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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. BABY HEALTH CENTRE.

    The Yass Baby Health Centre was opened two years ago, and after a very successful career, it seems that there is a possibility of it closing. Hundreds of babies have been ...

    Article : 161 words
  3. CITY FIRE.

    A fire which broke out in the premises of Bert Sutton, glass counter manufacturer and shop-fitter, at the Haymarket, George-street, shortly after midnight, threatened a whole ...

    Article : 217 words
  4. MR. CARL HENTSCHEL. Death Announced.

    The death has occurred of Mr. Carl Hentschel, who was supposed to be one of the original characters of Jerome's "Three Men in a Boat." ...

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  5. THE CROWDS GATHER.

    Ashtonfields colliery, near Maitland, was the scene to-day of one of the most remarkable displays of mob force ever given on the coalfields. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. TRANSPORT BILL.

    Speaking at the motor show luncheon yesterday, the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Bruxner) appealed for sympathetic consideration of the Transport Bill, which will ...

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  7. ROYAL WEDDING. Celebrations in Rome.

    A feature of the second day of the Royal wedding festivities in Rome was the illumination of the ancient forums and the baths of Caraculla and other ruins. ...

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  8. MOTOR SHOW. Opened by the Governor.

    The seventh annual motor show of the Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales was successfully opened yesterday afternoon by his Excellency the Governor, Sir Dudley de Chair. The official opening took place at a luncheon held in the basement ...

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  9. EXPRESS COLLISION.

    Eleven Indians were killed and 33 injured in a midnight collision between the Peshawar to Lucknow express and a stationary goods train at Clutterbuckganj station near Bareilly. ...

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  10. AN EGG WITHIN AN EGG.

    Mr. W. Lean, ot Glenfield, has exhibited a freak egg, which was produced during the week by a White Leghorn on his farm. The hen usually lays a double-yolk egg, but on ...

    Article : 75 words
  11. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.

    The agricultural editor of the "Daily Telegraph" says an important pronouncement regarding foot and mouth disease, which has been issued by the Royal Agricultural ...

    Article : 133 words
  12. KATOOMBA WATER SUPPLY.

    The Director of Public Works has informed the Katoomba Council that an officer of the department will visit Katoomba early this year to conter with council's officers on a more ...

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  13. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Prince George to-day performed the ceremony of opening the annexe to the National Gallery, which has been erected through the generosity of Sir Joseph Dueveen, and is ...

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  14. THE MAILED FIST.

    Mr. D. J. Davies, general secretary of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, said this morning that the statement made by him at the meeting of the Trades ...

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  15. STRANGE THEFT.

    A big stack of waste metal and discarded metal parts at White Bay, belonging to the Railway Department, has been slowly dissolving into a smaller stack. ...

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  16. MR. MACDONALD.

    The return of the Premier (Mr. MacDonald) to London from his holiday was followed to-day by renewed political activities. Mr. MacDonald had consultations this morning ...

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  17. LANDING GROUND FOR AIRCRAFT.

    The Department of Defence, in reply to a letter from the East Maitland Municipal Council on the question of an aerodrome, states that the policy of the department re[?] ...

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  18. LABOUR BALLOTS.

    The A.L.P. executive last night endorsed all candidates who won the recent selection ballots in the metropolitan and Newcastle districts with the exception of the following ...

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  19. SPECIAL CABINET.

    A special Cabinet meeting was summoned yesterday to deal with the coal situation. The Premier (Mr. Bavin) subsequently denounced the violet treatment accorded miners ...

    Article : 272 words
  20. LITTLE GIRL SUFFERS BURNS.

    Brenda Band, aged 10 years, of Arncliffe, who has been spending a holiday with Mrs. J. Smith, Wollongong, was removed to the Wollongong District Hospital, suffering from ...

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  21. RECOGNITION OF SOVIET.

    The Australian Press Association understands that the dominions are extremely reticent regarding recognition of the Soviet, with the exception of Canada, which, like the ...

    Article : 90 words
  22. CHARGED WITH JOY-RIDING.

    There was great excitement last night following several burglaries in private houses when a motor car, the property of Alderman J. B. Macdonald, piesident of the Local ...

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  23. A BALMAIN BUSINESS.

    "Work, and hard work, was all I could see in front of me when I started here some 30 years ago, and I have always stuck to it," said Mr. J. B. Sharp, founder of the firm of ...

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  24. HOT INLAND.

    The weather in New South Wales yesterday was cloudy on the coast and fine and hot inland, the highest registrations being 104 degrees at Wilcannia and 102 at Bourke. ...

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  25. HOW MOTORING HAS GROWN

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  26. JOURNALIST ARRESTED.

    A Warsaw journalist has been arrested on a charge of tapping the long-distance telephone during a confidential conversation between M. Moscicki, President of Poland, and Professor ...

    Article : 77 words
  27. FIRE PROMPTLY SUBDUED.

    Fire broke out at 2.23 a.m. in Talbiagarstrect in refreshment rooms occupied by Varvas Bros. The alarm was given quickly, and the brigade, under Officer Thornton, was ...

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  28. FAMILY ENDOWMENT TAX.

    Employers' returns of wages, etc., for the qrarter ended December 31, 1929, should be furnished to the Commissioner of Taxation, Warwick Building, Hamilton-street, Sydney. ...

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  29. HATRY GROUP.

    Although an official statement has not been made, it is generally believed that a Stock Exchange basis has been reached for a settlement in the Hatry group shares. It is ...

    Article : 87 words
  30. FREE LABOURER IN HOSPITAL.

    Members of the West Maitland hospital committee, who are also members of the miners' lodges at Greta and Branxton, have been told that they should put out of the hospital ...

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  31. INDEX. NEWS.

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  32. COSTLY JOKE.

    "I did it only for a joke," said John Canbury, a barman, of Newport, in the City Court to-day, when asked why he had blown pepper in a girl's face at the Greenmill dancing hall ...

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  33. MOTOR ACCIDENTS.

    A fatal motor accident occurred yesterday three miles from Tumut, on the Adelong-road, at a spot known as Korn's Corner. A car owned and driven by Mr. Noel ...

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  34. REPLACING GARTHPOOL.

    A move is afoot, headed by Sir William Garthwalte, the owner, to replace the wrecked sailing vessel Garthpool, the last of the British square-riggers afloat, in order to ...

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  35. MINERS' LOG CONFERENCE.

    The compulsory conference concerning the new log served by the unions on the employers will be held at Melbourne before Judge Beeby on the afternoon of Monday, January ...

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  36. ROTHBURY COAL.

    A ballot was taken to-day by the Newcastle [?]nd Port Waratah branches of the A.R.U. on whether the members were in favour of handling coal mined at Rothbury. ...

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  37. BRUTAL ASSAULT.

    William Pope, 36, of Colane-street, Concord West, was brutally assaulted by two men near the Concord West railway station last night. While travelling on the train to Concord ...

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  38. OFFICIAL OPENING.

    "Prophecy is a dangerous thing, but there is at least one avenue of progress which will. I hope, be explored. I refer to the possibility of the manufacture of complete cars ...

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  39. FLOODS IN MAURITIUS.

    Telegrams received by the Colonial Office from Mauritius report that, owing to heavy and unprecedented rainfall, severe floods have taken place in Port Louis and country ...

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  40. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  41. GREAT COLLECTION.

    When the show opened at the close of the Governor's speech yesterday afternoon, one of the greatest collections of modern motor transport vehicles ever assembled in Australia ...

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  42. RAILWAY COMMISSIONER.

    The Chief Railway Commissioner (Mr. Cleary) decided yesterday to cancel a proposed visit of inspection of the South Coast. He said last night that several important ...

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  43. LINESMAN INJURED.

    Stanley Hemme, a linesman, employed by the Postal Department, sustained frightful injuries yesterday when he fell from a telegraph pole at Bukkulla, 22 miles from ...

    Article : 78 words
  44. LIBERAL LEADERS.

    Interest attaches to two forthcoming pronouncements by the Liberal leaders, Mr. Lloyd George and Viscount Grey. Both are expected to deal with their relationships with ...

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  45. FIRE ON STEAMER.

    An outbreak of fire was discovered in the coal on board the steamer Calulu while the vessel was unloading cargo at Hongkong on Wednesday. The fire was extinguished ...

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  46. DETONATOR EXPLODES.

    Alton Sloane, the seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Sloane, of Sheffield-street, Auburn, was playing with some detonators when one exploded, blowing his left hand off. ...

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  47. YOUTH DROWNED.

    William Corbett Pye, 18, of Lithgow, slipped from a submerged rock while learning to swim in the River Lett, near Hartley, late yesterday, and was drowned, despite the ...

    Article : 136 words
  48. TO-DAY.

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  49. AFGHANISTAN.

    Fifteen persons were killed in a clash between the wild Kohidaman tribesmen and Afghan troops. The tribesmen refuse to acknowledge Nadir Khan as King of ...

    Article : 75 words
  50. OFFICIAL LUNCHEON.

    The president of the Motor Traders' Association (Mr. E. M. Dumbrell) presided over the luncheon gathering. The guests included the Governor (Sir Dudley de Chair), who was ...

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  51. CRICKET BROADCASTS.

    Speaking from 2FC last night, Don Bradman thanked the cricket followers of Australia for the wonderful tribute they paid to him for his record-breaking effort at the ...

    Article : 153 words
  52. PRINCE EDWARD THEATRE.

    During the interval at the Prince Edward Theatre last night the musical director (Mr. Albert Cazabon) announced from the stage that the dialogue and music of Maurice ...

    Article : 118 words
  53. DEATH OF MR. EDWARD BOK.

    The death is announced from Lake Wales (Florida) of Mr. Edward Bok, at the age of 66 years. Sir. Edward Bok was born in the ...

    Article : 111 words
  54. SIGN BOARDS.

    Efforts are being made by the Main Roads Board to check the erection of further sign boards and hoardings on the Main Westernroad. The board has requested the ...

    Article : 50 words
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