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  2. THE TINGIRA YESTERDAY AND TO-DAY.

    Above is Spurling's famous paintin g of the Tingira (then the Sobraon) under full sail, while at right is a view of the vessel now being broken up in Berry's Bay. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 38 words
  3. FLOODS

    Flood conditions still prevail in parts of the interior. Blackall, in the central west, received six inches in five days. The Barcoo River has ...

    Article : 200 words
  4. BATTLESHIPS

    In the House of Commons yesterday the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty (Lord Stanley) opened the debate on the Navy Estimates, ...

    Article : 704 words
  5. SETTLEMENT PLEA.

    While detesting the anti-Jewish and other excesses of the Nazis, many English people feel that hair-splitting over the juridical points involved in Germany's ...

    Article : 665 words
  6. AIR-CONDITIONING.

    The Commonwealth Railways Commissioner (Mr. G. A. Gahan), who has just completed an inspection at Port Augusta of the air-conditioning equipment installed in the lounge ...

    Article : 442 words
  7. THE POTATO.

    Why the potato should lose favour with the Australian public is a problem that is baffling potato growers in the Commonwealth. It has been suggested that the higher living ...

    Article : 761 words
  8. USEFUL RAIN FALLS.

    Useful rain was received in many country centres of New South Wales yesterday, particularly in the north-eastern half of the State, and indications favour a continuance ...

    Article : 138 words
  9. JOHN SCOTT HALDANE.

    The brief cabled announcement of the death of Professor John Scott Haldane conveys to the general public a very meagre idea how much humanity owes to his wonderful ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 864 words
  10. MONS VETERAN

    A pathetic result of the prevalent war talk has been the suicide of a Mons veteran, Charles Pearce, whose leg was amputated as the result of war wounds in 1916. ...

    Article : 113 words
  11. CIVIL AVIATION.

    Among the proposals for consideration by the Federal Cabinet this week is one which will be submitted by the Minister for Defence (Mr. Parkhill) for the reorganisation of the Civil ...

    Article : 124 words
  12. TAXATION.

    With a challenge to the Federal Treasurer (Mr. Casey) to assume the honourable role of a statesman and a leader by lightening the burden of taxation, Mr. A. S. H. Gifford ...

    Article : 407 words
  13. FISHING INDUSTRY.

    Plans and specifications of a fisheries research vessel for the Federal Government have been completed, and tenders for the construction of the vessel will be invited in the ...

    Article : 334 words
  14. GENERAL CABLES.

    Gold was quoted to-day at £7/1/ an ounce fine, compared with £7/1/1 the previous day. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The American dollar was quoted to-day at ...

    Article : 227 words
  15. NEW ZEALAND FORESTS.

    The Federal Ministry, it was learned to-day, has now collected full information from New Zealand regarding the action of New Zealand Perpetual Forests in having converted its ...

    Article : 66 words
  16. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment is announced to-day. Details appear on page 26, column 1. ...

    Article : 19 words
  17. BROADCASTING.

    The extension of the broadcasting service to the Empire, the construction of special receiving sets for schools, and an extension of the British Broadcasting Corporation's Royal ...

    Article : 710 words
  18. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 270 words
  19. VICTORIAN DELEGATION COMING.

    The secretary of the Victorian Potato Growers' Association (Mr. A. Chapman) left Melbourne to-night to attend the meeting of the Potato Advisory Committee in Sydney. ...

    Article : 30 words
  20. ALBERTA'S DEBT.

    In order to save 7000 dollars a day in interest, the Social Credit Government in Alberta has decided to proceed with the compulsory conversion of bonds to the value of ...

    Article : 308 words
  21. MANLY SURF PAVILION.

    Manly Council last night decided in favour of erecting the proposed new surf pavilion on the beach opposite to the Corso, as suggested by the consulting architect, Mr. J. C. Fowell. ...

    Article : 151 words
  22. ROAD CONSTRUCTION.

    Engineering authorities of the Commonwealth and the States will meet in Adelaide next week to discuss the latest development in road construction in Australia. The ...

    Article : 73 words
  23. PENDULUM SWING

    At the annual meeting of the Summer Hill branch of the U.A.P., the president (Mr. J. J. Kiely) urged members to prepare against an unreasoning swing against the Lyons ...

    Article : 135 words
  24. FARMERS' DEBTS ACT.

    The Minister for Lands (Mr. M. F. Troy) said to-day that he did not understand the object of the proposed amendment to the Federal Farmers' Debts Adjustment Act ...

    Article : 168 words
  25. BOYS IN DANGER.

    Kevin Flannery, a member of the Clovelly Surf Life Saving Club, jumped fully clothed into Clovelly Bay yesterday and rescued two boys, aged 11 and 13, who were in danger of ...

    Article : 79 words
  26. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 208 words
  27. FEDERAL ACCOUNTS.

    An effective comparison to the neatly balanced Commonwealth Government accounts was given to the Australasian Congress of Accounting to-day by Mr. A. Clunies Ross, of ...

    Article : 84 words
  28. FIRE-FIGHTERS.

    Surrounded by flames, five volunteers were in peril for some time to-day when a bushfire destroyed two week-end shacks in the southern portion of the Basin, near Boronia. Late ...

    Article : 206 words
  29. NEWCASTLE.

    Three employees at Burwood Colliery were injured within a few minutes of each other while working on three separate jobs at the colliery to-day. Milton Tooth, 39, an ...

    Article : 342 words
  30. DEATH OF MR. F. J. WILLIAMS

    Mr. Frederick Joseph Williams, late Western Area Commissioner of Railways, died suddenly yesterday at Katoomba at the age of 61 years. He was a native of New South Wales, ...

    Article : 136 words
  31. BANK BOARD.

    The Commonwealth Bank Board continued its deliberations to a late hour last night. The board met again this morning, and after sitting all day resumed at night. ...

    Article : 78 words
  32. TRADE TREATY.

    A message from Osaka states that Mr. J. A. Tonkin, the Assistant Australian Trade Commissioner, who is touring the western part of Japan, said to-day that negotiations for a ...

    Article : 91 words
  33. TO-DAY.

    Theatre Royal: "Anything Goes," 2, 8. Tivoli Theatre: "Hello, 1936," 2.30, 8. St. James Theatre: "Mutiny on the Bounty," 10.45, 1.50, 5, 8. ...

    Article : 216 words
  34. CASUALTIES.

    A car containing five men who were on their way to attend a Masonic installation at Maitland, skidded yesterday, 15 miles from the town, overturned, and caught fire soon ...

    Article : 227 words
  35. LATE PARLIAMENT.

    Discussion of the Wheatgrowers' Relief Bill was continued late this evening. In committee, an amendment was moved by Mr. Ward that the definition of ...

    Article : 191 words
  36. AIR PIPE FOULED.

    Mr. E. J. Hennessey's pearling lugger, Keriri, reached Thursday Island this afternoon with the body of a Japanese diver, Gonzaburo Yamamoto, aged 28, on board. ...

    Article : 87 words
  37. GIANT BATTLEDORE.

    The spokesman at the Foreign Office (Mr. Amau) is sending Dr. I. Clunies Ross. Director of the McMaster Laboratory of Animal Health at the Sydney University, the gift of ...

    Article : 89 words
  38. BOY FATALLY INJURED.

    Robert John Mcpherson, 6, son of Mr. R. B. Mcpherson, of South Gundurimba, received fatal injuries when he was struck by a motor car while returning home from school this ...

    Article : 77 words
  39. RETURNED SOLDIERS' LEAGUE.

    The State Council of the Returned Soldiers' League, at its half-yearly meeting to-day, received a report that the membership of the league at the end of last year totalled 8536. ...

    Article : 57 words
  40. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of Suburban Picture Theatres will [?] found in the Amusement Advertisement column1. ...

    Article : 6 words
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