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  2. RAIN LIKELY.

    Cloudy and unsettled wenther prevailed over the southern districts of New South Wales yesterday Showers of rain were reported from Booligal, Deniliquin, and Mossgiel, in ...

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  3. COUNTRY NEWS

    Statistics presented to the Superintendent of Railways during a discussion concerning railway facilities at Wagga, show that Wagga Municipality is the biggest railway customer ...

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  4. SUGAR STRIKE.

    Advices from South Johnstone state that matters there are still quiet. There is a peaceful ntmosphere. apparently due to the fact that the men on strike are marking time, ...

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  5. ELECTIONS.

    In a stirring speech to a crowded attendance at the Masonic Hall at Croydon last night, the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Bavin) contradicted many mis-statements made by the ...

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  6. VETERAN TEACHER.

    After 47 years of continuous service Mrs. B. A. Johnston retired on 12 months' leave recently from the charge of Eurobodalla School. Forty-seven years ago Mrs. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. LORD MAYOR'S BALL.

    The first Mayoral ball held in Sydney for charity took place in the Town Hall last night. It was organised to assist the appeal being made by the Lord Mayor (Alderman ...

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  8. LIQUOR TRAFFIC.

    The Rev. James, Barr, M.P. for the Motherwell division of Glasgow, showered statistics yesterday upon an assembly which entertained him at the luncheon arranged by the ...

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  9. SHOT PRACTICE.

    It is announced by the Sydney Harbour Trust that the port of Sydney will be closed to shipping between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m to-day [?] account of shot practice, which will ...

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  10. ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER.

    George Babbington, also known as George Harrington, station hand and returned soldier, who was run over by a motor lorry near the Hay bridge on July 9, died in ...

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  11. DEATH OF MR. J. P. WADDELL.

    The death occurred to-day of Mr. John Pearse Waddell. He was born at Tarana in 1881, and entered the Government Savings Bank in 1901. He became manager of the ...

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  12. STOCKTON'S NEEDS.

    Several matters affecting the Stockton Municipal Council, Newcastle were placed before the Minister for Public Works (Mr. Ratcliffe) yesterday and he was asked to give them ...

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  13. BORDER FIRE BRIGADES.

    The matter of utilising the services of the Tweed Heads Fire Brigade for fire fighting purposes in Coolangatta (Queensland), under a mutual agreement between the two States ...

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  14. STOLEN CAR.

    Mrs. J. J. Beattle, of Campania, near Dubbo, drove her husband's car into town to a picture theatre last night and when she came out from the entertainment the car had ...

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  15. MOTOR TRAFFIC.

    The direction of public policy towards the co-ordination of railway and motor services is recommended by the South Australian Royal Commission on traffic control. The ...

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  16. "CLEAN-UP" NECESSARY.

    Mr. A. D. Bridges, the selected Nationalist candidate for Hyde, speaking at Concord said that it had been stated by Mr. Lang that a guide to the prosperity of the State was the ...

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  17. COALMINES.

    Conditions of the new award, as recently given by Mr. Hibble, chairman of the Coal Industry Tribunal, are not. in the opinion of the miners, being put into operation at ...

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  18. MOTOR LORRY'S WILD CAREER.

    Police are investigating the circumstances of a collision between a motor lorry and a sulky. The lorry carried away nine ironbark posts of the approach to Talbragar Bridge, ...

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  19. AIR SERVICES.

    The Chief of the Air Staff (Group Captain R. Williams), Squadron Leader A. Hepburn, and Flight-Lieutenant A. W. Murphy, of the Royal Australian Air Force, left Laverton ...

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  20. THE NORTH-WEST.

    The Governor (Sir William Campion), who was accompanied by Major Nicholls, A.D.C., returned by aeroplane to Perth from Broome this afternoon, having covered 5000 miles ...

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  21. LABOUR PARTY.

    The Conroy executive, in support of its claim to be the only constitutionally-appointed executive of the Labour party, has prepared a long report, which will be submitted ...

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  22. DEATHS OF BULLOCKS.

    The district stock inspector (Mr. A. Gittings) reported to-day that 16 valuable bullocks, in good condition, had died during the last three months on one holding near Dubbo. ...

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  23. THEATRICAL WORKERS' LOG.

    Substantial increases in the marginal rates of pay are claimed in a new log formulated at the recent special conference of the Federal Council of the Theatrical and ...

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  24. BRIDGE TAX.

    A conference of representatives of northern district shires and municipalities was held last evening in the North Sydney Town Hall to consider the question of the Sydney ...

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  25. SOLDIER SETTLERS.

    At the annual conference to-day of Victorian soldier settlers it was decided to send the following message to the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) in Sydney:—"The conference of soldier ...

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  26. ILL-BEHAVED CHILDREN.

    At the last meeting of the Bowral Municipal Council Alderman Stephens complained of the discomfort caused to railway passengers by school children who turned the trains into ...

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  27. SHOWER OF FISH.

    A shower of fish is believed to have occurred in heavy rain that fell in the Upper Swan Valley, near Perth, on the night of July 1. It is reported that next morning a number ...

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  28. RIVAL LABOUR LEAGUES.

    The Seale Labour League is now at loggerheads with the rival faction regarding the selection of a delegate to the unity conference on Saturday. ...

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  29. TARONGA AQUARIUM.

    The trustees of the Taronga Park Zoological Gardens announced yesterday that the new aquarium will not be opened at night until further notice. ...

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  30. PROPOSED ELECTRICITY SCHEME.

    The Minister for Public Works has notified the councils of Richmond, Windsor, Castlereagh, and Colo Shire, that no useful purpose would be served by him receiving a ...

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  31. FIRE AT GLEBE.

    Ignited by a spark from a quantity of burning rubbish, a number of packing cases in the yard at the rear of the premises of G. E. Crane and Sons, Ltd, Mitchell-street, Glebe, ...

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  32. WIRELESS.

    Mr. H. P. Brown, Director of Postal Services, has been appointed to represent the Commonwealth Government at the International Radio Congress, to be held at ...

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  33. MAN FATALLY BURNED.

    While he was in the kitchen at Mr. Joseph May's farm at Pitt Town Bottoms, the clothes of Daniel Samuel Moran, aged 66, caught alight. Moran was severely burned, and ...

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  34. CLAIM FOR DAMAGES.

    Alleging that respondent had removed the roof from the house she occupied at Innisfail, Mabel Hastings, in the Innisfail Magistrate's Court recently, proceeded against ...

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  35. TASMANIAN MINING DISPUTE.

    This morning the employees of the Mount Nicholas coiliery did not start work, and held a stop-work meeting. Trouble has been caused among the miners through receiving ...

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  36. SLOW PROGRESS.

    Complaint that the Water Board had completed only two miles of sewer in the Granville-Auburn-Lidcombe sewerage scheme in the two years that had elapsed since Mr. ...

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  37. MOSS VALE-PORT KEMBLA RAILWAY.

    The Station Sites Board has recommended the establishment of a platform and short siding at Sheepwash-road and it is proposed to call the platform "Wingecarribee." The ...

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  38. SEALE EXECUTIVE.

    The Seale executive has decided to recommend to the forthcoming unity conference that ex-Senator A. Rae and Mr. J. Cullinan should be granted full continuity of ...

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  39. SCARLET FEVER.

    A protest against statements alleged to have been made by an alderman that teachers allowed children to attend school before their full time of quarantine had expired, after ...

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  40. LATE COMMERCIAL.

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  41. OLD COTTAGE.

    A fire which broke out shortly before 9 o'clock yesterday morning in a weatherboard cottage at 5 Stewart-street, Paddington, destroyed the building and its contents. Mary ...

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  42. SECRET SERVICE.

    Speaking to members of the Legacy Club yesterday, Captain J. S. Hunter [?]ave some interesting details of the working of the British secret service in Germany, both ...

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  43. MAN THROWN FROM SULKY.

    Mr. W. Fisher, of the South Arm, was thrown from a sulky while travelling towards Uki, when the bit slipped from his horse's mouth and the animal bolted. Mr. Fisher was ...

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  44. NATIONALISTS.

    The executive of the National Association yesterday endorsed the nomination of Mr. J. W. Scott as the selected Nationalist candidate for Lakemba. Mr. Crawford Vaughan, ...

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  45. INDEX.

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  46. MELBOURNE TRAGEDY.

    Police inquiries to-day into the double tragedy which occurred at St. Ives, a boarding-house in Toorak-road, South Yarra, last night, strengthened the theory that the motive ...

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  47. NEW BATHURST AMBULANCE SITE.

    Approval has been granted by the Lands Department for the dedication of a site for a new ambulance station. The site is portion of the public tennis court in William-street. ...

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  48. PROPOSEP RAND-COREEN RAILWAY.

    Mr. M. Kilpatrick, M.L.A., who is intimately acquainted with the resources of the country between Rand and Coreen, expressed amazement that the Public Works Committee had ...

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  49. 'BUS TRAFFIC.

    Bylaws regulating motor 'bus traffic in the heart of Adelaide will be gazetted immediately. Portions of five of the chief streets will be closed to motor 'buses. Even 'buses ...

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  50. FATALLY SCALDED.

    The Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) held inquiries at Parramatta yesterday concerning the deaths of Keith Raymond Morgan, who died on July 6, ...

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  51. MUNICIPAL ROLLS.

    The question whether municipal councils should compile their electoral rolls from the rolls prepared by the Commonwealth Government for its own use, or should undergo the ...

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  52. LARGE ALLOTMENTS.

    A local estate agent who addressed the Lidcombe Council at its latest meeting asserted that people in industrial suburbs could not afford to pay the rates on allotments of land ...

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  53. MOUNT LYELL.

    As a result of the dispute with the engineers production at Mount Lyell mines has ceased About 150 men are still employed in and about the mines, including carpenters, electricians, ...

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  54. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  55. FATAL BURNS.

    John Farrell (72) died in the hospital on Tuesday night, as the result of burns suffered while extinguishing a fire. ...

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  56. QUALITY OF FISH.

    For some hours yesterday it was feared that the interstate passenger steamer Canberra would be unable to sail at noon with passengers for Sydney and Queensland ports. ...

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  57. DEATH OF MR. THEO. ENGLAND.

    The death has occurred of Mr. Theo. England, brother of the late Mr. T. H. England, solicitor, of Sydney, after a prolonged Illness. He resided for 30 years in Tamworth, ...

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  58. MOUNT TOMAH RESERVE.

    In a letter to the Editor, a correspondent, "Nature Lover," states that judging by the list of those interested in the reserve at Mount Tomah, the beauty spot is in good ...

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  59. RAILWAYMAN'S DEATH.

    An inquiry into the death of Thomas Bartley, 52, a railway fettler, who was killed at Lidcombe on June 25, was held yesterday by Mr. H. Richardson Clark, district coroner, at ...

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  60. NORTH COAST RAILWAYS.

    The Railway Commissioners called nhere [?] their annual tour of inspection of the northern railways yesterday. They were asked by a deputation to have improvements done to ...

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  61. STEAMER MOVES.

    A serious accident was narrowly averted at Milson's Point during the business hours of yesterday morning, when the ferry steamer Kuttabul commenced to move away from the ...

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  62. STEELWORKS.

    In conformity with a decision reached at a meeting of the local Iron Workers' Union, varions departments at the steelworks, which have been idle since Monday, as the result ...

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  63. WOMEN ON COMMISSIONS.

    Women's organisations in New South Wales that ara affiliated with the Australian Federation of Women Voters have forwarded a letter to the Prime Minister's Conference now ...

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  64. BOATING TRAGEDY.

    The City Coroner (Mr. Fletcher) yesterday held an inquest concerning the death of James George Blackley, carrier, aged 36 years, of 26 Brooklyn-street, Enfield, whose body was ...

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  65. TO-DAY.

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  66. JASCHA HEIFETZ.

    Jascha Holfetz, having concluded his season in Melbourne, will arrive in Sydney this morning, and will appear with the Conservatorium Orchestra at the Town Hall on Saturday night, ...

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  67. MT. ISA MINES.

    The Commissioner of Taxes has issued a writ claiming £11,775 from the Mount Isa Proprietary Silver-lead, Ltd., Sydney, for income tax and additional tax. ...

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  68. NAVAL CADETSHIPS.

    An examination of candidates over 19 years of age desirous of entering the Royal Military College, Duntroon, as staff cadets, is o be held in November. Applications will be ...

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  69. INQUIRY DECLINED.

    The Fairfield Council has been informed by the Local Government Department that it cannot see any special reason to hold an inquiry into the condition of the councils finances ...

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  70. FEDERAL CABINET.

    The Federal Cabinet sat in Sydney from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. yesterday. The whole of the time was occupied with discussion of the matters to come before the Premiers' ...

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