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  2. BYRD'S RESCUE.

    LITTLE AMERICA, Aug. 16.—Further news has been received from Mr. Poulter concerning Rear-Admiral Byrd's experiences while alone at his expedition's ...

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  3. FERRY CAPSIZED.

    CALCUTTA, Aug. 17.—It is feared that over 170 persons, including many women and children, have been drowned in a ferry boat disaster near Daribbai Ghat, ...

    Article : 100 words
  4. FIFTH TEST.

    LONDON, Aug. 17.—It is difficult to forecast the teams which will represent Australia and England in the fifth Test of the 1934 series at the Kennington ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. ASIAN ELDORADO.

    CALCUTTA, Aug. 16.—That the sandy shores of a vast lake at the foot of the mighty Karakoram Ranges in the Himalayan Mountains contain rich quantities of ...

    Article : 383 words
  6. A RECOVERY PROBLEM.

    ST. JOHN (New Brunswick), Aug. 16—In an address at a banquet here tonight, the Prime Minister of Canada (Mr. Bennett) said that in spite of the improving ...

    Article : 173 words
  7. SEWERING PERTH.

    The activity displayed by Governments in recent years in pushing on with the sewering of the metropolitan area has led to public wonder whether it is intended ...

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  8. THE WORLD'S WHEAT.

    LONDON, Aug. 16.—The United States Ambassador (Mr. Robert Bingham) presided at yesterday's meeting, at the Board of Trade of the International Wheat ...

    Article : 317 words
  9. NEW COTTON DUTIES.

    LONDON, Aug. 16.—In reply to a resolution recently passed by the grocers and provision dealers' associations of the Bolton district not to stock Australian ...

    Article : 530 words
  10. WEIL'S DISEASE.

    BRISBANE, Aug. 17.—For the first time in Australia, the parasite responsible for Weil's Disease (a specific form of epidemic jaundice), which is at present ...

    Article : 140 words
  11. FLOOD AFTERMATH.

    ADELAIDE, Aug. 17—When the Governor (Sir Winston Dugan) visited Port Pirie this afternoon and made a tour of the flooded areas, he was driven through ...

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  12. REPORTS DENIED.

    NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—A wireless message received today from Little America stated: "There is absolutely no truth in the reports of dysentery here or, so far ...

    Article : 178 words
  13. CHINESE RAILWAY.

    TOKIO, Aug. 17.—The Foreign Office spokesman admitted today that the Foreign Office and the army were consulting with a view to issuing a general ...

    Article : 129 words
  14. BOOM IN SILVER.

    LONDON, Aug. 17.—The financial correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that 400 tons of silver left Southampton for New York yesterday, and that many ...

    Article : 254 words
  15. CAUSE AND REMEDY.

    The causative organism of Weil's Disease has been known since 1914-15, when it was located and described by two Japanese research workers, Ido and Inada. ...

    Article : 539 words
  16. STRANGE FATALITY.

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 17.—Mrs. Elizabeth Jarvis (41), of Smythesdale, was drowned today when she was hurled down an abandoned mining shaft. 15 yards away from ...

    Article : 180 words
  17. THE ITEMS AFFECTED.

    By amendments to the tariff schedule tabled in the Federal Parliament on August 1, both the British preferential and general tariff rates on three cotton ...

    Article : 188 words
  18. HEAD-ON SMASH.

    Albert Stack (34), of East-street, Fremantle, had a remarkable escape from serious injury when a car which he was driving was concerned in a head-on collision with ...

    Article : 353 words
  19. PRICE LEVELS.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 17.—Price levels of food and groceries increased 0.3 per cent in the month of July, compared with those in the previous month, according to ...

    Article : 480 words
  20. SMASH-AND-GRAB FAILS.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 17.—Following swiftly on the recent smash-and-grab robbery of thousands of pounds worth of diamond rings from the window of the city store of ...

    Article : 531 words
  21. GERMAN CHURCH RIFT.

    BERLIN, Aug. 16.—The council of the Free Synod, representing 7,000 pastors who are opposed to Dr. Mueller, the Nazi Reichsbishop, has decided not to take the ...

    Article : 64 words
  22. AIR RACE.

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 17.—In an amended list of entries in the centenary air race issued by the air race committee, the names of several pilots are mentioned for ...

    Article : 123 words
  23. NAVAL ARMAMENTS.

    QUEBEC, Aur. 16.—Steps should be taken immediately to replace worn-out ships of the British Navy, Admiral-of-the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes stated today, ...

    Article : 74 words
  24. LABATT RELEASED.

    TORONTO, Aug. 17.—John Labatt, the millionaire brewer, who was kidnapped while motoring in the country on Tuesday and for whom a gigantic search ...

    Article : 130 words
  25. EXCHANGE ON LONDON

    SYDNEY, Aug. 17.—With lower rates of interest, adjustments in the exchange buying rates for Australia on London, and for London on Australia, were announced ...

    Article : 86 words
  26. RADIO INDUSTRY'S ADVANCE.

    LONDON, Aug. 16.—The radio exhibition which opened at Olympia today is said to be the largest of its kind ever held. More than 150 firms are exhibiting ...

    Article : 175 words
  27. A FATAL SLIP.

    PEMBERTON, Aug. 17.—Mr. O. Kelly, who was traffic manager at the State timber mills, Pemberton, was killed today whilst he was acting as guard on the log ...

    Article : 83 words
  28. OUTSTANDING GERMAN DEBTS.

    LONDON, Aug. 16.—Britain has approached the German Government with a request for early discussion of the question of outstanding German commercial ...

    Article : 90 words
  29. CYCLIST KILLED.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 17.—Edward Bourke (51) was killed when a bicycle he was riding collided with a motor lorry a few miles out of town. Bourke suffered a fracture ...

    Article : 59 words
  30. ANOTHER KIDNAPPING.

    NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—While the case of the kidnapped millionaire brewer, John Labatt, became more and more confused, with clues and cross-clues, another ...

    Article : 95 words
  31. "A GHOULISH OFFENCE."

    SYDNEY, Aug. 17.—"The offence was of a wicked and ghoulish kind," said Judge White in Quarter Sessions today when dealing with Welter Bruce Thompson ...

    Article : 142 words
  32. EARTH TREMOR IN SCOTLAND.

    LONDON, Aug. 17.—A slight earth tremor was felt in Scotland over an area extending from Dornooh to Pitlochry, a distance of about 100 miles, early this ...

    Article : 91 words
  33. FOOT CRUSHED BY LIFT.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 17.—Ambulance officers had to cut away portion of the woodwork of an elevator in the factory of Moran and Cato, Ltd., in Cleveland-street. ...

    Article : 76 words
  34. ACTOR COLLAPSES.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 17.—Mr. Gus Bluett, the actor, collapsed at a performance of the musical comedy "Gay Divorce" at the Theatre Royal tonight. Mr. Bluett, ...

    Article : 82 words
  35. PARACHUTIST'S FATE.

    PARIS, Aug. 16.—The crowd at an aviation display at Le Mans was horrified to see a girl dangling at the end of a rope. 45 feet below an aeroplane. She was Joan ...

    Article : 103 words
  36. MORTALITY IN CHILD BIRTH.

    BRISBANE, Aug. 17.—"The mortality in child birth is extremely high in Australia and we have reasons to be ashamed of the figures when we compare them with ...

    Article : 113 words
  37. ALLEGED COMPANY FRAUDS.

    ADELAIDE, Aug. 17.—The inquiry ordered by the Government into the affairs of a group of 17 companies operating in South Australia will being in Adelaide on ...

    Article : 76 words
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