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  2. BATTLE PRACTICE

    Theoretically there is a gaping hole in the hull of the flagship of the Royal Australian Navy, H.M.A.S. Canberra. It was caused during battle practice this morning by a ...

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  3. HURRICANE

    A gale which has been raging in the COOK Islands since Saturday developed into the severest hurricane for many years, with trmendous seas, causing great damage. ...

    Article : 171 words
  4. CONTRACT BRIDGE.

    Arrangements are being made for an Australian contract bridge team to visit England this year to play in various cities there. Its expenses will be paid by Mr. A. E. Whitelaw, ...

    Article : 212 words
  5. DRAMATIC MOVE.

    A swift dramatic development in the relations between the Minister for Health (Mr. Weaver) and the remainder of the State Cabinet had as its sequel the reconstruction yesterday of the Cabinet with Mr. Weaver excluded. ...

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  6. PRESS DELEGATES.

    KIMBERLEY (Cape of Good Hope), Feb. 11. After a stay of a week at Capetown the Empire Press delegates departed on Sunday by two special trains on the first stages of a ...

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  7. MEAT QUOTA.

    It is expected that representations will shortly be received from the British Government requesting that the restriction of Australian exports of meat should be extended for ...

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  8. ABYSSINIA.

    The representative of the British United Press in Rome, says:— "Three mechanised classes of conscripts have been called up, owing to a threat of ...

    Article : 301 words
  9. REPLY TO MR. LANG.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) yesterday ridiculed suggestions by Mr. Lang that foreign combines had influenced the attitude of the Commonwealth Government towards the ...

    Article : 332 words
  10. LABOUR FACTIONS.

    The conference of representatives of the executive of the Federal Labour party, the Lang Labour party, and the New South Wales branch of the Federal Labour party ...

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  11. STORMS CONTINUE.

    During a violent storm at Martindale, near Denman, a house was blown down by the wind, and an occupant, Mrs. Turner, suffered shock and abrasions. ...

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  12. AMERICAN SCHOONER.

    Not long after H.M.A.S. Australia had left the American schooner Seth Parker to which she bad been called by distress signals, 300 miles north of Tahill, the schooner sent out ...

    Article : 549 words
  13. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The Labour Opposition has decided to move a vote of censure in the House of Commons shortly, on the ground of the "Government's bungling Ineptitude in relation to the ...

    Article : 190 words
  14. FLOOD WARNING.

    Unsettled weather continued over the southern part of the State yesterday and storms were reported from many places on the South Coast. A warning of the likelihood of ...

    Article : 91 words
  15. GRAZIERS' CRITICISM.

    "Mr. Lang is a little late in telling us of the difficulties and dangers which threaten the meat industry," said the president of the Grazlers' Association (Mr. James Walker) last ...

    Article : 249 words
  16. SOUTH BULLI MINE.

    A remarkable position has arisen at South Bulli colliery, which was idle for some time owing to the Miners Federation's opposition to any form of rationing of employment. ...

    Article : 315 words
  17. DOMINIONS' PART

    The "Times," commenting on General Smuts's address at the meeting of the Institute of International Affairs at Capetown, says: "It is true of the dominions, is well as ...

    Article : 144 words
  18. CABINET MEETING.

    The special meeting of the State Cabinet took place yesterday afternoon. In addition to Mr. Weaver, the Minister, for Education (Mr. Drummond) and the Minister for ...

    Article : 399 words
  19. MR. WEAVER INTERVIEWED.

    "I have not had any communication from either the Premier or the Ministry for the last three days, and my only information comes from the Press," said Mr. Weaver early ...

    Article : 367 words
  20. MURDER CHARGE.

    In the Supreme Court to-day, before Judge Wells and a jury, two aborigines, Numberlin and Nangee, were charged with the murder of Kaiumen, an aboriginal, at Mount Connor, ...

    Article : 339 words
  21. BOND STORE ROBBED.

    Two hundred cases of gin, valued at £700, were stolen by thieves, who broke into the bond store of W. and A. Gilbey, Ltd., distillers, of Rosslyn-street, West Melbourne, early this ...

    Article : 186 words
  22. COMET 'PLANES.

    The Air Ministry announces that it has ordered two de Havilland Comet 'planes similar to those that took part in the Melbourne centenary air race in order to study their ...

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  23. LANG LABOUR PARTY.

    Officials of the Lang Labour party expressed satisfaction yesterday with the proceedings and decisions of the country Labour conference held in Dubbo. ...

    Article : 300 words
  24. PORTUGUESE LEGISLATION.

    A bill has been drawn up by the Portuguese Government to combat illiteracy. Sixty per cent of the population are unable to read or write. ...

    Article : 181 words
  25. SHALE DEPOSITS.

    The investigation on behalf of the AngloPersian Oil Company, Ltd., of the shale oil resources of the Commonwealth will be much more comprehensive than was expected by the ...

    Article : 225 words
  26. HONORARY MEDICAL OFFICER.

    The Hospitals Commission yesterdat notified the secretary of the Hornsby District Hospital that the nomination of Dr. Neville Davis as a member of the hospital board had been ...

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  27. TRAINS COLLIDE.

    Eighteen persons were killed and nine were injured when a passenger train collided head on with a freight train near Saratov. The engines were badly damaged and the ...

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  28. CAPE FOURCROY.

    A reconnaissance trip by Mr. H. Snell and a party from Darwin to survey the site of the new emergency landing ground at Cape Fourcroy, Bathurst Island, at the week-end ...

    Article : 389 words
  29. SPEEDWAY CRASH.

    Two racing motor cyclists were badly injured when their motor cycles collided at a speed of 70 miles an hour at the Speedway at the Royal Agricultural Ground last night. ...

    Article : 252 words
  30. MR. FITZSIMON'S CAREER.

    The new Minister for Health is the youngest member of the Ministry. He xvas elected to the Legislative Assembly in July, 1930, at a by-election, for the Lane Cove seat, and was ...

    Article : 74 words
  31. OIL-DRIVEN TRAIN.

    The London, Midland, and Scottish Railway Company, Ltd., is testing a new oil-driven railway coach which it hopes to use to increase the speed of services. The company ...

    Article : 106 words
  32. RUNAWAY TRAIN.

    Inquiries by special officers of the Railways Department have not revealed the cause of the accident at Croydon on Sunday, when an electric train crashed into a stationary train. ...

    Article : 140 words
  33. BRITISH GOLF TEAM.

    The British golf team headed by the Hon. Michael Scott, which recently visited Australia has arrived J. MacLean denied reports that he intended ...

    Article : 87 words
  34. PETROL INQUIRY.

    The members of the Royal Commission on petrol, Messrs. Gunn and Hancock, have presented a report to the Commonwealth Government, but the Ministiy is still waiting for ...

    Article : 182 words
  35. THREE MEN FINED.

    Three men who were arrested after an exciting pursuit by Customs officials in motor cars and charged with having a quantity of opium in theie possession were each fined ...

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  36. KOGARAH STEAM TRAMS.

    Advantage was taken of the presence of the Premier (Mr. Stevens) and the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) at a complimentary social to Mr. J. C. Ross, M.L.A., at ...

    Article : 170 words
  37. NEW ZEALAND BUTLER.

    A shipment of New Zealand butter consigned to Seattle where prices are high owing to a scarcity was held up because it was not accompanied by certificates proving that it ...

    Article : 105 words
  38. BRITISH SHIPPING.

    [?] [?]encape, director of the P. and O. Line, when questioned about steps that are being taken in Britain to help British shipping against foreign competition, said that ...

    Article : 108 words
  39. FIRE IN CITY.

    Fire broke out in The Dell cake and coffee shop in George-street, near Bathrurst-street, city, last night. Fire brigades from headquarters, George-street West, and Pyrmont, ...

    Article : 86 words
  40. CATERPILLAR'S BITE

    Reuben Hunt, 25, a saddler on wellshot Station, Ilfracombe, died this afternoon as the result of a bite from a caterpillar. Death took place while he was being conveyed to ...

    Article : 43 words
  41. DEAD MAN IDENTIFIED.

    The body of the man who was found lying across a drifting boat in Middle Harbour on Sunday with his head and shoulders over the side and under water, has been identified ...

    Article : 58 words
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