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  2. BITTER FIGHTING

    Desperate fighting for vital waterholes near Sasa Baneh, on the Southern Front in Abyssinia, is reported. Italian officers discount the supposition that their troops are sweeping all before them in an irresistible advance. ...

    Article : 192 words
  3. DETAILS

    In the following returns of the polling in the British general election C. stands for Conservative, L. for Liberal, Lab. for Labour, Lib.-Nat, for Liberal ...

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  4. RIOTS IN EGYPT.

    Students wearing mourning armlets in memory of the victims of the riots again demonstrated in various centres, including Cairo, Shibinelkom, and Zagazig. The police ...

    Article : 195 words
  5. MOTOR ACCIDENTS.

    Joseph Edward Bayliss, 53, of Mosman-street, Mosman, was fatally injured on Saturday night, when he was knocked down by a car at the intersection of Spit-road and ...

    Article : 352 words
  6. TARRANT'S TEAM.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 406 words
  7. AERIAL DERBY.

    H. F. Broadbent, in the Percival Gull monoplane, in which he broke the England-Australia solo flight record, won the speed section of the Air Derby at the Newcastle Aero ...

    Article : 393 words
  8. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The Wodonga Shire Council has decided that Sunday sport of any kind on grounds which it controls will not be allowed, and offenders will be prosecuted. ...

    Article : 37 words
  9. HOSPITAL PROJECT.

    A ballot of subscribers taken on the question of adding a maternity unit to bega District Hospital at a cost of £3500 resulted in a majority of 42 votes in favour. Only 306 ...

    Article : 64 words
  10. FORTY-HOUR WEEK.

    The Bibbenluke Shire Council decided to take no action regarding a letter from the Municipal Shire Employees' Union asking for support for a reduction of the working week ...

    Article : 102 words
  11. BURSTING TYRE INJURES MAN.

    The [?]ting of a tyre he was inflating with an air-pressure pump injured the right eye of P. H. Curry, manager of the Gurton Tyre Co., Grafton. A piece of the tube from inside the ...

    Article : 87 words
  12. MISS JEAN BATTEN

    Miss Jean Batten, who was not hurt in the forced landing she made on Thursday night, arrived here at 10 o'clock on Friday morning (New York time), having been found by ...

    Article : 294 words
  13. WATER RESTRICTIONS.

    When a new reservoir was constructed three years ago, it was thought that the additional storage capacity of 1,000,000 gallons would meet needs for at least 10 years. The growth ...

    Article : 154 words
  14. TRUCK'S PLUNGE DOWN HILLSIDE.

    A motor truck containing 11 persons, which was descending One Tree Hill about 9 o'clock to-night, skidded on loose gravel on Coronation-drive, about half a mile from the summit, ...

    Article : 101 words
  15. RABBIT PEST.

    The Terania Shire Council resolved to apply for a grant from the unemployment relief funds to clear from the roadsides undergrowth serving as a harbour for rabbits. The shire ...

    Article : 83 words
  16. SPEEDING UP THE ITALIAN ADVANCE.

    Signor Mussolini has recalled General De Bono, and has appointed Marshal Badoglio commander-in-chief in East Africa. General De Bono was 69 years of age recently, and ...

    Article : 581 words
  17. N.Z. AIRWOMAN.

    MISS JEAN BATTEN. Miss Batten, who had been reported missing on a flight from Port Natal (Brazil) to Rio de Janeiro, reached the latter city on Friday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 44 words
  18. NORTH CHINA.

    The representative of the British United Press at Pelping says that North China will declare its independence from Nanking on December 12. A force of 3000 Japanese troops ...

    Article : 93 words
  19. MUSHROOMS AS SHOW EXHIBIT.

    A special prize has been given for the best exhibit of mushrooms at the Tweed River Agricultural Society's show, to be held at Murwillumbah on November 27 and 28. This ...

    Article : 56 words
  20. HORSE'S LEAP.

    While Charles Clifford Corbett, 19, was returning home about 5.30 p.m., to-day, he dismounted from his horse to let down a sliprail. His horse, accustomed to jumping the ...

    Article : 75 words
  21. TOWN CLERK FOR 40 YEARS.

    Mr. Francis J. Mulholland, who has been town clerk at Orange for more than 40 years, has resigned owing to ill-health. Mr. Mulholland's father was Mayor of Orange in 1865, ...

    Article : 53 words
  22. JEWS IN GERMANY

    Rules for applying the anti-Jewish laws provide that Jews are not citizens, but are merely subjects, involving disfranchisement. All Jewish Civil servants must resign by ...

    Article : 109 words
  23. NOBEL PRIZE FOR PHYSICS.

    Professor James Chadwick, of Liverpool University, who assisted Lord Rutherford for many years in researches at the Cavendish laboratory at Cambridge, and in 1932 was the ...

    Article : 57 words
  24. MINERS SUGGEST WORK-SHARING.

    A special meeting of the Old Bulli miners' lodge unanimously decided to appeal to the management for the adoption of some system by which all enrolled with the colliery— ...

    Article : 92 words
  25. THE CALL-UP.

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

    Article : 19 words
  26. ROAD DANGERS.

    The total number of victims of road usage in Britain for 1935 up to the beginning of October was 4700 killed and 164,000 injured— one casualty every three minutes. The Minister ...

    Article : 360 words
  27. POLICE INSPECTOR

    Inspector George Willson, one of the senior officers of the New South Wales Police Department, died suddenly yesterday while waiting for the departure of a train at the Central ...

    Article : 188 words
  28. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 223 words
  29. RELIEF WORK CONDITIONS.

    An interpretation of conditions governing sewerage works in Moss Vale, which will prove of interest to all councils interested in such schemes in their districts, has been received ...

    Article : 165 words
  30. FIERCE FIGHTING NEAR SASA BANEH.

    The Berbera correspondent of the "Daily Mail," dealing with the southern area, records desperate fighting for vital waterholes near Sasa Baneh, where the Italian column is ...

    Article : 691 words
  31. FOUR AMERICANS

    Four Americans, who, as the Manhattan String Quartet, were due to play in a Philharmonic concert in Rome to-morrow, were assaulted and given black eyes in a street. ...

    Article : 82 words
  32. RECEIPT OF WOOL.

    Following a request of the Graziers' Association to extend the hours for the receipt of wool at the Cooma railway station during the busy period of the year, the district ...

    Article : 82 words
  33. FAMOUS LIQUEUR.

    The famous distillery at Grenoble (France), where chartreuse (a liqueur) has been made for centuries, was overwhelmed by a landslide, as the result of floods, and hundreds of ...

    Article : 65 words
  34. NEW CONSUL-GENERAL.

    DR. P. VITA-FINZI. The newly-appointed Consul-General for Italy, Dr. Paul Vita-Finzi, will reach Sydney this week. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 19 words
  35. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 224 words
  36. PURCHASE OF SALEYARDS.

    For the purpose of purchasing the local saleyards, a proposal rejected by the Municipal Council, a meeting of graziers decided to form a company, with a nominal capital of ...

    Article : 80 words
  37. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The total amount applied for yesterday in tenders for £45,000,000 in British Treasury bills was £61,155,000. The average rate per cent. for bills at three months was 10/9,95 ...

    Article : 402 words
  38. NORTHERN TRAIN SERVICE.

    At a meeting of the Severn Shire Council, the following motion was carried unanimously:—"That this council urges the Railway Commissioners to improve the northern ...

    Article : 66 words
  39. CANBERRA NEWS.

    The annual Communion breakfast of the Canberra branch of the Church of England Men's Society was held in the Church of England Hall, Braddon, this morning. Mr. ...

    Article : 304 words
  40. AGED MAN MISSING.

    A former resident of Albury, Duncan McDonald, who was at one time part-owner of the Albury "Daily News," and later owner of a Myrtleford paper, is reported to be ...

    Article : 91 words
  41. ITALY OBSERVING DAY OF IGNOMINY.

    "'Sanctions Day' (November 18) shall be regarded throughout Italy as a day of ignominy and iniquity in the history of the world." This is among the declarations of the Fascist Grand ...

    Article : 720 words
  42. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 285 words
  43. SCHOOL PUPILS' EXHIBITION.

    An exhibition of work by pupils from more than 100 schools in the Cooma-Bega inspectorate, comprising more than 30,000 exhibits, was opened, in the Cooma Public School, by ...

    Article : 82 words
  44. NEWCASTLE NEWS.

    Charles Muller, 79, of Dent-street, Islington, collapsed and died in Islington Park to-day. The old man had been in the habit of spending a lot of his time sitting in the sun in the ...

    Article : 147 words
  45. CASUALTIES.

    Kenneth Dear, 37, of William-street, Darlinghurst, was critically injured, when he was struck by a trolly bus in William-street, near Bourke-street, on Saturday night. He was ...

    Article : 196 words
  46. GIRL WOUNDED BY BULLET.

    Sylvia Gallagher, 16, a domestic, was dusting a rifle at the boarding house of Mrs. Neale Pearce, in William-street, when a piece of rag caught in the trigger. The rifle exploded and ...

    Article : 65 words
  47. MEAT STOLEN.

    Thieves stole from the slaughter yards of Mr. M. I. Gardiner, Sedgefield-road, a considerable quantity of meat, which they hacked from carcases in an unlocked room. ...

    Article : 38 words
  48. MOTHER ACCUSED.

    Fay Therese Phillips, married woman, was charged at the Bathurst Police Court, yesterday, with an attempt to poison her 22 months' old daughter, with intent to injure. On the ...

    Article : 47 words
  49. WOMAN'S 224 DESCENDANTS.

    Mrs. Ann Brazier, widow of the late John Brazier, of Avonbrook, Aberfoyle, has died in her 90th year. She was born at Port Macquarie, and came to this district as a girl with ...

    Article : 93 words
  50. LIDCOMBE BATHS.

    After finally deciding that preference to returned soldiers ordinances tied their hands, aldermen of Lidcombe Municipal Council have decided to call for applications for the ...

    Article : 37 words
  51. FIRE DESTROYS HOUSE.

    A house owned by Mr. John Stusack, of Wyong, was destroyed by fire at Tuggerah on Friday night. The occupants were asleep when the alarm was given. They escaped ...

    Article : 48 words
  52. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

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

    Article : 4 words
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