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  2. SPEECHES BY TORCHLIGHT.

    The general election campaign will be marked by a flood of oratory at the week-end. Most of it will be heard at country crossroads under the light of paraffin ...

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  3. SIR HENRY GULLETT.

    The Minister for Customs (Sir Henry Gullett) arrived in Melbourne on Saturday to consult a specialist whether he should remain a member of the Federal Ministry, ...

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  4. FOUR MEN MISSING.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.—Four young men are missing and three others were rescued in an exhausted condition in Moreton Bay yesterday following the overturning of their ...

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  5. PRISONERS ESCAPE.

    SALE, Sunday.—Two prisoners serving short sentences escaped from the Sale gaol on Saturday night. Several hours later two men, since thought to be the escaped ...

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  6. THE MELBOURNE PITCH.

    Writing in the "Observer," Mr. Neville Cardus, after reviewing the astonishing differences of opinion among experts over the Melbourne pitch, concludes that the ...

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  7. HINKLER LEAVES.

    Squadron-Leader Hinkler left the Feltham aerodrome at 3 o'clock this morning in an attempt to break the flying record to Australia of eight days ten hours made ...

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  8. CLOSING OF THEATRES.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Owing to the determination of the American film exchanges to hold out for the block-booking system in the 1933 contracts with Australian ...

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  9. RESCUE OF WHELAN.

    After having flown nearly 8,000 miles in about two weeks, the two Wapiti aeroplanes which were despatched from Melbourne to assist in the rescue of Patrick ...

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  10. MR. COOLIDGE'S FUNERAL.

    President Hoover, with members of the Cabinet and chosen members of Congress, has made arrangements to go to Northampton (Massachusetts) to attend the funeral ...

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  11. BOY DROWNED IN LAKE.

    Clive Thomas Lazarus, aged 15 years, of Nicholson street, East Brunswick, was swimming in the Coburg lake on Saturday afternoon, and he got into difficulties. ...

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  12. SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS.

    Following a tumultuons welcome by an audience of 5,000 persons at Cape Town, Mr. Tielman Roos, a former justice of the Appeal Court, who recently resigned with ...

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  13. FITZROY RAZOR-SLASHING.

    While several young men were talking outside an hotel at the corner of Brunswick and Gertrude streets, Fitzroy, on Saturday evening, an altercation occurred. Thomas ...

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  14. CHINESE DEMAND.

    It is understood that the Chinese delegation has been directed to ask the League of Nations to demand the withdrawal of Japanese troops who are occupying ...

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  15. Higher Income Taxes.

    New income tax rates decided on by the President-designate (Mr. Roosevelt) and Democratic Congressional leaders to balance the United States Budget will equal ...

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  16. ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY

    Local static marred a broadcast through 3LO last night of a programme from Daventry, England. Beginning at half-past 7 o'clock, a record of an address by the ...

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  17. SEAPLANE SALVAGED.

    FRANKSTON, Sunday.—In charge of Pilot-Officer D.A. Connelly, a crew from Point Cooke salvaged yesterday morning the seaplane which sank in Davey's Bay, ...

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  18. MEOS IN REVOLT.

    Ninety thousand Mco rebels are terrotising a wide area of Alwar State, looting and destroying property valued at thousands of pounds, and the authorities have ...

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  19. Assisting Unemployed.

    In a broadcast talk last night the Prince of Wales renewed his earlier appeals for support on behalf of the National Council of Social Service, which is organising ...

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  20. L'ATLANTIQUE IN PORT.

    The luxurious French liner L'Atlantique (42,512 tons), which was abandoned on Wednesday after a fire had broken out on her while she was on her way to Havre to ...

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  21. Roumanian Crisis.

    Because King Carol flatly refused to dismiss the chief of the police of Bucharest and other friends, a political crisis has been precipitated in Roumania. The Foreign ...

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  22. ONE GOOD TURN.

    Herbert Harrison, of Pakington street, Geelong, has informed the police that while he was seated in his motor-car at the corner of Spring and Lonsdale streets, city shortly ...

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  23. Foreign Students in Britain.

    At the beginning of the new University term the census shows that there are 2,387 foreign students in the various colleges of the London University. They come from ...

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  24. Funds for Calgary.

    The financial burden of the city of Calgary (Alberta) was lightened somewhat on Thursday with the announcement by the Bank of Montreal that it would restore ...

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  25. 4,000,000 Books.

    A new catalogue is being prepared of the 4,000,000 books accommodated on 55 miles of shelves in the famous library of the British Museum. It is 53 years since the ...

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  26. Sir Hubert Wilkins.

    Sir Hubert Wilkins said to-day that he intended to leave the United States in April for Norway to join the Ellsworth Balchen expedition to the Antarctic. The ...

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  27. Agencies-General.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 145 words
  28. Soviet Officials Hoaxed.

    According to the Moscow correspondent of the "Sunday Times," two former tradesmen, named Odrinsky and Ragozin, have been sentenced to death for posing as ...

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  29. Mixed Farming in Canada.

    Steady progress for the first year is reported by the Dominion Agriculture Association, which was formed to assist farmers to undertake mixed farming. Three ...

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  30. RAILWAY MOTOR MISHAPS.

    In a statement issued on behalf of the Railways Commissioners it is denied that the number of accidents occurring to railway motors in unduly high. It has been ...

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  31. N.S.W. Conservatorium.

    Twelve applications have already been received in London for the position of director of the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music, which close on ...

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  32. Miss Betty Compson's Jewels.

    In a sealed police report which was opened yesterday it was disclosed that Miss Betty Compson, the film actress who was held up in her home on Thursday night ...

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  33. CAESAR WAS A GREAT SUFFERER.

    The man who fought and conquered 300 Nations, Captured 800 Cities, and battled with three million men, was an epileptic, but he did not even allow this to prevent ...

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  34. HIGHER WHEAT PRICES.

    Increased strength which was disclosed in the Chicago and Winnipeg wheat futures markets on Friday has caused prices of wheat in Melbourne to move up ½d. to ¾d. ...

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  35. Victory of Sterling

    "Sterling has become a far more stable measure of value than gold," says the financial editor of the "Observer," in asking how long the United States and France ...

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  36. French Naval Fears.

    Addressing the personnel of the battleship Lorraine, the French Minister for the Navy (M. Leygues) declared that the German pocket battle-ships, one being now in ...

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  37. WORRY IS FORGOTTEN

    Brilliant sunshine, fragrant gardens, misty hills, what a picture of restfulness and delight to gladden the hearts of all world-weary folk who would escape the stifling ...

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  38. Bomb Explodes Near Mosque.

    Two Moslems were injured by a bomb explosion near the Ju[?]a Masjid, at Delhi, which is the largest mosque in India. One man kicked a parcel which was lying ...

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  39. CRICKET BALL HITS CONSTABLE.

    While he was playing cricket yesterday morning, Constable Norman Howard, married, aged 26 years, of Gold street, Clifton Hill, of the police motor-cycle patrol, was ...

    Article : 54 words
  40. Classified Advertising

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    Advertising : 13 words
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