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  2. NEW GOVERNOR OF N.S.W.

    SIR MURRAY ANDERSON. Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven's successor as Governor of New South Wales. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 17 words
  3. MOTOR ACCIDENTS.

    Two cyclists were killed during the weekend, when the machines they were riding came into collision with motor vehicles. St. Clair Gleeson, 19, son of Mr. W. ...

    Article : 384 words
  4. FORBES TRAGEDY.

    After an auction sale yesterday of the effects of the victims of the double shooting on a bank of the Lachlan River, adjoining Fitzgerald's Bridge, a little girl, who was fossicking ...

    Article : 457 words
  5. SEATS GAINED

    The latest municipal election returns show that the Conservatives have gained 56 seats and lost 22, the Liberals have gained 12 and last 14, and that Labour has gained 39 and ...

    Article : 193 words
  6. BRITISH CABINET.

    It is generally expected that a Cabinet reconstruction will follow a Conservative victory at the forthcoming general elections. ...

    Article : 846 words
  7. CHINESE PREMIER.

    The man who shot and seriously wounded Mr. Wang Ching-wei, the Chinese Premier, at the opening session of the National Kuomintang Conference, has been identified as ...

    Article : 129 words
  8. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Further facts revealed regarding the financial affairs of the Albury Council disclose a more serious position than was at first supposed. Since 1929 the council has had heavy ...

    Article : 145 words
  9. ALSATIAN DOGS CONDEMNED.

    The Talbragar Shire Council has decided to ask the Local Government Department if it has power to declare Alsatian dogs noxious in the shire. The president (Councillor F. W. ...

    Article : 78 words
  10. NEW LINER.

    The announcement by the Cunard-White Star Line of May 27, 1936, as the first sailing date of the new liner Queen Mary indicates that satisfactory progress is being made in ...

    Article : 105 words
  11. VETERAN HEALTH INSPECTOR.

    John Duncan, health and building inspector to the Grafton City Council for 22 years, intends to retire and live in Queensland. He has served under 10 different mayors and six ...

    Article : 68 words
  12. GERMAN AIR ARM.

    Following the creation of a staff college for the combined fighting services and the reopening of the Army War Academy, Herr Hitler, in the presence of the Minister for ...

    Article : 235 words
  13. PROPOSED BRIDGE.

    The Gostwy[?]k Shire Council received a petition signed by 80 residents of Bundarra and 40 commercial travellers to place before the Minister for Transport and the Main Roads ...

    Article : 53 words
  14. COAL CONTROL.

    The central council of colliery owners has informed the Secretary for Mines that a definite undertaking can be given on its own behalf and on behalf of 16 out of the 17 district ...

    Article : 85 words
  15. PURCHASE OF SALEYARDS.

    Disappointed at the municipal council's decision not to purchase the saleyards of a local agent, graziers of the town and district have formed a committee to float a company ...

    Article : 43 words
  16. MILK SUPPLIERS

    Brisbane is threatened with a milk strike on Monday unless suppliers of cold milk to metropolitan wholesale distributors are paid /10 a gallon for milk and 6/6 a gallon for ...

    Article : 85 words
  17. 40-HOUR WEEK

    Replying to the strictures of the president of the Employers' Federation of New South Wales (Mr. T. H. Silk), relative to his attitude regarding the 40-hour week, Sir Frederick ...

    Article : 428 words
  18. COTTAGE BURNED DOWN.

    During the absence of Mr. D. Munro in Melbourne and while his wife and family were attending a picture theatre, their home was destroyed by fire, only a few articles of ...

    Article : 48 words
  19. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The total amount applied for in tenders for £40,000,000 in Treasury bills on Friday was £63,690,000. The average rate per cent. for bills at three months was 11/1.32, against ...

    Article : 194 words
  20. MAN FOUND DEAD IN HUT.

    William Turner, aged about 87, who had been fishing in the Darling River for come time and who had been a resident of the district for 50 yeats, was found dead in his ...

    Article : 55 words
  21. RAILWAY EXCURSIONS

    A series of excursion trains is announced by the Department of Railways. They will give country residents an opportunity to travel to Sydney at greatly reduced fares this month, ...

    Article : 109 words
  22. CARS IN COLLISION.

    Eight persons were injured when two cars came into collision and one turned over at Rutherford. The injured were: Mrs. Medlam, Telarah, fracture of skull (condition serious); ...

    Article : 183 words
  23. HOTEL BURNT DOWN.

    The Royal Hotel at Cobbora was destroyed by fire early yesterday. The proprietor (Mr. A. Fraser) discovered the outbreak about 4 a.m. in a vacant room. Strenuous efforts ...

    Article : 58 words
  24. RIGHT TO DIE.

    outspoken comments on the right to die were made at an inquest on Michael Stern and his young wife. The husband was dying of consumption, and his wife, who was 22 years ...

    Article : 165 words
  25. MAN MISSING.

    Grave fears are felt for the safety of Harry Ludwig, 38, a horse dealer, who has been missing from his home at Dimbulah, about 60 miles from Cairns, since August 27. Police ...

    Article : 69 words
  26. OBSTRUCTION ON LINE.

    On obstruction on the railway line delayed the North Coast mail train near Dunbible on the night of August 29. A sequel to the occurrence was the appearance of two youths ...

    Article : 127 words
  27. WOMAN KILLED.

    Mrs. F. Hickey, wife of the president of the Werribee Racing Club, was run down and killed by the Melbourne-Geelong train at a level crossing half a mile from Werribee early ...

    Article : 61 words
  28. STRIKE THREAT.

    If manufacturing iron workers in Queensland seek to operate under the newly-granted Federal award, employees in the industry will refuse to work. The Moulders' Union has ...

    Article : 118 words
  29. VANDERBILT HEIR.

    Mr. George Vanderbilt, a member of the wealthy American family, arrived by the Lurline with his young bride. They were married in September in the United States, and are ...

    Article : 96 words
  30. NEW HIGH SCHOOL.

    The Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) set the foundation-stone of Inverell's new High School yesterday. Mr. Drummond said that when he took office in 1927 there ...

    Article : 106 words
  31. MINISTER RETURNS.

    MR. J. M. DUNNINGHAM. The Minister for Labour (Mr. Dunningham), who represented New South Wales at the Silver Jubilee celebrations in England, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 36 words
  32. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment is announced for to-day. Details will be found on page 18, column 5. ...

    Article : 20 words
  33. SUBMARINES.

    Despatches from Galapagos Islands state that an unidentified fleet of submarines was manoeuvring near San Cristobal Island on Thursday night. The submarines are described ...

    Article : 99 words
  34. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 187 words
  35. WESTERN MINERS' ELECTION.

    Nominations received by the Western Miners' Federation include six for the position of delegate to Soviet Russia. Those to go to the ballot are F. M. Crane (Invincible ...

    Article : 91 words
  36. LORD COZENS-HARDY.

    LORD COZENS-HARDY, who is vice-president and steward of the Royal Automobile Club, England, arrived in Australia by the Orion. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 25 words
  37. WOOL TRADE.

    Lord Barnby, who has many commercial interests in Britain, and is head of Francis Willey and Company, Ltd., of Bradford, reached Auckland on the Lurline. He is a ...

    Article : 122 words
  38. OLYMPIC GAMES.

    The Commonwealth Government will contribute £2000 towards the cost of sending an Australian team to the Olympic Games at Berlin next year. This announcement was ...

    Article : 68 words
  39. MAN GAOLED FOR THEFT.

    In the police court Eric Keith Allen pleaded guilty to two charges of stealing goods from the home of Arthur John Horrex at South Creek, near Windsor. It was stated that ...

    Article : 68 words
  40. PEACE IN EUROPE.

    New British efforts are afoot to find a solution of the eternal Franco-German quarrel. When the present measures against Italy were decided upon, the Secretary-General of ...

    Article : 116 words
  41. H. B. CAMERON.

    The death has occurred of H. B. Cameron, the test wicket-keeper and batsman, who was vice-captain of the South African cricket team which toured England recently. He was ...

    Article : 41 words
  42. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    While Jack Munro, a railway enginedriver, was stepping off a locomotive in the railway yards[?] a steam ejector discharged a quantity of stem, which struck him on the legs. ...

    Article : 50 words
  43. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 224 words
  44. NEWCASTLE NEWS.

    Seven persons were injured—six slightly and one comparatively seriously—when a motor utility truck and a horse and sulky came into collision on Maitland-road, ...

    Article : 157 words
  45. ARNHEM LAND.

    The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Paterson) has received advice from Dr. Donald Thomson, anthropologist, who is working in A[?]hem Land, that he has arrived at Groote ...

    Article : 110 words
  46. BEER SUPPLY RUNS OUT

    Not only is there an inadequate supply of drinking water on the Tennant's Creek goldfield, but the beer supply has given out. The temperature yesterday was 106.7 degrees. ...

    Article : 57 words
  47. INTERSTATE AIR SERVICE.

    Mr. G. A. Robinson, managing director of New England Airways, Ltd., flew from Lismore yesterday to inspect the new South Grafton aerodrome, with a view to including Grafton ...

    Article : 113 words
  48. AVIATION.

    Mr. Broadbent and Mr. Melrose, the Australian aviators, left Croydon aerodrome yesterday in separate machines for Australia, and reached Marseilles non-stop at the same time. ...

    Article : 114 words
  49. STRUCK BY ENGINE.

    Hilton Tremble, 6, was run down and fatally injured by a railway engine at a crossing near Narrabri West yesterday. Tremble was thrown in the path of the ...

    Article : 89 words
  50. AGED JOCKEY[?]

    The Bucharest correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says: "A jockey, aged 72, who, because he was a great favourite, was permitted to participate in trotting races, collapsed in ...

    Article : 120 words
  51. SICK BOY SEVERELY BURNT.

    Suffering from severe burns to the legs and the lower portion of the body, and shock, John Hetherington, 11, of Woodenbong, was admitted to Kyogle Hospital. The boy, who was in ...

    Article : 85 words
  52. SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL.

    At a meeting of the Casino sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, it was decided to inform the municipal council that it was prepared to contribute £50 towards the ...

    Article : 114 words
  53. FAITH IN AUSTRALIA.

    The 'plane Faith in Australia, which made a forced landing at Daly Waters some time ago, and which has been equipped with a new engine, arrived at Parafield with seven ...

    Article : 40 words
  54. TARRANT'S TEAM.

    The Australian cricketers have arrived. J. Ryder, the captain, said that the members of the team were very fit. He expected that the players would run into form very soon, ...

    Article : 187 words
  55. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 266 words
  56. FINISH OF THE MELBOURNE STAKES AT FLEMINGTON.

    Sylvandale (J. Pratt) beating Marabou (K. Voitre), who is obscured, by half a length, with Hall Mark (H. Skidmore) third, Berestoi (D. Munro) fourth, and Peter Pan (J. Pike) fifth. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 39 words
  57. TRAPPED UNDER CAR

    Three Narrabri residents, Mr. and Mrs. M[?] Maher and Miss K. Doyle, were imprisoned when a car in which they were travelling to Wee Waa, skidded, and turned on its side. ...

    Article : 132 words
  58. NEWS FROM JAPAN.

    In an interview in the newspaper "Asahi Shimbun," Mr. Debuchi said he regretted the paucity of news from Japan in the Australian Press, and attributed it to expensive cable ...

    Article : 68 words
  59. WOMAN BITTEN BY SNAKE[?]

    Mrs. H. Maher, of Montague, near [?] bri, was bitten by a black snake while she was feeding turkeys, and she was admitted to hospital for treatment. ...

    Article : 70 words
  60. GREEK MONARCHY.

    The result of to-morrow's plebiscite for the return of the monarchy in Greece is regarded as a foregone conclusion. Most of the Republican leaders have been arrested or ...

    Article : 102 words
  61. MIDDLESEX COUNTY CLUB.

    R. W. V. Robins, the English test player, will captain Middlesex County Club in the 1936 season. ...

    Article : 23 words
  62. CANADIAN LOAN.

    The Minister for Finance (Mr. C. Dunning) said yesterday that a Canadian Government bond issue of 75,000,000 dollars would be offered to Canadian investors on Monday. ...

    Article : 54 words
  63. EX-SOLDIER FOUND DEAD.

    William John Piggott, 55, a returned soldier, was found dead last night in his room at [?] house in Grosvenor-street, Woollahra, Sergeant Cannell, of the Paddington police, [?] ...

    Article : 42 words
  64. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

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

    Article : 18 words
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