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  2. SHIELD CRICKET.

    Forced to follow on after failing in the first innings, Queensland made a great uphill fight in the Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales at the Cricket Ground ...

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  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Whilst driving along the Orandumby-road, Mr. Archer Lewis, of the New England Hotel, collided with a tree. Misses Garrett and Lewis, who were in the Greycliffe disaster, ...

    Article : 56 words
  4. ROUGH WEATHER.

    During the past few days shipping has been considerably hampered by rough seas and strong winds. The French mail steamer, Dupleix, left ...

    Article : 300 words
  5. TURF SCANDAL.

    Legal representatives were present in strong force at the Queensland Turf Club's office to-day when the Apple Crown case was reopened. In the Toombul Plate at Ascot, on ...

    Article : 421 words
  6. BUSH FIRES.

    Reports from Wangaratta, Beechworth, and Wodonga state that the bush fires are practically under control. The total damage by the fires is £150,000. The most extensive fir[?]s ...

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  7. SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCH—N.S.W. v. QUEENSLAND.

    L. LITSTER, THE YOUNG TOWNSVILLE BATSMAN, OVERREACHES, AND IS STUMPED BY LOVE AFTER MAKING 82. McNAMEE WAS THE BOWLER. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. JUNEE RAINFALL.

    The official rainfall for Junee totalled 1261 points for last year, which is well below the yearly average of 21 inches, but as the rain fell when most needed the falling-off was not ...

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  9. SPEEDWAY ACCIDENT.

    A serious accident occurred at th[?] Wagga Showground Speedway yesterday. In the scratch race, H. Liebeck (Harden), when leaving the back stretch, swung out off the hard ...

    Article : 76 words
  10. RESCUED FROM DROWNING.

    Yesterday Arthur Whitehead was picnicking with a party near Wantabadgery, and after swimming in the Murrumbidgee River for some time, got into difficulties. His father ...

    Article : 66 words
  11. WOMAN'S DEATH.

    Mrs. Iolene Sampson, aged 26 years, wife of Mr. Edward Augustus Sampson, an orchardist, who lived in Mitcham-road, Mitcham, was found on the road near her home at half-past ...

    Article : 310 words
  12. WALCHA NEWSPAPER CHANGES HANDS.

    Mr. F. Townshend, who founded the "Walcha Witness" in June, 1889, has disposed of his business to Mr. D. Fowler, of the "Walcha News." Mr. Townshend also started the ...

    Article : 40 words
  13. EXCITING CHASE.

    Four thieves, who stole a motor-car and provisions enough for three months were frustrated by a Qantas 'plane after a headlong [?]ight, by four men to the border of the ...

    Article : 549 words
  14. NEW PRAYER BOOK.

    Preaching at All Saints' Cathedral Dr. Long (Bishop of Bathurst) made an eloquent appeal on behalf of the new Prayer Book. The "No Popery" cry, he said, had been raised as [?] ...

    Article : 417 words
  15. PREMISES RAIDED.

    The police made a raid on the premises of Harry O'Brien, well known in sporting circles. They gained admission by forcing a pol[?] through the panel of a door, arrested 21 ...

    Article : 72 words
  16. FEDERAL WORKS.

    Because they absented themselves from duty on a day for which they had been paid in advance, a number of workmen who sought to resume work to-day for the Federal Capital ...

    Article : 210 words
  17. CYCLE AND CAR COLLIDE.

    Jack Thompson, 23, farmer, of Bishop's Bridge, was conveyed from Sandgate by the Maitland ambulance to Maitland Hospital, suffering from compound complicated ...

    Article : 66 words
  18. DECREASE IN CRIME.

    The annual report of the West Maitland police shows a decrease in crime. The total number of cases last year was 436. There were 101 males, and one female convicted of ...

    Article : 56 words
  19. DROWNED IN POOL.

    James McConnell (24), a farm hand, employed at Weda, near Brookton, on the Great Southern Railway, was drowned in a swimming pool. He was a member of a ...

    Article : 59 words
  20. TEMORA RAINFALL.

    The rainfall registered at Temora for the year ended December 31, 1927, was 1481 points, which is below the average. In 1926 the registration was 2365 points. ...

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  21. E. BENSTED SCORED MANY OF HIS RUNS PAST THE SLIPS. THIS STROKE WAS WELL OUT OF THE REACH OF MORGAN, WHO DIVED IN VAIN.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

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  22. MAN INJURED.

    While assisting to unload machinery at Temora railway station, Frederick Brown had a shoulder badly bruised, and an ankle broken. He was removed to Temora Hospital. ...

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  23. COLLIERIES RESUME WORK.

    All the big collieries in the district were at work this morning, with the exception of Aberdare Extended. At this colliery a new haulage rope is being installed, and it is ...

    Article : 73 words
  24. MR. W. F. HINCHY.

    Mr. William Francis Hinchy, whose appointment as Comptroller-General of Prisons in succession to Mr. George Steele, was announced yesterday, first joined the Public ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 169 words
  25. ROUGH WEATHER AT BYRON BAY.

    New Year's holiday weather here was near[?]y as [?]oisterous as on Christmas Day. An aeroplane from Brisbane did a good trade, taking up passengers for flights over the ...

    Article : 69 words
  26. GIRLS RESCUED FROM DROWNING.

    Edna Bowen, aged 11 years, had a narrow escape from drowning in Warrell Creek on Sunday afternoon. She suddenly got out of her depth. She called to her sister, Alma, ...

    Article : 129 words
  27. CONSTABLE'S CLIMB.

    When a fire broke out at a restaurant in Bayswater-road, Darlinghurst, early yesterday morning, Constable Blanch climbed a waterspout in order to awaken Walter Arnold, the ...

    Article : 61 words
  28. WINDOW SMASHER.

    Alexander Edward McKenzie, 61, a steward, who had just been released after serving nine months' imprisonment for having smashed plateglass windows on the ground floor of the ...

    Article : 97 words
  29. CROWDED LORRY OVERTURNS.

    On Monday morning, Alfred Hall, a farmer at Tallarm, near Macksville, was driving a motor lorry containing 18 passengers to Nambucca Heads. After rounding the turn at ...

    Article : 112 words
  30. BODY IDENTIFIED.

    The body of a man which was found in the surf at the northern end of Maroubra on Sunday morning has been identified as that of C. Hilmer, journeyman tailor, of Narrandera. ...

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  31. PRIEST KILLED.

    Father Kreymborg, a Roman Catholic priest, aged 60, of Rotorua, was killed, and Dean Vandyk, superior of the Maori Mission, was severely injured by the overturning of a motor ...

    Article : 80 words
  32. WORK RESUMED.

    Many thousands of workers in the metal trades who were dismissed shortly before Christmas resumed work yesterday morning. Fears were expressed in union circles, when ...

    Article : 309 words
  33. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 153 words
  34. CUSTOMS.

    New Customs regulations, requiring a sworn declaration of their dutiable luggage from oversea passengers arriving in Sydney, came into force in the New Year. The first vessel ...

    Article : 328 words
  35. AGITATION FOR RAILWAY.

    The Minimbah-Morisset Raliway Advancement League Committee has formed branches at Scarboro (Laka Macquarie) and Silverwater. These branches will endeavour ...

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  36. KITTY SLATTERY.

    Mrs. W. A. McDonald who, under her maiden name, Kitty Slattery, in the early 'Eighties won fame as a singer, died at her home at Mosman on New Year's Day. ...

    Article : 228 words
  37. WOMAN SHOT.

    Following the sound of a revolver shot about 10 o'clock, last night, residents of a house in Middleton-street, Stanmore, found Mary Ward, aged 38, a married woman, lying ...

    Article : 142 words
  38. BIG HORSE TEAM.

    People in the vicinity of the Central Wharf early yesterday morning were afforded the sight, rare enough in Sydney nowadays, of a team of 23 horses—big lusty fellows—straining ...

    Article : 174 words
  39. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 262 words
  40. MAIL FACILITIES FOR BYAMEE.

    The Postmaster-General has advised Mr. V. C. Thompson, M.P., that in response to his representations made on behalf of the local residents of Byamee through Mr. W. C. ...

    Article : 71 words
  41. INDIGNANT RETORT.

    Preaching in All Saints' Cathedral, Bishop Long attacked a section of the Press for publishing unfounded reports concerning the selection of a new bishop for Bathurst. ...

    Article : 151 words
  42. ACCIDENT AT ALBURY.

    As the result of a collision between a motor car and a motor lorry at the intersection of the Townsend and Smollett streets, Charles Plume (18) was taken to the Albury ...

    Article : 95 words
  43. DISMISSALS.

    The dismissal notices served on about 100 linesmen employed by the Postal Department expired yesterday, and the men were paid off. The official explanation of the ...

    Article : 56 words
  44. YOUTH DROWNED.

    Mr. Stanley James Shaw, 20, a visitor from Paddington, was drowned in the river at Morpeth. Shaw was swimming with a companion when ...

    Article : 48 words
  45. BOY IMMIGRANT.

    A boy, 15 years of age, who is stated to have arrived as an immigrant from Great Britain only recently, is alleged to have attempted to take his life by drinking poison at a ...

    Article : 140 words
  46. POSED AS SCHOOLBOY

    Information was received by the Russellstreet police to-day concerning the conduct of a woman aged 28 years, who for some time has been posing as a schoolboy. Wearing a ...

    Article : 184 words
  47. TO-DAY.

    Her Majesty's Theatre: "The Girl Friend," 2, 8. Theatre Royal: "The Terror," 2, 8. Criterion Theatre: "A Cuckoo in the Nest," 2, 8. St. James Theatre: "Archie," 2.15, 8. ...

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  48. VICTORIA WINS.

    Perfect weather again prevailed to-day when the Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and South Australia was completed. The Victorians' first innings score of [?]37 proved too ...

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  49. PROPOSED BRIDGE OVER THE GWYDIR.

    At a recent public meeting, held in the Gravesend Hall, it was unanimously resolved to call a special public meeting for Saturday, January 7, at 3 p.m., in the Gravesend ...

    Article : 78 words
  50. WRONG TICKET.

    Presenting a ticket at a totalisator pay-out window at Randwick on Monday afternoon, a woman asked the clerk in charge for her dividend. ...

    Article : 93 words
  51. FALL OF 50 FEET.

    To fall 50 feet from the window on the sixth floor of Maddocks and Co.'s Kent-street building to the awning on the first floor, and escape death, was the experience yesterday of ...

    Article : 66 words
  52. JOCKEY DROWNED.

    William Gardiner, a well-known Jockey, when swimming a racehorse in the river fell off and was drowned. It is thought that the horse threw back his head and hit ...

    Article : 69 words
  53. SAFEBREAKER'S HAUL.

    A number of robberies were reported during the week-end. The heaviest loser was C. A. Brownett, trading as J. Torpy's [?]oot Store, where a sum estimated at £170 was taken from ...

    Article : 46 words
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