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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. MAITLAND QUARTER SESSIONS.

    Harold McPherson. 42, who had pleaded guilty at Maitland Quarter Sessions to a charge of breaking, entering, and stealing, at Dungog, was brought up for sentence before ...

    Article : 112 words
  3. COAL DISPUTE. Owners' Margin of Profit.

    Messrs. D. Rees and D. J. Davies, general president and secretary, respectively, of the Miners' Federation, yesterday replied to the comments of the chairman of the Northern ...

    Article : 344 words
  4. MR. M. LAIRD TO RETIRE.

    Mr. M. Laird, Superintendent of Telegraphs, who has been attached to the General Post Office staff since 1889. will enter on 12 months' furlough on Monday next, before retirement ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 92 words
  5. NATIONALISTS' CONFERENCE. CONFIDENCE IN THE STATE MINISTRY.

    A spirited defence of the Government's plans to cope with the economic position was made by the Premier (Mr. Bavin) at the annual convention of the National Association yesterday. The convention carried a unanimous vote of confidence in the policy ...

    Article : 82 words
  6. HUGE SHARKS.

    A thrilling demonstration of netting sharks was given by Shark Fisheries. Ltd., near Sydney Heads yesterday morning. The crew of the vessel Alpha revealed their methods by ...

    Article : 218 words
  7. FEDERAL SESSION.

    The Treasurer (Mr. Theodore) made a vigorous defence of the Ministry's proposals for the amendment of the Constitution when the bills providing for a referendum were ...

    Article : 2,163 words
  8. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL. Victorian Taxation Case.

    The Privy Council has reserved its decision in the case of the Commissioner of Taxes of Victoria versus the British Australian Wool Realisation Association. ...

    Article : 241 words
  9. FARMERS AND MORTGAGEES.

    At a meeting of the Narrandera branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, the following motion was carried:— "That this association views with alarm, ...

    Article : 83 words
  10. PREMIER'S ADDRESS.

    "Much has happened since we met last year." Mr Bavin said. "The outstanding event was of course, the defeat of the Federal Government last October, which included the ...

    Article : 1,903 words
  11. ANOTHER BRIDGE APPROVED.

    The Shire President (Mr. H. V. Wood) received word from the Main Roads Board that approval had been given to the construction of a second bridge over the south arm of the ...

    Article : 86 words
  12. DR. WOOLNOUGH.

    A representative of the Australian Press Association to-day Interviewed Dr W. G Woolnough, geological adviser to the Commonwealth Government, who is shortly going ...

    Article : 100 words
  13. MAWSON PARTY.

    Speaking at a civic reception to Sir Douglas Mawson and members of his party to-day, the Governor-General (Lord Stonehaven) said that it was an occasion when their ...

    Article : 181 words
  14. ELECTRICITY UNDERTAKING.

    Some time ago Casino Municipal Council decided to grant a franchise to supply electricity to Moonem Electricity and Development Company and to dispose of the ...

    Article : 183 words
  15. THE CENSUS.

    Arrangements for the taking of a census throughout Australia next year have been concelled as the result of a decision of the Federal Cabinet. ...

    Article : 112 words
  16. MOVE FOR SETTLEMENT.

    Arrangements made by the miners' convention for the holding of aggregate meetings throughout the North on Monday and Tuesday next cannot be taken as entirely justifying ...

    Article : 147 words
  17. AIRSHIP R100.

    The airship R100 will be brought from the hangar at Cardington, rear Bedford, in a few weeks to undergo trials preparatory to its flight to Canada. Overhaul work, which is ...

    Article : 86 words
  18. DEATH OF OLD RESIDENT.

    The death has occurred at Goulburn of Mrs. Mary Barry, widow of the late Michael Barry, of Opal-street, Goulburn. The late Mrs. Barry came to Goulburn 15 years ago. She ...

    Article : 72 words
  19. DUST HAZE.

    An unusual but not altogether unknown feature of yesterday's weather over Sydney was the presence, at a height of 2500 feet, of a thick cloud of dust, which obscured the sky ...

    Article : 145 words
  20. LEPER ON AAGTEKERK.

    No restrictions were placed on the Aagtekerk, a freighter of the Holland-Australia line, when she arrived at Sydney last night, although a Chinese member of the crew was ...

    Article : 144 words
  21. CYCLISTS' INJURED.

    A motor cyclist and pillion rider were seriously injured in a collision with a motor car at Dunn's Corner, Bowenfels, this morning. They are George Wheeldon, 61. ...

    Article : 98 words
  22. DR. KELLY AT COLOMBO.

    Archbishop Kelly, of Sydney, bound for Rome, and later. Carthage, to attend the Eucharistic Congress beginning in May, called on the Archbishop of Colombo, and visited ...

    Article : 36 words
  23. DENILIQUIN QUARTER SESSIONS.

    At the Quarter Sessions, Charles Morgan pleaded guilty to having broken and entered Barm School House, and having stolen a gramophone and records. He ...

    Article : 573 words
  24. WOOLWORTHS, LTD.

    In the Chancery Division to-day Mr. F. W. Woolworth was granted an injunction to restrain the company registered in England under the name of Woolworths (Australasia). ...

    Article : 163 words
  25. ECONOMIC COUNCIL.

    The Associated Chambers of Commerce today approved the suggestion made by the Premier of New South Wales (Mr. Bavin) that an Economic Council should be constituted, ...

    Article : 295 words
  26. EARTHQUAKE IN N.Z.

    At midnight on Sunday a sharp earthquake was experienced at Owen, a township south of Nelson. Next morning a plumber named Eric V. Rodley was found on the ground below the ...

    Article : 75 words
  27. MR. W. A. SELLE.

    Mr. W. A. Selle, M.A., the Registrar, of the University, is no longer a familiar figure in the University precincts. After 17 years of service, Mr. Selle ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 104 words
  28. MUSSOLINI MAY SPEAK.

    The public of Australia may hear Signor Mussolini. Premier of Italy, speaking from Rome through a Sydney broadcasting station within a few days. ...

    Article : 319 words
  29. INDEX. NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 2 words
  30. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Chinese Government has placed an order for the printing of 2,500,000,000 stamps with Messrs. De La Rue, of London. It is understood that this is the largest individual ...

    Article : 233 words
  31. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1 words
  32. GEOLOGICAL SCIENCE.

    When giving the judgment of the Industrial Commission yesterday on appeals by the Public Service Professioal Officers Association and the Attorney-General, regarding the ...

    Article : 265 words
  33. DUNDAS COUNCIL.

    Dundas Municipal Council decided last night to appoint an officer to hold a public inquiry into allegations made against the town clerk (Mr Tom Carson) and the ...

    Article : 21 words
  34. FORTIFIED WINE.

    With a request that they should be allowed to remove the fortified wine now in bond at the old rate of duty, a deputation representing Penfolds Wines. Ltd., B. Seppelt and Sons. ...

    Article : 127 words
  35. TO-DAY.

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  36. LATE SITTINGS.

    The Premier (Mr. Bavin), when questioned in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, admitted that he had not given the usual instructions on Tuesday that special transport ...

    Article : 101 words
  37. MAN SHOOTS WIFE.

    A sequel to a divorce case heard in Perth last week, in which Catherine Meares successfully obtained a decree nisi against her husband, Clarenes Meares, occurred at ...

    Article : 39 words
  38. FIRE AT STANMORE.

    The premises of the Buceess Tyre Re-tread Co., at the corner of Cannon-street and Parramatta-road, Stanmore, were swept by fire and the plant and stock destroyed ...

    Article : 76 words
  39. LABOUR HOLDS INQUIRY.

    The "Press Leakage Committee" appointed by the A.L.P. executive to investigate the methods by which decisions of the executive were made public opened its inquiry at the ...

    Article : 97 words
  40. SUSPECT THIEF.

    A resident of Ethne-avenue. Randwick, telephoned police headquarters shortly before 8 o'clock last night that a man had just broken into the home of Mrs. Agnes Cruise. A ...

    Article : 123 words
  41. MOTOR CYCLISTS COLLIDE.

    While racing at the Parramatta Oval last night two motor cyclists, Kenneth Booth, of Isabella-street, Parramatta, and Gerald Tighe, of Virginia-street, Granville, collided ...

    Article : 60 words
  42. JEWELLERY STOLEN.

    Thieves broke the plate glass window in the shop of Messrs. Heden and Davis, jewellers, Mount-street, North Sydney, last night, and stole diamond rings worth £200. No ...

    Article : 66 words
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