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  2. LAWN TENNIS.

    A combination of excessive heat and a strong no[?] westerly wind provided extremely unpleasant conditions for the semi-finals of the Sydney Club's cap[?]y tournament, played on Saturday [?]t the Sydney Cricket ...

    Article : 163 words
  3. RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN.

    The following official message has been issued: The German attempt in East [?]ussin to break through our centre at a fortified position near Bagiarzowo has ...

    Article : 93 words
  4. HEAT WAVE.

    The heat wave was much in evidence over New South Wales on Saturday, and a recurrence of Friday's high readings over the whole State, exception on the South Coast, ...

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  5. SUGAR.

    The Necessary Commodities Control Commission on Friday evening, camera, considered the application of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company for an increase in the price ...

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  6. STATE REVENUE.

    The revenue returns for October last show a decrease compared with the corresponding month in 1913 of £6960. While the Government receipts were ...

    Article : 285 words
  7. BATTLE IN POLAND.

    It is officially announced in Berlin that the situation westw[?]d of Warsaw is still undecided. The Russians, the message states, are slowly pursuing us, and we are ...

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  8. THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN.

    The news from Russia is satisfactory, but part of it should not be read too literally. We are told that the whole German army is evacuating Poland; but the statement that the ...

    Article : 378 words
  9. CORINTHIAN V IOLANTHE

    These clubs met on Saturday, Corinthian winning by 1 game, as the arrangement was to decide the match by games, although lolanthe had the advantage in sets. Scores: ...

    Article : 133 words
  10. PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 209 words
  11. ANOTHER RUSSIAN SUCCESS.

    The Russians captured between Corbatka, liza, and the Vistula during the four days ended October 28, eighty-two officers and 8000 men, belonging chiefly ...

    Article : 77 words
  12. THE CONFERENCE.

    The Prime Minister has called the State Premiers to meet him in conference at Melbourne this week. The Premier. Mr. Holman, and the Minister for Public Instruction. Mr. ...

    Article : 192 words
  13. ILLAWARRA SUBURBS' ASSOCIATION.

    Gentlemen's Singles Handicap (No. 2 Div.). J. Bradbury (owes 15.4) beat C. F. Fripp (owes i), C-4. 1-6, 8-6. Gentlemen's Doubles Handicap No. 2 Div.).—W. ...

    Article : 125 words
  14. INTERNED GERMANS.

    The "Dresdner Anzelger" states that the German Foreign Office requested Mr. Page, the United States Ambassador in England, to visit the concentration camps whien ...

    Article : 63 words
  15. BELGIAN FUND.

    New South Wales contributions already acknowledged, £46,772/2/9. Queensland contributions to date, £12,713/8/10. New Zealand contributions to date, p29,3/8/6. ...

    Article : 172 words
  16. RAINS NEEDED.

    Strong hope was entertained yesterday that heavy rains, similar to those falling in the city, were being received in the country. Reports from various centres have ...

    Article : 95 words
  17. TRADE AND COMMERCE.

    Britain's announcement that cotton is not contraband of war has eased the situation. The shipment of several hundred thousand dollars' worth of cotton to Germany ...

    Article : 57 words
  18. GOLF.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 141 words
  19. SPORT ABROAD.

    The following are the results of Saturday's League matches:—Aston Villa beat Newcastle United by 2 goals to 1; Manchester City beat Sunderland, 2-0; Middlesbrough beat Sheffield ...

    Article : 85 words
  20. AN EXCHANGE OF FORCES.

    We will await with interest further details of the agreement arrived at between Britain and Russia in regard to the exchange of combatant and technical forces. As far as ...

    Article : 263 words
  21. ATTEMPT THAT FAILED.

    Several hundred German soldiers in mufti attempted to enter Holland. They were recognised by the Dutch sentries, who threatened to intern them. ...

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  22. GAS POSITION.

    The position with regard to the price of gas in the metropolitan area was stated on Saturday by the Minister for Public instruction, Mr. Carmichael. ...

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  23. FOOD FUND.

    Amount already acknowledged, £63,654/17/9; Pambula Patriotic Fund, second instalment, per F. Lodge, £30; Jack R.Fayviell,£5, trappera and employees Blayney Freezing Works, £4/5/9, the girls of the Glebe Superior ...

    Article : 49 words
  24. ANTARCTICA.

    The auxiliary barquentine Aurora, which was used by Sir Douglas Mawson to convey his expedition to the Antarctic, and which is to take the Ross Sea division of Sir Ernes[?] ...

    Article : 236 words
  25. MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    The steamer Anchises, which left Brisbane on September 19, has arrived at Durban, en route to Liverpool and Glasgow. The barque Alfhild has left for ...

    Article : 130 words
  26. CAMMERAY V MANLY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 135 words
  27. FLOODS IN BELGIUM.

    The inundation of the country between the river Yser and Dixmude, and along the Nieuport railway is proceeding. The water has now reached Pervyse (a ...

    Article : 39 words
  28. THE LATE MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

    The estate of the late Mr. Joseph ChaMberlain has been valued for probate purposes at £126,019. ...

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  29. REGIMENTAL COMFORTS.

    Lyndhurst Rifle Club, £1/1/; Grenfell Rifle Club, £1/1/. Making total to date £783/15/8. A patriotic carnival in aid of the Hunter's Hill Belgian and War Food Fund was held ...

    Article : 324 words
  30. THE BILLIARD MATCH.

    The scores in the billiard match between Gray and Reece now stand as follow:—Gray, 5966; Reece, 5551. LONDON, Nov. 1. ...

    Article : 39 words
  31. CLUB COMPETITIONS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 32 words
  32. ITALY;

    Senor Rubini resigned from the Treasury owing to differences on the question of military expenditure. Thereupon the whole Cabinet resigned. ...

    Article : 31 words
  33. CAMMERAY CLUB.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 16 words
  34. IMPERIAL LOANS.

    Speaking in the House of Representatives, the Minister for Finance (Mr. Allen) referred to the initiatory action that had been taken in the matter of asking the Imperial ...

    Article : 132 words
  35. LONDON MARKET CABLES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 116 words
  36. BONNIE DOON CLUB.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 19 words
  37. TURKEY CROSSES THE RUBICON.

    The real history of Turkey's vacillation and ultimate attitude in regard to the war would make intensely interesting reading; but, unfortunately, it is hardly likely ever to ...

    Article : 269 words
  38. DOBROYDE CLUB.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 25 words
  39. TERRIBLE CARNAGE.

    The French Army Service Corps has buried in a little over a week in the Ypres district 25,000 dead Germans. The German losses in the Dixmude ...

    Article : 57 words
  40. CONCORD CLUB.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 4 words
  41. HOW PRINCE MAURICE DIED.

    Prince Maurice of Battenberg was leading a company attack, when he was struck by shrapnel, and died almost immediately. He was buried at Ypres to-day. ...

    Article : 33 words
  42. HUNTER'S HILL CLUB.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 6 words
  43. CASUALTIES.

    At 7 o'clock yesterday morning, Henry Barnett, a watchman at the City Council's garbage destructor in Hill-street, Pyrmont, found the dead body of a man on a vacant allotment ...

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  44. CYCLING.

    On Saturday afternoon the 13th annual pacers' race, promoted by the Dunlop Company, under the auspic[?] of the New South Wales Cyclists' Union, was held at Homebush, over a distance [?] 8 ¼miles. The event ...

    Article : 154 words
  45. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

    The names of the German and Austrian Emperors and the Duke of Saxe-Coburg have been removed from the British army list. ...

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  46. "ATTACK ON ENGLAND."

    A number of trains filled with cannon and pieces of submarines from Germany for the Belgian coast have been detained at Bruges awaiting further orders, as the ...

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  47. DEATH OF REV. DR. MACQUEEN.

    The Rev. Dr. W. Sweyn Macqueen, a prominent Presbyterian clergyman, died yesterday morning, at Killara. He had obtained leave of absence from the Woollahra ...

    Article : 113 words
  48. BORDER RAILWAYS.

    The Minister for Works (Mr. Griffith) left last night for Melbourne for the purpose of discussing with Victorian Ministers proposed modifications of the argument for the ...

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  49. DROWNED IN THE HARBOUR.

    Shortly before 9 o'clock yesterday morning, the dead body of John Hasle, a native of Norway, 56, cook, was found fi [?]ng in the harbour off Bald Rock, White Bay. ...

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  50. FOOD PRICES.

    Having received the sanction of the Prices Board, oatmeal millers have advanced their prices £2 10s per ton, while pearl barley and split peas have been raised £1 per ton. ...

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  51. KILLED BY MOTOR CYCLE.

    About half past 5 on Friday night Eric Francis, 10, who lived at Oatle:—road, Paddington while running across Oxford-street, Paddington, was knocked down by a motor ...

    Article : 53 words
  52. GLEBE CARNIVAL.

    The Glebe Local Distress Society's carnival on Saturday was a success. A procession, headed by the cadet band, started from the tram terminus at Glebe Point, and ...

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  53. PETERSHAM CLUB.

    The Petersham Club's annual 20 miles championship will be held on Saturday next over the Enfield-Banks-town course. ...

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  54. WAR NOTES.

    The cable news as a whole indicates that the Allies have had successes and set-backs at different points of the line in Belgium and France, but that the advantage lies with ...

    Article : 227 words
  55. LEAGUE OF NEW SOUTH WALES WHEELMEN. SOUTH SYDNEY CLUB.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 52 words
  56. FATALITY IN A COLLIERY.

    Early this morning, Arthur Mayes, miner, aged 22 years, was killed by a fall of tops in Lithgow Colliery. ...

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  57. TURKEY'S AGGRESSION.

    LONDON, Nov. 1, 1.50 a.m.—The battleship Venerable, aided by gunboat flotillas, was in action all day in support of the Belgian left. This is the fourteenth day of the naval ...

    Article : 800 words
  58. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 118 words
  59. SERVIA FEELS THE STRAIN.

    There must be general regret over the news that little Servia, who was forced into this war while yet she had not even begun to recover from the gruelling Balkan campaign, ...

    Article : 188 words
  60. MILITARY APPOINTMENTS.

    The following military appointments have been made:—To be Lieut-Colonel and command a regiment, Lieut-Colonel J. M. Arnott; to be Brigade-Major, Major (Hon. ...

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  61. METHODIST SYNODS.

    The session of the synod was continued at Orange on Wednesday, and the following circuits were recommended to receive grants from the Sustentation Society:—Forbes, ...

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  62. ATHLETICS.

    The South Sydney Club's carnival uas concluded on Saturday at the Sydney Sports Ground. In the 16lb hammer and javelin handicaps new State figures were established. In the former W. O'Reilly, from scratch, ...

    Article : 685 words
  63. POLLUTION OF BEACHES.

    A report made by the health committee of the City Council recommends that the Government should enforce a ten-mile limit for the emplying of refuse into the sea under a ...

    Article : 85 words
  64. UNITY OF THE EMPIRE.

    "No event in the history of the British Empire has created a greater feeling of unity than has the present war,"remarked Mr. J. R. Boose, secretary of the Royal ...

    Article : 160 words
  65. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 208 words
  66. RAILWAY SUPERANNUATION.

    Mr. Carmichael, Minister for Public Instruction, yesterday said that he regretted to have to take exception to a report that he had characterised the Railway ...

    Article : 110 words
  67. WATERED MILK.

    A milk vendor at Foxton was fined £20 for selling milk containing 20 per cent, water. ...

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  68. A PROUD RECORD.

    Nor is it on this occasion alone that Servia has earned such admiration. She has certainly been unfortunate with her rulers, and has suffered much [?] the fact, but as a ...

    Article : 262 words
  69. NATURE LENDS A HAND.

    The inundation of the Yser Valley is given as the reason for the German retreat to the right bank of the stream, and the Allies are doubtless not a little thankful for Nature in ...

    Article : 353 words
  70. UMPIRE HOOTED.

    During the first grade cricket match between North Melbourne and Fitzroy, at North Melbourne yesterday, H. Gent, of North Melbourne, wast bowling, when Crockett, the ...

    Article : 91 words
  71. CARE OF INFANTS.

    The Minister for Public Health stated yesterday that mothers wha have not obtained the Department pamphlets on infant feeding should do so without delay. In view of the ...

    Article : 62 words
  72. "THE KAISER'S GOD."

    "The Kaiser is a hound of hell," said Mr. Dan, Crawford at the Pitt-street Congregational Church last night. "And why." Do you notice that in all his references to God ...

    Article : 106 words
  73. BITTEN BY TIGER SNAKE.

    History repeated itself at Luna Park last night, and, incidentally, provided a thrilling and an altogether unexpected performance for a few spectators. ...

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  74. TO-DAY.

    Her Majesty's Theatre: "Iolanthe," 8. Criterion Theatre: "Seven Keys to Baldpate,"[?] Palace Theatre: "The Glad Eye," 8. Adelphi Theatre: "Driving a Girl to Destruction," ...

    Article : 142 words
  75. SUMMER BASEBALL.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 163 words
  76. AUCKLAND FUND.

    Auckland Patriotic Fund is closed. The total amount collected was £50,500. ...

    Article : 16 words
  77. ROYAL ART SOCIETY.

    The selection committee have now passed judgment on the 440 works submitted for their approval by the exhibiting members for the 35th annual exhibition, and have accepted ...

    Article : 47 words
  78. VICTORIAN REVENUE.

    The State revenue for October amounted to £822,705, a decrease of £54,851, compared with the same month of last year. ...

    Article : 24 words
  79. THE LOSS OF THE HERMES.

    The Hermes, the latest victim of the German submarines, was an old second-class cruiser, having been completed in 1902. She was of 5600 tons displacement,a couple of ...

    Article : 191 words
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