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  2. SHARK.

    Ernest McDonald, 27, machinist, of Maroubra Bay-road, Maroubra, was ferociously attacked and fatally mauled by a huge shark while he was surfing ...

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  3. GOVERNMENT ACTION

    Before submitting any recommendations to the Cabinet to minimise the menace of shark attacks on the surfing beaches, the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Spooner) ...

    Article : 300 words
  4. CANBERRA HOTELS.

    If the Federal Government carries out its recently announced intention of leasing to private enterprise the largest hotel in Canberra, the Hotel Canberra, it will be relieved ...

    Article : 661 words
  5. UNITED FRONT.

    The Premier (Mr. Stevens), speaking at Burwood on Saturday afternoon, said that during the next State election, the United Australia party and the United Country party would go ...

    Article : 372 words
  6. BUSH FIRES

    About 15,000 acres of rich farm land in the Mt. Gambier district were swept yesterday afternoon by one of the most destructive fires on record. ...

    Article : 618 words
  7. PEACE IN EUROPE.

    Speaking at Kenilworth last night, the Lord Privy Seal (Mr. R. A. Eden) referred to the fact that he had been asked to represent his Majesty's Government on a visit to Moscow ...

    Article : 279 words
  8. THE BALKANS.

    Official statements made by the representatives of various Governments disclaiming aggressive intentions have cased the international ...

    Article : 906 words
  9. STRIKESN IN CUBA.

    Employees of the Cuban Department of State have stopped work, leaving only two Government departments operating fully. President Mendicta's Administration has taken ...

    Article : 113 words
  10. FRENZIED EX-CONVICT

    Eight persons, four of whom died, were injured when an ex-convict named Venkanna ran amuck with a knife and terrorised the village of Tadepalligudem in the West ...

    Article : 270 words
  11. KING'S SONS

    The "Sunday Express" says: "The dominion Primo Ministers coming to London will ask the King to appoint his sons ns GovernorsGeneral. Australia wants the Duke and ...

    Article : 110 words
  12. CITY MYSTERY.

    The victim of a mob assault at Redfern on Saturday night showed a marked disinclination to being interviewed by police. He evaded them once by walking out of a hospital ward, ...

    Article : 485 words
  13. BROMWICH.

    John Bromwich has established an Australian record in winning the South Australian singles championship at the age of 16 years. It is the first time a State singles ...

    Article : 446 words
  14. LOWER RATES.

    The chairman of Imperial Airways, Ltd. (Sir Eric Geddes), addressing the Press Club, said that the assistance of the Post Office and the Air Ministry would enable air mails to be ...

    Article : 457 words
  15. WOOL MARKETING.

    The president (Mr. Herbert Haigh), at the annual dinner of the British Wool Federation, at Bradford, said that the Australian selling authorities had exercised a wise discretion ...

    Article : 181 words
  16. THE PRIMATE

    Bishops from all the States of Australia, Melanesia, and New Guinea will assemble in Sydney to-day for the election of the Primate of the Church of England in Australia ...

    Article : 501 words
  17. TEST OF MUSIC.

    "Jazz syncopation is as crooked as the unsteady step of an inebriate," said Dr. Edgar L. Bainton, in an address broadcast from Station 2FC last night. "Genuine musicians use ...

    Article : 260 words
  18. WHEAT.

    The Australian Press Association learns that, although the conversations by the four wheat exporting countries have not been completed, there is little hope of a successful outcome, ...

    Article : 74 words
  19. FOREST WORKERS

    Lionel Roache, 23, of Duke-street, Grafton, was crippled in the forest, 40 miles from Grafton, and was carried miles throughout rough bush country at night to the ambulance. He ...

    Article : 322 words
  20. SAMPANS SIGHTED

    Reports from North Queensland indicate that Japanese sampans are again operating on pearl shell beds. Captain Tanu, of the lugger Waikad, who reported the presence of a ...

    Article : 201 words
  21. JEWS IMPRISONED

    The correspondent of the British United Press in Berlin says: "Scores of male and female Jews, who had emigrated since the Hitler regime, and who have been forced to ...

    Article : 115 words
  22. INTERNATIONAL RUGBY.

    Ireland scored a great Rugby Union victory over Wales at Belfast, by nine points to three, with two penalty goals and a try against one penalty goal. Ireland had to play a man ...

    Article : 85 words
  23. REFUSAL TO STRIKE.

    The delegate board of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association, at a meeting here yesterday, upheld the refusal of the general secretary to accede to the request of the ...

    Article : 247 words
  24. LOST AVIATORS

    Lady Young, who, with Dr. Kirby, made a forced landing while flying from Livingstone to Luseka, attributes the misdirection of her flight to a faulty compass. With the petrol ...

    Article : 103 words
  25. INDIAN REFORM.

    The Maharaja of Patiala, the Maharaja of B[?]kaner, and the Nawab of Bhopal have submitted to the Viceroy (Lord Willingdon) a long memorandum on the Federation proposals in ...

    Article : 118 words
  26. THIEVES CLIMB.

    Thieves entered a factory in Parramattaroad, Glebe, early on Saturday morning, by climbing on to the roof, removing part of the roofing material, and then lowering themselves ...

    Article : 206 words
  27. STERLING EXCHANGE.

    The Financial Editor of the "Observer" says' "The exchange value of the pound has improved, and it appears that the sudden panic which caused foreign holders of balances in ...

    Article : 201 words
  28. WOMAN KILLED.

    Mrs. Gladys James, 43, of St. Kilda, was fatally injured when she was struck by a motor car while she was crossing High-street, St. Kilda, late on Saturday night. ...

    Article : 187 words
  29. DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.

    The body of Norman O'Neill, 48, dealer, and drover, was found with three bullet wounds in the head and neck in a small weatherboard house at St. Albans early this morning. ...

    Article : 246 words
  30. EPSTEIN STATUE

    The "Catholic Herald," commenting on Epstein's statue of Christ, states: "It is painful to look' at, this sculpture, in which one can only see a distorted reminiscence and ...

    Article : 71 words
  31. PRESS DELEGATES.

    Since leaving Johannesburg the Empire Press Conference delegates have visited the Bloemfontein, Westminster, and Ladysmith battlefields, and Pletermaritzburg, where the ...

    Article : 214 words
  32. STATE BOWLER.

    Although affected by weakness, the State slow bowler, H. Chilvers, plucklly went to the assistance of his team. Northern District, in the match against Western Suburbs at ...

    Article : 163 words
  33. PARACHUTIST'S DEATH

    An official inquiry indicates that the death of John Tranum, the famous parachutist, wire walker, and crazy flier, who died while attempting a record jump from an aeroplane, was ...

    Article : 119 words
  34. SAHARA LIGHTHOUSE

    The [?] Sahara lighthouse, erected to guide aeroplanes, is operating in the middle the waterless Tanezrouft region, or Land of Fear. It consists of a wheelless railway ...

    Article : 89 words
  35. THREE RACEHORSES.

    Three young thoroughbred racehorses, valued at about £ 1000, were burned to death last night when the stables of Cuthbert Morse, trainer, at Takanini, 17 miles from Auckland, were ...

    Article : 65 words
  36. BRISBANE EXPRESS.

    A special board of railway officers is inquiring into the cause of the derailment of a tender of the Brisbane express between Grafton and Rappville. No one was injured, and no ...

    Article : 67 words
  37. SHARKS AT BEACHES.

    Yesterday numerous sharks were seen in the surf at Newport, and the aerial patrol repeatedly dropped warnings. The surf boat was manned by membeis of the club, and ...

    Article : 135 words
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