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  2. CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

    The spirit of Christmas prevails in the land. It was a big shopping day in Newcastle yesterday; it will be a bigger one to-day. During the past 24 hours the ...

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  3. DEMSEY MURDER

    Roy McFarlane, one of four men charged with the murder of John Thomas Demsey, applied to-day to Mr. Gavan Duffy for bail. His Honor said he assumed that ...

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  4. FALL OF TERUEL

    The civil population, which is beginning to flee from stricken Teruel, declares that it has been without water for four days. Refugees begged a drink from ...

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  5. JAPANESE DENIAL

    The latest reports from Tokio state that the United States gun-boat Panay was not intentionally machine-gunned by the Japanese ...

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  6. WATER BOARD

    Mr. Justice Cantor, of the Industrial Commission, to-day issued his reserved judgment on the applications for an award for the staff of the Hunter ...

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  7. FOR PALESTINE

    The Colonial Secretary (Mr. W. Ormsby Gore) informed the House of Commons at question time today that he expected to be able shortly to announce the ...

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  8. FORTY-FIVE ACTS

    Forty-five measures, many of watch were of major importance, were passed during the fourth session of the State Parliament, which concluded last week, ...

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  9. POACHING BAN

    General surprise was created by the Rugby League Council's arriving at the decision to ban the poaching of Australian players by English clubs after four ...

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  10. GERMAN REACTION

    The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that official quarters appreciate the common sense tone of Mr. Chamberlain's speech in the House of ...

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  11. YEAR'S GAOL

    Sentence of 12 months' imprisonment was imposed on Frank Spencer, 25, motor mechanic, at the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of having illegally used a ...

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  12. CHARGE OF MURDER

    The City Coroner (Mr. Tingate) to-day committed George Thomas Moore for trial on a charge of having murdered James Edward Melbourne, a coloured ...

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  13. SHIPPING CONFERENCE

    In an interview with the Australian Associated Press, a high Government official said to-day that both the Japanese Government and the shipping firms firmly ...

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  14. RISKED HIS LIFE

    A warm tribute was paid by the Colonial Secretary (Mr. W. Ormsby Gore) in the House of Commons this afternoon in a native of Tanganyika named Ngasa, who ...

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  15. MAN FOR TRIAL

    William James Sharkey, 56, labourer, was committed for trial at the Box Hill Police Court to-day on a charge of having attempted to murder Mrs. Ruth ...

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  16. CANADIAN ATHLETES

    Delayed for six hours by the loading of record mails, the Aorangi sailed to-day with 78 athletes, 21 of whom were women, bound for Sydney to compete in the ...

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  17. WOY WOY COUNCIL

    There was a stir at the Woy Woy Shire Council meeting to-day, when Cr. S. A. Hall, the former President, alleged that the council was not properly constituted. ...

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  18. REMAIN IN LEAGUE

    Discussing Italy's withdrawal from the League of Nations, the Vice-president of the Republic of Switzerland, (M. G. Motta) reiterated that there was at ...

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  19. FOUR MEN ADRIFT

    Four Cabarita men were adrift for an hour and a half at dawn to-day, in a new speedboat that had broken down several miles off the coast. Their distress signals ...

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  20. DISCUSS WORLD TRADE

    M. van Zeeland, former Belgian Premier, who has completed the mission entrusted to him by the British and French Governments, and whose report on the ...

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  21. CHURCH AND UNIVERSITY

    Substantial bequests to the Melbourne University and the Presbyterian Church of Victoria are contained in the will of the late Mr. C. D. Lloyd, of John C. ...

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  22. GENERAL CABLE NEWS

    London, December 22.—By command of the King, several tons of logs from the Windsor Forest were distributed among the poor and unemployed in Windsor ...

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  23. BLAZE NEW AIR ROUTE

    According to the "Daily Mirror," a member of Mayfair society, Mrs. M. Kingfarlow, who is a granddaughter of the late Lord Runciman, is preparing to ...

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  24. BRITISH CABINET

    The House of Lords adjourned this afternoon to February 1. The House of Commons will adjourn to-morrow. Cabinet, which met for two hours this ...

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  25. 'PLANE WAS LOST

    The Guinea Airways Lockheed, which departed at 5 a.m. for Adelaide, reported after an hour's flying in total darkness that it was unable to locate Katherine, ...

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  26. Tour of Colonies

    London, December 22.—On his forthcoming tour of the colonies and protectorates, it is not the purpose of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for ...

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  27. APPLY IN JANUARY

    It was announced in the '"Commonwealth Gazette" that Arbitration Court awards giving increases to Commonwealth employees will take effect from the first ...

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  28. NEW WATERLOO BRIDGE

    The Minister of Transport announced in the House of Commons to-day that the Government had decided to make a 60 per cent. grant toward the cost of the ...

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  29. More Unemployed Insurance

    London, December 22.—An additional 170,000 persons will be brought into the unemployment insurance scheme as a result of a decision by the Minister of ...

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  30. BOY KILLED BY LORRY

    Keven Battersby, 5, of North Croydon, was killed almost instantly by a motor-lorry at North Croydon late to-day. ...

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  31. King Accepts General's Rank

    Copenhagen, December 22.—It was officially announced to-day that King Christian had informed the Minister for National Defence that King George had ...

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  32. STAY-IN STRIKERS EXPELLED

    A threat that Paris might be deprived of Christmas provisions was dispelled when the police expelled the stay-in strikers from provision stores. ...

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  33. HERALD STOP PRESS

    The Japanese have advised foreign Consuls to evacuate nationals from Hangchow, where there are still 15 Britons and five Americans. ...

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  34. STOLEN RINGS RECOVERED

    The diamond rings, valued at £16,000, which were stolen yesterday from jeweller at a London hotel after he had been attacked and badly injured, have ...

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  35. Solicitor's Big Bequest

    London, December 22.—A retired London solicitor, Mr. John Reid Barber, who died in October leaving an estate of more than £200,000 the bequeathed £120,000 ...

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  36. JAPANESE ANTARCTIC FLEET

    The "Asahi Shimbun" reports that the Polar Seas Whaling Company has launched the Kyomaruno, which is one of the first of a fleet of 10 vessels to be ...

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  37. FINED 3000 FRANCS

    Colonel de la Rocque, leader of the French Social Party, was fined 3000 francs by the Correctional Court to-day, on the ground that his party was a ...

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  38. ROYAL FAMILY ON HOLIDAYS

    The Royal Family went to Sandringham for the Christmas holidays. By special arrangement. Reuters world service in addition to other special sources of ...

    Article : 99 words
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