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  2. WOOL SALES END

    BRISBANE, Tuesday. — The 1937-38 wool-selling season in Brisbane closed to day with keen competition and firm prices. ...

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  3. CRUISE CONTEST WINNER

    Miss Mabel Bird, manageress of Camelot Guest House, Mount Macedon, will soon leave to take the cruise which she won in the contest held in connection with the screening at the Athenaeum Theatre of the film "I'll Take Romance." Competitors were required to write a short essay ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 63 words
  4. PERSONAL NOTES

    Mr. W. E. Backman, of Rutherglen, was given a public farewell at which the shire president (Councillor W. R. McRae) presided. Mr. Backman, who is leaving ...

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  5. 390 GUINEAS FOR RAM

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The market for stud sheep was brighter when Dalgety and Co. Ltd. offered the remainder of its catalogue at the Showground to-day. ...

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  6. SEIZURE OF LUGGERS

    DARWIN, Tuesday. — How he placed a number of mythical reefs on a Japanese chart to deter a Japanese lugger which he feared ...

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  7. POOL FOR GEELONG

    GEELONG, Tuesday. — By nine votes to five, the city council to-day adopted a recommendation by the public works committee that the tender of Mr. C. E. ...

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  8. CHAMPION SHEEP

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A decision reached to-day at the annual meeting of the New South Wales Sheep Breeders' Association will mean that at Sydney sheep shows in ...

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  9. APPLE AND PEAR EXPORT

    CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Plans made by the Federal Ministry last week for the statutory control of the apple and pear export industry by the creation of an ...

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  10. GEELONG AND DISTRICT

    Some months ago the King George V. memorial committee decided that the memorial should be placed in Johnstone Park at the north-east corner of the art ...

    Article : 359 words
  11. BENDIGO AND DISTRICT

    Their Excellencies the Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) and Lady Gowrie, will open the Bendigo Show on October 12. The town clerk of Bendigo (Mr. ...

    Article : 126 words
  12. BALLARAT AND DISTRICT

    Claims for £50 damages were made by Henry Arnold, of Blakeney place, South Melbourne, and Henry Hebard, of Linda crescent, Hawthorn, in the City Court on ...

    Article : 341 words
  13. MOTORISTS AND COMMUNITY

    CASTLEMAINE, Tuesday.—Addressing the Rotary Club, the president of the Royal Automobile Club (Mr. J. A. Paterson) said that there was a growing ...

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  14. LETTERS FOUND ON HILL

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A number of letters found on Hospital Hill, near Junee, several weeks ago suggested that mailbags had been rifled and that the letters ...

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  15. WHY NEW PARTY WAS FORMED

    WANGARATTA, Tuesday.—The Minister for tile Interior (Mr. McEwen) and Mr. Inchbold, M.L.C., addressed a public meeting at Wangaratta last night to ...

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  16. WHITTLESEA TRAIN

    Complaints about the speed of the Whittlesea train were answered by Mr. M.J. Canny, one of the Victorian Railways Commissioners yesterday. The train ...

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  17. WALHALLA STATION

    Dcsp te protests the railway station at Walhalla is being demolished and the materials will be used [?] portion of the new station to be erected at Haitwell, on ...

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  18. W.A. WHEAT YIELD

    PERTH, Tuesday.—The wheat yield for the 1937-38 season was 35,868,000 bushels, from 3,021,000 acres, increases of 14,319,000 bushels and 446,000 actes respectively, ...

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  19. SPLINTER IN EYE

    SHEPPARTON, Tuesday.—When using a hammer to repair a spray pump on his orchard property at Orrvale, Mr. Vernon Konig was struck in the eye by a flying ...

    Article : 95 words
  20. FOSSILISED SKULL

    KANIVA, Tuesday.—While excavating on the Leeor Reserve, Mr. D. Welsh unearthed a human skull, which was intact except that the lower jaw was missing. ...

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  21. FOUND DEAD IN BED

    BENDIGO, Tuesday.—William Martin, a former contractor, was found dead at his home in Old High street, Golden Square, to-day. Martin had not been ...

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  22. QUEEN COMPETITION

    MANANGATANG. Tuesday.—A queen competition in aid of the Manangatang Hospital resulted in £247 being raised. The details were; —Miss J. Lambie (Queen of the North), £98 ...

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  23. CHILD BURNED

    WARRNAMBOOL, Tuesday. — Kenneth Geo, aged 13 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Geo. of Allansford, was admitted to the Base Hospital suffering from severe burns. ...

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  24. ALEXANDRA GOLD

    In an address before the Historical Society of Victoria on Monday the president of an association of old residents (Mr. C. R. Long) told how Alexandra ...

    Article : 82 words
  25. Events in Cities and towns

    Tenders have been called for extensive alterations to the Ararat Town Hall. BAIRNSDALE To take advantage of a grant of £90 from ...

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  26. INTERSTATE MARKETS

    SYDNFY. Tuesday.—Forage—Tasmanian straw, £4/15/;(oaten chaff (grain), £7 to £7/l0/, (straw) £4/10/; Victorian oaten hay, £10 ton; maize, choice yellow, 5/, white 4/10 bushel; oats, machined, 4/8 ...

    Article : 867 words
  27. Fat Lamb Conference

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday. — The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Blesing) announced to-day that the director of Agriculture (Mr. Spafford) would represent South ...

    Article : 72 words
  28. HORSE FALLS ON FARMER

    WAGGA, Tuesday.—George Kingston, a well-known farmer of French Park, was seriously injured to-day when a horse which he was riding slipped and fell on ...

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  29. RAIN IN COUNTRY

    AVENEL.—In June 358 points have been registered. CASTERTON,—More rain has fallen in the last few days, making 361 points for the ...

    Article : 169 words
  30. Advertising

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  31. PLATYPUS STAMP TO BE ISSUED

    New Australian stamps bearing the platypus as the central feature of tho design will be issued on September 1. The stamps will be of a face value of 9d. ...

    Article : 98 words
  32. MITCHAM SCHOOL JUBILEE

    It is expected that the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) will open the celebrations of the golden Jubilee of the Mitcham State school in September. A week's ...

    Article : 176 words
  33. RAW COTTON BOUNTY

    CANBERRA. Tuesday.—The Raw Cotton Bounty Bill, Providing for the rescission of the reduction made in the bounty under the financial emergency legislation ...

    Article : 79 words
  34. EXPRESS DELAYED

    As the Perth express arrived in Adelaide an hour late on Monday evening a special division of the Melbourne express left Adelaide at 8.31 p.m., 61 minutes after ...

    Article : 120 words
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