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  2. PERRY BEATEN

    More than 14,000 people to-day witnessed the biggest surprise of the lawn tennis year, when Wilmer Allison, who was last year ranked as the United States No. 1 player, defeated ...

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  3. MOTION PICTURES.

    Sir Victor Wilson, the president of the Motion Picture Distributors' Association, yesterday gave some interesting figures covering the operations of eight American film-producing ...

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  4. PROPOSED ALTERATIONS IN MACQUARIE-STREET.

    The principal feature of the Macquarie-street rebuilding programme, recommended by the expert committee, as detailed in the "Herald" yesterday, is an eight-storied Law Courts building facing Martin-place. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. MACQUARIE-STREET.

    One effect of the report of the special committee regarding the replanning of Macquarie-street is that the City Council will be at liberty to offer, at an early date, for sale ...

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  6. MAN'S ARREST.

    An inquiry was commenced at Newtown Court yesterday by Mr. A. Gates, former C.S.M., who was acting on commission, into the arrest of John Walters, 70, old-age ...

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  7. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The Casino Council has approved plans for a returned soldiers' club, to be erected at a cost of £1200. The building, which will contain a hall with a stage, a lounge a supper ...

    Article : 102 words
  8. FONDS NEEDED FOR RELIEF WORKS.

    "Unless the Government makes up its mind very quickly, the whole of the relief works scheme in the town will have to be stopped said the town clerk (Mr. J. W. Everyburns) ...

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  9. BACK TO DUBBO WEEK.

    The Governor (Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven) has advised the Back to Dubbo Week executive that he and Lady Hore-Ruthven regret being unable to attend Dubbo s week ...

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  10. THE DANUBE.

    All Central Europe is to-day asking itself one fateful question—will Herr Hitler launch his long-delayed offensive to make Austria a Nazi province when Signor Mussolini, chief ...

    Article : 391 words
  11. TERRIFIC IMPACT.

    A tram travelling from Fivedock to Circular Quay was derailed at the intersection of George and Liverpool streets, city, early this morning, when a collision occurred with a motor car. ...

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  12. THE NEW SYDNEY.

    The warship Sydney, a new unit of the Royal Australian Navy, which has been built at Newcastle-on-Tyne, will reach Sydney about Christmas. The date of her arrival has been ...

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  13. WORLD NUTRITION.

    At the League of Nations Assembly, at Geneva, the Australian High Commissioner (Mr. Bruce) expounded the reasons actuating Australia's initiative in the movement to ...

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  14. SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT

    At the Gulargambone Police Court, Hilton James Farlow, alias H. J. Thompson allas H. J. Cooper, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for obtaining money under false ...

    Article : 78 words
  15. MAN POISONED

    A finding that Edward Charles Webb. 43. of Meander, died on July 11 from poison which was administered by some person other than the deceased, but that theie was not sufficient ...

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  16. AGED MAN FOUND DEAD.

    Edward Ernest Diebert, an aged man, was found dead in a shed adjoining a blacksmith's shop at Wantabadgery. A packet of sheepdip, recently opened, was found near the body. ...

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  17. CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES.

    The Main Roads Department has completed by contract the erection of a bridge over the Romiaka Channel crossing to Yamba. It is understood that the department will call ...

    Article : 95 words
  18. FLYING CIRCUS.

    An "air circus," headed by Mr. J. C. Carpenter, will visit Forbes on September 22. Aerobatics, parachute jumping, balloon "strafing," and an aerial derby will be included ...

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  19. UPROAR.

    After one of the stormiest debates which have occurred for several years, the Trades Hall Council decided to-night, by 94 votes to 46, that the Victorian Council Against War ...

    Article : 190 words
  20. WAVERLEY CRICKET CLUB.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 137 words
  21. BAPTIST UNION.

    The Baptist Union yesterday considered the report of a special commission, which investigated the condition of the churches within the union, together with the policy and work of ...

    Article : 549 words
  22. VETERAN COACH PROPRIETOR.

    The death has occurred of one of the best-known residents of the Hunter and Paterson valleys, Mr. George Duggan, 80. He was born in the district, and, at an early age, began ...

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  23. MR. LANSBURY.

    The "News-Chronicle" says: "All sections of Labour expect Mr. George Lansbury to resign the leadership of the Parliamentary Labour party before the Labour conference at Brighton ...

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  24. HOUSE OF JULIET

    Proposals which have been under discussion for some time in Verona to create a Shakespearean museum in the house of Juliet in the Via del Cappello are now nearlng completion. ...

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  25. RAILWAY AMBULANCE COMPETITION.

    witn a margin of seven points, Valley Heights team were this afternoon awarded the McLeod Cup for the best railway ambulance corps in the western division of the State. ...

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  26. GOLD MEDAL FOR BRAVERY.

    MR. W. J. C. WRIGHT. Mr. Wright has been awarded the gold medal of the Royal Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society of New South Wales for his ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  27. COUNTRY TRADERS.

    The annual conference of the Country Traders' Association, which opened on Tuesday and concluded yesterday, discussed "free-gift" schemes and coupons associated with ...

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  28. MOTOR LORRY FATALITY.

    The District, Coroner returned a finding of accidental death at the inquest on Hugh Francis Allen, 22, driver, of Mangrove Mountain. ...

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  29. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment is announced to-day. Details appear on page 20, column 6. ...

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  30. BRITISH EXPEDITION.

    It is officially announced that the Government of India is sending an expedition to Mohmand territory in the North-west Frontier. Its scope is strictly limited to the prevention of ...

    Article : 56 words
  31. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 257 words
  32. HOLDENS PROFITS.

    A denial that General Motors-Holden's, Ltd., used its body-building section to cover up the profits of the distributing section was given in evidence by representatives of the company ...

    Article : 288 words
  33. COUNCIL DECLINES TO SELL ELECTRIC PLANT.

    The Woy Woy Shire Council yesterday rejected a proposal to consider selling the council's electric light plant as a means of railing funds. ...

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  34. WORLD WHEAT.

    The City correspondent of "The Times" attributes the sharp rises in wheat prices to substantial buying of Australian descriptions, in view of the uncertainty of international ...

    Article : 54 words
  35. CHILD SCALDED.

    Mavis Ferry, 3, of Woolomin, pulled a teapot of newly-made tea over herself and was severely scalded about the back and shoulders. She was admitted to hospital. ...

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  36. EX-ALDERMAN'S PROPOSAL REJECTED.

    Alderman McIntyre resigned from the council in order that he might lend it £500 to make streets connecting Ross Hill with a subdivision he is making. At a subsequent ...

    Article : 48 words
  37. TECHNICAL TRAINING.

    At the annual presentation of prizes and certificates to successful students of the mechanical engineering branch of the Technical College last night, several speakers ...

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  38. MOVE TO REWARD RESCUERS.

    In recording a finding of accidental death by drowning in regard to John Hutchinson, an agent, of Glen Innes, while surfing at Yamba on September 6, the Coroner said that the case ...

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  39. SEA LION

    The sea lion which came ashore on Maroubra beach on Wednesday was still on the beach yesterday, lying just below high water level. It is being given a chance to return ...

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  40. ARTIFICIAL RUBBER.

    Herr. Hitler, at the Nazi Congress, announced that as the problem of the production of artificial rubber was considered to be finally solved, Germany would immediately begin the ...

    Article : 43 words
  41. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 270 words
  42. AIR MAIL.

    The Deputy Director of Posts and Telegraphs (Mr. J. S. Duncan) said yesterday that the daily air mall service between Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, and Hobart, ...

    Article : 299 words
  43. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Gold to-day was quoted at £7/0/11 an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/94 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted to-day ...

    Article : 388 words
  44. SUNDAY SWIMMING.

    The Maclean Municipal Council some time ago refused a request for the playing of Sunday football on Maclean Jubilee Park. When the council was considering the question of ...

    Article : 63 words
  45. DRIVER INJURED.

    Another express train driver was showered with broken glass to-day by the shattering of the lookout window of the driver's cabin. Driver H. Jenner, of Goulburn, suffered ...

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  46. SPEEDIER TRAINS

    The railway service to the west is to be further accelerated. It is stated that fast 36 class locomotives were put through exhaustive tests over the Blue Mountains grades recently, ...

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  47. NAVIGATION OF TWEED RIVER.

    It is more than four months since any steamer has been able to enter the Tweed River. A public meeting is to be called to discuss the problem. Local bodies have urged ...

    Article : 126 words
  48. MAN KILLED BY CAR.

    Edward Nelson Dalziel, 28, of French-street, Kogarah, who was knocked down by a car in Princes Highway, Kogarah, on Wednesday night, died in the St. George Hospital ...

    Article : 107 words
  49. FARMERS' DEBTS.

    By 19 votes to 9, the Legislative Council agreed last night to a vital amendment to the Farmers' Debts Adjustment Bill. The amendment provides that a farmer may ...

    Article : 134 words
  50. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 263 words
  51. SHIRE BANS HOARDINGS.

    The Mitchell Shire has prohibited the disfigurement of the countryside by advertising hoardings on private properties facing roads. ...

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  52. ANGLICAN SYNOD.

    When the third ordinary session of the 23rd Synod of the Sydney Diocese is held on Monday week, the motions discussed will include one from Mr. R. M. Pontey for the abolition of ...

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  53. MAN ROBS GIRL.

    Soon after the North Coast mail train pulled into Casino station this morning, a min, said to be about 40 years of age, snatched a £1 note from a girl's hand, and, running along ...

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  54. PIONEER FARMER.

    Michael Flinn. 90, died yesterday morning in Lewisham Hospital. He was born at Kilmore (Vic), and came with his brothers to Holbrook district in 1886. He was one of the first ...

    Article : 72 words
  55. SCIENCE AND FARMING.

    Mr. Ralph Maynard, a member of a Government committee which inquired into land settlement, said, in an address to the North Sydney Rotary Club yesterday, that new types ...

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  56. POLICE SERGEANT'S RETIREMENT.

    Sergeant Albert H. Taylor, of Liverpool, who recently retired from the Police Department owing to ill-health, was entertained by officers and police of No. 18 Division at. Parramatta ...

    Article : 77 words
  57. THE UNIONS.

    Two former officials of the Seamen's Union received presentations of gold watches at the Shipping Master's Office yesterday. When the business for the day had concluded, Mr. ...

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  58. DEATH OF CENTENARIAN.

    Mrs. Mary McGill, widow of Mr. Andrew McGill, who was a prominent cattle breeder 50 years ago, died at Ashfield yesterday in her 50 years ago, died at Ashfield yesterday in her ...

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  59. GOLFER'S RECORD.

    W. Lawson Little increased his record of consecutive victories in tournament play to 27 to-day, when he entered the final 16 in the United States national amateur ...

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  60. TRADE DELEGATE FOR INDIA.

    Mr. John Thomson, general manager of Westralian Farmers, Ltd., has been selected as representative of primary producers on the Commonwealth trade delegation which will ...

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  61. CRUISE OF THE PUP.

    Gordon J. Doherty, the Sydney yachtsman, who is making a 4000-mile ocean cruise in his 16ft motor boat. The Pup, left Port Cygnet to-day for Southport. He is on his way ...

    Article : 40 words
  62. WIRELESS RECEPTION.

    Wireless listeners complain that the r[?] tion from A class stations is worse than before the change in wave lengths. It in stated that the stations appear to be "too close" and ...

    Article : 42 words
  63. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

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

    Article : 21 words
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