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CITY FIRE.
An outbreak of fire at 9.30 last night burnt out portion of the confectionery factory and shop occupied by Andronicus Bros., at 197 George-street, city. ...
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COUNTRY NEWS.
At a meeting of the Bathurst Municipal Council last night Alderman H. Flanagan directed the attention of the council to the conditions under which old-age pensioners ...
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RICHMOND PARK.
On the unusual ground that it threatens the destruction of a park, the Railway Commissioners are to be asked to stay the construction of portion of the Kurrajong ...
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THE POST OFFICE.
Substantial decreases in the revenue of the Postal Department are revealed in a comparison of the figures for last month with those of December, 1922. The principal reason for ...
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SHEFFIELD SHIELD.
Remarkable changes occurred to-day in the position of the Sheffield Shield match between South Australia and Victoria. To the latter's total of 221 the visiting team replied ...
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VISIT OF ARNE BORG—SWEDISH SWIMMING CHAMPION.
RECEPTION AT THE RAILWAY STATION. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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NORTHERN ROAD.
A Parliamentary party, including Sir Charles Rosenthal, and Mr. Walter Bennett, M.L.A., arrived at Brooklyn this morning for the purpose of inspecting the proposed new route of ...
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SLAUGHTER YARDS CONDEMNED.
At the meeting of North Illawarra Council the meat inspector presented a report condemning the manner in which the slaughter yards in the municipality were being ...
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QUARANTINE.
On Sunday last two couples were found within the quarantine area at North Head, and were detained by the authorities. They were officially treated as smallpox ...
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CHILD SWALLOWS NAIL.
Percy James Morrow, the 17 months old child of Mr. Herbert James Morrow, a dairy farmer, of Nana Glen, was playing on the verandah at its home, when his father noticed ...
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CROSS COUNTRY.
The proposed construction of a cross-country railway line from the tablelands to the North Coast was again under consideration at a meeting of the Public Works Committee ...
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DR. EARLE PAGE.
Having completed a hurried visit to Queensland, the Acting Prime Minister (Dr. Earle Page) will return to Sydney at the week-end. His stay will be brief. On Monday morning ...
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THE BARRIER.
On November 30, a conference was held between representatives of the Trades and Labour Council and the Mining Managers' Association on the matter of the 21 diseases ...
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DERAILED.
As a result, it is believed, of the mischievous conduct of boys, substantial damage was done to railway property at Port Kembla a day or two ago. ...
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CRICKET COMMITTEE CENSURED.
The action of the fixtures committee in ordering all A grade matches to be played on the three turf wickets is creating trouble for the Hunter River District Cricket Association, ...
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WAR GRAVES.
Mrs. Ravell, of Narrabeen, has returned from a visit to the last resting-places of two of her sons, who fell in the war, greatly touched and comforted by the loving care that ...
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LITHGOW MINES.
The railway coalmine was idle yesterday, but resumed this morning. The stoppage was due to a dispute in which two shiftmen were involved. The question was one of principle ...
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A PROLIFIC COW.
A cow belonging to Mr. Thomas Paine, of Rothsay, neat Warren, has given birth to five calves in 13 months, and all are thriving. The cow gave birth to twins 13 months ago, and a ...
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BISHOP CARROLL.
At the annual communion breakfast of the Australian Hibernian Catholic Guild, Bishop Carroll, of Lismore, scathingly denounced the present State Government when proposing the ...
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FATHER AND SON IN SAME RACE.
Seldom, if ever, has it been recorded that father and son have each ridden a horse into a place in the same race. In the Novice Handicap at Tenandra on New Year's Day, A. ...
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THEATRICAL DISPUTE.
[?] Employees' Union, stated yesterday that he had received a message from Melbourne to the effect that the Ward-[?]ller theatrical ...
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HARDWOODS.
Australian hardwoods are gaining popularity in America, according to the chairman of the Forestry Commission (Mr. Owen Jones), who returned to Melbourne to-day, after ...
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FRUIT BOUNTY.
Under the Federal Ministry's bounty proposals now in operation for the current year's canned fruits, each canner operating in accordance with the terms of the bounty has ...
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PROGRESSIVES.
In proposing the health of the Border Caledonian Society at the luncheon on New Year's Day, the leader of the Progressive party (Mr. Bruxner) remarked that the State ...
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THE 1917 STRIKE.
The chairman of the 1917 Strike Adjustments Board, Mr. W. Funnell, who is a member of the Railway Commissioners' staff, announced yesterday that printed seniority lists for ...
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LOCOMOTIVES.
A resolution of emphatic protest against the action of the Federal Government in advetising on Great Britain for tenders for the supply of 14 locomotives was carried at ...
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LATE SHIPPING.
DUNEDIN (1235m).—Arr: Jan. 4, Oma[?]a, s, from Newcastle. Dep: Jan. 4, Westnilus, s, for Melbourne. ...
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MORE MINES IDLE.
Two more of the northern collieries, Aberdare Nos. 1 and 3, were thrown idle yesterday by a strike among the men. It concerned one of the clippers, who on Thursday ...
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ATTACKED BY BEES.
When driving from his camp to another camp on the Rannes Castle Creek construction, T. Boyle, jun., with his wife and family, had a frightful experience. A tremendous ...
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STRANDED PRUTH.
Messrs. Macdonald, Hamilton, and Co., Brisbane agents for the steamer Pruth, which is stranded on a reef near Port Moresby, have been advised that the position of the vessel ...
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INDEX.
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TWO BOYS DROWNED.
Two boys were drowned while bathing in Eastern Creek, Riverstone, yesterday afternoon. At about 3.30 the boys, Frederick Lusty, 10 ...
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REUNION OF CHRISTENDOM.
Sir,—After reading the Rev. J. Green's letter in this morning's "Herald" I turned back to the paragraph concerning Canada in my article of December 25, to which paragraph ...
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A FATAL FALL.
Mr. William John Rowlands, a resident of Petersham, accompanied by a friend, went out to visit a friend who resides as caretaker in the Ro[?]kwood Cemetery. They missed the ...
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MURDERERS RELEASED.
Four aborigines who on May 8 last were sentenced to imprisonment for life for the murder of another aborigine at the Barambah Mission Station earlier in the year have been ...
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OBITUARY.
The remains of the late Captain Robert James Beauman, late of the 14th Regiment, were interred at Waverley Cemetery yesterday morning. The Rev. S. G. Fielding, ...
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FROM THE SEA.
Two mesanges from the sea have been reported during the last few days. One of a party of Boy Scouts camped on Penguin Island, near Fremantle, found on the beach a small ...
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
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MR. JOHN SCADDAN.
The Premier (Sir Jas. Mitchell) announced to-day that Mr. John Scaddan was retiring from politics, but had at his (Sir James's) urgent request consented to remain in the ...
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U.S. CONSUL-GENERAL.
Mr. Maxwell Blake, who has been appointed United States Consul-General in Australia in succession to Mr. T. Sammons, arrived in Melbourne by the Moldavia to-day. For 15 years ...
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CASUALTIES.
Sophia Winchester, aged 63, who resides at Blacktown, fell down the well at her residence, yesterday, and was drowned. The old lady was subject to attacks of giddiness in ...
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PRISONER ESCAPES.
William Henry Holmes, aged 26 years, who was serving a sentence in Bathurst Gaol, escaped late yesterday. He made a hole in the fence surrounding the field in which he ...
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TOMATO PRICES.
The tomato growers' section of the Fruit Growers and Market Gardeners' Association has decided to make a minimum price of 3/ a case for sauce tomatoes and 4/ a case for ...
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BOY SCOUTS.
Nearly 600 boy scouts will assemble in Wynyard-squ[?]re at 1.30 p.m. to-morrow, and at 2 p.m. they will march to music supplied by the State Military Band and the Metropolitan ...
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FALL FROM MANLY FERRY.
While the Manly ferry steamer Bingara was crossing the Heads on a trip to Circular Quay yesterday morning, a cry of "man overboard" was raised, and lifebelts were thrown over ...
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TO-DAY.
Criterion: "His House in Order," 8. Theatre Royal: "The Spanish Main," 2, 8. Grand Opera House: "Rockets," 2.15, 8. Hippodrome: "The Forty Thieves," 1.45, 7.50. ...
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DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY SOCIETY.
At the annual meeting of the Dumfries and Galloway Society of Australasia at the I.O.O.F. Temple on Wednesday. Sir Robert Gordon, Bart., was elected patron, and Dr. ...
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SKIN DISEASE DIAGNOSED.
The young man suffering from a strange disease, who appeared before the City Court, on Thursday, charged with vagrancy, was examined by Dr. Herman Lawrence this ...
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AUSTRALIAN ONE-ACT PLAY.
The Rupert Brooke literary prize of £2[?] for 1923, which was offered for the best one-act play, written in Australia or New Zealand, has been won by Miss Millicent Armstrong, of ...
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MAN BURNED TO DEATH.
Alfred Polbrook, an old man, was burned to death last night. He lived alone in a but at Barkstead, 10 miles from Daylesford, and about midnight neighbours were ...
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