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  2. ARMISTICE DAY.

    The commemoration yesterday of the seventeenth anniversary of the signing of the armistice and the close of the Great War was marked, as in past years, by simple, impressive services of remembrance. ...

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  3. BEXLEY'S PROBLEM.

    The Bexley Council is in a quandary. It wants an emblem or symbol for its letterheads and envelopes, so that the council's correspondence may advertise the ...

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  4. COUNTRY NEWS.

    J. Louis, a Sydney carpenter, working on the interior of the new picture theatre, slipped from a ladder and fell 27 feet. He suffered injuries to the back and internal injuries, and ...

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  5. LIVING STANDARD.

    Mr. Kingsley Newell (for the Employers' Federation) dealt with details of essential clothing requirements in his address yesterday at the inquiry into the living standard ...

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  6. REMEMBRANCE

    The Festival of Remembrance, which was held at the Town Hall last night, was an impressive commemoration. Its most stirring moment was when, in the darkened hall, a ...

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  7. CANING OF BOYS.

    Allegations that boys attending the Telopea Park School at Canberra had been caned so severely that their hands were blistered were made at a meeting of the Canberra Advisory ...

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  8. BRITISH ELECTION

    Voting in the British general election will take place on Thursday, and it is expected that the results of 221 electorates will be announced that night. Most of the city and ...

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  9. MEMORIAL PARK OPENED.

    At Berridale yesterday the Memorial Park was officially opened by Mr. W. W. Hedges, M.L.A. (Monaro). The president of the Shire Council (Councillor G. W. Mackay), who ...

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  10. POLICE RAID.

    In a raid on an alleged two-up school on the river bank yesterday, Dubbo police took the names of 24 men. One man in attempting to escape, jumped into the Macquarie ...

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  11. RETIRED CARRIER'S SUICIDE.

    A finding that Evan John Davies died from hemorrhage from a wound in his left wrist wilfully inflicted by himself, was returned by the district coroner (Mr. H. Hawkins) at the ...

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  12. STRUCK BY WHEEL RIM.

    John waddell, 19, of Whian Whian suffered a fractured nose, probably a fractured skull, and a severe lacerated wound on the face, when he was struck by a rim which flew off a wheel ...

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  13. IDEAL OF PEACE.

    In the Great Silence of two brief minutes, when the community, inspired by a common spiritual motive, stayed its course and lifted itself above the divisions and distractions of ...

    Article : 354 words
  14. CROSSING SMASH.

    While proceeding to the Riccarton races today, a car driven by Martin Joseph Crowe, farmer, of Morven, was struck by a train at a level-crossing near Christchurch. The car ...

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  15. RATEPAYERS' PLEBISC[?]TE.

    On Saturday, Moree ratepayers were asked to vote on two questions regarding the Memorial Hall and the School of Arts. The first question was: Are you in favour of the ...

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  16. ALLEGED ASSAULT.

    John James Ryan and William Anderson appeared in the Darwin Police Court this morning on a charge of having inflicted grievous bodily harm upon John Thomas Malone. ...

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  17. RESIDENTIAL AREA.

    The Murwillumbah Municipal Council at its fortnightly meeting decided to give the owners concerned notice of its intention to have declared as a residential area a district on the ...

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  18. UNIVERSITY CEREMONY.

    The beauty and dignity of the ceremony at the University were enhanced when, unexpectedly, the "Hymn of St. Wenceslas" was played on the carillon. Though the hymn had ...

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  19. CONVERSION

    The "Financial News" in an editorial says it believes the time is moderately propitious for the conversion of approximately £35,000,000 of New South Wales 4½ and 5 per ...

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  20. FEDERAL REVENUE.

    For the first four months of the present f[?]ancial year there was an excess of Commonwealth receipts over expenditure of £1,990,000. The receipts totalled £25,277,000, ...

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  21. GOLDFIELDS STRIKE.

    Employees at the Golden Ridges goldmine went out on strike on Saturday. Since August, the engine-drivers have been asking for an increase of 28/ to 30/ a day. The company ...

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  22. CARRIED FIREARMS ON SUNDAY.

    Mr. Forrest, S.M., fined Aubrey Dewhurst and William Ashton each £1 for carrying firearms on a Sunday. ...

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  23. EASTWOOD-ST. LEONARDS RAILWAY.

    The Lane Cove Council has called a public meeting for Thursday night, in the local picture theatre, to further the movement for the building of a railway from Eastwood to St. ...

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  24. BOWRAL JUBILEE.

    At a largely-attended public meeting, convened by the Mayor (Alderman Venables), it was decided to hold festivities from February 15 to February 18 inclusive, to celebrate the ...

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  25. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment is announced today. Details appear on page 18, column 5. ...

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  26. BRITISH CITIZENSHIP.

    Speaking at the annual Armistice dinner of the Mosman branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, last night, the Minister for Defence (Mr. Parkhill) said that whatever ...

    Article : 253 words
  27. AT THE CENOTAPH.

    It was at the Cenotaph that the spirit of Armistice Day found most impressive expression. There a vast assemblage of all classes and creeds stood with bared heads in the ...

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  28. "INTERFERENCE."

    When "Interference" was last seen on the stage in Sydney it was presented by Mr. Leon Gordon. The play bears revival. Mr. Edward Howell's production at St. James's Hall ...

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  29. REVIEW OF LAND VALUES.

    The municipal council has decided to have the values of the residential areas reviewed. The Mayor said that a margin existed in the values adopted by the valuer and the prices ...

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  30. ANTI-WAR RALLY.

    At an anti-war demonstration in the Melbourne Town Hall to-night, the leader of the Federal Labour party (Mr. Curtin) declared that democracy disappeared from Russia when ...

    Article : 124 words
  31. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 223 words
  32. ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL.

    At a service at St. Andrew's Cathedral, the Rev. F. W. Tugwell, who preached, said that the 17 years since the first Armistice Day had shown, in the broken bodies of men, ...

    Article : 122 words
  33. NINETEEN DROWNED.

    There is only one survivor of an open boatload of 20 harvesters, who were returning from Donegal to Arranmore Island. The boat struck the rocks in a fog near ...

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  34. CHURCH JUBILEE.

    St. Hilda's Church of England, Katoomba, is celebrating its golden jubilee. Fifty years ago the Rev. Edward Symons travelled from Blackheath to conduct the first service. The ...

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  35. AT SOLDIERS' HOSPITALS.

    A strong plea for peace throughout the world was made by the Rev. G. F. D. Smith, of St. Jude's Church of England, Randwick, at the commemoration at the Prince of Wales ...

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  36. PEOPLE INJURED BY FALLS.

    Mrs. J. Hanley, 60, of Dudley-street, Cessnock, was about to board a train when it moved off. She fell between the train and the platform, but suffered only slight injuries to the ...

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  37. MECHANISATION.

    A meeting of the Durham Miners' Lodge, held outside the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Lambton B colliery this morning, unanimously decided to endorse the decision ...

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  38. MURDERED MARINE.

    The tension which developed yesterday, after a Japanese marine, Hideo Makayama, was shot down from behind, allegedly by a Chinese civilian, who escaped was easier ...

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  39. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 222 words
  40. TIES WITH BRITAIN.

    Mr. C[?] C. Gale, chairman of directors of the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Co. Ltd., in an address to the staff, said that mere hoping would not save people from war. They must ...

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  41. AIR PAGEANT.

    Perfect weather and a large attendance marked the first day of the air pageant in aid of the Junee and District Ambulance. There was a variety of aeroplanes present, ...

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  42. OBITUARY.

    Mr. Walter Cowlishaw, 56, of Mangrove Mountain, near Gosford, whose death occurred recently, was one of the first settlers of that district. He took a prominent part in the ...

    Article : 229 words
  43. WIFE'S THEORY.

    No trace has been discovered of William Read, of Burgis-street, Richmond, who disappeared last Wednesday. His wife is prostrate with worry. She is certain that he has ...

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  44. GIANT FLYING BOATS

    Details of the giant flying boats which Imperial Airways, Ltd., is ordering for the Empire services show a pay load of from three and a half to five tons, ...

    Article : 97 words
  45. SERVICES AT CANBERRA.

    The Governor-General (Sir Isaac Isaacs) and Lady Isaacs attended the Armistice Day memorial ceremony on the steps of Parliament House. The Governor-General placed ...

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  46. GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

    There was an observance of Armistice Day in most of the great Public schools, taking the form of either a service in the chapel or an assemblage of the boys around the school's ...

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  47. MOTHER SUPERIOR'S FATAL COLLAPSE.

    The Rev. Mother Agnes, 66, of St. Joseph's Orphanage, Bathurst, who was associated with Roman Catholic institutions in the Bathurst di[?]ese for many years, has died. She ...

    Article : 98 words
  48. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 293 words
  49. CASUALTIES.

    A man, whose name is believed to be William Francis Prater, 66, a shearer's cook, who has been a patient at the Liverpool State Hospital, was struck by a train and killed ...

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  50. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Gold was quoted to-day at £7/1/4½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/l/3½ on Saturday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. ...

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  51. MOTOR ACCIDENTS.

    Donald William Stewart, overseer of the Bundemar Station, died as the result of a fall from a motor cycle. While he was riding his motor cycle from Trangie on Saturday ...

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  52. MR. W. INGLIS.

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  53. STATE SCHOOLS.

    The day was observed in the State schools of the city and suburbs, and throughout the country, in a simple and impressive manner. At a few of the larger schools, parents and ...

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  54. EX-SOLDIERS' COMPLAINT.

    Several Newcastle returned soldiers complained to-night that some district trams had not observed the two minutes' Armistice Day silence this morning. It was stated that ...

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  55. EMPIRE BROADCAST.

    The reception of the Empire broadcast of the Armistice Day ceremony at the Cenotaph, London, was disappointing. Distortion became so bad at one stage of the preliminaries ...

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  56. APOSTOLIC DELEGATE.

    Monsignor Giovanni Panico has been appointed Apostolic Delegate to Australia in succession to Monsignor Bernardini, who was appointed Papal Nuncio to Switzerland. ...

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  57. IN THE COUNTRY.

    Armistice Day was observed in country centres with public services and marches of returned soldiers. Wreaths were placed on war memorials, and the two minutes' silence ...

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  58. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of suburban Picture Theatres will be found in the Amusement Advertisement Columns. ...

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