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  2. INDIA SHAKEN.

    Practically the whole of India was rocked for eight minutes yesterday afternoon by the severest earthquake for many years. In Calcutta the tremors lasted for several ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 293 words
  3. THE UNDEVELOPED NORTH.

    There is no proven agricultural land immediately available for settlement in the Northern Territory. It is nearly all held under lease, with a small area owned by absentees. This does not mean that the land is being withheld, for the lessees and ...

    Article : 121 words
  4. PRINCE TO VISIT AUSTRALIA

    Prince George, youngest son of the King and Queen, who will visit Melbourne for the centenary celebrations, and will tour Australia. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 25 words
  5. COUNTRY NEWS.

    James Dowier, 14, of Tarana, was bitten by a snake at his parents' residence. He was brought to Bathurst District Hospital and, after treatment, allowed to return home. This ...

    Article : 57 words
  6. WOOL PRICES.

    Two new records have been made at the Sydney and Launceston wool sales. At Launceston on Monday a season's greasy wool record for Australia was established when six ...

    Article : 201 words
  7. FILM INQUIRY.

    At the film [?] yesterday the cross-examination was continued of Mr. S. F. Doyle, managing director of Greater Union Theatres, Ltd., who, in answer to Mr. Abrahams. K.C. ...

    Article : 566 words
  8. AERODROME AT EVAN'S HEAD.

    Evan's Head Ratepayers' Association asked Woodburn Shire Council to ask the Civil Aviation Department to send an officer to Evan's Head to inspect the site of a proposed ...

    Article : 58 words
  9. LISMORE RATES.

    There has been a seven per cent. decrease in valuations in Lismore municipality, and the council struck a total rate of /8¼ on the unimproved capital value, compared with ...

    Article : 110 words
  10. MEDICAL CONGRESS.

    Dr. J. H. L. Cumpston, Director-General of Health for the Commonwealth, in a paper on the national organisation campaign against cancer, read before the Australasian Medical ...

    Article : 624 words
  11. RELIEF WORKERS' GIFT.

    Appreciation of the work of the Shoalhaven District Ambulance was manifested by the unemployed relief workers in the Nowra municipality in a practical manner. They ...

    Article : 92 words
  12. EARLY LEGISLATION.

    Before 1911 the Territory was administered by South Australia, and the Government of that State began to legislate for it as early as 1863. In that year the Northern Territory ...

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  13. ASSISTANCE TO WHEAT GROWERS.

    [?] growers, arranged by the Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, made a protest against the proposed action of the Federal ...

    Article : 139 words
  14. ANGLICAN CHURCH.

    Extraordinary interest is being manifested in the Anglican Church difficulty at Albury in view of the local effort for the retention of the services of the Rev. R. D. Peatt, acting ...

    Article : 420 words
  15. MANCHUKUO.

    The forthcoming enthronement of Mr. Henry Pu Yi, the Regent of Manchukuo, as Emperor, is being hailed with enthusiasm not only by the people of the new State, but ...

    Article : 344 words
  16. CHINESE WITH OPIUM.

    Several Chinese were charged at the police court with having been in possession of opium. One Chinese said he suffered from asthma occasionally and smoked for this reason. Other ...

    Article : 62 words
  17. RECORD PERRY TRAFFIC.

    Traffic across the Taree steam ferry on the day of the Taree Old Bar Surf Club's carnival constituted a record. From 8 a.m. 473 motor cars, apart from other vehicles, travelled across. ...

    Article : 63 words
  18. RECORDED AT RIVERVIEW.

    Father O'Leary, of the Riverview College, said yesterday that the first shock was received at Riverview at 6.56 o'clock on Monday night, the distance being 5840 miles north-west from ...

    Article : 62 words
  19. EXCHANGE OF SHIPS.

    It was announced officially to-night that the Commonwealth Government proposes to reintroduce the system of exchanging ships of the Royal Australian Navy with ships of the ...

    Article : 149 words
  20. CYCLIST AND WALLABY COLLIDE.

    Mr. C. Nelson, a resident of Taree, was coming from Harrington to work this morning, when two wallabies dashed across the road in front of his motor cycle. While he ...

    Article : 84 words
  21. CHAOS IN CUBA.

    The Cuban revolution entered another phase to-day as the junta governing the country selected Senor Carlos Hevia, Secretary for Agriculture, for the presidency in place of ...

    Article : 166 words
  22. DIED WHILE WATCHING GRAVEDIGGERS.

    Michael Maher, 79, one of the oldest residents of the district, collapsed and died while he was watching men digging a grave in Trangie cemetery yesterday. ...

    Article : 34 words
  23. THE COUNCILS.

    Considerable reduction in the unimproud capital value of pioperty in the Hurstville municipality has materially affected the council's revenue, and is one of the principal causes ...

    Article : 284 words
  24. THE CALL-UP

    A call-up for employment is announced to-day. Details are published on page 24, column 4. ...

    Article : 20 words
  25. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 258 words
  26. CHINESE PIRATES.

    The fourth daring piracy on the China coast within two months is reported in wireless messages received by the local office of the China Merchants Company. Captain Reks reported ...

    Article : 187 words
  27. AMERICAN GOLFERS.

    The manager of the American Professional Golfers' Tournament Association (Mr. Robert F. Harlow) informed the Australian Press Association at St. Petersburg (Florida) ...

    Article : 153 words
  28. BRITISH SHIPPING

    Mr. Alexander Shaw, chairman of the P. and O. and British India Companies, a director of the Bank of England, and a recognised authority on Imperial economics and shipping ...

    Article : 409 words
  29. QUEENSLAND'S WIN

    Queensland beat South Australia in the Sheffield Shield match on the Brisbane Cricket Ground this morning by eight wickets and three runs. ...

    Article : 317 words
  30. CASUALTIES.

    James Carswell, 30, of Bedford-street Newtown, was terribly scalded when he fell into a tank of boiling water, at the Australian Window Glass Company's Works at Alexandris ...

    Article : 389 words
  31. HEAT WAVE

    Although at Sydney yesterday, the maximum temperature was only 77.9 degrees—at 1.40 p.m.—it is likely that the sultriness will increase to-day, and heat-wave conditions ...

    Article : 176 words
  32. THE SUBURBS.

    North Sydney Council last night decided to ask for the abolition of the Harbour Bridge tax of l-3d in the £ on ratable land. The Premier is to be asked to receive a ...

    Article : 209 words
  33. JAPAN'S IMPERIALISM.

    At an international conference of birth control advocates to-day. Professor Warren Thompson, of Miami University, declared that Japan, because of her uncontrolled growth of ...

    Article : 78 words
  34. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 207 words
  35. FOOCHOW REBELLION.

    As a precautionary measure, in view of the Nanking Government's operations against the Foochow rebels. H.M.S. Berwick landed marines at Nantal Island, Foochow, while the Japanese ...

    Article : 73 words
  36. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Prayers for the recovery of Cardinal Bourne, who has been seriously ill for some weeks, were said in Westminster Cathedral yesterday.— Official Wireless. ...

    Article : 250 words
  37. TROLLEY BUSES

    The London Passenger Transport Board intends to replace trams by trolley buses on long routes in the metropolitan area, and will shortly spend £1,000,000 on these new vehicles ...

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  38. ALLEGED SLASHING.

    In the Cessnock Police Court to-day Clarence George McDonald, 22, an unemployed labourer, was committed for trial on a charge of inflicting grievous bodily hann on George and ...

    Article : 982 words
  39. AFTER 14 YEARS.

    The police have received a telegram from Carnarvon stating that a half-bred Indian entered the police station and admitted having murdered Abdullah, at Lawlers, on April ...

    Article : 64 words
  40. TO-DAY.

    Theatre Royal: "The Student Prince," 2, 8. Criterion Theatre: "Dick Whittington," 2; "Tout Faris Second Edition," 8. Tivoli. Jim Gerald. 2.30. 8. ...

    Article : 173 words
  41. STEER RIDING.

    The council of the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria to-day rejected a motion that steer riding should be eliminated from future show ring competitions. ...

    Article : 168 words
  42. BLUE'S POINT.

    Sydney Ferries, Ltd., which owns the whole of the land on Blue's Point, is at present discussing means of utilising the property to the best advantage. ...

    Article : 136 words
  43. MAN ARRESTED ON LINER.

    Detectives arrested a passenger on the Maloja this morning at Fremantle on a charge of having cheated certain firms in Colombo and obtained Jewellery worth £6875. ...

    Article : 33 words
  44. TROPICAL DISEASES.

    Important changes in the [?] the Commonwealth Health Department, to provide for a greater amount of research into the causes and treatment of tropical diseases, ...

    Article : 78 words
  45. AUCKLAND LOANS.

    The Auckland City Council adopted proposals for an internal loan conversion totalling nearly £2,000,000. Immediate annual saving of interest will be £2,631, together with ...

    Article : 72 words
  46. PERFORMING RIGHTS WRIT.

    The Australasian Performing Rights Association, Ltd., of Pitt-street, Sydney, to-day issued a Supreme Court writ against George Coutee, a dance-hall proprietor, of the ...

    Article : 60 words
  47. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of Suburban Picture Theatres will Be found in the Amusement Advertisement Columns. ...

    Article : 20 words
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