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  • PERTH TRIAL. Crown's Attitude. NOT PRESSING "WILFUL" MURDER CHARGE. PERTH, Monday.

    A statement that the Crown did not intend to press the charge of "wilful" murder was made in the Criminal Court to-day in the case in which four men are charged, before ... [Article] (418 words)
  • WOMAN'S DEATH In Train Accident. OPEN VERDICT RETURNED.

    The City Coroner (Mr. Oram) returned an open verdict at the conclusion of his inquiry yesterday into the death of Hilda Blanche Carey. 36, whose decapitated body was found ... [Article] (138 words)
  • DEMOCRATIC PARTY. IN NEW ZEALAND. WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.

    The newly-formed Democratic party concluded its national conference at Wellington and elected Mr. T. C. A. Hislop, the Mayor of Wellington, as its leader. ... [Article] (129 words)
  • WOY WOY WATER SUPPLY. WOY WOY, Monday.

    Although domestic tanks tor the most part are empty, the majority of the spearhead pumps are still in action. Those not working are out of action either as the result of worn ... [Article] (43 words)
  • SUPERANNUATION. Growth of Schemes in Industry.

    During recent years there has been an extraordinary growth in the volume of business written in Australia and New Zealand under group endowment assurance schemes among ... [Article] (170 words)
  • QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT. BRISBANE, Monday.

    Parliament, assembled at noon to-day. Members were sworn in by a Commission comprising the Premier (Mr. Forgan Smith), the Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Hynes), and the ... [Article] (104 words)
  • BRITISH MUSIC. CONCERT AT FORUM CLUB.

    The concert, arranged by the British and International Music Society at the Forum Club last night consisted mostly of works by British composers, Miss Phyllis McDonald ... [Article] (182 words)
  • ROYAL PRINCE EDWARD YACHT CLUB.

    Advice has been received by the Royal Prince Edward Yacht Club from the Premier Mr. Stevens) that his Majesty the King has graciously approved of the prefix "Royal" ... [Article] (38 words)
  • COTTON AND WHEAT. Mandatory Loans. U.S. SENATE'S DEMANDS. WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.

    The expected adjournment of Congress did not take place to-day, owing to a dispute about the third Deficiency bill and a Senate amendment calling for mandatory loans of 12 cents ... [Article] (432 words)
  • SOUTH AFRICANS. Match Against Sussex. LONDON, Aug. 26.

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  • GENERAL CABLE NEWS. PRICE OF GOLD. LONDON, Aug. 26.

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  • DAVIS CUP TOUR. Mr. N. E. Brookes Criticised. MELBOURNE, Monday.

    Mr. N. E. Brookes, the captain of the Australian Davis Cup team, was criticised by Mr. P. B. Wald (representing South Australia) at the monthly meeting of the council of the ... [Article] (285 words)
  • HERR HITLER. OPERATION ON THROAT. BERLIN, Aug. 25.

    It is revealed that Herr Hitler underwent an operation in May. A communique states that he suffered from increasing hoarseness, which was especially troublesome during his ... [Article] (71 words)
  • COURSING DOGS. Alleged Lack of Control.

    Leichhardt Council last night received a letter from Miss E. A. Heyes, of Augustus-street, Leichhardt, who stated that on August 17 she had been leading a small Yorkshire ... [Article] (228 words)
  • EARTH DISTURBANCE. BRISBANE, Monday.

    Thursday Island advises that a subterranean explosion oc[?]urred there at 7.33 this morning. The shook lasted only two seconds. No damage occurred. ... [Article] (30 words)
  • FACULTY JUBILEES. Agriculture and Veterinary Science.

    A reception was held in the Great Hall of the University last night by the Faculties of Agriculture and Veterinary Science in celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of ... [ILLUSTRATED] [Article] (341 words)
  • THE CEREMONY. FACULTIES' WORK PRAISED.

    The Chancellor (Sir Mungo Maccallum presided at last night's ceremony. The assemblage included the deputy Chancellor (Mr. Justice Halse Bogers); the ... [Article] (492 words)
  • CAR OUT OF CONTROL.

    A motor car out of control mounted the footpath in George-street West, city, yesterday and crashed into the plateglass window of premises occupied by Davidson and Co., Ltd., ... [Article] (170 words)
  • LECTURE ON AERONAUTICS.

    Malor A. Murray Jones, D.F.C., will lecture on "De Havilland and the Aeroplane" at the model aeroplane exhibition at, Anthony Horderns' Country Club, to-day, at 2.30 p.m. ... [Article] (32 words)
  • CITY COUNCIL Modifying Building Act. COMPLAINTS OF BUILDERS.

    The need for remodelling the city building regulations to keep pace with the developments and trend of modern design was referred to at a meeting of the City Council ... [Article] (384 words)
  • LOTTERY DRAWING. First Prize to Woonona.

    The principal prizes in the 287th State lottery were drawn at the Australian Hull yesterday by Mr. W. R. Souter, of Cronulla. First prize was won by the "Welcome to ... [Article] (101 words)
  • SKI-ING. Slalom Championship. (PROM OUR SPECS AL REPRESENTATIVE.) MANSFIELD (Vic.), Monday.

    ... [Detailed lists, results, guides] (631 words)
  • MARITIME UNIONS. SUGGESTED CONFERENCE. MELBOURNE, Monday.

    The emergency committee the Australasian Council of Trade Unions met to-day to consider whether another conference or the 12 Federal unions which would have ... [Article] (99 words)
  • MAN'S FACE CUT. Train Window Broken.

    A man travelling on the 7.12 p.m. train from Canterbury to Bankstown was cut-about the face last night when a stone smashed a window of the last carriage. ... [Article] (110 words)
  • CASUALTIES. WOMAN FATALLY INJURED.

    Mrs. Sarah Goldthorpe, 79, of Myrtle-street, Stanmore, was fatally injured last night when she was knocked down by a motor car in Parramatta-road, Annandale. She suffered ... [Article] (56 words)
  • EISTEDDFOD IN FULL SWING. Keen Public Interest.

    The third annual City of Sydney Eisteddfod—regarded as Australia's greatest competitive festival—really began yesterday, for the contests in the juvenile choral sections were ... [Article] (1021 words)
  • "CONTEMPTIBLE THEFT." Figure Stolen from Cemetery. MAGISTRATE'S STATEMENT. LISMORE, Monday.

    "I think a theft from a cemetery is the most contemptible imaginable, and if I did not desire to see the people who suffered by this offence compensated I would send both of ... [Article] (170 words)
  • PLEBISCITE PURGE. BY A.W.U. IN QUEENSLAND. CHARGES AGAINST MANY MEMBERS. BRISBANE, Monday.

    An A.W.U. "plebiscite purge" will begin to-morrow night, when scores of members will be called upon to answer charges of having either erased their names from ... [Article] (124 words)
  • BUDAPEST QUARTET.

    As [?] preliminary to their Sydney season of broadcasts and public recitals, the members of the Budapest String Quartet gave a concert for invited guests last night in the ballroom ... [Article] (174 words)
  • VETERAN CLERGYMAN. DEATH OF REV. D. W. DAVIES.

    The death occurred yesterday at Roseville of the Reverend David William Davies aged 95, The oldest, minister of the Presbyterian Church in Australia. ... [ILLUSTRATED] [Article] (142 words)
  • CRICKET CLUB. Officials Resign in Body. USE OF WAVERLEY OVAL.

    Early this morning the Waverley District Cricket Club, by 36 votes to 32, carried a resolution protesting against, the decision of the management committee to make Woollahra ... [Article] (173 words)
  • SURGEON TO KING. SIR THOMAS DUNHILL. ARRIVAL IN MELBOURNE. MELBOURNE, Monday.

    Sir Thomas Dunhill, honorary surgeon to the King, and the forerunner of a large and distinguished delegation ot members of the British Medical Association to the Melbourne ... [Article] (222 words)
  • RESEARCH WORK. RUST-RESISTANT WHEATS. SUCCESS AT UNIVERSITY.

    The Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at Sydney University (Professor R. D. Watt), speaking at a reception at the University last night in celebration of the Faculty's 25th ... [Article] (248 words)
  • FALL INTO PIT. INJURED MAN'S ORDEAL ADELAIDE, Monday.

    Prank Thulbourne, 48, of Tolley-strect, Torrensville, was admitted to Adelaide Hospital in a critical condition, following an all-night ordeal at the bottom of a deep brick-pit into ... [Article] (127 words)
  • TAXATION OF TOURISTS. CANBERRA, Monday.

    Complaints by Mr. Moshe Menuhin, father of Yehudi Menuhin, the violinist, that visitors to Australia were subjected by the Australian taxation authorities to irksome delays, were ... [Article] (102 words)
  • ROBBERY AT BALMAIN.

    Groceries and other goods worth about £100 were taken from Malouf's store in Darling-street. Balmain, on Sunday. Sergeant Hamilton found that thieves had broken into ... [Article] (37 words)
  • TRAGIC SEQUEL TO FOOTBALL MATCH. MELBOURNE, Monday.

    The semi-final of the Ouyen Football League, which was played at the week-end, had a tragic sequel when Syd. Cocking, 32, a member of the Walpeup team thar, defeated Patchewollock, ... [Article] (182 words)
  • NATIONAL SCHEME. Social Insurance. CABINET TO CONSIDER PROPOSALS MELBOURNE, Monday.

    Proposals for the establishment of a system of national insurance will probably be discussed ar, one of the series of meetings of the Federal Cabinet, which will begin next ... [Article] (185 words)
  • SHARK KILLS PAPUAN. BRISBANE, Monday.

    Baranl a Papuan, was seized by a shark when he was fishing for beche-te-mer in Torres Strait, on August 13. and he died a few minutes later from loss of blood. ... [Article] (55 words)
  • BARROWMEN AND SKIPPER. YASS, Monday.

    Tom Morris, who is skipping from Melbourne to Sydney, arrived at Yass on Saturday afternoon He hopes to reach Sydney next Sund Following the Hume Highway, ... [Article] (84 words)
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  • INDEX. NEWS.

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  • COUNTRY NEWS. FIRE DESTROYS COTTAOES. ALBURY, Monday.

    At the Hume reservoir, a weatherboard cottage occupied by Mr. N. Lefontaine, was destroyed by fire. None of the family was at the house when the fire occurred. Thee ... [Article] (86 words)
  • OLD LANDMARK DEMOLISHED. BELLINGEN, Monday,

    A landmark on the Bellinger River for more than half a century, the old Imperial Ho[?] on the main road, at Fernmount, has been demolished. The building had stood for 51 ... [Article] (49 words)
  • BOY THROWN FROM PONY. CANOWINDRA, Monday.

    Claude Dennis, 7, was thrown hom his pony and had his skull fractured. He was admitted to the Soldiers' Memorial Hospital. ... [Article] (28 words)
  • ELECTRICITY PROJECT. COOMA, Monday.

    The council electricity engineer, in a reports l,o the Cooma Municipal Council on a Droped to alter the council's direct system to alternating current, estimated the cost at £3769. ... [Article] (66 words)
  • HOSPITAL'S EXPENDITURE. BATHURST, Monday.

    A plea for an increased Government subsidy; was made at the 93rd annual meeting of the Bathurst District Hospital. The report stated that, while last year an extra £100 was ... [Article] (121 words)
  • PROTEST AGAINST CENTRAL PARKING. KEMPSEY, Monday.

    Cattlemen generally are making strong protests against the recent, action of the Kempsey Municipal Council in selling out a central parking area in Belgrave-street, which ... [Article] (88 words)
  • MOTOR ACCIDENTS. LISMORE, Monday.

    In a collision between a motor cycle and a car, near South Gundurimba, the motor cyclist. George Speedily, 30. of Cawongla suffered a frac[?]ure of the right leg, and ... [Article] (356 words)
  • FINED FOR ASSAULT. GOULBURN, Monday.

    There was an interruption at the end of a Salvation Army meeting last night, and this morning Reginald Reuben Morton was fin[?] £1 for resisting police and £5 for assau[?] ... [Article] (86 words)
  • TIMBER TRADE BOOMS. KEMPSEY, Monday.

    The local timber trade continues to boom and each week large consignments of poles squared timbers, and sleepers are taken by steamers from the East Kempsey dumping ... [Article] (89 words)
  • CHURCH MEMORIAL FENCE. TUMUT, Monday.

    At a meeting at parishioners of All Sa[?] Church of England, Tumut, it was decided to replace the present, picket fence, fronting the church, with a brick and cement memorial ... [Article] (126 words)
  • LATE SISTER MARY DE RICCI O'SULLIVAN. TAMWORTH, Monday.

    The death has occurred in the Tamworth Dominican Convent of Sister Mary de Rice O'Sullivan, aged 71. Of Irish parentage, she was born at Port Fairy (Vic.) She enter[?] ... [Article] (117 words)
  • FACTORY EMPLOYEE SCALDED. CASINO, Monday.

    While John Russell, 35, an employee at Casino butter factory, was cleaning a chur[?] the rubber pipe he was holding burst, and [?] was badly scalded about, the face by ste[?] ... [Article] (82 words)
  • WOOL CLASSES. YOUNG, Monday.

    Unless there is an improvement in the number of applicants for admission to the wool classes when they resume in February next they will be transferred in another ... [Article] (72 words)
  • SHOOTING ACCIDENTS. COFF'S HARBOUR, Mondar.

    Reginald Ryan, 17, was admitted in [?] critical condition to the Coff's Harbour District Hospital as a result of a bullet from a pea-rifle penetrating the lower part of his ... [Article] (115 words)
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