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  2. A TORRID TUSSLE

    A large crowd at the Hippodrome last night apparently enjoyed immensely a torrid tussle, wherein Mick Mulqueen (8.12½) and Bob Andrews (9.0½) figured. ...

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  3. CHILDREN'S PENNIES IN SCHOOL BANKS

    "Last year," said Mr. James, yesterday, "the Education Department tried to institute a thrift campaign in the Public Schools, with the result that the deposits ...

    Article : 339 words
  4. TEACHERS STARVING ON LOW SALARIES

    "I am sure that the general public has no idea of the state of things existing in the Education Department," writes a school teacher correspondent to the ...

    Article : 292 words
  5. SATURDAY'S ENTERTAINMENTS

    Anyone who is feeling at all depressed should certainly see the Potash and Perlmutetr production at the Criterion Theatre. Last night the audience ...

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  6. BUTTER SHORTAGE

    The butter shortage became serious during the week. In some suburbs shopkeepers had to allowance their customers and ask them to take butter in small ...

    Article : 252 words
  7. £30,000 IN HAND FOR A.I.F. DAY

    Collections so far totalled for A.I.F Day show that the grand total presently is going to run into very big figures. Mr. F. Harvey and his staff of five and ...

    Article : 175 words
  8. MEAT PRICES ENQUIRY ENDED

    Pending the enquiry now being conducted on behalf of the Commonwealth Government, the meat-prices question has undergone no important development. ...

    Article : 154 words
  9. FIXED PRICES ENFORCED

    Amendments of the War Precautions (Prices) Regulations were gazetted yesterday, and come into operation at once. It is provided that no wholesaler shall ...

    Article : 271 words
  10. Meat Strike Threatened

    The butchers of Wollongong, Balgownie, Corrimal, Port Kembla, Bulli, and Thirroul, have discontinued delivering meat on account of the fixing of ...

    Article : 53 words
  11. SHELL BODIES TO BE MADE IN N.S.W.

    The Federal Executive Council has approved of the payment of an amount not exceeding £25,136 to the New South Wales Government for the manufacture ...

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  12. Reduced North Coast Output

    Light rain fell daily at Lismore during the week; but the total registration was only three-quarters of an inch. A great deal more rain is required for the ...

    Article : 52 words
  13. 2200 AUSTRALIAN NURSES SERVING AT THE FRONT

    A return compiled by the Defence Department shows that 2200, nurses from Australia have been engaged in military work since the outbreak of the war. So ...

    Article : 102 words
  14. MAITLAND SUFFERS.

    Householders in Maitland have not, as far as prices of beef are concerned, received any benefit from the fixing of the price of meat. These were a good deal ...

    Article : 48 words
  15. A.I.F. NUMBERS FOR CITIZEN FORCES

    With a view to maintaining the traditions and perpetuating the records made and the distinctions gained by the A.I.F. in the present war, the military ...

    Article : 152 words
  16. North Coast Requests

    At a meeting of the Clarence, Richmond and Tweed Local Government Association, it was decided to ask the Government to make a hydrographic survey ...

    Article : 76 words
  17. Position of Forbes Owners

    The decision arrived at to fix the price of meat, and the ultimate carrying out of the idea, has caused some alarm amongst stock owners at Forbes. It is regarded ...

    Article : 360 words
  18. CHARGE OF MURDER

    Arthur Bailey, aged 45, who was arrested in connection with the death of Leslie Gordon Bambach, at Euwyalong, near Raymond Terrace, was late last ...

    Article : 83 words
  19. MILITARY APPOINTMENTS

    Professor A. J. Gibson is gazetted as chief engineer, temporarily, and acting-manager of the Australian arsenal at a salary of £1200 per annum. ...

    Article : 62 words
  20. Grounding in the Clarence

    Just before reaching the North Coast S.S.N. Company's wharf yesterday afternoon, the steamer Poonbar grounded; but, after a couple of hours, she got clear ...

    Article : 61 words
  21. Throat Cut

    An inquiry was held to-day into the death of George Wilson, son of Mr. Richard Wilson, a well-known resident of the district. Wilson was found at ...

    Article : 95 words
  22. Labor Troubles at Broken Hill

    Industrial troubles are still with us in Broken Hill. Engine drivers and firemen want a variation of their Arbitration' award. The underground men, or a ...

    Article : 83 words
  23. GOVERNOR'S FALL

    As the Governor (Sir Francis Newdigate-Newdegate) was riding in the Domain near the Cricket Ground his horse [?], causing him to fall to the ground. ...

    Article : 52 words
  24. MINING SIGNALS

    Efforts have been made to secure a uniform code of signals in connection with knocker lines or bells in mines. All the States agreed on the new code, ...

    Article : 135 words
  25. WEEK'S ENLISTMENTS

    The enlistments for the week ending Friday totalled 266, though the recruiting authorities state that the figures are not absolutely complete, and that the 300 ...

    Article : 68 words
  26. Wool for Britain

    The Woolgrowers Committee was informed to-day of the basis of calculation of the profits for next season's wool in England, which was that half the ...

    Article : 90 words
  27. Samples Revived to Big House

    Andre Chariot's revue made a second appearance at the Tivoli Theatre yesterday, and as greeted with affection by a big house. The success of Samples is ...

    Article : 394 words
  28. CHORAL SOCIETY WAR CONCERT

    A packed house greeted the Sydney Choral Society last night at the Town Hall, when Elgar's Trilogy, The Spirit of England (which embraces The Fourth ...

    Article : 302 words
  29. Forbidden Imports

    An order under the Customs Act was gazetted on Saturday prohibiting the importation, except by permission of the Minister, into Australia of posters, ...

    Article : 68 words
  30. Post Office Funniosities

    Our Liverpool correspondent writes:— On July 4, a letter was posted at Parramatta by a legal gentleman plainly addressed to M. Christiansen, Esq., ...

    Article : 100 words
  31. Position in Melbourne

    The meat price problem is still creating considerable disorganisation in Melbourne. Retail butchers declare that wholesale men are under the thumb of ...

    Article : 107 words
  32. Meetings Arranged

    The following recruiting meetings have been arranged:— Sunday: Domain, 3 p.m., Lieut. Wilson and staff; Ashfield Park, 3 p.m., Mr. R. ...

    Article : 91 words
  33. Cane Cutters' Strike Threatened

    The dispute between the cane cutters and growers on the Tweed in respect of this season's cutting is likely to provide a serious strike. It is rumored that ...

    Article : 79 words
  34. On the Fence

    Three men were before the Police Court on Friday charged with giving false and misleading information to the authorities. . They were born, according ...

    Article : 60 words
  35. Want More Knowledge About Peace and War

    On Tuesday, Mr. W. A. Watt, Acting-Prime Minister, will receive a deputation urging upon him the paramount necessity of a scheme for giving Australia fuller ...

    Article : 78 words
  36. DEATH OF EX-SURERINTENDENT TRENCHARD

    Ex-Police Superintendent H. Trenchard died suddenly at his residence, Gordon-st., Petersham, at 88 o'clock last night from heart failure. The late ...

    Article : 128 words
  37. The Freedom Marches

    The Marches to Freedom are doing great work and laying good seed upon the road, which, it is confidently expected, will result in a fine crop of ...

    Article : 106 words
  38. IN TASMANIA

    There are prospects of a shortage of fat cattle auctioneers at the sales at Hobart on Monday. It is feared that many small butchers ...

    Article : 65 words
  39. LATE SHIPPING NEWS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 276 words
  40. Mr. Ryan Comes to Sydney

    The Premier, Mr. Ryan, left Brisbane, by the steamer Wodonga to-day for Sydney. He said he was going to deal with matters that required his personal ...

    Article : 74 words
  41. Shot in the Cheek

    James Johnston, an employee of the Willoughby Hotel, Penshurst-street, Chatswood, was wounded in the cheek yesterday afternoon by a revolver shot. ...

    Article : 87 words
  42. Butcher Accepts Politician's Challenge

    Speaking in the House of Assembly on Thursday, Mr. Burbury, M.H.A., said he claimed that the price of meat retailed by butchers in Hobart shops ...

    Article : 162 words
  43. MELBOURNE SHOWS

    Katinka is still going strong at Her Majesty's, and Oh! Oh! Delphine! the Royal Comics' next performance, is still some weeks off. After nine weeks ...

    Article : 86 words
  44. New Yacht for Sydney

    The yacht Viking, 60ft. over all, has been sold by Ernest Davis to L. C. Johnson, of Sydney. Mr. Davis will sail her across. ...

    Article : 273 words
  45. CAPTAIN TAYLOR M.C.,

    Captain C. G. Taylor, M.C., one of the sons of Mr. P. T. Taylor, M.L.C., returned by the Makura yesterday Captain Taylor has been in the Aviation ...

    Article : 60 words
  46. INCOME TAX BUNGLING DISTRESSES WARREN

    Although the Federal Income Tax returns must be in by the 31st inst., no forms are available at the Government offices at Warren. Residents are ...

    Article : 261 words
  47. Orchestral Concert

    A programme of infinite variety, introducing themes Arcadian, poetical, and grand, was given at the Conservatorium yesterday afternoon to an audience which ...

    Article : 284 words
  48. Boy Scout Smiles In Face of Death

    Found on the body of a dead German was the following account of a French boy scout's heroism:— "A traitor has just been shot—a little ...

    Article : 261 words
  49. THE ROYAL.

    The Man Who Came Back, a drama which attracted the public more than the critics, goes off at the Royal next Saturday, and Bought And Paid For, ...

    Article : 46 words
  50. Inquiry into Home Service Force

    A commission of inquiry consisting of Brigadier-General' Ramaciotti, Mr. P. McFarland and Lieut.-Col. Thwaites has been appointed to investigate the ...

    Article : 155 words
  51. DISCHARGED SOLDIERS AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES

    The action of the military authorities in discharging soldiers before leaving the base hospital is severely affecting the various friendly societies in Tasmania. ...

    Article : 118 words
  52. THE KING'S.

    De Luke Annie looks like lasting another week or two. In the meantime The Favorable Foe is in active rehearsal by the same company. Emelie Polini's ...

    Article : 42 words
  53. QUEENSLAND RUGBY LEAGUE GAMES.

    In League Rugby competitions Merthyrs beat Westerns 6 to 3. Western Suburbs and Valley played a dashing game, neither side scoring. A mysterious disease is causing great ...

    Article : 70 words
  54. THE TIVOLI.

    Time, Please, has survived the Censor, and is drawing packing houses to the Tivoli. Barry Lupino, Beatrice Holloway and Espinosa, with Billy Rego and ...

    Article : 77 words
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