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  2. RACING MOTORS CRASH

    Two persons were killed and many injured (several seriously) this evening in the worst accident in the history of Brooklands. In the closing stages of the first day of the British Double ...

    Article : 247 words
  3. AMERICAN BOXERS

    "I shall certainly fight again if I can get 100 per cent. fit," said Jack Dempsey following a minor operation which has given him improved health. ...

    Article : 150 words
  4. POET LAUREATE

    Mr. John Masefield has been appointed Poet Laureate in succession to the late Dr. Robert Bridges. He is overjoyed at the appointment, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 207 words
  5. NO TAIL

    A tailless light aeroplane now being tested in the west of England marks a revolutionary development in aeroplane construction. ...

    Article : 134 words
  6. 25 KILLED

    Latest reports from Sholapur say that 25 Indians were killed and 100 wounded when the police fired on a mob. The Indians were picketing liquor shops ...

    Article : 114 words
  7. SECOND VICTORY

    Australia decisively won the match against Essex at Leyton—the third for the tour—by 207 runs. Declaring their second innings with ...

    Article : 406 words
  8. PESHAWAR TRANQUIL

    Capt. Wedgwood Benn (Secretary of State for India) told the House of Commons today that he had received a telegram to the effect that in the ...

    Article : 105 words
  9. LACK OF FUNDS

    Port Adelaide Seamen's Mission and Sailors' Rest has been so seriously affected by lack of funds that the committee has decided to discontinue the services of Mr. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 208 words
  10. AUSTRALIA FRIENDLY

    Mr. J. E. Fenton (Australian Minister of Customs) left this afternoon for Montreal. He spent two crowded days here ...

    Article : 291 words
  11. TRADE WAR

    It is unofficially stated that France has another rod in pickle for Australian trade. A 200 per cent. surtax on butter and wheat duties has practically annihilated ...

    Article : 119 words
  12. DANGEROUS DRIVING

    "Brownie" Carslake (notable jockey, formerly of Melbourne) today was fined £10 for dangerous driving and ignoring police signals. ...

    Article : 42 words
  13. DAVIS CUP TENNIS

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 42 words
  14. TASMANIAN DEFEATED

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 28 words
  15. AUSTRALIANS IN LONDON

    Although there are more Australian visitors here than at any time since the first year of the Wembley Exhibition, they are not spending much money. All are ...

    Article : 99 words
  16. BURMA EARTHQUAKE

    Official estimates of the casualties following the earthquake and fire at Pegu are 1,000 dead, and two-thirds of the population homeless. ...

    Article : 52 words
  17. Contractor Discharged

    In the Bankruptcy Court Judge Paine awarded a certificate of discharge, to be suspended for 12 months, to William Hamon Pearman, contractor, of Hughes ...

    Article : 110 words
  18. COUNTY MATCH RESULTS

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 116 words
  19. ZURICH TOURNAMENT

    J. Crawford and E. F. Moon will meet H. Hopman and J. Willard in the doubles final of the Zurich tournament. Crawford, Hopman, and Moon will participate in the ...

    Article : 163 words
  20. TOTE IN FAVOR

    "Amounts passing through totalisators on English courses steadily are increasing," states the first report of the Betting Control Board. ...

    Article : 93 words
  21. Trouble Over Motor Cycle

    George Emanuel Lindner was charged before Mr. H. M. Muirhead, S.M., in No. 1 Adelaide Police Court with having, on March 28, stolen a motor cycle valued at ...

    Article : 114 words
  22. JUNGLE TALKIES

    Carrying 11 tons of the latest cinema sound equipment, 12 members of the Universal Film Company sailed for Borneo to exploit ...

    Article : 60 words
  23. AUSTRALIAN INVENTOR

    Mr. E. W. C. Kearney, formerly of Melbourne, inventor of the Kearney high-speed mono-rail train tube, will leave for Australia on Tuesday, May 27, after 30 ...

    Article : 58 words
  24. NAVAL AND MILITARY

    It is reported in Adelaide that a recommendation has been made by the Military Board that all civilian clerks in the Defence Department should be replaced by ...

    Article : 425 words
  25. AMERICA CUP

    Defying all efforts to launch it the yacht Weetamoo, a prospective cup defender belonging to the J. P. Morgan Syndicate, and one of four craft which will compete for ...

    Article : 83 words
  26. PEOPLE NOT AT HOME

    Owing to the development of week-end motoring causing the absence of many people from their homes on Sundays, the registrar-general will abandon the ...

    Article : 54 words
  27. No Prosecution

    In the Criminal Court Mr. A. L. Pickering, of the Crown Law Department, intimated to Mr. Justice Angas Parsons that the Crown had decided to discontinue ...

    Article : 87 words
  28. GOVERNOR-GENERAL

    A report that Mr. Noel Buxton (Minister of Agriculture) may be made Governor-General of Australia—about which Mr. Buxton has no information—started a ...

    Article : 92 words
  29. QUEENSLAND POLITICS

    The most intense political campaign in Cairns for years ended today with the by-election to select a successor to Mr. W. McCormack (former Premier), who was ...

    Article : 166 words
  30. PREVENTING WAR

    The League of Nations committee on arbitration has adopted an amended draft of the model treaty for strengthening the means of preventing war. ...

    Article : 73 words
  31. POLICEMAN FAILED TO BUILD LOVE NEST; MUST PAY £140

    "I cannot help thinking of the tune that I whistled to you, especially the sweet words, 'We will build a sweet little love nest some sweet day'," wrote a ...

    Article : 76 words
  32. Another Rumor Denied

    The Colonial Office states that there is no foundation for the report to which currency has been given on several occasions recently that Lord Passfield will ...

    Article : 47 words
  33. ALLEGED BRIBERY

    Mr. Stuart F. Doyle (chairman of directors of the Australian Broadcasting Company) commenting today on the alleged bribe offered by Major W. T. Conder to ...

    Article : 99 words
  34. Company Directors Charged

    On the complaint of Thomas Edward Lawson, managing director of Lawson, Thorn Limited, George Rex Thorn and John Thorn, of Keswick, were charged ...

    Article : 102 words
  35. Billiard Championship

    Scores in the final round of the British billiards championship now are:— J. Davis (in play), 8,300; T. Newman, 7,237. ...

    Article : 66 words
  36. EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS

    Thousands of children clad in white and bearing the crusaders' cross on their breasts, received communion at the hands of cardinals and bishops. Many of them ...

    Article : 75 words
  37. AFTER 17 ADJOURNMENTS

    Before Messrs. H. M. Muirhead, S.M., J. Fowler and A. Champion in No. 2 Adelaide Police Court the hearing was concluded of the case in which Thomas ...

    Article : 169 words
  38. Alleged Detention of Goods

    Before Mr. S. D. Ronald, S.M., in Adelaide Local Court, William Alfred Wood-gate, coachsmith, of Watervale, sued Colin Campbell Leitch, garage proprietor, of ...

    Article : 148 words
  39. MOTORING PARTIES

    Six varieties of Soups, Baked Beans, and Cooked Spaghetti are very suitable for Motor tours. Insist on Rosella. ...

    Article : 22 words
  40. HORSE DESTROYED

    Swerving to avoid a motor bus in Currie street shortly before 10 o'clock this morning, a motor lorry collided with a horse attached to a dray. The animal was ...

    Article : 121 words
  41. MR. HENDERSON IN PARIS

    Mr. Arthur Henderson (British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), who is on his way to Geneva, was entertained at luncheon today by M. Aristide Briand ...

    Article : 50 words
  42. Advertising

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    Advertising : 66 words
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