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  2. FINE SCORE.

    The M.C.C. team began the first of its firstclass matches on the Adelaide Oval to-day, and, winning the toss, had scored 292 for the loss of four wickets when stumps were ...

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  3. GRAVE WARNING.

    A warning, in grave terms, in regard to the economic condition of the State, was given by the Premier (Mr. Bavin) last night, in the course of a public speech at ...

    Article : 233 words
  4. THIRD MEMBER OF CITY COMMISSION.

    Brigadier-General H. Gordon Bennett has been appointed third member of the City Commission. This decision was renched at a special ...

    Article : 421 words
  5. MINISTRY MAY COMPROMISE.

    It is probable that as the result of the deliberations of the joint meeting of the Parliamentary Nationalist and Country parties yesterday the Ministry will recede from the stand it has taken in regard to the proposal drastically to amend the incidence of taxation, or that ...

    Article : 79 words
  6. FIRE IN CATHEDRAL.

    News comes from Brussels that the famous Romanesque Cathedral at Tournal caught fire It contains pictures by Rubens and Jordae[?]s. The fire was apparently due to the ...

    Article : 130 words
  7. COOK BI-CENTENARY.

    Captain Cook did more for Australia than Columbus did for America, said Mr. [?]ould, Sate librarian, in an address to the members of the Million Club during the luncheon hour ...

    Article : 758 words
  8. AVIATION.

    Sir Samuel Hoare[?] Secretary for the Air. delivered this evening an address on "Aviation and the British Empire" before the Royal Geographical Society of ...

    Article : 630 words
  9. CRUISER LONDON.

    The latest ship in the navy to bear the name London is now undergoing her trials, the result of which will be kept secret, in accordance with modern Admiralty practice. As soon as the ...

    Article : 140 words
  10. POINTS OF COMPROMISE.

    It was stated by members after the meeting that in all probability there would be a compromise on the company tax[?] One member stated it had been suggested that the maximum ...

    Article : 345 words
  11. MR. BAVIN HECKLED.

    A lively reception was accorded the Premier (Mr. Bavin) when he appeared on the platform of St. John's Hall, Darlinghurst, last evening, in support of Mr. Julian ...

    Article : 486 words
  12. GRAVITATION.

    Simultaneously with an announcement tnat an English sclentist had "overcome gravity," Dr. Sorglus Grace, of the Bell Telephone Laboratory, gave a similar demonstration at ...

    Article : 69 words
  13. "NO DICTATION."

    "I certainly will accept dictation from no body other than Parliament," emphatically declared the Premier (Mr. Bavin) yesterday afternoon in reply to a question respecting ...

    Article : 399 words
  14. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. Dosmond Fitzgerald (Minister for Defence) announced in the Dail the formation of a new volunteer force. The regular army of the Free State, formerly 50,000 strong, and ...

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  15. ROMA PETROL.

    Persons in the main thoroughfare of Roma yesterday were unaware that Mr. Clarence Evans's motor car which was passing through the town from the Roma Oil Corporation field ...

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  16. MR. BAVIN'S REPLY.

    "I have read the report of the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, and would like to say that I regret the wild and irresponsible tone of some of the speeches that were made," ...

    Article : 542 words
  17. PLEDGE OF SERVICE.

    In response to the invitation of the shipowners, about 1508 members of the Waterside Workers' Federation attended at the picking-up shed this morning, registered their ...

    Article : 273 words
  18. SOUTHWARD BOUND.

    Sir George Wilkins cables from Monte Video, under Wednesday's date:—"This afternoon the sturdy whaler Hektor[?]a weighed anchor for the second stage of her voyage to ...

    Article : 92 words
  19. THE PROGRAMME.

    This afternoon at 3 o'clock one of the most important of the Cook bi-centenary celebrations will take place at the Cook statue in Hyde Park. This has been organised by the ...

    Article : 497 words
  20. "RESO" TRAIN.

    People talk with vague enthusiasm about the great resources of Australia, but how many have seen the coal in our mines, the herds on the vast stations of the west, the ...

    Article : 482 words
  21. WOMEN BANKRUPTS.

    In the Bankruptcy Court to-day Judge Payne sentenced two women to terms of imprisonment. Mrs. Lena Walters, the wife of a plasterer ...

    Article : 110 words
  22. FREE LABOURERS.

    On their way home from Victoria Dock, where they had been working as free labourers, two Italians were attacked by three, men to-night. One Italian escaped, but the other ...

    Article : 311 words
  23. THE PRAYER BOOK.

    Referring to-day to the voting at Wednesday's synod on certain questions arising out of the controversy regarding the prayer book, the Bishop of London said that ho did not ...

    Article : 126 words
  24. IN TEN DAYS.

    According to present arrangements, the promoters of the flight from Sydney to London in the Spirit of Australia monoplane, will commence at daybreak to-morrow ...

    Article : 239 words
  25. HUME WEIR.

    A further substantial increase in the estimated cost of the construction at the Hume W[?]r and Reservoir on the Murray River is shown by the annual report of the River ...

    Article : 233 words
  26. INDUSTRIAL LECTURES.

    An entirely new departure in broadcasting, because it is essentially controversial, will be inaugurated in November when the British Broadcasting Corporation will begin a series of ...

    Article : 104 words
  27. RADIO PARTS.

    The Tariff Board, which had previously heard evidence in Melbourne with regard to the protection of radio receivers, reopened the application in Sydney yesterday, so that ...

    Article : 388 words
  28. FACTORY LEGISLATION.

    Representatives of the Trade Union Congress mid affilliated unions waited on the Home Secretary (Sir William Joynson-Hicks) to urge the necessity for improved factory legislation ...

    Article : 90 words
  29. MURDER CHARGE.

    John Charles Tibbott, 43, a butcher, was shot by his assistant, a boy of 16, at his property, half a mile east of Dwellingup, at 12.45 p.m. yesterday. It is alleged that the ...

    Article : 187 words
  30. SERVICES TO EMPIRE.

    Toasting the memory of Captain Cook at the British Empire League lun[?]on in honour of the bi-centenary of the great navigator's birth, the Secretary of State for the Dominions ...

    Article : 235 words
  31. TOUCHED LIVE WIRE.

    A terrible accident occurred at the electric sub-station near the Strathfield Railway Station yesterday, when Mervyn Crampton. aged about 30 years, a carpenter, came into ...

    Article : 140 words
  32. ENGINE CREW.

    It was recently reported that the fireman and driver of an excursion train on the Illawarra line on Eight-hour Day last were under the influence of drink on their arrival at ...

    Article : 116 words
  33. GEARY'S INJURY.

    The "Daily Chronicle" says that while he was on a holiday Ge[?]y took out an insurance policy against disablement in any match in Australia. He will now receive £20 a week ...

    Article : 91 words
  34. BODIES RECOVERED.

    The bodies of James Barrington Benson, aged 3 years, and Mrs. Bertha Benson, two of the victims of the recent motor car fatality at Hateman's Bay, have been recovered. The ...

    Article : 69 words
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