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  2. FLOODS.

    Torrential rain on a section of the North Coast between Nambucca and Clarence Heads has caused extensive flooding of coastal rivers. The ...

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  3. LORD NUFFIELD.

    The £26,000 which Lord Nuffield gave to hospitals in New South Wales when he distributed gifts amounting to £40,000 on Thursday, will be doubled by ...

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  4. SHIPWRECK VERDICT.

    The Court of Marine Inquiry found to-day that the collision between the steamships Caradale and Kakariki in Hobson's Hay, about 11.11 p.m. on ...

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  5. ATTACK ON VALENCIA.

    The suburbs of Valencia, the present seat of the Spanish Government, was bombarded at dawn from the sea. Coastal batteries returned the fire. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. MR. ABBOTT

    Mr. C. L. A. Abbott, Country party member for Gwydir, will not he appointed to the committee which will investigate the Northern ...

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  7. NAVY IN ACTION.

    Those few laymen who were privileged to watch the main battle practice of the Royal Australian Naval squadron to-day, found it almost ...

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  8. BRITAIN'S DEFENCES.

    The immensity of Britain's rearmament is reflected in the announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Neville Chamberlain) that, as it will be impossible to meet the rapidlygrowing expenditure wholly out of revenue, the Government ...

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  9. BEGGING LETTERS.

    Lord Nuffield is worried by the flood of begging letters he receives every day. The mail is so huge that secretaries have to deal with it. ...

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  10. MR. BRUCE.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons), denied emphatically to-night that there was any truth in a report that the Minister for Defence (Sir Archdale Parkhill) was ...

    Article : 267 words
  11. FLEXIBILITY OF PROGRAMME.

    A Treasury memorandum explains that the Treasury will issue from the Consolidated Fund sums not exceeding an aggregate of £400,000,000 within a ...

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  12. PORT OF SYDNEY.

    The progress of the port of Sydney was described as having been most satisfactory by the chairman of the Maritime Services Board (Mr. E. W. Austin), in a speech at the first ...

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  13. DISMISSED POLICE.

    According to the secretary of the Police Association (Mr. C. J. Cosgrove), police in Victoria and Queensland have offered to contribute toward the cost of ...

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  14. INQUEST ON VICTIMS.

    The City Coroner (Mr. Tingate, P.M.) recorded a finding of misadventure at an inquest to-day into the death of the three men whose bodies were recovered after the collision ...

    Article : 115 words
  15. LORD HOWE ISLAND.

    Mr. D. Clyne, M.L.A., who returned from Lord Howe Island by the Morinda yesterday, said that visitors who stay more than three months on the island were subject to a poll ...

    Article : 191 words
  16. COLOURED MEN

    "The whole district has been terrorised, and women were afraid to allow their husbands to leave their homes," said Sergeant O'sullivan, of Tweed Heads, in the Murwillumbah ...

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  17. 650,000 MOTHERS

    The Premier (Mr. Stevens') said last night that during 1036 the attendance of mothers at 162 baby health centres in the State was 650,000. Fifty-one of the centres were in ...

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  18. EMPIRE DEFENCE.

    A census of the country's defence resources has been initiated by the War supplies Board, which has directed a questionnaire to key firms and inquiries regarding the extent of supplies ...

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  19. INFLOW OF CAPITAL.

    The Secretary of the Treasury (Mr. Morgenthau) his called a conference of Government officials for Monday to discuss the importation of foreign capital which is ...

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  20. QUEENSLAND BENEFITS.

    Torrential rains fell last night and to-day in parts of the south and central west of Queensland, mainly in pastoral areas. Watercourses are in flood. The Dawson River at ...

    Article : 163 words
  21. LORD MAYOR

    Labour aldermen have given notice that, at Monday's meeting of the City Council, they will move that the motion increasing the Lord Mayor's allowance from £1500 to £2250 ...

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  22. NO RADIO BEACONS

    The Awatea encountered thick weather yesterday morning as she approached Sydney at the end of her voyage from New Zealand. The commander (Captain Arthur Davey) ...

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  23. TROTSKY'S ACTION FOR LIBEL.

    Trotsky, the exiled Bolshevik, who is living in Mexico, intends to sue the Swiss Communist newspaper, "Die Freiheit" for libel. This move is apparently intended as a ...

    Article : 153 words
  24. TWO NURSES

    The Minister for Health (Mr. FitzSimons) said last night that the Superintendent of Hospitals (Mr. Otton), who had inquired into the dismissal of two nurses from the Blue ...

    Article : 100 words
  25. STOLEN CHALICE

    The gold chalice, valued at £30, which was stolen from the altar of the Glen Osmond Roman Catholic Church, was left just inside the church last night, with other articles ...

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  26. DELAYED ENGLISH AIR MAILS.

    The 'plane carrying English air mails, which was delayed at Narromine on Thursday night, continued on to Cootamundra yesterday morning, and after wards flew to Sydney, reaching ...

    Article : 61 words
  27. LESSONS FROM SINGAPORE.

    The aviation correspondent of the "Daily Mail" says that the recent Singapore manoeuvies provided overwhelming evidence of the advantage of oversea air patrols. He adds: ...

    Article : 61 words
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