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  2. CULTURE IN AUSTRALIA.

    An article entitled "Culture in Australia," written by Mr. Randolph Hughes, an Australian, and which appears in the November issue of the ...

    Article : 892 words
  3. TIMBER YARDS ABLAZE.

    The timber yards of Beat Bros., Ltd., building contractors and joiners, in Henrietta-street, Waverley, was practically destroyed by fire last ...

    Article : 300 words
  4. ANCIENT METHOD OF TRANSPORT NEAR GRENFELL.

    In these days of mechanical transport, it is not often that bullock waggons are seen. Although wheat is garnered by the most modern machinery, drawn in many instances by tractors, this ancient method of carting is occasionally employed. During harvesting at Caragabal, between Grenfell and Forbes, this team carted the grain to the silo. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 61 words
  5. PUBLIC ORDER.

    The Public Order Act, which makes illegal the wearing of political uniforms, and also quasi-military organisations which have been formed to secure ...

    Article : 240 words
  6. COUNTY COUNCIL.

    Estimates for 1937 submitted to the adjourned budget meeting of the County Council yesterday by the general manager (Mr. Forbes Mackay) ...

    Article : 1,337 words
  7. GOLD CLAUSE.

    The Montreal correspondent of the "New York Times" states that action involving three billion dollars of public and private Canad[?] securities and effecting a nominal saving [?] ...

    Article : 205 words
  8. RUSSIAN FILM.

    The Chief Secretary (Mr. Bailey) has directed that a letter be written to the deputy film appeal censor for Victoria (Mr. J. McRae), asking him to re-hear the appeal against the ...

    Article : 135 words
  9. FRENCH STRIKES.

    Firm action was taken by the Government to prevent a repetition of the stay-in strikes which caused industrial turmoil last summer. ...

    Article : 100 words
  10. RETAIL TRADE.

    Although the improvement in the retail trade in New South Wales during 1936 did not extend to all classes of merchandise, the total sales for the 10 ...

    Article : 433 words
  11. QUENCHING A THIRST.

    The consumption of milk in Sydney is increasing so rapidly that in the metropolitan area there are nearly 4000 milk bars and refreshment shops where ...

    Article : 423 words
  12. NAVAL TREATIES.

    The Washington and London Naval Treaties expire at midnight, and after that moment there will be no technical check on an unrestricted increase of navies. ...

    Article : 263 words
  13. JAPANESE GOODS

    Cotton piece goods and artificial piece goods which arrived in Australia from Japan after the higher duties were imposed on May 22 last, but which have not yet been taken out ...

    Article : 161 words
  14. NEW PACT LIKELY.

    A development of the deepest significance to Europe is foreshadowed by an official admission in Belgrade that negotiations are in progress between Yugoslavia and Bulgaria for ...

    Article : 600 words
  15. MOTORIST PUNISHED.

    "The woman will spend a month in hospital. This man will spend a month in gaol," said the magistrate to-day, when a clerk, aged 27 years, was convicted of intoxication while ...

    Article : 90 words
  16. INDIAN TRIBESMEN.

    A week's truce has been arranged in the Khaisora Valley, Waziristan, to enable the insurgent tribes to comply with the Government's terms. ...

    Article : 211 words
  17. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 202 words
  18. EMPLOYMENT IN BRITAIN.

    The Ministry of Labour estimates that at December 14 the number of insured persons in employment in Great Britain, exclusive of agricultural workers, was approximately ...

    Article : 123 words
  19. NEW INDUSTRIES.

    The establishment of important industries, including alkali and paper manufacturing, on a sound commercial basis in Australia early in 1938, is expected. It is stated that ...

    Article : 128 words
  20. LATE SPORT.

    The junior interstate carnival, which was completed to-day, resulted in a win for Victoria, who will hold the shield for the next 12 months. The series was not remarkable for ...

    Article : 292 words
  21. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 234 words
  22. CAPTOR OF CHINESE LEADER.

    Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang, the rebel commander, who held the leader of the Chinese Republic (General Chiang Kai-shek) as a hostage at Sianfu for nearly a fortnight, was ...

    Article : 79 words
  23. HURLED FROM SLEIGH.

    While the American actress, Peggy Joyce, and the well-known amateur jockey, Charles Jackson, of London University, were returning to their hotel in a horse-sleigh along Cresta ...

    Article : 90 words
  24. TRADE WITH JAPAN.

    The Domel News Agency estimates that the new trade agreement with Australia will reduce Japan's excess of imports from the Australian trade to 60,000,000 yen ...

    Article : 210 words
  25. CASUALTIES.

    Thomas William Beazeley, 29, of Gray-street. Cariton, was thrown from his motor cycle in Bunnerong-road. Matraville, last night. The Eastern Suburbs Ambulance took him to the ...

    Article : 231 words
  26. LEAGUE COVENANT.

    Members of all political parties, including Mr. Winston Churchill (Con.), Mr. C. R. Attlee (leader of. the Labour Opposition), and Mr. Lloyd George (Ind. Lib.), and the ...

    Article : 79 words
  27. RUSSIA'S STRENGTH.

    "Russia to-day feels strong enough to defend herself successfully single-handed against any Power or combination of Powers," said the Soviet delegate to the international ...

    Article : 79 words
  28. TO-DAY.

    Theatre Royal: Russian Ballet, 2, 8. Tivoll Theatre: "Mother Goose," 2.15: "Ful Speed Ahead." 8. Lyceum Theatre: "Orphan of the Wilderness, ...

    Article : 297 words
  29. NATIONAL INSURANCE.

    Sir Walter Kinnear, controller of the insurance department of the Ministry of Health, who visited Australia to report to the Federal Government on national insurance, said ...

    Article : 80 words
  30. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Gold was quoted to-day at £7/1/7 an ounce fine, compared with £7/1/8 yesterday. DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH. The late Duke of Buccleuch left an English ...

    Article : 175 words
  31. NEW YORK FIRE.

    William Hoffman, a house painter, has been charged with second-degree manslaughter. This was the sequel to a fire in a fourstory residential in the heart of the city, as a ...

    Article : 94 words
  32. CRICKET CONFERENCE.

    The Board of Control decided to-night to ask the manager. Captain R. Howard, and the captain of the English test team, G. O. Allen, to attend a conference to discuss certain ...

    Article : 114 words
  33. SOVIET SCIENTISTS.

    Because they refuse to return to Russia, the Soviet Academy of Sciences has expelled Professor W. N. Ipatieff, former director of the Department of Organic Chemistry at the ...

    Article : 110 words
  34. CHILD BORN ON TRAIN.

    When a western mixed goods train was within half an hour's run of Westwood, Central Queensland, to-day, a young woman resident of Anakie gave birth to a son. ...

    Article : 97 words
  35. INJURED MAN.

    The dying depositions of Norman Ronald James Gates were taken at the Griffith District Hospital, to which he had been admitted suffering from concussion and other ...

    Article : 55 words
  36. "MOORE'S ALMANAC."

    "Moore's Almanac" for 1937, the 86th year of publication, contains much valuable information for professional and business men. Details of stamp duties, the law calendar, ...

    Article : 63 words
  37. SCARLET CANNAS AT DEE WHY.

    At Deewhy, in the gardens by the roadside, brilliant scarlet cannas are now in bloom. Many purply-brown plants have made complete circles around the big beds, and have ...

    Article : 56 words
  38. SHOOTING VICTIM DIES.

    Leonard Walter Wisdom, 27, motor trimmer, of Alexander-street, Prospect, who. yesterday, was accidentally shot while on a shooting excursion on the Murray River. 20 miles north ...

    Article : 39 words
  39. DUKE OF WINDSOR'S MAIL.

    More than 6000 letters reached the Duke of Windsor at Enzesfeld Castle to-day. ...

    Article : 21 words
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