The Lord Privy Seal, Sir John Anderson, in explaining in the House of Commons the Government's proposals for national voluntary service, ...
Article : 689 wordsA demonstration of the effectiveness of the militia recruiting campaign was given at the Paddington drill hall on Tuesday night, when 25 ...
Article : 414 wordsThe exchange rate is not affected by the decision of the Government yesterday to exercise its power to control imports and to license exports. ...
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Article : 580 wordsHampered by shortage of water, firemen who fought the extensive bushfires in the Wentworth Falls district of the Blue Mountains all day yesterday had to watch while the gale fanned the flames across hundreds of acres of bushland. The picture shows the fire racing through the scrub near Queen Victoria Home on the King's Tableland. Other pictures appear on the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 239 wordsSheets of galvanised iron and heavy [?]afters were carried hundreds of feet through the air when a council store depot in a lane off Young Street, ...
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Article : 352 wordsThe temperature in Sydney rose nearly 33 degrees in eight hours yesterday, reaching a maximum of 95 degrees at 1.50 p.m. ...
Article : 131 words"Australia's seven millions of people are incapable of producing an army with any ability to cope with a great Power," declares the "Frankfurter ...
Article : 189 wordsDr. Clyde Fenton, the flying doctor stationed at Katherine, was about to start the engine of his Moth acroplane before going on a flight to-night, when he found a man ...
Article : 90 wordsTwenty men were killed and 38 were injured when a mine train, carrying 250 men, broke a cable, plunged a mile down steep tracks, and was smashed to ...
Article : 208 wordsThe president of the Public Service Association of New Couth Wales, Mr. George Weir, said yesterday that the action of the Minister for Education. ...
Article : 268 wordsA call-up for employment is announced to-day. Details are published on page 18, column 5. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 216 wordsThere is no possibility of a water shortage in Sydney for at least two years and by that time the Warragamba supplementary supply will be ready. ...
Article : 81 wordsThe industrial situation is improving throughout France. In the Valenciennes district 180,000 workers of the total of 250,000 are back a work. There ...
Article : 246 wordsThe 552nd State lottery will be drawn on Monday evening it 7.15, and a complete list of prize-winning numbers will appear in Tuesday's "Herald." ...
Article : 128 wordsThe Douglas airliner Pengana, flown by Mr. P. T. L. Taylor, established a new Melbourne-Sydney record of lh 50m yesterday, with the assistance of a ...
Article : 98 wordsIn the Legislative Council last night, Mr. Clayton sought to amend the Medical Practitioners Bill to prevent foreigners with certain qualifications, who were not being ...
Article : 234 words"Although there is little doubt that Spain and the Mediterranean will be the main subjects for discussion, the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, is ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 263 wordsEvidence that he would not believe the certificates which employees of the State coal mine at Wonthaggi produced from doctors in support of their claims ...
Article : 146 wordsThe Premier, Mr. Stevens, speaking at the annual dinner of the Australian Association of British Manufacturers at the Australia Hotel last night, said that Australia might ...
Article : 161 wordsA small reduction in the number of bankruptcies and assignment arrangements dealt with by the Federal Bankruptcy Court last year compared with the previous year, is ...
Article : 106 wordsThe flying-boat Carpentaria alighted on Rose Bay at 9.45 o'clock last night 29½ hours behind schedule after flying 1,974 miles during the day, a record distance flight for ...
Article : 38 wordsCarrying a record load of mail, 4,600 pounds, and stopping at all the scheduled acrodromes en route, a Guinea Airways Lockheed Electra plane to-day made the fastest ...
Article : 73 wordsAs a result of Britain's de jure recognition of the King of Italy as Emperor of Abyssinia, the Court of Appeal yesterday allowed the appeal by Cable and Wireless, Ltd., against ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Duke of Connaught, great-uncle of the King, has intimated his intention of resigning from the leadership of British Freemasonry early next year because of his advanced age. ...
Article : 77 wordsThe capsize of the launch Rodney in Sydney Harbour on February 13, when 19 people lost then lives, had an echo in the High Court yesterday, when Mr. Justice Dixon, sitting in ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 293 wordsJames Devine, 27, who was said by a doctor to be of a mental age of between seven and ten years, pleaded guilty in the Criminal Court to-day to a charge of having, on October 22. ...
Article : 138 wordsAustralian Portland Cement Pty. Ltd. has lodged a cash application of £25,000 in the new conversion loan; the Public Curator of Queensland has converted £33,090 of ...
Article : 113 wordsThe sitting of the Royal Commission on medical fees under the national insurance scheme was occupied yesterday with the presentation of a detailed report with ...
Article : 136 wordsThe evidence given by Frederick Ellis in a claim in the Supreme Court for compensation for the loss of his wife is to be forwarded by direction of Mr. Justice Owen to the income ...
Article : 260 wordsAfter hearing a statement by the Premier, M. Spaak, dealing with domestic politics, the Chamber of Deputies passed a vote of confidence in the Government by 111 votes to 49. ...
Article : 102 wordsHarmon Nelson to-day received a divorce decree against Botte Davis, the film actress. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 137 wordsThe annual scholarship of £25 awarded by the Associated Music Clubs of Australia for piano, 'cello, violin, singing, or composition, was won by Miss Joyce Abraham, for the ...
Article : 48 wordsThe High Court ruled yesterday that it was not prepared to hear Goya Henry's appeal against conviction in the police court for an alleged breach of the air navigation ...
Article : 106 wordsA spark blowing under the eaves of the roof is believed to have started a fire which caused damage estimated at £1,000 in the machine shop at Cockatoo Dock yesterday afternoon. ...
Article : 87 wordsThe general community was totally opposed to the "filching" of land from the Domain, said Mr. A. J. Small yesterday at the monthly meeting of the Parks and Playgrounds' ...
Article : 88 wordsIncluded in the subscriptions to the War Veterans' Home appeal in the "Herald" on Monday were the following amounts:— £5/5/ each from Messrs. S. W. Philips, ...
Article : 98 wordsIn an examination under section 80 of the Federal Bankruptcy Act, William Stuckey, 79, of Montevideo, Parramatta Park, told the Registrar yesterday that he had had to retire ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 8 Dec 1938, Page 12
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