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  2. HOSPITALS.

    The Hospitals Commission decided yesterday that persons who trade with hospitals, including storekeepers and chemists, and members of the medical profession, except in ...

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  3. HEAT WAVE.

    Many persons collapsed and one woman died in Sydney yesterday owing to the heat. The day was the hottest this summer. The ...

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  4. NEW STATES.

    The leader of the Federal Country party (Dr. Earle Page), commenting on the report of the Royal Commissioner on new States, said that the constitution of new Federal ...

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  5. EGYPTIAN POLITICS.

    Official circles here are becoming increasingly perturbed by the trend of political events in Egypt, where the outlook suggests a rapid drift towards a crisis owing to the aggressive ...

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  6. WATER BOARD.

    The Minister for Local Government (Mr. Weaver), in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, moved the second reading of a bill to provide for the ...

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  7. FRENCH OFFICIAL

    The Colonial Office, referring to the massacre in French territory by marauding tribesmen fiom Abyssinian border provinces, says: "M. Albert Bernard, aged 25, who was recently ...

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  8. MEAT IMPORTS.

    The conference between British and dominion representatives yesterday, although it proved abortive, served as a starting point for the collation of facts ...

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  9. AIR MAIL.

    Bringing about 600lb of air mail from overseas, the new D.H.86 'plane for Qantas Empire Airways, Ltd., arrived at Darwin at 4 p.m. to-day, with Captain A. B. H. Youell, Imperial ...

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  10. EXCITING FINISH.

    The return match between the M.C.C. team and Trinidad resulted in a draw after an exciting finish. The home team, on a raindamaged wicket, failed by 14 runs to obtain ...

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  11. INDIAN REFORM.

    The viceroy of India (Lord willingdon), when opening the session of the Chamber of Princes at New Delhi to-day, described as baseless allegations to the effect that he and ...

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  12. THE COURTS.

    The Minister for Justice (Mr. Martin), referring yesterday to the inadequacy of court accommodation, said that steps had been taken to alleviate the position until new buildings ...

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  13. REQUESTS TO MR. LYONS.

    At the annual meeting of the U.A.P. Younger Set, in St. Luke's Hall, Clovelly, the question of Australian oversea markets was discussed. It was decided to ask that the ...

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  14. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of gold to-day was £7/2/1½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/2/1 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted to-day ...

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  15. PROPOSED AREAS.

    The following subdivision of the Water Board's area is proposed in the bill:- No. 1 District.—Sydney, Paddington, Redfern, Alexandria, Waterloo, Darlington, ...

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  16. ATTEMPT TO MAKE UP LOST DAY.

    An attempt is to be made to make up the time so that the mail can be delivered in Sydney on Saturday morning. Advice received by the postal authorities ...

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  17. ANTI-NAZI KILLED.

    The police attempted to arrest Herr Paul Meyer, ex-Prefect of the Rhineland, on an old German warrant charging him with embezzlement, and when he resisted they shot ...

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  18. CANNED FRUITS.

    Statistics made available yesterday by the Minister for Commerce (Dr. Page) showed that Australia's exports of canned fruits last year were almost double those of 1933. ...

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  19. HUMAN BODY.

    An ingenious machine has been designed and built in the Melbourne University to determine the centre of gravity of the human body. Professor W. A. Osborne was responsible ...

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  20. RUPEE NOTES

    The "Daily Express" says: "It was recently discovered that £500,000 worth of rupee notes are circulating on the Continent. "Inquiry showed that these were salvaged ...

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  21. DELAY IN USING D.H.86 'PLANES.

    Aviation circles in London are puzzled at the delay in placing the D.H.86 mail 'planes in commission in Australia in view of the favourable verdict of the Air Ministry testers in ...

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  22. WATER PIPES.

    The State Government advised the Water Board yesterday that it had approved the tender of Mephan Ferguson and Co., Ltd., of Melbourne, for the supply of 72-inch steel pipes ...

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  23. MOURNED AS DEAD.

    Letters now en toute to New Zealand it is hoped, will fully restore the memory of Mr. Percy Roberts, whose mother, aged 80, has been mourning him as dead for 19 years. ...

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  24. CHINA AND JAPAN.

    Fears that another outbreak of hostilities between China and Japan was imminent have subsided as a result of the settlement of the dispute regarding the control of a strip of ...

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  25. ABORIGINES.

    Members of the Aborigines' League representing all the aborigines of Australia, requested, in a deputation to the Minister for the Interior (Mr. Paterson) to-day, urgent action ...

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  26. CATHEDRAL SITE.

    The scheme to transfer St. Andrew's Cathedral to another site has again been revived. Negotiations with the Ministry are to be resumed. ...

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  27. MR. PARKHILL'S REPLY.

    The Minister for Defence (Mr. Parkhill) said last night that apparently there was some misunderstanding in London on the matter of the D.H.86 'planes. There had not ...

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  28. RUNAWAY WHEEL.

    A woman and a girl were injured yesterday when a heavy wheel became detached from a motor waggon and rolled across the pavement in Oxford-street, Waverley. ...

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  29. LOW PRICE OF EGGS.

    The Agricultural Editor of the "Daily Telegraph" says: "Poultry keepers are becoming impatient at the present low prices of eggs. Lately they have received only 1/ a dozen, a ...

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  30. THE "FLYING FLEA."

    The aviation correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says: "A Frenchman named Mignet claims to have devised an aeroplane which can be marketed for £100. He calls it the 'Flying ...

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  31. ELECTRICITY SUPPLY.

    Councillor C. W. Fitzgerald, who was elected unopposed as chairman of the Clarence River County Council, said that a matter of far-reaching importance to the council was ...

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  32. PLASTERERS

    The secretary of the Plasterers' Union (Mr. G. Hudson) stated yesterday that there was at present a building boom in Johannesburg, and ten plasterers would leave Australia at ...

    Article : 129 words
  33. AUSTRALIAN STEEL.

    The motorship Speybank left Newcastle Harbour to-day with probably the most significant cargo despatched from Newcastle to an oversea country—8002 tons of steel billets ...

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  34. TONNAGE LEVY.

    The scheme drawn up by the International shipping conference in London is based on the principle of shipowners paying a levy upon tonnage engaged in the international cargo ...

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  35. STRIKE SETTLED.

    The strike of rubber workers at the Granville factory of the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. (Aust.), Ltd., was settled yesterday. The men will resume work to-day. ...

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  36. PROTECTION OF WHALES.

    Nineteen countries have ratified the convention for protecting whales, particularly the rarer species. The convention applies to all waters of the ...

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  37. WORKING WEEK.

    The five-day working week has already been adopted by some of the largest trading firms in England and may soon be applied throughout British industry. The Government has ...

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  38. OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

    After July 1 the maximum rate of old age pensions will automatically increase from 17/6 to 18/ a week, in accordance with the increased cost of living. The increased rate ...

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  39. SUNDAY SPORT.

    The question of allowing Sunday night carnivals in the town baths took an unexpected turn at the municipal council meeting, following the decision of the council to write ...

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  40. "A SIGNIFICANT STEP."

    "The ratification of this convention is a significant step towards international control of all fisheries in extraterritorial waters," said Mr. D. G. Stead yesterday. ...

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  41. ENGLISH CRICKETER.

    The Northampton cricketer, V. W. C. Jupp, was committed for trial to-day on a charge of manslaughter. Charles Barrett, aged 19, a motor cyclist, was ...

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  42. COLLIER MILORA

    Valuable bombing practice, with the collier Milora as a target, may be afforded the Ai[?] Force as a result of negotiations which are being conducted between the Defence ...

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  43. FRUIT ALLOWED TO ROT.

    A large quantity of choice fruit waa allowed to rot at the produce sales because growers refused to allow sales at less than 1/ a quarter case. ...

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  44. TRIAL OF HAUPTMANN.

    The trial of Bernard Richard Hauptmann on a charge of the murder of Colonel Lindbergh's baby was continued to-day, when the prosecution produced the ladder alleged to ...

    Article : 115 words
  45. CATHCART JONES.

    Plight-Lieutenant Cathcart Jones, driving a Lagonda car from Stavanger (Norway) was the first arrival at the Monte Carlo Rally. He described the journey as more strenuous than ...

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  46. CONSTABLE'S MISHAP.

    While playing tennis on the municipal tennis courts at Katoomba, Constable Ted Pratt, who is six feet two inches in height, ran back to hit a fast ball and struck himself on the ...

    Article : 69 words
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