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  2. BUILDING TRADE.

    The building trade of Sydney, in common with other industries, has this year felt the effects of the war. Prior to the outbreak of hostilities in August of last year Sydney had ...

    Article : 1,637 words
  3. ROUTE MARCHES. RECRUITING MEETING.

    Murrurundi has not seen a more wildly enthusiastic recruiting meeting than that held last night to mark the stay of the "Wallabies." The Mayor, Mr. G. White, presided. ...

    Article : 569 words
  4. MEDICAL HEROES.

    A tablet to the memory of the late Dr. Brian Colden Pockley, who fell in New Britain while on active service with the first Australian Military Expedition, was unveiled at the ...

    Article : 793 words
  5. SMALL FARMS.

    "Where's my farm?" This was a question asked by a returned soldier at the Lands Department yesterday. The man in uniform was expectantly eyeing ...

    Article : 605 words
  6. PERSONAL NOTES. AUSTRALIANS AT THE FRONT.

    Lieutenant Guy D. D. Macarthur, reported dangerously ill in Egypt, is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mucarthur. He is in his 23rd year, and was educated at Tudor House, ...

    Article : 1,123 words
  7. GALLANT CONDUCT.

    Austin Robert Beaver, aged 14, whose parents reside in Wagga, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee yesterday afternoon. Deceased and a boy named John Malins, of the same ...

    Article : 223 words
  8. AUSTRALIAN WHEAT EXPORT.

    It is understood on the Baltic that considerable tonnage has been secured for Commonwealth wheat on very favourable terms. Surprise is expressed that it has been ...

    Article : 90 words
  9. STRIKES. MINERS' TROUBLES.

    The Metropolitan colliery at Helensburgh, employing some 500 hands, has been idle for two days, and there is no indication of a settlement. The difficulty has arisen over ...

    Article : 379 words
  10. MADAME SARAH BERNHARDT.

    The "Daily Telegraph's" Paris correspondent says that Madame Sarah Bernhardt is in a most critical condition. ...

    Article : 29 words
  11. AUSTRALIAN WHEAT.

    An important announcement was made to-day by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) in regard to the disposal of the wheat harvest. "As a result," said Mr. Hughes, "of ...

    Article : 57 words
  12. GOLD MINERS.

    Judgment was delivered yesterday by Mr. Justice Powers in the Arbitration Court on the plaint of the Federated Mining Employees' Association against the North ...

    Article : 401 words
  13. WHITE CITY.

    After, one may say, hibernating for some considerable period, the White City reopened last night. The management has not made any very extensive alteration to the grounds. ...

    Article : 106 words
  14. COKE-WORKERS STILL OUT.

    The strike of coke workers on the South Coast continues, and it is now recognised that there is little chance of the dispute being settled this side of Christians. The ...

    Article : 115 words
  15. AUSTRALIAN SAILORS WOUNDED

    The Minister for the Navy stated to-day that information had been received by cable that Able Seamen Arthur Harry Snape and Hope Masterton Waddell, of H.M.A.S. Pioneer, had ...

    Article : 38 words
  16. WHARF-LABOURERS.

    The refusal of the wharf labourers, who are members of the Port Phillip Stevedores' Association to load a steamer chartered by the Federal Government with wheat, because they ...

    Article : 98 words
  17. SHIPPING REPORTS.

    NEWCASTLE (62m).—Arr: Dec. 22, Barwon, s, from Adelaide; Hobart, s, from Melbourne; Mallina, s, from Brisbane; Kooyong, s, Pelaw Main, s, Inga, s, Wollongbar, s, Nerong, s, Moorabool, s, Noorebar, s, Katoa, ...

    Article : 158 words
  18. KANGAROOS.

    The Kangaroos marched nine miles to-day, reaching Yarra at 4.30 p.m. The march was through grazing lands and just on the edge of the Breadalbane Plains. Mr. W. H. ...

    Article : 196 words
  19. TRAMWAY AWARD.

    The Premier yesterday received a letter from the Deputy Chief Commissioner for Railways, stating that the minimum wage of 8s 9d per day recently awarded by Mr. Bavin as the ...

    Article : 225 words
  20. THE HOLIDAYS.

    Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday next and the following Saturday are proclaimed public holidays under the Bank Holidays Act. To-morrow and the following Friday will ...

    Article : 352 words
  21. BORDER RAILWAYS.

    In the Legislative Assembly last night the Premier moved the second reading of the Border Railways Commission Bill. He said the inquiry was limited to four months, and under ...

    Article : 147 words
  22. LATE MINING.

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  23. PULLING UP A TRAIN.

    At the Liverpool Police Court yesterday, before Mr. T. B. Clegg, P.M., William Thomas Skews, a member of the Expeditionary Forces, pleaded not guilty to charges of interfering ...

    Article : 320 words
  24. ZINC CORPORATION.

    The attention of the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) was directed to-day to the cable message, stating that the decision of Mr. Justice Bray, in the case of the Zinc ...

    Article : 177 words
  25. QUEENSLAND RAILWAYS.

    The report of Mr. R. Mc. Anderson, who was commissioned by the Government to report on the Public Service but who had time to deal only with the railways, was tabled in ...

    Article : 220 words
  26. RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    This week has been the busiest since the establishment of the Returned Soldiers' Relief and Employment Bureau by the Amelioration Committee. It was explained ...

    Article : 228 words
  27. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 176 words
  28. RED CROSS ARTICLES.

    Referring to the statements made at the meeting of the Central Council of the Red Cross Society yesterday, to the effect that the Defence Department had called upon the ...

    Article : 255 words
  29. TRADES AND LABOUR.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 500 words
  30. TRANSFER OF POWERS.

    The Premier (Mr. R. Earle) states that it was not likely that the Commonwealth Powers War Bill, the second reading of which stands adjourned since November 24, would be ...

    Article : 46 words
  31. WHEAT BURNT.

    A bush fire broke out on the Emu Park Estate, about 12 miles from Oaklands yesterday, which was attended by serious consequences. The fire started near Mr. J. ...

    Article : 113 words
  32. IMPORTED CATTLE.

    An application under the Quarantine Act, by local importers, for permission to import fat cattle from New Caledonia for immediate slaughter, was recently granted by the ...

    Article : 147 words
  33. SOLDIER'S DEATH.

    During a disturbance at the local fish shop on Saturday night week, Private J. P. Campbell was injured by a fall on the footpath and taken to the Armidale Hospital. J. R. Bell, ...

    Article : 111 words
  34. Advertising

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    Advertising : 137 words
  35. HAMS.

    It is a noteworthy fact that although there has been a marked increase in the cost of living during the past 12 months the demand for hams this Christmas is as strong as, if not ...

    Article : 150 words
  36. ALLEGED LIBEL.

    In the Supreme Court on Monday N. W. Harper, ex-M.L.A., was awarded £75 damages for alleged libel, in the action against M. G. Bodey, farmer, of Brockton. It was alleged ...

    Article : 58 words
  37. LATE COMMERCIAL.

    To-day's sales were:—S.A. Bank, 4 per cent, debentures, £300, at 14/9; Silverton Trams, 93/; Federal Building Society, 20/6; Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance, 42/; Dunlop Rubber, 28/. ...

    Article : 33 words
  38. SAN DIEGO EXPOSITION.

    It is not generally known that the city of San Diego, on the south-west coast of America, began preparations for an international exposition twelve months before San Francisco. ...

    Article : 155 words
  39. WOOL SALES.

    The Dunedin wool sales opened to-day with brisk competition amongst buyers, including French, American, and British representatives. The top price realised for half-bred ...

    Article : 40 words
  40. MAN SHOT.

    Arthur Murphy, 33, a dealer, staying at the Coffee Palace, George-street, city, was shot in the right side of the neck on Tuesday night. Murphy was walking along Campbell-street, ...

    Article : 73 words
  41. MELBOURNE LIVE STOCK MARKET.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 227 words
  42. SEAMEN'S WAGES INCREASED.

    As a result of a mutual agreement, seamen's wages have been increased by 25s per month all round, and the overtime rate increased to 1s 8d per hour, instead of 1s 3d ...

    Article : 46 words
  43. LETTERS TO TROOPS.

    The military and postal authorities state that although Australian troops have been transferred from Gallipoli no alteration of address will be necessary, therefore all mail ...

    Article : 40 words
  44. TO-DAY.

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  45. DEARER COAL.

    Having considered the application of the colliery proprietors of the Northern District for permission to increase the selling price of coal from 11s to 12s per ton f.o.b., ...

    Article : 88 words
  46. A BLIND SOLDIER.

    Mr. Frank Downes, the blind hero of Gallipoll, has returned to Sydney from Brisbane, and has started to learn piano tuning and repairing at the Sydney Industrial Blind ...

    Article : 70 words
  47. SNAKE IN A CABBAGE.

    A lady resident discovered a rather startling natural history specimen in the leaves of a cabbage which she was preparing for dinner. The object, which at first appearance was ...

    Article : 56 words
  48. SHIPWRIGHTS' UNION.

    A deputation, representing the Shipwrights' Union, waited on the Minister for the Navy (Mr. Jensen) to-day, and discussed the position of that union with the others at Cockatoo ...

    Article : 71 words
  49. DRUMMOYNE SEAT.

    Mr. Norman A. Cashman has decided to contest the Drummoyne seat as a Progressive candidate. He was a member of Mr. Beeby's executive at the last elections. Mr. G. S. ...

    Article : 51 words
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