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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    A largely attended meeting of unemployed relief workers and Tintenbar Shire employees, held at Alstonville yesterday, decided to form a relief workers' association. It was decided ...

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  3. RECORDER'S SEARCH

    The cable ship, Recorder, which has been on a vain search for a fault in the supplementary cable across the Tasman Sea, reached Sydney yesterday, after experiencing bad ...

    Article : 357 words
  4. MOTOR ACCIDENTS.

    When a motor car skidded in loose gravel and overturned twice near Kendall this morning Dorothy Davies, aged 6, was killed instantly, and her father, Phillip Davies, 40, of Marlee, ...

    Article : 91 words
  5. BRITISH NEW YEAR HONOURS.

    New Year Honours have been awarded to many notable men and women who have distinguished themselves in various spheres of activity. The Duke of Kent has the Royal Victorian Chain conferred upon him, and the Duke of Buccleuch, brother of the Duchess of Gloucester, becomes ...

    Article : 133 words
  6. THE NAVAL CONFERENCE IN LONDON.

    The opening of the Naval Conference in the Locarno Room of the Foreign Office, London. Mr. Baldwin is presiding, and Mr. Bruce is on the left.—Photograph by Air Mail. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 34 words
  7. FIRE IN BRAEMAR STATE FOREST.

    A fire in the Braemar State forest broke out on Monday night, and 4000 acres of grass and hundreds of spotted gum seedlings were burnt. Fortunately, no damage was done to ...

    Article : 48 words
  8. PETTY OFFICER KILLED.

    Percival G. Jones, a petty officer of H.M.A.S. Cerebus, was found lying beside a sports car with his neck broken, wen miles from Albury, on the Albury-Corowa road, late last night. ...

    Article : 110 words
  9. DUBBO WATER SUPPLY.

    Following a meeting with engineers from the Public Works Department, the Dubbo Council, at a special meeting, decided to abandon portion of the new water supply ...

    Article : 155 words
  10. PEERAGES.

    Lord Hanworth, lately Master of the Rolls, and Lord Trenchard, who has just retired from the post of Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police, become viscounts. ...

    Article : 553 words
  11. UNUSUAL ACCIDENT.

    William Gunner, 26, Warringah-road, Mosman, was injured in an unusual accident at Mosman yesterday. He was standing on the footpath at the ...

    Article : 488 words
  12. THEFT OF BICYCLE.

    Before Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., in the Dubbo Police Court, Maple George Usher, 21, was fined £10 for having sold a bicycle which had been lent to him, and with having ...

    Article : 45 words
  13. ORANGE BUILDING BOOM.

    The building permits issued by the municipal council during 1935 were as follows: New buildings and shops, 67, value £47,037; garages and miscellaneous, three, value £215; ...

    Article : 65 words
  14. FIRE PANIC

    A message from Reykjavik (Iceland) states that four children and two women were killed and 20 were injured in a fire at the village hall in Keflavik. A Christmas tree caught ...

    Article : 62 words
  15. TARRANTS TEAM.

    The match between All India and Tarrant's Australian team, which was scheduled for four days, lasted less than two days, the Australians achieving a win by eight wickets, when ...

    Article : 317 words
  16. GERMANY'S SILENCE.

    The correspondent of "The Times" in Berlin says that there is no open reaction in Germany to the decision of the High Commissioner for Jewish and other refugees from ...

    Article : 236 words
  17. YOUTH CHARGED

    Roy Malcolm Soutar, who had given his age as 17 years, was charged at the Wagga Police Court with having, on December 28, at Mount Austin, near Wagga, feloniously ...

    Article : 131 words
  18. RECORD TOURIST SEASON.

    There was a record number of visitors to Katoomba during the 1935 Christmas season, being several thousands more than the previous record number. Many would-be visitors ...

    Article : 54 words
  19. DRIED FRUITS CASE.

    The Commonwealth Government has retained Mr. Wilfrid Barton, son of the first Prime Minister, to appear with the Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Menzies) in the dried ...

    Article : 103 words
  20. PICKPOCKETS AT CARNIVAL.

    During last night's carnival at Katoomba, pickpockets were active, no fewer than eight people reporting that they had been robbed, One woman's handbag, which contained £15, ...

    Article : 56 words
  21. DEATH UNDER ANAESTHETIC.

    Ernest Alwyn Roy Drady, 21, a well-known resident of Dubbo, collapsed and died under an anaesthetic during a minor operation in the district hospital yesterday. The funeral ...

    Article : 51 words
  22. CHAMPION DIVER

    T. H. Morris, former Australian and Victorian diving champion, was injured when diving in the high tower handicap at the Warrandyte Swimming Club's competitions in the ...

    Article : 133 words
  23. ORANGE RESIDENT'S DEATH.

    The death has occurred of Mr. William James Penhall, a native of the Orange district, aged 55 years. He was a member of the firm of Penhall Brothers, coachbuilders, of ...

    Article : 83 words
  24. WHEAT TRADE.

    For the first time in seven years the banks have received inquiries with respect to the financing of wheat holdings. This means that the hand-to-mouth policy of buying, which ...

    Article : 101 words
  25. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A number of new laws came into force to-day. The Counterfeit Currency Act gives effect to the 1929 international convention for the suppression of counterfeiting ...

    Article : 621 words
  26. ALLEGED THEFT FROM STORE.

    Three men were arrested by Gosford police at Shelly Beach, near The Entrance, at daybreak this morning. They were later charged at Gosford with stealing property, valued at ...

    Article : 64 words
  27. CAR STOLEN WHILE OWNER FOUGHT FIRE.

    A sedan car was stolen while its owner, Mr. C. A. Brown, a member of the forestry office staff, and several other men were fighting a grass fire at the Braemar State forest, ...

    Article : 131 words
  28. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 281 words
  29. TELEVISION.

    Mr. D. G. Wyles, of Sydney, who arrived by Qantas air mail from Europe, has completed what is probably a record business trip by air. He left Sydney by air on November ...

    Article : 238 words
  30. UNREST IN EGYPT.

    The vernacular Press states that the British Foreign Secretary (Mr. Anthony Eden) replied sympathetically to the United Front's Note asking for an Anglo-Egyptian treaty on ...

    Article : 382 words
  31. NEW YEAR SIGNS.

    Long before midnight it seemed evident that America's metropolis intended to live up to the prediction that it was to bid a most boisterous and expensive farewell to the dying ...

    Article : 119 words
  32. BYRON BAY BUILDING.

    Owing largely to industrial expansion, there has been considerable building activity in Byron Bay in the last two years. For the last quarter of 1934 the value of buildings ...

    Article : 52 words
  33. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES.

    Lord Hugh Montague Trenchard was born on February 3, 1873. He served in the South African War, and was commandant in the West African Frontier Force from 1908-13. ...

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  34. GOSFORD DISTRICT AMBULANCE.

    Mr. W. G. Muller, superintendent of the Gosford District Ambulance, reports that the service dealt with a record number of cases for the year. Accidents totalled 220, ...

    Article : 97 words
  35. SWIMMING RECORDS.

    At Coral Gables, two more world's records were made to-day. Seventeen-year-old Adolph Kiefer swam 100 metres over the long course in 1m [?] 5-6s. Miss Erna Kompa (New ...

    Article : 49 words
  36. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 251 words
  37. DEATH OF MR. G. C. METCALFE.

    The death has occurred of Mr. George Charles Metcalfe, aged 66, who was well-known in the Manning River district. He arrived in the district about 45 years ago, and ...

    Article : 67 words
  38. DON BRADMAN.

    Don Bradman provided further evidence of his physical fitness and of his return to his former machine-like run-getting form by a great innings for 229 not out for South ...

    Article : 258 words
  39. QUEENSLAND RAIN.

    Good rains have fallen in north Queensland and in parts of the Central West. The rain at Ingham last night and to-day broke one of the most severe droughts since ...

    Article : 135 words
  40. SNOWY RIVER FISHING.

    Messrs. Hall and Miller, fishing at Long Corner in the Snowy River, caught trout averaging 1¾lb. They found the fish moving freely. Mr. Miller, fishing in Digger's Creek, ...

    Article : 80 words
  41. MR. ZANE GREY.

    Mr. Zane Grey, the American author and big-game fisherman, who arrived in Sydney by the liner Mariposa last Monday[?] left with his secretary for Bermagui yesterday ...

    Article : 106 words
  42. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 264 words
  43. PACIFIC TRADE.

    "The Governments should do something to help the Canadian Australasian shipping line to survive the competition of the heavily-subsidised United States Matson line," ...

    Article : 68 words
  44. NATIVE SPEARED.

    A native, aged 15, who accidentally speared an aboriginal, aged 60, in the Wyndham district, is being pursued by the dead native's tribesmen, who are seeking revenge. This is ...

    Article : 115 words
  45. NOVEL CRAFT

    Frank Read, 86, an old-age pens[?]on[?], [?] designed and constructed a novel boat, propelled by paddle wheels, driven by pedals, and rigged with sails, which he uses on the ...

    Article : 156 words
  46. DUKE OF YORK.

    The Admiralty announces that the Duke of York has been promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral of the Fleet. The Duke is also promoted to the rank of ...

    Article : 53 words
  47. NEW ZEALAND HONOURS.

    New year honours included knighthoods for two prominent New Zealanders. Mr. George Shirtcliffe, of Wellington, becomes a K.B.E., and Mr. James Hutchison, ...

    Article : 40 words
  48. PROCESSION AND GYMKHANA.

    The streets in the neighbourhood of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital will present a gay scene on Saturday, when a procession of decorated vehicles of all types, headed by ...

    Article : 84 words
  49. PRINCESS BEATRICE.

    It was stated at Kensington Palace yesterday that there was a further improvement in the condition of Princess Beatrice, the King's aunt, who has been suffering from a cold. ...

    Article : 37 words
  50. O.B.E. FOR MR. W. HANKINSON.

    Mr. Walter C, Hankinson, who acted as the United Kingdom representative in Australia during the absence of Mr. C. T. Crutc[?]ey, has teen awarded an O.B.E. ...

    Article : 34 words
  51. LATE SHIPPING.

    ADELAIDE (1084m).—Arr: Jan. 1, Armadale, from New York. Dep: Jan. 1, Mundal[?]a, for eastern States. ...

    Article : 17 words
  52. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

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

    Article : 17 words
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