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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    A claim for £100 damages for alleged slander was heard before Judge Mocatta in the Grafton District Court, the plaintiffs being Joseph George Skilton and Harry Keys Webb, ...

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  3. CAUGHT BY SQUALLS.

    Eight 12-foot dinghies capsized out of 10 in a race on the Derwent on Saturday, when sudden severe squalls caught them under full sail. The dinghies were being sailed by ...

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  4. WORK RESUMED.

    The South Maitland Railways resumed work on Saturday, following on the stop work meeting on Friday. Unionists regard the stoppage with mixed ...

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  5. MOTOR ACCIDENTS.

    Five people were injured—three seriously— when a motor car ran into a heap of blue-metal and overturned, on the Windsor-road, Riverstone, shortly before 8 o'clock last ...

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  6. V.R.C. MEETING.

    The attendance at the last day of the V.R.C. autumn meeting on Saturday established a new record and the aggregate attendance for the four days was also a record. It was an deal day for racing and the ...

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  7. WESTERN RIVERINA.

    Before the Minister for Railways (Mr. Flannery) left the district, after performing the ceremony of turning the first sod of the new railway from Uranquinty towards Moon's ...

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  8. AUSTRALIAN NATIVES

    Delegates from all parts of New South Wales attended the annual conference of the Australian Natives' Association, which was held on Saturday at the offices of the ...

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  9. SCHOOL OPENED.

    The new boys' wing of the Canterbury primary school, erected at a cost of £[?]843, was opened by the Minister for Education (Mr. Mutch) on Saturday afternoon. The Minister ...

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  10. BUSH FIRE.

    An extensive fire broke out on Friday night in the forest reserve in the Cessnock area. Forest Officer Wilson proceeded to the scene of the outbreak with a party of fire-fighters ...

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  11. RIVER BANK EROSION.

    The question of river bank erosion was discussed by the Copmanhurst Shire Council at its last meeting, when Councillor E. J. Cowling urged that the time had arrived when ...

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  12. BROADCASTING.

    The Government proposes giving consideration in the near future to the question of establishing in country centres wireless sets that will meet the needs of the community, ...

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  13. COLLISION AT WOLLONGONG.

    Three people were injured in a collision between two motor cars on Cliff-road this morning. The cars were driven by Dr. Manton, of Thirroul, and Mr. Des. Byron, respectively. ...

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  14. GENEVA.

    Invitations were recently issued by the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) to the Trades and Labour Councils of Australia to submit names to the Federal Ministry for appointment as ...

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  15. DUBBO QUARTER SESSIONS.

    At the Quarter Sessions, before Judge Armstrong, the jury failed to agree in a case in which Percy Henry Tomley Bennett was charged with having forged warrants for £[?]00 ...

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  16. MADAME PAVLOVA'S VISIT.

    Madame Pavlova, the noted dancer, arrived at Albany as a through passenger for Melbourne by the Ceramic. Travelling with her is her complete organisation of 42 dancers and ...

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  17. AUSTRALIAN CRUISERS.

    The three Australian cruisers lett Wellington on Saturday afternoon for Hauraki Gulf, where they will exercise with ships of the New Zealand squadron. ...

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  18. MOTOR CYCLIST INJURED.

    In trying to pass a motor ear at Box Hill on Saturday night, Frank Johnson, of Schelle-street, Surry Hills, lost control of his motor cycle and sidecar. It swerved across the ...

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  19. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMMISSION.

    Members of the Royal Commission on National Insurance sailed by the Zealandia for the eastern States on Saturday. ...

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  20. MOTORIST KILLED.

    Jack Bunco, aged 3[?], married, of Subiaco, was killed on Friday night when a motor cycle and sidecar he was driving left the road near a corner, and collided with a ...

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  21. FOUR MEN INJURED.

    Four men were injured in an accident which occurred on Saturday afternoon during the progress of the championship meeting of the New South Wales Amateur Athletic ...

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  22. OLD MAN KILLED.

    An old man was run down and killed by a motor car, which dashed along St. George's Terrace early this morning. The car, travelling at a fast speed, hit the man, who died ...

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  23. ADELAIDE BUSINESS MAN'S DEATH.

    .Mr. H. J. Holden, chairman of directors of Holden's Motor Body Builders, Ltd., died on Saturday morning, after having been seriously III for several months. Mr. Holden had ...

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  24. RAILWAYS DUPED.

    According to a report made to the police on Saturday morning, the Raliway Commissioners were robbed of £16 in bank notes on Friday. ...

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  25. SHOOTING OF FARMER.

    The jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the case in which Alice Victoria Clarke was charged with having murdered her father. In evidence, accused stated that the ...

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  26. COUNTRY WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION.

    A conference of delegates from western branches of the Country Women's Association was held in Dubbo. About 100 women from every part of the west attended. Mrs. A. J. ...

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  27. METHODIST CONFERENCE.

    The Methodist Conference again sat in representative session on Saturday morning, Rev. F. W. Hynes presiding. The pre-sessional address was delivered by ...

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  28. LICENSED VICTUALLERS.

    At a meeting of the council of the United Licensed Victualiers' Association, the following officers were elected for the present year:- President, Alderman N. H. Connolly; senior ...

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  29. 'VARSITY BOAT RACE.

    The annual and historic boat race between Oxford and Cambridge will be rowed on March 27. The crews are already hard at work training. Last year's race was easily won ...

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  30. LEVEL CROSSING DANGERS.

    Frequent accidents at level crossings have drawn public interest to their danger, and the North Island Motor Union has passed a resolution condemning level crossings in ...

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  31. SHOOTING FATALITY.

    Michael Dunne, aged 34, a married man, with three young children, and an employee of the State coal mine at Wonthaggi, was accidentally shot dead by John Henry ...

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  32. BROKEN HILL 'BUS LICENSES.

    Owing to the stoppage of trams on account of the water shortage the City Council at a special meeting decided to grant temporary licenses to seven 'bus drivers, fares to ...

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  33. PSYCHOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY

    The editor and management of "The Australasian Journal of Psychology and Philosophy" are to be congratulated upon its entering upon a fourth year of publication. The widespread ...

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  34. BOY FATALLY BURNED.

    The 13-year-old boy, Allan McDougall, who was seriously burned at Hornani through a rubbish fire spreading to a tin of methylated spirits, died from his injuries on Friday night. ...

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  35. DROWNING AT UNDERCLIFFE.

    The body of William James Boxall, aged 42 years, a tram-driver, was found at the bottom of Cook's River, off Riverside Park, Under-cliffe, at about 3.45 p.m. yesterday afternoon. ...

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  36. NEW STATES AGITATION.

    The Federal Parliamentary New States League has decided to widen its scope in order to include amoag its objects general amendments to the Constitution. A meeting was ...

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  37. CASE OF MEASLES.

    Fourteen Europeans, among whom are three ladies—Mesdames Godson and Laird and Miss Grahumslaw—and Papua's Public Curator (Mr. A. J. Bates), who has just returned from a 12 ...

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  38. SCHOOL WATER SUPPLY.

    Since the shortage of water became serious pupils at the Intermediate High School had to depend on river water or what they took in bottles from their homes for ...

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  39. THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    Canon Archdall, headmaster of the Armidale School, writes to the Editor in reply to Mr. Mark Gosling (chairman of the State Labour party): ...

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  40. BARRIER WATER SUPPLY.

    The Public Works Committee has decided to proceed to Broken Hill on Wednesday next. Evidence will be entered upon in regard to a water supply scheme for that district. ...

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  41. ELECTRICITY IN CASINO.

    Portion of the town has been in a state of darkness every night this week. The supply of gas for street lighting has been cut off, and electric light is in process of ...

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  42. REMARKABLE ESCAPE.

    Thomas Nicholson, aged 49 years, a leading mechanic employed by the Railway Department, and residing at Sandringham-street, Sans Souci, had a remarkable escape from ...

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  43. INDEX.

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  44. HURSTVILLE COUNCIL.

    In a letter to the Editor of the "Herald," Mr. Wallace Collier, who was Mayor of the Hurstville municipality from December, 1924, to December, 1925, refers to the recent case ...

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  45. TWEED HEADS ROAD.

    The Main Roads Board is prepared, it is stated, to advance £12,000 for the reconditioning of Boyd's Bay-Sexton's Hill section of the Murwiliumbah-Tweed Heads-road, providing ...

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  46. A.N.A. DINNER.

    The keynote of the speeches at the annual dinner of the Australian Natives' Association, held on Saturday evening at Tatternall's Hotel, was a plea for the cultivation of ...

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  47. HUME WEIR.

    Rumours having been current that unexpected difficulties had been met by the engineers at the Hume weir construction works in regard to the turning of the course of the ...

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  48. OBITUARY.

    Mr. Arthur S. Lewis, who died recently at Kapunda, in South Australia, was intimately connected with various old New South Wales families. ...

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  49. FEDERAL LOAN.

    Before leaving on Saturday for Sydney to attend a meeting of a board of directors of the Commonwealth Bank, the Secretary of the Federal Treasury (Mr. J. R. Collins) stated ...

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  50. SUNDAY CRICKET.

    A lively discussion took place at a meeting of the Holbrook Show Society on the question of permitting cricket to be played on the Show Ground on Sundays. The question ...

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  51. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 226 words
  52. ELECTRIC TRAIN DRIVERS.

    The president of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court (Mr. Justice Powers) has announced an award for electric train drivers, making their pay the same as that of drivers ...

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  53. BOY ELECTROCUTED.

    Climbing an iron roof of a house next door to his parents' home at 47 Oxford-street, Newtown, Walter David Green, aged l8 years, touched an electric light wire early yesterday ...

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  54. KYOGLE PUBLIC HOSPITAL.

    At a meeting of the committee of the Kyogle Memorial Hospital the treasure's statement showed that with the subsidy due from the Government the institution would ...

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  55. CLERGYMAN ROBBED.

    As the Rev. F. L. Walker, of Balhannah (Anglican), was entering the Plough and Harrow Hotel on Thursday afternoon, he was grasped around his body by a man. He ...

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  56. "GREATER NORTH SYDNEY."

    The North Sydney Council has decided to send out invitations for a conference concerning a "Greater North Sydney" scheme. As an alternative to a "Greater North Sydney," a ...

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  57. DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED.

    The Cabinet has decided to commute to life imprisonment the sentence of death passed on Alfred John Dobson recently for the murder of his wife. ...

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  58. DR. P. R. KENNA.

    The funeral of the late Dr. Patrick Richard Kenna, of Macquarie-street, took place on Saturday morning from St. Mary's Cathedral, where a requiem mass was celebrated by ...

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  59. OVERDUE SCHOONER.

    The overdue schooner France, bound from Akaroa to Stewart Island, has reached the Chatham Islands. Gales off shore prevented bor reaching Stewart Island. ...

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  60. ERECTION OF A MARQUEE.

    The Murwillumbah Municipal Council held a special meeting to consider an application from Mr. W. Cahill, picture show proprietor, for permission to erect a marquee on a ...

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  61. ROBBERY AT PARRAMATTA.

    The shop of Mick Simmons, Ltd., in Church-street, Paramatta, was entered by thieves between 1 p.m. on Saturday and noon yesterday. Tobacco, cigarettes, two revolvers, and a ...

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  62. TO-DAY.

    Her Majesty's: "Katja," 8. Theatre Royal: "White Cargo," 8. Criterion: "Give and Take," 8. Palace: "Kangaroo Flat," 8. ...

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  63. DRINKING AT DANCES.

    At the Methodist Conference at Dunedin, a delegate moved that the conference should direct the attention of the Government to the growing practice of excessive drinking by ...

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  64. PURE FOOD LAWS.

    A deputation from the Chamber of Commerce waited on the Chief Secretary (Mr. J. Jelly) and urged that action should be taken by the Government to secure uniformity in the ...

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  65. PEACE SOCIETY.

    At the monthly meeting of the Peace Society, of New South Wales arrangements were made for a welcome to the president (Mr. W. Cooper), who has recently returned from a ...

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  66. NAURU ISLAND.

    Brigadier-General Griffiths, Administrator of Nauru Island, arrived here yesterday. He will leave on Friday for Sydney, and make a stay of about a month in Australia before ...

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  67. THE COOLEBAR.

    An examination of the steamer Coolebar, which came up the river after being refloated from the bar at Harrington, revealed that a number of plates under the bulkhead were ...

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  68. LATE SHIPPING.

    FREMANTLE.—Dep: March 6, Zealandia, for eastern States; Ellaroo, for Banbury; Euripides, for United Kingdom, March 7, Surat, for Hong Kong; Medie, for United Kingdom; Ceutaur, for Singapore. Arr: March ...

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