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  4. PARS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

    When Robert Reeves (63), inspector employed by the Railway Commissioners, was charged at the court, Sydney, with having stolen a golf bag ...

    Article : 157 words
  5. A DEFINITION OF SPORT.

    That "greyhound racing is not sport" was the decision of the Paris Civil Court recently, which propounded the following definition of sport:—"The ...

    Article : 142 words
  6. HEAT AFFECTS TRAIN CREW.

    The intense heat experienced lately left a train without a driver or fireman on the mountains, and might have had more serious results. The fireman ...

    Article : 86 words
  7. CONCESSIONS TO CHILDREN.

    The Railway Department has decided to grunt a concession to enable children who reside 200 miles or more from Sydney to visit the seaside. The ...

    Article : 76 words
  8. NASTY ACCIDENT.

    Mr. Joseph Gilbert, a fireman on the railway at Dubbo, who was the guest of mr. and mrs. C. Pevitt, of the peak Hill railway station, met with a nasty ...

    Article : 89 words
  9. THE BOOKMAKER BEATEN.

    A Winghamite who has just returned from a visit to Victoria noted an amusing incident that occurred on a country racecourse. When betting commenced ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 238 words
  10. POOR CLASS SWEETHEART.

    Moree evidently possesses the champion mean thief in the world, in the person of Athlone John Hanley. This young man was keeping company with ...

    Article : 171 words
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  12. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.

    At the Gilgaudra Police Court, Horace Charles Austin Ryan, formerly railway station master at Gilgandra, was committed for trial on a charge of having ...

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  13. THE POOR OLD HORSE.

    Out west, ownerless horses are proving a menace to motorists. They have been turned adrift since motor traction has taken their place, and they ...

    Article : 86 words
  14. SOUTH AFRICAN WOOL GROWERS.

    A contingent of Kill South African woolgrowers will arrive in Sydney early this year. The Government is providing them with a special touring train to ...

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  15. SLICK WORK.

    A now match-making machine which is claimed to be a marvel of mechanical science, is about to be introduced into Britain. The machine, it is stated ...

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  16. A POLICE TRAP.

    A case in which W. T. Caldwell, a Deniliquin auctioneer, was fined £100 and £9/0/6 costs on a charge of having had opossum skins in his possession was ...

    Article : 86 words
  17. FINGER-NAIL FACTS.

    No two finger nails on a person's hands grow at the same rate. The nail on the middle finger grows faster than any other, while the thumb nail is the ...

    Article : 100 words
  18. OUTSIZE IN BOOKS.

    The world's largest honk is being manufactured for a Chinese medical firm, and it will contain all the testimonials regarding their goods. The ...

    Article : 57 words
  19. CHANGE SIX TIMES.

    A guide issued by the Commonwealth Railways shows that in te 3486 miles covered by a train journey from Fremantle to Brisbane, the traveller has to ...

    Article : 152 words
  20. AN UNUSUAL CHARGE.

    Frank Pearson (53). a process server, was committed for trial at the Central Police Court last week on a charge of having wilfully made a false statement ...

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  21. HUGE FORTUNE LOST.

    There died recently in Guilford Workhouse (Eng.) a man named James Cutterson Pratt, who, some 50 years ago, bought the whole of the land on which ...

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  22. PAT THOUGHT IT WAS A NOVEL.

    An Irishman, who could not rend, was called up for military service. When Pat joined his regiment, the chaplain, not knowing he could not read ...

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  23. TO FRIGHTEN THE CHOWS.

    An inquest was opened at Richmond as to the death of Alfred Smith, who was killed by in aeroplane which crashed in his field at Windsor on January ...

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  24. UNUSUAL ACCIDENT.

    A must unusual accident befel Mrs. Stockwell at Condobolia. A friendly game of cricket was in progress nearby, when Bill Lord banged the ball some ...

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  25. NEW YORK SPEEDS UP.

    Travelling in the heart of Now York at the speed of express trains is the prospect, offered to motorists by the city's approval of a new elevated ...

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  26. MOUNTAIN MURDER RECALLED

    Bruce Doubleday Higgs (22), who figured prominently in the mountains murder trial last year, appeared at the Central Court last week charged with ...

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  27. TELEPHONE CHARGES.

    The Post Office is the butt of many complaints. It is, therefore, appropriate that the Postmaster General's Department should received full credit for ...

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  28. BELIEF DISPELLED.

    Details of the attack by a huge shark upon a Fijian at Suva were given by passengers on the Mocraki. On the day before the steamer sailed a Fijian in a ...

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  29. THE HOTTEST YEAR.

    In 1896 at Bourke there were 66 deaths from heat apoplexy over a period of sic weeks. during which time the heat was never under 114 degrees in ...

    Article : 106 words
  30. BRITISH RABBIT FURS.

    Mr. Wither Guinness, the Minister of Agriculture, opening te British Fur Rabbit society's annual exhibition at the Royal Horticultural hall, said be ...

    Article : 174 words
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