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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The municipal council has decided to build municipal saleyards, at a cost of about £800. The money is to be borrowed for a term of 10 years at 6½ per cent. For the first five years ...

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  3. ANGLICAN SYNOD.

    When the Anglican Synod resumed yesterday afternoon, under the presidency of Archbishop Wright, Canon Langford Smith moved,—"That if the Government is willing ...

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  4. FORT-STREET.

    "Seneca cannot be too heavy, nor Plautus too light." One thought of old Polonius and his rigmarole about tragical-comical-historical-pastoral on ...

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  5. CIVIC PROBLEMS.

    Mr. Forbes Mackay, the general manager of the City Council electricity department, who returned to Sydney yesterday, will find, on resuming administrative control of his ...

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  6. REFERENDUM.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce), in a speech at Bendigo to-night; said that one of the arguments of opponents of the referendum proposals was that the transfer of ...

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  7. SAWMILLERS.

    Referring to the statement by the Minister for Labour and Industry that no timber mill had closed as a result of the Workers' Compensation Act, Bagot Bros., who run a large ...

    Article : 343 words
  8. GOLF.

    Ivo Whitton, the brilliant Victorian amateur, won the Australian open golf championship with the fine score of 297 for 72 holes. The runner-up was Rufus Stewart, the South ...

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  9. TENDERS INQUIRY.

    Mr. J. B. Holme, Commissioner, yesterday continued the tenders inquiry at the Treasury Department. Mr. F. C. Garside, Comptroller of Stores, appeared on behalf of ...

    Article : 253 words
  10. COWRA SANITARY SERVICE.

    The municipal council has accepted a tender from Mr. Howard to carry out the sanitary service by contract, with a motor lorry, for a period of three years. Opposition was ...

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  11. PARKES POST-OFFICE.

    An intimation has been received from the Postmaster-General, through Sir Nevil[?] Howse, V.C., M.P., that the Commonwealth Director of Works, Sydney, is arranging for ...

    Article : 64 words
  12. WOLLONGONG UNEMPLOYMENT.

    A warning has been issued by the Local Government labour agency to unemployed from other centres that no work will be available for them, even if the cross-country railway ...

    Article : 86 words
  13. ROTARY CLUB.

    Quadrilles and lancers were included in the programme of the annual dance of the Rotary Club, held at the Wentworth Hotel last evening. Miss Daphne Deane's pupils danced a ...

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  14. GREAT WHITE TRAIN.

    Elaborate preparations are being made for the reception of the Great White Train on its visit to Wauchope, on September 4. A civic reception has been arranged for 9 a.m. Local ...

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  15. VAUCLUSE HOUSE.

    From to-day the old home of William Charles Wentworth at Vaucluse Park will again be thrown open to the public. It had been closed during the past 18 months for ...

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  16. FATAL COLLISION.

    Eric Taylor, 25 years of age, while on a motor cycle, collided with a cart on Prince's Highway, opposite Royal Theatre, Bu[?] Knocked unconscious, he was conveyed to [?] ...

    Article : 73 words
  17. NEW HOSPITAL FOR LITHGOW.

    The secretary of the hospital (Mr. W. A. Carroll) has been advised by the Department for Public Health that it has accepted the tender of the construction branch of the ...

    Article : 133 words
  18. LATE MR. F. W. OSBORNE.

    Further particulars of the death of Mr. F. W. Osborne, which was announced in our cable columns on July 1, have been received by mail. Mr. Osborne was well known in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  19. BILLIARDS.

    In the semi-final round of the State amateur billiard championship, played at the rooms of Home Recreations, Ltd., last night, A. Hayes defeated W. Johnson. The final scores were:—Hayes 600, and ...

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  20. OBITUARY.

    The death occurred at his residence, No[?]male, Albert-avenue, Chatswood, of William Ashton Varley, retired postal inspector, in his 68th year. Educated at Christ Church ...

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  21. WOMBEYAN CAVES IMPROVEMENTS.

    The gravitation water supply scheme at the Wombeyan Caves, which was estimated to cost about £7000, is being abandoned in favour of a large catchment tank, which is to he built ...

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  22. LATE SPORTING.

    In the second day's play of the Queensland Polo Association's gold cup competition at Toowoom[?] Spring Creek "A" team beat Wanderers by 8 goals 11 behinds to 4 goals 9 behinds. Toowoomba beat Spring ...

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  23. SAILOR' SERIOUSLY INJURED.

    J. Crowder, a sailor on the steamer Uralla, which is taking on a cargo of timber here, sustained serious injuries through his being struck by a large turpentine pile. He was ...

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  24. WOMEN'S HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP.

    Sydney and Melbourne met in the last match of the women's inter-University hockey carnival to-day. Melbourne, by winning the game, won the championship. ...

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  25. MUNICIPALITIES.

    The annual elections for all metropolitan and country municipalities, with the exception of the Melbourne City and Geelong City Councils, were held throughout Victoria ...

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  26. ALLEGED THEFT OF MONEY.

    As a sequel to the alleged theft of money on Sunday, when two men left suddenly for Sydney in a hired motor car, William Green, a stranger in Bowral, who was arrested at ...

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  27. BASKET BALL.

    The Sydney University women's basket ball team defeated Melbourne University by 15 goals to 8. ...

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  28. LATE SHIPPING.

    ADELAIDE.—Arr: Eumeralla, s, from Melbourne; Tisnaren, s, from Tacoma. Dep: Barwon, s, for eastern States; Dimboola, s, for Fremantle. NEWCASTLE.—Arr: Dagfred, s, Yuloo, s, ...

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  29. DR. C. V. SMITH.

    The High Commissioner in London ca[?] to Mr. C. W. Smith, manager of the Alstonville Co-operative Dairy Society, announcing the death of his son. Dr. Charles V. Smith, ...

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  30. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 171 words
  31. FREEZING COMPANIES.

    The serious position of many farmers' freezing companies was stressed at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Meat Producers' Board. It was declared that if the position ...

    Article : 60 words
  32. THE "NO" CAMPAIGN.

    Mr. Mark Gosling, M.L.A. (chairman of the Parliamentary Labour party), in the course of speeches at Sans Souel and Kogarah in opposition to the referendum proposals, said that not ...

    Article : 208 words
  33. MOTOR CAR LICENSES.

    Several public bodies on the border having complained in regard to the harshness of Victorian motor regulations compared with those of New South Wales, the Chief Secretary has ...

    Article : 148 words
  34. ALLEGED ATTEMPTED POISONING.

    An alleged attempt to poison a woman has been reported to the Hurstville police. It is stated that the analysis of a bottle of beer which has bee brought to the woman ...

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  35. DRUNKEN CAR DRIVERS

    "Every motorist convicted before me of drunkenness while driving, will, in future, lose his license for a period," said Mr. Laldlaw, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday, ...

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  36. EXCURSION TRAINS.

    The Railway Department announces a series of excursion trains, commencing on September 24, and serving, in turn, all parts of the State. This is in accordance with the usual ...

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  37. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 273 words
  38. CAR DRIVER KILLED.

    When a motor car collided with a stationary milk cart in Driver-avenue, Moore Park, near tho Showground at 5.30 a.m. yesterday, the driver of the car, Kurt Josoph Gashier, aged ...

    Article : 212 words
  39. THE CONSTITUTION.

    "When Mr. Bruce and his backers ask the present generation of electors to destroy the fundamental principles of individual liberty as embalmed in the Commonwealth ...

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  40. PRINTERS' STRIKE SETTLED.

    After six and a half weeks, a settlement was effected yesterday of the strike of printers employed by the "Barrier Miner" and "Barrier Daily Truth" Publication of these ...

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  41. UNIVERSITY.

    Equity and Company Law.—Pass: H. D. Allen, R. W. G. Mackay, [?].A., E. S. Miller, A. J. Moverley, B.A. Private International Law.—Pass: A. Brown. ...

    Article : 48 words
  42. NOVELS WORTH READING.

    This list has been compiled by a special committee of competent judges nominated by the Associated Booksellers of Australia and New Zealand. It is issued to serve as a ...

    Article : 144 words
  43. THE UNIVERSITY POND.

    Sir,—In the interests of all who can absorb the benefit of tranquil beauly amid the turmoil of a city, permit me to complain that the City Council has resumed its desecration of ...

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  44. MOTOR FATALITY.

    Louis Coldman, aged 19 years, a well-known resident and storekeeper of Maroubra Bayroad, Maroubra Junction, was knocked down and killed by a motor car driven by George ...

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  45. THE "YES" CAMPAIGN.

    To-night's meetings include:—At Grafton, Dr. Earle Page, M. P., Federal Treasurer; Cootamundra, Mr. W. M. Marks, M. P.; Cro[?], opposite pictures, at 9.15, Major J. B. ...

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  46. BOY BURNT TO DEATH.

    A shocking burning fatality is reported from Group 74 in the south-west, where a six-year-old son of Harold Radford, a group sett[?] was enveloped in flames while lighting a fi[?] ...

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  47. WOMAN'S BODY IN HARBOUR.

    The body of an elderly woman was found [?]ting in Johnstone's Bay. Pyrmont, yesterday. Sergeant [?]gh, of the Water Police, conveyed the body to the City Morgue, where ...

    Article : 140 words
  48. ITINERANT TRADERS.

    The Murwillumbah Municipal Council has recommended that in accordance with similar legislation in other parts of the world, particularly in Canada, power should be sought ...

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  49. SUSPECTED 'TRAGEDY

    The discovery of some woman's clothing on a ferry steamer after its arrival at Circular Quay from Watson's Bay about 8.45 last night led the police to believe that a woman had ...

    Article : 59 words
  50. TO-DAY.

    Theatre Royal: "What Every Woman Knows," 2, 8. Criterion: "The Mast and the Face," 2, 8. Her Majesty's: "Rose Marie," 2, 7.50. St. James's Theatre: "Mercenary Mary," 2.15, 8. ...

    Article : 168 words
  51. MINISTERS TO TOUR.

    Members of the State Ministry intend to spend the coming week in intensive campaigning against the referendum proposals. The Premier (Mr. Lang) will speak in the ...

    Article : 174 words
  52. NEW ARTISTS ARRIVE.

    The principals of the new company organised in London and New York by Mr. H[?] J. Ward for the Australia production of "Mercenary Mary," arrived here yesterday, after ...

    Article : 153 words
  53. DALCROZE SOCIETY.

    The Dal[?] Society of New South Wales held its second annual conver[?] at the galleries of the Education Department last night. Miss. P. Crawhall. Wilson and Miss K. Haynes and their pupils gave ...

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  54. CLEANING CARS IN PUBLIC WAYS.

    By-laws passed by the City Council prohibit the repairing or cleansing of vehicles in public ways within the city of Sydney. ...

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  55. MAN ASSAULTED.

    As a result of a quarrel in English-street, Camperdown, about 10.30 last night, William Jackson, aged 30 years, of English-street, was attended at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital ...

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  56. INTER-UNIVERSITY DEBATE.

    The final of the inter-university debates was held between Melbourne and Sydney universities to-night. By a majority the adjudicators decided in favour of Melbourne. The ...

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  57. MOTOR FATALITY.

    The elderly woman who has knocked down and killed by a motor car in Burns Bay-road, Lane Cove, on Thursday night, has been identified. She was Mrs. Elizabeth Parkes, aged ...

    Article : 45 words
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