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  2. ELECTIONS. Mr. Bavin at Molong.

    Addressing a largely attended meeting at Molong this afternoon, at which the Mayor of Molong (Alderman F. H. Myors) presided, Mr. Bavin observed that there was a close ...

    Article : 550 words
  3. CIVIC CONTRACTS.

    The placing of a contract by the Labour aldermen for 1,500,000 hardwood bricks on the eve of a civic election was, at a special meeting of the City Council yesterday ...

    Article : 696 words
  4. THE CATHEDRAL.

    One of the largest meetings of the Sydney Diocesan Synod opened at the Chapter House yesterday afternoon, to deal with the agreement entered into between the Premier (Mr. ...

    Article : 1,444 words
  5. AGGRESSIVE WARS.

    Lord Onslow to-day expressed the view that Poland's motion, outlawing wars of aggression, as adopted by the League of Nations, defined clearly the main object of the League, and ...

    Article : 170 words
  6. AIR RACE. Won By Britain.

    An official message from Venice states that the Schneider Cup was won by Britain to-day. All the Italian entrants abandoned the ...

    Article : 213 words
  7. MR. PIDDINGTON.

    The whole of the sitting of the Piddington Royal Commission yesterday was occupied with legal argument as to the powers and duties of the Industrial Commission, and of Mr. Piddington as Chief Industrial Commissioner. ...

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  8. PREFERENCE.

    A fight between Alderman Lawes and Alderman Courtenay was threatened at a special meeting of the City Council yesterday afternoon. The dispute arose out of the ...

    Article : 711 words
  9. DARWIN'S THEORY.

    "Increasing knowledge and careful inquiry have confirmed Darwin's assertion that man descended from apes. This has stood, the test of over half a century of critical ...

    Article : 169 words
  10. WAR GUILT.

    The French Minister for Justice (M. Barthou), speaking at the unvelling of a monument at Pau, declared that though there were some denials of history, they would never ...

    Article : 157 words
  11. INDIAN TROOPS.

    The Secretary of State for India (Lord Birkenhead) will unveil on October 7 a memorial at Neuve Chapelle to the memory of Indian soldiers who fell in the Great War, and ...

    Article : 144 words
  12. WHALING INDUSTRY.

    After a year's research into the whaling industry in the Antarctiv, the famous ship Discovery arrived at Falmouth to-day, loaded with hundreds of specimens. ...

    Article : 109 words
  13. TRIUMPHANT ENTRY.

    Heralded by the cheers of bystanders and the sounds of motor horns, and accompanied by 20 motor cars, several of which were draped with bunting, the leader of the National party ...

    Article : 728 words
  14. NAVAL LIMITATIONS.

    On his return from the Naval Limitation Conference at Genova, Admiral Saito was assured that the course he had followed was approved. ...

    Article : 60 words
  15. ATTEMPTED OUTRAGES.

    News comes from, Nice that several attempts have been made to wreck Riviera trains. Near Monaco large rocks were placed on the line and at Labocca, near ...

    Article : 134 words
  16. 44-HOUR WEEK.

    Evidence of the effect ot legislation on Australian industry was given in the Full Court of the Arbitration Court to-day during the hearing of a claim by the Agricultural ...

    Article : 418 words
  17. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A merger of the Vanderbegh and Jurgens margarine companies involves a total capital of £8,500,000. The combine will control the whole trade of Europe and the British Isles. ...

    Article : 174 words
  18. CITY FIRE.

    A fire which occurred yesterday, in the old Naval Commissariat Stores, Circular Quay West, caused damage amounting to several thousands of pounds. ...

    Article : 195 words
  19. AMERICAN RELICS.

    Mr. Henry Ford, in an interview, stated that he had made plans to establish a museum near Dearborn (Michigan), at a cost of 5,000,000 dollars. It would cover 10 acres, ...

    Article : 122 words
  20. CITY MARKETS.

    Alderman Courtenay, at a meeting of the health committee of the City Council yesterday, charged the Lord Mayor with favoritism, and alleged that he was trying to get through ...

    Article : 313 words
  21. RESIGNED.

    "The "Daily Express" reports that Mr. J. Wheatley, member of the House of Commons, for the Shettleston Division of Glasgow, has placed his resignation from the ...

    Article : 150 words
  22. ALLEGED GRAFT.

    Mr. P. J. Minahan, an Independent candidate, who is opposing the Premier in the contest for the Auburn seat at the forthcoming State elections, recently made a ...

    Article : 283 words
  23. RAID BY BANDITS.

    Two hundred baudits looted the village of Kanlochien, adjoining Wusih, on the Shanghai Nanking line, a few hours' travel from Shanghai. They ransacked 400 shops and houses and ...

    Article : 98 words
  24. MT. KILIMANJARO.

    News has just been received by mail of the first British ascent of Kilimanjaro (19,700 feet), the highest mountain in Africa. The peak had been twice previously ascended, first ...

    Article : 163 words
  25. FLOATING OBJECT.

    The Department of Navigation was advised yesterday that a partly submerged object had been sighted near Green Cape. A warning to shipping was immediately broadcasted by the ...

    Article : 143 words
  26. CLOTHES ON FIRE.

    While a motor lorry was taking in a supply of petrol at Stockham's garage, Franklin-street, Glebe, early yesterday morning, a carelessly discarded match set fire to the petrol, ...

    Article : 154 words
  27. ELECTRIFICATION.

    Speaking at Lithgow, to-night, the Premier (Mr. Lang) made a definite promise that the line from Sydney to Lithgow would be electrified within three years, if the Labour party ...

    Article : 555 words
  28. OIL-BEARING SHALE.

    Leases of 1000 acres of oil-bearing sha[?] deposits at Reidy Creek, about three miles from the old Joadja shale mine, have been taken up by a Victorian syndicate, and ...

    Article : 123 words
  29. ROADS BOARD.

    The Main Roads Board has informed the Holroyd Council, in reply to its application, that Kenyon's-road, which links up the Woodville-road with Merrylands and Smithfield, ...

    Article : 78 words
  30. FLOODS IN SWITZERLAND.

    A message from Berne states that Switzerland is suffering devastating floods. Many bridges have collapsed. Nine persons were drowned when a house was swallowed up in ...

    Article : 103 words
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