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  2. WRECK SURVIVORS

    Working in the teeth of a typhoon, rescuers from the American destroyer Peary made desperate efforts to remove the 49 passengers and crew of the British freighter Silver Hazel, ...

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  3. FRANCE'S POLICY.

    The Premier of France (M. Laval), according to latest reports, intends to make a Franco-German entente the main plank of his election platform in May next. He is not ...

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  4. OBITUARY.

    It was the wish of Mr. G. A. Hobler, who was for five years deputy chairman of the North Australia Commission, that he should be buried in the Northern Territory. Mr. ...

    Article : 159 words
  5. LIVING STANDARD.

    The inquiry by the Industrial Commission into the living standard was adjourned yesterday, the President (Mr. Justice Browne) intimating that, if it was reopened, the parties ...

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  6. COUNTRY NEWS.

    A petition to the Dalgety Shire Council, presented yesterday, urged the council to ask the Health Department to appoint a doctor for Adaminaby under a guaranteed salary of ...

    Article : 52 words
  7. MR. BLACKBURN, M.P.

    Mr. Blackburn, M.P., did not attend the meeting of the Federal Parliamentary Labour party at Canberra to-day, because of the threat against him by the central executive ...

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  8. MURDER CHARGE.

    The City Coroner (Mr. Oram) yesterday committed Blanche Elizabeth Petersen, 18, for trial on a charge of murdering Leslie Gordon Tickner, 22, boxer, who was found shot dead ...

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  9. CRIMES BILL.

    A deputation to the Attorney-General (Mr. Menzies) to-day urged the withdrawal of the amending Crimes Bill now before the Senate. The deputation represented the New South ...

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  10. BITTEN BY SNAKE.

    Basil Mills, of Tunglebung, was playing on the banks of Peacock Creek when he was bitten on the toe by a black snake. He was conveyed to the bush nursing hospital at ...

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  11. INJURED WHILE DIVING.

    John Armstrong, 15, of Old Bonalbo, suffered a severe wound on the top of his head when he dived into a swimming pool. He apparently struck a snag. ...

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  12. MR. A. E. SPENCER.

    Mr. Albert Edward Spencer, director and acting general manager of S. T. Leigh and Co., Ltd., died on Monday, after a few hours' illness. Mr. Spencer was a founder of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  13. 40-HOUR WEEK.

    A proposal for the adoption of the 40-hour week for its employees has been referred to the finance committee of the Randwick Council after a keen discussion. ...

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  14. BREAKING AND ENTERING CHARGES.

    Jack Kennedy and William Mitchell pleaded guilty at Berry Police Court to charges of breaking and entering several places at Berry, including the council chambers, a butchery, ...

    Article : 71 words
  15. REPAIR OF ROADS.

    Following a visit by the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Spooner), the Wade Shire Council is preparing a statement at the Minster's invitation stating the case for ...

    Article : 102 words
  16. BUSINESS MORALITY.

    "Mr. Chrysler is said to be one of the foremost industrialists to America, but some of his answers show that his standard of business morality is lamentably low." ...

    Article : 260 words
  17. CONVERSAZIONE

    There was a brilliant assembly at the conversazione in the Town Hall last night, in connection with the opening of the Cerretti Memorial chapel. Father Clark, ...

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  18. FIRE DESTROYS HOUSE.

    A fire at 2.30 o'clock this morning destroyed a house in Lorne-street. When the fire was discovered the building was a mass of flames. The house was unoccupied at the ...

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  19. GRAZIER'S DEATH FROM INJURIES.

    Mr. Robert G. C. Lawrie, aged 65, of Halton, in the Gesford district, a well-known grazier, died in a private hospital at Gresford from the effects of injuries received a week ago, ...

    Article : 57 words
  20. ROSEMARY DAY.

    Rosemary Day, which has been substituted in Yass for Poppy Day in order that the money raised will stay in the town and he used for locally distressed sailors and ...

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  21. THUNDERSTORMS.

    Although the main body of the extensive depression was situated over the ocean adjacent to the seaboard yesterday, lingering unsettled influences were still in evidence ...

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  22. HOSPITAL ADDITIONS.

    Improvements and additions to the Hawkesbury District Hospital will be officially opened by the Governor (Sir Alexander Hore Ruthven) on November 30. ...

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  23. MAN IN GAOL

    Among the music passes announced in the country results was that of a prisoner of the Goulburn Gaol, who, in grade 1, secured honours. ...

    Article : 36 words
  24. AMBROSE PALMER

    In his first match in England, a 10 rounds contest at Wembley, Ambrose Palmer, the Australian heavyweight titleholder. outpointed the Canadian cowboy. Eddie Wenstob. ...

    Article : 193 words
  25. LONG JOURNEY TO SCHOOL.

    Children attending the Gosford High School from The Entrance have to travel 50 miles daily by bus and train, and have a walk of more than 600 yards from Gosford station to ...

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  26. TARRANT'S TEAM.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 336 words
  27. THE CALL-UP.

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

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  28. THE MAYOR'S ROBE.

    The Lithgow Municipal Council received from the Katoomba town clerk an invitation to attend two ceremonies in Katoomba next Saturday—one, in the afternoon, the opening ...

    Article : 125 words
  29. INDEX.

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  30. UNUSUAL CHARGE.

    In the Police Court to-day, Richard Orr was charged with having caused a public nuisance by making a false statement which deprived the public of the services of certain ...

    Article : 146 words
  31. DOCUMENTS SOLD.

    The historical documents belonging to Lord Abingdon were sold at auction, with the exception of certain which were claimed as official property. The Duke of Wellington's letter ...

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  32. WORK FOR MUSICIANS.

    A scheme to take unemployed musicians from the ranks of the relief workers and find them work in their own calling in theatre orchestras was announced by the ...

    Article : 93 words
  33. TAXATION OFFENCES.

    Charged with failing o furnish income tax returns, Desmond Roy Taylor was fined £ 5; David Matthew Rees, £ 6; Joseph McCawley, £ 4; Frederick Carl Hartwig, £ 4; and Ernest ...

    Article : 36 words
  34. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  35. YOUTH FOUND DEAD.

    Sydney James, 19, who was employer on the construction of a culvert at Slaughterhouse Greek for the Main Roads Department, was found dead in his tent by some ...

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  36. POLICE PARTY.

    The Commissioner of Police (Mr. Hunter) has decided to send a party out in a few days in pursuit of the native murderers of John O'Brien, the dingo-trapper, whose body was ...

    Article : 158 words
  37. CAPTAIN JOSEPH CHANIEL.

    Advice has been received from Noumea of the death of Captain Chaniel. who was for many years a regular trader to Sydney and Newcastle. Captain Chaniel was born at ...

    Article : 113 words
  38. ANTI-BRITISH RIOTS.

    Students celebrating Independence Day delivered anti-British speeches attacking the British Foreign Secretary (Sir Samuel Hoare) for the references to Egypt in his speech at the ...

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  39. LAWN TENNIS.

    The Lawn Tennis Association's rankings, based on the singles only during the summer reason, are as follow:— Men: F. J. Perry, H. W. Austin, G. P. ...

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  40. FIRE AT CRONULLA.

    A weatherboard cottage in Taloombie-street, Cronulla, occupied by Mr. Cecil Beattie, was badly damaged by fire yesterday afternoon. The fire broke out in the temporary absence ...

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  41. RAILWAY EXCURSION.

    The Bundanoon Tourist Association, in cooperation with the Railway Department, will entertain 2000 Sydney visitors. who will be conveyed by four special trains on December 1. ...

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  42. NEW L.B.W. RULE.

    The "Evening Standard" says: "Lord Hawke's unofficial appeal to the Australian Board' of Control, urging the use of the new l.b.w. rule in the South African tour, must ...

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  43. SKINBUYERS' LICENCES.

    Although the police opposed a renewal of the skinbuyers' licences of Malcolm Poulton, William Franks, and Jack Williams at the Bathurst Police Court, Mr. W. S. Bromhead, ...

    Article : 143 words
  44. KING AS FIRST SERVANT.

    In reply to a questioner, who asked whether he favoured the system of giving £10,000 to a Royal child and 2/ a week to an unemployed child, Sir Austen Chamberlain, at ...

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  45. MR. OTTO VOGT.

    Mr. Otto Vogt, who died at the Marrickville District Hospital on Tuesday, aged 84 years, was bom at Frankfort-on-Main, Germany, and came to this country with his parents ...

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  46. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Gold was quoted to-day at £7/1/6 an ounce fine, compared with £7/1/4 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. The United States dollar was quoted to-day ...

    Article : 310 words
  47. PILOT OFFICERS.

    A Parliamentary select committee, with Mr. Sanders, M.L.A., in the chair, yesterday resumed an inquiry into the appointments of officers of pilot steamers since 1933. The ...

    Article : 115 words
  48. TO-DAY.

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  49. AUSTRALIAN TRADE.

    Opportunities for increasing Australia's exports to Rhodesia, Egypt, and Palestine were mentioned by the official representative of the New South Wales Government, Mr. A. E. ...

    Article : 155 words
  50. CHINESE MARSHAL.

    A Chinese woman to-day fired a revolver at Marshal Sun Chuan-fang, a former Governor of the Yangtse Provinces, and killed him. ...

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  51. STATION OWNER'S DEATH.

    The death has occurred of Mr. James Carter, 78, owner of Kikiamah Station, Young, and a resident of Moss Vale for 20 years. Mr. Carter was a prominent breeder and exhibitor at ...

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  52. MR. C. J. B. WATSON.

    Mr. Charles John Boden Watson, a veteran journalist, died in a private hospital at Strathfield on Tuesday, in his 71st year. He was bom in Braidwood, and went to the ...

    Article : 172 words
  53. AVIATION.

    The, Director-General of the Post Office (Sir Donald Banks), the Director of Civil Aviation (Lieutenant-Colonel F. C. Shelmerdine), and the managing director of Imperial Airways ...

    Article : 106 words
  54. ROADS TO OUTBACK CENTRES.

    The Kyogle Shire Council recently submitted to the Premier (Mr. Stevens) a proposal by which roads to outback centres could be expeditlously constructed in big sections ...

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  55. MURDER OF MARINE.

    Sino-Japanese tension resulting from the murder at Shanghai of a Japanese marine allegedly by a Chinese is still acute. The Japanese Consul at Nanking has been ...

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  56. CASUALTIES.

    Bruce Owen, 15, of Smith-street, Manly, suffered a fractured left collarbone, abrasions, and shock when the bicycle he was riding came into collision with a motor lorry at ...

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  57. THE ALL BLACKS.

    The New Zealand All Blacks Rugby Union team to play Cambridge University on Thursday will be:—Gilbert, Hart, Oliver, Mitchell, Caughey, Griffiths, Sadler, Dalton, Hadley, ...

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  58. LATE PARLIAMENT.

    In the House of Representatives, after a number of members supported the Meat Export Control Bill, the debate was adjourned. In committee, in the Senate, clause ...

    Article : 111 words
  59. MR. JUSTICE RICH.

    Mr. Justice Rich, senior Puisne Judge of the High Court of Australia, to-day denied that he intended to retire when he had completed the six months' leave of absence for ...

    Article : 40 words
  60. MEMEL DIRECTORY.

    Astonishment has been caused by news from Kovno that Herr Borchert has been invited to form the new Directory of Memel. While Lithuania describes him as a member of the ...

    Article : 89 words
  61. FRENCH NAVY.

    It is reported that France has decided to construct a new naval base at Mers-el-Kebir, five miles west of Oran (Algeria). The Paris correspondent of the "Daily ...

    Article : 50 words
  62. GREEK MONARCHY.

    Ex-King George of Greece will proceed to Paris from London on Thursday, and will arrive in Athens on November 24. He desires his restoration to the throne to be ...

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  63. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

    Mr. Andrew H. Craig, of James Sandy and Co., Ltd., has been elected vice-president of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce in succession to Mr. William P. Dunlop, who has resigned ...

    Article : 34 words
  64. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

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

    Article : 17 words
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