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  2. THIRD MURDER CHARGE.

    Andrew Moss, 61, labourer, appeared in the Dubbo Police Court to-day, charged with having been responsible for the death of William ...

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  3. COUNTRY PARTY LEADER.

    A determined effort will be made to end the differences in the Country Party as soon as the Federal session begins in September. This was learned ...

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  4. MEN TRAPPED IN MINE.

    Two men narrowly escaped drowning when they were trapped in a cage in water at the bottom of the shaft of the Christmas Gift Mine, at ...

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  5. THE SPANISH THRONE.

    The special correspondent of the "News-Chronicle" at Hendaye, after an investigation along the Franco-Spanish frontier, says that people of all classes ...

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  6. REPAIRING WHEELS OF RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK.

    Constant attention is given to the wheels of the railways' rolling stock, the maintenance of which is carried out at the Chullora workshops. A yearly total of 4,000 pairs of wheels pass through the shops to be fitted with new tyres or to have the old ones treated. Left: Steel tyres for electric car wheels being bored in a double boring mill—the only one of its kind in Australia. Right: A long line of wheels awaiting attention. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. TWO WORKMEN FALL DOWN WELL.

    Harold Kelly, 39, of West Tamworth, and Arthur Adams, 23, of Tamworth, were injured when the staging of a well at Paradise collapsed to-day, and ...

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  8. "NO RESPECT FOR SUPERIORS."

    "The youth of to-day has no respect for its superiors, or indeed, anything else," said Mr. Hardwick, S.M., at the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, during a case in which ...

    Article : 237 words
  9. REGISTER ACT.

    The Secretary of the Australasian Council of Trades Unions, Mr. C. Crofts, said to-day that, now that the majority of Trades and Labour Councils ...

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  10. ANTARCTIC CLAIMS.

    Mr. Ernest W. Walker, a member of the British Antarctic Expedition of 1937-39, urges that, in view of the forthcoming despatch of Rear-Admiral ...

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  11. JUDGE CURLEWIS RETIRES.

    On the occasion of his last appearance in Quarter Sessions yesterday, Judge Curlewis received several presentations, and warm tributes were paid ...

    Article : 369 words
  12. FAMILIES FAST.

    Seventy families related to 80 political prisoners who are now in the fifth day of "fasting unto death," at the Surafend concentration camp, are ...

    Article : 101 words
  13. FREEDOM BEFORE PIETY.

    A declaration that he would sooner sec Austialians free than pious was made by the Rev. Stuart Watts, Editor of the "Church Standard," in an address at the Left Book ...

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  14. WARDROBE FALLS ON WOMAN.

    A large wardrobe fell on top of Mrs. Marjorie Simcocks, 42, when she was attempting to take a coat from it at 4 a.m. yesterday at her home in Smith Street, Manly. ...

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  15. THE CALL-UP.

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  16. GIRL GUIDES' JAMBOREE.

    The Regent of Hungary, Admiral Horthy, yesterday opened at Godollo the first worldWide Girl Guides' Jamboree, which will last a fortnight. ...

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  17. INDEX.

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  18. CRITICISM OF MEN IN AUTHORITY.

    The Minister for Health and Home Affairs Mr. Hanlon, in opening the conference of commissioners of police to-day said that the tendency to-day was to belittle persons in ...

    Article : 189 words
  19. MANY CARDS TO COME.

    Only about 500,000 completed man-power cards have been returned to the Sydney office of the National Register, which is the central depot for both New South Wales and ...

    Article : 85 words
  20. OBITUARY.

    Mrs. Sarah R. Hunt, whose death was reported recently, was the widow of the late Mr. A. E. Hunt member of the Legislative Council and president of the Farmers and Settlers' ...

    Article : 134 words
  21. THE RESERVE FLEET.

    The Royal Navy will complete the task of mobilisation of the Reserve Fleet by to-night. One hundred and thirty-three ships will then have been ...

    Article : 187 words
  22. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT DISCOURAGED.

    The Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, replying yesterday to a statement by a correspondent at Eastwood that harsh punishment was imposed on school children ...

    Article : 81 words
  23. NAVAL COURT OF INQUIRY.

    The discovery in H.M.A.S. Sydney last week that a 10-inch searchlight was missing and that a high-power cable leading to a main searchlight had been ...

    Article : 192 words
  24. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  25. PROFESSOR H. E. WHITFELD.

    The death has occured of Emeritus Profesor Hubert Edwin Whitfeld, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Australia since 1927, at the age of 64. ...

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  26. MAN ASPHYXIATED.

    Richard Edwards, 59, was found in a gasfilled room at his home in Smith Street, Manly, last night. The Manly Ambulance took him to the Manly Hospital. He was placed in an ...

    Article : 43 words
  27. BANK CLERK ARRESTED.

    Detectives Payne and Webb and other police arrested a bank clerk at Chatswood last night, and took him to the Chatswood police station where he was charged with stealing £2,550, ...

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  28. DEMOLITION FOR NEW G.P.O.

    A workman stripping iron from the roof of the building, previously occupied by Hoffnung's, Ltd., which is being demolished to make way for the construction of extensions to the G.P.O. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  29. NEW LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES.

    The Government Statistician, Mr. S. R. Carver, said last night that the amount assured under new life assurance policies taken out in New South Wales during the ...

    Article : 100 words
  30. STEAMER TOWED 800 MILES.

    Without a propeller, and with the tail shaft broken, the French steamer Cagou (2,795 tons) arrived in Sydney during the week-end after being towed ...

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  31. MISS E. M. HASLAM.

    The death has occurred of Miss E. M. Haslam who had been a senior school nurse in the Education Departments school medical service for 27 years. She was one of the ...

    Article : 83 words
  32. ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET.

    In consequence of the retirement of Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, who, in May was appointed First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, ...

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  33. TO-DAY.

    Town Hall: Organ recital by Marcel Dupre, 8.15, Minerva Theatre: "Good Morning Bill," 8.15. Theatre Royal: "Leaning on Letty," 8.15. Tivoli Theatre: "Hollvwood Highlights," 2.30, 8. ...

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  34. MINISTER RETICENT.

    The Minister for Defence. Mr. Street, refused to comment to-night on the matter. When he was questioned he would give only non-committal answers. He also refused ...

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  35. THE REV. J. T. WYNN.

    The Dunkley Memorial Congregational Church, Bankstown, was crowded during the service that preceded the funeral of the former minister, the Rev. J. T. Wynn, who died last ...

    Article : 80 words
  36. CONTAINERS FOR AIR MAILS.

    A Sydney man has submitted plans to the postal authorities for a new fireproof and waterproof container for air mails. He visited the Rose Bay flying-boat base yesterday to ...

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  37. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Gold was quoted to-day at £7/8/6½ an ounce fine, unchanged since Saturday. RUBBER. Rubber was quoted to-day at 8 15-32d a lb. ...

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  38. "LADIES ADMIRE BEARDS."

    The former Minister for Works and Local Government, Mr. Spooner, who is a recognised authority on bathing costumes, also has theories on the subject of beards. ...

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  39. MR. GILBERT STOREY.

    Mr. Gilbert Storey, 65, who died at his residence in Liewellyn Street, Balmain, on Friday morning, was a brother of the late Mr. John Storey, a former Premier of New South ...

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  40. £10 FINE FOR GAS THEFT.

    At the Burwood Summons Court yesterday, Valentine Simpson, of Carshalton Street, Croydon, was fined £10, with 18/ costs, for having frauduiently extracted gas supplied by ...

    Article : 116 words
  41. STATE LOTTERY.

    The 611th State lottery was drawn at the Australian Hall, Elizabeth Street, city, last night. First prize was won by the "Black Cat" ...

    Article : 90 words
  42. ASHFIELD BY-ELECTION.

    The by-election to fill the vacancy in Ashfield Council caused by the death of the late Alderman Frank O. Hedger, resulted: T. G. D. Marshall, 1.065 votes: E. M. Perrin, 845 votes; ...

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  43. LARGER DEPOSITS IN SAVINGS BANKS.

    Deposits in Australian saving banks at the end of June reached the new record total of £245,538,000, mainly because of the addition of annual interest. ...

    Article : 90 words
  44. MAN ROBBED.

    Ronald Stuart, a fisheries inspector, of Beamish Street, Campsie, was assaulted by two men and robbed on the Harbour bridge stairs at Miller's Point last night. ...

    Article : 76 words
  45. LICENSING CARRIERS.

    The council of the Associated Motor Transport of New South Wales decided yesterday to oppose the decision of the Commercial Motor Users' Association to ask the ...

    Article : 47 words
  46. SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY PICTURE THEATRES.

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