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  2. BORROW £18,000

    Lake Macquarie Shire Council decided last night to borrow £18,000 to carry out a programme of work, including the reconstruction of the bridges linking Five ...

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  3. SOCIAL SECURITY

    "There appears to be little doubt that as soon as the National Insurance Act has commenced to operate fully a system of unemployment insurance will be ...

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  4. "DISMISSALS AND LOCK-OUT"

    The only weapons the Metropolitan Meat Commissioner had against workers breaking the award were wholesale dismissals and a lock-out. ...

    Article : 251 words
  5. MORE FUNDS

    The Treasurer (Mr. A. Mair) stated to-night that there was every indication that funds would be forthcoming to continue the operations of existing cooperative ...

    Article : 293 words
  6. TRIAL OF CHIMNEY SWEEP

    George Green, 38, chimney sweep, pleaded "Not Guilty" today to a charge of having murdered Annie Wiseman, 62, and Phyllis Wiseman, 17, who were found ...

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  7. Strikers Halt Building Plan

    Darwin pier and railway station. Owning to a strike at the week-end by Commonwealth railway sorting shed employees and waterside workers, the steamer Merkur left Darwin with half of its cargo unloaded. It is expected that building contractors with lose several thousand pounds because of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. LITERATURE'S LOSS

    English literature has lost a unique figure. W. B. Yeats, who has died at the age of 74, was an Irishman who wrote Irish-English and yet had a vast ...

    Article : 287 words
  9. SECOND TRIAL FOR MURDER

    The re-trial of Edwin Claude Helton, 36, storekeeper, found guilty at Charleville on May 28 of murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment, began before Mr. ...

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  10. ONE IN FOUR

    The 1933 census showed that nearly one in four natives of Tasmania had migrated to the mainland, the Tasmanian Treasurer (Mr. E. Dwyer-Gray) told the ...

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  11. BUTTER PRODUCTION RECORDS

    Having produced 121 tons lewt. 103lb of butter during the week ended Saturday last, the Wide Bay Cooperative Dairy Association's Gympie factory claims an ...

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  12. AUSTRALIAN FILMS

    The General Manager of British Empire Films (Mr. Gordon Ellis), who returned to Sydney to-day on the Monterey, said that Australian films were now being ...

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  13. RADIO BEACONS TESTED

    It is understood that tests of the Lorenz shortwave beacons on the Sydney-Brisbane air route have proved their efficiency. The beam at Kingsford Smith ...

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  14. FLOUR TAX TEST CASE

    The case to test the validity of legislation imposing the flour tax came before Mr. Justice Evatt in the High Court to-day. ...

    Article : 147 words
  15. CANBERRA'S SLUM AREA

    Redoubling of the present house-building programme in Canberra as a means of checking the growth of slum conditions and removing existing slums at Molonglo ...

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  16. TUMUT TRAGEDY

    The inquest opened to-day on Joseph Donning, 38, clerk, who died on December 29, after he had been found behind the Woolpack Hotel with a head wound. ...

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  17. CHAIN TAKEN IN COURT

    Cecil Roy Sweetman, 53, a building contractor, was questioned in the Bankruptcy Court to-day about a watch and chain he was wearing. ...

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  18. "CROONING IS TOUGH WORK"

    Elsie Carlisle, most famous crooner in Britain, told the "Sunday Chronicle" yesterday how the strenuous life of a singer had brought about her critical illness. ...

    Article : 213 words
  19. NEW GUINEA OIL

    The fact that big American oil companies were pouring thousands of pounds into New Guinea in the search for oil was a most hopeful sign for Australia, said ...

    Article : 154 words
  20. FLUIDS TO TREAT CANCER

    The Australasian Cancer Conference considered reports dealing with the treatment of causer with fluids developed by Messrs. Norman Baker and William Koch, ...

    Article : 125 words
  21. WOMAN FOR TRIAL ON ASSAULT CHARGE

    Mrs. Elsie Duffy, 44, was committed for trial from the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of having assaulted Ivy Mary Gladys Thomas. ...

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  22. OBITUARY

    Mr. William John Gibbs, who died last week at the age of 81, was a well-known figure from the Mayfield district. For many years he was sexton and ground ...

    Article : 204 words
  23. REMANDED ON MURDER CHARGE

    Following the death of Marie Walters ms Saturday, Leonard Ernest Ryan, 25, labourer, came before the Brisbane Police Court to-day on a charge of wilful ...

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  24. FIVE YEARS' GAOL

    Convicted at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions to-day on a charge of having committed a serious offence against his 15-year-old daughter. Cecil Charles Payne, ...

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  25. CLAIM FOR STOCK

    The action brought by Robert McChesney, all engineer, and formerly manager of the Bedaux Company of South Africa, against Charles Bedaux, the ...

    Article : 107 words
  26. HAIR OF NUNS SOLD IN LONDON

    Have you ever wondered what happens to the tresses of girls who have their hair cut off when they become nuns? asks the "Daily Mirror." ...

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  27. HERALD STOP PRESS

    The Chinese headquarters at Chungking claims that seven Japanese bombers and one fighter were shot down over Changsha. ...

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  28. UNDER SPY LAW

    G-men seized nine men, who insisted that they were fishermen, from two launches which had anchored 300 yards from the naval reserve station at San ...

    Article : 51 words
  29. EXPANSION OF CHURCH ARMY

    The work of the Church Army continues to grow in Australia. Now the largest Church Army in the world, it is seeking incorporation as a company. Four ...

    Article : 187 words
  30. VICE-REGAL AID FOR FIRE VICTIMS

    The Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) and Lady Gowrie have donated £50 towards the relief of distress caused by the recent bush fires. ...

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  31. MILITARY REFUGEES BARRED

    The Spanish Nationalists have closed the frontier against the entry of military refugees. ...

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  32. A.R.U. STATE COUNCIL TO MEET

    The State Council of the Australian Railways Union will meet at Transport House on Thursday. The most important item for discussion will be a proposal by ...

    Article : 75 words
  33. BLARNEY STONE FOR U.S.A.

    Ten tons of stone from Blarney Quarries Co., Cork, which supplied the material for the construction of Blarney Castle, have been shipped from Cook for New ...

    Article : 87 words
  34. FORMER N.Z. FOOTBALLER DEAD

    Frank Glasgow, a former prominent Rugby Union footballer, died to-day. He was a member of the famous 1905 All Blacks team. ...

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  35. TASMANIAN POTATOES CHEAPER

    Due to the arrival of a big shipment of 23,000 bags and a carry-over of 4000 bags from last week, the price of Tasmanian potatoes was reduced by £3 a ton to-day. ...

    Article : 37 words
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