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  2. GOLF TEAM.

    The members of the American professional golf team arrived by the Mariposa yesterday morning. The five married members were accompanied by their wives—but there were ...

    Article : 377 words
  3. THE HANDICAP.

    The official placings in the handicap section of the centenary air race, which were announced to-day, are:- C. W. A. Scott and T. Campbell Black ...

    Article : 330 words
  4. CENTENARY CUP.

    It is generally conceded that the Cup is the greatest handicap for years, and with few exceptions owners and trainers are confident of their representatives in the race. The £10,000 prize money has been added by the Victorian Racing ...

    Article : 141 words
  5. RELIEF WORKERS.

    It was stated on behair of the Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Dunningham) last night that the department had decided to close down certain works in the Lake ...

    Article : 308 words
  6. BRUTAL CRIME

    Edward Chisholm, [?]1, of Shellcoveroad, Neutral Bay, was brutally battered and robbed by two thieves on the Neutral Bay ferry steamer last night ...

    Article : 434 words
  7. PACIFIC FLIERS.

    The flight of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Mr. P. G. Taylor has aroused intense interest and enthusiasm in the United States. ...

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  8. CHINESE SLAVES.

    In a cellar with very little air, comparable with the "black hole of Calcutta," Federal narcotic agents to-day found l8 smuggled Chinese in a pitiable condition after a voyage ...

    Article : 271 words
  9. GENERAL OPTIMISM.

    A little more than 70 years ago 17 owners and trainers were In high glee. The following day the first Melbourne Cup was to be decided for a prize of £710, all of which went to ...

    Article : 1,454 words
  10. AMERICAN WHEAT.

    A wheat ciop of approximately 800,000,000 bushels in 1935 is forecast in a report issued by the bureau of agricultuial economics today at the conclusion of a weeks conference ...

    Article : 140 words
  11. AIR MAIL SERVICE.

    "If Australia and England want a 200 miles an hour air mall service they can get it—at a price—but the taxpayer will have to pay," declared Mr. G. F. Hughes, [?] former ...

    Article : 327 words
  12. MAN'S GOOD LUCK.

    Mr. William Hull, schoolmaster at Walcha, escaped serious injury on Sunday night in two motor accidents within au hour. Mr. Hull was a passenger Jn a friend's car, ...

    Article : 114 words
  13. SCOTT'S TRIBUTE.

    Messrs. Scott, Black, and Meirose and Major-General Howard-Vyse (chief of staff to the Duke of Gloucester) were the guests of honour at the Legacy Club's luncheon to-day. ...

    Article : 118 words
  14. LENA GOLDFIELDS.

    The agreement settling the Lena goldfields dispute has been signed on behalf of the Soviet and the company. The price, it is believed, is between £2,000,000 and £3,000,000. ...

    Article : 220 words
  15. TEST PLAYERS

    Most of the members of the Australian cricket team arrived on the Orontes this morning and were given a warm welcome at the ship's side and later by the Victorian Cricket ...

    Article : 398 words
  16. POLICE TESTS.

    George Alfred David Bright, 23, clerk, was in the Bondi police station on Saturday night, after the car he was driving crashed into the rear of a stationary car in Gilgandra-road, ...

    Article : 361 words
  17. MELROSE'S RETURN.

    At a meeting of the South Australian Council of Churches, the president (Pastor H. R. Taylor) was asked to write to Melrose, the South Australian airman, asking him if he ...

    Article : 69 words
  18. POLICE RAID.

    Ten men were captured and five gamecocks and a set of scales for weighing the birds were seized on Sunday by Constables Catt, Evans, and Norley, of Campsie, when ...

    Article : 269 words
  19. AUDITOR-GENERAL

    "The Auditor-General should be compelled to come to Canberra," said Mr. T. M. Shakespeare, referring, at a meeting of the Canberra Advisory Council to-day, to the alleged ...

    Article : 244 words
  20. ROGILLA BACKED.

    A startling last-minute plunge on Rogilla, who is making his third attempt in the race, was the feature of the discussions on the Centenary Melbourne Cup this evening. ...

    Article : 193 words
  21. FRENCH OFFICER.

    Captain Froge, a French army officer, who was charged with betraying plans to a foreign Power, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, fined 5000 francs, banished from the ...

    Article : 90 words
  22. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of gold to-day was £6/19/6½ an ounce, fine, compared with £6/19/10 on Saturday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. ...

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  23. FOOD SHORTAGE.

    Food hoarding has begun in Germany, and prices ate rising. The Government is threatening extreme measures against profitas and householders with excessive stocks. ...

    Article : 265 words
  24. SECRET POLICE.

    Mr. W. J. Smith, managing director of Australian Glass Manufacturers' Co., Ltd., who returned to Sydney yesterday by the Mariposa, had a strange experience when he was ...

    Article : 337 words
  25. O'REILLY IN SYDNEY.

    The first member of the successful Australian cricket team to return to Sydney was W. J. O'Reilly, the test bowler, who arrived yesterday by the Melbourne Express. ...

    Article : 100 words
  26. CRICKET COMEDIES.

    Cricket matches in the country are often productive of amusing or unusual incidents, which provide for onlookers and players more excitement than the more formal ...

    Article : 333 words
  27. UNEMPLOYED.

    The Premier (Mr. Stevens) said yesterday that the Government proposes to extend special relief to the unemployed and men ort relief works at Christmas. The details would ...

    Article : 102 words
  28. PROHIBITION.

    The Rev. Dr. James Moffatt, a distinguished Presbyterian minister in the United States, said, in an interview on his arrival in sydney yesterday, that the repeal of prohibition had ...

    Article : 223 words
  29. BRIBERY.

    "We think that the evidence does not establish that the prisoner, Alexander Gordon Edgar (a former police constable), accepted money as a bribe," said Mr. Justice Lowe, the ...

    Article : 129 words
  30. IMPORT OF COINAGE.

    It was stated at the Central Police Court yesterday that a man risked the loss of £118 in English currency in order to make a profit of /3 in the £1, or a total of. £1/9/6. He ...

    Article : 245 words
  31. FIGHT WITH SPEARS.

    in the Darwin supreme Court to-night, Jacky, a former aboriginal police tracker, who was charged with the murder of Nipper, another aboriginal, was found not guilty, and ...

    Article : 416 words
  32. TWO MEN DROWNED.

    Two men were drowned last nigrw wnen their fishing boat, returning to Streaky Bay, was caught by a sudden squall during a thunderstorm, and sank. They were Arthur ...

    Article : 89 words
  33. CHILD IN FLAMES.

    Marie Mcintyre, aged 3, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mcintyre, who live four miles from Young, on the Wombat-road, died in the Sacred Heart Hospital from burns which she ...

    Article : 147 words
  34. NAPOLEON'S LETTERS

    A remarkable dossier that is exciting the curiosity of historians, a collection of 318 of Napoleon's letters to the Empress, Marie Louise, will be offered for sale at Sotheby's ...

    Article : 227 words
  35. COMEDY JIM.

    Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., committed James Henry O'Connor, 58, horse trainer, for trial at Grafton Quarter Sessions on November 26 on two charges of obtaining money by false pretences ...

    Article : 199 words
  36. SHOT DEAD.

    A double shooting tragedy, as the result of which a man and his wife are dead, occurred this morning at Broome Hill, about 170 miles south-east of Perth. ...

    Article : 169 words
  37. WHALE KILLED.

    A whale, estimated to be between 40 and 50 feet long, was killed on Sunday night about 300 miles off Sydney Heads when the liner Mariposa struck it. ...

    Article : 149 words
  38. MINERS' BALLOT.

    The first returns made available by the returning officer of the Miners' Federation, Mr. J. Walker, yesterday, of the miners' ballot indicate that the present leaders of the ...

    Article : 86 words
  39. DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.

    A domestic tragedy occurred on a dairy farm six miles from Hamilton. The victims were Henry Rogers, 26, Marion Rogers, 27, his wife, and two children, one aged two years, ...

    Article : 92 words
  40. STATE SESSION.

    The State Cabinet has decided to proceed with the following bills in Parliament this week:—Hospitals Amendment and Meat Industry Amendment. The Budget debate ...

    Article : 68 words
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