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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The "back to Corowa" movement, which was initiated in Sydney a short time ago by old residents of Corowa now residing in Sydney, was further advanced at a meeting in the ...

    Article : 159 words
  3. BARNARDO GIRLS.

    The first party of 50 Barnardo girls will arrive in Sydney by the Euripides this morning under the care of Miss Tritton, representing the London committee of the Dr. ...

    Article : 151 words
  4. "THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE."

    The Sydney University Dramatic Society gave the first of three performances of "The Knight of the Burning Pestle" at King's Hall last night, a comedy by Francis Beaumont ...

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  5. SCHOLARSHIPS.

    At a meeting of the senate of the Sydney University several travelling scholarships were awarded. Miss Muriel E. Wait, B.A., a member of the ...

    Article : 272 words
  6. SHIPPING.

    The fear that there might be a further slump period for ship owners in the future was the feature of an address of the president of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce (Mr. ...

    Article : 407 words
  7. NORTH COAST.

    Two of the visiting Federal Ministers, Mr. Stewart (Minister for Works and Railways) and Mr. Gibson (Postmaster-General), with Mr. R. Green, M.P., crossed the Queensland border ...

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  8. MARTIN-PLACE.

    It was stated in the Town Hall yesterday that the member of the A.L.P. executive who made the definite statement that bribes had been offered respecting the proposed ...

    Article : 436 words
  9. SYDNEY CATCHMENT AREA.

    No rain fell in the catchment area yesterday, but as a result of one heavy sho[?]er at Robertson the previous day the flow of the Nepean to Prospect increased from 16,[?]00,000 ...

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  10. THE RAIN IN QUEENSLAND.

    Reporting rain in Queensland, the following telegrnms were received in Sydney on Wednesday by Winchcombe, Carson Ltd.— Hughenden: "Weather has been very dull and ...

    Article : 112 words
  11. HUME RESERVOIR.

    Owing to the low level of the Murray during the late dry spell considerable progress has been made with the foundation works of the great Hume reservoir, The dry weather ...

    Article : 59 words
  12. WAGES REDUCED.

    An application by the Bond and Free Stores for a variation of the store men and packers' award was granted by the Deputy President (Sir John Quick) in the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 116 words
  13. TARANA-OBERON RAILWAY.

    The new Tarana-Oberon railway, it is antielpated by the honorary secretary of the League, will be opened early in September. Already the whole of the rails have been laid, ...

    Article : 70 words
  14. THE PRISONS.

    The report of the Prisons Department for the year 1922 was made available yesterday by the Minister for Justice (Mr. Ley). Compared with the previous year, the receptions ...

    Article : 250 words
  15. WENTWORTH FALLS WATER SUPPLY.

    The Local Government Department haa advised the Blue Mountain Shire Council that in respect to the reservation for a future water supply, as the council is not now in the ...

    Article : 177 words
  16. DISTRESS RELIEF.

    The Acting Premier (Mr. Oakes) stated yesterday that there had been a further improvement in the expenditure by the State for the provision of relief for the unemployed and ...

    Article : 133 words
  17. A RELIC UNEARTHED.

    While excavations were being carried out at the rear of the premises of Messrs. G. E. Crane and Sons, suppliers of building material, Pitt-street, for the extension of their building, ...

    Article : 189 words
  18. HILLSIDE ESTATE.

    The report of the Commissioner (Mr. Macfariane), appointed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the purchase of the Hillside Estate by the State, was received by ...

    Article : 145 words
  19. DEATH IN A PARK.

    A man about 40 years of age who had been holidaying in this district was found dead lying on a seat in Taree Park yesterday afternoon. Some boys playing football saw him ...

    Article : 107 words
  20. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    A meeting of the Country party members of the State Parliament was held to consider the Premier's reply to the Country party resolution to stand as a separate entity at the next ...

    Article : 184 words
  21. NAVIGATION ACT.

    The council of the Chamber of Commerce has decided to continue to press for an amendment of the coastal provisions of the Navigation Act, so that the British mail ...

    Article : 217 words
  22. WEEK-END EXCURSION TRAINS.

    While on their tours of inspection within the areas served by the special cheap weekend excursion trains to Sydney, the Railway Commissioners have frequently been asked to ...

    Article : 143 words
  23. TIMBER FIRE.

    At 10.16 to-night the Newcastle Fire Headquarters received a call from Armstrong and Royce's timber yards, Carrington. The fire had obtained a firm hold, the red glow ...

    Article : 176 words
  24. PROPOSED NEW RAILWAY.

    At a large and representative meeting of Molong and District Chamber of Commerce a resolution was passed that the Minister for Public Works and Railways be asked to have ...

    Article : 155 words
  25. THE GRAZIERS.

    References is made to the Country and Progressive parties in the annual report of the secretary of the Graziers' Association, which was made available yesterday. ...

    Article : 198 words
  26. MOISEIWITSCH.

    The fugue has been described as "a composition in which one by one the voices come in, and one by one the people go out." In the hands of Benno Moiseiwitsch the fugue ...

    Article : 417 words
  27. MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.

    Before Sir John Quick, in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court the hearing was commenced of an industrial dispute between the Municipal Officers Association of ...

    Article : 132 words
  28. SNOWY RIVER HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME.

    The president of the Twofold Bay Development League (Mr. J. R. Logan), in a letter to the "Herald," states, in regard to the recent breakdown of the alternators of the Sydney ...

    Article : 183 words
  29. FIRE AT WODONGA.

    At 3 o'clock this morning the most serious fire ever known in Wodonga occurred in that township, when the grocery and drapery store owned and occupied by J. Whan was destroyed, ...

    Article : 149 words
  30. MIGRATION.

    Yesterday morning members of the Migration Commission were received at Admiralty House by the Governor-General. They spent about an hour in conference with Minister ...

    Article : 220 words
  31. THEATRE TRAGEDY.

    A deep impression has been made on the Public of Wellington by the death of Miss Phyllis Porter, a member of the ballet of [?] C. Willlamson's "Peep Show" Company, as ...

    Article : 220 words
  32. LATE COMMERCIAL.

    At the Newmarket sales to-day about 1070 fat cows were yarded. The supply was moderate with regard to quality, only, about a third consisting of best descriptions, including several drafts of heavy ...

    Article : 114 words
  33. PREVALENCE OF FIRES.

    Mr. G. Brown, district coroner, held an inquiry at the courthouse this morning into the cause of the recent fire on premises in Cessnock, where S. A. Young, tailor, and H. E. ...

    Article : 187 words
  34. WESLEY COLLEGE COUNCIL.

    At the adjourned annual meeting of the council of Wesley College, held yesterday, the graduates of Sydney University whose names are upon the books of the college exercised, ...

    Article : 94 words
  35. OBEYING AWARDS.

    After a suspension of the Building Trades Award in so far as it relates to carpenters, extending over several months, that award is to be conditionally restored to a partial ...

    Article : 211 words
  36. NEWCASTLE.

    Mrs. C. A. Donnelly died at her residence, Al-Marja, Bridge-street, Waratah, on Monday. She was one of the oldest residents of Newcastle. Born at Hartley Vale, in the Blue ...

    Article : 284 words
  37. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 171 words
  38. PROHIBITION INQUIRY.

    The Premier (Sir James Mitchell) stated that the Government was not paying the expenses of Mr. Thomas Walker, member for Kanowna, who is at present touring America ...

    Article : 86 words
  39. STATISTICS.

    To obviate the duplication of statistical activities of the States and the Commonwealth, a scheme has been formulated by the Federal Government for consideration at the ...

    Article : 246 words
  40. CHILD FATALLY INJURED.

    A fatal accident occurred at St. Andrews, Minto, yesterday afternoon, as the result of which Violet Clarice Gray, aged 5 years and 11 months, lost her life. From information to ...

    Article : 144 words
  41. THE UNIVERSITY.

    At the monthly meeting of the Senate of the University held on Monday and Wednesday last Monsieur Dulieu was appointed a lecturer under the University Extension Board. ...

    Article : 127 words
  42. BRIDGING THE NEPEAN.

    Mr. Ball, Ministor for Works, yesterday informed a deputation from the Wollondilly Shire Council, which was introduced by Mr. Morton, M.L.A., that as Minister for Works he ...

    Article : 135 words
  43. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 222 words
  44. QUICK WORK.

    Mr. James Wignall, Labour member of the House of Commons for the Forest of Dean, who is one of the Migration Commission now in Sydney, was, prior to leaving England, ...

    Article : 300 words
  45. COSTLY LITIGATION.

    The case in which Robert Huntar, formerly a sanitary contractor to West Maitland Municipal Council, claimed £3500 damages for alleged breach of contract, and for money's which ...

    Article : 114 words
  46. ABORIGINAL'S DEATH.

    At the Kingaroy Circuit Court, before Mr. Justice Lukin, Billy Brown, Phillp O'Brien, Pater Clark, and Billy Dilben, all abor[?]ginals, were charged with the wilful murder of ...

    Article : 205 words
  47. TEMPERANCE DEMONSTRATION.

    On Saturday afternoon a large number of young people from the city and suburbs will participate in a temperance and Mothers' Day demonstration. ...

    Article : 101 words
  48. USE OF TRADE MARK.

    The Chief Justice (Sir William Irvine) dismissed an appeal by the Lincoln Motor Co. of Michigan (U.S.A.) against the registration by the Lincoln Motor Car Co. of Sydney ...

    Article : 88 words
  49. AMALGAMATION OF SHIRES.

    At a meeting of delegates from the Inveren Municipal Council and the Macintyre and Bannockburn shires the question of amalgamating shires and municipalities, with a ...

    Article : 262 words
  50. CIVIL SERVANTS.

    The Civil Service Association is incensed at the Full Court's rejection of its application for a mandamuas to direct the Civil Service Appeal Board to hear its claims for certain ...

    Article : 131 words
  51. ANTI-DUMPING OF GOODS.

    The following goods exported from Germany have been made subject to the anti-dumping provision of the Australian Industries Preservation Act, the dates on which the order ...

    Article : 85 words
  52. PLANETS AND COMETS.

    To the members of the Millions Club last night Mr. Walter Gale delivered an address, illustrated with lantern slides, on "Planets and Comets." Mr. Gale dealt with the ...

    Article : 62 words
  53. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 162 words
  54. FEDERAL UNIONS.

    With a view to having cases presented in the Arbltration Court in the most complete form, and with a minimum of expense, a Commonwealth council of federated unionists has ...

    Article : 160 words
  55. SKATING CARNIVAL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 162 words
  56. STEVEDORES' OVERTIME RATES.

    According to an interpretation given to the award of the Waterside Workers' Federation by Mr. Justice Powers, the Federal Arbitration Court stevedores called back to work for ...

    Article : 94 words
  57. WHEAT POOL PAYMENTS.

    Mr. Maley, Minister for Agriculture, who has returned from the Melbourne conference, says that final payments for all old wheat pools will probably be made in July. He is ...

    Article : 68 words
  58. MOSS VALE POST-OFFICE.

    "Historicus" writes stating that the late Mr. H. W. Taylor was not the first post-master at Miss Vale. The first post-master was the late Mr. J. Clifford. Mr. Taylor ...

    Article : 71 words
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