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  2. PETROL TAX INVALID

    The High Court today declared invalid the South Australia Act under which the Commissioner of sought to collect a tax of threepence a [?]allon from vendors and consumers of imported motor spirit. By a six to one majority the court held that the tax operated as a ...

    Article : 284 words
  3. BEFORE THE PUBLIC

    His Excellency Sir Tom Bridges presided at a meeting of Executive Council this morning. Lady Bridges opened a floral fete in ...

    Article : 957 words
  4. OVERTIME STRIKE

    When representatives of the ship-owners and the Waterside Workers' Federation met again at the compulsory conference this afternoon, it ...

    Article : 254 words
  5. FAMILY PERISHES IN FLAMES

    In their burning weatherboard house at Tenterfield at mid-night last night a police constable, his wife, and three children were burned to death. The policeman returned home from duty at 11 o'clock last ...

    Article : 299 words
  6. EDMENT'S BUILDING FATALITY

    Declaring that evidence had been given which could not be accepted as "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth." Dr. W. ...

    Article : 233 words
  7. ROADS PROGRAMME

    Mr. Norman H. Taylor (president of the National Roads Association) stated that the decision meant that the State would be forced to accept the terms laid ...

    Article : 235 words
  8. DEATH FOLLOWS FIRE

    The excitement of putting out a fire was too much for Mr. Henry Culshaw, 75 years of age, of Blacket street, Goodwood, this morning. He dropped dead. ...

    Article : 135 words
  9. SHEFFIELD SHIELD

    Through the action of "The News" cricketers will be saved delay and inconvenienced in connection with the Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and South ...

    Article : 163 words
  10. AMBITIOUS PARENTS

    With 24 children of their own and four adopted ones a Yorkshire coalminer and his wife claim to have the largest family in the district. Their ...

    Article : 182 words
  11. Adelaide Express Late

    Due to engine trouble at Lubeck (on the Victorian side of the border) the Adelaide express was one hour and eight minutes late reaching Melbourne today. ...

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  12. DISPUTE WITH COOPERS

    All cooperages in the metropolitan area will be declared black at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. This decision was made at a meeting of ...

    Article : 179 words
  13. LONG AND SHORT OF BATHING COSTUMES

    Garb now in vogue at Victorian beaches and (right) the same girl attired in the nect-to-knee regulation costume which will shortly be insisted on by several seaside councils in the eastern States. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. BLAMED THE SERMON

    Before Mr. W. Hall, S.M., in the Adelaide Traffic Court today Canon Herbert G. Jose, of Palmer place, North Adelaide, was fined £1 15/ for ...

    Article : 89 words
  15. NEW ZEALAND TOUR

    Whether the South Australian Cricket Association will send a team to tour New Zealand early next year will be discussed at a special committee meeting of the ...

    Article : 282 words
  16. ENGINEER ABROAD

    Mr. R. H. Chapman (Chief Engineer of South Australian Railways) returned to Adelaide this morning after a world tour occupying, nearly 11 months. He was ...

    Article : 168 words
  17. INDUSTRIAL UNREST

    Dissatisfaction exists in the wine and spirit section of the Federated Liquor Trade Employees' Union concerning the recent Federal award. ...

    Article : 115 words
  18. WARMER WEATHER

    Continued fine weather is expected, with rising temperatures. Up to 3 o'clock today the ...

    Article : 32 words
  19. LATE SPORTING

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 155 words
  20. DANGER TO YOUTH

    Peter Henry Hickey, motor driver, aged 30, who was charged in the Criminal Court with having carnally known a girl aged 15, was found guilty of ...

    Article : 106 words
  21. WORK IN COUNTRY

    There were no unemployed demonstrations today. Messrs. E. J. O'Malley and Ferguson were deputed at a meeting of the unemployed this morning to wait on ...

    Article : 106 words
  22. PORT ROAD BRIDGE

    Twenty-five members of the Builders Laborers' Union and two carpenters employed at the Port Road Bridge near the Police Barracks ceased work today because ...

    Article : 60 words
  23. WILL MAKE GOOD

    "It is a wonderful organisation for preparing soldiers for dominion farm life," said Mr. H. W. Gepp chairman of the Migration and Development Commission) ...

    Article : 167 words
  24. TWO MINERS KILLED

    Messrs. J. Pallitti and E. Varissetta, two foreigners, bored into a hole in which a charge had misfired in the bottom of a winze on the 1,300 ft. level of the British ...

    Article : 59 words
  25. Protective Legislation Suggested

    Should young men be protected against certain young women? The matter has been mentioned several times in the Criminal Court recently, and ...

    Article : 188 words
  26. TODAY'S TEMPERATURES

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 53 words
  27. RACEHORSES SOLD

    This afternoon Barker Brothers offered for sale by auction at South Plympton seven racehorses, the property of the late Mr. A. D. McDonald. There was a ...

    Article : 102 words
  28. MOTOR BUS BILL

    Consideration was given by the Assembly today to amendments made by the Legislative Council to the Motor Omnibus Bill. ...

    Article : 74 words
  29. ASSAULT ON GIRL

    Thomas Fraser, tailor, Port Adelaide (for whom Mr. H. J. Alderman appeared, was found guilty in the Criminal Court today of having indecently assaulted a ...

    Article : 71 words
  30. TODAY'S SHOWS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 44 words
  31. EGGSHELL WILL INVALID

    The Probate Court has refused to accept the eggshell will made by James Barnes, who, left £3,300, on the ground that it could not be accepted seriously. ...

    Article : 65 words
  32. Schoolboy Breaks Arm

    While playing with other boys at Ethelton School this morning George Davey, eight years of age, of John street, Davington, fell and broke his left arm near the ...

    Article : 59 words
  33. Twenty People Drowned

    A landslide due to heavy floods destroyed 20 houses at Roquebilliere. Other homes were inundated. Twenty people were drowned. ...

    Article : 27 words
  34. King Ferdinand III

    It is authoritatively stated that King Ferdinand of Roumania is seriously ill. An operation is contemplated when the Queen returns. ...

    Article : 26 words
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