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  2. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 27 words
  3. PERSONAL.

    Mr. Roy S. Vincent, M.L.A., attended the meeting of the South Grafton Municipal Council last evening, and was welcomed by the Mayor and aldermen. ...

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  4. THE WEATHER.

    Some beneficial falls of rain were recorded in the southern half of the State on Tuesday. The State Meteorologist yesterday ...

    Article : 153 words
  5. TELEGRAMS.

    The instructions given by Mr. McTiernan, when Attorney-General, as to docks being abolished in suburban police courts and as to witnesses being seated while ...

    Article : 85 words
  6. "WITHOUT RESPONSIBILITY."

    The president of the Copmanhurst Shire Council reported at the council's monthly meeting yesterday, the result or a deputation to the Minister for Public ...

    Article : 196 words
  7. INCREASED RATING LIMITS.

    A telegram was read at the South Grafton Council's meeting last evening from the Local Government Department, stating that a proclamation granting the ...

    Article : 55 words
  8. PROPOSED CANCER HOME.

    The Grafton Council last night delegated to the Mayor the responsibility for tuning whatever action he thought advisable in assisting the New South Wales ...

    Article : 92 words
  9. THE HOSPITALS.

    Almost every country town is appealing for assistance for its hospital. Not that there is anything new in this; the position was never otherwise. ...

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  10. THE SOLAR ECLIPSE.

    To-day at noon, Professor Cooke, the Government Astronomer, is to meet the teachers of both the schools at the High School to make arrangements for the ...

    Article : 74 words
  11. THE IMPOUNDING AREA.

    At the meeting of the Grafton Council last night an amendment was made in the minutes of the previous meeting regarding the wording of a clause dealing ...

    Article : 111 words
  12. HYDRO-ELECTRICITY.

    The Minister for Works says he is now giving serious consideration to the carrying out of the hydro-electric schemes in connection with the Burrenjuck Dam on ...

    Article : 74 words
  13. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

    The tea meeting and concert in connection with the Grafton Presbyterian charge, is to be held this evening in St. Andrew's School Hall. Tea will [?] on ...

    Article : 81 words
  14. COMMERCIAL.

    Very little business was transacted in the dairy produce section in Sussex street to-day. The production of eggs was maintained at about late averages. ...

    Article : 348 words
  15. GRAFTON COUNCIL'S OVERSEER.

    Grafton Council last, night decided to call applications for the position of an A grade overseer to supervise council works. It was also agreed that should ...

    Article : 131 words
  16. DAMAGED IN TRANSIT.

    The boat recently purchased by the Copmanhurst Shire Council for the Yulgilbar crossing was reported by the president (Cr. Short) at yesterday's ...

    Article : 91 words
  17. NORWAY'S CONSUL UNDESIRABLE.

    The British Government has objected to the appointment of Olson Maseng as Consul-General for Norway at Melbourne on account of his pro-German attitude ...

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  18. PUBLIC MEETING TO BE HELD.

    "Having been practically born and bread here I know the ravages of flood," said Cr. Boorman, when bringing up the subject of the embankments under "orders ...

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  19. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.

    A fire at Walgett destroyed the premises of Walgett Stores Limited and the Commercial Hotel. ...

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  20. "THE FLYING DUTCHMAN."

    "What has become of the boat at Washpool Creek," asked Cr. Thorold with Rip-van-Winkle-like inspiration at the Copmanhurst Shire meeting ...

    Article : 89 words
  21. MACLEAN ITEMS.

    A very heavy frost was experienced on the Lower River on Wednesday morning, writes our Maclean correspondent. A light rainstorm passed over on ...

    Article : 139 words
  22. STEAMER REFLOATED.

    The stranded steamer Bambra has been successfully refloated and is apparently undamaged. ...

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  23. THE MASONIC BALL.

    Some smart frocks were worn at the Masonic ball in the Fitzroy Theatre on Tuesday night. Among those present were:-- ...

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  24. CHARITY TAX DEPRECATED.

    Speaking at the annual meeting of subscribers to the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Dr. Clubbe deprecated the suggestion that taxation should be levied ...

    Article : 56 words
  25. SHADE TREES KILLED.

    Nine miles out on the Copmanhurst road there is a natural avenue of shade trees, tallow-wood, red gum, apple, etc. Shade trees in the summer are a pure ...

    Article : 107 words
  26. THE LAST PENNY.

    Captain Carmichael, addressing the Ad-men in a lecture entitled "Dodging the Super-tax," said the unfortunate tax payer, at the limit of his resources is ...

    Article : 122 words
  27. COPMANHURST NEWS.

    Our Copmanhurst correspondent writes: A white mantle of frost showed up conspicuously on the short pastures on Monday morning. It was easily the ...

    Article : 191 words
  28. THE TIMBER TAX.

    Cr Amos, at yesterday's meeting of the Copmanhurst Shire Council, reported the result of his delegation to the timber conference in Sydney. He said that many ...

    Article : 126 words
  29. NO DISTINCTION.

    "Almost all philanthropy is of the city for the city," says the annual report of the Bush Book Club. If the statement came from the bush, and not ...

    Article : 293 words
  30. FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 96 words
  31. WRECKED WILTSHIRE RAIDED.

    A party of the Wiltshire's officers who visited the wreck to recover their personal effects discovered that their quarters had been raided by a particularly ...

    Article : 140 words
  32. "THE CHEAPEST WAY."

    "I think the cheapest way to deal with this is to have nothing to do with it," said the Mayor when a number of letters were received at the Grafton ...

    Article : 143 words
  33. FISH MARKET.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 55 words
  34. DESTROYING DEAD ANIMALS.

    Two letters, one from James A. Waghorn, Mount Ivy, Baryulgil and another from W. Casson, Barrett's Creek, Stockyard Creek, were received at the ...

    Article : 162 words
  35. PRESENTATION AT COPMANHURST

    A number of personal friends of Mrs. Small and family, of Copmanhurst, entertained them at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Fahey on Friday night, ...

    Article : 247 words
  36. STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 63 words
  37. COUNTY COUNCIL.

    At yesterday's meeting of the Copmanhurst Shire Council Cr. W. C. Thorold was appointed a delegate to the Clarence County Council, on the motion of the ...

    Article : 151 words
  38. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 88 words
  39. AMUSEMENTS.

    William Russell will be seen at the Fitzroy Theatre to-night in "Desert Blossoms," a play which deals with the struggle of man against nature to turn ...

    Article : 239 words
  40. THE MOLEVILLE WHARF.

    Some time ago the Copmanhurst Shire Council applied for the declaration of the Moleville wharf as a public wharf. The Under-Secretary for Local ...

    Article : 190 words
  41. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

    A meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be held in the Town Hall this evening at 8 o'clock. ...

    Article : 31 words
  42. PARENTS AND CITIZENS.

    A meeting of the Parents and Citizens' Association was held last night. Owing to a number of causes, the meeting was not so well attended as usual. ...

    Article : 365 words
  43. Advertising

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    Advertising : 185 words
  44. PLAGUE PRECAUTIONS.

    A compromise has been reached in regard to the Grafton Council's enforcement of plague precaution regulations in connection with A. R. Fountain's ...

    Article : 268 words
  45. SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL FUND.

    The amount previously acknowledged was £55337. Other donations are: J W. Bourne 26 and W. H. Joyce 10. making the total £553164. ...

    Article : 29 words
  46. GRAFTON'S WAR TROPHIES.

    In addition to the field gun and trench mortar already installed in Memorial Park as trophies of the war, the Grafton Council last night accepted the offer of ...

    Article : 42 words
  47. COTTON GROWING.

    Mrs. H. M. [?] of Mullumbiimby Creek, writes to the Mullumbiimby "Star:--"[?] so much of cotton growing recalls old memories of Port ...

    Article : 258 words
  48. "BARBOUND."

    "We are anxiously looking for the gang," wrote J. Brown, of Punchbowl, to the Capmanhurst Council yesterday. "We are barbound here. The 'bog-hole' ...

    Article : 59 words
  49. "THE SOUL OF AUSTRALASIA."

    This afternoon at the Fitzroy Theatre at 2.30 o'clock. Mr. Justin Vaughan Flynn will present his Australian literary pictorial, "The Soul of ...

    Article : 93 words
  50. LIFE-SAVING AWARDS.

    Mr. W. H. Walker, secretary of the Royal Life-Saving Society (New South Wales centre), has written to Mr. E. L. Stevenson, of Grafton stating that he had ...

    Article : 151 words
  51. SYDNEY'S TRAFFIC.

    Cabinet had under consideration yesterday the matter of the city railway and North Shore bridge. It was stated that unless they were constructed a ...

    Article : 75 words
  52. THE COURTS

    Two boys, aged 12 and 13 respectively were remanded at Kurri Kurri Children's Court on a charge of having wilfully placed an obstruction on the railway ...

    Article : 48 words
  53. BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    The old woman who was removed to the Coast Hospital on Saturday suffering from plague died during the night. Two more plague infected rats have been taken ...

    Article : 41 words
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