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  2. PREMIER'S RETURN.

    It is now expected that the Premier, Mr. Storey, will reach Sydney to morrow (Wednesday) afternoon. Mr. Dooley, the Acting Premier, will ...

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  3. BISHOP DWYER.

    Scenes of enthusiasm marked a crowded meeting in the Town Hall last night at which appreciation was expressed by resolution of the manner in which Bishop Dwyer, of Wagga ...

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  4. FIGHTING DROUGHTS

    The State Treasurer (Mr. Lang) had a further lengthy interview yesterday with the members of the cominittee which has been drafting a scheme for the conservation of ...

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  5. GRAZIERS' LOSSES.

    Sir Henry Braddon was a witness before the Royal Commission on the incidence of Federal taxation yesterday. He said that provision should be made to meet losses by ...

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  6. MOBILISATION.

    A message from Copenhagen says the Polish Government, replying to the Soviet Government's allegation that Poland has violated the Riga Peace Treaty by supporting ...

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  7. IRISH PARLEY.

    The "Morning Post" bitterly condemns the negotiations between the Government and Mr. de Valera, describing him as the head of the murder gang. It states: "The Downing-street ...

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  8. LATE CABLE NEWS

    Despatches from Tokio indicate that all Japan is deeply aroused over President Harding's armament conference proposal. The Liberals declare that here is nothing to fear ...

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  9. MAROONED BY FLOOD

    The second aeroplane sent by the Australian Aircraft and Engineering Company from Sydney to assist in the work of carrying corn to Mr. G. Mace's marooned sheep arrived at ...

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  10. CASUALTIES.

    Before committing suicide, Thomas Flemming, 58, bachelor, a boot-clicker by trade, and a resident of William-street, Hurstville, bequeathed all his money—£700—to his next ...

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  11. STAMP DUTY.

    The amount received in Sydney as duty on probate and letters of administration during last week was £9305/13/3. ...

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  12. ADMIRAL SIMS.

    A message from Washington states that the Senate Invostigatorial Committee has submitted a majority report, signed by three members, upholding Admiral Sims's charges, ...

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  13. FALL FROM A BUILDING.

    Arthur Austin, 50, a bricklayer, of Commonwealth-street, city, fell from a building which is in course of erection at the rear of the Paddington Town Hall yesterday morning. The ...

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  14. PICTURE FILMS.

    Messrs. D. J. and Dan Carroll, writing with regard to the controversy which has been proceeding with regard to the new Customs duty on picture films, deny the accuracy of ...

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  15. FARM COVE MYSTERY.

    The city coroner (Mr. Jamieson) yesterday returned an open verdict at the conclusion of an inquiry into the deaths of George Gilimor, 47, a tailor, of Goodhope-street, Paddington, ...

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  16. CENTRAL AUSTRALIA.

    The section of the Commonwealth Public Works Committee, taking evidence at Stirling Station on Saturday, were informed by Mr. Francis Scott, pastoralist, that his holding ...

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  17. OVERSEA FLIGHT.

    Efforts have been made to induce Lieutenant F. S. Briggs not to proceed with his contemplated flight from Melbourne to New Zealand, via Hobart, but he is disinclined to ...

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  18. UPPER SILESIA.

    A message from Paris states that the Premier, M. Briaud, is opposed to an early meeting of the Supreme Council to deal with Upper Silesia. He points out that German ...

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  19. CYCLING ACCIDENT.

    While riding a bicycle across the Pyrmont Bridge yesterday morning, Arthur Drury, 50, a draftsman, fell to the ground, and the wheel of a lorry passed over his body. He was taken ...

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  20. FIRE AT DARLING HARBOUR.

    About 6 o'clock last evening a fire broke out in a two-story building at 37 Lackey-street, Darling Harbour, occupied by Mr. Sharp, a cablnetmaker. The first floor and ...

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  21. FALL DOWN SHIP'S HOLD.

    Through falling down the hold of H.M.A.S. Anzac at midday yesterday, William Measley, 69, of Talford-street, Glebe, sustained fractured ribs, necessitating his removal by the ...

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  22. YOUNG MAN FOUND SHOT.

    The body of the man who was found shot in the scrub at Lindfield on Sunday morning has been identified as that of John Jenkins, aged 26, lately residing with his brother-in-law ...

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  23. BANKSTOWN TO EAST HILLS RAILWAY.

    By a two-thirds majority, citizens of Banks-town, at a meeting at the Revesby Public School on Saturday evening, rejected a proposal for a deviation to Revesby of the ...

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  24. SYDNEY WELCOMES.

    Questioned to-day regarding the reported difficulties which had arisen in Sydney in regard to welcomes to be given to the Premier (Mr. Storey) on his arrixal in Sydney, Mr. ...

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  25. WORKMAN INJURED.

    As a result of falling from a machine and striking his head on the concrete floor while working at the Sydney Carpet Cleaning Works at Waterloo yesterday morning, Sydney Friend, ...

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  26. KETCH BEACHED.

    Details of the mishap to the ketch Forbes Bros., which was safely beached at Waratah Buy on Saturday afternoon, were not received in Melbourne to-day. but it is expected ...

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  27. MAN'S FOOT CUT OFF.

    As a Honiebush train was leaving Petersham railway station last night. David Mckle, a young man, residing at 16 John-street, Ashfield, fell between the platform and the ...

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  28. WORK IN THE COUNTRY.

    The correspondence that has passed between the various departments in relation to the employment of local labour in preference to Sydney unemployed has been made available ...

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  29. TRAM FATALITY.

    Two children—Sylvia Thompson and Maisie O'sullivan—were killed by being pinned beneath a tramcar in Gertrude-street, Fitzroy, to-day, and a man, Richard Hope, aged ...

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  30. N.S.W. LOAN.

    While on board the Eastnrn this morning the Premier of New South Wales (Mr. Storey) was shown the announcement in the Press that the joint loans, amounting to £5,000,000, ...

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  31. POSTAL ELECTRICIANS.

    Although the demands which the Australian Postal Electricians' Union made to-day against the Postmaster-General and the Public Service Commissioner were considerably less ...

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  32. PROTESTANT PRATERS AND HYMNS.

    Sir,—Is there to be no limit to the Insuits hurled at the Protestant faith by Archbishop Kelly? Surely we are a patient people, longsuffering, and indulgent to those who annoy ...

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  33. PRISON NEWSPAPER.

    Mr. M'Kell, Minister for Justice, yesterday denied suggestions which have been made recently that gaol prisoners in this State were cut off from news of the outside world, and ...

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  34. ARMAMENTS.

    A message from Paris states that at a meeting of the Reduction of Armaments Committee of the League of Nations, Mr. H. A. L. Fisher (Britain), President of the Board of ...

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  35. BASIC WAGE.

    The President of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court (Mr. Justice Powers) said to-day that he proposed to hold his inquiry into the basic wage between August 22 and ...

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  36. CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER.

    The trial of Arthur Ernest Dowling, aged 17 years, on a charge of murdering Patrick Joseph Duff, farmer, at Mordialloc, took place in the Criminal Court to-day. Duff ...

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  37. WORKED OUT.

    The Glebe colliery, one of the mines beleviging to the Newcastle Coal-mining Co., has been closed down owing to the seam being practically worked out, and the high cost ...

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  38. JAPANESE STRIKE.

    A message from Kobe states that a battalion of infantry and 300 marines have been ordered to the shipyards as a result of the strikers' threats of violence. ...

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  39. BATTLE OF FROMELLES.

    To-day is the fifth anniversary of the first big battle in which the A.I.F. participated in France—the battle of Fromelies. The 5th Australian Division, under Major-General Sir John ...

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  40. PRISONER ESCAPES.

    Excitement was caused on Saturday at about 6 o'clock, when William Edwards escaped from the local lockup. Edwards and another man, Frank Wetherall, secured an ordinary ...

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  41. ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL.

    The 63rd annual report of St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, which has just been issued, states that during the year ended December 31, 1920, there were under treatment at the ...

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  42. AIRSHIP SERVICE.

    The Empire Conference has appointed a committee to investigate the cost of operating an airship service with existing British airships between England, India, Africa, ...

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  43. CHEAPER EGGS.

    Owing to an indifferent demand, Sussex-street agents found it necessary to lower the price of eggs by /6 per dozen yesterday, and suburban new-laid hen eggs could be ...

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  44. WOOL SHIPMENTS.

    Following on the action taken by the Oversea Steamship Oxners' Representatives' Association, who, last week, anuounced a rebate of 10 per cent. on freights for the carriage of ...

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  45. TRAWLED FISH FOR COUNTRY CENTRES.

    The manager of the State trawling industry (Mr. Summergreene) stated yesterday that the sales of trawled fish in country centres were rapidly extending. An increasing number of ...

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  46. MISSING BELL.

    A strange theft was perpetrated at the Girls' High School, Sydney last week when the ol[?] school bell, weighing 56lb, was removed from the grounds of the new school building on the ...

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  47. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—I am glad to see in the "Herald" of to-day's date a denouncement of sectarian bitterness by the Rev. N. J. Cocks. Every Catholic will agree with him that "It is one ...

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  48. DAVIS CUP.

    A message from Paris states that in the doubles for the Davis Cup, Ryzee and Deane (India) beat Burgeon and Laurentz (France), [?], 6-7, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4. ...

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  49. INTEREST ON OVERDUE ACCOUNTS.

    Before Judge Bevan to-day in the District Court, a point of considerable interest to the commercial community arose in an action of Hardy and Son v Mary Nixon for £168 for ...

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  50. WHARF-LABOURERS.

    The annual election of officers of the Sydney Wharf Labourers' Union is now proceeding. Although the counting of the ballot is not yet complete, it was stated at the union office ...

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  51. ACHILLES' HEEL.

    Sir,—I think that we must all agree with Dr. Page when be states that the policy for Australia is to eliminate all waste of solids, liquids, and human material, and obtain ...

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  52. FLY IN THE OINTMENT.

    Sir,—Noticing that the picture "50,000 Miles with the Prince" was especially advertised as one that children should see, I took a number of young folk on Saturday, and, much to ...

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  53. MURDER OF NATIVE.

    Charles Athelstan Park, a drover, who on December 11 was sentenced to death for the murdor on a native, "Big Bob," at Balfour Downs Station, but whose sentence was ...

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  54. NEW ZEALAND BOWLERS.

    The New Zealand bowlers beat Brighton by 123 points to 113 at Preston. ...

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  55. MR. JOHN LEITCH.

    Sir,—In to-day's issue of your paper Mr. John Leitch, one of the Government nominees on the Water, and Sewerage Board, is described in one or more parts of a report ...

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  56. UNEMPLOYED SOLDIERS.

    In view of the recent demonstrations by unemployed soldiers, a statement issued by the chairman of the Repatriation Committee (Colonel Semmens) is of special interest. ...

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  57. ARCHBISHOP KANNIX.

    The Rev. J. J. Malone, a Geelong priest, in announcing in his church on Sunday the arrangements made for the reception of Archbishop Mannix in Melbourne next month, said ...

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  58. COALMINEES' CLAIMS.

    The Oakey Park coal miners, in the Litngo[?] district; have demanded an increase in the yardage rates for bowing coal, and the abolition of the night shift at the end of six ...

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  59. STATE FISH SHOPS.

    With Alderman Piper alone dissenting, on the ground that it was not one of the functions of the council to invite the State Government to open shops to compete with those ...

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  60. ANTHRAX FROM SHAVING BRUSH.

    Mr. B. Mullins, organiser of the Sydney Wharf Labourers' Union, has just recovered from an attack of anthrax, which he contracted about a month ago. The illness, it is ...

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  61. GUN LICENSES.

    Sir,—Many sh[?]ting men will be gratoful to "Winchester" tor his enlightening answer to "Choke-bore." My experience was something similar, except that I had a 24 miles' ...

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  62. RURAL BANKS.

    The commissioners of the Governemtn Savings Bank of New South Wales announce that on Wednesdy next, 28 more rural bank branches will be established, making 128 ...

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