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  2. MEAT SCARCITY.

    The fears expressed in certain quarters that there is danger of a meat famine in Sydney are not shared officially. It was stated yesterday that there has ...

    Article : 304 words
  3. VOLUNTEERS AND PRESSED MEN

    He was a young returned soldier with a firm cast of countenance and a bright eye who took part in the general discussion on the Referendum result. ...

    Article : 468 words
  4. MOTOR CAR OVERTURNS

    About 9.30 last night, Alfred McEwan, a butcher, living in Gordon-street, Petersham, was driving a Ford car along Broadway, Glebe, being then on his way home from a trip to ...

    Article : 246 words
  5. SHIPBUILDING

    Mr. Kermode, State engineer of Ports and Harbors, and Mr. Bomphrcy, manager of the State Shipping yards, recently conferred with Mr. Curtim, Chief Commonwealth shipping ...

    Article : 67 words
  6. DEPARTMENTAL LEAKAGES

    The disappearance of a document from the Premier's office during the Referendum campaign has resulted in a strict inquiry being instituted. ...

    Article : 357 words
  7. FEDERAL SITUATION

    Officially the political situation was ad[?] nothing to-day, but there is an impre[?] in some quarters that members of the Ministry see more daylight than for days past. ...

    Article : 426 words
  8. STATE FINANCE

    While the Acting-Treasurer, Mr. Fitzpatrick, anticipates a small deficit at the end of June, due to the strike and the comparative failure of the Totalisator, he is by no means ...

    Article : 532 words
  9. UNIONS HAGGLE OVER CONDITIONS

    Some of the trade unions embraced within the Commonwealth scheme of shipbuilding are still engaged considering the question of piece-work. It really looks now as though the work ...

    Article : 301 words
  10. MANLY MYSTERY

    The mystery which attached to the disappearance of Mr. T. de Burgh, whose clothing was found in the dressing-sheds at Manly, but of whom no trace could be discovered, has been ...

    Article : 244 words
  11. NATIVE BIRDS

    The general impression, outside the fruitgrowing areas, is that all birds are the enemies of the orchardist, and that the worse of the pests are the feathered ones. At the conference of ...

    Article : 219 words
  12. AMERICAN MAILBOATS

    Shipping men discussed the rumor abroad yesterday that the three steamers of the Spreckels line would shortly be withdrawn from the run between this port and San Francisco. ...

    Article : 112 words
  13. ONLY HONEST COURSE

    Mr. Arthur Rae, Press representative of the No-Conscription Party, Macdonell House, writes: "The present situation in Federal politics is the natural outcome of the ...

    Article : 307 words
  14. MISSING TEMORA GIRL

    No trace has yet been found of Miss Effic Selbie, 17, of Temora, who hired a bathing costume at the ladies' bathing shed on the Newcastle beach on Wednesday morning, and has ...

    Article : 79 words
  15. A WILL CASE

    An order nisi calling upon Mr. R. F. Toutcher. M.L.A., as executor of the will of Henri De Bacre, of Ararat, to show cause why the will and two codicils should not be pronounced ...

    Article : 158 words
  16. NO RIGHT TO WEAR UNIFORM

    Cecil Geddes, described as a medical student, was fined £1 to-day at the City Court on a charge of having unlawfully worn a military uniform. It was stated in evidence that ...

    Article : 101 words
  17. COLLIERY POSITION

    Mr. A. C. Willis, secretary of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, will again confer with the Victorian Minister for Mines to-day regarding the working of the ...

    Article : 118 words
  18. POLICE RAID

    A well-organised raid by Inspector Branston, with a detail of police, resulted in a bag of 20 Europeans and Chinese, taken from premises in Sussex-street and Mary-street, last night. ...

    Article : 47 words
  19. COOGEE'S CARNIVAL QUEEN

    Coogee's Carnival Queen was crowned with much ceremony yesterday. Mrs. H. Goldstein (Coogee War Chest) had secured 31,640 votes, her nearest rival being Mrs. Upton ...

    Article : 422 words
  20. THIEVES OF THE COURSES

    For some time patrons of the racecourses in the city and suburbs have had first-hand information of the presence of pickpockets on the grounds. In some cases the victims have had ...

    Article : 121 words
  21. MORE GRASS FIRES

    The grass fires last Saturday burned a strip of land through Clare Station. The holdings of Messrs. Harry Lear and Byrnes suffered severely. ...

    Article : 80 words
  22. RAILWAY CENTRALISATION

    At a meeting of the Wollongong Citizens' Association, Mr. M. J. Wilson gave notice to move at next meeting that the Association protest against the continued centralisation of the ...

    Article : 83 words
  23. COLD CARS FOR FRUIT

    At the conference of fruit-growers yesterday it was resolved that the Railway Commissioners be approached with a request for the provision of refrigerating cars on some of the ...

    Article : 55 words
  24. THE REFERENDUM

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 156 words
  25. A BOY ON A LOG

    A remarkable story comes from Goondiwindi of a boy who was found sitting on a log near the town. He said his mother put him on a train at Toowong, near Brisbane, and told him ...

    Article : 89 words
  26. EMPLOYEES' COMPLAINTS

    There is considerable dissatisfaction on the South Coast, states Mr. Willis, owing to the failure of the Government to deal satisfactorily with the question of victimisation. As a ...

    Article : 206 words
  27. RAILWAY REFRESHMENT ROOMS

    The Railway Refreshment Rooms is further extending its operations at the Central Railway Station. A shop has been opened in Pitt-street where tobaccos, cigars, and other articles are ...

    Article : 53 words
  28. AN OUTBREAK NEAR JERILDERIE

    A fire broke out on C. Shanahana's farm, eight miles from Jerilderic. A strong wind caused the fire to spread rapidly on the south side almost to Urana-road, and to Colombo ...

    Article : 83 words
  29. PACIFIST ENLISTS

    Mr. W. A. Lloyd, official organiser for the "Yes" campaign in Corowa and district during the recent Referendum, has enlisted at Corowa in the Australian Imperial Forces. ...

    Article : 301 words
  30. GOLD AT IRISHTOWN

    Acting on information detectives Pattinsor and Mitchell yesterday effected the arrest of man who, subsequently, told them where quantity of gold and other jewellery was [?] ...

    Article : 226 words
  31. FRUIT CASES

    One of the numerous troubles of the fruit growers of the State is the difficulty in obtaining fruit cases at a reasonable price. It was stated at the conference of delegates from ...

    Article : 138 words
  32. ELEVEN STITCHES IN LEG

    When playing at Leichhardt in a Second Grade baseball match, Oscar Tribe, of the Leichhardt team, fell, and ripped his leg from the knee to the ankle. He was taken to the ...

    Article : 47 words
  33. INCIDENTAL TROUBLES

    A stoppage occurred on Friday at Scarborough tunnel because the management increased the number of men. The cavil was not drawn at Coalcliff Colliery, as the men ...

    Article : 163 words
  34. SHARKS AND CRAYFISH

    The last fishing voyage of the State trawler Koraaga was principally carried out in very bad weather. Out of a voyage lasting 128 hours, it was only possible to fish 55½ hours. ...

    Article : 209 words
  35. VOLUNTARY WORKERS' CAFE

    The Voluntary Workers' Cafe, Holland House, Elizabeth-street, has already a record of three houses built for returned soldiers—at Merrylands, Sandringham, and French's Forest. The ...

    Article : 74 words
  36. THE WHEAT POOL

    The Wheat Board overdraft on December 31 was £690,000, of which New South Wales was debited with £14,000. Of the 1916-17 harvest there is 36,357,000 bags held by shipping agents ...

    Article : 60 words
  37. SOLDIER INJURED

    Henry Hugler, a soldier from Liverpool Camp, missed his footing when getting on a moving train at Strathfield yesterday morning, and fell heavily to the track. Porter Tierney ...

    Article : 55 words
  38. WOMEN'S HOSPITAL

    The secretary of the Women's Hospital, Miss Mona Daley, yesterday morning received an unsigned letter, enclosing £100 towards the building fund. The original oiler (which was ...

    Article : 109 words
  39. BRIDEGROOM DISAPPEARS

    It has been reported to the police that George Duncan Wickbold, 55 years of age, has disappeared from a hotel at St. Arnaud (Vic.), where he was boarding. Wickbold had ...

    Article : 54 words
  40. QUEENSLAND MINERAL DEPOSITS

    The Minister for Mines announced to-day that he will visit Biggenden immediately personally to inspect the work of experts who are going into the matter of utilising arsenical ...

    Article : 44 words
  41. RUNAWAY HORSE HURTS DRIVER

    Henry Henley, of Walker-street, Redfern, in charge of a horse which bolted in Alexander-street, Coogee, yesterday afternoon, and caused the capsize of the vehicle to which it ...

    Article : 57 words
  42. Advertising

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    Advertising : 57 words
  43. UNION LINER PUTS BACK

    The turbine steamer Loongana, which cleared the Heads on Friday night bound to Melbourne, prior to taking up her running in the Melbourne-Launceston trade, returned to port ...

    Article : 50 words
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