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  2. QUEENSLAND.

    Alfred Long Stewart, 35, was struck by lightning and killed instantly while at work on his farm near Lowood this evening, during a terrific cyclonic storm which broke over the ...

    Article : 314 words
  3. CALL OF THE SEA.

    The call of the sea proved irresistible to men engaged in all walks of life when crews were needed, for the idle interstate fleet; and Ju[?] as the goldfields in the early days ...

    Article : 754 words
  4. BIG FIRE.

    Fire broke out on the ground floor of premises occupied by A. Abrahams and Sons Pty., Ltd., sack and bag merchants, in Sussex-street, city, last night, and in a few ...

    Article : 694 words
  5. EXPLORERS SAFE.

    Lincoln Ellsworth and Hallock Kenyon, American explorers, who have been missing for more than seven weeks, are alive and well at Little America. A reconnaissance 'plane from the British whaling research ...

    Article : 165 words
  6. SEA POWER.

    New naval agreements to take the place of existing treaties are necessary if a very great danger of a naval armaments race is to be avoided. This view ...

    Article : 1,422 words
  7. MAN KILLED.

    Jack Evelyn Sabine, 40, who lived with his wife and young daughter in Victoria-road, Chatswood, met a dreadful death on his stud poultry farm in Herring-road, Eastwood, ...

    Article : 496 words
  8. WAR ZONE.

    Coincidental with the publication of [?] message that the Italian troops are greatly heartened as a result of a successful operation in the south ...

    Article : 1,385 words
  9. EXPEDITION, JOYOUS.

    "Ellsworth and Kenyon are alive and-well at Little America" was the heart-quickening message flashed from the wireless of the Discovery II, to the Wyatt Earp to-day. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 287 words
  10. HALF A TOWN DAMAGED.

    In the Woodford district on the near North. Coast the storm tore a track two and half miles through the bush. One half of the town of Woodford escaped, but in the ...

    Article : 267 words
  11. LIFE OF ADVENTURE.

    Although Ellsworth, who is 55 years old, possesses a villa in Italy, a castle in, Switzerland, great commercial interests, and the means to do almost anything, he has spent much ...

    Article : 247 words
  12. MENZIES HOTEL.

    Mr. Norman Bede Rydge, chairman of Carlton Hotel, Ltd., Usher's Metropolitan Hotel, Ltd., and Manly Hotels, Ltd., has acquired a controlling interest in Menzies Hotel. Ltd., ...

    Article : 180 words
  13. STORM AT BYRON BAY.

    The largest hail within the memory of the oldest residents caused havoc this afternoon in Billinudgel, and adjacent districts. Banana bunches were sliced to pulp, and the leaves ...

    Article : 125 words
  14. BEACH POLLUTION.

    The secretary of the Water Board (Mr. F. J. Henry) issued a statement on behalf of the board yesterday denying that the decision to amplify the ocean outfall sewer near Long ...

    Article : 439 words
  15. UNION SEAMEN

    Large numbers of union seamen have taken out licences and have returned to work. All the vessels of the North Coast company, with the exception of the large passenger ship. ...

    Article : 169 words
  16. CONFUSION AT G.P.O.

    The lights were out and all telegraph and similar services were disorganised late last night when a watermain burst in the power room of the G.P.O. ...

    Article : 254 words
  17. LOTTERY PRIZES.

    Of approximately £4,843,000 in prize money since the inception of the State Lottery in New South Wales to June 30 last, only £1585 has been unclaimed, ...

    Article : 366 words
  18. COLLAPSE OF STRIKE.

    As an early collapse of the strike of seamen on interstate vessels is now inevitable, the reconstruction of the Seamen's Union on a more stable basis is being discussed. ...

    Article : 81 words
  19. STORY OF SEARCH.

    Dr. Ellsworth's original plan was for a flight of 3000 miles across Antarctica, and to wait on the opposite side for the Wyatt Earp, which, after the departure of the 'plane, was ...

    Article : 362 words
  20. CONGRATULATIONS ON FEAT.

    "I should like to offer my congratulations to the commander of the Discovery II, and those associated with him," said the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) when he arrived in ...

    Article : 133 words
  21. MISSING TRAPPER.

    It is believed that a dingo trapper, Robert Anderson, was murdered by natives early in December in the wild country between Drysdale mission station and Caloombooroo. ...

    Article : 135 words
  22. MADAME STAVISKY

    Madame Stavlsky and nine other persons accused of complicity in the Stavlsky fraud, were acquitted. Five others were found guilty, "with extenuating circumstances." ...

    Article : 36 words
  23. OBJECTIONS

    The president of the Surf Life-saving Association of Australia (Mr. Adrian Curlewis) said yesterday that one needed only to examine the beaches in the vicinity of the ...

    Article : 326 words
  24. SIR DOUGLAS MAWSON.

    "The safe arrival of Ellsworth and his companion at the Ross Sea after crossing a considerable unknown section of Antarctica is grand news," said Sir Douglas Mawson at ...

    Article : 76 words
  25. DUKE OF KENT.

    The possibility of a visit by a member of the Royal Family to Australia on the occasion of the South Australian centenary celebrations is being discussed in Federal circles, as ...

    Article : 194 words
  26. AMERICAN SHIPS.

    Addressing the board of directors of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, the Assistant Secretary of Commerce (Mr. Johnson) and Mr. Kermit Roosevelt, son of a ...

    Article : 134 words
  27. POISONOUS SPIDERS

    Householders in the suburbs, especially those on the North Shore, are warned to keep a sharp lookout for poisonous spiders of the trapdoor or funnel-web varieties, which are ...

    Article : 140 words
  28. JAPANESE SAMPANS.

    The Queensland Collector of Customs (Mr. R. B. Curd) said yesterday that he had received no official information of the presence off the Queensland coast of the Japanese ...

    Article : 124 words
  29. OLD MAN'S DEATH.

    An 83-year-old man carried a 601b load of oranges to market at Gosford on January 2, and then collapsed and died. Evidence to this effect was given when the ...

    Article : 103 words
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