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  2. LEAGUE COUNCIL MEETING

    It is understood that, at a meeting of the Federal Cabinet in Canberra yesterday, concern was expressed lest the League Council, which meets next Wednesday, should decide to impose sanctions upon Italy in the event of her becoming an aggressor against Abyssinia. ...

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  3. NEW INDUSTRY.

    The Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Ltd., is about to embark on a tremendous scheme of expansion, involving the extension and improvement of ironstone properties, collieries, ...

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  4. DUKE OF GLOUCESTER.

    The engagement was announced last night of the Duke of Gloucester, the King's third son, to Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott, third daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch. Lady Alice Scott's eldest brother, the Earl of Dalkeith, is a schoolboy ...

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  5. INSURANCE.

    It was officially announced in Federal Ministerial circles in Sydney yesterday that the draft plan for a system of national insurance against unemployment and sickness has ...

    Article : 209 words
  6. CITY TRAMS.

    Five passengers and a driver were injured yesterday evening when tram collisions occurred at Moore Park and in Pitt-strett, city, near Eddy-avenue. ...

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  7. TAXI-MEN TERRORISED.

    The stabbing of Stanley Brown, 46, a taxidriver, at Alexandria, on Thursday night, is said by owners of taxi-cabs to have been only one of a series of attacks on drivers that ...

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  8. BRITAIN AND FRANCE.

    Official circles note a closer understanding between the British and French Governments in regard to the Italo-Abyssinian dispute, and attach significance to the fact that M. Herriot ...

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  9. NATIVE PAPUANS.

    One of the strong points made by Mr. Jack Hides, assistant resident magistrate of the Papuan Administration, in an address at the Institute of Journalists' luncheon at Farmer's ...

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  10. ANCIENT TITLE.

    The Buccleuch family is one of the most ancient and distinguished Scottish ducal houses, tracing its descent from Sir Richard le Scott (1249-1285), who was a famous figure ...

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  11. LOVER OF HORSES.

    Lady Alice Scott was born in 1901, and is at present with her family at Bowhill (Selkirk), her father's Scottish seat. She is a sportswoman and a lover of horses. There were ...

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  12. VICTOR HUGO.

    Speaking at a reception ananged by the Consul-General for France (M. Meyer) and Mme. Meyer at Elizabeth Bay House yesterday, the Premier (Mr. Stevens) said that, ...

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  13. LIGHT RAIN.

    Although light scattered rain fell generally over the State yesterday, the falls, although timely, will relieve conditions only temporarily, and to be of any real benefit further ...

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  14. FEDERAL CABINET.

    The High Commissioner (Mr. Bruce) is to be instructed by the Federal Government to use every endeavour to avert conflict between Italy and Abyssinia when he attends ...

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  15. AUSTRALIAN FAMILIES.

    Through the marriage in 1883 of the late Admiral Lord Charles Scott, fourth son of the fifth Duke of Buccleuch, to Ada Mary, daughter of the late Charles Ryan, of Derriweit ...

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  16. CITY PROPERTIES

    Sales of large city properties announced yesterday totalled £107,000—the largest for a considerable time—and negotiations are proceeding for the sale of several other large ...

    Article : 305 words
  17. STRONG CRITICISM.

    Strong criticism was made by Mr. F. Clewlow, the principal adjudicator in the elocutionary sections, in two of the events at the City of Sydney Eisteddfod yesterday, and his ...

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  18. WAVE LENGTHS.

    There will be no ceremony associated with the changes of broadcasting wave lengths which will be made to-morrow. For some weeks the stations affected by the ...

    Article : 143 words
  19. FIFTY YEARS' WORK.

    One of the most picturesque personalities of the Australian Board of Missions, the Rev. Canon S. Tomlinson, who, with his wife, has worked for nearly fifty years for his Church ...

    Article : 350 words
  20. MESSAGE TO KING.

    The following message was despatched to the King to-day by the Governor-General (Sir Isaac Isaacs):— "The announcement of the betrothal of his ...

    Article : 90 words
  21. COUPON SYSTEM.

    Organisations of business men are combining forces in an attempt to have the coupon system of trading abolished. In a letter to the Casino Chamber of ...

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  22. A FEARLESS RIDER.

    Mr. John Paton, of Newland-street, Bondi Junction, who knew Lady Alice Scott during a period of 15 years, said that she had a genuine love of outdoor life. From girlhood ...

    Article : 153 words
  23. SALE OF POISONS.

    "Statements made by Mr. B. S. Berry, a member of the Pharmacy Board in an address to the National Council of Women, regarding the control and sale of poisons in New South ...

    Article : 320 words
  24. LOTTERY PRIZES.

    The principal prizes in the 288th State lottery were drawn at the Australian Hall yesterday morning by Mr. B. Horrigan. First prize was won by T. F. Birrell, 20 ...

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  25. MRS. R. G. CASEY'S IMPRESSIONS.

    While abroad, Mrs. R. G. Casey, wife of the Assistant Federal Treasurer, has frequently met Lady Alice Scott. Mrs. Casey said to-night that she was one of the most charming young ...

    Article : 64 words
  26. CIVIL WAR PLAN.

    Justification for the British, American, and other protests against Communist propaganda is found in a resolution of the Comintern Congress, published in the Moscow ...

    Article : 184 words
  27. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of gold to-day was £7 an ounce fine, showing no change from yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted ...

    Article : 336 words
  28. SLEEPERS ON LINE.

    An attempt was made last night to wreck the north coast mail train about three miles from Murwillumbah. The train struck sleepers which had been placed on the line, but it did ...

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  29. PAPUAN YOUTHS.

    Seventeen Papuan youths, of ages ranging from 15 to 24 years, arrived in Sydney yesterday morning by the Macdhui to complete a course at Sydney University as certified ...

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  30. KIPPAX

    Alan Kippax, the international cricketer, said yesterday that he had decided to decline the invitation from the Maharaja of Patiala to visit India as his guest. ...

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  31. ENGLAND'S SOLIDITY.

    Mr. Frank Neil, who has returned from a trip abroad in the interests of the Tivoli circuit of theatres, of which he is managing director, states that what impressed him most ...

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  32. BIGAMY CHARGE.

    Twenty-four years ago a warrant was issued for the arrest of John Joseph Maloney on a charge of bigamy, but it was not served. It was not until yesterday, when Maloney was ...

    Article : 138 words
  33. MR. DUNNINGHAM.

    The Minister for Labour (Mr. Dunningham), who is abroad, in a letter to the Government, said he had visited the Imperial Chemical Hydrogenation Works, which cost ...

    Article : 118 words
  34. RAILWAYS.

    The Railway Department has decided to launch a campaign against smoking in railway carriages not set aside for the purpose. The staff has been instructed to take the ...

    Article : 63 words
  35. INTERNATIONAL CHESS.

    At the end of the 17th round of the international chess tournament, the United States had scored 46 points, Poland 45 points, and Sweden 44½ points. The British Empire ...

    Article : 89 words
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