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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The Navigation Department is carrying out dredging operations on the crossing and the bar of the Bellinger River by the dredge Latona. The dredge Bellingen is engaged ...

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  3. TRAIN MISHAPS.

    An accident to the Sydney-Melbourne limited express near Illaho, on the Main Southern line, at 4 o'clock yesterday morning caused considerable delay to both up-line ...

    Article : 189 words
  4. PRESBYTERIANS.

    In a discussion on local option at Canberra at the Presbyterian General Assembly to-day Professor R. G. Macintyre said:- "I hope that Parliament, within its own ...

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  5. 44-HOUR WEEK.

    The hearing of argument on the question of making 44 hours a week the limit of working time in the Commonwealth was resumed in the High Court Building at Darlinghurst ...

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  6. REFERENDUM.

    Counting yesterday of the votes polled at the referendum made scarcely any alteration in the aggregate "No" majorities for the Commonwealth. The "No" majority on the ...

    Article : 363 words
  7. LAB0UR PARTY.

    As a result of a further meeting yesterday of the Labour caucus, Mr. Lang will retain the leadership of the state Labour party, and incidentally the Premiership. Mr. ...

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  8. THE DELEGATES.

    To-morrow will witness the arrival at Sydney of the first members of the Empire Parliamentary Association who are to tour Australia. There will be delegations from the ...

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  9. SEA LION FOUND

    The third sea lion found along the South Coast in the last month or two was discovered by Mr. John Johnston, near the Bombo Jetty to-day. It was dying. It measured 7ft ...

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  10. UNION LEADERS.

    A largely-attended meeting of union officials was held at the Trades Hall yesterday morning to consider recent political developments. ...

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  11. RECOGNITION OF SERVICE.

    Last night a public meeting was held for the purpose of discussing means of recognising the services of the Mayor, and Mayoress, Alderman and Mrs. Waugh, in advancing the ...

    Article : 114 words
  12. HOSPITAL COMMITTEE'S DILEMMA.

    The committee of the Gratton Hospital is in a dilemma owing to a baby boy having been left at the hospital. At a meeting Mr. D W. Macpherson said that an apparently ...

    Article : 167 words
  13. THREE CARRIAGES DERAILED.

    The derailment of three carriages of a passenger train, which left Melbourne tor Bairnsdale at 4,30 p.m. yesterday, occurred at the Oakleigh station as the train was pulling ...

    Article : 147 words
  14. VALUATION APPEAL COURT.

    Mr. Justice Pike presided over the Valuation Appeal Court to-day, when the trustees of the Roman Catholic Church appealed against the valuation of £135 per acre for ...

    Article : 58 words
  15. BRIBERY CHARGES.

    In a statement officially issued to its members yesterday, the Australian Workers' Union attributes the plight of Mr, Lang to the bribery charges levelled against four ...

    Article : 334 words
  16. MALINGERING.

    Mr. A. H. Moore, president of the Employers' Federation, said yesterday that the question of malingering under the Workers' Compensation Act had caused the council of the ...

    Article : 196 words
  17. A GOOD SAVE.

    Langley's mill look fire on Monday night at 7 o'clock. The fire started in the wood heap for firing the engine, a spark from the latter having evidently lodged there and caused ...

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  18. QUEENSLAND.

    The circumstances surrounding the retirement of the ex-Auditor-General, Mr. Muir Robertson, were responsible for an animated debate in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, ...

    Article : 633 words
  19. GRAFTON RAILWAY.

    Surveyors attached to the Railway Department have been at work in Grafton for some time in regard to the route of the railway line from South Grafton to link up with the ...

    Article : 222 words
  20. BLASTING ACCIDENT.

    A serious blasting accident occurred at Groveley granite quarry this morning, when a man and a boy were seriously burned. Albert Morris and Harry Howe were preparing to blast ...

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  21. IRISH DELEGATION.

    Senator Sir Edward Coey Bigger, the leader of the Irish delegation, is a doctor by profession, and has had wide experience of public affairs in Ireland. Last year he was elected ...

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  22. MAROUBRA SPEEDWAY.

    A deadlock has arisen between the prominent racing cyclists and the automobile contest committee of the Maroubra Speedway, because the latter body has decided to insist ...

    Article : 208 words
  23. CHARGE OF ASSAULT.

    In the police court yesterday Alice Morgan, a woman farmer, of North Casino, charged Richard Luther with assault. It was stated that Luther visited Casino, became ...

    Article : 95 words
  24. JOB CONTROL.

    At a conference between the owners (William Holyman and Sons, Ltd.) and representatives of the Seamen's Union to-day, a settlement was reached of the dispute which has ...

    Article : 179 words
  25. ALLEGED THREAT.

    Police assistance was summoned in Fremantle yesterday to prevent what, according to the police report, appears to have been a determined effort to force a young man to ...

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  26. CHILD FATALLY INJURED.

    Stopping off the footpath to cross the roadway, a six-year-old girl, Margaret Scolt, was run down,by a motor car, and died on the way to the hospital from injuries, chiefly to ...

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  27. MISSING WOMAN FOUND.

    Mrs. Hall, who was reported missing from Aberdeen, was discovered near Maitland last evening. Mrs. Hall, who is 71 years of age, said she was none the worse for her ...

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  28. BURIED ALIVE.

    While a man named Evans, of West Perth, was at the bottom of a 60ft well at South Perth to-day, engaged in retimbering work, sand poured in upon him from the sides. ...

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  29. MR. GARDEN.

    Much surprise was expressed in Labour circlus yesterday at an announcement that Mr. J. S. Gardon, secretary of the Labour Council, had resigned from the Communist ...

    Article : 106 words
  30. QUEEN COMPETITION.

    As a result of a queen competition held here by the Parents and Citizens' Association to establish a fund for purchasing school equipment and sports material and lay down ...

    Article : 69 words
  31. NEW RAILWAY TRUCKS.

    To obviate the possibility of vehicles breaking away, and to ensure safe working for the employees, the Victorian Railway Commissioners are installing automatic couplers on all ...

    Article : 65 words
  32. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 148 words
  33. BOYS' PRANK.

    Details of an attempt which was made on Tuesday by three boys, aged between 11 and 14 years, to derail a rail motor travelling with passengers between Deepdene and ...

    Article : 204 words
  34. BALLINA-TENTERFIELD ROAD.

    At a conference held at Lismore to-day, of representatives of shire and municipal councils through whose boundaries the BallinaTenterfield road runs, it was claimed that the ...

    Article : 362 words
  35. LATE SHIPPING.

    ADELAIDE (1081m).—Arr: Sept. 13, A[?]ekerk, s, Demoidocus, s, Moldavia, R.M.S., from eastern States; Katoomba s, from Fremantle; Millluna, s, from Newcastle; Oliva, s, from Singapore, Dep: Sept. 15. Canadian ...

    Article : 49 words
  36. BRIBERY CHARGES.

    At the continuation to-day of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the allegations against 18 detectives and police constables of having received bribes from bookmakers, a ...

    Article : 412 words
  37. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 241 words
  38. IN TOUCH BY WIRELESS.

    The following vessels are expected to be in touch with the undermentioned stations to-day:- With Sydney: Aorangi, Sonoma, Sierra, Makura, Kairanga, Whangape, Leverahank, Trebartha, Min, ...

    Article : 181 words
  39. IN DISTRESS.

    A small steamer, the name of which was not ascertained, signalled the Makura by Morse code in Cook Strait last night that she was short of coal, and required ...

    Article : 120 words
  40. AEROPLANES FOR BUSINESS MEN.

    The advantages to business men of maintaining aeroplanes for their own use are emphasised in the editorial in the latest number of "The Fly Paper." Issued by the New South ...

    Article : 198 words
  41. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING.

    AUCKLAND (1281m).—Arr: Sept. 15, Lubrico, tanker, from San Francisco. Dep: Sept. 15, Norfolk, s, for Glasgow. DUNEDIN (1235m).—Dep: Sept. 15, Dewey, s, for San ...

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  42. FIRE AT WAGGA.

    During the progress of a fire in Baylissstreet business centre early this morning J. R. Webb sustained shocking burns, and is now in the District Hospital in a critical ...

    Article : 150 words
  43. ALLEGED WASTEFUL METHODS.

    Serious complaints of waste and inefficiency are made by a correspondent ragarding the reconditioning of Cardigan-street, Stanmore by the City Council The contract price of the ...

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  44. BRISBANE WOOL SALES.

    The wool sales were continued to-day when 12,914 bales were catalogued. The selection was an average one, including some choice wools and a good proportion of thinly grown dusty wools from the drought ...

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  45. TO-DAY.

    Theatre Royal: "The Admirable Crichton," 8. Her Majesty's: "Rose Marie." 7.50. Criterion: "Brown Sugar," 8. St. James Theatre: "Mercenary Mary," 8. ...

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  46. ADVENTISTS' CONFERENCE.

    Some hundreds of delegates and members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church are holding their Quadrennial Conference of tne denomination at the Royal Agricultural ...

    Article : 70 words
  47. FODDER FOR STARVING STOCK.

    The Minister for Railways, in reply to a question in the Legislative Assembly to-day, stated that approximately 100,000 tons of fodder had been consigned to the ...

    Article : 47 words
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