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  2. RAILWAY SMASH AT COX'S RIVER

    Goods train No. 42, driven by J. Brings, of Bathurst, dashed into goods train 55, which was stationary, at Cox's River this morning, and serious damage was done. ...

    Article : 194 words
  3. BRIEF NEWS

    By the steamer to arrive this morning there will be a larger number of cot cases than on any previous occasion, and Red Cross cars 299 to 350 are asked to report at No. 1 wharf, ...

    Article : 81 words
  4. INDIA UNSHAKEN

    The fill of Kut and the Irish disturbances have been taken with remarkable calmness in India, and the former incident only seems to have strengthened the determination of the ...

    Article : 370 words
  5. CRIME OF WAR

    In his May Day appeal to the workers, the German Socialist Liebknecht summoned them to no longer tolerate the hell of war and the crime of human butchery. He said they were ...

    Article : 122 words
  6. "RICHARD THE THIRD"

    At the Adelphi Theatre last night the Allan Wilkie company was seen in its most ambitious effort up to date-a presentation of the historical drama "Richard the Third." The version ...

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  7. SELINSKY OPENING

    Selinsky appeared at St. James' Hall last night under the management of Messrs. J. and N. Tait. The audience was well impressed, to judge by the applause, which was ...

    Article : 441 words
  8. EVELEIGH DISPUTE

    In connection with the recent strike at the Eveleigh Railway Workshops, Mr. Montague Henwood was appointed as arbitrator. Mr. Henwood heard the representations of Mr. ...

    Article : 224 words
  9. ENLISTMENT OF MINORS.

    Approval has been given for the enlistment of youths between the ages of eighteen and nineteen in the Australian Imperial Forces. The consent of parents is necessary, on the ...

    Article : 67 words
  10. "THE BRAVE WHO DIED."

    This afternoon, at 3 o'clock, the Very Rev, Dean Talbot, Senior Army Chaplain, will unveil a monument erected by the Returned Soldiers' Association to Corporal Edwin Hart ...

    Article : 70 words
  11. 30,000 BULGARS TRANSFERRED

    Thirty thousand Bulgarians, from the Dobrudja frontier, have been transferred to Salonika. ...

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  12. HOSPITAL FRIDAY.

    At the close of the counting of the cash, at 11 p.m. on Friday, the total secured by Hospital Day collectors in the city and suburbs was given at £18,428/0/8, against £8951/14/8 at the ...

    Article : 114 words
  13. NO-CONSCRIPTIONISTS CAUGHT

    The officials and committeemen of the No-Conscription Fellowship have been summoned under the Defence of the Realm Act for issuing a leaflet urging the repeal of ...

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  14. THE KATOOMBA TRAGEDY

    Mr. Richards, coroner for Lithgow, held an enquiry yesterday info" the cause of the deaths of Eva and Violet May Hallett, mother and daughter, found dead in a furnished house in ...

    Article : 264 words
  15. THE WEEK'S RECRUITING

    The recruiting during the week has been very good, comparatively speaking. The men who offered themselves were for the most part of good physique, and likely to make efficient ...

    Article : 138 words
  16. GERMANS AT LARGE.

    At a meeting of the Wollongong Council on Friday night, Alderman Howarth, in speaking to a request from the Australian Citizens' Committee to have all Germans of military age ...

    Article : 74 words
  17. AUSTRALIAN FRUIT

    In a consignment of West Australian apples offered for sale to-day, many were overripe, and some contained bitter-pit. Prices ranged from 7/ to 9/6 per case. ...

    Article : 71 words
  18. PIGS DROP IN PRICE.

    Stock agents report a further weakening in the price of pigs in rates ruling last week. Bacon pigs are now making 7½d per lb dressed weight. Porkers have also weakened, good, ...

    Article : 87 words
  19. FETE AT GLEBE POINT

    A garden fete, organised by Miss Fairy Featherstone and Miss F. M. Parish, was held at "Llangollan," Glebe Point, yesterday afternoon, in aid of No. I Pack, Wireless Signal ...

    Article : 184 words
  20. OVERSEAS SHIPPING

    The barquentine Lahina has arrived at San Francisco in a leaky condition, and will have to be recaulked before departing for Sydney. The four-masted schooner Bainbridge, which ...

    Article : 52 words
  21. SUBMARINE U70

    Captain Norberg. of the barque Lindfield, particulars of the sinking of which were cabled on March 27, describes submarine U70. Her emergency surface speed was 25 knots, and ...

    Article : 98 words
  22. CHILDREN'S WELFARE

    The Kindergarten Union of New South Wales has arranged to hold a Children's Welfare Exhibition in the Sydney Town Hall on the 18th, 19th, and 20th of this month. This will be ...

    Article : 297 words
  23. IMPORTANT LIBEL ACTION.

    The case in which Dr. Ellerton, superintendent of Goodna Asylum for Insane, sought to recover £10,000 from John Wren, for alleged defamation in articles published in Brisbane ...

    Article : 75 words
  24. MOTHERS' DAY

    To-day is Mothers' Day, festival originated by Miss Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, U.S.A., in which all lands, as one nation, may unite in honor of "Mother." A white flower is to worn by everyone on ...

    Article : 142 words
  25. LIKE A MURDER

    This morning the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. James Holland, of Kaipoi, were found in their house. That of the woman was inside the doorway, with a rope over her face, while that ...

    Article : 111 words
  26. EXPORT OF BUTTER

    Mr. Hagelthorn, Victorian Minister for Agriculture, interviewed to-day by representatives of the dairy produce trade, with a complaint that the Minister for Customs had prohibited ...

    Article : 115 words
  27. MRS. MUNRO NOT DEAD

    In the course of an article published in our columns it was stated that Mrs. Elizabeth Munro had died some time ago. This we find is not the fact. The old lady, in the ...

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  28. HUN OFFENSIVES

    A communique states: A German offensive movement is in progress on the outskirts of the village Tepukn, in the Jacobstadt region. The enemy artillery ...

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  29. TO-DAY'S CATHEDRAL SERVICES.

    There will be a celebration of Holy Communion at 8.30 a.m. The Very Rev. the Dean. of Sydney will preach at 11 a.m. service, when Maclaren's anthem, "Keep Innoccncy," will be ...

    Article : 71 words
  30. AMATEUR SPORTSWOMEN

    The sportswomen of Sydney, assisted by the N.S.W. Sports Club, made one of the best collections of the day in connection with Friday's street appeal, totalling something like £132. The ...

    Article : 213 words
  31. EDWARDS BEATS SPARGO

    Liew Edwards (9.1) knocked out Bert Spargo (9.1½) in the fourteenth round. Spargo opened well and won first five rounds. After that Edwards wore him down with a ...

    Article : 59 words
  32. I.W.W. CONCERT

    The Industrial Workers of the World held a concert last night in the Town Hall. The entertainment was in aid of the I.W.W. band fund. The hall and galleries were packed to ...

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  33. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

    At the last meeting of the Advisory Council of the Institute of Science and Industry, Mr. F. Leverrier was elected chairman of the local committee, and Prof. C. E. Fawsitt lion, sec. ...

    Article : 118 words
  34. OSCILLATING PORTAL WALL BED EXHIBIT

    Quite a modern invention which attracted much attention was that of the American Wall Bed Company. Australians had an opportunity of seeing the wall beds that they have ...

    Article : 584 words
  35. QUENDREUX BEATS BURNS

    Fernand Quendreux clearly outpointed Roughhouse Burns throughout a bitterly-contested twenty rounds, at the end of which the Frenchman received the verdict, which was the ...

    Article : 52 words
  36. RUSSIANS STOP TURKS

    The following communique has been issued: We repulsed a Turkish offensive, in' the direction of Bagdad. ...

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  37. "BUY RESCH'S."

    At a largely-attended meeting of the anti Huns of Penrith, the Mayor (A?d. Coffee) presided last night. The Town Sand played in the streets, and the interest was keen. Among ...

    Article : 145 words
  38. FAMOUS ZEPPELIN PILOT DEAD.

    Major Sperling, former commander of the entire German Army Air Fleet, recently died in a sanatorium near Berlin, reputedly of a chronic illness. Seven years ago he celebrated ...

    Article : 64 words
  39. CHINESE MORATORIUM

    The declared moratorium in China applies to all the Chinese banks. ...

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  40. ORECAST FOR N.S.W.

    Fine at first, with warm northerly winds, followed by showers in the south-west, extending over the southern half later, with cool, squally westerly winds. ...

    Article : 451 words
  41. NEW GRADING OF BUTTER

    The butter market is again disturbed. Sussex-street agents report that the decision of the Necessary Commodities Commission to change the nomenclature of the various grades of ...

    Article : 168 words
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  43. BEEF SHORTAGE IN NORTH.

    Supplies in the meat works having become exhausted, the State Government has recently been thrown on its own resources to supply the State butchers' shops, and has had to buy ...

    Article : 51 words
  44. RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS' TOUR.

    The Railway Commissioners, Mr. James Fraser (Chief) and Mr. E. Milne (Assistant) accompanied by the principal officers of the Department, leave Sydney to-night on their ...

    Article : 62 words
  45. WHEAT SHIPMENTS SPURTING.

    The shipment of wheat took a spurt last week, and there was considerable acitvity at Darling Island.' For the five days ended Friday last 238,000 bags were passed aboard ocean ...

    Article : 63 words
  46. BAKERS FOR THE FRONT.

    Another contingent of bakers will soon leave for the front The Operative Bakers' Association decided yesterday to entertain their departing fellow unionists at Sargents Cafe, ...

    Article : 41 words
  47. COACHMAKERS DISSATISFIED.

    The members of the Amalgamated Coach-makers' Society are aggrieved at the terms of the new award, which they regard as giving much too small wage. A mails meeting of ...

    Article : 181 words
  48. RAILWAY EARNINGS.

    The railways last week showed an increased revenue of £45,147. Every department showed an advance, the principal being passenger and goods business, which advanced by £26,000 and ...

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  49. DEATH OF MRS. ALF. VINCENT.

    Mrs. Alf. Vincent, widow of the well-known artist, dead on Friday at a private hospital in Caulfield (Vic). Mrs. Vincent had been twice operated on, the second operation ...

    Article : 93 words
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