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  2. DOUBLE SCULLS.

    Combining perfectly, C. Pearce, the State sculling champion, and H. J. Turner, the Australian champion, registered the fast time of 7m 10s in a trial in a double scull boat over ...

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  3. CRIME.

    Amending legislation, which the State Cabinet regards as one of its most important bills, will seek to control mental defectives who are criminally ...

    Article : 745 words
  4. GREAT RACING.

    Remarkable performances, the registration of fast times, including a world's record in the two miles Hurdle Race, and the victories of five favourites in succession marked the ...

    Article : 652 words
  5. CHOWDER HEAD.

    It was learned last night that the Defence Department intended to take action to prevent the granting of the application by Station 2GB for a ...

    Article : 441 words
  6. ITALIAN ADVANCE.

    According to communiques from Marshal Bado[?]o, published in Rome, a great battle has been in progress since dawn on Friday. The second Battle of Tembien, he said, ...

    Article : 657 words
  7. THE KING.

    King Edward VIII, in a memorable broadcast—the first since he ascended the Throne—spoke from London yesterday afternoon to the ...

    Article : 583 words
  8. ADMIRAL OKADA ALIVE.

    The Prime Minister of Japan (Admiral Okada), who was reported to have been assassinated in the uprising of the First Army Division on Wednesday, is alive. The assassins mistook Colonel Matsui, a brother-in-law of ...

    Article : 209 words
  9. SURRENDER OF THE REBEL TROOPS.

    A responsible Japanese official explained that Admiral Okada did not dare to tell even his relatives of his escape for fear of further attempts on his life. Consequently, his ...

    Article : 698 words
  10. YOUNG GRAZIER

    Following an accident on Friday night on the Hume Highway, about two miles from Yass, Bernard Edward Ross Ryan, 26, grazier, was charged with feloniously slaying William ...

    Article : 305 words
  11. STATION TRAGEDY.

    Lionel John Roberts, 17½, was committed for trial by the deputy coroner (Dr. A. H. Mactaggart) on a charge of murdering George Robert Gidley King, 28, at Limbri, near ...

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  12. FLYING BOATS

    The elaborate construction of the flying boats intended for the Australian and other Empire services was disclosed at Short Brothers' works at Rochester, Kent. The first ...

    Article : 251 words
  13. DEPOSIT RATES

    The Bank of New South Wales has increased its rate of interest on fixed deposits by ten shillings per cent. The new rates are: Three months, 2 per ...

    Article : 123 words
  14. SURPRISE VISIT.

    The King to-day paid a surprise visit to All Hallows' Church, near the Tower of London, wearing the uniform of Colonel-inChief of the Welsh Guards, and attended ...

    Article : 106 words
  15. NEUTRALITY.

    A new appeal to American business not to capitalise foreign wars hy increasing exports to belligerents for the sake of additional profits, was made by President Roosevelt ...

    Article : 423 words
  16. MIGRATION.

    The Empire Migration Settlement Group, led by Lord Middleton, whose supporters include Sir Montague Barlow, Dean Inge, Lord Effingham, and Lord Dorchester, also a group ...

    Article : 321 words
  17. UNITED STATES.

    President Roosevelt yesterday announced his programme to raise 1,137,000,000 dollars to meet the farm and soldiers' bonus costs, which have been made necessary by the ...

    Article : 227 words
  18. ALSATIAN DOGS

    Two Alsatian dogs attacked and killed six sheep last week on the farm of Mr. Frank Stevens. Mr. Stevens and Mr. W. H. Wood, when ...

    Article : 230 words
  19. TEST WICKETS.

    C. V. Grimmett, by taking seven wickets in the fifth test match against South Africa, now being played, brought his total in the series to 38, the highest number taken by any ...

    Article : 122 words
  20. INJURED MAN

    Sidney Norris, 50, of Lucas-road, Burwood, lay helpless and in agony, for more than three hours, with rain beating down on him, after he fell from the railway track into an open ...

    Article : 286 words
  21. MRS. MOLLISONS PROJECT.

    Mrs. Amy Mollison, whose husband, Mr. J. A. Mollison, is now visiting Australia, told the "Sunday Graphic" that she is planning to inaugurate aerial holiday cruises to Europe. ...

    Article : 125 words
  22. SAMPANS.

    It was explained by the Minister for Defence (Mr. Parkhill) last night that the instruction issued by the Minister for Customs (Mr. White) to officers of the Customs ...

    Article : 403 words
  23. FISHING JUDGE

    Suspecting that some fishermen do not always stick to the truth rigidly, the organisers of a fishing competition appointed a judge who is said to be able to distinguish a fish caught ...

    Article : 369 words
  24. OTTAWA AGREEMENT.

    The repeal of the 1933 statute implementing the Ottawa Agreement with Britain, with the revocation of its schedules, is sought in the House of Commons in a resolution ...

    Article : 157 words
  25. REDUCED FARES.

    The Interstate Commerce Commission, by a five-to-four vote of its membership, decided to order the railways throughout the United States to reduce fares by 44 per cent. by ...

    Article : 145 words
  26. MR. BRUCE.

    The "Daily Mall" gives prominence to a rumour that the name of the Australian High Commissioner (Mr. Bruce) is among those mentioned for appointment as deputy ...

    Article : 169 words
  27. AFTER TEN YEARS.

    A 10-years-old compact was fulfilled in Wellington on Saturday. Ten years ago, in Christchurch, five young men who had lived together for some time in a furnished house ...

    Article : 187 words
  28. COLD AND WET.

    Residents of Sydney who have complained this summer that the "good old summer days" were absent and that there was more rain than in a normal summer were supported by ...

    Article : 164 words
  29. UNIVERSITIES GRANT RAISED

    The State grant in aid of the universities, now £1,830,000, is to be raised to £2,100,000 for each year for the next five years, with a special additional increase of £150,000 for the ...

    Article : 98 words
  30. GERMAN AIRSHIP.

    A message from Friedrichhafen says that the airship Hindenburg, LZ129, which carries a featherweight grand piano in the lounge, will make its first flight next week. Dr. Hugo ...

    Article : 106 words
  31. GERMAN COLONIES.

    The Berlin correspondent of the "News-Chronicle" says: "Herr Hitler, while conversing recently with a British statesman, bluntly demanded that the Cameroons and Togoland ...

    Article : 87 words
  32. TELEVISION IN MAY.

    The director of television of the British Broadcasting Corporation (Mr. Gerald Cock) says he hopes to begin television programmes early in May. They will experimentally ...

    Article : 57 words
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