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  2. GENERAL CABLE NEWS

    The death is announced of General Sir Henry MacKinnon, who was director of recruiting for a period during the Great War and Commander-in-chief of the Western Command ...

    Article : 238 words
  3. WATER SUPPLY.

    After many years of agitation, an adequate supply of pure water for the residents of Bowral is at last assured. The Minister for Works and Railways (Mr. ...

    Article : 384 words
  4. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The Minister for Health (Dr. Arthur), after a visit to Taree, has promised that a new hospital will be erected at a cost of between £20,000 and £30,000. ...

    Article : 39 words
  5. WARM DEBATE.

    Allegations by the third member of the Federal Capital Commission (Dr. Watson) that the Chief Commissioner (Sir John Butters) had continued the Commission's debates ...

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  6. BARKER COLLEGE.

    Mr. C. C. Thorold. M.A., has been appointed headmaster of Barker College, Hornsby, in succession to Mr. W. C. Carter, who has resigned. He will take up his duties on ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 77 words
  7. FEDERAL SESSION.

    When the debate on the Supply Bill was resumed in the House of Representatives to-day, the Minister in charge of repatriation (Sir Neville Howse, V.C.), replied to ...

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  8. COUNTRY PRESS.

    The conference of the Australian Provincial Press Association was continued to-day under the presidency of Mr. T. M. Shakespeare. M.L.C. ...

    Article : 387 words
  9. SELF-RELIANCE.

    The Prime Minister last week pointed out one of the main reasons for the overgrowth of the capital cities of the Commonwealth, and the stagnation, in point of population, of ...

    Article : 940 words
  10. SNAKE IN BED.

    When the two daughters of Mr. S. A. Marshall, of Maybrook, were retiring they found a seven feet carpet snake on the font of the bed. It was wound round the leg and ...

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  11. TIMBER FELLER KILLED.

    Whilst felling timber for fencing on the property of Charles O'Brien, Wheeo-road, near Crookwell, this morning, George Charnock, 66, met his death in tragic ...

    Article : 86 words
  12. MOTOR ACCIDENTS AT CASINO.

    In the rainstorm last night a sedan car crashed hendon into a shade tree, and Mrs. Clarke, of Grady's Creek, was thrown through the windscreen and sustained severe ...

    Article : 86 words
  13. MOTOR RECORD.

    At Paris, driving a Chrysler two-seater car, E. Eldridge, assisted by Kaye Don and G. Eyston, who took turns at the wheel, broke the 24-hour record for cars of the 3 to 5 ...

    Article : 145 words
  14. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

    Mr. Charles Doyle, of Eulindra, Weemelah, and one of his employees had a narrow escape from death when struck by lightning. The two men, accompanied by a dog, were walking ...

    Article : 96 words
  15. VERDICT OF ARSON.

    At the close of an inquiry into the fire which destroyed an unoccupied cottage owned by William Kellett on March 2, Mr. Richards, district coroner, found that the place had ...

    Article : 117 words
  16. MOTOR SPORT.

    An Australian record in outboard motor boat racing was established on the Albert Park Lake to-day, when Ivanhoe Kid, a Melbourne boat, covered a mile in 1m 42 1-5s. The ...

    Article : 111 words
  17. ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

    The religious observance of St. Patrick's Day was celebrated yesterday morning in St. Mary's Cathedral, when High Mass was sung by the administrator of the Cathedral (Dean ...

    Article : 612 words
  18. MADRID UNIVERSITY.

    King Alfonso has signed a decree closing the University of Madrid for 18 months and dismissing the Chancellor of the Chapter, whom a Royal Commission is replacing. ...

    Article : 50 words
  19. MAIN SOUTHERN LINE.

    There is great satisfaction at the announcement of the Railway Commissioners that they will shortly start the work of lifting the Main Southern railway line at points ...

    Article : 74 words
  20. VOLUNTEERS.

    Several unprovoked attacks on volunteer wharf-labourers working aboard a ship were made by about half a dozen firemen of the Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer ...

    Article : 176 words
  21. WOMEN'S NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

    At the annual meeting of the Maitland district branch of the Women's National Association the following officers were elected:- President. Mrs. G. Galton; vice-presidents, ...

    Article : 93 words
  22. GRAHAM WINS AGAIN.

    At the dirt-track motor cycle racing at Wellington on Saturday the Australian, Max Graham, retained the g[?] helmet which he won the previous Saturday. The challenger was ...

    Article : 79 words
  23. NEW STATE CONFERENCE.

    The East Maitland Municipal Council has appointed the Mayor (Alderman A. S. Foster) to represent it at the New State Conference, to be held at Armidale on April 22, ...

    Article : 73 words
  24. YOUTHS' ESCAPADE.

    A remarkable escapade of two young men was related in the Goulburn Police Court to-day when Herbert Henry Finn (20) and his younger brother were charged with ...

    Article : 265 words
  25. BAND CONTEST.

    The annual band contests were decided during the week-end and attracted a record number of entries. More than 200 bandsmen took port, representing 18 bands throughout New ...

    Article : 700 words
  26. FARMER SHOT.

    A message received from Narrogin stated that Arthur Abbott, 49 years of age, a farmer, of South Kukerin, in the Great Southern district, was shot in the chin with a shot gun on ...

    Article : 83 words
  27. KIAMA HOSPITAL.

    At an interview with the Under-Secretary of the Chief Secretary's Department (Mr. Harkness), the secretary of the Kiama Hospital, who was accompanied by Mr. W. Davies. M.L.A., ...

    Article : 135 words
  28. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 190 words
  29. TALLANGATTA.

    The uncertainty of the fate of the town of Tallangatta, which will be submerged if the Hume dam is built to its full height, was mentioned in the House of ...

    Article : 122 words
  30. RECORD SWIMS.

    Miss Edna Davey, of the Northern Suburbs Club, achieved a magnificent performance at the Domain Baths last night, when she lowered the record for the mile, previously held by ...

    Article : 201 words
  31. GROSE RIVER.

    The Richmond Municipal Council decided at its last meeting to advocate the Grose River water conservation scheme with a view to securing an adequate supply of water for the ...

    Article : 115 words
  32. OLD VAGRANT.

    "I am 94, but I've always paid my way," said Matthew Joseph Ward, a pitiable old figure, when charged before Mr. Geddes, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday ...

    Article : 322 words
  33. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 181 words
  34. SOLICITOR CHARGED.

    At the Police Court John Vincent Gallagher, a solicitor, was charged that between October 19, 1928, and March 6, 1929, he failed to account to Lillian ...

    Article : 82 words
  35. DARING THIEVES.

    Three men attempted to steal a piano from a house at Glebe late last night. They were disturbed by a neighbour, and escaped in a waiting motor lorry. ...

    Article : 152 words
  36. COLONEL P. T. OWEN.

    Colonel P. T. Owen, chairman of the Development Committee of the Federal Capital Commission, retired from the Commonwealth Fubllc service to-day, after 40 years' ...

    Article : 102 words
  37. RYDER PRAISED.

    The part played by the Australian captain, J. Ryder, during the series of the test matches just concluded, will be officially recognised by the New South Wales Cricket ...

    Article : 165 words
  38. SALVATION ARMY.

    Stirring addresses were delivered last night by Colonel Suttor (chief secretary of the Salvation Army in Eastern Australia) and Colonel Hell (training principal) at the ...

    Article : 76 words
  39. FATAL ACCIDENT.

    Thomas Matthew Walsh, aged 41 years, of Beacon Hill, Brookvale, was fatally injured at Brookvale yesterday while gathering firewood. ...

    Article : 116 words
  40. TO-DAY.

    Theatre Royal: "The Wreckers," 8. Her Majesty's Theatre: "Hit the Deck," 8. St. James Theatre: "Lido Lady," 8. Criterion Theatre: "Young Woodley," 8. ...

    Article : 192 words
  41. MAN ROBBED.

    Jack Smith, of Kent-street Sydney reported at the Central Police Station late on Sunday night that he had been robbed of 15/ while walking along Goulburn-street. ...

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  42. MASCOT HOME DESTROYED.

    A six-roomed weatherboard house and its contents at the corner of Old Botany-road and King-street, Mascot, were destroyed by fire shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday ...

    Article : 65 words
  43. AUSTRALIAN WRITERS.

    The speakers at the meeting of the Fellowship of Australian Writers on Wednesday night at the Education Building will be Mrs. Mary Gilmore, Mr. George Mackaness, who ...

    Article : 69 words
  44. MONEY FROM TINFOIL.

    Mrs. A. E. Mutimer. of Manchester, who is visiting Sydney, suggerts a novel method of raising funds to aid hospitals and charitable institutions. In England, she said yesterday, ...

    Article : 113 words
  45. BOYS' ESCAPADE.

    At the beginning of last week three brothers, aged 10, 12, and 13 years respectively, left their home in Glen Innes for school, and when they did not return home at ...

    Article : 125 words
  46. CRICKET BALLS.

    The Australian-made cricket ball will not be recommended for use by the New South Wales delegates when they meet the representatives from other States at the next ...

    Article : 79 words
  47. "DEATH OF MR. ISAACS, EX-S.M.

    The death occurred at Leeton on Sunday of Mr. Francis Sheriff Isaacs, who was formerly a member of the city Bench of stipendiary magistrates. ...

    Article : 63 words
  48. FIRE AT DARLINGHURST.

    An outbreak of fire severely damaged the interior and contenta of the Dozman Hat Mills, a two-storied brick structure in Taylor-street, Darlinghurst, last night. ...

    Article : 48 words
  49. LIGHT HORSE REUNION.

    Members of the 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment Association will hold a reunion at the Mary Elizabeth Cafe, King and York streets, at 8 p.m. on April 2. The secretary ...

    Article : 43 words
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