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  2. COMPOSER-PIANIST.

    The well-known Australian composer and pianist, Mr. Percy Grainger, will commence a series of recitals for the Broadcasting Commission in Sydney on Sunday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 29 words
  3. RAILWAY OFFICER

    A question about the record of a railway officer and his association with the Royal train crew was asked in the Legislative Assembly during question-time yesterday by Mr. ...

    Article : 891 words
  4. WINE ASSOCIATION'S PRESIDENT.

    At a meeting of the Wine and Spirit Associations of all States of the Commonwealth, hel[?] in Melbourne on Wednesday, the Federated Wine and Spirits Merchants' ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 56 words
  5. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    The Legislative Assembly yesterday passed a bill re-imposing the special income and wages tax until October 31, 1935. The rates of wages tax remain unaltered, as ...

    Article : 1,226 words
  6. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Mr. Johann Gottfried Scholz, a well-known breeder of draught and blood stock, who owned Waterview Estate, Albury, has died, aged 86. Born in South Australia, Mr. Scho[?] ...

    Article : 78 words
  7. UNITED STATES.

    The Secretary of Agrlcult re (Mr. Henry Wallace) to-night admitted the failure of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration's maize and pig production control programme. ...

    Article : 244 words
  8. CELEBRATIONS.

    More than seventy police of the New south Wales force will leave Sydney on Monday for Canberra, where they will assist in controlling the traffic during the visit of the Duke of ...

    Article : 137 words
  9. SHOP BURNED.

    The piemises of John Maguire and company, of Yerong Creek, were damaged by fire yesterday, and a butcher's shop next door was destroyed. It was occupied by S. W. ...

    Article : 51 words
  10. NEW CHURCH OPENED.

    Bishop Carroll opened a new Roman Catholic Church at Dungarubba before a large crowd. A collection yielded more than £60 which resulted in the structure being dedicated ...

    Article : 35 words
  11. TRAIN RIDERS FINED.

    Thomas wilson, George Roberts, Cecil John Anderson, George Thomas Taylor, and John Connolly were each fined £1 for trespassing on railway property. ...

    Article : 91 words
  12. H.M.A.S. SYDNEY'S MAST.

    The tripod mast of H.M.A.S. Sydney, purchased some time ago from the Shipping Board by a Queensland resident for the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League, ...

    Article : 218 words
  13. AERIAL SURVEY.

    Further observations by the technical officers travelling in the Southern Cross, who are making preliminary inspections for the geological survey of North Australia, have been ...

    Article : 289 words
  14. HOSPITAL LOTTERY SYNDICATES

    In anticipation of a bill which the State Government has announced its intention of introducing for the abolition of lottery syndicate agents, the Goulburn District Hospital ...

    Article : 51 words
  15. LIONEL LAWSON.

    Mr. Lionel Lawson is a violinist with a singularly lucid and unforced style. The recital he gave at the Conservatorium last night was his first since returning from London. ...

    Article : 400 words
  16. ODDFELLOWS' CONFERENCE.

    At the Manchester Unity Oddfellows' conterence to-day, consideration was given to [?] proposal to reduce the maximum payment from the funeral benefit fund to £40, in order ...

    Article : 147 words
  17. KIDNAPPING CASES

    A series of other kidnapping and extortion plots has shocked the nation. Edward Lickwala a young employee of the Ford plant in Detroit, confessed that he sent ...

    Article : 239 words
  18. MANLY FESTIVAL.

    The citizens committee in charge of the festival at Manly, to marl the visit of the Duke ot Gloucester, has decided to extend the festivities over a week. The opening will be on ...

    Article : 264 words
  19. AERODROME SITE.

    At the last meeting of the municipal council a letter was received from the Civil Aviation Department asking the council to recommend suitable sites for an aerodrome. When th[?] ...

    Article : 171 words
  20. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    The Printing and Book Purchasers' Protection (Amendment) Bill, which is designed to check the distribution of seditious, blasphemous, and indecent literature, was ...

    Article : 205 words
  21. MACKAY CONTRACT.

    Denials of Mr. Randolph Bedford's allegations concerning the Mackay Harbour contract were made yesterday by several persons who were mentioned in his speech in ...

    Article : 253 words
  22. ROYAL MAIL PACKET.

    At a meeting of the Royal Mall Steam Packet Company, Sir Arthur Maxwell, a director, who presided, said that the moratorium granted by the company's creditors would ...

    Article : 215 words
  23. INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

    The Junee District Hospital has been closed to visitors except in critical cases owing to the infectious nature of the present epidemic of influenza. There are also many cases [?] ...

    Article : 41 words
  24. MOREE EISTEDDFOD.

    The Moree eisteddfod opened yesterday afternoon in the Memorial Hall before a sat[?] factory attendance. Dr. C. A. Jarman, [?] Sydney, was the adjudicator. The first session ...

    Article : 169 words
  25. GOVERNOR'S DINNER.

    The Governor of Victoria (Lord Hunting-field) and Lady Huntingfield gave a dinner at Government House to-night, which was attended by the Duke of Gloucester. ...

    Article : 33 words
  26. OFFICERS OF THE SUSSEX.

    The State director of the Royal visit yesterday made available the full list of officers of H.M.S. Sussex as follows:—Captain: S. S. Bonham-Carter, D.S.O. Wardroom officers: ...

    Article : 194 words
  27. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 272 words
  28. IDLE COLLIERIES.

    A combined meeting of Aberdare Central and Aberdare Extended miners' lodges decided to-night in favour of a resumption of work, pending a conference with the management ...

    Article : 138 words
  29. PLAYGROUNDS.

    A conference held last night by the Parks and Playgrounds Movement of New South Wales in the rooms of the New South Wales Cricket Association, resolved to press for the ...

    Article : 566 words
  30. MURWILLUMBAH SLEEPER DEPOT.

    Mr. A. E. Budd, M.L.A., has been inform[?] th[?] the Railway Department cannot acc[?] to the request to reopen the Murwillum[?] sleeper depot. Mr. Budd made representa[?] ...

    Article : 49 words
  31. EDUCATION.

    The Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) outlined in Lismore recently his conception of a new educational system, based on greater control and spending powers by ...

    Article : 144 words
  32. LAWN TENNIS.

    F. J. Perry, the champion lawn tennis player, informed the Australian Press Association: "I am definitely going to tour Australia with the British team as arranged for the ...

    Article : 240 words
  33. ALBURY MURDER.

    The police search for Beryl Cashmere, who had been mentioned as being possibly the victim of the Albury murder, resulted in finding that she had been married eight months ...

    Article : 44 words
  34. THEFT FROM COUNCIL DEPOT.

    Thieves last night visited a depot where [?] shire council garaged two new motor [?] The tyres, tubes, and discs, including [?] parts, were taken from the vehicles. [?] ...

    Article : 44 words
  35. SMOKE CONCERT FOR NAVAL MEN.

    The New South Wales section of the exNaval Men's Association is inviting 100 officers and men from H.M.S. Sussex and a like number from the ships of the Royal Australian ...

    Article : 67 words
  36. METHODISTS' DIAMOND JUBILEE.

    Wellington Methodists celebrated their [?] mond jubilee on Sunday with special servic[?] Various functions are being held through[?] the week, and will be concluded on Sund[?] ...

    Article : 99 words
  37. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of gold to-day was £7/2/1 an ounce fine, compared with £7/2/7 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted at ...

    Article : 405 words
  38. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 190 words
  39. G.U.O.O.F. GRAND MASTER.

    Bro. Penman has been elected Grand Master of the Grand United Order of Oddfellows. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 22 words
  40. LONDON COMMENTS.

    Australia figures prominently in the morning papers to-day with details of the Melbourne celebrations, special articles, pictures by wireless of the Duke of Gloucester, and ...

    Article : 380 words
  41. POWER CHARGES REDUCED.

    The Bland Shire Council passed a res[?] reducing the price of electric power by [?] pence a unit. The report stated that a [?] number of radio sets and other electrical [?] ...

    Article : 67 words
  42. PACIFIC FLIGHT.

    Delay in completing the installation of radio equipment in the Lockheed Altair monoplane Lady Southern Cross caused Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Captain P. G. Taylor ...

    Article : 407 words
  43. BYRD EXPEDITION.

    With his characteristic vigour and spirit, Rear-Admiral Byrd has thrown himself into the expedition's spring activities, which have started on many fronts. "It is certainly good ...

    Article : 127 words
  44. CASUALTIES.

    Harold Borton, 21, of Ettalong-road, [?] Hill, was riding a motor cycle along [?] Western-road, Parramatta, on Wednes[?] night, when he collided with Allan Hope, 19,[?] ...

    Article : 186 words
  45. TO-DAY.

    New Tivoli Theatre: "Mother of Pearl," 8. Theatre Royal: "Blue Mountain Melody," 8. Criterion Theatre: "Sixteen," 8. Embassy Theatre: "Blossom Time," "freedom of ...

    Article : 259 words
  46. SEAPLANE CRASHES INTO SEA.

    A large seaplane crashed while attempting to get into contact with the liner Washington 700 miles from New York to-day to pick up the news-reel picture of the ...

    Article : 106 words
  47. QUEENSLAND PUBLIC DEBT.

    A gross public debt at the end of June of £118,060,352 was revealed in the Auditor-General's report, presented to Parliament to-day. During the year the debt increased by ...

    Article : 90 words
  48. GERMAN'S SUDDEN DEATH.

    Joharm Richard' Lusebrink 62, a [?] bookseller, living in Powell-street, Home[?] collapsed on the Central Railway Station [?] night. Central District Ambulance [?] ...

    Article : 38 words
  49. ADMIRALTY HOUSE GROUNDS.

    The honorary secretary of the New South Wales branch of the Navy League (Mr. F. W. Hixson) suggests in a letter to the Editor of the "Herald" that the arrival at Sydney of ...

    Article : 129 words
  50. LEASE CANCELLED

    In a contested case in the Litngow Mining Court, the warden (Mr. A. N. Graham) up-held a complaint that D. J. Leahy had not complied with labour conditions in respect to ...

    Article : 89 words
  51. STATE ELECTIONS.

    Mr. Leslie G. Dare announced yesterday that he had submitted his name for the U.A.P. selection for North Sydney at the forthcoming State general elections. The ...

    Article : 43 words
  52. COMPENSATION OF £3500

    During an all-night sitting the Assembly spent about two hours in discussing compensation, £3500, to be paid to the former Agent-General (Mr. Hill). The item was passed, ...

    Article : 41 words
  53. GERMANY'S TAXES.

    A new German law excludes from the turnover tax wholesale deliveries of vital raw materials, including wool. With a view to encouraging large families, ...

    Article : 72 words
  54. MERCHANT'S ESTATE.

    Probate was granted to-day of the [?] the late Mr. George Milne, wine and [?] merchant, of Adelaide. The estate is [?] subject to deductions for debts and [?] ...

    Article : 44 words
  55. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes ot suburban picture theatres will be found in the Amusements advertising column. ...

    Article : 18 words
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