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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    A referondum wns taken in conjunction with the municipal elections on the question of Sunday sport in parks and reserves controlled by the Ballina Council. The proposal to hold ...

    Article : 81 words
  3. GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

    In the presence of a representative gathering of the residents of Canberra, the Prime Minister this afternoon laid the foundationstone of the Canberra Grammar School. The ...

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  4. MR. THOMAS BAKER.

    Mr. Thomas Baker, a founder with Mr. J, J. Rouse, of the original firm of Baker and Rouse, established in 1887, and of the present Kodak interests in Australasia, died at his ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. LAWN TENNIS.

    Rain which fell in the morning interrupted the tennis at Kooyong to-day, and several of the championship matches had to be postponed. The members of the British team ...

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  6. STATE SESSION.

    The greater part of yesterday's sitting of the Legislative Assembly was devoted to a consideration of the bill to redistribute electoral boundaries, and to give effect to other ...

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  7. MR. W. LONGWORTH.

    Mr. William Longworth, whose death occurred at his Port Stephens home at Karuah yesterday, was a member of the original Cobar Syndicate, with his brother, the late Mr. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 474 words
  8. ELECTORAL BILL.

    The policy of the Government respecting electoral reform was vigorously defended by the Premier (Mr. Bavin) in the Legislative Assembly last night. The House was crowded, ...

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  9. FEDERAL SESSION.

    It has been decided definitely that the new Federal Parliament shall meet at Canberra for the first time on February 6. the last day possible under the electoral Act. The Cabinet ...

    Article : 436 words
  10. PARKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

    The following resolution was carried at the quarterly meeting of the Parkes Chamber of Commerce: "That the State member be asked to supply the chamber with information ...

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  11. MUNGINDI COUNTRY WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION.

    At the monthly meeting of the C.W.A. "the election of officers resulted as follows:—President, Mrs. Onus; vice-presidents, Mesdames. Winter, Chapman, Johnston, and Thompson; ...

    Article : 58 words
  12. FINLAND.

    Eleven years ago to-day, Finland declared herself an independent State, having been before that, from 1809, politically connected with the Russian Empire as a Grand Duchy ...

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  13. DEATH OF MR. T. L. RYAN.

    This morning the death occ[?]red of Mr. Thomas Lawrence Ryan, aged 68 years, one of the best known sportsmen in the Riverina, Mr. Ryan had been ill for about two years. ...

    Article : 115 words
  14. WATERFRONT LICENSE.

    The first appeal against the cancellation of a license issued under the Transport Workers Act was heard in the Melbourne District Court to-day. The appellant was Wm. ...

    Article : 172 words
  15. LABOUR MEMBERS.

    Speaking at an entertainment held at Auburn last night to celebrate Mr. P. E. Coleman's victory in Reid, Mr. Tully, the new Federal member for Barton, sald that now ...

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  16. LAND BOARD AT GULGONG.

    As n result of a protest by the Gulgong Town Council meetings of the land board will be held at Gulsong whenever warranted by business. It has been the practice to c[?]mpel ...

    Article : 46 words
  17. DEFECTIVES.

    The Premier (Mr. Bavin), in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. made a statement regarding the report of the Inspoctor-General of Mental Hospitals, who had declared that 79 ...

    Article : 288 words
  18. BUSHFIRES NEAR GRAFTON.

    Bushfires on a very extensive scale swept through the coastal country from Richmond Ranges to Iluka during the latter part of last week, raging till Monday, when a storm broke ...

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  19. THIRTY-ONE SCORES.

    The small second innings effort of the Australians at Brisbane against the Englishman is not the lowest score recorded in the international series. The lowest score is 36, made ...

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  20. HARVEST LABOUR.

    Reports from the harvest fields state that an abundance of labour is available, but that fewer hands are being engaged than in other years, owing to the low price of wheat ...

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  21. ALLEGED OUTRAGE.

    Two youths, aged 20 and 19 years respectively, were arrested late last night at Surry Hills, and were charged with committing a capital offence against a 16-year-old girl in a ...

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  22. CANNEES' WAGES.

    Mr. G. Buckland, secretary of the Australian Workers' Union, stated yesterday that trouble with the employees at the Leeton Cannery was threatening, because of the action ...

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  23. MAROONED ON ISLAND.

    Cries for help coming from Susan Island, opposite Grafton, in the Clarence River, between 8 and 9 o'clock last night, led to the police being informed. Rain wns falling ...

    Article : 199 words
  24. QUESTIONS.

    Replying to Mr. Davies, the Chief Secretary (Mr. Bruntnell) said that the Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Farrar) was endeavouring to find additional avenues of ...

    Article : 476 words
  25. SHEFFIELD SHIELD.

    There wns only two hours left for play when Victoria resumed its second innings to-day. J. Ellis batted stubbornly, and was not dismissed until he had compiled 119. In South ...

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  26. GRAZIER'S WILL.

    The will of the late Arthur Herbert Whittingham, grazier, of Queensland, was to-day contested in the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice Macrossan by his widow, Cecile V. C. ...

    Article : 489 words
  27. WIFE USES PISTOL.

    A. sensational shoo[?]ng affray occurred early last night on the Esplanade, Perth, following a quarrel between Emile Zola Carter, 30, a motor driver, and his wife, Daisy Ethel ...

    Article : 125 words
  28. NEW THEATRICAL COMPANY.

    A new Sydney theatrical company, the formation of which was announced yesterday, will take over the Empire Theatre in February. ...

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  29. OMAN'S BODY FOUND.

    A message from Bowen says that the body of the man Buchanan, who disappeared from his hut on the Birralee cattle station, was found in the Bowen River and taken into ...

    Article : 91 words
  30. HOTEL LICENSE TRANSFERRED.

    Mr. W. S. Arnott presided at a special licensing court to-day, when permission was granted to remove the existing license of the Pioneer Hotel, recently destroyed by fire, to ...

    Article : 58 words
  31. ALLEGED PINGING-IN.

    A stir was created at the Epping Racecourse last night, when officials of the Greyhound Coursing Association seized a greyhound for inspection. There has been some talk ...

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  32. DEATH OF MR. H. CAMPBELL.

    The death has occurred of Mr. Honry Campbell, aged 72 years. He was one of the best known farmers in the Wagga district. He was born at Kilmore (Vic.), and spent nine years ...

    Article : 357 words
  33. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 194 words
  34. HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    Miss Bondfield Introduced a bill which was supported by Mrs. Runciman, Mrs. Phillipson. Lady Astor, and Lady Iveagh, Miss Wilkinson, and Miss Lawrence, empowering ...

    Article : 187 words
  35. MAN SHOT.

    Shortly before midnight last night a quarrel occurred at tea rooms at Scarborough Beach. Four shots were fired by a man. who escaped, and Ernest John Rex, 26, of Lake-street, ...

    Article : 112 words
  36. GUNS IN ACTION.

    Accurate artillery shooting took place yesterday, at Green Hills, near Liverpool, when the 2nd Battery of the Royal Australian Artillery, carried out shooting practice which ...

    Article : 253 words
  37. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 225 words
  38. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    In the Legislative Council, the AttorneyGenernl (Mr. Boyce) stated that, owing to the many amendments in the Income Tax (Management) Bill, the mensure was not ready for ...

    Article : 121 words
  39. SOCIALIST'S DEATH.

    George "Scotty" Allan, who was killed in South mine yesterday, was given a Socialists funeral to-day. No minister was present. The funeral procession was headed by the red flag, ...

    Article : 84 words
  40. STATE TEAM.

    The following players have been selected to represent New South Wales in Sheffield Shield cricket during the approaching tour of the Southern States: ...

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  41. EMPIRE MIGRATION.

    "All previous migration schemes have been trif[?]ing. We want a big national movement from the motherland to the dominions, plotted, planned, and perfected by the Government, on ...

    Article : 132 words
  42. BOY INJURED.

    Septimus Toohey, aged 2 years, a son of the licensee of the Lewisham Inn Hotel, Parramatta-road. Lewisham, was critically injured yesterday evening in extraordinary ...

    Article : 209 words
  43. AIR TRAVEL.

    A new DH61 seven-passenger aeroplane arrived at Mascot Aerodrome yesterday afternoon from Melbourne. The machine, which was p[?]loted by Major ...

    Article : 259 words
  44. BRITISH MISSION.

    Members of the British Economic and industrial Mission. Sir Arthur D[?]man, Sir Hugo Hirst, Sir Ernest Clark, and Mr. D. O. Malcolm, will return to Sydney on ...

    Article : 107 words
  45. FEDERAL CABINET.

    Although in his statement concerning the reallocation of Minister'al duties last week, the Prime Minister said that control of the territories of the Commonwealth, with the ...

    Article : 162 words
  46. TO-DAY.

    Her Majesty's Theatre: "The Vagabond King," 7.50. Theatre Royal: "On Approval," 8. Criterion Theatre: "The Patsy," 8. St. James Theatre: "Good News,"8. ...

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  47. STRUCK BY CAR.

    Knocked down by a motor car at the junction of Old Sandgate-road and Tring-terrace, Nundah, this afternoon, Joyce Gray, aged seven, died almost immediately. John King, ...

    Article : 125 words
  48. AUSTRALIAN TRADE.

    Fears expressed in Australia that the frequent strike dislocations in the Australian trade will inevitably lead to an increase in freights.have aroused similar conjecture here. ...

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  49. ALLEGED WHOLESALE STEALING.

    Detective-sergeant Miller and other police from the Darlinghurst Police Station yesterday Investigated certain losses of goods from the Sydney Sixpenny Stores, Oxford-street, city. ...

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  50. MR. BUTTENSHAW.

    The Minister for Works and Railways (Mr. Buttenshaw) is to be married on Saturday The bride will be Miss Clare Sugars, of Roseville, a daughter of the late Mr. W. ...

    Article : 40 words
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