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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Ronald Isaachsen, 30, was fined £3 in the police court for travelling on a train between Sydney and Casino without having previously paid his fare. Constable Lee stated that the ...

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  3. FOUR SHIPS MANNED.

    Shipowners succeeded in manning four ships, including two passenger liners, during the week with licensed seamen. A large number of men engaged were unionists, who, ...

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  4. SCIENCE.

    Three scientific achievements of more than passing interest were announced from three American universities to-night. The physics laboratory of the North-western ...

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  5. WIDESPREAD RAIN.

    Beneficial rain fell practically over the whole of the State yesterday, east from Barringun and Cobar to The Rock and Kiandra, and further extensive falls are likely. On parts ...

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  6. BRITAIN'S DEFENCE

    The political correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says: "The Treasury is definitely opposed to the flotation of a loan to finance the Government's defence programme. ...

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  7. LARGE TIGER SHARK CAUGHT AT MAROUBRA.

    After a fight lasting many hours, Mr. Eric Roberts landed a tiger shark, more than 15 feet in length, at Maroubra beach early yesterday morning. It is believed to be the largest shark ever caught with rod and line. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. PNEUMONIA AT DUBBO.

    There have been several cases of pneumonia at Dubbos a result of the sudden change from hot to cold weather. Two persons have already died. ...

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  9. DUBBO DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

    A special meeting of the Dubbo Council decided to adopt a new scheme of town drainage, at an estimated cost of £20,000. It proposes to use the pneumatic core concrete ...

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  10. TARRANT'S TEAM

    Tarrant. Australian team put up a fine performance to dismiss India for such a moderate total. Considering the limited attack at their disposal and the perfect, easy, and ...

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  11. METHODIST MISSION.

    At the annual meeting of the Methodist Mission Society of Australasia, which concluded yesterday, a radio message was received from Mr. H. U. Shepherdson, lay missionary ...

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  12. NEW HALL FOR FORSTER.

    At a special meeting of the members of the Forster School of Arts it was decided to approve of the mortgage of the property to the Rural Bank as security for a loan of £1000 ...

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  13. ROAD CONSTRUCTION.

    At a meeting of the Mulwaree Shire Council, when a letter was read from the Clyde Shire Council, asking for co-operation in an application to the Government to have an ...

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  14. SCIENTISTS' COMMENTS.

    Dr. Edgar Booth, of the University of Sydney, said last night that the attainment of a temperature of nearly 7000 degrees Centigrade, which was several hundred degrees ...

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  15. YACHT SIRIUS.

    Mr. G. H. Moore, of Point Piper, has received a letter from Mr. H. Nossiter, owner and captain of the Sydney yacht Sirius, which left Sydney last July on a world cruise. Mr. ...

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  16. MIGRATION.

    Mr. J. F. Higgins, M.L.O., suggested yesterday that an Australian delegation representative of commerce and industry should be sent by the Governments to confer with the ...

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  17. OUTER MONGOLIA.

    A message from Darien reports ominous troop movements in Outer Mongolia, towards which Japanese Manchukuo forces are advancing. Chinese reports from Peiping ...

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  18. MAIL SERVICES.

    The Tenterfield Municipal Council has been advised by the Deputy Premier (Mr. Bruxner) that he would co-operate in every endeavour made to establish a mail service ...

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  19. NEW HOTEL

    The Licensing Court to-day granted an application by Andrew George Melville, licensee of the Ivanhoe Hotel, Blackheath, for an order conditionally granting the removal of his ...

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  20. GREYHOUND RACING LICENCE.

    Following the presentation of a petition signed by 800 residents, the Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) informed a local delegation which waited on him that the question of [?] ...

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  21. PRUNE DEHYDRATION.

    It is anticipated that, following extensive improvements, the prune dehydration plants at the three soldiers' settlements, Maimuru, Kingsvale, and Wirrimah, will open for full ...

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  22. THE HAPSBURGS.

    The Paris correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian" says: "The French Foreign Office sighed with relief as soon as the Austrian Vice-Chancellor (Prince Starhemberg) ...

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  23. MOREE HOSPITAL.

    At the monthly meeting of the Moree Hospital Board, it was decided to communicate with the Hospitals Commission, advising the Government that the board was strongly in ...

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  24. EGYPTIAN WORKS.

    The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Lord Cranborne) was asked in the House of Commons to-day about proposals for the dredging of Alexandria Harbour, and the ...

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  25. LATE SPORTING.

    Displaying perfect timing and Judgment in punching, and clever footwork, "Snowy" Clarke. 8st 81b, bantam and featherweight champion of Western Australia, outpointed "Joe" Sharpe, 8st ...

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  26. HORSE'S STRANGE BEHAVIOUR.

    An unusual happening is reported from Come-by-Chance. Mr. W. Constable was mustering his stock on the Namoi River, near Bungle Gully, and while riding along the bank ...

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  27. LARGE INCREASE

    Official returns received by the Minister for Labour (Mr. Dunningham) show that persons engaged in the process of manufacturing in the State have increased by about nine per ...

    Article : 264 words
  28. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 254 words
  29. SUGAR TRADE.

    Sir Henry Fountain, of the Board of Trade, and Mr. S. Caine are visiting The Hague in connection with the desire of the British Government to promote an international ...

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  30. PROPOSED NEW BRIDGE.

    At a Joint meeting of the Richmond and Windsor Councils, tenders were considered for the construction of a new bridge and approaches over Ricarby Creek, on ...

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  31. SURVEY OF DAM SITE.

    Mr. Broughton, of the Water Conservation Commission, who made an investigation of the suggested dam sites on the Gwydir River, for the water conservation schemes proposed at the ...

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  32. FLOOD LIGHTING SCENIC LOOK-OUT.

    The Lithgow Municipal Council has decided to obtain from its electrical engineer (Mr. R. Houston) an estimate for the floodlighting of Hassan's Walls Lookout and its crags. The ...

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  33. WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES

    Snow, which had fallen at intervals for 30 hours, continued during the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games at GarmischPartenkirchen, says the Berlin correspondent ...

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  34. SHARK DANGERS.

    At a special meeting of the Manly Council last night it was resolved, on the motion of Alderman Cross, that in view of the recent sad shark tragedy, at South Steyne Beach, and ...

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  35. FORSTER CUP.

    The sailing committee of the Royal Queens land Yacht Club to-night upheld the protest of H. C. Batt, skipper of the Tassie III. Tasmania, against the Queensland yacht, ...

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  36. "MENACE TO HEALTH."

    When William Gladman and Herbert Sollory appeared in the Goulburn Police Court, Railway Detective Baxter directed the attention of the Court to the condition of the men's feet. ...

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  37. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 290 words
  38. BRITISH GOLD RESERVE.

    The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Neville Chamberlain) informed the House of Commons to-day, in answer to a question, that the value, at to-day's market price, of ...

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  39. RAW MATERIALS.

    Messages from Berlin state that beyond remarking upon the little British support for the idea of transferring colonies, the Press scarcely comments on the debate in the ...

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  40. BORROWING SCHEME.

    The Warren Municipal Council has decided to circularise all the councils affected by the withdrawal of the emergency relief scheme with a view to organising a combined ...

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  41. CHAIN STORES CONDEMNED.

    A largely-attended public meeting. held last night at Parkes, discussed the problems of chain stores. Several speakers referred to these institutions as a direct menace. ...

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  42. AVIATION.

    Flight-Lieutenant T. Rose, who left Lympne (Kent) at 12.25 a.m. yesterday, in an attempt to break the record for a flight from England to Capetown in the Miles Falcon 'plane, with ...

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  43. GRANT TO STATES.

    At the meeting to-day of the Federal Cabinet consideration was given to representations made at the Loan Council meeting earlier in the week regarding the ...

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  44. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/7½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/11 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. ...

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  45. MISSING TEACHER.

    Nothing further has been near of tne missing Victorian schoolteacher, Ellis Bankin, who left Alice Springs on January 9 for Ayres Rock. ...

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  46. LIGHT HORSE CAMP.

    Troops have arrived from different [?] for the camp of the 12th Regiment Light Horse, at Tenterfield. They are now camped on the local show ground. The Second Cavairy ...

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  47. RINGS ROUND MOON.

    Coloured rings making a night rainbow around the moon afforded an unusual spectacle last night. It became cloudy late at night, but before ...

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  48. TO-DAY.

    Theatre Royal: "Anything Goes," 8. Tivoli Theatre: "Lucky Stars," 2.30 and 8. Savoy Theatre: "Street Scene," 8. St. James Theatre: "Broadway Melody of 1936," ...

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  49. SOCIAL CREDIT.

    A message from Edmonton, Alberta, says that economic reconstruction with the establishment of a social credit plan, revision of taxation, and a regime of rigid economy in ...

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  50. STRIKE ENDS.

    Following the decision of the Association of Commerce to open places of business in resistance to the unions, the chief Labour leader (Mr. Kinsella) capitulated and declared the ...

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  51. CASUALTIES.

    Harry Stuckey, 27, of Grnmwood-street, Granville, was severely injured yesterday afternoon when the bicycle he was riding and a motor lorry collided at the railway level ...

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  52. DANTE SUED.

    In the Banco Court to-day, Mr. Justice Gavan Duffy gave Judgment in favour of Dante, the magician, who was sued by John Durward Porter, of Murrumbeena, for £45 as ...

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  53. HISTORIC SCHOOL BUILDING.

    The historic school building, which for [?] years housed All Saints' College, is now being demolished. GOULBURN.—The Mulwaree Shire. ...

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  54. WOMAN ROBBED OF HANDBAG

    A young woman was returning to her home at Turramurra last night, when, near the railway station, a man snatched her handbag, containing about £3, and made his escape. ...

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  55. HOMES FOR INCURABLES.

    The secretary of the N.S.W. Homes for Incurables, Mr. F. de V. Lamb, accompanied by Mrs. Lamb, will leave Sydney by the Nieuw Holland on February 19 for a year's holiday ...

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  56. ST. ANDREW'S COLLEGE.

    The resident scholarship awarded annually by the council of St. Andrew's College, University of Sydney, to a pupil of Knox Grammar School, has been won by A. J. Lundie. ...

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  57. PACIFIC SHIPPING.

    In the House of Commons to-day Sir Percy Harris (Lib., South-west Bethnal Green) asked the president of the Board of Trade (Mr. Walter Runciman) whether Britain would be ...

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  58. AFRICAN TOUR.

    The Australian cricketers to-day will commence a three-day match against Rhodesia at Bulawayo. The fourth test will be commenced at Johannesburg next Saturday: then ...

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  59. RACEHORSE ELECTROCUTED.

    Coming in contact with a fallen power line at Thames, the three-year-old racehorse, Clonacre, was killed. T. J. Scott, who was exeicising it, was thrown heavily, suffering severely ...

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  60. ADDRESS BY SIR F. STEWART.

    Sir Frederick Stewart will be the guest of the Haymarket-Central-square-Broadway Association at luncheon at Marcus Clark's cafe on Tuesday. ...

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  61. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

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

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