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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. EARLY MORNING FIRE.

    Fire destroyed Bromley and Redman's refreshment rooms, Brown-street, at 3 a.m. The flames quickly spread to the dwelling and J. M. Roberts' watchmaking premises. A railway ...

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  3. BROADCASTING.

    One of the provisions of the Wireless Broadcasting Bill, which will be introduced into the House of Representatives to-morrow, is designed to give to a A class stations the right ...

    Article : 196 words
  4. NAVY ESTIMATES Lowest Since 1913.

    The First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell), introducing the Navy estimates in the House of Commons, said that he felt like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as he had ...

    Article : 359 words
  5. U.A.P.

    Senator Hardy, leader of the Country movement, said that for the first time the creed of Nationalism, now called the "United Australia party," was being subjected to criticism. ...

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  6. FEDERAL SESSION. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

    The proposed alterations of the tobacco duties were debated in the House of Representatives. The debate is reported in another column. ...

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  7. TOBACCO DUTIES.

    In the House of Representatives to-day the proposed alterations in the tobacco duties were discussed. The Minister for Customs (Mr. Gullett) defended the new duties. The ...

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  8. SIR ALFRED MEEKS.

    When the Legislative Council met yesterday afternoon, members of all shades of political opinion joined in paying tribute to the memory of Sir Alfred Meeks, who was a member of ...

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  9. RAILWAYS.

    A fifth report by Mr. W. B. Rogers has now been handed to the Transport Co-ordination Board, to be forwarded on to the Premier (Mr. Lang). ...

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  10. HOWLONG POLICE COURT.

    At Howlong Police Court, O. G. Theis was convicted of having obtained a food relief order by false pretences and was bound over to be of good behaviour for a year. ...

    Article : 108 words
  11. CYCLIST'S STORY.

    Peter Doyle, powder monkey, employed by the Portland Cement Company, at Marulan, states that a passing car threw him heavily from his motor cycle and left him on the ...

    Article : 72 words
  12. WOMAN CHARGED WITH ARSON.

    On February 28, a dwelling on the farm of Sydney Cookson, at Old Bonalbo, was destroyed by fire, the outbreak being discovered by William Gear, who was on his way to church. ...

    Article : 61 words
  13. THE SENATE.

    Resuming the debate in the Senate on the Financial Agreements (Commonwealth Liability) Bill, which gives to bondholders the right to sue the Commonwealth in the event ...

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  14. BRITISH INDUSTRY.

    Mr. Ronald Kitson, a director of Messrs. Dorman, Long, and Co., Ltd., and of the Bank of England, passed through Fremantle to-day on the Orford to attend the opening of ...

    Article : 297 words
  15. WAGE REDUCTIONS.

    The Full Court of the Arbitration Court to-day decided that it would allow counsel to appear in the applications by a number of unions for a revocation of the orders reducing ...

    Article : 120 words
  16. THEFT OF PRIEST'S CAR.

    A motor car owned by the Rev. Dr. Maguire was stolen on Saturday night. The police went to a dance hall at Mummulgum where they saw the car. They waited till after the ...

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  17. ALLEGED THEFT FROM CAR.

    Mr. Cohen, an insurance manager, motored to Byron Bay at the week-end with three friends. They decided to have a surf. In the car Mr. Cohen left a ring valued at £90. ...

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  18. POLICE COURT CASES.

    William Galea, a Maltese, was committed for trial at Casino Police Court on a charge of obtaining the dole for 25/4 by means of false pretences. It was alleged that when ...

    Article : 105 words
  19. GERMAN AIRWOMAN.

    The Commonwealth Defence Department has cabled to its air liaison officer in London inquiring for details of the plans of Fraulein Einehorne, the German airwoman, who is ...

    Article : 119 words
  20. FALSE NOTICE.

    In the Criminal Court to-day Joseph Cocking, blacksmith, of Cowaramup, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment on a charge of having uttered a false ...

    Article : 90 words
  21. HOSPITAL INMATE'S DEATH.

    The body of George Brandon, 64 years, an inmate of the State Hospital, who had been missing for a few days, was found in a hospital paddock. A shot-gun was lying nearby. ...

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  22. DEATH AT SEA.

    Mr. John F. Atkinson, 73, a saloon passenger by the Aorangi, died suddenly at 8.30 on Sunday morning. Five hours earlier he had acute indigestion, but after medical attention ...

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  23. BUTCHER'S PAINFUL INJURIES.

    Mr. William Crabtree, butcher, was working on a ladder when it fell from under him, and he was impaled on some meat hooks, from which he was released with difficulty. His ...

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  24. MURDERED WOMEN.

    Arrested at Linz on suspicion of having murdered a builder's wife, Louisa Janks, the crime being described as the most horrible in Austrian history, Franz Leithgoeb, 53 years ...

    Article : 133 words
  25. HARBOUR BRIDGE.

    Complete arrangements have been made for the broadcasting of the opening of the bridge. The national service will commence proceedings at 9 a.m., when 2BL will broadcast a ...

    Article : 648 words
  26. ILL AFTER EATING WATER-MELON.

    At Cunningdroo Estate a party of friends who were being entertained by Mr. John Henwood ate water-melon. Later Mrs. Henwood, Mr. W. Westendorf, and Miss Phillips became ...

    Article : 60 words
  27. MURDER CHARGE.

    At the City Court to-day, Clarice Edith Mills, 23, and Sydney Wightwick, 39, were charged with having, on or about February 19, murdered a newly-born child. ...

    Article : 231 words
  28. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

    Prosecutions under the Weights and Measures Act for the year ended December 31, 1931, totalled 309, compared with 255 in 1930, and under the Bread Act, 37, as compared with 30 ...

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  29. FATAL SNAKE-BITE.

    The funeral took place at Wamberal this afternoon of Raymond George Barham, 13, son of Mr. H. G. Barham, The Entrance, who died in hospital at Gosford as a result of being ...

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  30. MR. CLEARY.

    The Chief Railway Commissioner (Mr. Cleary) stated yesterday that the comparison made by the Minister for Works (Mr. Davidson) of the losses on the railways for the 29 years ...

    Article : 248 words
  31. VISIT TO RUSSIA.

    The State Council of the Victorian branch of the Railways Union to-night selected Mr. L. J. Mullins to visit Russia. He will leave by the Orsova on March 22. ...

    Article : 36 words
  32. NATIONALISTS' DECISION.

    At a large meeting of Nationalists last night it was unanimously decided to disband and form into a branch of the United Australia party. Steps will be taken to call a public ...

    Article : 69 words
  33. CATCHING SHARKS.

    "What does this company do?" asked Mr. Justice Bennett, at a preliminary hearing of an application for compulsory winding up of Marine Products, Ltd. ...

    Article : 88 words
  34. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 258 words
  35. CASUALTIES.

    The body of an unidentified man was recovered from the harbour in Athol Bight yesterday afternoon, and taken to the city morgue by the Central District Ambulance. The body ...

    Article : 213 words
  36. ACID SPILT ON LITTLE GIRL.

    A girl of 20 months, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Roche, of Adelong, met with an accident which may cause her to lose the sight of one eye. She climbed on to a table ...

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  37. OBITUARY. MR. JUSTICE HEYDON.

    A large and representative gathering attended the funeral of Mr. Justice Charles Gilbert Heydon, whose remains were interred at the Field of Mars Cemetery yesterday, after ...

    Article : 678 words
  38. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    In the House of Commons the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Major W. E. Elliott) told an inquirer that tobacco seized for contravention of the Customs Act, if smokable, was ...

    Article : 533 words
  39. COUNCIL OPPOSED SPORT ON GOOD FRIDAY.

    The Grafton Council yesterday decided that it was opposed to the holding of organised sporting events on Good Friday. The discussion arose after an inquiry from the ...

    Article : 69 words
  40. FOOD RELIEF FRAUD.

    M. P. Murphy, 40, was charged at the Gulgong Police Court with having obtained a food relief order by false pretences. Police evidence was given that Murphy had signed for ...

    Article : 98 words
  41. THE UNIONS.

    Referring to the instruction issued by the Railway Commissioner and the Transport Board, at the direction of the Premier (Mr. Lang), that railway employees must join a ...

    Article : 461 words
  42. A DOBRINSKI CONCERT.

    An interesting programme, containing such contrasts as Scottish songs and dances, arranged by Pochon for a string quartet, an aria, from the only opera that Beethoven ...

    Article : 301 words
  43. Advertising

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  44. MR. C. F. DENNES'S DEATH.

    Mr. Charles Frederick Dennes, whose death occurred in Glen Innes last week, was a native of the Manning River. He spent his boyhood with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Searl, ...

    Article : 63 words
  45. SOLDIER'S COTTAGE BURNT.

    A weatherboard cottage on a soldiers block at Lavington, and owned by Thomas Quinn, was destroyed by fire. The origin of the outbreak is unknown. Quinn awoke to find the ...

    Article : 40 words
  46. WAGE STANDARDS

    Comparisons of the wage standards and hours of labour under Government legislation in the various States were supplied by the leader of the Government (Sir George Pearce) ...

    Article : 142 words
  47. DECISION TO BORROW £6000.

    The Young Municipal Council has decided to borrow the sum of £6000, to carry out town improvements, and to relieve unemployment. This was consequent upon the striking of a rate ...

    Article : 63 words
  48. HIGH COURT.

    Archibald Waddell, an engineer, succeeded on appeal to the High Court to-day in recovering a verdict and judgment for £1000 damages against the Rev. Father John Donovan, ...

    Article : 103 words
  49. BOY FALLS FROM BRIDGE.

    Charles Pope and several other boys were on the railway bridge that spans George's River, when Pope lost his footing, falling between the sleepers into the river, a distance of 25 ...

    Article : 70 words
  50. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 202 words
  51. OIL AND COAL.

    The Tariff Board heard evidence to-day at Newcastle on the application by the Northern Collieries Association and the Miners' Federation for an import duty on certain fuel ...

    Article : 127 words
  52. KETCH'S CRUISE.

    A record for shark fishing is claimed by the crew of the auxiliary ketch Seahawk, which returned last night from a holiday cruise to Lord Howe Island. Twenty-four sharks were ...

    Article : 123 words
  53. TRADES SCHOOL CLOSES.

    The trade school, which was inaugurated by the Mayor of Liverpool to train unemployed youths and boys who had left school, has been closed owing to lack of public support. ...

    Article : 100 words
  54. SIR GRANVILLE RYRIE.

    The Australian Press Association understands that Sir Granville Ryrie's term as Australian High Commissioner in London has been extended for four months, and that he will ...

    Article : 98 words
  55. DR. W. J. MORTON.

    The death occurred at North Sydney yesterday of Dr. William John Morton, F.R.C.S., aged 69 years. He was born in the district which is now known as Canberra, and was ...

    Article : 84 words
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