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  2. QUAY STATION.

    The Minister for Railways (Mr. Buttenshaw) had a long conference yesterday with Mr. Foster, one of the Raliway Commissioners, on the Circular Quay site for the city electric ...

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  3. PROPERTY.

    Real estate agents and salesmen have closed their books on a year, which, although not a record one, wns successful. Throughout the year the market waB irregular and the sales ...

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  4. COUNTRY TRAGEDY

    A Chinese named Charlie Lee Len was murdered in his home at Gulargambone early this morning. An aborigine found Len's body, with portion of his head blown away, ...

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  5. FAST WARSHIP.

    A complete description from official sources of the German "mystery ship," the so-called "pocket battleship," has now for the first time been published by the "Daily Telegraph," ...

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  6. THE KING.

    The following bulletin was issued at 11.40 this morning:- The King had a fair night with quieter sleep towards morning. There ...

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  7. AFGHANISTAN.

    Heavy snow and fog in Afghanistan have stopped farther air rescues from the legations at Kabul. Two big troop carriers from Bagdad have arrived on the frontier for ...

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  8. THIRD TEST.

    The third and most vital test match of the 1928-29 season, will commence to-morrow at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In each of the previous games the ...

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  9. STUPID PRANK.

    At Innisfall on Wednesday night a party of roysterers found an outlet for exuberance of spirit in the removal of signs and name plates from a number of offices and places of ...

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  10. EARLIER MESSAGES.

    His Majesty's medical advisers were in unusually close attendance yesterday. For the first time since Sunday ray treatment was administered, and Dr. Whitby ...

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  11. INFLUENZA.

    Nearly 2000 persons died from influenza or pneumonia in 78 of the larger American cities last week. The Commerce Department reports that ...

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  12. SOCIALIST OPPOSITION.

    The proposal to construct this cruiser started a controversy in Germany which lasted for many months, and was only terminated by a threat from President von Hindenburg ...

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  13. MAN SHOOTS WOMAN.

    Unrequited love is believed to have been the motive of a shooting in South Melbourne this afternoon, as the result of which a man is dead and a woman is suffering from wounds. ...

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  14. NEW COMPANIES.

    A return furnished by the RegistrarGeneral's Department shows that while the number of companies registered during the year to December 24 was 759, or six fewer ...

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  15. THE HANAU FRAUDS.

    News comes from Paris that developments continue in the "Gazette du Franc" case. So far two suicides have been attributed to losses suffered by investors. Seven persons ...

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  16. SUSPECTED THIEVES.

    Two men, from a window of the Melbourne express on Thursday night, waved a hilarious good-bye to the crowd on the Central Station platform. ...

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  17. WITHDRAWAL.

    A Paris message says that the firm that set the law in motion against M. Klotz, a former Minister of Finance, who was recently charged with fraud in respect o[?] dishonoured ...

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  18. PEACE MISSION.

    Mr. Hoover, who is returning from Buenos Aires on the warship Utah, states that one of his major ambitions is to build up closer relations between the United States and other ...

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  19. SELECTION METHODS.

    At its meeting to-night the Board of Control decided to request the selection committee for the fourth and fifth test matches to make their selection at least seven days ...

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  20. MISSING FARMER.

    The body of George Neill, who was reported to be lost on the Barrington Mountains on September 28, was found yesterday at a spot about l8 miles from where Neill had parted ...

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  21. ANGLO-CHINESE TREATY.

    The terms of the Anglo-Chinese Treaty signed at Nanking on December 20 have been released by the Foreign Office. It reveals the abrogation of all existing ...

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  22. FRENCH PENSIONS.

    News comes from Paris that 2,500,000 persons, or more than 6 per cent, of the population of France, are pensioners, owing to the war. Of these 625,000 are widows, and ...

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  23. HOPING AGAINST HOPE.

    Two teams have been chosen to play an extraordinary game of cricket. One is alive and alert. The other has frayed edges. The third test will be played on the Melbourne ...

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  24. PORTER'S ADMISSION

    Members of the Board of Inqeiry appointed to investigate the railway accident at Koo-wee-rup on Monday, in which 54 persons were injured, completed their report yesterday. ...

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  25. 73,000 BALES.

    Ships flying the flags of seven nations will have carried away 73,000 bales of wool valued at £1,850,000 this week from Sydney when the vessels fixed to sail to-day leave port. ...

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  26. REFLOATED.

    After being aground for sixteen days at Dedele, on the Papuan coast, the Burns, Philp steamer Morinda was refloated at 9.45 o'clock yesterday morning. ...

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  27. DEATH OF MR. JOHN LEE.

    The death in announced of Mr. John Lee, C.B.E., who was Controller o[?] the Central Telegraph Office, from 1919 to [?]27. The late Mr. Lee, who was 61 years [?] ago, was a ...

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  28. DISESTABLISHMENT.

    Dr. H. Hensley Henson, Bishop of Durham, in an article in the "Nineteenth Century," advocates disestablishment by consent, arguing that the rejecting of ...

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  29. EIGHT 'PLANES.

    Yesterday morning members of the New South Wales Aero Club lett the Mascot Aerodrome in eight aeroplanes, all the property of the club, for a tour of inspection and ...

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  30. OLD DAYS REVIVED.

    The procession that took place at Orange on Boxing Day as part of the Back to Orange celebrations embodied n vivid representation of life in the gold-digging days. ...

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  31. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Ministry of Labour announces that on December 17 the total number [?] unemployed was 1,271.100. This was 49,812 fewer than a week before, but 171,048 more than a year ...

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  32. BRITISH COMMENT.

    There are indications of very keen interest in the third test. The Press generally is discussing the changes in Australia's team, and its prospects. ...

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  33. RICE SUPPLIES

    The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby) said yesterday that 20,000 tons of rice were produced in the Leeton Irrigation Area last season from 12,055 acres. The actual ...

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  34. GRAFT TALK.

    When consideration was being given by members of the hospital board of management to tenders for the supply of milk. Messrs A. F. Sonneman and G. Lambert ...

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  35. FALL OVER CLIFF.

    This morning a man named Nelson discovered Mrs. Simpson, of Surry-street, Darlinghurst, lying below the Three Sisters at a spot eighty feet above the Federal Pass. ...

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  36. BLAST FURNACE.

    No. 2 blast furnace, erected by Hoskins and Co. nearly 20 years ago, was demolished this morning by a charge of gelignite. This was in conformity with the decision of the ...

    Article : 115 words
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