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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    For assaulting a barmaid at the Hotel Goulburn on Saturday night George Cranfield, a young man, was fined £20 in the police court to-day. He was also ordered to pay the ...

    Article : 210 words
  3. BONDI BEACH.

    The commissioner who inquired into the application by the Waverley Council for leave to borrow £120,000 for the purpose of carrying out a scheme for the beautification ...

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  4. NEW MOTOR SHIP.

    The North Coast Steam Navigation Com pany's new motor ship Nimbin, on the slips at the yards of the builders, Burmeister and Wain Copenhagen. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. MR. LANG'S CAMPAIGN

    The Premier (Mr. Lang) received a cordial hearing yesterday while addressing a gathering of raliway workers during the lunch hour near Eveleigh workshops. ...

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  6. MAN ATTACKED

    After being induced to go on a fishing excursion to Cowan Creek with a man, whose acquaintance he had made in a city hotel, John Willoughby, aged 22, who arrived ...

    Article : 533 words
  7. INTERNATIONAL BALL

    Peace, majestic and alluring in her simple grace, dominated the pageantry at the International Ball held at the Palais Royal last night. Triumphant yet exultant she looked ...

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  8. INDUSTRIAL MISSION.

    Whenever members of the mission are informed of the high wages paid in many industries the employee representatives almost invariably refer to the cost of living in ...

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  9. STATE PUBLICITY.

    At the conclusion of yesterday's Executive Council meeting, an official statement was issued to the effect that approval had been given to the creation of a Government ...

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  10. OBJECTION TO NIGHT TROTTING.

    The City Council at the last meeting adopted a proposal by Mr. Le Cornu, of Adelaida, applying to have the Western Oval licensed for totalisator and bookmakers for night ...

    Article : 91 words
  11. HORSES BOLT.

    Two horses which bolted with a heavy lorry, to which they were attached, in Harrison-lane. Circular Quay, behind the Customs House, about noon yesterday, crashed into a ...

    Article : 153 words
  12. ITALIANS IN COURT.

    The case in which Giovanni Puccini is proceeding against eight other Italians on a charge of assault in company on June 12 again occupied the attention of Mr. R. C. Atkinson, ...

    Article : 93 words
  13. SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE.

    "In many ways the life of a seaman is a trying one: especially when he is cooped up in the forecastle of a ship or in the stokehold, where he may not [?] day" [?]ht for many ...

    Article : 670 words
  14. LIVERPOOL AMBULANCE.

    The committee of the Liverpool Ambulance has decided to purchase another ambulance waggon at a cost of about £540. This has been done in view of the great urgency of ...

    Article : 57 words
  15. BIG FISH SPEARED.

    Mr. S. A. Ardler, a fisherman, speared a fish at Wreck Day measuring 6 feet 10 inches, and weighing 3cwt 30lb. Local experts differ as to whether it is a ...

    Article : 53 words
  16. STATE SURPLUS.

    The leader of the Opposition (Mr. Bavin) stated yesterday that Mr. Lang was in error when he said that Mr. Bavin had for nearly a year prophesied a deficit. ...

    Article : 158 words
  17. ARCHITECTS.

    After his health had been toasted at the annual dinner of the Institute of Architects last night, the Governor-General (Lord Stonehaven) said, in the course of his ...

    Article : 253 words
  18. MAN FOUND DEAD.

    Mr. Patiick McDonald well knows throughout the district was found dead near Mr. James Hamiltons woolshed, near Illabo. He was last seen alive last ...

    Article : 86 words
  19. HOARDINGS.

    Vigorous speeches were made at a public meeting held in St. John's Hall, Milson's Point, last night to protest against the erection of large hoardings at Kirribilli. ...

    Article : 310 words
  20. RAILWAY CONTROL.

    The Arbitration Court decided to-day that the responsibility of running the railways of the State rested with the Commissioner, and that the Court has no right to interfere in a ...

    Article : 258 words
  21. SAWMILLS BURNT.

    The sawmills of the Nowra Timber Company, at Bomaderry were destroyed by fire. The origin of the fire is unknown. ...

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  22. COLLIERY MECHANICS' ASSOCIATION.

    The ballot for the election of officers and delegates of the Colliery Mechanics' Association resulted as follows: President, Mr. T. R. Pendlebury; secretary, Mr. H. C. Morton; ...

    Article : 64 words
  23. LORD STONEHAVEN.

    Accompanied by Sir Frederick Waley and Mr. Kelso King the Governor-General (Lord Stonehaven) arrived this morning from Bulli, where he had spent the night. He was met ...

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  24. GIRL'S FATAL BURNS.

    While standing in front of a fire warming herself the three-year-old daugher of Mr[?] and Mrs. Harding, of Kaludabah, was shockingly burned owing to her flannelette nightdress ...

    Article : 55 words
  25. ROUND AUSTRALIA.

    The united Service Company's aeroplane, in which Pilot Anderson is flying around Australia, left Cook at 7.10 a.m. to-day, and reached Albert Park, Adelaide, at 3.15 p.m., ...

    Article : 64 words
  26. NORTHERN RAILWAY SERVICE.

    Singleton Chamber of Commerce has decided to invite the co-operation of all towns between Narrabri and Singleton in a request to the Railway Commissioners for a daily ...

    Article : 73 words
  27. ZIMBALIST.

    Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, famous for its romantic spirit and melodic charm, held chief place in Efrem Zimbalist's second recital at the Town Hall last night, for though ...

    Article : 620 words
  28. RESCUED FROM DROWNING.

    Three boys were paddling a dinghy on the river when it capsized, and the lads were thrown into deep water. Two of them swan ashore, but the third was left struggling is ...

    Article : 76 words
  29. COLD WEATHER.

    Following on the mild weather which prevailed in Sydney during the week-end, low temperatures were recorded yesterday. The minimum reading at Sydney was only 39.8 ...

    Article : 121 words
  30. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 178 words
  31. SOUTH GRAFTON TOWN HALL.

    The South Grafton Municipal Council proposes to borrow £2000 for the erections of [?] new Town Hall and for its furnishing. The tender of Mr. E. R. Bragg at £1647 has been ...

    Article : 51 words
  32. REPATRIATION.

    According to the annual report of the Repatriation Commission for the year ended June 30, 1926, the number of pensions in force was 252,600, involving an annual ...

    Article : 169 words
  33. TE. [?]STER CRUSHED TO DEATH.

    George Ernest Wilkes, aged 41, was killed yesterday morning by being crushed between two logs which he had been loading on to [?] waggon. His little daughter went to see ...

    Article : 72 words
  34. CHILDREN CAUSE EIRE.

    Some children, who were playing with matches, yesterday afternoon set alight to a waggon, owned by Wood, Coffill, Limited, which was standing outside the Roman ...

    Article : 55 words
  35. OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR.

    Arthur George Cross, a married man was arrested on Friday night by Sergeant Waugh who found him peeping through the window of a house. At the Goulburn Police Court ...

    Article : 71 words
  36. MANLY FERRIES.

    At a meeting of the Manly Council last night an opinion was received from Mr. A. Watt K.C., that the Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company had not broken the agreement ...

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  37. MR. ALEXANDER WATSON.

    Two scenes from Shakespeare made up the first half of the programme of Mr. Alexander Watson's ninth recital, given at the King's Hall last evening. The forum scene from ...

    Article : 248 words
  38. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 217 words
  39. DEATH OF MR. JOHN O'BRIEN.

    The death occurred on Sunday night of Mr. John O'Brien, a very old resident of Goulburn, and a former alderman of the city. He was 80 years of age. A native of Ireland, he came ...

    Article : 72 words
  40. RUN OVER BY TRAIN.

    John James, aged 47 years, of George's-[?]venue, Bulli, was run over and killed by a train about 500 yards south of Thirroul railway station shortly after 6 o'clock yesterday ...

    Article : 174 words
  41. MARKET FOR SURPLUS MILK.

    The work of building bacon and [?] factories by the Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co. will be commenced in a few weeks. Under present arrangements Singleton can only ...

    Article : 115 words
  42. R.M.S. NIAGARA.

    Several important alterations and improvements in regard to the accommodation an being carried out on the R.M.S. Niagara, of the Canadian-Australasian Line, which is ...

    Article : 161 words
  43. THIEVES AT PARKES.

    Thieves broke into Bourne's wine shop in the centre of the town on Saturday night and took the contents of the cash register. They also forced open a cabinet, from which they ...

    Article : 95 words
  44. ARBITRATION.

    The apparent inability of the Federal Arbitration Court to deal quickly with all the applications that come before it is being in vestigated by the Federal Ministry. The ...

    Article : 176 words
  45. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 152 words
  46. MR. PIDDINGTON.

    The Premier (Mr. Lang) when questioned yesterday said that he was ignorant of the reason that actuated Mr. Piddington (Industrial Commissioner) in returning to Sydney. ...

    Article : 85 words
  47. FLAGMAN'S DEATH.

    Shortly after 8 o'clock last night Edward Hines, aged 15, a flagman, was knocked down by a train near Redfern tunnel, where gangs of mens are employed on the permanent way. ...

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  48. BABY BITTEN BY SNAKE.

    The two-year-old son of Mr. A. O. [?] of Chillingham, was bitten by a snake yesterday. He was in a serious condition wh[?] admitted to a private hospital at ...

    Article : 131 words
  49. WELL-KNOWN BOXER.

    William ("Bill") Squires, of boxing fame, applied to the Warden's Court at Narrabri on Monday for authority to enter some 80 acres of Edgeroi Station, owned by the New ...

    Article : 78 words
  50. LOCOMOTIVES.

    Twenty-live locomotives of the C17 class, manufactured in England for the Railways Department at a contract price of a little over £200,000, will arrive to-morrow. They ...

    Article : 60 words
  51. FIRE AT BURWOOD.

    A naked light, which came into contact with petrol escaping from a leak in a bowser pump, at the motor garage of the Reliance 'Bus Company, Ltd., in Parramatta-road, ...

    Article : 83 words
  52. DERAILMENT IN VICTORIA.

    Six trucks and a van attached to a special stock train from Cudgewa to Wodonga were derailed at about 10 o'clock this morning blocking the line. The mishap occurred near ...

    Article : 65 words
  53. FATALITY NEAR WALGETT.

    Information was received at Police Head-quarters yesterday that Douglas McEwan had been killed in a motor accident near Walgett on Sunday night. It is thought that McEwan ...

    Article : 54 words
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