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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. CATTLE STEALING CHARGE FAILS

    At the Denman Police Court, before Mr. W. Geikie, P.M., A. E. V. Ekert, who was represented by Mr. Dunlop (of Messrs. A. B. Shaw and Co., Singleton) was charged with ...

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  3. HUME RESERVOIR.

    Representatives of the Commonwealth and the States of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia conferred to-day at Parliament House on matters connected with the ...

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  4. JOHN DARLING MINE.

    Following a ruling by Mr. A. H. Gibson, S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court to-day, that the prosecution had made out a case to answer, the cases in which various men are ...

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  5. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Trade Representation.

    The Foreign Secretary (Mr. Henderson) stated in the House of Commons in reply to a question that, while British diplomatic representatives were at all times prepared to ...

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  6. MASKED MEN.

    Mrs. Mary. Measday, aged 72, who conducts a general store on the Mount Barker-road, Crafers, about ten miles from Adelaide, was assaulted to-night by two masked men, who, ...

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  7. WHEAT POOL

    The Minister for Markets (Mr. Parker Moloney), addressing a conference of Ministers of Agriculture, and representatives of the wheat-growing industry, ...

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  8. PICKETING CASES.

    When 73 men appeared at the Wallsend Police Court this morning on charges arising out of the mass picketing riot at Ashtonfields on January 10, Miss C. Jollie ...

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  9. MR. BRUCE. Impressions of England

    The former Prime Minister of Australia (Mr. Bruce) refused flatly to make a statement in any form respecting the Australian financial position. He declined to answer or ...

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  10. GOULBURN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

    Nine years ago the Goulburn Chamber of Commerce originated the new State movement. At the annual meeting of the chamber this week a letter was received from ...

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  11. RAILWAY GAUGES.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) has drawn up a memorandum, in anticipation of the conference of Commonwealth and State Ministers at Canberra to-morrow, ...

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  12. CHINESE FINED £20.

    Sammy Chong, an elderly Chinese, was fined £20, in default three months' imprisonment, at the Grafton Police Court for having been in possession of a pipe for use in ...

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  13. MOTOR CYCLIST INJURED.

    James Graham was admitted to the Portland Hospital in an unconscious condition yesterday, as the result of a motor cycle accident. He is an employee of the Wallerawang ...

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  14. PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS

    The Foreign Secretary (Mr. Henderson) was asked in the House of Commons whether he had yet raised with the Soviet Ambassador the question of religious persecution in Russia. ...

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  15. WAR BOOKS.

    Protests against the type of war book of which Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front" is a representative example were expressed by returned soldiers at the Legacy Club ...

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  16. N.Z. WOOL SALES.

    The position arising out of the wool buyers' reported decision to take "certain action" if offerings at the Wellington wool sales are reduced from 20,000 to 14,000 bales is ...

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  17. BUILDINGS DESTROYED BY FIRE.

    The residence of Mr. T. McKechnie was destroyed by fire this morning. An out break of fire also occurred on Sunday, when the old Merrygoen Hotel was destroyed. ...

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  18. CHILD SERIOUSLY SCALDED.

    A child named Thomas Bragg was seriously scalded when the contents of a pot [?] bolling coffee, which he lifted from the fire to a table, were upset over his face, che[?] ...

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  19. BOY'S MISADVENTURE.

    Glen Till, 10, son of Mr. R. E. Till, [?] Maclean, was playing near an electric light pole with other boys, when he caught hold [?] a staywire, which had become charged with ...

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  20. MOUNT WERONG.

    Recent correspondence in the "Sydney Morning Herald" in regard to the discovery of a 28-carat diamond on the Mount Werong field, near Lithgow, has prompted Mr. G. A. ...

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  21. DEATH OF OLD RESIDENT.

    The death has occurred of Mr. William Marsh, of Goulburn, aged 83 years. A carries Mr. Marsh carted water to the Goulburn Gaol before the water supply was institute ...

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  22. FALSE CHARGES.

    Charges made recently against the police on the northern coalfields by a deputation which, waited on the Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) have been proved to be without ...

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  23. MME. KIRKBY LUNN DEAD.

    The death is announced of Madame Louise Kirkby Lunn, the famous singer, at the age of 57 years. [Madame Kirkby Lunn was born in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  24. BODY RECOVERED ON BEACH.

    The body of Edward F. Hughes, a returning soldier, who was washed off Schnapper Roch Point Danger, on Wednesday afternoon, was found on the beach near Surfers' Parade ...

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  25. WHEAT HARVEST.

    The estimate made by the Railway Commissioners a fortnight ago that the Victorian wheat harvest would be 25,000,000 bushels has already been exceeded. Loadings to Monday ...

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  26. BOYS' BRAVERY RECOGNISED.

    Lance Till and Carl Paine, two Maclean schoolboys, were responsible recently for the rescue of a boy from the surf at Yamba. [?] a meeting of the Maclean Parents and ...

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  27. DIVORCE IN CANADA.

    An intimation that there will be strong opposition to the proposal to establish divorce courts in Quebec has been given in a pastoral signed by Cardinal Rouleau, Archbishop of ...

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  28. INCIDENT AT THE GAP.

    A young man who threatened to commit suicide was dragged from the brink of the cliffs at the Gap, Watson's Bay, last night by a constable and three civilians. He struggled ...

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  29. BOY SERIOUSLY BURNT.

    The 10-year-old son of Mr. Fred Engel was seriously burned on Saturday owing to this pyjamas coming in contact with a prim[?] stove he was lighting. His condition is ...

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  30. BEEBY AWARD.

    Further argument was heard in the High Court to-day regarding the validity of the second interim award made by Judge Beeby in the coal industry. ...

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  31. WAR SERVICE HOMES.

    At a special meeting of the Bingara subbranch of the Returned Soldiers' League it was resolved to invite the Deputy Commissioned of War Service Homes to Bingara to ...

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  32. NINETY-SEVEN TO-DAY.

    To-day Mrs. Rebecca Solomon, of 11 Tusculum-street, Potts Point, celebrates her 97th birthday. To meet her is a delight. She retains her ...

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  33. £5000 DAMAGE.

    Early this morning an unsuccessful attempt to blow up the strongroom in the premises of J. Kitchen and Sons, soap manufacturers, of Southwark, resulted in an outbreak of ...

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  34. PLIGHT OF MUSICIANS. No Assistance from Victorian Ministry.

    The plight of hundreds of professional musicians, rendered idle by the introduction of the talkies and mechanical music in Melbourne theatres, was explained to the Premier (Mr. ...

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  35. INDEX. NEWS.

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  36. MAN DRAGGED BY HORSE.

    Arthur Robins, who is employed at Mary vale, was unseated while riding a horse an[?] his left foot caught in a stirrup iron. [?] was dragged for a considerable distance, and ...

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  37. £7500 LOAN.

    The Lidcombe Municipal Council has decided to borrow £7500 for improvements to parks and public baths. At the last meeting of the council ...

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  38. WOOL PRICES.

    Addressing the Bradford Textile Society, Mr. William Hunter, ex-president of the Wool Federation, said he was convinced that the lack of confidence resulting from the ...

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  39. ASSAULT ON CONSTABLE.

    At the Police Court, Ernest and Albert Heckford were charged with assaulting Constable Foley when in the execution of his duty. Both were convicted and sentence ...

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  40. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  41. OLD RESIDENTS' DEATHS.

    The death has occurred of one of [?] pioneers of the Hastings River, Mr. James Warrall, aged 85 years. Deceased took prominent part in opening up the country ...

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  42. MAN FALLS FROM TRAIN.

    Charles Lloyd Jones, 20, of Tarcutta-street, Tarcutta, fell from a train at the Granville railway station last night. He was picked up in an unconscious condition, and was still ...

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  43. ORCHESTRA DISMISSED.

    Members of the National Broadcasting Orchestra, which plays for 3LO, received notices of dismissal yesterday, as the result of reorganisation within the Australian ...

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  44. MINING LICENSES.

    Under the New South Wales Mining Act, which has been in force in the Federal Capital Territory, it was not possible to grant licenses to prospect or mine for minerals. ...

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  45. CANADIAN WHEAT.

    A fall of 4 cents a bushel in wheat prices to-day was a grave blow to the Wheat Pool at Winnipeg. The price is now within a cent of the margin agreed upon by the banks ...

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  46. LATE MR. JOHN MUNRO.

    Mr. John Munro, a former resident [?] Moree, died at Manly on Friday, aged 5[?] years. He is survived by two sons, Mr. J. R. L. Munro of Moree, and Mr. Jack Munro, and ...

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  47. TROTTING THRILLS.

    In the public mind trotting races are not usually associated with danger, but yesterday, at Harold Park, the spectators had several dramatic reminders that the sport may on ...

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  48. A SEQUENCE OF THIRTEEN.

    On January 13 Mr. Harry Gurney, of Wentworth Falls, who is employed as a ganger by the Blue Mountains Shire Council on the Main Western-road, was accidentally knocked ...

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  49. WIDER SCREEN FOR CINEMA.

    While the cinema world of England was expecting that the United States would impose the wide film and wide screen at its own convenience, Sir Oswald Stoll, ...

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  50. BATHURST POLICE COURT.

    Charged with having travelled in a High class railway compartment on August 2[?], without having previously paid his far[?] Hubert Pedemont, railway fitter, pleaded n[?] ...

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  51. SPIT BRIDGE TOLLS.

    The Mayor of Manly (Alderman Gourlay), replying to a question put to him at last night's meeting of the Municipal Council, said that no money whatever received from ...

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  52. TO-DAY.

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  53. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A maid, entering the drawing-room of a house belonging to Mrs. Burgoyne, at Broadlands, Ascot, early this morning, found an intruder asleep on the floor with two empty ...

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  54. WILLOUGHBY COUNCIL EMPLOYEES' WAGES.

    Thc salaries and wages of the indoor and outdoor staffs employed by the Municipal Council of Willoughby will be reduced in accordance with the declared decrease in the ...

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  55. MOTOR DRIVER FINED.

    At the Hunter's Hill Court yesterday Norman Walter Milham was fined £5 and ordered to pay £2/10/ costs and expenses for driving a car not registered under the Public Vehicles ...

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  56. DEAF-MUTE ASSAULTED.

    A deaf-mute was attacked by another man in Pitt-street, near Campbell-street, city, last night, and was knocked down. His assailant ran away. ...

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  57. DIED OF THIRST.

    Alfred Davey, who was reported missing last week from Wandagee sheep station, in the Gascoyne district, has been found dead in the scrub, having apparently perished from ...

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  58. MAN KILLED BY TRAIN.

    The Sydney mail train last night ran over and killed a man a few miles from Murwillumbah. The body, which has not been identified, was not discovered until this morning. ...

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