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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Charles Hayward, a resident of South Australia, and employed on the Euston Lock, met with a fatal accident on the Balranald River bridge on Saturday evening. He failed ...

    Article : 78 words
  3. FLOODS IN VICTORIA.

    The receding floodwaters are revealing scenes of devastation greater and more terrible than had been anticipated. It is now believed that generally damage to property and farm lands, stock losses, interrupted employment, utility service breakdowns, and transport dislocation will cost the State ...

    Article : 150 words
  4. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER.

    The Duke of Gloucester arrived this afternoon in Brisbane, the last of the State capitals to be visited. The Royal train arrived from Rangeview, four miles from Toowoomba, shortly before 3 o'clock, and the Duke, wearing white tropical uniform, was given an enthusiastic welcome. ...

    Article : 122 words
  5. THE SAAR.

    It was announced in Rome to-day that the committee appointed by the Council of the League of Nations, under the chairmanship of Baron Aloisi (Italy), to examine various ...

    Article : 467 words
  6. NAVAL STRENGTH.

    The spokesman for the Navy said to-day it had been fully expected that France and Italy would refuse to join in denouncing the Washington Treaty. Japan was not ...

    Article : 521 words
  7. WHEAT AID.

    A recommendation that a flour tax of £2/15/ a ton should be imposed for not more than 12 months to provide in part for the assistance of £4,000,000 to the wheat ...

    Article : 679 words
  8. COW STRUCK DEAD.

    A Jersey cow, the property of Mr. H. Clavan, of Tintenbar, was struck by lightning last week, and was instantly killed. The animal was one of a herd of 36. and received ...

    Article : 71 words
  9. DINGOES KILL STOCK.

    Dingoes have been causing serious losses among stock on Boorook station, owned by Mr. Clarence Smith, in the Drake district. Poison baits are being laid, and efforts are ...

    Article : 43 words
  10. HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE.

    Damage estimated at £600 was caused by a fire which destroyed the five-roomed weatherboard residence of John Thomas Vidler, daily farmer, near Fairy Hill. Vidler ...

    Article : 80 words
  11. ARRIVAL AT STATION.

    Punctually at 2.50 p.m. the Royal train steamed into Central Station, Brisbane, after being preceded by the pilot train. All rail traffic had been diverted from the Central ...

    Article : 2,399 words
  12. CLEANING UP DEBRIS.

    All the flood waters have receded from the main streets of the Koo-wee-rup township overnight, leaving a thick sediment of slime and decomposition. Animal and vegetable ...

    Article : 667 words
  13. BITTEN BY A SPIDER.

    Bitten by a spider, thought to be of the trapdoor type, G. Sumner, of South Goulburn, soon afterwards felt severe burning pains, those in the arms being the more ...

    Article : 58 words
  14. MAN FINED FOR ASSAULT.

    Before Mr. A. C. Hardwick, P.M., Walter Bell, of Yass, pleaded guilty to unlawfully assaulting Norman Cedric Swan, master butcher, of Queanbeyan, on November 17, and ...

    Article : 113 words
  15. UNKNOWN VESSEL

    On the Ninety-Mile Beach to-day the battered and rusted hull of a small steamer was sighted by the pilot of a relief 'plane. The fore part of the hull is missing, and ...

    Article : 209 words
  16. BOY STRUCK BY CAR.

    A car, being driven to pick up a bride and take her to the church struck a boy, Athol Nelson, who was crossing the road, and knocked him down. He suffered lacerations ...

    Article : 52 words
  17. WATER SUPPLY DEBTS.

    The town clerk has been advised that the capital debt on the Tenterfield water supply scheme will be reduced to £44,000 on January 1, 1935, and that interest from that date will ...

    Article : 75 words
  18. INTERCESSORY SERVICE.

    Canon Hammond will speak at 1.20 p.m., and Mr. H. G. Harward at 2.20 p.m. to-day, at the united intercessory service, in the basement of the Town Hall. The service will be ...

    Article : 39 words
  19. COOLANGATTA WATER SUPPLY.

    At a meeting of the Coolangatta-Nerang water authority, it was reported that water was now in the mains at Burleigh Heads, Currumbin, Tugun, and a section of the ...

    Article : 75 words
  20. POSITION IN RIVERINA.

    The Murray River to-day rose to 13ft 5in, with a strong stream over the reservoir spillway and there are reports of floodings in the Upper Murray. At present Riverina ...

    Article : 122 words
  21. THE CALL-UP

    A call-up for employment is announced for to-day. Details appear on page 26, column 4. ...

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  22. INDIAN REFORM.

    Mr. Baldwin was given an enthusiastic reception by nearly 2000 Conservatives, who had come from all over Britain for the critical decision on the party's attitude towards the ...

    Article : 263 words
  23. INFANT DROWNED.

    William Bamford, 19 months, son of Edwin J. Bamford, baker, was drowned in a carbide drum containing about a foot of water. The drum was let into the ground under a ...

    Article : 64 words
  24. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 222 words
  25. TICK CONTROL.

    The chairman of the Tick Board of Control (Mr. C. L. O'German) announced that it was proposed to build 50 cattle dips to facilitate the eradication of ticks from quarantine areas ...

    Article : 127 words
  26. ALLEGED FIRE FRAUDS.

    The hearing of the case in which Frederick Rickards and Henry Joseph are charged with having unlawfully conspired with Leopold Harris to defraud insurance companies, was ...

    Article : 182 words
  27. RELIEF WORKS.

    After consultation with his colleagues in the State Cabinet to-day, the Victorian Minister for Works (Mr. Jones) submitted to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for ...

    Article : 133 words
  28. SUNDAY SWIMMING FAVOURED.

    At a referendum held in conjunction with the municipal election, a majority voted in favour of the Yass Municipal Council allowing swimming carnivals at the municipal ...

    Article : 69 words
  29. MAITLAND QUARTER SESSIONS.

    Edwin Arthur Field, 18, who pleaded guilty at Maitland Quarter Sessions to a charge of stealing from a shop at Kurri Kurri was sentenced to two years' imprisonment with ...

    Article : 185 words
  30. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 240 words
  31. DIAMOND BRACELET

    The "Daily Telegraph" says: "One of the bridesmaids at the Royal wedding lost a diamond, bracelet worth £7000 on the wedding day. Inquiries by officials of Scotland Yard ...

    Article : 89 words
  32. N.S.W. GRANT SUGGESTED.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Mr. Jarvie asked the Deputy-Premier (Mr. Bruxner) whether the Government would consider making a grant, as a gesture of ...

    Article : 136 words
  33. CASH PAYMENTS.

    The Soviet has decided in future to pay cash for all orders from Britain, unless the cost of credit facilities is considerably reduced in view of existing conditions on the money ...

    Article : 101 words
  34. LOST CORAMBA.

    A party of men who set our from Cowes to continue the search for the victims of the Coramba saw another body floating in the surf early to-day. Because of the huge ...

    Article : 193 words
  35. SERIES OF CRIMES.

    The inhabitants of the wild mountainous district of the Upper Var have been terrorstricken by five murders in four months. The crimes are believed to be the work of one man, ...

    Article : 74 words
  36. CAR FALLS OVER EMBANKMENT.

    While the Rev. W. Morris was driving his car towards Kempsey, he and his four passengers had a narrow escape. While rounding a bend the steering gear failed and the ...

    Article : 75 words
  37. IRISH CITIZENSHIP BILL.

    The Secretary for the Dominions (Mr. J. H. Thomas), in reply to a question by Mr. P. Hurd (Con.) in the House of Commons today, reiterated that nobody now a British ...

    Article : 257 words
  38. ATTACK ON GOVERNOR.

    High Court Judges yesterday heard the appeals of five men and a woman who were sentenced for the attempted assassination of the Governor of Bengal (Sir John Anderson) ...

    Article : 174 words
  39. PROPOSED BRIDGE.

    The Talbragar Shire Council decided to [?] the Government for a loan for the construction of a bridge across Whylandra Creek, 16 miles from Dubbo. During a recent flood the ...

    Article : 44 words
  40. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of gold to-day was £7/0/6½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/2 yesterday FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted to-day ...

    Article : 332 words
  41. TO-DAY.

    New Tivoli Theatre: "Her Past." 2.15, 8.10. Theatre Royal: "The Dubarry," 2. 8. Mayfair Theatre: "The Merry Malones." 2.15, 8. Criterion Theatre: "Fresh Fields." 2, 8. ...

    Article : 338 words
  42. CHILD SCALDED.

    Marie Kurtz, 2, was severely scalded when she pulled a tea pot over herself. Her arms, chest, and the lower part of her body were injured. She was admitted to the district ...

    Article : 39 words
  43. PROPOSED AERODROME.

    Provided it can lease the area for sufficient rental to meet interest payments, the Talbragar Shire Council decided to purchase [?] acres of land, just outside the municipal ...

    Article : 80 words
  44. JOURNEY TO BRISBANE.

    On the pleasant run down from the Toowoomba Range to Brisbane to-day, the Royal train stopped at Gatton, Laidley, Rosewood, and Ipswich, and the Duke was welcomed ...

    Article : 747 words
  45. BYRD EXPEDITION.

    Members of the field tractor party reported by radio to-day that they had successfully crossed the crevasse area of the recently discovered plateau extending southward through ...

    Article : 65 words
  46. CESSNOCK.

    Disputes held three of the largest collieries in the Cessnock district idle to-day. Bellbird Colliery did not work as the result of a [?] cision reached by a lodge meeting, which ...

    Article : 172 words
  47. CHEAPER FARES.

    The British main line railway companies announce further concessions to railway passengers from January 1. Third class fares at the rate of /1 a mile with provision for return ...

    Article : 136 words
  48. TURKISH FACTORIES.

    The Turkish Government has awarded Krupps a big contract to equip iron and steel factories which are shortly to be erected. One payment is to be made within three years. ...

    Article : 62 words
  49. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of Suburban Picture Theatres will be found in Amusements Advertising columns. ...

    Article : 21 words
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