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  2. SENTENCES OF DEATH.

    Rupert Davies, 28, storeman, of Collingwood, and William John Cody, 24, labourer, of Melbourne, were sentenced to death in the Criminal Court ...

    Article : 351 words
  3. BATTLE ROUND MADRID.

    Under cover of an intense artillery bombardment, before dawn, the Director-General for the Security of Madrid (General Miaja) launched a powerful ...

    Article : 289 words
  4. FOOD SHORTAGE.

    Serious shortage of fruit, vegetables, mutton, butter, and other perishables will occur in Darwin in the next four weeks. The cause is the strike of ...

    Article : 235 words
  5. BELOW GROUND AT WONTHAGGI COAL MINE.

    Three of these pictures, which were received from Melbourne by picturegram last night, were taken 700 feet below the surface in the Wonthaggi State coal mine. They show the terrible force of the explosion which caused the death of 13 men on Monday. Some of the boulders weigh more than four tons, and will have to be broken up before they can be removed. The pictures in the bottom row show men refitting the roof, timbers and (at right) the funeral of the victims ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 96 words
  6. WORKERS FALL FROM BRIDGE.

    Ten men were killed when steel and wooden construction cradles crashed from the Golden Gate bridge and plunged into the water, 200 feet below. ...

    Article : 140 words
  7. LONELY AERODROME.

    A landing ground is being prepared on Howland Island, 1400 miles from Honolulu, for Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam, who intends to cross the Pacific Ocean on her flight round ...

    Article : 268 words
  8. TRANSPORT POLICY.

    Members of the Commercial [?]otor Vehicle Proprietors' Transport Association, at their annual meeting on Wednesday at Rawson Chambers, endorsed the selection of a ...

    Article : 97 words
  9. MAN-HUNT ENDS.

    After a two-day search for an alleged thief who escaped from custody on Tuesday evening, police arrested a man on the Gulgong railway station at ...

    Article : 228 words
  10. AIR FORCE JOBS

    An attempt by a person who had improperly come into possession of Air Force documents to obtain £5 each from young men who had applied to ...

    Article : 373 words
  11. STATION MASTER FINED 1/.

    A fine ot a shilling was imposed by Mr. Scobie, S.M., at the Central Summons Court yesterday on George Schweinberg, station master at Wynyard railway station, after he ...

    Article : 364 words
  12. BLUM MINISTRY.

    The French Premier (M. Blum) denies that he intends to make drastic changes in his Government. The Paris correspondent of the "Daily ...

    Article : 307 words
  13. GERMAN ARMY.

    A new decree requires quarter-Jews and half-Jews to serve with the German defence forces, which hitherto have been confined to Germans. ...

    Article : 102 words
  14. THE SIRIUS.

    Mr. E. A. Box, of Sydney, has received [?] letter from Mr. Harold Nossiter, a member of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, who is making a cruise around the world in the ...

    Article : 89 words
  15. COST OF LIVING.

    The Commonwealth Statistician (Dr. Roland Wilson) made available to-day the C series of retail price index numbers for the quarter ended December, 1936. ...

    Article : 128 words
  16. EMPIRE COUNTRIES.

    The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade (Mr. D. Euan Wallace), at a banquet of the Royal Warrant Holders' Association, said; "We should regard industrial ...

    Article : 186 words
  17. STREET DIRECTORY.

    The 1937 edition of Wilson's Street Directory for Sydney and Suburbs and Blue Mountains Guide is more comprehensive than previous issues. Seven additional maps appear ...

    Article : 96 words
  18. RACIAL STRIFE.

    An unexpected division in the Cabinet has arisen over the introduction of private members' bills prohibiting mixed marriages and the employment of Europeans by Asiatics, ...

    Article : 138 words
  19. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment is announced to-day. Details are published on page 18, columns 5, 6, and 7. ...

    Article : 27 words
  20. DAMAGED SHIP

    The 5038-ton steamer Kingswood, which had a large hole blown in her side and suffered much other damage when a donkey-engine boiler burst at Port Pirie on January 3, ...

    Article : 116 words
  21. INDEX.

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  22. DR. WINIFRED CULLIS.

    Glowing tributes were paid to Australia by Dr. Winifred Cullis, Professor of Physiology at the London School of Medicine for Women, on the occasion of the British Commonwealth ...

    Article : 174 words
  23. RUNNING FIGHT.

    In a desperate battle betweer two suspects a police officers at Canning Bridge, a subu[?] of Perth, to-day, about 30 shots were f[?]ed. None of the bullets took effect. ...

    Article : 324 words
  24. ABORIGINES

    Bitter criticism of Australia's treatment of the aborigines was voiced by the Rev. C. E. C. Lefroy, a former secretary of the Australian Board of Missions, at a conference of the ...

    Article : 301 words
  25. "NO ILL-FEELING."

    "The German people no longer entertain the slightest ill-feeling about the war, and nothing remains but great respect for their former opponents, said Herr Hitler, addressing ...

    Article : 105 words
  26. BANK ROBBERY.

    Frank de Villiers, about 26, described as a mechanic, of no fixed abode, appeared before Mr. Muirhead, P.M., in Adelaide Police Court to-day on a charge of robbery with violence ...

    Article : 91 words
  27. WOMAN ROBBED.

    When Miss Alice Coleman, of Elizabeth-street, Paddington, was with her sister in Mitchell-street, Centennial Park, lost night, two youths snatched her handbag and escaped ...

    Article : 66 words
  28. 40-HOUR WEEK.

    Claims for a 40-hour week throughout the Commonwealth Public Service have been presented to the Commonwealth Public Service Arbitrator by the Public Service Clerical ...

    Article : 141 words
  29. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 202 words
  30. COLONIAL PROBLEM.

    Initiating a debate in the House of Lords on the subject of colonies, Lord Noel Buxton said: "If we keep our colonies as a close preserve we will be heading for war." ...

    Article : 165 words
  31. YACHT RONDON

    Mrs. G. Kellaway, of Bellevue Hill, mother of Mr. Donald Kellaway, a member of the crew of the yacht Rondon, which left Sydney for Lord Howe Island late last Friday night, ...

    Article : 94 words
  32. CHESS.

    The fifth round of the Steiner invitation tournament was played at the Anthony Hordern staff library last night, when the pairings were: Comforth v Steiner, Klass v ...

    Article : 150 words
  33. AID FOR POOR AREAS.

    A White Paper was published last night containing proposals which have emerged from an expert investigation of the working of the formula under which the annual ...

    Article : 72 words
  34. TRADE AND SHIPPING.

    The "Yomiuri Shimbun" foresees fresn trouble from a report that there is an agitation in Australia to impose new restrictions on Japanese miscellaneous goods, besides ...

    Article : 82 words
  35. WOMAN'S DELUSION.

    May Yohe, a once-prominent actress and the ex-wife of Lord Hope, owner of the famous [?]mond, was imprisoned because of her mental condition, which caused her to ...

    Article : 135 words
  36. MOTOR SHIP SINKS.

    The Italian motor ship Feltre (6101 tons), and the American freighter Edward Luckenbach (7916 tons), collided in a gale in the Columbia River. The Feltre sank and the ...

    Article : 49 words
  37. FIFTH TEST MAY BE "BLACK."

    Because the cricket authorities have repudiated the claim made for lost time by carpenters and builders' labourers when work was suspended on the new grandstand at the ...

    Article : 154 words
  38. EXPRESS DELAYED.

    The north-bound Brisbane express, as it dashed through Ryde station yesterday afternoon, collided with a child's pushcart on the platform. The woman who owned the ...

    Article : 102 words
  39. TO-DAY.

    Theatre Royal: Russian Ballet, 8. Tivoll Theatre: "All Dressed Up." 2.30, 8. Lyceum Theatre: "The Marriage of Corbal." "Calling the Tune," 11, 2, 5, 8. ...

    Article : 175 words
  40. M.P. EMBARRASSED.

    Since Mr. J. R. H. Cartland (Con.) deplored, in the House of Commons, Britain's falling birth-rate, he has been inundated with letters from single women proposing marriage. ...

    Article : 169 words
  41. CASUALTIES.

    Frederick Erwin, 16, of Station-street, Harris Park, had his head severely crushed in a lift on the second floor at the works of Shannon's Brick, Tile, and Pottery Co., Ltd., ...

    Article : 233 words
  42. BRITISH SURTAX.

    Political lobbyists declare that the bringing of more people within the scope of the surtax by reducing the amount in which it can be applied from £2000 to £1500 is now ...

    Article : 93 words
  43. TWO ASSAULTS.

    Detective-sergeant Devine, Detective Einsaar, and other members of the eastern wireless patrol, investigated two assaults in Redfern last night. ...

    Article : 165 words
  44. VERSATILE BANKRUPT.

    A long and varied list of occupations was recorded by Bernard Moane, motor mechanic, wh- was granted a discharge by the Registrar in Bankruptcy (Mr. Keaney) yesterday. ...

    Article : 106 words
  45. S.O.S. SIGNALS.

    The Federal Communications Commission discloses that the perfection of an automatic radio S O.S. signal system for use in cargo ships will be announced at a sitting of the ...

    Article : 103 words
  46. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Gold was quoted to-day at £7/2/1 an ounce fine, compared with £7/2/0½ yesterday. AUSTRALIAN GOLD. BOSTON, Feb. 18. ...

    Article : 106 words
  47. THEFTS FROM OFFICES.

    Detective-sergeant Wickham, of the Criminal Investigation Branch, issued a warning to occupiers of offices and other business premises yesterday that thefts have been common ...

    Article : 102 words
  48. POLICE SEARCH FOR CAR.

    Police wish to trace a 1936 model blue Chevrolet sedan motor car bearing the Victorian number plate No. 83235. Anyone knowing its whereabouts is asked to ...

    Article : 40 words
  49. ROYAL VISITORS TO FAIR.

    The Queen, Queen Mary, the Duke of Kent, and the Duchess of Gloucester again visited the British Industries Fair. They purchased coronation souvenirs. ...

    Article : 30 words
  50. SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY PICTUR[?] THEATRES.

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