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  2. WOMAN ATTACKED.

    Ellen Carroll, who resides with her sisters at 7 Moncur-street, Woollahra, on entering the kitchen at her home on Saturday evening was gripped by the throat by a man. She ...

    Article : 92 words
  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    [?] council, on the casting vote of the Mayor (Alderman Robinson) refused to grant a petition from business people of the town requesting the council to recommend the ...

    Article : 108 words
  4. TRAGIC FIRE.

    At half-past 11 on Saturday night Mrs. Charles Hanson, residing at New Norfolk, was awakened by a crackling noise in her front room, and getting up she found the ...

    Article : 97 words
  5. STRANDED MALAITA.

    The problem of the removal of the steamer Malaita, which was blown into the South Melbourne baths by the storm on Wednesday, is still unsolved. The Harbour Trust ...

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  6. INTERSTATE TRADE.

    At the beginning of the new year six vessels will be added to the fleet of interstate cargo steamers Five of the steamers were formerly owned ...

    Article : 550 words
  7. WAR HERO'S DEATH.

    The man who was killed at Queencliff Point on Friday has been identified as LieutenantColonel R. S. Reid, D.S.O., of Murdoch-street, Cremorne, well known amongst military men ...

    Article : 264 words
  8. TRAIN ACCIDENTS.

    An engine derailment happened at Sandy Creek on Friday night to the train which left Adelaide for Angaston at 5.30 p.m. The engine broke through limestone formation, ...

    Article : 214 words
  9. A.L.P. EXECUTIVE.

    A special meeting of the A.L.P. exedutive was held in the Chief Secretary's office yesterday afternoon. Mr. W. Seale, president, wns in the chair ...

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  10. CLARENCE ADVISORY BOARD.

    At the first meeting of the newly-appointed Port of the Clarence Advisory Board, at Grafton. Mr. A. J. Pollack was elected chairman and Mr. W. A. Zuill, secretary and treasurer. ...

    Article : 190 words
  11. VESSEL DELAYED.

    The departure of the interstate steamer Karoola from Fremantle was delayed for five hours on Saturday as a result of the behaviour of several intoxicated firemen. ...

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  12. ATTACKS ON POLICE.

    Two more savage attacks upon Melbourne police occurred on Saturday. In each case the constables involved received very severe handling from the crowd, and ...

    Article : 219 words
  13. TIN FIND.

    A prospector named Svenson has brought in a sample of stone from a locality 20 miles south of Bynee Harbour. It is described by the local authorities as the richest seen for ...

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  14. COUNCIL DEFRAUDED

    At Grafton Quarter Sessions, before Judge Mocatta, Albert William Dore, formerly town clerk of Maclean, pleaded guilty to misappropriation of £300/8/2, the property of ...

    Article : 263 words
  15. MR. LOUGHLIN.

    After the meeting of the A.L.P. executive, the members of the special committee appointed to endeavour to induce Messrs. Goodin and Gillies not to resign from the ...

    Article : 280 words
  16. SKIFF CAPSIZES.

    Owing to their 14ft sailing skiff, the Edna, in which they were proceeding to the St. George Sailing Club's races on Saturday afternoon, shipping a heavy sea and overturning ...

    Article : 414 words
  17. GRAFTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

    The Gratton Chamber of Commerce has decided to apply to have the road between the Junction and the Flying Horse made a main road, as it would shorten the journey from ...

    Article : 132 words
  18. MOTORISTS' INSURANCE.

    "To my mind, sooner or later, and the sooner the better, the Government will insist that no registration of a motor car or motor cycle shall be allowed until the owner ...

    Article : 137 words
  19. TENT COLLAPSES.

    A large tent on an allotment at the corner of Archer-street and Victoria-avenue, Chatswood, in which the Rev. W. P. Nicholson has been holding evangelical meetings, was caught ...

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  20. CORAKI PIONEER'S DEATH.

    The death occurred last night of Mr. Theodore Pursey, an old resident of Coraki. He was settled here 60 years ago, and was nearly 90 years of age. His wife predeceased him by ...

    Article : 58 words
  21. UNRULY YOUTHS.

    Disgraceful scenes were witnessed near the White City in William-street late on Friday night, when a mob of youths attacked constables who were protecting two young girls ...

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  22. PORT KEMBLA.

    A meeting was held this afternoon to discuss the question of the lack of coal-loading facillties at Port Kembla. Delegates were present from various unions and public bodies, and ...

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  23. THUNDERSTORM.

    Many gardens in the northern suburbs, including Manly, benefited by a thunderstorm yesterday afternoon. At several places heavy rain fell for about half an hour. The ...

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  24. FORT MACQUARIE FERRY DOCKS.

    The Sydney Harbour Trust commissioners announce that No. 1 dock at Fort Macquarie will be out of commission for a short period commencing at 9.30 a.m. to-morrow, to ...

    Article : 42 words
  25. "BACK TO BOWRAL."

    Guests at the inauguration to-day of celebrations associated with "Back to Bowral" week included his Excellency the Governor, Sir Dudley de Chair, Lady de Chair, and Miss ...

    Article : 255 words
  26. MOTOR ACCIDENTS.

    At 3.45 o'clock yesterday afternoon a motorcar which was proceeding along George-street, towards the railway station, collided with a tram car at the intersection of King-street. ...

    Article : 144 words
  27. PRISONERS' ESCAPE.

    Four of the most desperate criminals serving sentences in Hobart Gaol escaped this afternoon in a sensational manner, and parties of police are now scouring the countryside ...

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  28. CONVENT AT EPPING.

    The new convent building for the Sisters of Mercy at Epping was opened by Monsignor H. McDermott, P.P., V.F., yesterday afternoon. Subsequently a public meeting was held in the ...

    Article : 96 words
  29. ONLY A TREMOR.

    [?] to the political situation was [?] the opening of the railway from [?] to Kurrajong on Saturday. Mr. Shand, M.L.A., said that so far the ...

    Article : 292 words
  30. MAIN ROADS BOARD.

    The Royal Automobile Club has requested the Premier to receive a deputation in opposition to the proposed appropriation of a portion of the revenue of the Main Roads Board. ...

    Article : 155 words
  31. JUNEE HOSPITAL FINANCE.

    The Junee Municipal council has refused to give the Junee Hospital a Christmas present of about £70. the amount owing by the institution for electricity. Because of the ...

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  32. LATE SHIPPING.

    Aachen, s, No. 8 wharf, Walsh Bay, Araiura, s, No. 9 wharf. Woolloomooloo Bay; Alexa, bqtne, Cockatoo Dock; Baradine, s, No. 9 wharf, Walsh Bay; Buteshire, s, No. 11 wharf, Woolloomooloo Bay; Baron ...

    Article : 162 words
  33. GUYRA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

    "One of the most beautiful little churches in the State," was the remark passed by the Moderator-General of the Presbyterian Church in Australia at the opening and dedication ...

    Article : 226 words
  34. STRUCK BY CARS.

    A number of people were knocked down by motor cars during the week-end and were injured. On Saturday Gwen Smith, aged 13 years, of ...

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  35. NEWCASTLE.

    Awakened out of sleep a few minutes after 3 o'clock this morning, Mr. A. Cork, a storekeeper, residing at Railway-street, Merewether, discovered that his cottage, with a ...

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  36. DUPLEIX FROM NOUMEA.

    The French mail steamer Dupleix arrived in Sydney yesterday afternoon, and after medical inspection was taken to an anchorage in Double Bay. The vessel will berth at No. 3 wharf. East Circular Quay, at about 7 ...

    Article : 79 words
  37. FIELD AMBULANCE.

    When presenting the present complement of the 8th Field Ambulance with a banner bearing such names as Fromclles, Mont St. Quentin, and Villers Bretonneux, Major-General ...

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  38. FALL OF EARTH.

    A fall of earth occurred at the Premier Company's coalmine near Collie. Fifty men, mostly surface hands, have been rendered idle. For some time past the company had ...

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  39. TELEGRAPHIC.

    ADELAIDE (1081m).—Arr: Nov. 20, Anchises, s, from Liverpool; Barwon, s, from Newcastle, Lowana, s, and Mildura, s, from Eastern States, Oronsay, R.M.S., from London. Nov. 21, Eumeralla, s, from ...

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  40. PROPOSED SEWERAGE SCHEME.

    Officers of the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board have been making investigations in regard to the proposed sewerage scheme for Maitland. The president of ...

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  41. WATER SHORTAGE.

    At the last meeting of the Baulkham Hills Shire Council the Water Board was bitterly criticised for its failure to provide water at Baulkham Hills and Castle Hills. Councillor ...

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  42. KURRAJONG.

    "If any Government declined to construct a line of railway until an assurance was forthcoming that the line would pay, very few railway lines would be built," said the ...

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  43. WOMAN KILLED.

    A char-a-banc with six passengers overturned while coming down Hamilton Hill, between Queanbeyan and Canberra, last night. Lydia Rouse, of 198 Ramsay-road, Haberfield, ...

    Article : 136 words
  44. COAL-LUMPERS.

    At the last meeting of the Coal Lumpers' Conciliation Committee, over which Mr. C. J. Bellemore presided, an award was made increasing the rates of wages for night work ...

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  45. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 179 words
  46. DAIRY FARMER'S LOSS.

    An eight-roomed cottage at Trevallya, occupied by Mr. Arthur Cant, a dairy farmer, was destroyed by fire. Two children who were asleep were rescued with difficulty. Two ...

    Article : 70 words
  47. THE CONSTITUTION.

    At a meeting of the Kogarah branch of the National Association of New South Wales the following resolution was unanimously passed:—"That this meeting emphatically ...

    Article : 78 words
  48. FEDERAL LOAN.

    It was announced by the Federal Treasury on Saturday that the board of management of the Commonwealth Superannuation Fund had decided to invest £100,000 in the 5½ per cent. ...

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  49. TRAWLER'S VOYAGE.

    Salt-stained and begrimed after her long voyage from England, the fishing trawler Jane Wright reached Fremantle to-day with her supply of provisions low and coal bunkers ...

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  50. ANGLICAN CONFIRMATIONS.

    Dr. Radford (Anglican Bishop of [?] on. Sunday conducted confirmation services at several centres in the parish. At the principal services at St. Matthew's 70 candidates ...

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  51. THE TARIFF.

    Special investigations into the economic effect of the alterations in the tariff made during the last session of Parliament are being made by the Minister for Trade and Customs ...

    Article : 332 words
  52. MOTOR CYCLE OVERTURNS.

    John Henry Nelson, of 33 Edward-street, Summer Hill, was riding a motor cycle and sidecar along Carlton-crescent, Summer Hill, last night, when the machine struck a rut, ...

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  53. ALBURY'S TREES TO REMAIN.

    The municipal election on Saturday [?] sulted:—Jas. Stephen, 595; J. P. Smithenbecker, 492; G. W. Daniel, 263; V. A. Miers, 209; J. A. Brian, 147. Messrs. Stephen and ...

    Article : 239 words
  54. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 204 words
  55. THEATRE ROBBERY.

    During Saturday night thieves broke into the Majestic Picture Theatre in New Canterburyroad, Petersham. They ransacked the office and cut the bottom out of an iron safe. The ...

    Article : 62 words
  56. GRANVILLE TRADES SCHOOL.

    Mr. J. B. Brown, a former headmaster of the Granville Trades School, presented the prizes at the annual breaking-up social. A gold medal, presented by the Master Plumbers' ...

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  57. FATALITY IN VICTORIA.

    A motor car containing three adults and two children, one of them a baby, overturned on the Geelong-road, near Werribee, on Saturday night. The driver of the car, Mrs. Maria ...

    Article : 107 words
  58. A POLLUTED STREAM.

    Hundreds of youths swim in Duck Creek, which forms the boundary of Auburn and Granville municipalities, but, according to the report of Dr. Purdy (metropolitan health ...

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  59. INJURED WHILE DIVING.

    Clifford Wild, aged 14 years, of 24 Braystreet, North Sydney, dived off a pile at the Neutral Bay baths yesterday afternoon, and his head struck the bottom of the baths. He ...

    Article : 56 words
  60. EIGHT-HOUR ART UNION.

    The Eight-Hour Art Union, organised by the Eight-hour Labour Demonstration Committee, was drawn at the Trades Hall on Saturday. About 150 persons were present, ...

    Article : 86 words
  61. FIRE AT LEICHHARDT.

    Early yesterday morning a fire occurred at premises 377 Parramatta-road, Leichhardt, occupied by Mrs. Fuss. The building, which was of two stories, and the contents were ...

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  62. TWO MEN KILLED.

    A motor car got out of control on a steep grade near Outram, and, going over the bank, overturned. Michael Black and Murdoch Graham Were pinned beneath and killed. ...

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  63. 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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  64. INTER-INSULAR SERVICE.

    The Fiji Government has given the Burns, Philp and Co., Ltd., inter-insular steam service an annual subsidy of £7500. ...

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  65. SEAMAN'S THROAT CUT.

    Thomas Whitford, a fireman on the steamer Baradine, was admitted to Sydney Hospital on Saturday evening with his throat cut. It is alleged, in a statement made to the police, ...

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  66. NEW PACIFIC CABLE.

    Officials of the Pacific Cables [?] steamer Faraday, which is laying the Fanning Island-Fiji section of the new duplication cable, expect to complete their work to-day, [?] ...

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  67. FIGHT ON STEAMER.

    A fight took place on the steamer Eastern Moon, in Sydney Harbour, on Friday evening, and as a result Roland Hansell, fireman, was conveyed to Sydney Hospital ...

    Article : 82 words
  68. STOLEN CAR.

    The motor car of Mr. Herbert Horsfield, of Cremorne, which was stolen from a garage in Milltary-road, Mosman, on November 13, has been found by the police abandoned ...

    Article : 68 words
  69. TIMBER FIRE.

    A fire which occurred early on Saturday morning at the premises of the Coburg Timber Company, Gaffney-street, Coburg, caused damage estimated at £6000 before it was ...

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  70. SHOPPING CARNIVAL.

    A combined shopping carnival in Annandale, Leichhardt, and Potersham was inaugurated on Friday night. A procession took piace on Saturday afternoon, and the display ...

    Article : 46 words
  71. LATE COMMERCIAL.

    At Roma-street on Saturday Lucerne chaff was [?] at form 15/6 to 11/6, potatoes, 25/3 to 20/3 No maize was offering. ...

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  72. MEAT TENDERS INVITED.

    Advice has been received from the AgentGeneral in London that the War Office is inviting tenders for the supply of 1,500,000 tins (12oz) of corned beef. ...

    Article : 32 words
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