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  2. SCOW SUNK BY STORM.

    Four persons are believed to have lost their lives when a timber-laden scow, the Rangi, foundered off Rakino Island, at the eastern entrance ...

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  3. TRADE ENVOY TO EGYPT.

    Australia's newly-appointed Trade Envoy in Egypt (Colonel Cyril E. Hughes) has command of at least six of the languages spoken in Cairo and other ...

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  4. S.P. BETTING.

    The Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Dunningham), who is a member of the Cabinet sub-committee which was appointed to review betting ...

    Article : 127 words
  5. BATTLESHIPS FOR U.S.A.

    The Secretary for the Navy (Mr. Swanson) revealed at a Press conference that the two 35,000-ton battleships which are to be built will have a speed ...

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  6. TERRITORY.

    The Federal Cabinet, after a meeting here to-day, adjourned until January 28 without appointing a new Administrator of the Northern ...

    Article : 101 words
  7. TALKS IN ROME.

    It is reported that a discussion took place in Rome between the German Minister for Air (General Goering) and Signor Mussolini on the Spanish ...

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  8. N.Z. STRIKE.

    The stay-in strike of freezing works employees is having a disastrous effect on primary industries. If settlement is not reached soon ...

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  9. BATTLES IN SPAIN.

    While the attack on Madrid continues, the rebel forces in the south [?]ve launched a new drive towards [?]laga, the battered loyalist ...

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  10. HOUSING BOARD.

    At its meeting next week, the State Cabinet will complete the personnel of the new Housing Improvement Board. The chairman of the board will probably be ...

    Article : 180 words
  11. MOVEMENT FOR WITHDRAWAL

    Mr. A. M. Blain, M.P. for the Northern Territory, said to-day that if Mr. C. L. A. Abbott. M.P., was appointed Administrator of the Northern Territory, he would lead a ...

    Article : 288 words
  12. "HEALTH MUST BE GUARDED."

    The Minister for Health (Mr. Hughes) will make inquiries about the case of the woman—the wife of an Australian —who was refused permission to land ...

    Article : 325 words
  13. JAPANESE GOODS.

    The Minister for Trade Treaties (Sir Henry Gullett) said yesterday that it was difficult to understand the attitude of the Lancashire Chambers of Commerce regarding the ...

    Article : 414 words
  14. NEW GERMAN DESTROYER

    The Germany navy has honoured Lieutenant Hans Lody, of the naval reserve, who was shot in the Tower of London on November 6, 1914, for espionage, by naming a new ...

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  15. STRIKER MARRIES.

    William McGuire, a "sit-down" striker in the plant of a storage battery company, and Theresa Grike were married yesterday, holding hands through the iron fence which ...

    Article : 115 words
  16. MR. ABBOTT SILENT.

    Mr. Abbott declined yesterday to make any further comment on the additional strong protests against his qualifications for the position. ...

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  17. CAPITAL SHIPS.

    It is learned officially in London that Italy is prepared to agree not to mount guns exceeding 14-inch on capital ships, providing other Powers accept the limitation. This is ...

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  18. OVERSEA SHIPS.

    The Assistant Minister for Commerce (Senator Brennan) will review, at an early date, the conditions under which permits for carrying passengers between ...

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  19. THE POPE

    The Pope is cheerful. He attended Mass and received visitors, sitting in his wheelchair. ...

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  20. HEAVY AIR TRAFFIC.

    The unusual spectacle was seen yesterday afternoon of three Stinson airliners flying in formation over Sydney. They were fully loaded with passengers from Brisbane. ...

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  21. SINGAPORE BASE.

    The plans for the forthcoming manoeuvre to test Singapore's defences have been revised, according to the Singapore correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph." ...

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  22. INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

    Health authorities in Australia do not consider that the influenza epidemic in England will spread to this country. Officers of the Health, Department will make a careful ...

    Article : 95 words
  23. PERMIT FOR MONGOLIA.

    A permit was granted yesterday for the oversea passenger vessel Mongolia, which will sail from Sydney next Saturday, to carry interstate passengers from Sydney to ...

    Article : 227 words
  24. SIX WAR NURSES

    Six nurses, who served overseas during the war with the Australian Imperial Force, will be selected to accompany the Defence Services' ...

    Article : 140 words
  25. "QUOTA TOO HIGH."

    Commenting on the statement, trade leaders in Manchester contend that Sir Henry Gullett does not answer the criticism that the quota allotted to Japanese textiles is too ...

    Article : 120 words
  26. CLAIM FOR COLONIES.

    The Minister for the Colonies (M. Moutet), in an interview published in the "Echo de Paris," bluntly declared that he did not believe German really wanted colonies, but that she ...

    Article : 132 words
  27. ELECTRIC POWER.

    It is expected that charges for electricity, in the city, and country will be reduced when the Government's Statewide scheme for electrical development ...

    Article : 161 words
  28. EMPIRE AIR MAILS.

    In some quarters the statement by the Australian Minister for Defence (Sir Archdale Parkhill) that the British Government had fa[?]ed to comply with his repeated requests ...

    Article : 86 words
  29. PENNY IN THE PLATE.

    The "Australian Church Record," in its latest issue, states that "Anglican giving in Australia stands at 4d a head a year." The article refers to the generous ...

    Article : 271 words
  30. TOUR IN MOROCCO.

    Officers of the British destroyer Vanoc, who [?]e making a tour of inspection in Spanish [?]orocco, saw n[?] signs of abnormal foreign [?]ctivity at Ceuta, and are now going to ...

    Article : 283 words
  31. COUNTY COUNCIL.

    The Sydney County Council, which controls the city electricity undertaking, will elect its chairman at a meeting to be held on Tuesday. The twelve months' term of the present ...

    Article : 216 words
  32. "OVERSIGHT RECTIFIED."

    The president of the Returned Army Sisters' sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League (Matron Durham) said last night that nurses who served overseas during the war ...

    Article : 86 words
  33. THE ABDICATION.

    In the House of Commons to-day the leader of the Canadian Commonwealth Federation (Mr. J. S. Woodsworth), who had requested that the correspondence which ...

    Article : 105 words
  34. MURDER OF BOY.

    Two men are held in Washington as suspects on suspicion that they were implicated in the kidnapping and murder of the 10-year-old son of a Tacoma surgeon, Dr. Mattson. ...

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  35. REDBANK WEIR.

    The Premier (Mr. Stevens) left Sydney last night to turn the first sod of the Redbank Weir, on the Murrumbidgee River, near Balranald, this afternoon. ...

    Article : 251 words
  36. FLOWER BULBS FOR CANBERRA.

    The Commonwealth Parliament has been presented by the general manager in Australia of the Royal Packet Navigation Company (Mr. A. Bakker) with a collection of 500 bulbs[?] ...

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  37. HERD OF DEER.

    A herd of deer in National Park, numbering between 500 and 600, may become a menace to the rich farming land of the south coast, says Mr. H. W. Whiddon, president, in the ...

    Article : 193 words
  38. DUKE OF WINDSOR'S DIVERSIONS.

    The Duke of Windsor, who recently startled the people of Enzesfeld by bagpiping, is now learning to play the plano-accordlon[?] which he received as a Christmas present. He is ...

    Article : 152 words
  39. AMERICAN AIRMEN

    Mr. Bert Acosta and Major Berry, American [?]aators, were met by Federal agents when [?]ey arrived from Spain to-day and served [?]ith subpoenas to appear before a Federal ...

    Article : 108 words
  40. FLOOD DANGER PAST.

    The flood waters in the Macintyre River at Boggabilla began to fall yesterday after reaching a maximum height of 32 feet 5 inches on Thursday night. ...

    Article : 80 words
  41. INJURED MINISTERS.

    The Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. Spooner), who was injured while surf-bathing at Shellharbour last week-end, was reported yesterday to be improved in ...

    Article : 87 words
  42. LORD WAKEHURST

    Lord Wakehurst, the Governor-designate of New South Wales, will sail for Sydney in the liner o[?]ford on February 27. ...

    Article : 31 words
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