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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. ALLEGED THEFT OF RACEHORSE.

    At the Police Court George Turner and Eric Mitchell, two buch workers, were charged by the police with stealing a bay racing mare named Polly Whitton, the property of James ...

    Article : 199 words
  3. ANZAC MEMORIAL.

    Under the Anzac Memorial Bill, which has passed the first reading stage in the Legislative Assembly, it is provided that the following persons shall be the trustees:—The Premier ...

    Article : 208 words
  4. PUBLIC SERVICE.

    "On June 30, 1921, 19,329 persons were employed under the Public Service Act," said Mr. Bavin (Attorney-General) yesterday. "On June 30, 1923, the total number was 19,568, ...

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  5. NORTH SYDNEY.

    North Sydney, like the city, is changing its appearance rapidly in certain quarters as the result of the preliminary work for the bridge. The pessimism, engendered by ...

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  6. DETAINED.

    The French barque Narwhal, which was to have left Sydney on Wednesday, has been detained in Sydney by order of the Deputy Director of Navigation. The Narwhal had ...

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  7. CAPTAIN T. L. WEBB.

    The death occurred suddenly at a private hospital in North Sydney yesterday morning of Captain T. Langley Webb, a prominent figure in Australian shipping and the coal ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. FEDERAL MINISTERS.

    Three Federal Ministers reached the [?]weed resterday from Brisbane—Mr. Austin Chapman (Minister for Trade and Customs), and Mr. E. K. Bowden (Minister of Defence) ...

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  9. MINING SYNDICATE.

    In the Legislative Assembly recently Mr. Troy moved that a Royal Commission investigate the affairs of the Empire Gold Mining Syndicate, his object being to ascertain how ...

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  10. WOMAN THIEF.

    A clever woman pickpocket is known to the police to be operating in the vicinity of Hunter-street, between Castlereagh and Elizabeth streets. ...

    Article : 136 words
  11. CROSS COUNTRY RAILWAYS.

    The decision ot the Public Works Committee to reject the proposed railways from the coast to the tablelands, has stirred public feeling. Indignation meetings are being called to ...

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  12. BAKERY DESTROYED BY FIRE.

    John Murray's store and bakery at Canberra were totally destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The damage is estimated at £1500, and is partly covered by insurance. The ...

    Article : 55 words
  13. CHILDREN'S HEALTH.

    Dr. D. Ratcliffe, one of the lady doctors attached to the Education Department, is at present engaged malting an examination and inspection of the children attending the ...

    Article : 108 words
  14. MASKED THIEF.

    A daring hold-up was attempted on William Ledger, mannger of the Mt. Nicholas Coal Mine, who, in company with his wife, to-day was driving from the St. Mary's Bank to Mt. ...

    Article : 109 words
  15. OLD MAN DROWNED.

    The body of an elderly man named William Wagner was recovered in the river a few miles below Lismore on Tuesday night. He had been spending a holiday in Lismore, and ...

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  16. COALMINERS.

    Through their action in laying idle the Metropolitan colliery at Helensburgh, in the South Coast district, the employees will lose approximately £2500 in wages during the ...

    Article : 133 words
  17. JUNEE WATER SUPPLY.

    A largely-attended public meeting was held last night to receive the report of the delegates recently sent to Sydney in regard to the Junee Water Supply (Amendment) Bill. ...

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  18. A BENEFACTOR.

    Mr. Thomas Joseph Donovan, of Darling Point, who has made a gift of £1000 to the New South Wales branch of the British Astronomical Association for the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 220 words
  19. FALL OF EARTH.

    Three lads, William and Jack Starmer and Vanie Stratham, were playing on the bank of the Flinders River, close to Hughendon, yesterday afternoon, when the bank collapsed. ...

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  20. NIGHT BAKING.

    The secretary of the Broadcarters' Union (Mr. A. S. Mottershoad) stated yesterday that the ultimatum recently delivered to the master bakers stating that the carters intended to ...

    Article : 279 words
  21. NEW PUNT FOR TWEED RIVER.

    The big ferry punt of the Chinderah service will be completed before Christmas, and will be in commission for the New Year traffic. The punt is being constructed by the ...

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  22. FIRES.

    Several outbreaks of fire occurred yesterday. One was very spectacular. It occurrod in the Mosman Municipal Council's depot, near the wharf, in Mosman Bay, at 2.22 p.m. A large ...

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  23. IRONBARK POLES FOR NEW ZEALAND.

    One of the largest contracts for the supply of telegraph poles to New Zealand since the war is now being exccuted by various contractors in the Cessnock district. The order ...

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  24. MAROONED.

    A group of Malayans marooned on one of the Celebes Islands without food or water were discovered quite by chance on the northward voyage for Hongkoug of the Australian ...

    Article : 187 words
  25. NEW CHURCH OPENED.

    The opening of the new Roman Catholic Church at Bendick Murrell took place in the presence of a very large congregation. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father ...

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  26. QUARTER SESSIONS.

    At the Quarter Sessions to-day, before Judge Bevan, Bertic George Camplin, 29, employed by Dalgety and Co., Albury, pleaded guilty to embezzling £200/1/5, the property of the firm. ...

    Article : 139 words
  27. QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT.

    The session of the Queensland Parliament, which commenced on July 10, was brought to a close this afternoon. ...

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  28. CANBERRA LAND.

    Some days ago a cable message was despatched from the Prime Minister's Department, asking for a report in regard to statements that a land agent who rents offices in ...

    Article : 142 words
  29. STEAMER DELAYED.

    Owing to trouble with the firemen on the P. and O. Branch liner Bendigo, the vessel has been detained in Sydney. According to the agents, Gilchrist, Watt, and Sanderson, Ltd., ...

    Article : 91 words
  30. LATE COMMERCIAL.

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  31. DR. C. E. WEATHERBURN.

    Dr. Charles Ernest Weatherburn, who has been appointed Professor of Mathematics at Canterbury University College, Christchurch, New Zealand, is a distinguished graduate of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 109 words
  32. JUDGE SUED.

    Messrs. Norris and Norris, solicitors, have lodged a statement of claim in the action for £5000 damages which has been commenced by Overseas Motor Pty., Ltd., against Judge ...

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  33. REQUEST TO BE SENT TO GAOL.

    A young man, 29 years of age, requested Sergeant Hillerman, of Forbes, to lock him up. The man gave his name as Thomas Patrick Stubbins. He said he was tired of ...

    Article : 124 words
  34. INDEX.

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  35. HOUSING BOARD.

    The main object of the Housing (Amendment) Bill, which has passed the first-reading stage in the Legislative Assembly, is to abolish the Housing Board, and to make ...

    Article : 277 words
  36. PURITY OF SPEECH.

    "New South Wales is behind all the other States in the matter of trying to preserve the purity of the mother tongue," said Mr. Lawrence Campbell last night, at a ...

    Article : 280 words
  37. MANLY TO NEWPORT.

    A deputation representing the Warringah Shire Council, and supported by the State members for the Northern Suburbs, yesterday asked the Minister for Local Government ...

    Article : 152 words
  38. NEW STATION AT CESSNOCK.

    The South Maitland Railways, Ltd., are building a new station at Cessnock at an approximate cost of £5000. Owing to uncertainty regarding Government resumption, ...

    Article : 60 words
  39. DEBT ON WATERWORKS.

    The Murwillumbah Municipal Councll recently requested the Minister for Works to reduce the dobt of the municipality's waterworks from £40,000 to £20,000. The main ...

    Article : 92 words
  40. Advertising

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  41. EXPORTS.

    That Australian products are not dis[?]osed of to the best advantage in the old [?]untry, because of the lack of propor co[?]peration and organisations, is the opinion of ...

    Article : 330 words
  42. MEDICAL CONGRESS.

    The Australasian medical congress, under the auspices of the British Medical Association, will hold its first session in Melbourne from Monday, November 12, to Saturday, ...

    Article : 247 words
  43. GENEROUS BEQUESTS.

    Under the will of Mr. James, Day, of South Terrace, Adelaide, whose estate has been sworn not to exceed £13,000, the greater part of the property has been placed upon trust for the ...

    Article : 260 words
  44. SPORT IN DUBBO.

    In opening the bowling greens and croquet lawns for the 1923-24 season, the Mayor of Dubbo (Alderman J. B. Macdonald) foreeasted that within twelve months members of ...

    Article : 49 words
  45. ARMIDALE DIAMOND JUBILEE.

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  46. CONSTABLE'S DEATH.

    A sentenes of fire years' imprisonment, with a private whipping of 10 lashes of the birch to be administered within three months, was imposed by Mr. Justice McArthur to-day on ...

    Article : 149 words
  47. SALE OF A MINE.

    The secretary of B.H. Junction advised the Stock Exchange of Adelaide to-day that the Junction mine had been sold to the Sulphide Corporation for £75,000. ...

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  48. LATE FINANCIAL.

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  49. TO-DAY.

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  50. RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTIONS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

    Sir,—In your issue of October 24. under the above heading, you gave figures which were tabled by the Rev. Harold Wheen, general secretary of the Methodist Young People's ...

    Article : 178 words
  51. LATE MINING.

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  52. BASIC WAGE DECLARATIONS.

    The New South Wales Labour Council, at its last meeting, carried a resolution agreeing to co-operate with the Newcastle Trades Council, the A.L.P. executive, and all other ...

    Article : 128 words
  53. HYDE PARK.

    Sir,—Re the sub-committee's proposal to [?]tend Bathurst-street through Hyde Park, I think Mr. John Sulman is to be commended on the stand he has taken on behalf of the ...

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  54. RENTPAYERS' PROTECTIVE SOCIETY.

    At the invitation of the Balmain and Rozelle branches of the A.L.P., the New South Wales Labour Council has decided to co-operate in a movement for the formation of a ...

    Article : 70 words
  55. MAILS FOR ENGLAND.

    Mr. J. M. Paxton recently pointed out that as no through mail train left Sydney on Wndnosdnys a supplementary mail could not be sent from Sydney to Fromantle the day ...

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  56. LATE SHIPPING.

    ADELAIDE (1086m.).—Arr.: Nov. 2. Beltana, s, from London, Zealandia, s. from Easterd States. Dep.: Nov. 2, Ceramic, s, for London and Liverpool; Middlesex, s, and Opawa, s, for Eastern States; Era, s, for ...

    Article : 44 words
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