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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    On Thursday the Mayor and town clark visited Sydney for the purpose of interviewing the Minister for Local Government to expedite paying over the main ...

    Article : 110 words
  3. HOSPITAL DRIVE.

    The Chinese community gave Mr. Long Tack Sam and his company of versatile and clever Oriental dancers, jugglers, and acrobats a warm welcome back to Sydney yesterday ...

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  4. MINISTERIAL TOUR.

    Dr. Page, Acting Prime Minister, and Mr. Austin Chapman, visited Yass to-day, and were the guests of Mr. A. B. Triggs (North Yass). They were subsequently welcomed by the ...

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  5. SHEFFIELD SHIELD.

    When the team chosen to represent New South Wales in the first Sheffield Shield match of this season was announced, it was thought certain that once again South ...

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  6. WHEAT DISPUTE.

    "Mr. Bruxner displays a somewhat overrefined sense of accuracy when he says that the Progressives did not ask my support to elucidate the tangle they have got into about ...

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  7. THE A.L.P.

    Though resolutions demanding that a special conference of the A.L.P. be called to consider the rights of members of the Communist party to membership of the Labour ...

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  8. CHILD WELFARE.

    Members of the State Children's Relief Board assisted in the board's interment yesterday, and did so cheerfully. With the passing of recent legislation consolidating the ...

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  9. RINDERPEST.

    Much concern is felt among Federal and State Ministers at the possibility of rinderpest being introduced into the Eastern States from Western Australia. The immediate cause ...

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  10. CLARENCE RIVER BRIDGE.

    The Grafton Chamber of Commerce has carried a resolution urging on the Federal Government the advissbility of assisting the State Government in the ...

    Article : 128 words
  11. TAMWORTH'S ELECTRICITY.

    In a minute to the Tamworth Municipal Council the Mayor (Alderman Thibault) reported that the extension of the municipal electric supply mains to the boundary of the ...

    Article : 202 words
  12. DUNTROON.

    The extent to which the staffs at the Duntroon Military College have been reduced was revealed at the prize-giving function at the college on Wednesday. ...

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  13. NAVAL CADETS.

    On Wednesday the eighth batch of cadet midshipmen finished their four years' course at the Royal Australian Naval College, Jervis Bay.—The Governor-General was unable ...

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  14. NEW BOTANY SCHOOL

    whose connection with the Chair of Botany at Sydney University is described on page 20. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  15. DEATH OF MR. ROBERT JACKSON.

    The death has occurred of Mr. Robert Jackson, one of the oldest residents of the Orange district, who had lived here for over halt a century. A native of Bathurst, Mr. Jackson, ...

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  16. MR. FRANK GRIBBEN.

    Suggestions that the dismissal of Mr. Frank Gribben from the State Public Service had relation to his alleged negligence respecting a report made for the Auditor-General's ...

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  17. DOMINION WHEAT.

    The chairman of the Wheat Board, addressing the Farmers' Union at Ashburton, said that he yvas unable to announce the prices arranged with the millers till the board had ...

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  18. FIRE AT FORBES.

    Mr. G. B. Trotman, of Norton, New Greufellroad, Forbes, suffered the loss of a washhouse, bathroom, toolshed, men's quarters, and sulky shed in a fire during the week. The loss was ...

    Article : 68 words
  19. REVISION OF THE PRAYER BOOK.

    Sir,—I have been too busy to reply until now to the letter from "Layman" in your issue of December 4. He is quite right in asserting that my article was "a summary of ...

    Article : 538 words
  20. GRASS FIRES.

    A big fire has been raging on Grudgery Mountain since Tuesday night, when, in a thunderstoim, lightning struck a tree, and the fire spread to the surrounding grass country. ...

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  21. PROHIBITION IN ARGENTINE.

    The Vice-Consul for the Argentine Republic has received a cable message from his Governemat advising that it has been decided, owing to the outbreak of rinderpest in ...

    Article : 320 words
  22. COUNCILLOR'S LONG SERVICE.

    Councillor T. Johns, who has represented B riding on the Cessnock Shire Council for the past 13 years, and has occupied the presidential chair for a number of terms, is resigning ...

    Article : 66 words
  23. GOLDSBROUGH. MORT, AND CO.

    The half-yearly meeting of Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Ltd., was held at the company s office, Bourke-street, to-day. The chairman of directors (Mr. Niall) ...

    Article : 245 words
  24. FOOTBALL IN ENGLAND.

    Rugby Union: Edinburgh University (8) v Oxford University (8). Welsh trial: Probable (11) v East (11), at Newport. ...

    Article : 33 words
  25. MINER INJURED.

    James Duffin was badly injured by a fall of coal at Aberdare Central colliery yesterday. Four ribs were broken, and he sustained internal injuries. He was removed to the ...

    Article : 43 words
  26. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

    At the annual reunion of the subscribers of the Northern Commercial Travellers Cot Fund, held at Newport yesterday, it was announced that £400 was to be raised for the ...

    Article : 306 words
  27. CANCER SCOURGE.

    Sir,—Thinking that there may be something in the following facts worth looking into by scientists, I wish to say that I have frequently cured cancers where they have shown out on ...

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  28. DROWNING ACCIDENT.

    Mr. George Brown, district coroner, returned a verdict of accidental death at the conclusion of an inquest at Cessnock Court-house this morning upon the body of Ivy Edith Whiting, ...

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  29. WAGGA'S PROGRESS.

    A new institution has been added to the list of public institutions in War a during the past few weeks. A number of the younger generation of business men have been ...

    Article : 142 words
  30. OBITUARY.

    The Rev. Herbert Treloar Williams, whose death at a private hospital at Summer Hill is announced, at the age of 34 years, entered the ministry of the Methodist Church in 1913. ...

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  31. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    Leading at every range with the exception of one on the second day of the first test, D. A. McNaughton (Werribee) to-day finished seven points in front of the next man, W. Keyte (Brunswick). These two ...

    Article : 248 words
  32. LATE SHIPPING.

    ADELAIDE (1081m).—Dep: Dec. 14. Dimboola, s. for Fremantle; Persie, s, for London and Liverpool; Macedon, s, for Tasmania, via Port Pirie and Wallaroo. ...

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  33. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 181 words
  34. LISMORE ELECTRICITY.

    The municipal council has given the ratepayers intimation of its proposal to purchase the Electric Light Company's plant, unless a poll be requisitoned for by a reasonable ...

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  35. MISS LAURA SOUL.

    The death occurred on Wednesday night at her father's residence, Agincourt, Albert-road, Strathfield, of Miss Laura Soul, after an illness of 17 years' duration. Mrs. Washington ...

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  36. TRAMS FOR BATHERS.

    The Railway Commissioners announced yesterday that, commencing from to-morrow, special trams would be run each Sunday from French's-road, Lane Cove (Longueville-road), ...

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  37. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—In your issue of last Saturday Archdeacon Davies, in a second article on the revision of the Prayer Book, says of the Elizabethan revision that "It was found to have ...

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  38. MRS. TASMAN HAGON.

    The death occured yesterday, at her residence, Hermes, Chelmsford-avenue, Croydon, of Mrs. Tasman Hagon. She was an active member of patriotic and philanthropic bodies. ...

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  39. MISSING SECRETARY.

    Sergeant Edwards, of the New South Wales Criminal Investigation Branch, left this afternoon by the Tahiti for Sydney with Willlam Benjamin, whom he apprehended at ...

    Article : 119 words
  40. SCHOOL TRAGEDY.

    John Higgins appeared before the Magistrate's Court at Paeroa charged with murder and attempted murder at Walkino school in October, Mr. Nigween, the prosecuting ...

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  41. WATER THIEVES.

    The scarcity of water m Tenterfield at the present time has brought into prominence a novel form of theft. A number of residents who have been husbanding their household ...

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  42. LATE MR. R. B. MACKENZIE.

    By the death of Mr. Robert Baylis Mackenzie, ex-district surveyor of the Orange Lands Office, and subsequently a member of the firm of M Mackenzie and Mackenzie, surveyors, of ...

    Article : 153 words
  43. NEW ODDFELLOWS' DISTRICT.

    A new district has been formed by the G.U.O.O.F., extending from Homebush to Katoomba. Grand Master Bro. H.E. Barnes presided at a big gathering of the order at ...

    Article : 78 words
  44. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 252 words
  45. MR. G. WHITEMAN.

    Mr. George Whiteman, of Sutherland-road, Beecroft, who died at his home yesterday, at the age of 79, after an illness lasting for the past few months, had been actively interested ...

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  46. COMMONWEALTH LOANS.

    Investors in Commonwealth loans will tomorrow receive a timely Chrirtmas present in the shape of a distribution of interest by the Commonwealth Bank amounting to ...

    Article : 124 words
  47. NEWTOWN WELFARE LEAGUE.

    Under the auspices of the Newtown Ladiea' Welfare League, a village fair was opened on Newtown Bridge yesterday. The opening ceremony was performed by the ...

    Article : 88 words
  48. LIME INDUSTRY AT FORBES.

    Mr. George Chambers, of Forbes, has lately manufactured a quantity of lime from local stone, which is finding a ready sale. He purposes establishing the industry on an ...

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  49. UNLAWFUL WOUNDING.

    Before Mr. Justice MacFarlan, in the Criminal Court to-day, Peter Gordon Hannah, who had been found guilty of having unlawfully wounded Senior Constable [?], at ...

    Article : 103 words
  50. LAND HUNGER.

    A homestead farm area of 6400 acres on Ginghet, between Carinda and Walgett, was balloted for at the Nyngan Land Board. There were 475 applications, but only 25 applicants ...

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  51. ANTIMONY FIND.

    A discovery of antimony hag been made about nine miles from Gresford, by Mr. T. A. Hancock. The mineral was struck in pockets at a depth of 11ft. It is anticipated ...

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  52. GERMAN CONSULATE.

    Preliminary arrangements for the establishment of th. first German Consulate in Australia since the war will be made by the secretary to the German Consulate (Herr ...

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  53. FIRE CAUSED BY THE HEAT.

    Fire caused by the excessive heat started in the council's street tarring plant yesterday afternoon. A tar tank blazed up, and a barrel on top of it, exploded and badly ...

    Article : 73 words
  54. LOCKING THE LACHLAN.

    Messrs. Slade and Bailey, officers of the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission, are in Forbes this week collecting information with regard to the area of land ...

    Article : 159 words
  55. RENWICK HOSPITAL FOR INFANTS.

    At the board meeting of the Benevolent Society of New South Wales on Thursday the resignation of Dr. Olive O'Relliy, hon. assistant physician of the Renwick Hospital for ...

    Article : 149 words
  56. TO-DAY.

    Theatre Royal: "Othello," 8. Criterion: "The Silver Fox," 2, 8. Her Majesty's "A Southern Maid," 2, 8. Grand Opera House: "The O'Brien Girl," 2.15, 8. ...

    Article : 112 words
  57. CHRISTMAS CHEER.

    Archdeacon Boyce urges that the clergymen who live in the crowded and poor-parts of the metropolis should be helped, in order that they may give relief. He adds: As they live ...

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  58. DOMINION RAILWAYS.

    The revenue from the Dominion railways for the period from April 1 to November 10 shows an increase of £130,892, compared with the same period last year, while there has ...

    Article : 70 words
  59. ABORIGINAL TRAGEDY.

    Advice has been received from Coen that extracker Corporal Jimmy has reported that his gin, Lizzie, was killed by a spear thrown by an aboriginal at the aboriginal camp at Nebit ...

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  60. SHIRE COUNCILLORS' RECORD.

    Councillor C. W. Brown has been reelected President of Marthaguy Shire for the tenth successive year. Councillor Brown has not missed n meeting of the council during ...

    Article : 61 words
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