHIPPING.

    PORT PIRIE.—Arr: Nov. 13, Age, s, from Newcastle Dep: Nov. 13, City of Birmingham, s, for Sydney. ADELAIDE (1084m).—Arr: Nov. 13, Cathay, R.M.S., ...

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  46. URUNGA BRIDGE.

    The delay of the Works Department in expediting the erection of the Urunga Bridge over the Bellinger River, on the main North Coast road, has caused the local council to ...

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  47. PRISONER'S RELEASE.

    The Government has decided to set up a magisterial commission to inquire into allegations by the Rev. Howard Elliott, that Sydney Erne Baume was accorded preferential ...

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  48. NOVEL RACE.

    A challenge match took place on Saturday between the trotting stallion King Billy and a motor car over a quarter of a mile. The horse got away from a flying start, while the ...

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  49. WESTON EISTEDDFOD.

    The seventh annual Weston eisteddfod was continued yesterday. The Sydney Harmonic Society won the chief choral contest, which carried a prize of £50 and the New South ...

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  50. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 152 words
  51. MOTOR THIEVES.

    A motor lorry which was stolen from King-street, Tempe, about 1 p.m. on Tuesday last, was found abandoned in Petersham-road, Marrickville, yesterday afternoon. The ...

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  52. WOMAN ASSAULTED.

    A woman named Elizabeth Belloch, of Taylor-street, Darlinghurst, called at the Darlinghurst police station yesterday morning, and alleged that she had been assaulted ...

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  53. WATER SHORTAGE.

    Owing to the precarious state of the water supply the use of hoses and similar devices has been prohibited. The use of water is now only permitted for domestic and ...

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  54. TRAFFIC PROBLEMS.

    Mr. N. J. Neave, managing director of Larke, Hoskins, and Co., Limited, who returned to Sydney by the R.M.M.S. Aorangi, said that the traffic problems met with by large cities, ...

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  55. NEWCASTLE.

    A conference took place on Saturday between the Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Baddeley), the Minister for Works and Railways (Mr. Flannery), and representatives ...

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  56. WHEAT AND WOOL LOADING.

    During a visit' to Mudgee Mr. Fraser, Chief Raliway Commissioner, stated that 200,000 more bales of wool had been handled than in the corresponding period of ...

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  57. FATAL FALL FROM TREE.

    Gordon Marshall, aged 9 years, a son of Mr. E. Marshall, engineer at Foley's factory, was bird-nesting this afternoon, when a limb of the tree broke and he fell 25ft on to his ...

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  58. BOAT WASHED UP

    A large canvas and timber rowing boat, of the surf-boat type, was found washed up on Bronte Beach on Saturday by Mr. Bond, of the Bronte Baths. He communicated with the ...

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  59. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 211 words
  60. OBITUARY.

    Mr. J. H. Woodhill, who died at his residence, Charing Cross, Waverley, on Saturday evening, was a very old colonist. Towards the end of the forties he arrived as a "middy" ...

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  61. ANOTHER IMPORTED PASTORAL MENACE.

    Sir,—During the last two years we have been importing late Australia a new breed of dog, called the Alsatian, or wolf dog. The dogs are very large, and are specially ...

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  62. SHOPLIFTING CRIMES.

    Why, asks G. Westcott-Thompson, in a letter to the Editor of the "Herald," does not Mr. Lazzarini admit the cause of the increase in shop-lifting to be the totally inadequate ...

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  63. GORDON CEMETERY.

    Sir,—The Gordon Progress Association recently passed a resolution suggesting that the cemetery of St. John's Church of England, Gordon, be resumed by the Kuring-gal Shire ...

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  64. BRITISH ADMINISTRATION.

    Sir,—In your issue of the 9th inst. Mr. Lang is reported to have said "British administration is hamstrung by useless customs. A vast and expensive diplomatic corps ...

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  65. YOUTH SUN-STRUCK.

    While taking part in a military parade at Artarmon, on Saturday, Andrew Kirwan, aged 17 years, of Cook-road, Killara, suddenly collapsed as a result of a sunstroke. Central ...

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  66. GREAT WHITE TRAIN.

    The Great White Train will arrive at Rozelle on Wednesday next. The municipalities of Balmain, Ryde, Hunter's Hill, Drummoyne, Leichhardt, Annandale, and Glebe are ...

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  67. FEDERAL AND STATE AWARDS.

    Because the Federal Arbitration Court award conflicted with the determination of the State Wages Board, an application was made by the Manufacturing Grocers' Union in ...

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  68. RAILWAY FATALITY.

    H. Black, a Joung man, was cut to pieces when crossing a bridge near Hartley. The driver of the up-bound train felt a bump, but thought that he had hit a wallaby. On ...

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  69. FETE AT ST. LEONARDS.

    A garden fete in aid of the Royal North Shere Hospital and the Orphans' Home was opened on Saturday afternoon by Mr. W. M, Hughes, M.P., assisted by Mr. Scott Fell, ...

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  70. TO-DAY.

    Her Majesty's Theatre: "Rose Marie," 7.50. Theatre Royal: "Abie's Irish Rose," 8. Criterion: "The Fake," 8.10. St. James Theatre: "Betty Lee," 8. ...

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  71. TRAFFIC ACT.

    The councils of Cabramatta-Canley Vale, Fairfield, Liverpool, Ingleburn, and Campbelltown recently asked the Chief Secretary to bring those municipalities under the ...

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  72. PRAYERS TOR RAIN.

    Dr. Sharpe, Anglican Archbishop, has appointed Sundays, November 21 and 28, special days for prayers for rain in all churches throughout the diocese of Brisbane. ...

    Article : 35 words
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