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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    A car failed to negotiate a sharp turn on the Prince's Highway and crashed into Broughton Mill Creek bridge, knocking out several panels. The car was wrecked, but ...

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  3. FALLING BRICK

    When a brick fell from the eighth floor at the building being erected for the Rural Bank at the corner of Martin-place and Elizabeth-street, yesterday, it struck John Blacow, 45, a ...

    Article : 115 words
  4. FLOW OF GOLD

    Gold will start to flow back to Europe for the first time in l8 months when a shipment is made to-day to France. The export point has been reached, and the ...

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  5. "IMMENSE BLUFF."

    "War talk is an immense game of bluff, and the answer to it is to be strong and to stand fast, while the League is calmly performing the duties for which it exists," ...

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  6. SEAMEN'S UNION.

    Mr. J. Johnson yesterday relinquished the position of general secretary of the Seamen's Union, having been defeated in a recent ballot by Mr. J. Keenan, leader of the strike ...

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  7. BRAVE LIFE-SAVER.

    Mr. Beer, beach inspector and municipal lifesaver at South Steyne, donned a lifebelt and went in search of David Paton, after the boy had ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. DAVIS CUP.

    The draw for the Davis Cup was made yesterday by the Lord Mayor of London (Sir Percy Vincent) at the Mansion House. In the first round in the American zone, ...

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  9. DEFENCE PLAN.

    With the forthcoming announcement of the Government's defence plans, there is a vigorous revival of the controversy regarding the relative merits ...

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  10. PRESBYTERIAN ANNIVERSARY

    Arrangements are being made for the thirtyfifth anniversary of the induction of the first Presbyterian minister to the Bangolw-Byron-Brunswlck district, then known as the Byron ...

    Article : 66 words
  11. MULLUMBIMBY-BYRON ELECTRICITY.

    The Mullumbimby-Byron Joint Electricity Committee, which controls the electricity scheme serving Byron Bay, Mullumbimby Bangalow, and Brunswick Heads, has applied ...

    Article : 71 words
  12. PROPOSED MERGER.

    One of the biggest union mergers yet attempted will be decided when a ballot being conducted by the Ironworkers' Union closes at the Trades Hall on Saturday. ...

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  13. CATHOLIC CLERGY.

    The Rev. Father J. B. Ryan, who has been stationed at the Goulburn presbytery as administrator for the last three years, has been appointed priest in charge at Cooma, and his ...

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  14. AERIAL SURVEY.

    Mr. Jack Hides has returned from a successful survey with Pilot Gurney. The party consisted of Mr. J. L. Taylor, of the Mandated Service, Mr. I. F. Champion, and Mr. F. E. ...

    Article : 175 words
  15. TARRANT'S TEAM.

    Faced with a deficit of 243 runs, Tarrant's team of Australians resumed their second innings against Madras to-day on a wicket which had developed bad patches. The ...

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  16. DROVER FINED.

    Charles Henry Langley, a drover, was fined £15 at the Lismore Police Court for having stolen from the roadway at Tuncester a horse owned by Francis Shields, valued at £8. ...

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  17. FINED FOR FALSE PRETENCES.

    Edward Rowland Godfrey, 25, was fined £5 on a charge of attempting to obtain £30 from John Kille (Lismore) by false pretences. Plainelothes Constable Snowden said that ...

    Article : 76 words
  18. AUSTRALIA'S FIRST MATCH.

    The draw in the first [?]nd of the North American zone has brought Australia in opposition to Cuba. These two nations also met in 1932, when the match was played at ...

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  19. CLERGYMAN FAREWELLED.

    More than 200 people, representing all sections of the community and all denominations, assembled at the Oddfellows' Hall to farewell the Rev. F. W. Rettle, Anglican clergyman, ...

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  20. DINGOES.

    Stockowners in the ranges about 20 miles from Allora are becoming alarmed at the increase of dingoes. The animals appear to be a large type, and it is believed that years ago ...

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  21. WATER ACCOUNTS.

    Critical references were made at the municipal council meeting to the Public Works Department's request for payment of the water accounts, totalling £583. Alderman A. M. ...

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  22. MINISTER'S VIEWS.

    The Minister for Defence (Mr. Parkhill), addressing the U.A.P. Speakers' Association last night, said that until the attainment of a more homogeneous international conception ...

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  23. MEAT STRIKERS

    The strikers at a midnight meeting refused the employers' offer to discuss wages if they returned to work, which their own union also recommends. Another meeting will be held. ...

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  24. THE CALL-UP.

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

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  25. MUNICIPAL MERGER OPPOSED.

    At a meeting of the Raymond Terrace Council last night a letter was read from the Department of Local Government, stating that the finding of the commissioner, sent to ...

    Article : 114 words
  26. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 254 words
  27. YACHTING.

    On Moreton Bay to-day Skipper W. P. Batt brought Tassie Too home to victory by 2m 17s ahead of the Victorian yacht, Royalist, in the first heat of the Forster Cup. Dolphin (Qld.) ...

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  28. BOY FALLS FROM DIVING TOWER.

    A boy named Daley, 11, overbalanced and fell from a tower at the swimming baths, striking the edge of the baths with great force. Both his arms were broken, and he ...

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  29. MONEY FOR DRAINAGE SCHEME.

    The Albury Council sought to secure a loan of £50,000 from the Government to enable [?] thorough drainage scheme for the town to be undertaker with relief money. The ...

    Article : 66 words
  30. GREATER NORTH COAST COUNCIL.

    The Orara Shire Council has decided to support the proposals of the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Spooner) for a greater county council for the North Coast, absorbing ...

    Article : 153 words
  31. SURF TEAM.

    The Surf Life Saving Association last night adopted a report from its overseas tour committee stating that the work of organising the proposed tour has now reached such a ...

    Article : 179 words
  32. CASUALTIES.

    Reginald Cook, 27, of Fitzroy-street, Marrickville, who was painting the roof of motor works at Lidcombe, suffered internal injuries, injuries to the spine, and probably a ...

    Article : 351 words
  33. SCOTTISH SEAT.

    In the by-election, in which the Lord President of the Council (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald) was returned for the Combined Scottish Universities by a majority of 7359, Mr. ...

    Article : 106 words
  34. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 261 words
  35. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    An accentuation of the normal seasonal increase in unemployment at this time of the year, due to the spell of unfavourable weather about the time of the count, and to the ...

    Article : 157 words
  36. THEFT OF GOLD.

    Edward Henry Thornley, watchmaker, [?] Grafton, appeared at the Grafton Police Court to-day charged with having between June and December stolen old gold, valued at £91/14/, ...

    Article : 71 words
  37. VISITING SINGERS.

    It is announced that Mdme. Elisabeth Rethberg, the noted soprano, will have an Australian concert season next winter, following her Covent Garden engagements. She is ...

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  38. IN DARKNESS.

    Fairfield spent last night in darkness, owing to a fire in the local electricity sub-station. Some residents found candles or put old oil lamps into working order, but the majority ...

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  39. MECHANISED ARMY.

    The Military Correspondent of "The Times" says: "The modernisation of the infantry involves the complete mechanisation of first line transport, either with 15cwt trucks or ...

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  40. MOTOR TRADERS' PRESIDENT

    Mr. Goldfinch has been elected president of the Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  41. MAN'S DEATH.

    A verdict of suicide was given by [?] Coroner (Mr. J. N. Kennedy) at the inquest to-day into the death of Aubrey Percival Cummins, who was found dying as a result of a ...

    Article : 70 words
  42. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/6 an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/11 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. ...

    Article : 287 words
  43. TO-DAY.

    Theatre Royal: "Yeomen of the Guard," 2, 8. Tivoli Theatre: "Lucky Stars," 2.30 and 8. St. James Theatre: "Broadway Melody of 1936," 10.55. 1.45, 5, 7.[?]5. ...

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  44. UNITED STATES' DEFICIT.

    The Federal deficit on February 1, the end of the first seven months of the 1935-36 fiscal year, was 2,124,419.000 dollars, compared with a deficit of 1,965,000,000 dollars on the ...

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  45. ACCIDENT AT SAWMILL.

    Mr. Andrew Walsh, 60, while employed [?] E. D. Pike and Co.'s sawmill at Repton, had his foot crushed when a stack of timber fe[?] on him. He was taken to the Bellinger River ...

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  46. FRANGIPANI

    Frangipanl, the greyhound sire, whose progeny has won 19 first prizes since greyhound coursing commenced in Grafton, was the subject of an action in the Grafton Police ...

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  47. GOULBURN QUARTER SESSIONS.

    At the Goulburn Quarter Sessions [?] before Judge Coyle, Walter Thomas, Moss was sentenced to two years and six months' imprisonment on a charge of having broken and ...

    Article : 127 words
  48. MASTER BUILDERS.

    The annual meeting of the Master Builders' Association last night decided to invite the Real Estate Institute to support them in a joint deputation to the Government for the ...

    Article : 95 words
  49. VOLUNTARY ENLISTMENT.

    The Minister for Defence (Mr. Parkhill) said last night that new plans, designed to increase the attractiveness of the system of voluntary enlistment for citizen defence forces ...

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  50. FARMER SERIOUSLY INJURED.

    Henry Warboys, a middle-aged [?] Marom Creek, received serious injuries when a piece of steel came into contact with the teeth of a circuar saw. The steel rebounded and ...

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  51. PROTEST AGAINST TEACHER'S TRANSFER.

    More than 1000 people attended a public meeting at Parkes to protest against Alderman E. P. Dring's transfer to the Lithgow High School Mr. R. O. Elliott, M.L.A., who was ...

    Article : 47 words
  52. SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR.

    The Australian cricketers will leave by special train at six o'clock to-monow morning for Victoria Falls. Anangements have been made for them to board their two special ...

    Article : 59 words
  53. CAR COLLIDES WITH GATES.

    A car driven by John Samuel Thompson, of Beaconsfield-street, Alexandria, crashed into the level crossing gates at Warwick Farm last night. He and the four passengers in ...

    Article : 45 words
  54. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRFS.

    Programmes of Suburban Picture Theatres will be found in the Amusement Advertisement Columns. ...

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