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  2. THE POLICEMAN'S LOT.

    The cheapness in which human life is held by the criminal element in our midst was referred to at the opening of the Police Conferance by the president, who remarked that ...

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  3. CITY ELECTIONS.

    The three Citizens' Reform Association candidates, Messrs. Charles Robinson, C. R. Scharkie, and L. W. Taylor, opened their campaign last night in St. Michael's Parish ...

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  4. STATE SESSION.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby) said that the Government had been instrumental in making considerably over £1,000,000 ...

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  5. THE UNIVERSITY.

    The university Undergraduates held their theatre night in connection with the annual festival in the Union Hall, within the University, last evening. And what a contrast ...

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  6. OBITUARY.

    Mr. Francis Pearce, an old resident of Newcastle, died recently at his residence, Rosco[?], 31 Tudor-street, Hamilton. He was born in Sydney 86 years ago, and went to Newcastle ...

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  7. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

    The New South Wales General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church resumed its sittings yesterday at St. Stephen's, Phillip-street. ...

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  8. V.R.C. GRAND NATIONALS.

    Entries for the V.R.C. Grand National events are:- Grand National Hurdle Race, 3m (run Saturday, July 5).—Gratify, Counter Charm, R[?]nul[?] ...

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  9. FOOTBALL.

    The New South Wales Rugby Union team for Queensland will practise at the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day at 4 p.m. To-day at 1.15 p.m. Cyril Towers, the ...

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  10. MR. J. R. M. MARRACK.

    Mr. John Rea Melville Marrack, who died a[?] his home at Pymble during last week-end, was a well-known solicitor, who practised for forty years at Kempsey, and largely aided ...

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  11. NARRANDERA R.C.

    Narrandera Race Club's annual meeting opened to-day in fine weather. There was a large attendance. Results:- Hurdle Race. 2m.—Mr. H. Clough's Canardly[?] ...

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  12. MRS. WILLIAM CRANE.

    The death occurred yesterday morning of Mrs. William Crane, at her residence, at 129 Cavendish-street, Stanmore. Mrs. Crane was the widow of the late William Crane, ...

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  13. RUGBY LEAGUE.

    Ny[?]gan Football Club has secured the services of Eric Dolg as player-coach. There is great satisfaction here at the selection of L[?]onel Rorke (win[?]) and Jack McDonald (forward) for the ...

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  14. MR. E. A. MORLEY.

    The death occurred at Enfield on Monday of Mr. Ernest Alfred Morley, a well-known undertaker. Mr. Morley, who was born in Suffolk, ...

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  15. AUSTRALIAN RULES.

    Saturday's games in the League competition promise interesting contests. The even standard of play was amply demonstrated in each of last Saturday's engagements. Newtown and St. George ...

    Article : 185 words
  16. ANNIVERSARY MEETING.

    For the 46th anniversary celebration of the Central Methodist Mission last night the Town Hall was filled, Among the speakers were Mr. F. H. Stewart, who presided; the ...

    Article : 149 words
  17. BOARD RESIGNS.

    The resignation of the board of directors, officers, and manager of the Lithgow Trades Hall Co-operative Ltd., was accepted at a meeting of unionists. This action followed ...

    Article : 88 words
  18. COTTON BOUNTY BILL.

    Queensland members of the Opposition in the Federal Parliament are determined to safeguard the interests of cotton-growers, which, they contend, are being [?]opardised by ...

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  19. ASSOCIATION RULES.

    The most important game in the Association next Saturday should be that between Auburn and Concord, at Auburn. The former have not yet been defeated, although they have registered two drawn ...

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  20. COURSING.

    The Greyhound Coursing Association held a meeting at Harold Park yesterday. There was only a moderate attendance. Rain tell during the early part of the afternoon, but thereafter the weather ...

    Article : 363 words
  21. CHURCHES OF CHRIST.

    The annual young people's rally of the Churches of Christ in New South Wales was held at the Pitt-street Congregational Church last evening. Mr. F. E. Alcorn presided over ...

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  22. KUBELIK.

    Jan Kubellk, the famous violinist, arrived at Fremantle to-day, by the R.M.S. Moldavia, and will give his first Australian concert in Perth on Thursday night. He has brought ...

    Article : 243 words
  23. TIMBER-PLANTING.

    Faced by a pending shortage in the world's supply of softwood timbers, many countries, are entering upon campaigns of afforestation, and in a lecture to members of the New ...

    Article : 168 words
  24. MUSICIANS AWARD ALTERED.

    Chief Judge Dethridge, in the Arbitration Court to-day made a variation in the award of the Musicians Union with a view to bringing it into line with modern requirements, and ...

    Article : 228 words
  25. MOTOR ACCIDENTS.

    William Stafford Anderson, whose passport indicates that he was a Canadian engineer, was killed near Fellding last night. It is stated that Anderson took a car from a Palmerston ...

    Article : 178 words
  26. RAZOR SLASHING.

    The second serious razor attack in Melbourne within a fortnight occurred to-night, when John Jackson, a stevedore, of Port Melbourne, was found lying in Bay-street ...

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  27. TEMORA CLUB.

    Temora Coursing Club's two days meeting commenced to-day. A feature of the calling of the card was the support accorded to Marshon for the Puppy Stake. He was backed by his owner to ...

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  28. ROWING.

    The decision of the Australian Rowing council to abandon the races for The King's Cup in 1931 and 1933 means that the next race in this State will be in 193[?]. Ordinarily the race would ...

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  29. PRIVATE SLAUGHTER YARD.

    A complaint was received at last night's meeting of the Fairfield Council from a combined council of local progress associations that the killing of sheep and cattle was being ...

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  30. LECTURE ON "THE TEMPEST."

    At a meeting of the Shakespeare Society last night the Rev. T. A. Walsh lectured on "The Tempest." Considered purely as a work of the theatre, he said, this play was not as ...

    Article : 185 words
  31. HALF-TIME WORKING.

    Ninety-seven members of the Australian Workers' Union, who are employed at Boya State Quarry, agreed to-day to work half time instead of half of their number being ...

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  32. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    In the Legislative Council, the bill to repeal of the 44-hour Acts and to amend certain other industrial legislation was received from the Legislative Assembly. On the motion ...

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  33. CANBERRA COUNCIL.

    Mr. Roy Rowe, president of the local branch of the Returned Soldiers League, was declared elected this afternoon when the count was completed. He obtained 2091 votes ...

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  34. KANGAROOS FOR HAMBURG ZOO.

    The German motor-ship Leverkusen, which sailed for Hamburg, via Antwerp, yesterday, carried 12 wallabies and kangaroos for the Hamburg Zoo. During the voyage the ...

    Article : 63 words
  35. MEDICAL SCHOOL.

    The Sydney University Medical School will be open on Friday for inspection by members of the general public. Several exhibitions have been arranged for ...

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  36. UNSETTLED WEATHER.

    Unsettled conditions prevailed on the coast of New South Wales yesterday, and many places reported light falls of rain. Up till 3 o'clock in the afternoon 13 points had ...

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  37. GREYHOUND RACING.

    The Greyhound Coursing Association will conduct a mechanical [?]are meeting at Harold Park tonight, commencing at 8 o'clock. Following is the draw: ...

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  38. WOMEN'S FIRST-AID CLASS.

    On Tuesday, May 27, first-aid classes for women will commence at the Central District Ambulance headquarters in Central-square. ...

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  39. BASEBALL.

    Adverse criticism has been directed against the fiction of two of the officials of the PetorshamWests Major League Baseball Club respecting a position that arose during the game between that ...

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  40. MELBOURNE WOOL SALES.

    With the resumption of wool sales in Melbourne to-day, a very strong demand was again experienced, particularly from Japan, which section operated vciy strongly in ...

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  41. MOTHER'S BRAVE ACT.

    The bursting of a primus stove caused injury to Mrs. May Schilling, 28, of Rae-street North Fitzroy, to-night. The explosion set fire to her room, and[?] picking up her baby, ...

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  42. COLLECTION TAKEN UP.

    Thirty—four men charged with having played two-up at South Kensington on May 4 were each fined £2/10/ at the Flemington Court to-day Costs amounting to £3/3 ...

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  43. HOCKEY.

    Mrs. F. J. Davy non secretary of the Australian Women's Hockey association and manager of the Australian women's team, announced last night that the medical adviser to the A.W.H.A. had ...

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  44. INTER-UNIVERSITY RACE.

    To contest the inter-University race at Perth on June 7 the Adelaide crew will leave on Sunday, The South Australian combination is:—C. E. Gregory [?]bow[?] A. H. Finlayson (2). N. J. Bonn[?]n ...

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  45. UNSATISFACTORY SCHOOL BUILDING.

    That there are large cracks in the walls of the Public school at Bossley Park, which allow the water when it rains to pour into the schoolroom was stated at last night's ...

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  46. THE REFERENDUM.

    Replying to-day to statements made in a speech at Chatswood by the leader of the Opposition in the Federal Parliament (Mr. Latham) about the Federal Ministry's ...

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  47. WRESTLING.

    George Walker (Canada) defeated Scotty McDougal (Canada) by one fall to n[?]. The fall was secured in the second round. ...

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  48. MACLEAN COUNCIL.

    Following the several unsuccessful attempts made by the Maclean Municipal Council to fill three vacancies, the aldermen and council clerk wrote to the Local Government ...

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  49. WOMAN ADMITTED TO THE BAR.

    Western Australia's first woman barrister was admitted to the Bar to-day She is Mis[?] Alice Mary Cummins, daughter of Mr. J. H Cummins of Merredin. Miss Cummins took ...

    Article : 52 words
  50. LUNCHEON TO VETERANS.

    The annual luncheon provided by the Commonwealth Government for the navy and army veterans in commemoration of Empire Day will be held a[?] Sargents. Ltd., ...

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  51. SHIKAT BEATS DUSEK.

    Shikat heat Dusek with a back body hold in an hour and [?] quarter. ...

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  52. FIRE AT REDFERN.

    A fire occurred yesterday morning at the cabinet-making works of Mrs. Katrine Gazal. Eliznbelh-street, Redfern. The rear portion of the building, which is a one-story ...

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  53. SHEEPBREEDER KILLED.

    Mr. C. B. Grubb, a well-known sheep breeder of Strathroy, near Launceston, was killed this evening. He was driving a horse attached to a sulky in Launceston when the ...

    Article : 78 words
  54. THEOLOGICAL COLLEGES' DEBATE.

    The final of the debate in connection with The Pearce Memorial Shield for competition among theological colleges was won by the Baptist Theological College, whose team ...

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  55. ROBBERIES REPORTED.

    Thieves broke open the back door of M[?] Walter Clarence Hazlewood's shop, in Pitt-street, city, during the week-end, and stole watches valued at £40. ...

    Article : 48 words
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