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  2. RURAL BANK.

    The Premier (Mr. Stevens) to-day, on his first official visit to the Murrumbidgee irrigation area, officially opened a new cool store, attached to a ...

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  3. VICIOUS SHARK

    One of the two large sharks which have been cruising in Ross Creek, North Queensland, for several days, savagely attacked the flat-bottomed boat from ...

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  4. STORM

    Several persons narrowly escaped death and many thousand pounds worth of damage was done to property by a storm which struck ...

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  5. DULL CRICKET.

    The crowd at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday was extremely disappointed with the display of the Victorian batsmen in the Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales. ...

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  6. GERMANY.

    The German Cabinet has approved important measures to curtail the independence of Nazi administrators in the various States, and increasing the authority of the central ...

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  7. AIR MAIL

    The London-bound air mail, which left Darwin for Koepang this morning, had to turn back owing to heavy weather. The 'plane, a new D.H.86, ...

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  8. SLANDER SUIT.

    "It is a foul calumny. The whole of the words are utterly untrue," declared Mr. Norman Birkett, K.C., counsel for the Foreign Secretary (Sir John Simon), during the ...

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  9. INDIA.

    Comment on the Government of India Bill follows the line of earlier expressions. Political writers point out that attention is sure to be concentrated in ...

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  10. REFUGEE MURDERED

    The correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" at Prague says: "A young Berlin woman with two German Nazis murdered Herr Rudolph Warmys, ex-director of the German ...

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  11. GANGER'S FIND.

    A railway ganger found a parcel on the railway line near Elsternwick station yesterday. He forwarded it to the lost property office. There an official opened the parcel ...

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  12. SNOW AND FLOODS.

    Falls of snow ranging from 17 to 30 inches are reported from Norfolk (Virginia) northward, and temperatures have dropped still further. One hundred persons have been ...

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  13. MINING DISPUTES.

    Owing to the strike at the Wongawilli colliery and the consequent shortage of coke supplies, the Australian Iron and Steel, Ltd., will close its blast furnace. While it is ...

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  14. SAAR REFUGEES.

    The French authorities at Forbach are making a stricter examination of refugees, and this is causing dismay among anti-Nazis. To-day 40 refugees were admitted, while 150 ...

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  15. ELECTRICITY.

    The first application made to the Minister for Works (Mr. Weaver) to extend a privately owned electricity plant since the passage through Parliament of the Port Kembla ...

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  16. TRIAL OF HAUPTMANN.

    Bernard Richard Hauptmann, who is charged with the murder of Colonel Lindbergh's baby, was called to the witness stand to-day and answered a number of questions. ...

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  17. MAILS FOR SYDNEY.

    In spite of difficulties and delays over many sections of the route, the air mail from England will reach Sydney this morning strictly on schedule. ...

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  18. DOCTOR RESIGNS

    A letter from Dr. Hay, resigning from the board of directors of the Hornsby Hospital, was read at a special meeting last night. The board unanimously passed a motion asking ...

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  19. ITALIAN CABINET.

    Signor Mussolini has announced big changes in the Italian Cabinet. King Victor Emmanuel has issued a decree accepting the resignations of the Ministers of Finance, Agriculture, Public ...

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  20. STRANDED 'PLANE.

    Captain G. U. Allen, of Qantas, and Mr. C. Tuckfield, a Qantas engineer, are expected to reach Point Stuart this morning to start work upon the stranded Qantas 'plane Diana. They ...

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  21. NIGHT FLYING.

    The Minister for Defence (Mr. Parkhill) announced yesterday that the Commonwealth Government had taken action to provide night-flying facilities at Darwin, Cloncurry, ...

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  22. GIANT FLYING-BOAT

    The largest flying-boat in the world, w[?]ing 37 tons, which will be used for a South Atlantic service, has begun trials near T[?]ulouse. It is more than 100 feet long, and has ...

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  23. SMALLPOX.

    All passengers from the Aorangi, which arrived from Vancouver on Thursday night with a case of smallpox on board, were taken ashore to the Quarantine Station yesterday. ...

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  24. MOSQUITO PLAGUE.

    Mosquitoes and sandflies continue to menace man and beast in the Goondiwindi district. Stockowners have had to delay earmarking their lambs. One reason is that the ...

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  25. COLLISION AT SEA.

    The steamship Mohawk (8000 tons), which was under charter to the Ward Line, collided with the Norwegian motor-ship Talisman (4765 lons), off Seagirt (New Jersey), early ...

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  26. CLAIM FOR £2200.

    In the Supreme Court this morning, Mr. Justice Webb granted an application by Mr. R. E. O'Connor (instructed by Messrs. O'Mara and Robinson, acting on behalf of Sydney ...

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  27. PRINCE OF WALES

    The Prince of Wales has composed a slow march for the bagpipes entitled "Majorca," and has presented the score to the Scots Guards. It will be included in the regular ...

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  28. AUSTRALIA PRAISED.

    Major-General Sir Fabian Ware, Permanent Vice-Chairman of the Imperial War Graves Commission, on his return to England to-day, said that his visit to Australia had convinced ...

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  29. BANKSTOWN DISPUTE.

    Residents of Bankstown decided at a public meeting last night to protest to the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Spooner) against the recent dismissal of the deputy town clerk ...

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  30. BYRD EXPEDITION.

    Five times since midnight on Monday the Byrd Expedition ship Bear of Oakland has been driven by breaking ice and rising seas from her berth alongside the northern edge of ...

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  31. WOMEN'S CRICKET.

    The English women cricketers arrived in Sydney by the Wanganella from Melbourne yesterday morning, and sailed for New Zealand in the afternoon. ...

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  32. RACING REVIVAL.

    Horse racing in this State received a severe setback in the depression period. Attendances decreased alarmingly, forcing a reduction of prize-money in the metropolitan and ...

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  33. TREATMENT OF SHOCK.

    The "Daily Telegraph" says: "The Royal College of Surgeons is deeply engaged in research which may revolutionise surgery by seeking the cause of and remedy for shock, ...

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  34. FRUIT-DRYING.

    A horticulturist with years of experience in fruit-drying overseas, after experiments in Sussex, is of the opinion that fruit-drying can be as successfully carried out here as in ...

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  35. MR. ROOSEVELT.

    In the first important test of President Roosevelt's strength in the new Congress, the House of Representatives, by 328 votes to 78, tp-day passed the Administration's Work ...

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  36. MOTOR ACCIDENTS.

    Motor vehicles were responsible for the deaths of 204 persons in Melbourne last year, according to the report of the City Coroner (Mr. Grant, P.M.). Of the victims, 162 were ...

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  37. BRITISH INDUSTRY.

    The Minister of Labour (Mr. Oliver Stanley), accompanied by the Parliamentary Secretary (Mr. R. S. Hudson), met members of the council of the Trade Union Congress ...

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  38. TERRIFYING STORM.

    A terrifying experience was related by the crew of the steamer Tees on her arrival at Lyttelton from the Chatham Islands. When the steamer was just clear of the ...

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  39. EGG MARKETING.

    As the result of the postal ballot of producers of eggs in the Counties of Cumberland and Northumberland, and the Shire of Nattai and Wollondilly, the Egg Marketing ...

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  40. MR. SCULLIN'S HEALTH.

    The leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives (Mr. Scullin) will not be able to attend the annual conference of the Victorian Labour party on Saturday as he ...

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  41. NEW BANK RATES.

    British, Australian, and New Zealand banks announce new rates for purchasing bills on Australia sent direct by air mail, as follows: Per £100, at sight £126/2/6; 30 days ...

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