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  2. EXPLORERS SAFE.

    Mr. Ivan Champion's patrol, which had been overdue for several weeks, and for which grave anxiety had been felt, is safe, and is due at Port ...

    Article : 303 words
  3. COMMON POLICY NEEDED.

    Mr. Raymond Watt, general secretary of the League of Nations' Union, on his return from abroad to-day, emphasised the need for Australian ...

    Article : 455 words
  4. ARMY PLANS.

    Important developments in army organisation, proposed by the Commonwealth Government for 1937, were outlined yesterday by the Minister for ...

    Article : 1,125 words
  5. CORONATION PARTY.

    It is taken for granted that the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) will lead the Commonwealth delegation to the Coronation and the Imperial Conference, but ...

    Article : 339 words
  6. ADMINISTRATOR.

    In view of the possibility of considerable development in the Northern Territory during the next few years, residents are awaiting anxiously the ...

    Article : 618 words
  7. SEIZED SHIP FREED.

    A Government communique issued in Berlin to-day states that the German steamer Palos, which was seized by Spanish Government ...

    Article : 943 words
  8. PRICES RISE.

    Commodity trading caused panic among fully-fledged buyers yesterday, and rubber, hides, silk, cocoa, sugar, rye, barley, maize, and wheat climbed ...

    Article : 179 words
  9. MUNITIONS.

    Four big new arsenals, to be built in the west of England, will take over the explosives work which has been carried on at Woolwich, ...

    Article : 167 words
  10. EX-KING DEFENDED

    Strongly defending the Duke of Windsor in his diocesan magazine, the Bishop of Lichfield (Rt. Rev. J. A. Kempthorne) states:- "The nation as a whole cherishes no ...

    Article : 184 words
  11. KIDNAPPING OF DOCTOR'S SON.

    G-men have established that the kidnapper of the 10-year-old son of Dr. Mattson is a demented former patient of the doctor. An order was given that all men were to be ...

    Article : 222 words
  12. LONG SILENCE.

    Mr. Champion and Mr. Adamson were last in communication with civilisation in May. They had been sent to the Strickland-Purari district, with a view to opening up the area ...

    Article : 249 words
  13. MILITARY CONTINGENT.

    Mr. Frederick Hill, 'of the Statistician's Department, has been selected as the representative of Canberra in the military contingent which will represent the ...

    Article : 97 words
  14. NAZI PROPAGANDA.

    The German Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of the Ministry for Propaganda, issued to-day a booklet of New Year programmes. Nine short wave lengths will be used for ...

    Article : 115 words
  15. PISTOL LICENCES.

    Important alterations to the Pistol Licence Act will come into force on January 1. After that date, any weapon designed for aiming and firing from one hand, which can ...

    Article : 279 words
  16. GIFT OF £1,000,000.

    With a view to assisting Dutch farmers, Sir Henri Deterding, director-general of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, and a director of the Shell Tiansport and Trading Co., Ltd., has ...

    Article : 114 words
  17. WEST AUSTRALIAN PREMIER.

    The Premier (Mr. J. C. Willcock) said, after the meeting of the Cabinet to-day, that it had been decided that he should accept the invitation of the United Kingdom branch of the ...

    Article : 73 words
  18. RADIO BEACONS.

    Radio beam landing beacons are to be installed at the principal Australian airports subject to seasonal fogs. Preliminary tests of the beacon at ...

    Article : 82 words
  19. TRADE AGREEMENT.

    The Australian Trade Commissioner (Mr. Longfield Lloyd) received a stream of Japanese visitors to-day, including numerous prominent men, who expressed their pleasure at the ...

    Article : 192 words
  20. BRITISH ARMY.

    The "News Chronicle" understands that the Cabinet is considering a new recruiting scheme submitted by the Secretary for War (Mr. Duff Cooper). ...

    Article : 76 words
  21. RUSSIAN FILM

    "Ten Days That Shook the World," the Russian film directed by S. M. Eisenstein, will not be exhibited in Victoria. Information that the film would be banned in ...

    Article : 150 words
  22. ROYAL FAMILY.

    The King spent yesterday with a shooting party, including the Duke of Gloucester and the Earl of Athlone. Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth and ...

    Article : 72 words
  23. BROTHER AND SISTER DROWNED.

    A double drowning accident occurred at Flanagan's Creek, between Albury and Wodonga, this afternoon, when a brother and sister lost their lives. The victims were ...

    Article : 134 words
  24. CHANGE IN DESIGN.

    A conspicuous change in the new Cunard-White Star liner, compared with the Queen Mary, will be that she will have only two funnels, eliminating the dummy idea, in which ...

    Article : 73 words
  25. FIRE HYDRANTS SEALED.

    Police and firemen yesterday found that fire hydrants in Woolloomooloo had been sealed with rough cement, apparently to stop the firemen using their hoses on New Year's Eve, ...

    Article : 160 words
  26. AIR LINER CRASHES.

    A message from Burbank (California) says that the wreckage of an air liner, which disappeared on Sunday night, was seen in the mountains nearby. ...

    Article : 58 words
  27. TRAGEDY FEARED.

    A man and a youth are believed to have been drowned in the sea half a mile outside the mouth of the Murray River at Mandurah, about 35 miles south of Fremantle, when a ...

    Article : 120 words
  28. BARTER TRADE.

    The promoters of the new barter trading company, Compensation Brokers. Ltd., which has been formed to bring together business men in Britain and foreign countries interested ...

    Article : 108 words
  29. SHIPPING FACILITIES.

    Messrs. Macdonald, Hamilton, and Co., managing agents for the Eastern and Australian S.S. Co., Ltd., the only British shipping service engaged in the trade between ...

    Article : 106 words
  30. DROWNED IN CANAL.

    Gregory Anthony Roid, 9, was drowned yesterday in a waterhole scarcely big enough to hold his body in the canal which runs between Leichhardt and Haberfield. ...

    Article : 153 words
  31. BLIND-LANDING DEVICE.

    Utilising the German Lorenz blind-landing radio beam, two Swiss airliners were the only aircraft to land at Croydon during, thick fog yesterday. They came down with perfect ease, ...

    Article : 59 words
  32. RESCUE FROM SURF.

    A lifesaver and a man he had gone out to rescue were almost drowned in heavy surf at Deewhy yesterday. Both were brought to the beach unconscious. ...

    Article : 138 words
  33. ELECTRIC RAILWAYS.

    Proposals for the extension of the existing city and suburban railway electrification scheme to important country centres are being discussed in State political circles. ...

    Article : 163 words
  34. POWER FAILS.

    A fire in the heart of the power system cut off electric current in most of the city and in parts of surrounding communities for nearly five hours. Passengers were trapped ...

    Article : 141 words
  35. RAIN INTERRUPTS FIGHTING.

    Rain has stopped fighting on the Madrid front. It is claimed that the Government fortes have advanced in Asturias. ...

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  36. INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

    The possibility of the United States facing the worst influenza and pneumonia epidemic since 1918 is seen by health authorities, who have issued warnings and advised ...

    Article : 78 words
  37. PERENNIAL WHEAT.

    Perennial wheat will be tested by plant breeders on Government experimental farms to assess its value to the farmer. It is stated that a farmer may be able to ...

    Article : 124 words
  38. TUG EXPLOSION.

    It is hoped that an examination by experts of the wreckage of the tug Undine may assist in discovering the cause of the explosion which occurred on board on Monday ...

    Article : 130 words
  39. TRANSFER OF EMBASSY.

    Reasons have been given for the British Government's decision to transfer the British Embassy from Madrid to Valencia, the present seat of the Spanish Government. ...

    Article : 171 words
  40. DARLING DOWNS.

    The leader of the Federal Country party (Doctor Earle Page) to-day expressed gratification at the decisive win of Mr. A. W. Fadden, the Country party candidate, in the ...

    Article : 133 words
  41. BROADCASTING SERVICES.

    During the past year more than 30 broadcasts from the Empire and overseas were carried out by the British Broadcasting Corporation. ...

    Article : 183 words
  42. 'PLANES FROM U.S.A.

    Because Congress failed to include civil wars in the provisions of the Neutrality Act, the State Department has no alternative but to issue a licence for a shipment of aeroplanes, ...

    Article : 122 words
  43. PRIMARY INDUSTRIES.

    The Assistant Minister for Commerce (Mr. Thorby) said yesterday that it appeared that Australia was about to enter on a very prosperous year. The condition of world stocks of ...

    Article : 93 words
  44. YAWL STOLEN

    The 38-foot yawl, Seafarer, was stolen from its moorings early yesterday morning, and with an unknown crew aboard, was last seen heading in the direction of Kadavu. ...

    Article : 58 words
  45. PREMIER'S RETORT.

    Postal employees who were ordered to work on Christmas Day sent a telegram to the Prime Minister (Mr. Mackenzie King), expressing the hope that he would enjoy his ...

    Article : 67 words
  46. G.P.O. RECORD.

    The number of articles handled by officials at the G.P.O. during this montn totalled about 35,000,000. This constitutes a record. From December 11 to December 24 a total ...

    Article : 48 words
  47. WESTMINSTER ABBEY.

    The Office of Works will take possession of Westminster Abbey next week with a view to its preparation for the Coronation ceremony in May. ...

    Article : 42 words
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