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  2. GAS ATTACKS.

    Precautionary measures in the event of a gas attack on Sydney are being prepared by the St. John Ambulance Association. The chairman (Dr. Herrick Knowles) has asked the ...

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  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The Albury Chamber of Commerce interviewed Police Superintendent Woods in regard to the ban imposed upon angle car-parking in Albury. A reply was received that ...

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  4. HEAVY RAIN

    Heavy, soaking rain fell in Sydney until about midday yesterday, but the disturbance which caused the downpour did not bring relief to the patched areas of the State. The ...

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  5. AERIAL SURVEY.

    I went to Mascot Aerodrome yesterday to adjust the compasses of both the aircraft, but it was impossible to do anything, Pouring rain made the aerodrome more like a lake than ...

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  6. UNITED STATES.

    Senator Huey Long concluded an extremely long speech in the Senale to-day against. President Roosevelt's resolution for a "stop-gap" National Recovery Act. ...

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  7. MR. LYONS.

    The banquet of the British Wool Federation, which Mr. Lyons attended at Bradford last night, was the biggest of his tour. It included a majority of the most important men in ...

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  8. COUNSEL'S APPLICATION.

    On the resumption of the inquiry, Mr. Evatt asked that the various statements which, he said, had been transmitted to the Coroner, should be made available to Brady's ...

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  9. COLLISION AT FUNERAL.

    While cars were getting into line for a funeral cortege a bicycle and a car camp into collision in Church-street. A youth, James Jenkins, had his collarbone fractured. ...

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  10. SAFE BLOWN IN SHOP.

    J. H. Moore's furniture shop was broken into on Wednesday night. The safe was removed to a small room in another portion of the shop, bedding was packed around it, and ...

    Article : 63 words
  11. INVERELL WATER SUPPLY.

    At a special meeting of the municipal council it was decided to accept the Works Department's recommendation for a new water supply, provided the suggestion in the report ...

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  12. SOUTH AFRICANS.

    Rain having prevented play yesterday, the match between the South African cricketers and the Club Cricket Conference was reduced to a one-day game, and was won by the South ...

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  13. BABY HEALTH CENTRE.

    Lismore branch of the Country Women's Association now has £400 to[?]ds the cost of a new baby health centre and has resolved to apply for a grant from the Federal jubilee fund. ...

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  14. ELECTRIC LIGHT CHARGES REDUCED.

    At the monthly meeting of the municipal council, a proposal that electric light charges be reduccd from 1/ to /9 per unit was considered. The Mayor pointed out that the ...

    Article : 71 words
  15. PROTESTS AGAINST REMOVAL OF POLICE.

    At a large public meeting on Wednesday night it was decided to form a Whitton Police District Residents' Association. The proposed closing of the Whitton Police Station was ...

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  16. ITALIAN ARMY.

    It is expected that a communique will be issued to-morrow ordering the mobilisation of two more Black Shirt, divisions, meaning that another 25,000 men will be under arms. ...

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  17. A BROADCAST.

    In a broadcast from Station 2BL last night Commander Bennett said that by the time the third Mackay expedition had finished its work, 560,000 square miles of territory which ...

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  18. DUKE OF KENT

    The Duke of Kent, accompanied by Lord Ashfield, chairman of the London Passenger Transport Board, drove an ordinary tube train crowded with passengers. When the ...

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  19. FEDERAL LOAN.

    With a view to indicating the value of the taxation privileges offered to investors in the £12,500,000 Commonwealth loan, now open for subscription, the Acting Federal Treasurer ...

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  20. SWIMMING BATHS PROPOSAL.

    At the conclusion of a lengthy discussion by the Kempsey Municipal Council it was decided to proceed with the construction of public swimming baths at a cost not to exceed £9000. ...

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  21. PUBLIC ROAD ANOMALY.

    A letter from the Lands Department informed the shire council that it had been discovered that the Jerry's Plains road, which has been in use as a public road for 60 years, had ...

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  22. MARKET FISH.

    The Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. S. A. Maddocks) said yesterday that, having investigated the transport facilities available for bringing fish to market from Port Kembla, ...

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  23. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of, gold to-day was £7/0/8 an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/10 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted to-day ...

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  24. COUNCIL'S PROTEST.

    The Casino Council decided to protest at the delay of the Unemployment Relief Council in making funds available out of the grant under which works were being carried out. The town ...

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  25. LADY HOUSTON.

    Lady Houston has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Neville Chamberlain) regarding her offer of £200,000 for the air defence of London. Mr. Chamberlain had ...

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  26. CRICKET TOUR.

    The Austialian Board of Cricket Control has granted permission, subject to certain conditions, for Mr. F. A. Tarrant to take a team of Australian cricketers to India. The ...

    Article : 124 words
  27. INDEX.

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  28. DROVER FATALLY BURNED.

    Jack Higgins, 66 years, a drover, residing with his son at Toobeah, while striking a match in bed last night, accidentally set fire to the bedclothes and suffered burns from ...

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  29. KILLED BY FALLING TREE.

    Donald Hayward, 21, was clearing timber on Mr. Christopherson's property at Lewis Ponds, when a tree fell on him, killing him instantly. His skull was crushed and his left leg fractured. ...

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  30. GOLD NEAR ARLTUNGA

    The Minister in charge of Development (Senator McLachlan) said to-day that the geological survey of North Australia now being under taken by the Federal, Western ...

    Article : 114 words
  31. SOVIET'S ACTION.

    The Moscow correspondent of the "Daily Express" says: "The Soviet is waging war against wandering singers, blind fortune tellers, and parrots, as being centres of ...

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  32. NEW BRIDGE SOUGHT.

    A letter was received by the shire council from the Woodlands Progress Association suggesting that a temporary low-level bridge should be constructed across the river at ...

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  33. THE GOVERNOR

    The Governor and Lady Hore-Ruthven paid an informal visit to Nobbys unemployed camp, before leaving Newcastle for Sydney this afternoon. They spent almost three-quarters of ...

    Article : 160 words
  34. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  35. AMBULANCE MEN'S CLIMB.

    Tweed District Ambulance officers climbed 1500 feet to the summit of Mt. Nullum to the aid of a timber-feller, S. Adlington, an employee of the M[?]. Nullum Sawmilling Co., who ...

    Article : 81 words
  36. JUBILEE FUND.

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  37. FILM SCREENED

    Details of an interesting experiment which is being made in British film studios were given by Mr. J. V. Bull, of Sydney, who arrived in Melbourne by the liner Hobsons Bay to-day ...

    Article : 165 words
  38. SHIPPING FARES.

    The P. and O. the Orient, the Aberdeen-Commonwealth, and the White Star and Aberdeen lines are extending round-voyage tickets to ships carrying tourist one-class and ...

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  39. BAN ON CYCLE ROAD BACKS.

    As cycle road racing has been engaged in for many years, the Albury Cycling Club was surprised to receive an intimation from the police that it would not be permitted in ...

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  40. FOOTBALLERS' FEAT.

    Cullen Bullen Rugby League footballers put up a remarkable performance by playing two matches, each of 90 minutes' duration in the one afternoon. They won both games. ...

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  41. THREE GENERATIONS OF MINISTERS.

    The Bishop Coadjutor of Bathurst (Right Rev. A. L. Wylde) will ordain the Rev. J. C. M. Crotty at St. John's Church of England, Forbes, next Tuesday morning. The Rev. J. ...

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  42. TO-DAY.

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  43. SPINSTER'S SUICIDE.

    The Coroner (Mr. G. S. Whiteman) returncd a finding of suicide at the inquest to-day into the death of Catharine Anne Harris, 44. In seeking a motive for the act, the ...

    Article : 134 words
  44. CAR CAPSIZES.

    A sedan car, driven by Miss Meg Campbell daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Campbell, of Ellerslie, Adelong, got out of control betveen Adelong and Mount Adrah, and capsized into ...

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  45. BRILLIANT SCENE.

    The Prince of Wales, in the absence of his Majesty, escorted the Queen, who wore a gown of exquisite pink lace and glittering diamante embroidery, with a tiara of diamonds, and the ...

    Article : 164 words
  46. CHILD BURNT.

    Maxwell Williams 5, was severely burnt when he lit a match and caused an explosion at his home in Park-street, Erskineville, last night. ...

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  47. CASUALTIES.

    Miss Jean Strachan, 22, of Edgehill-road, Botany, was knocked down by a motor car in Botany-road, Botany, last night, the driver failing to see her in the heavy rain which ...

    Article : 231 words
  48. BOY'S THIGH BROKEN.

    Fredeiick Williams, 12, of Coff's Harbour Jetty, collided with a motor lorry while riding a bicycle in High-street. Coff's Harbour, and suffered a fractured thigh and abrasions. He ...

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  49. WOMAN AND BABY

    Cliffoid Smiles, driver, of West Footscray, found the bodies of his wife, Edna May Smiles, 24, and his daughter, Norma Elisabeth Smiles, four months, lying beside a gas oven, the jets ...

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  50. RIFLE CLUBS.

    There were 48,792 members of rifle clubs in Australia last year, and of these 91 per cent. fulfilled the conditions for efficiency. A report issued to-day states that the number ...

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  51. HORSEMAN INJURED.

    Whilst Lan[?] Simpson, of Emu Vale, was moving cattle, his horse clashed into wirenetting stretched across a gateway. Simpson had an arm fractured, the bone protruding ...

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  52. PORTRAIT OF JUDGE BACKHOUSE.

    The representative committee appointed for the purpose of presenting Judge Backhouse with his portrait, and a replica, both by Sir John Longstaff, for the University and the ...

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  53. DEATH OF DR. J. H. R. McCUTCHEON.

    The death occurred yesterday, at the age of 42 years, of Dr. John Henry Raymond McCutcheon, who practised for many years in Croydon. ...

    Article : 150 words
  54. FOOT CRUSHED IN TURNTABLE.

    William Pope, 23, had his foot badly crushed in the turntable at Dubbo locomotive yards when engaged in turning a locomotive, Dubbo Ambulance removed him to hospital. ...

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  55. MORRIS MOTORS.

    Lord Nuffield announces that, in order to further consolidate the interests of Morris Motors, he is acquiring the carmaking business of Wolseley Motors and M.G. Car ...

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  56. EXPLOSION IN POWER-HOUSE.

    About midnight, last night, an explosion occurred in the 120-h.p. crude-oil engine, which runs unattended at night, at the municipal power-house. One of the four cylinders was ...

    Article : 98 words
  57. JUBILEE CELEBRATION.

    Passengers on board the Jervis Bay, now at London, were very touched during the voyage from Australia when a message from the King was received in answer to one ...

    Article : 65 words
  58. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

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