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  2. SHIP SINKS

    The small wooden collier Hall Caine, 213 tons, capsized and sank yesterday afternoon off Broken Bay while being towed by the steamer Idant. ...

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  3. TEN INCHES OF RAIN On the Catchment.

    The rain on Monday and Tuesday added water to Sydney's supply for the first time for two years. The quantity added to the ...

    Article : 598 words
  4. SPEED LIMITS.

    The State Cabinet yesterday decided to introduce in the coming Parliamentary session a bill to amend the Motor Traffic Act with the object of fixing ...

    Article : 360 words
  5. FIFTY FOUNDRIES CLOSE. EMPLOYERS' MOVE TO COMBAT "IRRITATION TACTICS."

    About 50 foundries in the metropolitan area yesterday closed down in accordance with a decision of the Metal Trades Employers' Association, that unless the striking moulders and ironworkers discontinued their irritation tactics work would cease. ...

    Article : 99 words
  6. RIOTING IN SIX KILLED.

    Six persons were killed and many were injured, many of them seriously, in a fierce fight between Fascists and members of the ...

    Article : 347 words
  7. DEATH OF BRITISH STATESMAN.

    Sir Austen Chamberlain, one of the most distinguished British statesmen of the day, died suddenly yesterday at the age of 73 years. ...

    Article : 382 words
  8. LONELY KING.

    In a volume with the title "Edward VIII: His Life and Reign," the New Zealand author, Mr. Hector Bolitho, presents many sidelights on ...

    Article : 750 words
  9. SERIOUS THREAT TO INDUSTRY.

    If the engineering shops close, about 10,000 additional men will be rendered idle, and a serious dislocation of kindred businesses, both manufacturing ...

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  10. SURF RESCUE.

    Leslie Storey, 24, of Junee, was carried a mile out to sea by a strong undertow at Cronulla yesterday. He was rescued by a "scratch" surf boat crew ...

    Article : 370 words
  11. MR. LYONS'S MESSAGE.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) to-day sent the following message to the Australian High Commissioner in London:—"Please convey to the relatives of the late Sir Austen ...

    Article : 93 words
  12. REBELS BOMBED.

    Pressing home the advantages gained by the International Brigades, 55 Spanish loyalist aeroplanes raided rebel concentrations round Brihuega. ...

    Article : 354 words
  13. NAVAL GUNS.

    It is reported that Japan has decided not to accept the limit of 14in calibre for naval guns, set down in the new London Naval Treaty. ...

    Article : 354 words
  14. ENGINE DERAILED.

    During torrential rain about 2 o'clock this morning, a relief engine and tender travelling from Brisbane to Casino ran into a sand drift on the line at what is known as the ...

    Article : 184 words
  15. VIGILANCE COMMITTEES.

    The metal trades group of the Newcastle Trades Hall council decided at a special meeting to-night to appoint vigilance committees in all district foundries to ensure that none ...

    Article : 101 words
  16. DAIRY FARMERS.

    At yesterday's annual meeting of the Primary Producers' Union, which has about 15,000 members, chiefly in the dairying districts, it was decided to withdraw from the Producers' ...

    Article : 215 words
  17. INFLUENZA.

    How the sneeze of a ferret enabled an important step to be taken in the progress towards the discoverey of what is hoped to prove a cure tor influenza is described in the report ...

    Article : 246 words
  18. COURT CONFLICT.

    Vigorous exchanges between Mr. Evatt, K.C. and Mr.Dovey, K.C., again occurred during the further hearing yesterday of the action brought by Grace Mary Brady, wife of Patrick ...

    Article : 370 words
  19. WHALING.

    The cablegram announcing that Japanese whalers operating in the Antarctic had secured 11,000 tons of oil in four months, has revived interest ...

    Article : 443 words
  20. SKIT ON MR. LYONS.

    While Federal Ministers and friends were saying farewell to the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) and Mrs. Lyons as they were about to leave for Adelaide to-night, a man, heavily ...

    Article : 210 words
  21. ROMANCE IN WAR-TORN SPAIN.

    A message from Barcelona announces the engagement of Nurse Margot Miller, an Australian, who has been wounded twice, and Mr. Richard Bennett, an Englishman, aged 25, who ...

    Article : 120 words
  22. GIRL PARACHUTIST KILLED.

    An eventful life ended at Avignon (France) when, after a fall of 1800 feet from an aeroplane, Miss Edith Clark's parachute failed to open, and she was killed. ...

    Article : 225 words
  23. REDUCED FREIGHT RATES.

    Freight rates have been so reduced by American shipping interests in the carriage of gold concentrates from Queensland, as compared with the Australian coastal freights, ...

    Article : 163 words
  24. CYLINDER EXPLODES.

    Two aircraft workers were severely burned when an oxy-acetylene cylinder exploded at the workshop in the hangar of de Havilland Pty., Ltd., Mascot, aerodrome, yesterday ...

    Article : 335 words
  25. EIGHT LEAP FROM 'PLANE.

    When the engine of an army aeroplane stalled at 2000 feet, seven of the occupants jumped out with parachutes and landed safely. ...

    Article : 56 words
  26. SCHOONER SINKS.

    Eight men aboard the sinking British schooner Avon Queen, were rescued off San Salvador Island, in the Bahamas, by the United States destroyer Fairfax. ...

    Article : 47 words
  27. FISHERMEN'S BEND.

    In less than a minute, 33 acres of Crown land at Fishermen's Bend was sold to-day at auction for £48,000, the upset price. The identity of the buyer was kept a secret. Mr. ...

    Article : 213 words
  28. DR. R. B. WADE.

    Dr. R. B. Wade, of Sydney, has been made an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. It was stated last night that very few ...

    Article : 70 words
  29. NEUTRALITY.

    Eight members of the House of Representatives who are veterans of the World War, spoke in the House on the neutrality legislation and expressed their scepticism of its ...

    Article : 174 words
  30. CREW OF HAIPING.

    Captain L. F. Laloe, with his wife, and the officers and Chinese crew of the abandoned steamer Haiping, will leave Brisbane by the Katoomba on Saturday for Sydney, on their ...

    Article : 114 words
  31. VISCOUNTESS ROTHERMERE.

    The death occurred to-day of Viscountess Rothermere, wife of Lord Rothermere, the newspaper proprietor. [Lady Rothermere was formerly Miss Mary ...

    Article : 96 words
  32. TOOTHACHE AS REASON FOR SUICIDE.

    A finding of suicide by poisoning was given by the—Coroner (Mr. R. Donaldson) to-day. when an inquest was conducted into the death of Frank Henry Nutt, 29, who died in the ...

    Article : 78 words
  33. JAPAN'S YARN OUTPUT.

    The Wool Industry Association announces that, in 1936, Japan's 49 mills produced 123,262,000lb of yarn, valued at 256,000,000 yen an increase of 10,487,000lb and 64,000,000 ...

    Article : 55 words
  34. SUPERANNUATION BOARD.

    The Executive Council yesterday granted Mr. T. W. Bremner, a member of the State Superannuation Board, six months leave of absence on half pay, and one and a half ...

    Article : 61 words
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