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  2. HEAVY CASUALTIES

    Heavy casualties are reported in further fighting on the frontier of Manchukuo and Mongolia. The Japanese and Manchukuoan forces ...

    Article : 136 words
  3. JACKSON FAILS

    Percy Owen Jackson, a former Mayor of Hamilton and a former director of C. S. McIntyre Pty. Ltd., flourmillers, of Newcastle, ...

    Article : 1,370 words
  4. "FOR ACQUIRING VOTES"

    A suggestion that subscriptions had been given to the Royal North Shore Hospital before the 1938 hospital board election "for the purpose of acquiring votes," was ...

    Article : 321 words
  5. ANGLO-JAPANESE RELATIONS

    All questions affecting Anglo-Japanese relations in China were discussed by the British Naval Commander-in-Chief (Vice-admiral Sir Percy Noble) and Vice-admiral ...

    Article : 388 words
  6. MURDER CHARGE FAILS

    At the Central Criminal Court to-day Leslie Cornelius Wilson, 29, was acquitted on the charge of having murdered Stanley James Leonard, 25, at the Pirates' Cave ...

    Article : 297 words
  7. MINISTERS PRIVATE PLANE

    The "Spirit of Flinders," which belongs to Mr. J. V. Fairbairn, a Minister for Civil Aviation, who knows something about practical aviation, and flies his own plane. The machine was photographed yesterday at District Park aerodrome. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 40 words
  8. Yesterday's Temperatures

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 41 words
  9. REICH GUARANTEES YUGOSLAVIA

    In the course of a speech at a State banquet last night ill honour of the Senior Regent of Yugoslavia (Prince Paul), who is visiting Berlin, Herr Hitler ...

    Article : 204 words
  10. GOLF TELEVISED

    A further development in the television of outdoor events was demonstrated to-day, when part of play in the challenge golf match between the open champion, ...

    Article : 90 words
  11. MINISTER ASKED TO REVIVE NAVAL RESERVE

    "I AM impressed with the case you have submitted and your requests sound reasonable, but the Minister for Defence (Mr. G. A. Street) wishes to deal ...

    Article : 408 words
  12. TARIFF BOARD TO BE ENLARGED

    Legislation to enlarge the Tariff Board may be introduced in the Federal Parliament next week. A decision was originally made by the Lyons Government to ...

    Article : 146 words
  13. OPEN VERDICT ON ROAD DEATH

    Henry William Stephens, 45, manufacturer, told the Coroner to-day at an inquest on Albert Edward Harman that froe early morning of May 11 until ...

    Article : 145 words
  14. GOVERNMENT'S BIG ORDER

    The Government's decision to buy 3,000,000lb of crossbred tops resulted in a half-penny advance in quotations, as a protective measure on the part of ...

    Article : 79 words
  15. WOMAN CHAIRMAN ELECTED

    The new National Executive of the Labour party, elected at the Southport conference, held its first meeting in London to-day. It appointed as Chairman ...

    Article : 190 words
  16. STATE LOAN NEEDS

    The Loan Council, at its meeting this month, will probably be told that tile New South Wales Government requires about £9,000,000 to finance its public ...

    Article : 101 words
  17. DICK WHITTINGTON'S KINSMAN

    Mr. C. R. Whittington, a direct descendant of Sir William Whittington, father of the famous Dick Whittington, has been elected to the Common Council ...

    Article : 222 words
  18. BRICK PRICES

    The price of bricks will be determined judicially before the end of next week. The Premier (Mr. B. S. B. Stevens) stated to-night that the Industrial ...

    Article : 87 words
  19. RAIN AND SNOW

    Flood warnings were issued again to-day to all north-eastern districts, where more torrential rain has fallen. Snow fell again last night on Mount ...

    Article : 116 words
  20. AT 203.8 M.P.H.

    Major A. T. G. Gardner, the English motorist, broke the world record for a flying mile by driving his M.G. Magnette at 203.8 miles an hour, also for the ...

    Article : 101 words
  21. NO AIRWAYS MERGER

    By an overwhelming majority of votes shareholders of Ansett Airways Ltd. decided at an extraordinary general meeting to-day to reject the offer of Australian ...

    Article : 56 words
  22. AMERICAN CLAIMS

    Appearing on behalf of Lydia Coon James Walker, Lydia Bullivant, and Sallie Campbell, nil residents in the United States of America, Mr. R. ...

    Article : 109 words
  23. COASTAL CHAIN

    A chain of landing grounds extending along the coast front Adelaide to Melbourne and between Gabo and Sydney is being pushed ahead by the ...

    Article : 77 words
  24. BETS BY TELEPHONE

    Albert Wilson, 39, clerk, was caught yesterday by police accepting bets on telephones in a room in the city. To-day, at the Central Police Court, ...

    Article : 152 words
  25. COMBATING SPYING IN U.S.A.

    The Attorney-General (Mr. Frank Murphy) revealed that the United States Government has taken extraordinary measures to guard against espionage on the ...

    Article : 141 words
  26. DANZIG DIFFICULTIES

    The League of Nations' High Commissioner in Danzig (Dr. Burckhardt) has arrived in Berlin from Danzig. It is understood, says the Berlin ...

    Article : 53 words
  27. ALIMONY DISPUTE SETTLED

    After three days' hearing, the case in which Mrs. Bernice Fletcher claimed an increase in alimony from her husband, Harold Waugh Fletcher, grazier, of Uralla, ...

    Article : 99 words
  28. TRAWLER DESTROYED BY FIRE

    When its engine backfired, the trawler Rex, which was anchored at Napier, caught alight and after burning to the water's edge foundered in shallow water. ...

    Article : 44 words
  29. THIRTY DEAD

    Thirty persons were blown to pieces when an explosion occurred in a powder magazine at Kotah, capital of the State of Kotah. ...

    Article : 61 words
  30. LONG-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS

    The opinion that the long range weather forecasts of Mfr. Inigo Jones have been of definite value to the primary producers was expressed by several ...

    Article : 70 words
  31. GENERAL DE LLANO IN GERMANY

    General Quepo de Llano, one of General Franco's commanders in the South of Spain during the civil war, has arrived at Stuttgart by air. ...

    Article : 41 words
  32. TO VISIT TURKEY AND GREECE

    It is officially announced in Bucharest that the Rumanian Foreign Minster (M. Grigore Gafencu) will visit Kara (Turkey) and Athens (Greece) on June 9 ...

    Article : 35 words
  33. DUNGOG ELECTRICITY UNDERTAKING

    Dungog Municipal Council decided to accept the offer of the Commonwealth Bank to advance a loan not exceeding £10,500 for the purchase of the electricity ...

    Article : 62 words
  34. TOWNSEND PENSIONS PLAN

    Congress went on record on the Towns end pensions plan, when the House of Representatives defeated, by 302 votes to 97, a bill to provide old-age pensions of ...

    Article : 103 words
  35. FRANCO'S VICTORY PARADE

    Sixty thousand Italian Legionaries reviewed by General France at the Victory Parade in Madrid. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 17 words
  36. GENERAL CABLE NEWS

    Moscow, June 2.—The census in the Soviet Union revealed that there are 82,000,000 men and 88,000,000 women in the Soviet republics. ...

    Article : 28 words
  37. HERALD STOP PRESS

    The steamer Haitan reports, according to the Hongkong correspondent of the Associated Press, that Japanese machine-guns prevented passengers ...

    Article : 68 words
  38. CYCLIST BADLY INJURED

    Thomas Richens, 20, was badly injured last night when he fell from a bicycle which was being towed by a motor-lorry. Richens and the men on the lorry were ...

    Article : 55 words
  39. Mount Vesuvius Active Again

    Naples, June 2.—For the first time in three years Mount Vesuvius has burst into violent eruption. Clouds of ashes are spurting from the crater and pouring ...

    Article : 33 words
  40. Al Capone in Poor Mental State

    Washington, June 2.—The United States Attorney-General (Mr. Frank Murphy), who visited the racketeer, Al Capone, in the California prison, told the ...

    Article : 42 words
  41. DUKE OF KENT OPENS AIR RAID-SHELTER

    During his tour of the east of Keat to-day, the Duke of Kent opened and inspected the first section of Ramsgate's air raid shelter. The shelter will ...

    Article : 155 words
  42. FEWER MILLIONAIRES

    Forty-nine persons in 1937 reported incomes in 1,000,000 dollars (£25,000 Australian) or more, being 12 less than in 1936. One taxpayer reported a net ...

    Article : 39 words
  43. Destroyer Launched

    London, Juno 2.—H.M.S Kimberly, a destroyer of 1690 tons, was launched at Thornycroft's Yard, Southampton. ...

    Article : 17 words
  44. New London Air Terminus

    London, June 2.—The new London air terminus of Imperial Airways, adjoining Victoria Station, will be open for the use of passengers next Monday, when all ...

    Article : 53 words
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