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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Two motor accidents occurred this week. Arthur Yates was riding a motor bicycle and when turning the corner of a street crashed into a taxi. Yates was seriously injured, ...

    Article : 83 words
  3. TUGBOATS.

    The threat of men employed by the Brisbane Tug and Steamship Co. to leave the company's vessels unless their demands for a 44-hour week were conceded by the ...

    Article : 91 words
  4. SHEFFIELD SHIELD.

    New South Wales batted throughout Saturday in the Sheffield Shield match against South Australia, at the Adelaide Oval, and lost six wickets for 436. C. ...

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  5. TRAMWAYS.

    The Harbord (formerly Freshwater) tramway extension was opened on Saturday afternoon. The first tram from Manly to Harbord was ...

    Article : 546 words
  6. STAGGERING BLOW.

    The leader of the State Opposition (Mr. Bavin), when informed last night of the proposed appointments of 25 additional members to the Legislative Council, ...

    Article : 347 words
  7. SUMMER'S TOUCH.

    Within a few days of midsummer some extreme temperatures have been recorded in parts of New South Wales as a result of a heat wave which traversed a large portion ...

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  8. CATTLE INDUSTRY.

    A meeting of over 40 representatives of the various cattle breeders' associations, convened by the Queensland Meat Advisory Board, was held at Brisbane to consider proposals ...

    Article : 238 words
  9. OBITUABY.

    Mr. Reginald Watkin Smyth Wynn, managing director of the New South Wales Bookstall Company, Limited, died recently at his residence, Aatahua, Boyle-street, Mosman, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 655 words
  10. A.L.P. NOMINATIONS.

    The following is a list of nominees who were unsuccessful in the ballot:- Mrs. F. Ewers, L. Fowler, Annie Golding, Sarah Johnson, Melville, K. Maincke, Mary ...

    Article : 397 words
  11. CROP AND GRASS BURNT.

    A fire broke out on the property of a shara farmer named E. H. Rawson, at Yarran Flat, Mungeribar. About 40 acres of standing crop and 85 acres of grass were destroyed. The ...

    Article : 57 words
  12. VICTORIA'S SCORE.

    In delightful weather, the match between Victoria and New Zealand was continued on the Melbourne ground to-day. New Zealand had made 314 on Friday, and Victoria ...

    Article : 724 words
  13. CHURCH DESTROYED.

    The Baptist Church at Abermain was destroyed by fire early this morning. It was a wooden structure, valuediat £500, and insured in the London Insurance Company for ...

    Article : 51 words
  14. MOUNT WARNING.

    The Murwillumbah Chamber of Commerce has decided upon an imposing ceremony to celebrate the dedication of Mount Warning as a national park on a date to be fixed in ...

    Article : 109 words
  15. RESERVE REVOKED.

    A case of more than ordinary interest came before the local Land Board at Wingham, when two applications were lodged for a block of land that was reserved some years ago for ...

    Article : 208 words
  16. MR. LEY.

    "During the recent Federal elections certain Labour members and their friends assailed my personal and public character in a manner probably unprecedented, but certainly never ...

    Article : 558 words
  17. WHITE TRAIN.

    The Australian-made Preference Loague's great white train arrived at Tamworth this morning, and was officially welcomed by the Mayor (Alderman W. H. Thibault) on behalf ...

    Article : 247 words
  18. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

    The announcement that the Dorrigo Shire Council had recommended the gazettal of public and bank holidays within the Spire of Dorrigo from Christmas Eve until after the New ...

    Article : 141 words
  19. SALVATION ARMY.

    With the object of raising funds to assist the movement to erect memeriais in India and China in celebration of the approaching 70th birthday of General Bramwell Booth, ...

    Article : 319 words
  20. AIR MISHAP.

    An aeroplane, piloted by a former R.A.F. man, named Prosser, mot with a mishap while making a passenger flight at Tamworth on Saturday afternoon. ...

    Article : 138 words
  21. BEQUEST TO HOSPITAL.

    The committee of the Moree District Hospital has received from Messrs. Moodie, Cole, and Co. a bequest of £500 to the hospital from the estate of the late T. F. Moore. ...

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  22. CAR CRUSHED.

    Struck by a motor 'bus which was approaching Sydney along Parrnmatta-road, a motor car was forced against a telegraph pole at the intersection of Hawthorn-parade, Summer ...

    Article : 209 words
  23. MR. GEORGE FAIRBAIRN COX.

    One of the most notable figures in the early industrial life of Australia, Mr. George Fairbairn Cox, passed away recently in his 81st year. Mr. Cox was born in Falkirk, ...

    Article : 283 words
  24. WATERLOO.

    The municipal election at Waterloo was not held with the others a fortnight age, on account of the proposed absorption by the City Council. The bill to enable that to be done ...

    Article : 191 words
  25. 7000 UNEMPLOYED.

    According to report of the Department of Labour and Industry, issued on Saturday, the number of unemployed in the State at the end of November, was 7000. ...

    Article : 44 words
  26. TASMANIA.

    The inquiry into the conditions of Tasmania, to which Mr. Bruce referred in his Hobart address during the election campaign, will be instituted with the least possible delay, and ...

    Article : 86 words
  27. ARCHBISHOP MANNIX.

    The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne (Dr. Mannix) returned on Saturday after an absence of nine months abroad. He was given an enthusiastic welcome by the ...

    Article : 299 words
  28. ARBITRATION.

    The Parliamentary session closed on Saturday, after a sitting of 29 hours. The Arbitration Act Amendment Bill was considered for 19 hours by a conference of ...

    Article : 133 words
  29. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 146 words
  30. AWARD REFUSED.

    When giving his decision in the case in which the Federated Storemon's and Packers' Union of Australia sought an award in respect to the oil workers employed in the ...

    Article : 106 words
  31. COALING TROUBLE.

    The Port Adelaide branch of the Waterside Workers' Union seems determined that the delay of the Gulf steamers shall be continued. The Adelaide Steamship Company ...

    Article : 142 words
  32. MR. WILLIAM DEAN.

    Mr. William Dean, who died at Belmont, Preddey's-road, Boxley, recently, was one of the pioneers of the Manildra district, where he acquired land by free selection in ...

    Article : 76 words
  33. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 209 words
  34. ST. KILDA MURDER.

    A telophone message received by the Criminal Investigation Branch late on Friday night from the police at Cullen Bulien stated that a man answering the description of Henry ...

    Article : 178 words
  35. LATE SHIPPING.

    ADELAIDE (1084m).—Arr: Dec. 19. Kooringa, s, from Bunbury, Kansas, s, from eastern States Arr: Dec. 20, Caprera, s, and Persic, s, from eastern States: Allara, s, from Newcastle. Dep: Dec. 19, Komura, ...

    Article : 113 words
  36. MR. ALEX. G. WATSON.

    The death occurred recently of Mr. Alexander G. Watson, founder and managing director of the firm of A. G. Watson, Limited, Small-street, Broadway. Mr. ...

    Article : 101 words
  37. FIRE AT NARRANDERA.

    About 3 o'clock on Saturday morning a fire destroyed the Narrandera Public Hall, the property of Mr. G. H. Dixon, of Haberfield, Sydney. The approximate damage to the ...

    Article : 125 words
  38. BRISBANE TUG CREWS.

    The crews of the steamers Koopa and Doomba, plying between Brisbane and Bribie, and of the tugs Heaver and Greyhound, have given 24 hours' notice of their intention to leave ...

    Article : 127 words
  39. TRAMWAY MEN.

    Because they objected to a new rostor of hours framed by the Tramways Board tramwaymen who are members of the Australian Tramway Employees' Association put into ...

    Article : 93 words
  40. IN TOUCH BY WIRELESS.

    The following vessels will be in communication with the undermentioned wireless stations to-day:- With Sydney: Makura. Aorangi, Niagara, Sierra, Manganui, Maheno, Carinthia, Eastemer, Kanna, E. R. ...

    Article : 116 words
  41. SPEEDWAY ACCIDENT.

    Practising on the Olympia Speedway track, Maroubra, yesterday afternoon, a motor cyclist, Leslie G. Macdonald, aged 23 years, of Neutral Bay, fell heavily to the track. He ...

    Article : 81 words
  42. SENATE VACANCY.

    At a Joint sitting of the House of Assembly and Legislative Council Sir Henry Barwell was elected to the Senate, to fill the vacancy in South Australia's Senate ...

    Article : 181 words
  43. TO-DAY.

    Her Majesty's Theatre: Matinee to provide Chrisimadinner for poor children, 2; "Leave it to Jane," 8. Criterion Theatre: "Secrets," 8. Theatre Royal: "Katoja," 8. ...

    Article : 120 words
  44. LOST IN THE BUSH.

    James Love, an employee of the Tomki Shire Council, had been missing from his home since Tuesday night. Since the death of his wife a few weeks ago Mr. Love ...

    Article : 133 words
  45. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHIPPING.

    At New York, Canadian Voyageur, s, from Australian ports, en route for Montreal (left Sydney October 27). At Southampton, Esperanoe Bay, s, from Australian ...

    Article : 139 words
  46. WHEAT HARVEST.

    The official estimate of the South Australian 1925-26 wheat harvest compiled by the Acting Government Statiatician (Mr. H. L. Semmens) is 27,320,000 bushels, against an actual yield ...

    Article : 94 words
  47. STRIKE SETTLED.

    The strike of employees of the Midland Railway Company has been settled. The terms of settlement are that the increases recently granted to State railway employees by ...

    Article : 78 words
  48. MAN'S DEATH.

    A young married man, Lionel Joseph Wholohan, shot himself dead at his home in Leederville. A detective called and asked Wholohan to accompany him to Perth ...

    Article : 85 words
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