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  2. LIBERTY.

    In an address to members of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce to-day the Foreign Secretary (Sir John Simon) referred to the way in which the civil ...

    Article : 407 words
  3. FLOOD DEVASTATION.

    Although floods in the south-east section of the State were not intensified yesterday, the position is still serious, with bridges submerged, branch railway services suspended, and large tracts of country inundated. Flood waters claimed a victim near Bodalla, when Mr. H. J. Burbidge, ...

    Article : 128 words
  4. PILLIGA MYSTERY.

    A woman is alleged to have confessed to the police at Bingara this morning that she murdered George Washington Nott, 45, the Pilliga stock and station agent, for whom police had been searching since his car was found in the Namoi River. ...

    Article : 154 words
  5. ELGAR.

    The death is announced of the great English composer, Sir Edward Elgar. For some time Sir Edward Elgar ...

    Article : 272 words
  6. Team SYSTEM

    The team system of slaughtering may be introduced at the Homebush Abattoirs. Its adoption will necessitate structural alterations, costing between £90,000 and ...

    Article : 229 words
  7. PUBLICAN

    Martin George Sayers, 40, was shot and fatally wounded during a quarrel in the College Green Hotel, in Meagher-street, Chippendale, where he was the licensee. ...

    Article : 660 words
  8. FLOOD DAMAGE.

    The Hawkesbury and Nepean Rivers were still over their banks last night, and flood waters had caused extensive damage. At one stage the Hawkesbury rose to its highest level ...

    Article : 2,185 words
  9. DRAMATIC MESSAGE.

    A message that the woman had allegedly confessed was brought to Detective-sergeant Alford, of the Criminal Investigation Branch, and Inspector Campbell, of Narrabri, this ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,007 words
  10. UNIONISTS THREATEN STRIKE.

    It is considered certain that the introduction of the new system will be vigorously opposed by the members of the Meat Employees' Union, because it will destroy the power of the strike ...

    Article : 241 words
  11. PRINCE GEORGE.

    At Butterworth, a little town of 500 inhabitants at the gateway of the great native reserve called the Transkelan Territories, an area of 16,000 square miles, inhabited by a million ...

    Article : 202 words
  12. ATLANTIC TRADE.

    The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Neville Chamberlain) Introduced in the House of Commons a resolution to authorise a bill to empower the Treasury to advance £9,500,000 ...

    Article : 318 words
  13. CHURCH REUNION.

    Bishop Kirkby, Diocesan Administrator, stated last evening that the legal effect of the declaration recently signed by leading representatives of the Church of England and ...

    Article : 281 words
  14. KING LEOPOLD III.

    With all the city's bells pealing joyously and a salute of 101 guns booming, King Leopold III., on a white charger, and dressed in a general's khaki uniform, rode from Laeken ...

    Article : 471 words
  15. HAIRDRESSING

    Judge Moule learned much in the Second County Court to-day about processes which have been devised for the conversion of women's hair into permanent waves. Eton ...

    Article : 364 words
  16. MAN'S STORY

    An extraordinary story was told to Judge Barton at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions yesterday by John Henry Sheen, or Halpin, 63, railway pensioner, who pleaded not gulity ...

    Article : 593 words
  17. PROPERTY SALES.

    Since the middle of December, 1933, more than £400,000 worth of sales of city property have been reported. yesterday Richardson and Wrench, Ltd., ...

    Article : 434 words
  18. STAVISKY FRAUDS.

    The French Government is offering as a reward the record sum of 100,000 francs for information that will lead to the identification of the murderers of M. Albert Prince, Judge ...

    Article : 242 words
  19. THE KANGAROOS.

    Members of the Australian Rugby League team, which has been touring England, arrived in Melbourne by the Jervis Bay to-day. During the tour an exhibition match was played ...

    Article : 247 words
  20. STATE OF HIGHWAYS.

    An N.R.M.A. report late yesterday afternoon set out the conditions of the roads thus:- Hume Highway: The Hume Highway is still closed at Camden wheie the road is still ...

    Article : 413 words
  21. BOY KILLED.

    The friendship between a little boy and a bus driver who passed his house many times each day had a tragic ending a few days ago, when Courtenay Thomas, Mont Albert-road, ...

    Article : 228 words
  22. CENTRAL BANK

    Following closely upon the lines laid down by the Macmillan Royal Commission, the Government introduced legislation to-day creating a central bank, to be known as the Bank of ...

    Article : 175 words
  23. JAPAN.

    Following the Japanese Ambassador's protest in Moscow against a breach of the fisheries agreement, the Soviet Ambassador in Tokyo visited the Foreign Minister (Mr. Hirota) ...

    Article : 275 words
  24. NEW BUILDING

    New administrative offices for the Railway Department will be constructed at the Wynyard station, at a cost, it is estimated, of between £250,000 and £300,000. ...

    Article : 149 words
  25. MAN DIES WHILE REPAIRING DRAIN.

    When a severe rainstorm which broke over the Newcastle district yesterday afternoon ended. William Punton, 52, of Bousfleld-street, Wallsend, was found dead in the yard of his ...

    Article : 114 words
  26. PROPOSED BOYCOTT.

    The "great heartedness" of the Governor (Sir Phillp Game) was praised by several speakers at a conference called this evening by the Cessnock Show committee. The ...

    Article : 145 words
  27. "LOW-WAGE STATE."

    "Victoria is a notoriously low-wage State, and it seems to me that we can get no assistance whatsoever by comparing New South Wales wage levels with those of Victoria," ...

    Article : 116 words
  28. BOY ATTACKS SHARKS.

    Joe Cooper, a 17-year-old boy, dived from Darwin jetty among a number of large sharks which had been attracted by refuse from ships. He was armed only with a sharp ...

    Article : 94 words
  29. KIDNAPPERS GAOLED.

    Roger Touhy and two confederates were convicted to-day and sentenced to 99 years' imprisonment for the sensational kidnapping of John Factor. The verdict, State officials ...

    Article : 88 words
  30. MR. R. HOSKINS.

    Mr. R. Hoskins, son of Mr. Cecil Hoskins, of Australian Iron and Steel, Ltd., was severely injured when working at the blast furnace this morning. A plug fell from a ladle and ...

    Article : 77 words
  31. DAMAGE IN BRISBANE.

    Although more rain fell in many parts of the State to-day, no further serious flooding was reported. The mail train service to Townsville is still being held up by flooded ...

    Article : 88 words
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