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  2. BOYS' WELFARE.

    The weekly luncheon of the Rotary Club at David Jones' yesterday, was devoted to a discussion of the efforts which the club is making, in conjunction with the police, to ...

    Article : 513 words
  3. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    Plans were described in the Legislative Assembly yesterday for the expenditure of £15,000,000, spread over five years from July next, to carry sewerage and water supply to ...

    Article : 1,313 words
  4. WONDER 'PLANE.

    The Royal Air Force now possesses the fastest and most powerful single-seater fighting 'plane in the world. Supplied to the order of the Government by the Hawker company, it is ...

    Article : 722 words
  5. M.C.C. TEAM.

    The M.[?].C. team had an innings victory over Queensland. The home team was dismissed to-day for a total of 249. With four wickets in hand and 191 runs ...

    Article : 294 words
  6. LONG PURSUIT

    The story of a relentless police pursuit since July after a Myall native, who escaped from Palm Island, was revealed to-day, when the escapee was brought to Cairns by Constable ...

    Article : 282 words
  7. FEDERAL SESSION.

    In the House of Representatives to-day, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Forde) resumed the debate on the motion for the second reading of a bill to approve the sugar ...

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  8. OBITUARY.

    The death occuncd suddenly on Saturday, at a private hospital, of Mr. Donald Alister Macpherson, aged 34, the eldest son of the late Mr. William Taylor Micpherson, of the ...

    Article : 290 words
  9. REV. A. R. BOWIE.

    The Rev. Alfred R. Bowie died at his residence Moonb[?]e-street, Summer Hill, on Saturday, aged 74 years. He was in the service of the Australian Gas ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 309 words
  10. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

    Mr. Justice Bavin, speaking at the Australian-English Association's annual dinner in the University Union last night, said that the association was making people realise that ...

    Article : 382 words
  11. TEAM ANNOUNCED.

    At the conclusion of the M.C.C. match today, the Queensland selectors announced the following team for the Southern Shield tour: R. Levy (captain), E. Bensted, J. A. J. ...

    Article : 56 words
  12. VISITING NOBLEMAN.

    LORD BARNBY. Lord Barnby, who is a director of Lloyds Bank, Ltd., and other companies, and a former member of the House of Commons. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  13. SCOTLAND YARD.

    When Sir Philip Game begins his duties at Scotland Yard within the next week or so, he will take charge of the London Metropolitan Police. ...

    Article : 440 words
  14. WOOL STORE FIRE.

    Commenting yesterday on the published statement of the amount of wool that would be recovered from the ruins of the main Pyrmont wool store of Goldsbrough, Mort, and ...

    Article : 167 words
  15. MR. E. A. MADDOCK.

    The death took place on Monday in a private hospital at Rose Bay of Mr. Ernest A. Maddock, senior partner in the legal firm of Faithfull, Maddock, and Baldock, Born in ...

    Article : 308 words
  16. GOVERNOR AT MOSMAN.

    The Governor and Lady Hore-Ruthven visited Mosman yesterday afternoon. They were taken by the Mayor (Alderman J. R. Wallace) on a tour of the beauty sports of the ...

    Article : 327 words
  17. HELEN TWELVETREES.

    The Lord Mayor (Alderman A. McElhone). in extending a civic welcome in the Town Hall yesterday to Miss Helen Twelvetrees, an American film actress, who arrived on ...

    Article : 507 words
  18. TARIFF BOARD.

    Thirteen reports of the Tariff Board, incorporated in the recent tariff schedule alterations, were tabled in the Federal Parliament yesterday by the Minister for Customs (Mr. ...

    Article : 612 words
  19. MR. F. POATE.

    Mr. Frederick Poate, former Surveyor-General and Chief Surveyor of New South Wales, died yesterday, aged 80 years. Mr. Poate was born at Clanfield (England), ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 245 words
  20. TELEVISION.

    Hundreds of applications from women and girls whose ages range from 17 to 40 have been pouring into Broadcasting House following the announcement of Mr. Gerald Cock, ...

    Article : 340 words
  21. SENATOR COMPLAINS

    A complaint that private Senators were given poor office accommodation in Parliament House was made in the Senate this afternoon by Senator Leckie (U.A.P., Vic.). ...

    Article : 265 words
  22. THE SENATE.

    "Mass production" was the comment of the leader of the Opposition, Senator Collings, after the Senate had received six bills from the House of Representatives, and read them ...

    Article : 411 words
  23. PARLIAMENT HOUSE

    Five bombing 'planes from the Royal Australian Air Force training squadron at Cootamundra, in a mock attack to-day destroyed in theory Parliament House and the ...

    Article : 85 words
  24. ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT.

    A start was made yesterday to move the general offices of the Electricity Department from the six floors now occupied at the Sydney Town Hall to the Queen Victoria ...

    Article : 107 words
  25. 44-HOUR WEEK.

    In the Federal Arbitration Court to-day, Chief Judge Dethridge intimated that a 44hour week would be granted to a number of employees in Islington workshops at ...

    Article : 152 words
  26. ALUMINIUM IN ARCHITECTURE.

    In a lecture before the Royal Australian Institute of Architects at Science House last night, Mr. N. Warren Waterhouse pointed out the architectural and decorative effects to be ...

    Article : 111 words
  27. ADVERTISING STANDARD.

    Mr. Eric Collings, advertising manager of Farmer and Co., Ltd., who returned by the Monterey on Monday, said that in advertising and display the United States was ahead of ...

    Article : 87 words
  28. "FADS AND FANCIES."

    The Young Lebanon Musical and Dramatic Club presented "Fads and Fancies," a bright entertainment, at St. James's Hall last night. The lap-dancing was above the average. The ...

    Article : 69 words
  29. MRS. F. WALKER.

    Mrs. Frances Walker, widow of Mr. Arthur Walker, a former Mayor of Paddington, died at Paddington on Sunday, aged 93 years. She was born at Potts Point, and was the daughter ...

    Article : 64 words
  30. STOLEN CAR

    Mr. Robert Bull, of Elizabeth-street, Artarmon, left his motor car in Greville-street, Clovelly, last night. On his return, he saw it being driven away. ...

    Article : 98 words
  31. MR. R. KINKADE.

    Mr. Richard Kinkade, who retired from the police force with the rank of sergeant seven years ago, died yesterday. He was for many years officer in charge of the Ryde police ...

    Article : 61 words
  32. MILLIONS CLUB.

    Mr. L. J. Schmitt, secretary of the New Zealand Department of Industries, Commerce, Tourist, and Publicity, and Mr. W. Taylor, New Zealand Trade and Tourist Commissioner ...

    Article : 41 words
  33. MEDALS FOR BRAVERY.

    The King of Italy has awarded the silver medal for bravery to Giovanni Nicoletti, of Gwalia, and posthumously to the late Andrea Fas[?]nini for heroism in trying to rescue ...

    Article : 1,330 words
  34. TRAIN TRAGEDY.

    Police investigations have failed to establish the identity of the young man who was killed while riding on the top of a carriage of the Melbourne [?]ydney express yesterday. ...

    Article : 33 words
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