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  2. TWO MEN BURNT.

    As the result of a petrol explosion yesterday afternoon, Joseph McKinnon, a young man, is suffering from severe burns, and his condition is so serious that he is not expected ...

    Article : 260 words
  3. STATE APPOINTMENT.

    DR. J. A. L. WALLACE. Dr. Wallace, who is medical superintendent of Callan Park, has been appointed Inspector-General of Mental Hospitals to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. 1934 CRICKET TOUR.

    "Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1935" has the usual wealth of statistical and other information, but is a volume of particular importance, not only because it covers the ...

    Article : 1,052 words
  5. ANZAC DAY.

    The Anzac Day march this year, it is expected, will transcend anything previously held to commemorate the historic landing at Gallipoll. Between 40,000 and 50,000 men, or ...

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  6. TRADE WITH EAST.

    A delegation of prominent Japanese business men, journalists, and industrial shipping representatives arrived in Sydney yesterday by the Atsuta Maru, will the object of ...

    Article : 533 words
  7. MAIL ROBBERY.

    One of the two mallbags which were stolen from the Great Western express on April 2 was found by aborigines to-day in the bush near Tammin, about 120 miles by rail from ...

    Article : 136 words
  8. COUNTRY NEWS.

    A fishing craft 33ft long, owned by H. Darke, of Coff's Harbour, which, while manned by the owner and two others, was driven ashore on the northern beach at South-West Rocks on ...

    Article : 93 words
  9. STRANGE WILL.

    One of the longest and strangest wills ever recorded in that State was filed to-day at Worcester (Massachusetts). It is a document of 11[?] pages, disposing of the estate, worth ...

    Article : 223 words
  10. MACLEAN-ASHBY PUNT.

    Following a conference between Harwood Shire and Maclean Municipal Council, it was decided to apply for a new powered punt between Maclean and Ashby, the cost being ...

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  11. GIFT OF £20,000

    A gift of £30,000 to the University of queensland by Mr. T. C. Beirne, a well-known Brisbane business man, was announced at a meeting of the University Council to-night. ...

    Article : 87 words
  12. MOTOR CARS COLLIDE.

    A motor car driven by Eric Delaney, of Brookwood, Adaminaby, which was leaving Tumut, collided with a car driven by Norman McAlister, on the Blowering-road, at the town ...

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  13. MARTHAGUY SHIRE FINANCES

    The accounts of Marthaguy Shire for 1934 show that revenue amounted to £19,293, and of that amount 18/2 of every pound was spent on public works, only 1/4 being administrative ...

    Article : 59 words
  14. AQUITANIA.

    The Cunard While Star liner Aquttania. which ran aground while she was making the turn into Southampton Water yesterday, was successfully refloated soon after high tide this ...

    Article : 81 words
  15. STATE LOTTERY.

    The principal prizes in the 261st State lottery were drawn at the Australian Hall yesterday morning by Mr. F. H. Savage, of Birt and Co., Ltd. ...

    Article : 121 words
  16. PEARLERS SEEK GRANT

    The Broome pearlers' committee to-day sent telegrams to the State and Commonwealth Governments, asking for a £21,000 grant, which they consider essential to prevent a ...

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  17. STRUCK WITH PICK.

    When Stephen Wiliams, a relief worker, was working for the municipal council yesterday, a pick being used by another worker struck him in the back, narrowly missing his ...

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  18. ROYAL SHOW.

    The deputy president of the Royal Agricultural Society (Mr. J. H. S. Angus) last night broadcast an address prepared by the president of the society (Sir Samuel Hordern), in which ...

    Article : 272 words
  19. CAR AND LORRY COLLIDE.

    A motor lorry, belonging to Howard and Sons, storekeepers, and a motor car, driven by Mr. Harry Southwell, of Rose Buy, collided on the Parkes road. Southwell was ...

    Article : 64 words
  20. AMERICAN CURRENCY.

    The Senate Agriculture Committee has approved the Wheeler Mandatory 16 to 1 Silver Purchase Bill, which is designed to inflate the United Stales currency, and speed up the ...

    Article : 111 words
  21. CENTRAL AUSTRALIA.

    Six members of the Federal Parliament will accompany the Minister for the Interior (Mr. Paterson) when he leaves of after Easter for two weeks in Central Australia. They are Messrs. ...

    Article : 77 words
  22. WEEK-END COTTAGES ROBBED.

    Police are investigating thefts from the cottages owned by Messrs. Williamson, King, and Hickling, and Miss Dunn. The cottages were ransacked, and foodstuffs, clothing, and ...

    Article : 48 words
  23. CANBERRA OMITTED.

    It was discovered in Canoona to-day, after the publication of the Commonwealth Year Book for 1934 that several of the Commonwealth maps included in the book although ...

    Article : 184 words
  24. MOUNTAIN ROADS.

    A conference representing Kiama, Jamberoo, Berry, and Wingecarribee Shire, held at Jamberoo, decided to ask the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Spooner) for funds to put ...

    Article : 81 words
  25. SAMPAN NEAR MACKAY.

    Engine trouble caused a Japanese sampan, with a crew of 30. to visit St. Bees Island, only 25 miles north-east of Mackay, after apparently engaging in beche-de-mer and shell ...

    Article : 84 words
  26. VICTORIAN SETTLERS.

    The return of warm weather and the presence of the Ministerial delegation has brought back to the doorway of Australia House a number of returned Victorian settlers and ...

    Article : 93 words
  27. LEURA COLLISION.

    A car driven by Miss Dalsy Miles, of Leura, which was swerved to avoid a collision with another vehicle in Megalong-street, struck a telegraph post, Miss Miles suffered abrasions ...

    Article : 71 words
  28. WOOL EXPORTS.

    A proposal to send a practical wool expert to China to extend the market for Australian wool, and the representation of Australian exporters in "the Dutch East Indies, will ...

    Article : 130 words
  29. SNAKE HYPNOTISES MOUSE.

    Mr. Stanley Dunston relates that, while strolling among the trees of his orchard at Kurrajong, he noticed a large brown snake several yards in front of him. The snake ...

    Article : 80 words
  30. RELIEF WORK PROPOSALS.

    The Minister for Local Government (Mr. Spooner) has agreed to visit Bulli Shire with a view to having all the unemployed absorbed in the emergency relief work scheme. The ...

    Article : 81 words
  31. BARQUE'S LONG VOYAGE.

    The Swedish four-masted barque C. B. Pedersen, 197 days out from Sundsvall, Sweden, is in Bass Strait, slowly approaching Port Phillip Heads. The Port Phillip pilot ...

    Article : 115 words
  32. NEW FEDERAL PLAN.

    South Australia will not spend any of its own money on extending the railway from Red Hill to Port Pirie, as the Commonwealth suggests," said the Acting Premier (Mr. ...

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  33. VESSEL FOUNDERS.

    Thirteen of the crew of the Norwegian freighter Havmoy (1600 tons) were drowned when the vessel foundered on Tuesday near Portland Point. Five of the crew were rescued ...

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  34. BUSH WORKER INJURED.

    While John Clifford, an employee at Coppabella, way working in the bush, he tripped and fell heavily. The axe he was carrying came down across one of his hands, severing two ...

    Article : 57 words
  35. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 259 words
  36. GENE SARAZEN

    In a letter to the Australian amateur golf champion, T. S. McKay. Gene Sarazen, the American professional, stated that he was distressed by a statement made in Adelaide ...

    Article : 187 words
  37. SEQUEL TO ACCIDENT.

    In the Maitland District Court to-day. Harold Beveridge, a minor, of Weston, by his next, friend, claimed £400 from Stanley Barnsby, of Cessnock, for alleged negligent ...

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  38. IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

    The Australian Press Association learns that a full scale Imperial Conference will be held in 1936, presumably in London, unless any dominion presses for a repetition of the ...

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  39. TRADE MISSION LEADERS.

    DR. K. ABE. Dr. Abe is leader of the Japanese Pacific Economic Tour, which arrived yesterday by the Atsuta Maru. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  40. MAN FOUND SHOT DEAD.

    In the Kempsey Courthouse, the Deputy Coroner (Mr. N. L. Parker) inquired into the death of Kingsley Thomas Plummer at Clybucca on March 30. Constable Mills said be ...

    Article : 164 words
  41. NEW ZEALAND ALPINIST

    A cabled invitation to join the reconnaissance party of the Mount Everst Expedition has been accepted by Mr. L. V. Bryant, a member of the staff of the Palmerston North ...

    Article : 99 words
  42. LORD TRENCHARD.

    The Australian Press Association learns from an authoritative source that there is no prospect of Lord Trenchard being appointed Governor-General of Australia in succession ...

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  43. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of gold to-day was £7/4/1 an ounce fine compared with £7/3/11½ yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. ...

    Article : 479 words
  44. VICTORIA.

    The Premier (Mr. Dunstan) said at Wangaratta last night that the Government was determined to abolish sustenance, and to adopt a policy of reproductive works. It would put ...

    Article : 140 words
  45. WOOL-CLASSING.

    The Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) announced yesterday that, on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners, he had approved wool-classing as a subject for ...

    Article : 99 words
  46. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 255 words
  47. PROPAGANDA MOVE

    Permission for a body calling itself the Returned Soldiers' Anti-war Movement to march as a separate unit in the Anzac Day parade will be refused by the Anzac Day ...

    Article : 166 words
  48. FOREIGN PORK INTERESTS.

    A proposal by a foreign pork company to build a factory in Austrlia was referred to to-day at the annual meeting of the Downs Co-operative Bacon Association at Toowoomba. ...

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  49. HORSE ILL-TREATED.

    In the Lithgow Police Court, George Allan Fisher was fined £2 on a charge of cruells ill-treating a horse, by working it when it was suffering from sores. ...

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  50. MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE.

    The Deputy Coroner (Mr. D. P. Jones) inquired in Glen Innes Courthouse into the death, on April 2, of Walter John Hartwell. He found that Hartwell died from injuries ...

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  51. LORD MAYOR.

    The Lor Major (Alderman Parker) said yesterday that he did not intend to enter politics. He was opposed to the admixture of politics and civic administration. ...

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  52. CASUALTIES.

    Raymond Whitton, 22, a carter, of Graystreet, Waverley, was critically injured yesterday morning, when the motor lorry he was driving along Carrington-road, Randwick, ...

    Article : 252 words
  53. HORSE-STEALING CHARGES.

    In the West Wyalong Police Court, Henry Rupert Heidtman, 32, and John Patrick Debritt were charged with stealing a draught filly, three draught colts, and a draught mare, ...

    Article : 153 words
  54. VISCOUNT GALWAY.

    The liner Rangitata, with the GovernorGeneral designate, Viscount Galway, on board, was originally due here yesterday morning, but was delayed by head winds and did not ...

    Article : 234 words
  55. MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL.

    Captain W. J. Wade, representitive in Australia of the Manchester Ship Canal, in an address to the Australian Gaslight Co.'s Popular Science Club, last night, said that ...

    Article : 241 words
  56. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 318 words
  57. STELLA POWER RECITAL.

    Stella Power, the Australian soprano, gave her final broadcast recital from Station 2FC last night, when she presented a programme of enjoyable numbers, opening with a request ...

    Article : 96 words
  58. MR. DRUMMONDS TOUR.

    Claims for the establishment of a domestic science course at Narrabri Intermediate High School were placed before the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond). The Minister ...

    Article : 116 words
  59. QUEENSLAND ELECTIONS.

    The Premier (Mr. Forgan Smith) will deliver his policy speech at Mackay on Wednesday night. He is expected to undertake to case the relief tax burden at the earliest ...

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  60. FOUR BROTHERS MISSING.

    Police are searching for four brothers— Martin, 12, Leslie, 11, Leonard, 9, and Leo, 6, who left the home of their father, Mr. William Hickey, in West End, early on ...

    Article : 64 words
  61. KETCH VOANA

    The missing crayfishing ketch Voana arrived at Killiecrankie Bay, Flinders Island, at 2 p.m. yesterday. The ketch was weatherbound at Hogan's Group by fog and lough weather. ...

    Article : 106 words
  62. SIX SHOPS DESTROYED.

    Fire late to-night destroyed six shops in the main street of the Mundubbera-Burnett district, and was only prevented from spreading by a gap between buildings. The destroyed ...

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  63. YOUNG MAN MISSING.

    Police are searching for Joseph Smith, [?] who has been missing from his home. Schoollane, Balgownie, since Thursday morning. To-day, his coat was found in the bush near ...

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  64. JUBILEE AND ST. GEORGE DINNER.

    Arrangements for the King's jubilee and St. George Festival dinner at the Wentworth Hotel, on Easter Tuesday, were announced yesterday by the secretary of the Royal ...

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  65. SLUM CLEARANCE.

    The council of the Combined Chinches' Debating Federation decided at its last meeting to form a special committee to collect data to be placed before the Government with a ...

    Article : 61 words
  66. HAMILTON U.A.P. CANDIDATE.

    Alderman E. Richardson, formerly Mayor and at present Deputy Mavor of Hamilton, han been selected as U.A.P. candidate for the Hamilton State seat. ...

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  67. LATE SPORTING.

    Wrestling at Luxor Stadium to-night, the Maori, George Tiki, defeated the Chinest, Wong Bock Cheung, on points in eight rounds. ...

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  68. BULLI PLAN FOR KING'S JUBILEE.

    Bulli Shire Council has decided to [?] trees along the highways throughout the shire on May 6 "as a perpetual commemoration of the King's Jubilee." ...

    Article : 36 words
  69. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of Suburban Pictures Theatres will be found in the Amusement Advertising columns. ...

    Article : 17 words
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