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  2. DEMOCRACY.

    In the House of Representatives, President Roosevelt made a stirring appeal on behalf of the democracies of the world, and pointed to the ...

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  3. CIRCULAR QUAY.

    A special committee, the Circular Quay Co-ordinating Committee, has been appointed by the Government to submit plans for the rearrangement and ...

    Article : 264 words
  4. MEAT PRICES.

    While a representative of the wholesale carcase butchers yesterday denied that the increased price of meat had been caused by market manipulation, ...

    Article : 366 words
  5. WOOL SOLD FOR 35½d.

    An Australian record for merino fleece wool this season was established at the Sydney wool sales yesterday afternoon when a French buyer paid ...

    Article : 216 words
  6. SEA WASTE GARNERED FOR SOIL'S WEALTH.

    Garnering seaweed is a considerable industry in the Cornish village of Marazion, which is opposite St. Michael's Mount. Hundreds of loads are removed annually from this beach and carted away to be used as fertiliser for the field crops. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. SUSPECTED ASSASSIN.

    During the regular examination of the passengers on the Basle express, at Thionville, the police arrested a Yugoslav, who is suspected of having been a member of the band which ...

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  8. TRUCKS DERAILED.

    Railway traffic between Goulburn and Sydney was dislocated as a result of a derailment near Marulan last night. About two miles on the Goulburn side of Marulan, an axle of a ...

    Article : 160 words
  9. DIPHTHERIA AT DARWIN.

    Circumstances, probably unique in Australian medical history, were revealed following the admission of four children, all diphtheria carriers, to the Darwin Hospital. ...

    Article : 250 words
  10. CLOTHES ON FIRE.

    Alma Pettit, 19, of Kelly-street, Matraville, was severely burned when her clothes caught fire while she was tending a fuel stove at her home yesterday. ...

    Article : 93 words
  11. PERIL AT SEA.

    After battling for hours with high seas in an open native dugout canoe, with a blanket for a sail, two young Melbourne men and a half-caste ...

    Article : 374 words
  12. TYPHOID INFECTION.

    Five cases of typhoid fever and two suspected cases have been reported in the Auburn district during the past few days. The Metropolitan Health Officer (Dr. Drew) has ...

    Article : 224 words
  13. FRONTIER SECRETS.

    The Berlin correspondent of "The Times" says: "The Air Ministry has prohibited aircraft from flying over an area 50 miles long by 25 miles wide ...

    Article : 167 words
  14. LARGEST SALARIES.

    According to a statement tabled in Congress, Mr. William Randolph Hearst, the newspaper proprietor, received the largest sum in salary, bonuses, and ...

    Article : 188 words
  15. LOCAL PREFERENCE.

    A deputation representing the metal trades unions yesterday asked the chairman bf the Sydney County Council (Alderman S. A. Lloyd. M.L.A.) that the council, when considering ...

    Article : 135 words
  16. UNEMPLOYED RELIEF IN W.A.

    The Premier of Western Australis. (Mr. J. C. Wlllcock) and the Minister for Werks (Mr. H. Millington) announced to a deputation from the Australian Labour party to-day the ...

    Article : 68 words
  17. THE CALL-UP.

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

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  18. RETURNED FROM GENEVA.

    Mr. Raymond Watt, national secretary of the League of Nations Union, returned on the Mongolia yesterday, having attended the recent Assembly of the League at Geneva. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 33 words
  19. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 243 words
  20. TIMOR CROSSING.

    As a result of the repeated appeals by Qantas pilots, it is understood that the air force direction finding station at Darwin will give a limited service to pilots during the ...

    Article : 146 words
  21. SKELETON IN SHAFT.

    The discovery of burnt fragments of cloth, which are believed to be portions of a woman's silk dress, has made even more mysterious the finding of a man's skeleton in a disused mine ...

    Article : 351 words
  22. PARSONICAL DICTION.

    Mr. Franklin Dyall, the distinguished actor, in a letter to the "Daily Telegraph" on the subject of waning church attendances, says that a great part of the trouble is the lack of ...

    Article : 114 words
  23. FIFTEEN BOOKMAKERS REINSTATED.

    In response to the Queanbeyan and District Coursing Club's advertisement for bookmakers, which was published as a result of the fiasco cn Saturday night, when a strike of punters ...

    Article : 179 words
  24. LARGER FAMILY GROUPS.

    The Nazi determination that Germans must have bigger families is reflected in the official displeasure with artists because their portraits of modern German family groups ...

    Article : 68 words
  25. TAXI SERVICES.

    At a meeting of representatives of seven taxi-cab services operating in Sydney yesterday, it was decided to ask the Commissioner of Road Transport (Mr. Maddocks) to ...

    Article : 287 words
  26. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 228 words
  27. DOG ATTACKS BOY.

    Leslie McMahon, 9, of Gordon-street, Campsie, was playing in Lees Park, Ashbury, yesterday, when he threw a ball near an Alsatian dog. He patted the dog when he went to ...

    Article : 92 words
  28. REXIST LEADER.

    Falling to secure permission to broadcast from a Belgian station on the same terms as other Belgian politicians, M. Degrelle, the Rexist (Fascist) party leader, went to Italy, ...

    Article : 95 words
  29. BIG EARTHQUAKE.

    An earthquake, the most violent since the Quetta disturbances, has just been registered in London. The West Bromwich needle swung seven inches, and is still oscillating. The ...

    Article : 52 words
  30. NEW CAPITAL ISSUES.

    New capital issued in the United Kingdom totalled £217,221,000 last year. This was nearly £19,000,000 less than in 1930, the last year before the world depression, and ...

    Article : 97 words
  31. CRICKET ARGUMENT.

    Two friends, disputing in Bourke-street early this morning about the merits of Bradman and Hammond as batsmen, became so heated that they came to blows. ...

    Article : 97 words
  32. LEAVE FOR TRAINEES.

    The State Cabinet has approved of an amendment of the Public Service regulations to allow officers attending training camps, drills, parades, schools, or classes of ...

    Article : 52 words
  33. FLIGHT TO CAPE.

    Mr. H. L. Brook postponed his attempt to establish a new record for a flight to the Cape and return, because of low clouds over France. He will probably take off on January 9. ...

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  34. REFUSAL TO COLLECT FARES.

    Tram conductors in the Montpellier district are threatening a new kind of strike, in order to accelerate the introduction of a 40-hour week. They presented an ultimatum to the ...

    Article : 54 words
  35. MILK SHORTAGE

    Brisbane is threatened with a milk shortage as a result of three-day sickness among cattle. The disease is spreading rapidly. When cows contract the disease they yield no milk for ...

    Article : 119 words
  36. CAPTIVE LEADER.

    Ras Imru, one of the most devoted of Haili Selassie's adherents, and a bitter attacker of the Italians after the Emperor's flight, is likely to be imprisoned on one of the Italian penal ...

    Article : 70 words
  37. CRICKET CROWDS.

    To deal with complaints of congestion and other matters as the result of the large attendances at the third test match on the Melbourne ground, the committee of the ...

    Article : 87 words
  38. TO-DAY.

    Theatre Royal: Russian Ballet, 8. Tivoli Theatre: "Mother Goose," 2.15: "Full Speed Ahead," 8. Lyceum Theatre: "Orphan of the Wilderness." ...

    Article : 194 words
  39. CASUALTIES.

    A young woman was found dead, with her head in a gas stove, in a flat in Queen-street, Woollahra, yesterday. She has not yet been identified, but police ...

    Article : 265 words
  40. W.A. MAIL DELAYED.

    Torrential rain which has fallen throughout the Northern Territory during the past few days caused the delay of the mail 'plane from Western Australia, which ...

    Article : 112 words
  41. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Gold was quoted to-day at £7/1/7 an ounce fine, compared with £7/1/5½ yesterday. INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. An epidemic of [?]fluenza, which has assumed ...

    Article : 170 words
  42. BOYCOTT ENDED.

    Influenced by King Ibn Saud, of Saudi Arabia, and King Ghazi, of Iraq, the Arab Higher Committee has ended the boycott of the Royal Commission which is examining the ...

    Article : 43 words
  43. MONSOONAL RAINS.

    Captain C. R. Gurney, of the Royal air mail liner Canberra, which arrived at Longreach to-night, reported that from Darwin to Daly Waters rain was falling more or less ...

    Article : 66 words
  44. PUBLIC SERVICE.

    Results were announced to-day of the Commonwealth Public Service examinations, held in October last, to enable members of the service to qualify for transfer. New South ...

    Article : 137 words
  45. CHILD FALLS FROM TRAIN.

    Because of the absence of communication cords on trains in Tasmania, Mr. F. Gordon, of Hobart, had to smash a carriage window to attract the attention of the guard when ...

    Article : 103 words
  46. AMERICAN MOTOR STRIKE.

    The projected conference on the strike of employees of General Motors, to have been attended by an executive of the corporation (Mr. William Knudsen), and by union ...

    Article : 72 words
  47. FIRE IN W.A.

    Five business premisto, which included a picture theatre, were destroyed by fire at Bruce Rock to-day. The damage is estimated at £7500. Bruce Rock is about 200 miles ...

    Article : 39 words
  48. CRUISES TO AUSTRALIA.

    "Enjoy a two-months' cruise to Australia" is the main heading of a folder just published by the Australian National Travel Association to interest Indian army officers and ...

    Article : 61 words
  49. SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of Suburban and Country Pictur[?] Theatres will be found in the Amusement Advertisement Columns. ...

    Article : 27 words
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