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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. THEFT FROM PUMPING STATION.

    By forcing an entrance to the City Council's pumping station a thief secured engineering equipment valued at £30. The engineer has complained to the ...

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  3. ROYAL COMMISSION.

    Evidence given before the Federal Royal Commission on Air Disasters by the Australian Flying Corps Association alleged that the personnel of the Australian Air Force was ...

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  4. LIGHT RAIN. In Inland Districts.

    The rain recorded in New South Wales during the 48 hours ended at 9 a.m. yesterday covered eastern Riverina, the southwest slopes and southern tablelands, parts ...

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  5. POLICE ASSAULTED.

    Leonard Henry Cooney, a police constable, attached to the George-street North Police Station, was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital last night suffering from a broken ...

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  6. CIVIC POWER-HOUSE

    Aldermen of the electricity committee of the City Council yesterday took strong exception to Trades Hall control at Bunnerong power station, and decided that a special ...

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  7. CITY COUNCIL.

    Preparations are being made for the Labour selection ballots, at which will be chosen the Labour candidates for the forthcoming Clty Council elections. Up to the present ...

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  8. HOUSING

    The Premier (Mr. Lang) last night addressed two very large meetings, at each of which he was well received. The first meeting, held in the Masonic Hall, Summer Hill, was in ...

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  9. ELECTIONS. COUNTRY PARTY.

    The general secretary of the Country party (Mr. E. J. Munro) said yesterday that reports from the various constituencies that are being contested by Country party ...

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  10. MOTOR ACCIDENT AT WAGGA.

    Mr. Kennedy, of Messrs. Lloyd and Kennedy, agents, suffered cuts about the head and severe shock yesterday afternoon when a motor car which he was driving came into ...

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  11. DOCTOR FAREWELLED.

    Dr. A. Verbrugghen was farewelled by a public gathering here before his departure, with Mrs. Verbrugghen, for the United States. Tributes were paid to his skill and interest ...

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  12. VICTORIA BENEFITS.

    General benefit has resulted from the widespread rains which fell throughout Victoria during the week-end. A great improvement in the season's prospects has resulted, and ...

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  13. KANGAROO HUNTING.

    Kangaroo hunting is the sport of the day around the once-famous mining town of Burraga. As the result of the open season, which was declared a few weeks ago, a number of ...

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  14. 44-HOUR WEEK. Metal Trades Industries.

    Judge Beeby, in the Arbitration Court, yesterday, delivered reserved judgment in regard to the application of the Ironworkers' Assistants' Union for an order to give effect ...

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  15. PROPOSED MERGER.

    Delegates representing all States attended the quarterly conference of the Federal executive of the Australian Workers' Union, which was held at the Melbourne Trades Hall this ...

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  16. DOCTOR'S DEATH.

    Dr. J. S. F. Barnet died in strange circumstances at his home in Barney-street to-day, apparently as the result of receiving an excessive charge of energy from an electrical ...

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  17. DISFIGURING JENOLAN CAVES.

    Laura Wilson and Allan Dairymple, two Sydney residents, were charged at Oberon Police Court with having defaced one of the caves at Jenolan by writing their names on ...

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  18. DEATH OF MR. B. WHITE.

    The death is announced from Sydney of Mr. B. White, aged 82. He came to Forbes in 1877 as manager for Wright, Heaton, and Co., and later opened a business of his own. ...

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  19. PRODUCTION.

    According to the quarterly summary of statistics issued by the Acting Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. E. T. McPhee), the estimated value of production in Australia for 1925-26 ...

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  20. CAR FALLS 150 FEET.

    A motor car, travelling from Cadia to Millthorpe on Saturday evening, with four miners as passengers, got out of control, and went over an embankment into a creek 150 feet ...

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  21. MR. BUTTENSHAW.

    Mr. Buttenshaw (leader of the State Parliamentary Country party) announced yesterday that he had decided to deliver his policy speech on September 13. It would be delivered ...

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  22. KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR.

    Two young men, William Sellick and Alfred Brudenell, were walking home from a football match at West Wyalong yesterday evening, when they were knocked down by a ...

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  23. KANGAROO IN TOWN.

    The spectacle of a large kangaroo hopping along Argent-street early this morning surprised men going to work. Several tried to head it off, but the animal was too fast for ...

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  24. WOMAN ASSAULTED.

    A middle-aged woman, Annie Burton, was found by Constable Ridgway lying on the footpath outside her home in Forbes-street, Darlinghurst, about 7 o'clock last night. She was ...

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  25. MR. LANG'S PROMISES.

    "After reading the Premier's industrial policy, I was reminded of an old saying in caucus that 'Jack Lang would promise you the moon and the stars and let you go to bed ...

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  26. SUMMONSES.

    Five union officials who figured prominently in the recent demonstration and procession of protest against the execution of the Communists, Sacco and Vanzetti, were yesterday ...

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  27. DR. EVATT.

    Dr. Evatt, M.L.A., who was defeated in the recent Labour selection ballot for the Balmain electorate, announced last night that he would contest the seat as "an Australian ...

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  28. INSURANCE FUND.

    Many lorry drivers and bus conductors pay a small weekly sum into a fund controlled by themselves, and out of which all the money for their police court fines for speeding, ...

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  29. MOTOR CYCLIST INJURED.

    George Clarke, 52, residing at Brewongle, was shockingly injured in a motor collision near Leeholme last night Clarke's motor cycle came into collision with a motor ...

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  30. SIR JOHN GARVAN.

    Sir John Garvan was recognised in London as an authority on finance, and on his visits there met the leading financiers of the Empire. The esteem in which he was held in ...

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  31. BEAM WIRELESS.

    "Business houses and private individuals are using the beam wireless service to an increasing extent for all classes of telegrams between Australia and Great Britain, and ...

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  32. MAIN SOUTHERN ROAD.

    Some concern is felt locally at the prospect of the Main Southern Road not passing through Bowral and Moss Vale. It is stated that the establishment of the cement works ...

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  33. DANGEROUS DRUGS.

    It was officially announced yesterday that the regulations under the Dangerous Drugs Amendment Act would be proclaimed at a special meeting, of the Executive Council ...

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  34. PREVENTING CRUELTY.

    The Governor (Sir Dudley de Chair) addressing the fifty-fourth annual meeting of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals yesterday, said that ...

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  35. THE MAHENO.

    The date of departure of the Union Company's steamer Maheno for Auckland is still indefinite owing to the trouble with the stewards. ...

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  36. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 146 words
  37. LAND TAX.

    Protesting against the administration of the Federal Land Tax Act, a deputation representing the Federal Land Tax protest committee of Yorke's Peninsula, South Australian ...

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  38. LOST WAGES.

    The quarterly summary of statistics compiled by the Acting Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. E. T. McPhee) shows that industrial disputes during the March quarter numbered ...

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  39. CHILD ENDOWMENT.

    It was learnt yesterday that the Government has decided to recompense school teachers at 7/6 per hour for work performed in connection with the filling in of claims of applicants ...

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  40. "PREMIER'S BRIBES."

    "It is quite evident from the statements made by Mr. Lang during the past few days that there is no known avenue in the political world of bribery that he will not pursue in ...

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  41. Advertising

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    Advertising : 228 words
  42. ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH.

    The trustees of St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church say that the contention of Mr. Baird, city assessor, in his report to the City Council, that there would be a loss of £50,000 a ...

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  43. ART EXHIBITION.

    Mr. Robert Johnson, who has an attractive collection of landscapes on view at the Grosvenor Galleries, George-street, displays in these oil paintings a fine feeling for colour and ...

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  44. PARLIAMENT HOUSE.

    Tenders were called recently by the Public Works Department for the installation of a mechanical ventilation plant at the State Parliament House. ...

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  45. FAMILY TRAGEDY.

    The death occurred this morning in the Mooroopna Hospital of Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkinson, aged 32 years, from injuries inflicted by her husband, a soldier settler, at Stanhope, ...

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  46. LATE SHIPPING. ARRIVALS.—Aug. 29.

    Marsina, s, from Rabaul. DUNEDIN.—Arr: Aug. 29, Kanna, s, from Noumea. Dep.: Aug. 29, Port Albany, s, for Melbourne. ...

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  47. PREMIER'S MEETINGS.

    The Premier (Mr. Lang) will address two meetings to-night, one at 8 o'clock in Prince's Theatre, Beamish-street, Campsie, in support of Mr. A. Tonge, selected Labour candidate ...

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  48. RAILWAY WORKSHOPS.

    The Premier (Mr. Butler) announced to-day that, as the construction work in hand at the Islington workshops had been practically completed, the men who left their work last week ...

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  49. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 126 words
  50. NATIONALIST MEETINGS

    The Leader of the National party (Mr. T. R. Bavin, M.L.A.), will address a meeting of the electors of Willoughby in the Royal Picture Theatre, Willoughby, to-night, in support ...

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  51. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

    MELBOURNE (570m).—Arr: Aug. 29, Orama., R.M.S., Berrima, s, from London; Poonbar, s, from Brisbane; Macumba, s, Katoomba, s, Momba, m.s., Mawatta, s, from Sydney; Beulah, s, from Newcastle; Tambar, s, ...

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  52. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING.

    AUCKLAND (1281m).—Arr: Aug. 29, Aorangi, R.M.M.S., from Sydney. ...

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  53. WOMAN KILLED.

    The body of Mrs. F. Heydon, of Cabramatta, was found lying beside the railway line near Cabramatta last night. She had apparently been run over by a passing train, one of her ...

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  54. PARRAMATTA SEAT.

    The combined branches of the Australian Labour party in the Parramatta electorate at a recent meeting unanimously selected Mr. A. C. Warton, secretary of the Tramways ...

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  55. LATE FINANCIAL.

    To-day's sales included:—Commonwealth bonds, [?] per cent. (1928), £100/16/3; City Electric Light, calls in advance, 23/6; Howard Motor, ord., 25/6; John Hicks, ord., 1[?]/[?]; [?].N. Bank, paid, [?]9/, £4/14/. ...

    Article : 32 words
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