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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The death occurred suddenly of Mr. William Edward Bouffier, one of the most prominent residents of Orange, at the age of 58 years. For years he had been secretary ...

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  3. AMERICAN GENERAL.

    Major-General Crozier, a noted American soldier, who was Chief of the United States Ordnance Department during the Great War arrived in Sydney with his wife yesterday from ...

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  4. COALFIELDS.

    Serious possibilities of rioting are believed to exist in the Kurri Kuiri district. Throughout this evening additional police from Newcastle have been rushed to the fields by ...

    Article : 185 words
  5. GENERAL CABLE NEWS

    Perkins the holder of the title was surprisingly beaten in the fourth round of the Amateur British Golf Championship at Sandwich. The last eight included Tolley Michael ...

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  6. PARRAMATTA.

    Mr. Lang, leader of the State Labour party, yesterday issued a reply to the findings of the Royal Commissioner (Judge Coyle) upon Mr. Lang's charges of malpractices at the ...

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  7. POLICEMEN ON THE COALFIELDS.

    Constables stationed at the entrance to Hebburn No. 2 colliery. They are shown waiting for breakfast. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. GRAZIER'S INVENTION TRAPS 75 HAWKS

    Mr. Bird, of Bodangora Station, near Wellington, has been playing havoc with the large eagle hawks that destroy so many lambs During the past five weeks he has trapned ...

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  9. MAYOR'S PROPOSALS.

    Proposals made by the Mayor of Newcastle (Alderman Wheeler) for the resumption of work at the closed mines are being earnestly supported by the Australian Labour party ...

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  10. UNCONSCIOUS MAN SEEN FROM TRAIN

    Wesley Packham, or Molong, was on his way to Wellington, when his motor cycle skidded, and he was thrown heavily to the ground. The crew of the train, seeing the ...

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  11. MOTOR COLLISION.

    That the roads at Canberra were unsafe because they were too narrow and crooked was insisted on by Mr.E.R. Abigail in addressing the jury at the Goulburn Quarter Sessions ...

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  12. CHEQUE FOR £296.

    Stricten in old age by remorse over youthful pranks, people have been known to send twopence in postage stamps to the tramway authorities as "conscience money" for ...

    Article : 159 words
  13. PLEA FOR ORCHESTRA.

    A spirited appeal was made last night by Mr. William Murdoch, in addressing the Musical Association at a largely attended "at home" at Farmer's. In ...

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  14. GOULBURN QUARTER SESSIONS.

    Pleading guilty at, the Gouiourn Quarter Sessions yesterday to charges of forging cheques at Canberra, Robert James Geddes was ordered to come up for sentence if called upon ...

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  15. IMMIGRANT MINERS.

    It is claimed by many people on the South Maitland field—and the opinion is backed by several mine managers—that the demonstrations of the past few days have largely been ...

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  16. STATUS OF H. R. PEARCE.

    H. R. Pearce, the Olympic champion sculler, who won the recent Australian championship in Perth, has applied to the Olympic Federation to release him from his bond of £300, ...

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  17. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.

    The correspondent of the Australian Press Association at Geneva says that the Commonwealth Government's reply to the International Labour Office questionnaire about prevention ...

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  18. STOLEN MONEY FOUND IN SOCK.

    When James Sullivan, 45, was questioned on Wednesday night at the Goulburn Police Station in regard to money said to have been stolen from Michael Keane at a Goulburn ...

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  19. MR. ABBOTT'S FLIGHT.

    This morning the air-liner Canberra, with the Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Abbott) and party on board, took off from Cunnamulla, and landed at Longreach at 12.30. In ...

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  20. B.H.P. STEELWORKS.

    Rumours concerning the possibility of the early stoppage of work at tht B.H.P. steel works were circulating in Newcastle this evening. ...

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  21. TARIFF INQUIRIES.

    Before the Tariff Board yesterday, application was made by Charles Hope, Ltd., motor spring makers, of Sydney, Brisbane, and Lismore, for amended rates of tariff upon springs ...

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  22. VERDICT AGAINST EX-MAYOR.

    T. J. McMahon was awarded £200 damages for breach of contract against A. B. Twogood, an ex-Mayor of Forbes, by Judge Thompson at the Forbes District Court. ...

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  23. AUSTRALIAN BUTTER.

    The alleged practice of creameries importing Australian butter, reworking it, and selling it wrapped in the same kind of wrappers in which they wrap Canadian butter, was ...

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  24. JAPANESE COAL.

    A cablegram received in Sydney yesterday from the London office of an Australian shipping company, stated that a steamer had been fixed to load a cargo of coal in Japan for ...

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  25. REV. A. A ASPINALL.

    The death is publicly announced of the Rev. Arthur Ashworth Asp[?]nall, M.A., in his 83rd year. He died last Sunday at his residence, Wahroonga, and was privately ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  26. ROSEVILLE MOTOR SMASH.

    The condition of James Heeney, who was seriously injured on Thursday night in the fatal motor accident in the Lan[?] Cove-road, Roseville, when a taxi cab crashed into a ...

    Article : 94 words
  27. BODY FOUND IN CAVE.

    The circumstances surrounding the death of August Robert Dietze, 68, who was found in a cave near Hazelbrook on Wednesday night were inquired into by the coroner at ...

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  28. FELTON BEQUEST.

    The half-yearly distribution by the Felton Bequest was announced to-day. The sum of £14,355 will be allocated to the various hospitals and charitable institutions throughout ...

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  29. CURIOUS THEFT.

    An announcement in the newspapers by the Governor of Victoria (Lord Somers) and Lady Somers, that it is impossible to send replies to certain letters as they have been "lost ...

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  30. "GENERALLY FINE."

    The weathei over New South Wales yesterday was mostly fine, and a continuance of such conditions is expected to-day, except in the north-east quarter of the State, where ...

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  31. BROADCASTING.

    It was learned to-day that the plan of the Postal Department to erect one of the new broadcasting stations in each State, with the exception of Victoria, is tentative, and may ...

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  32. MINISTER MEETS UNIONS.

    Nearly 100 representatives of unions met the Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Sizcr) at his request in conference at Parliament House to-day. The Minister appealed ...

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  33. DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE.

    At the Bellingen Police Court, Mr. ea[?] Boyd, P.M., imposed a fine of £15, with £ 1/13/ costs, on Thomas Doepel, on a charg[?] of having driven a car while under the ...

    Article : 124 words
  34. INDEX.

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  35. NUTS AND BOLTS.

    Further evidence was heard in regard to the request for an increase of the duty on bolts, nuts, rivets, metal washers, etc. Mr. D. L. Gilchrist, representing the ...

    Article : 154 words
  36. SOLDIER'S BURIAL.

    Katoomba-Leura Sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League at last night's meeting decided that a soldier should receive decent burial, even though ...

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  37. RELLINGER RIVER DISTRICT HOSPITAL

    Outstanding patients' fees at the Bellinge[?] River District Hospital amount to £ 1835, and the finance committee has commenced a. serious campaign of collection, and is issuing ...

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  38. POLICEMEN DISMISSED.

    Lord Byng has requested the resignation from the force of Constable Watson, whom a West London magistrate censured last month for making an unfounded charge against a ...

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  39. DRUG IN MEDICINE.

    At Abermain to-day the district coroner, Mr. J. T. Richards, having investigated the death of Elsie Lavinia Hepworth, married, who died at her home. Hay-street, Abermain, ...

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  40. ELDERLY MAN ACQUITTED.

    George Grieve, an elderly man, was ac[?] quitted at the Forbes Quarter Sessions on a charge of having assaulted a girl under the age of 16 years. Judge Thompson, when ...

    Article : 63 words
  41. MATERNAL MORTALITY.

    Commenting yesterday on Dr. Watson Munro's letter in Thursday's "Herald," challenging the policy of the maternity division of the Health Department, Dr. Arthur (Minister ...

    Article : 177 words
  42. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 237 words
  43. CAR LEAPS 40 FEET.

    Crashing through a post and ran [?]enee a single-seater motor car jumped 40 feet over a creek at Narre Warren lost night. Striking the opposite bank it fell back into the water. The ...

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  44. PIG-STICKING.

    The Prince of Wales was the guest of honour at a unique gathering at the Savoy Hotel. Wearing a tuft of hog bristles in the lapel of his coal he attended the Pig-Sticking ...

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  45. WORKS PROPOSALS AT TWEED HEADS.

    Officers of the Public Works Department who visited Tweed Heads yesterday, were met by representatives of the Tweed Heads Chamber of Commerce in regard to Proposed ...

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  46. FATAL FALL.

    A tragedy followed a not very serious outbreak of fire in an unoccupied room at the Hotel Cargen early this morning. The fire was suppressed in a quarter of an hour, and ...

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  47. NEARTNG ALICE SPRINGS.

    The Commonwealth Railways Commissioner (Mr. George A. Gahan) said to-day that the Central Australian railway extension from Oodnadatta to Stuart, two miles from Alice ...

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  48. GAPING HOLES.

    Amazing statements were made at the meeting of the Forbes Chamber of Commerce concerning a room at the local High school. One member stated that there were gaping ...

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  49. CARR[?]AGES FOR NORTH-WEST MAIL.

    Advice has been received that the [?] Department will shortly replace the old type of sleeping car used on the north-west mail with the latest two-berth cabin sleeping car. ...

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  50. COWRA BLOCK.

    The largest property sale that has ever taken place in the town was the purchase of the business centre block which includes eight business premises, an open-air picture theatre, ...

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  51. MOCK DIVORCE TRIAL.

    As a result of criticism by Protestant clereymen of Albury concerning the manner in which a mock wedding was recently conducted in aid of the ugly men's charity ...

    Article : 60 words
  52. TO-DAY.

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  53. PEDESTRIANS INJURED.

    Two pedestrians were injured at Woollahra last night when a motor car swerved on to the footpath to avoid a collision. They were Vere Harrison, aged 33 years, of Darlinghurst. ...

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  54. ALLOWANCE POSTMASTER FOR TRIAL.

    At the Cooma Police Court to-day, A[?] King, formerly an a llowance postmaster at Berridale, was committed for trial at Cooma Quarter Sessions, on a chaise of the ...

    Article : 49 words
  55. NEWTOWN ROBBERY.

    After making inquiries regarding the theft of silken goods worth £300 from Brennan's, Ltd., 294 King-street, Newtown, during Wednesday night, a party of detectives last night ...

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  56. EARTH TREMORS.

    The automatic seismograph at the Adelaide Observatory at 2 minutes 47 seconds past 7 o'clock this morning recorded the preliminary tremor of the fourth earthquake shown by the ...

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  57. DISTRICT COURT.

    At the District Court the Misses [?] ceeded against N. H. Whittleld for damages to their shop premises, through the defendan's car smashing into the shop front. A verdict ...

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  58. TWO MEN IN HARBOUR.

    While a ferry steamer was drawing into Milson's Point wharf yesterday, two men, one very large and one rather small, walked with uncertain steps to the side of the ...

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  59. DEATH OF LADY FORREST.

    The death is announced of Lady Forrest Lady Forrest was born in Western Australia, and nged to an old family there— the Hammersleys. She took an active part ...

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  60. MARATHON GOLF.

    In the 18-hole foursomes at Miramar links, Wellington, Marsden and Hughes beat Daniel and Mack, one up, at the 54th hole. The first round finished all square, the second ...

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  61. CHINESE RAIDED.

    One Chinese escaped and others made fruitless efforts to evade arrest when Sergeant Harding and Constables Wallace and Price raided a house in Little Huy-street, ...

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  62. ANZAC MEMORIAL BAND.

    The Anzac Memorial Pipe Band, now being formed, will be the largest of Its kind in the Commonwealth and the most distinctive, as it is confined to ex-A.I.F. and Imperial ...

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  63. COTTON BOUNTY.

    The State Government's decision to give a bounty of a halfpenny a lb on seed cotton, the Premier (Mr Moore) said to-day, applied, not to the crop at present being sent to the ...

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  64. FORTY-SEVEN DESCENDANTS.

    Mrs. M. A Moore, who died recently at an advanced age, had lived at George-street, Burwood, for more than fifty years. She is survived by two daughters and one son, 21 ...

    Article : 38 words
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