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  2. BRIEF NEWS

    For the week ended September 21 there were invoiced at Darling Harbor 31,026 bales of wool; for Morpeth the quantity was 2083 bales, malting a total increase of 20,000 on the invoicings ...

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  3. YESTERDAY'S MUSIC

    The third concert of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra was given in the Conservatorium Hall yesterday afternoon. A large audience listened with pleasure to a good rendering of ...

    Article : 151 words
  4. PERSONAL

    On Monday his Excellency Sir Gerald Strickland will preside at the annual meeting of the Prisoners' Aid Association at the Town Hall at 8 p.m. ...

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  5. DARDANELLES CAMPAIGN

    According to an official communique, there has been much quiet on the Gallipoli front. Whenever the Turks venture to attack, our fire, repulses them, preventing many ...

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  6. LAST NIGHTS SHOWS

    Carlyle Moore, who is responsible for "Stop Thief," makes open confession in an authorial rote that "this play is constructed for laughing purposes only, and if it succeeds its fulfils the ...

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  7. SHE MARRIED HIM.

    A returned soldier who registered his name at the Soldiers' Employment Bureau of Melbourne on Saturday, and who had one leg shattered by shrapnel, told the officials that he had ...

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  8. ARTIST FOUND DEAD.

    The body of Private Alexander Sergeant, a well-known Geelong artist, who enlisted two months ago, was found in the railway cattle pit near Geelong Camp yesterday morning. ...

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  9. THE SYDNEY CHORAL SOCIETY.

    Last night the audience which attended the rendering of Mendelssohn's "Elijah" by the Sydney Choral Society (late Western Suburbs Choral Society) filled every niche in the Town ...

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  10. LAUNCH OF THE BRISBANE.

    Mr. and Mrs. Fisher will leave Melbourne by express for Sydney on Tuesday, to participate in the launching of H.M.A.S. Brisbane on Thursday. The christening ceremony will be ...

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  11. FLOUR FOR VICTORIA.

    The steamer Gilgai arrived in Port Phillip Bay yesterday morning with 7000 tons of wheat Hour. The supply of the State is now assured. The Highbury and John Ena will ...

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  12. REPERTORY SOCIETY.

    The Sydney Repertory Society will present to subscribers this week a triple bill of one-act plays, including "The Twelve Pound Look." by Sir J. M. Barrie; "Pearls," by Stanley ...

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  13. A POSTHUMUS HONOR

    A notice appears in the "Commonwealth Gazette" awarding the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration to the late Major J. M. McManamey, of the 39th infantry. ...

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  14. DARWIN TOWN COUNCIL.

    An ordinance is published in the "Commonwealth Gazette" constituting a Council for the town of Darwin, in the Northern Territory. This will consist of seven members, four to be ...

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  15. BLASCHECK SEASON EXTENDED.

    There will be five additional nights ol entertainment by Mr. Joseph Blascheck and Miss Alyce Austin at the Little Theatre. On Friday night, by arrangement with the Irish ...

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  16. AMERICA ASYLUM FOR ARMENIANS

    In response to many appeals, the Government has instructed Mr. Morganthan to investigate the Turkish massacres in Armenia. Information received here states that 450,000 ...

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  17. THE HESPERIAN'S FATE

    Capt. Smellie, of the British steamer Crossby, 3893 tons, has filed a statement with the British Consul to the effect that he saw the Allen liner Hesperian torpedoed by a German submarine on ...

    Article : 279 words
  18. NOT TO BE MISTAKEN

    At a meeting of the metropolitan branches of the Political Labor League, held in Sydney on the 22nd inst., resolutions as under were agreed to and ordered to be forwarded to the ...

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  19. WILLOUGHBY ELECTION

    Following is the result of the polling for Willoughby, on the second ballot, in which Haynes (Democrat) and Chambers (Labor) contested:— ...

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  20. GUNNER PERRY'S CASE.

    An order has been issued appointing Mr. Philip Cohen Police Magistrate of Melbourne, to formulate charges and conduct an inquiry into the case of Gunner William Perry, of ...

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  21. FEDERAL VACANCIES.

    Federal vacancies are:—Prime Minister's Department, Auditor-General's office clerk, Melbourne, £210 to £300; Department of Treasury, Pensions and Maternity Allowances ...

    Article : 114 words
  22. ITALIAN GUN SLAUGHTER

    Mr. Martin Donohoe, describing the Austrians' attack against the Italian entrenched positions at Monte San Michele, says that mass after mass of infantry, under cover of a terrific ...

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  23. A LONG TWO HOURS

    Writing home from Gallipoli, Sgt. C. Kuton mentions an encounter, in which he was shot in the leg. He says: "We decided to push on with the third line ...

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  24. FOR THE WOUNDED.

    South Brisbane yesterday celebrated a Patriotic Carnival at Davies' Park, with an immense concourse of people. The sports program included a number of aquatic and ...

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  25. THE BARRIER

    "The Barrier," founded on Rex Beach's popular novel of the gold country of Alaska, was presented at the Theatre Royal last night by the Beaumont Smith-Leslie Hoskins ...

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  26. FATAL SAILING ACCIDENT.

    Yesterday afternoon J. Morris was drowned in the Brisbane River, between the Australian Meat Export Company's works and the Chemical Works. Morris was one of the crew of a ...

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  27. BAZAAR IN NORTH SYDNEY.

    Mrs. Grenville Ryrie, wife of Brigadier-General Ryrie, performed the opening ceremony of a bazaar and sale of work in the School of Arts, Mount-street, North Sydney, yesterday ...

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  28. FETE AT OCEAN STREET

    A brilliant fete was opened by Mrs. R. S. Mackinnon at the residence of Mrs. Norton, "Ecclesbourne," Ocean-street, yesterday afternoon, in aid of the 17th Battalion Comforts' ...

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  29. FOES' HUGE LOSSES

    The "Temps" estimates the total Austro-German and Turkish losses at 6,500,000. Included in this number arc 4,000,000 killed, missing, and incapacitated. ...

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  30. "SICK OF KILLING."

    The New Zealand officer, Lieut. Wallingford, the famous Bisley shot, who is retiring owing to a strained heart, writing to his parents, says: "I tried to stick to it, but for fourteen days ...

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  31. MAN SHOT AT SURRY HILLS.

    Frederick Williams, of Clarence-lane, City, was walking through East-street, Surry Hills, at about 3.30 a.m. yesterday, and as he was passing several men who were fighting a ...

    Article : 81 words
  32. MASTER BAKERS' ASSOCIATION.

    The Master Bakers' Association entertained a large number of friends of the trade at a smoke concert and light banquet in St. James' Hall last night. The trade recruits marched ...

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  33. RETURNED SOLDIERS PROTECTED.

    Col. Williams, Acting State Commandant of Victoria, has notified that persons illegally wearing the colored ribbons indicating the returned soldier, are liable to a heavy penalty. ...

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  34. TAKES GUN 700 MILES

    LONDON, Saturday, Lieut. Louis Hamilton, of the Royal Navy, has been awarded the D.S.O. for transporting a naval gun 160 miles up the Niger River, 480 ...

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  35. ROYAL STROLLERS

    Messrs. J. and N. Tait announce that they have arranged for Mr. Sydney James and the Royal Strollers to give a final two weeks' Sydney season in the Little Theatre, ...

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  36. THE BIG STICK

    Mr. Roosevelt, in an article in the "Metropolitan Magazine," says:—"America's duty under the Hague Convention was to fight for Belgium. Had no duty been ...

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  37. SHOCKING TRAIN FATALITY.

    A lad named Searle found the legs of an unknown man on the railway track near Croydon early yesterday morning. The police were notified, and after a search of about two hours ...

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  38. LAND SALE AT BANKSTOWN.

    Messrs. Arthur Rickard and Company Ltd. report having Gold yesterday 22 lots of the New Era Estate, Bankstown, on the ground, at prices ranging from 12/ to 18/ per foot Total ...

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  39. LONDON MARKETS

    Australian metal quotations are: Silver: 23 3/4d per ounce standard. Antimony, 9/ to 9/6. Copper: Forward, £70/12/6 to £70/17/6. ...

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  40. SADDLER'S SHOP ABLAZE.

    A fire broke out in Mr. Rupert Poole's saddler's shop in Forest-road, Hurstville, at about 2 p.m. yesterday. Before the flames could be extinguished by firemen from Hurstville and ...

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  41. AUSTRALIA AND U.S.L.

    The newspapers have been closely watching Australian developments relating to conscription. The "Daily Chronicle" gives prominence to ...

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  42. LAND SALES AT ROSEVILLE.

    Hugh Duff and Co. report having held an auction sale on the ground of the Paradise Estate, Roseville. The prices ranged from £3 12/6 to £4 per foot, and the total sales were ...

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  43. "A FINE OPTIMISM."

    Mr. J. H. Whitton, the coif champion" of Australia, returned from England by the Khyber to-day. He says he can hardly believe they are short of munitions there. All the men ...

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  44. PALACE THEATRE

    A matinee will be given to-morrow afternoon in the Palace Theatre in aid of the Army S[?]ice Comforts' Fund, when, in addition to Mr. Sydney James and the Royal Strollers, a fine ...

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  45. OVERSEA SHIPPING

    Oversea departures include:—Steamer Bainbridge, for Melbourne; while the four-masted schooner Philippine, and the schooner Salvator left for Sydney and Port Piri[?] respectively. ...

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  46. DEATH OF A PIONEER.

    John Alfred Wilson, aged 82, one of Victoria's earliest pioneers, and prominent in mining circles, was buried yesterday afternoon. ...

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  47. Advertising

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  48. A VALUABLE ESTATE.

    Barbara McCr[?], late of Toorak (Vic.), who died on August 18, left real personal property valued at £59,649 to relatives. ...

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