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  2. MOTOR BUSES

    The Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. S. A. Maddocks) announced yesterday that his department proposed shortly to take over about 10 ...

    Article : 491 words
  3. NON-PAYING RAILWAYS.

    The losses on non-paying railway lines in New South Wales continue to be a heavy burden to the State railways. ...

    Article : 442 words
  4. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    Only the Senate sat to-day, the House of Representatives having adjourned until Tuesday, but a wide variety of questions was debated. The leader of the Country Party (Senator Hardy) urged that the control of civil aviation should be transferred from the Defence Department to the ...

    Article : 147 words
  5. FIREMEN INJURED WHEN ROOFS COLLAPSE AT FIRE.

    Three firemen were injured when roofs collapsed during a fire at the boot and shoe factory of John Hunter and Son, Ltd., Castlereagh-street, Redfern, early this morning. The damage to the factory is estimated to be about £50,000. This photograph was taken just before the roofs caved in, and shows the smoke and flames leaping into the air and the firemen playing streams of water on the outbreak. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 78 words
  6. PRODUCTION OF OIL FROM SHALE.

    Urging the Government to hasten with the job of producing oil from shale and coal, the leader of the Opposition (Senator Collings) said during the ...

    Article : 868 words
  7. ROAD PLANNING.

    The Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner), when he opened a new bridge over a branch of Narrabri Creek to-day, said that the Main ...

    Article : 153 words
  8. NOTED SOLDIER'S DEATH.

    The death has occurred of Brigadier-General the Hon. Robert White, 75, whose distinguished military record included service in the Nile Campaign, ...

    Article : 214 words
  9. DRASTIC PLAN

    Drastic steps for the suppression of shop betting are proposed in a draft racing bill which is to come before the Labour caucus next Wednesday. If the ...

    Article : 325 words
  10. EUTHANASIA

    "There is no doubt that cuthanasia (the bringing about of easy death in cases of incurable disease) is practised by medical men in Britain, and I have no reason to think ...

    Article : 126 words
  11. WASTE OF MONEY.

    An emphatic protest against the construction of the Sandy Hollow-Maryvale railway was made by Mr. O. L. Milling, president of the Dunedoo Railway League, at a meeting ...

    Article : 196 words
  12. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment is announced to-day. Details are published on page 31, column 8. ...

    Article : 19 words
  13. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 291 words
  14. VALUE OF BRIDGE.

    "University undergraduates should be made to improve their minds by playing bridge instead of attending lectures," Sir James Jeans, the distinguished scientist, said in a speech ...

    Article : 193 words
  15. CONTROL OF CIVIL AVIATION.

    A suggestion by the leader of the Country party (Senator Hardy) that control of civil aviation should be transferred from the Defence ...

    Article : 536 words
  16. EMPIRE'S DEFENCES.

    During the three-day defence debate in the House of Lords, Air Marshal Lord Trenchard, when discussing Empire communications, pointed out that the Pacific and the ...

    Article : 243 words
  17. REPORT TO POLICE.

    A party of 40 police searched yesterday in the St. Ives district for a man who told Alfred Waltisbuhl. of Pittwater-road. Terry Hills, that he was Henry Lavers. ...

    Article : 334 words
  18. FRENCH FLIER

    M. Andre Japy, who is flying from Paris to Tokyo, has been forced down on a hillside north-west of Kyushu, which is within comp[?]ratively easy flying distance of Tokyo. ...

    Article : 48 words
  19. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 334 words
  20. RHODES SCHOLAR.

    Mr. Ian George Esplin was chosen as New South Wales Rhodes Scholar for 1937 at a meeting of the selection committee at Government House yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 270 words
  21. MR. J. H. THOMAS

    The former Secretary for the Colonies (Mr. J. H. Thomas) made his first public appearance, since his resignation from the Cabinet, when he spoke at the Excelsior Philanthropic ...

    Article : 94 words
  22. GERMAN ON TRIAL.

    The German mining engineer, Stickling, who was charged with espionage and sabotage, pleaded guilty to sabotage, as a result of which explosions occurred, causing the ...

    Article : 61 words
  23. DAIRY PRODUCE.

    Sir James Parr, formerly the New Zealand High Commissioner in London, said to-day that next year, given a good season, Australia would eclipse New Zealand in the quantity ...

    Article : 138 words
  24. MILK INDUSTRY.

    The Premier (Mr. Stevens), speaking at the official opening of the new milk distributing depot constructed by the Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Milk Company, Ltd., in ...

    Article : 244 words
  25. WESTERN EUROPE.

    The Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Sir Robert Vansittart) summoned the Ambassadors of France, Germany, Italy, and Belgium, and handed them copies of a Note ...

    Article : 59 words
  26. M. SALENGRO'S DEATH.

    Members of the Popular Front met yesterday to prepare a common declaration for submission to the Chamber of Deputies, condemning the campaign of calumny against the late ...

    Article : 83 words
  27. LAND FOR PEASANTS.

    The Senate having approved the proposal, only the signature of the President of the Republic (General Cardenas) is required for the enactment of a measure expropriating private ...

    Article : 71 words
  28. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 317 words
  29. COUNTRY TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES.

    The Postmaster-General (Senator McLachlan) announced to-night that it is proposed to publish country telephone directories at half-yearly intervals in future, instead of once ...

    Article : 52 words
  30. FIGHTING IN CHINA.

    The correspondent of "The Times" at P[?]ping states that orders given to the Chinese [?]oops in Suiyuan (Inner Mongolia) to maintain the defensive were cancelled after the ...

    Article : 69 words
  31. GENERAL CABLES.

    Gold was quoted to-day at £7/2/2 an ounce fine, compared with £7/2/2½ yesterday. PASTORAL COMPANY'S PURCHASE. The South Australian Trade Commissioner ...

    Article : 200 words
  32. U.S. AIR DEFENCE.

    The Secretary of the War Department (Mr. Woodring) announced yesterday the signing of a contract for the purchase of 120 newtype observation 'planes, from the North ...

    Article : 90 words
  33. PROTECTION URGED.

    The chairman of the Imperial Smelting Corporation (Sir Robert Horne), at the annual meeting to-day, deplored the fact that the British zinc industry lacks protection. He said ...

    Article : 104 words
  34. FINE REMITTED.

    G. P. Frere, owner of St. Hillaire vineyard, near Albury, recently was fined £30 for aiding and abetting in the sale of a bottle of wine to a police officer, Frere not being the holder ...

    Article : 100 words
  35. BLACKMAIL PLOT.

    The use of the photographic equipment in the Bertillon department of the North Dakota prison to fake lewd pictures designed for use as a means of extorting money from noted ...

    Article : 103 words
  36. MILK DELIVERIES.

    Mr. Norman R. Chapman, secretary of the Auckland Metropolitan Milk Council, who arrived in Sydney by the Awatea yesterday, said that the block system of milk delivery ...

    Article : 161 words
  37. MR. MARTIN'S COMMENT.

    The Minister of Justice (Mr. Martin) said last night that on his advice the Lieutenant-Governor had remitted the fine, and an intimation to that effect had been sent to Mr. ...

    Article : 50 words
  38. JAPAN'S TRADE METHODS.

    Speakers representing a variety of American business interests, at the National Foreign Trade Convention yesterday, predicted that Japanese textile imports would dominate the ...

    Article : 66 words
  39. LATE SPORTING.

    Matched evenly in weight, experience, and fighting ability, Jimmy Purcell (10-5) and Dick Humphreys (10-4), welter-weight champion of New South Wales, provided a ...

    Article : 60 words
  40. KNOCKED DOWN BY TAXI.

    James Hall, 7, was knocked down by a taxicab near his home in Macquarie-street, Liverpool, yesterday, and had his left leg broken. Liverpool Ambulance took him to Liverpool ...

    Article : 37 words
  41. THE KING'S SCHOOL TEAM.

    The Rugby Union match, The King's School (N.S.W.) versus Jesus College, ended in a draw. Both sides failed to score. ...

    Article : 30 words
  42. MILLIONS CLUB.

    Mr. A. B. Lalchere, chairman of the Young Citizens' Association's advisory council, will be the guest of the Millions Club at luncheon on Monday. ...

    Article : 26 words
  43. SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY [?]ICTURE THEATRES.

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

    Article : 13 words
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