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Article : 212 wordsA 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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Article : 367 wordsIn 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, ...
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Article : 186 wordsThe 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 ...
Article : 140 wordsOfficials of the Lang Labour party expressed satisfaction yesterday with the proceedings and decisions of the country Labour conference held in Dubbo. ...
Article : 300 wordsA bill has been drawn up by the Portuguese Government to combat illiteracy. Sixty per cent of the population are unable to read or write. ...
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Article : 225 wordsThe 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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Article : 105 wordsA 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 ...
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Article : 87 wordsThe 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 ...
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Article : 108 wordsFire 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 wordsReuben 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 wordsThe 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 ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 12 Feb 1935, Page 9
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