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  2. TRIALS OF PATROL.

    The patrol boat Larrakia, which is endeavouring to bring two "arrested" Japanese pearling luggers into port, has again met trouble. ...

    Article : 410 words
  3. INTERSTATE COMMISSION.

    Speculation about the possibility of the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) considering withdrawing from Federal politics to become chairman of the ...

    Article : 360 words
  4. BRITISH POLICY.

    The French Press is showing nervousness about the coming visit to London of the German Foreign Minister (Baron von Neurath), according to the Paris ...

    Article : 277 words
  5. M. TROTSKY'S APPEAL.

    M. Tro[?]sky, the exiled Bolshevik leader, who is in Mexico, has sent to the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet a cable offering his ...

    Article : 173 words
  6. EXPELLED MEN.

    The State A.L.P. executive last night decided that Messrs[?] Heffron, Lazzarini[?] Davidson, and Horsington, Ms.L.A., who were expelled because ...

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  7. WOOLLAHRA

    Candidates for the Woollahra byelection are carrying on vigorous campaigns, and last night there was a loud speaker duel at King's Cross, ...

    Article : 161 words
  8. ITALIAN FREIGHTER BOMBED.

    The crew of the Italian freighter Madda (5181 tons), which has arrived at Gibraltar leaking, say that two Spanish aeroplanes dropped 30 bombs round the ship and one of them exploded on the forepeak. ...

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  9. MR. McDONALD'S CAMPAIGN.

    Mr. G. R. W. McDonald, one of the Independent United Australia party candidates, opened his campaign at a well-attended meeting in St. John's Hall, Darlinghurst, last night. ...

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  10. M. DOUMERGUE

    M. Gaston Doumergue, who was President of France from 1924 to 1931, and Premier in the crisis of 1934, has died. He was 73. ...

    Article : 419 words
  11. SOLDIERLY DIGNITY RUFFLED.

    Most people are familiar with K. M. Bateman's variations of his famous drawing, "The Guardsman Who Dropped It." depicting the alarm of a regular soldier who dropped his ...

    Article : 215 words
  12. BASQUE GOVERNMENT MOVED.

    The Basque Government's Press Bureau at Bayonne announces that the Basque Government has left Bilbao for a village behind the military lines. A ...

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  13. SIR GEORGE PEARCE'S FUTURE.

    Referring to the report that it was possible that the Minister for External Affairs (Sir George Pearce) would retire from politics to accept a seat on the Interstate Commission[?] ...

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  14. FUTURE POLICY.

    Federal Ministers would give no indication of policy when questions were asked in the House of Representatives to-day on the future of the patrol system in northern waters. ...

    Article : 177 words
  15. EARTH TREMOR.

    A slight earth tremor, which was preceded by rumblings and a dull, thudding sound, shook the eastern suburbs of Melbourne and country ...

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  16. SIR JAMES BARRIE.

    Sir James Barrie, the famous novelist and dramatist, who is seriously ill, regained a little gr[?]und during last night. A bulletin issued yesterday by Lord Horder[?] ...

    Article : 72 words
  17. DENTIST'S DEATH.

    At an inquest by the City Coroner (Mr. Balmain) yesterday into the death of William Patrick Neil, 52, a retired dentist, who died at Rose Bay on June 5, after a period of ...

    Article : 353 words
  18. MR. GRANT'S SPEECH.

    In his opening address at King's Cross, Mr. Grant said his opposition could burst his lungs and loud speakers on the score of preselection, but he was going to talk about ...

    Article : 114 words
  19. HISTORY OF LARRAKIA.

    The Larrakia was imported from England in March, 1936. The launch was assembled at the Cockatoo Dock, and underwent tests on Sydney Harbour on March 25, 1936. ...

    Article : 245 words
  20. SUGAR QUOTAS.

    The Colonial Secretary (Mr. W. G. A. Oimsby-Gore) has decided upon the allocation of sugar quotas for 1937-1938 on the unanimous recommendation of the permanent ...

    Article : 192 words
  21. AVALANCHE STRIKES VILLAGE.

    A telephone operator is the only person remaining in the village of Lourtier, in Val de Bagnes (Switzerland). Four hundred peasants f[?]ed in consequence ...

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  22. MR. MASON'S POLICY.

    During his speech at King's Cross last night, Mr. Mason was asked whether he would support Mr. Stevens in everything, and he replied that if the position should arise ...

    Article : 49 words
  23. 30 BOMBS DROPPED AT MADDA.

    The steamer Madda arrived at Gibraltar with the forepeak flooded and No. 1 hold leaking. A member of the crew told a ...

    Article : 419 words
  24. ONUS OF PROOF.

    Members of the Federal Cabinet expect shortly to receive a report from the Attorney-General (Mr. Menzies) upon the modification of the Commonwealth Crimes Act, to ...

    Article : 191 words
  25. HEAVY RAIN IN SYDNEY.

    Rain fell yesterday along the coast from Newcastle to the southern border, but the falls were patchy. The heaviest rain occurred in Sydney, where a heavy ...

    Article : 289 words
  26. WAGE INCREASES IN BRITAIN.

    Changes in wage rates reported to the Ministry of Labour in the first five months of the year are estimated to have resulted in a net aggregate increase of about £367,000 a ...

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  27. ARRESTED VESSELS.

    The local agent of the Japanese vessels arrested by the Larrakia (Mr. P. Nakashiba) said this evening that he had not yet received instructions from the owners of the captured ...

    Article : 138 words
  28. WARD AND COMPANY.

    The injunctions granted on June 10 restraining collection of dividends on certain shares in Placer Development and Bulolo, and any transfers or dealings in such shares by ...

    Article : 154 words
  29. SHY SUITORS.

    That girls should encourage shy suitors is the view of Dr. T. Drummond Shiels[?] formerly a Labour member of Parliament. He expressed it when discussing "the art of courtship" at ...

    Article : 138 words
  30. NAVAL GUNS.

    The State Department disclosed yesterday that it had again asked the principal naval Powers to agree to limit the calibre of naval guns to 14 inches. ...

    Article : 134 words
  31. DEFENCE TALKS.

    Australian Ministers in London, excepting the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons), who did not return from Stoke (Kent) until yesterday afternoon, conferred with the Committee of ...

    Article : 134 words
  32. MR. RUFUS NAYLOR.

    When the case in which Mr. Rufus Naylor sought time to pay to the chairman of the Australian Jockey Club (Sir Colin Stephen) costs amounting to about £1700, ordered by ...

    Article : 338 words
  33. PRECIOUS TEACUPS.

    Six tiny teacups and saucers, of the K'ang-hsi period, famille noire, were sold at Sotheby's for £640. They were part of an Amsterdam collection of Chinese porce[?]n[?]n ...

    Article : 90 words
  34. JAPANESE SPOKESMAN'S STATEMENT.

    The spokesman at the Foreign Office (Mr. T. Kawai) said that the Government had not been fully informed of Australia's arrest of three pearling boats. ...

    Article : 54 words
  35. VICTORIAN INJUNCTION.

    Application was made to Mr. Justice Lowe in the Practice Court to-day, to adjourn the hearing of the motion for an interlocutory injunction sought by John Angus Erskine, ...

    Article : 193 words
  36. MOTHER PLEADS GUILTY.

    Mrs. Helen Tiernan, 25. a widowed embroidery worker, pleaded guilty to-day to a charge of second degree murder. Mrs. Tiernan was reported last month to ...

    Article : 95 words
  37. INFLUENZA ON STEAMER.

    The McIlwraith, McEacharn interstat[?] freighter, Kooyong, made an unexpected call at Sydney late on Thursday to land eight of her crew of nine firemen[?] who were suffering ...

    Article : 135 words
  38. U.S.A. STEEL STRIKE.

    With President Roosevelt's approval the Secretary for Labour (Miss Frances Perkins) has appointed a special board to mediate in the steel strike. ...

    Article : 88 words
  39. CANADA WARNED.

    M. P[?]erre Auge, the French Consul in Western Canada, issued a warning that reprisals were likely if Canada continued to put high duties on French goods, especially perfumes ...

    Article : 124 words
  40. TROUBLE AT SHEARING SHEDS.

    It was reported last night that eight men were arrested at Nyngan yesterday on a charge of intimidation and unlawful assembly, following on reported trouble at shearing sheds ...

    Article : 71 words
  41. MRS. PUTNAM TURNS BACK.

    Mrs. Earhart Putnam[?] the American aviatrix, arrived here from Calcutta to-day, and left[?] in continuation of her world flight, at 12.34 p.m. (Burma time)[?] but, because of bad ...

    Article : 77 words
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