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  2. HUNTER RISES

    Heavy rain and gales swept the eastern half of New South Wales during the week-end. Inland and coastal rivers are swollen, and in many centres the water is above flood level. There was anxiety about the rise in the Hunter River, but ...

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  3. BANDITS' ACT

    One of the worst train wrecks perpetrated by bandits in the three Eastern Provinces occurred 26 miles south of Harbin, on the Chinese Eastern Railway, ...

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  4. MAY END TUESDAY

    The "Sunday Times" says: "It is expected that the Lancashire boycott of Australian goods will end on Tuesday, when the Northern Council of the Grocers' ...

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  5. ALBURY MURDER

    One of the most gruesome murders in this State for some time was revealed on Saturday when a farmer found the partly burned body of a ...

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  6. SHOPKEEPER SHOT

    A Russian shopkeeper, Paul Drasdoff, 45, was shot down in cold blood in his shop in Fitzgerald-street, Waverley, last night by one of two robbers. He died ...

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  7. LYSAGHT'S STRIKE

    Except for further promises of support for the strikers by miners' lodges and other employee groups, there was little alteration during the week-end in the ...

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  8. STRIKE ON

    The general textile strike started automatically to-night after last minute efforts at mediation failed. As practically all the mills will be closed ...

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  9. FELL FROM CLIFF

    Thomas Waterhouse, 14, of Punchbowl, fell 40ft, from a cliff at Bankstown yesterday afternoon and was critically injured. Two companions ran three ...

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  10. SUPPORT FOR MEN

    Following the postponement of a street procession and demonstration organised by the New South Wales branch of the Australian Workers' Union for to-day, a mass ...

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  11. FIVE WITHDRAWALS

    Five withdrawals from the Melbourne Centenary air race announced. They are Guiet, Captain F. T. Courtenay (Britain), Carlos Goetz (Portugal), Butler, and ...

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  12. OFFICERS SILENT

    When the survey sloop H.M.A.S. Moresby berthed at North Wharf yesterday morning the officers refused to disclose what action was to be taken ...

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  13. GERMAN DEBTS

    The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says: "The speech of the Minister of Economics and President of the Reichsbank (Dr. H. Schacht), ...

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  14. MEAT QUOTAS

    It was reliably stated among principals in the meat industry in Sydney during the week-end that the Commonwealth Government had been requested to consider a ...

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  15. GOLDMINING BOOM

    With the rise in the price of gold, many mines closed down a decade ago are now reopening in the Boulder and Cool-gardie districts, and mining is booming. ...

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  16. ROYAL TOUR

    The Duke of Gloucester arrived in London early this morning, from Balmoral Castle, were he has been staying with the King and Queen. He proceeded at ...

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  17. PUBLIC SERVANTS

    Had it not been for the loyalty of the public servants, the present Government would have been unable to function, and the return to prosperity would not have ...

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  18. DEMAND FOR SHARES

    There has been exceptional trading in gold mining shares in the past week, and sales have passed the million mark, being the second highest on record in ...

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  19. AVERAGED 250 M.P.H.

    In connection with the national air races being held at Cleveland, Colonel Roscoe Turner to-day bettered his own transcontinental record by two minutes 30 ...

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  20. RAN INTO GALE

    The Montoro, which ran aground near New Guinea on August 8, reached Brisbane to-day, The appearance of the vessel caused surprise, since it was not due ...

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  21. DR. ANGUS

    For the further consideration of the teachings of Professor Angus, the Judicial Commission of the Presbyterian Church will meet in Sydney on ...

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  22. SLEDGE EXPEDITION

    The fears expressed in reports from Copenhagen regarding the safety of a sledge expedition led by Lieutenant Martin Lindsay across the Greenland ice cap, ...

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  23. LABOUR LOSES LEAD

    Latest figures in the Nunawading by-election, after the counting of postal votes to-night, showed that D. C. Robertson (U.A.P.) had overhauled his Labour ...

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  24. LAUNCHES SMASHED

    Fishermen at Coff's Harbour suffered heavy losses as a result of the severe storm which raged along the coast yesterday. Four deep-sea fishing launches were ...

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  25. RAILS ON LINE

    A deliberate attempt to derail a train on the Illawarra line was made yesterday afternoon. Later, a youth was arrested and charged at Hurstville Police Station ...

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  26. WOMEN AND DRINK

    Linking drinking with immorality, Canon R. B. S. Hammond, of Sydney, who arrived here yesterday to participate in the Brisbane Temperance Week, deplored ...

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  27. MACEDON TIED UP

    As the result of a dispute on board the Howard Smith steamer Macedon, the crew, numbering 40, was paid off yesterday, and the vessel has been tied up ...

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  28. UPPER HOUSE VACANCY

    It was announced to-night that the Premier (Mr. B. S. B. Stevens) and the Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. J. M. Dunningham) had nominated Mr. ...

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  29. SPORTING FIXTURES OFF

    Owing to the heavy rain and unsettled outlook, the Canterbury Park races were postponed on Saturday until next Thursday. Many sporting activities were ...

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  30. CENTENARY VISITORS

    Passengers who left by the Otranto to-day for Australia include Mr. John Mase-field, the Poet Laureate, and Mrs. Mase-field the Under-secretary for the ...

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  31. INDIAN FLOOD TRAGEDY

    The Ganges floods were responsible for two deaths in tragic circumstances. The inhabitants of several villages near Chapra (Bihar), threatened with devastation by ...

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  32. JAPANESE SAMPAN

    Pilots who landed from the passing tanker Solen reported having sighted a Japanese sampan in the deep-water channel between Turtle Island and "X" Reef ...

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  33. FISHERMAN'S BODY FOUND

    A fisherman found the body of Arthur Smith, 43, of Hurlstone Park, yesterday. Smith was washed from the rocks at La Perouso while fishing on August 17. ...

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  34. RIVER IN TAMWORTH STORE

    The Peel River at Tamworth, rose to 17ft, 6in, on Saturday, and water entered a store, causing damage estimated at £200. Torrential rain was falling at the ...

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