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  2. ENGLAND WINS ASHES. Fourth Test Victory.

    England won the fourth test match against Australia at Brisbane by six wickets, and so regained the "ashes," lost at the Oval in 1930. England's winning score was 162 for four wickets, two wickets falling for 55 runs to-day. Hammond was caught off Ironmonger for 14, and Leyland ...

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  3. FIFTH TEST.

    The chairman of the Board of Control (Dr. Robertson) announced this evening the selectois had chosen the following to represent Australia in the ...

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  4. QUEENSLAND.

    The Leichhardt River, in the Mount Isa district, is in the highest flood on record. The new bridge was six feet under water this afternoon, and further heavy falls have been ...

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  5. TWO OFFICIALS.

    In opening the case for the prosecution against two officers of an assurance company at the Central Police Court yesterday, Mr. Dovey said that the charge was similar to a ...

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  6. DISARMAMENT. BRITAIN'S EFFORT

    The Minister tor Foreign Affairs (Sir John Simon), in an address at Southampton tonight, said he regretted that the Disarmament Conference at Geneva had not been able to ...

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  7. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION Mr. Roosevelt's Escape.

    An attempt was made last night at Miami (Florida) to assassinate the president-elect (Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt). Mr. Roosevelt was unharmed, but Mr. Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago, who was with Mr. Roosevelt, received two bullets in the chest. He is in a ...

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  8. SCENE IN STREET.

    Mr. Roosevelt returned to Miami yesterday evening from a trip to the Bahamas in his yacht. There was a public reception to him in the park fronting Biscoyne Bay. Mr. ...

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  9. PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS.

    There have been a number of previous attempts to assassinate chief executives of the United States, three Presidents, Abraham Lincoln (1865), James Garfield (1881), and ...

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  10. NATIVE MURDERERS.

    District Officer Townsend, who arrived in Sydney by the Montoro yesterday morning, told an exciting story of his adventures in New Guinea last month, when he discovered ...

    Article : 433 words
  11. THE SCORES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 113 words
  12. BOLIVIA AND PARAGUAY.

    Answering a Parliamentary question, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Sir John Simon) said that, on the initiative of the British Government, an exchange of views had taken ...

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  13. WARNER AND JARDINE.

    In a statement to the Press, Mr. Warner said: "We are naturally proud and delighted at recovering the ashes, but the Australians true to tradition, fought hard, and the ...

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  14. NO BUSES

    The Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) yesterday told a deputation that he did not think there was any chance at present of buses running across the Harbour Bridge from ...

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  15. BRITAIN'S DEFENCES.

    The political correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says: "The next Estimates for the navy, army, and air force will show a total increase of some millions. It is impossible ...

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  16. TREASURY BILIS. Discount Rate Reduced.

    The chairman of the Australian Loan Council (Senator Massy Greene) to-day announced that he had received a notification from the chairman of the Commonwealth Bank Board ...

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  17. GERMANY.

    The Berlin police have seized all the copies of two evening papers. If the muzzling of the Press proceeds at the present rate, criticism will be silenced before the elections on ...

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  18. MR. LLOYD GEORGE

    In the House of Commons, a debate on unemployment was notable for the intervention of Mr. David Lloyd George (Ind. Lib., Car[?]von), who attacked the Government. ...

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  19. GOLD.

    Sir John Kirwan, President of the Legislative Council of Western Australia, at a luncheon at which the Agent-General for Western Australia (Mr. W. C. Angwin) was ...

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  20. MATCH REVIEWED.

    Had Love stumped Verity or had Ponsford caught that batsman early on Tuesday, the ninth wicket stand of England's first innings would have been considerably shortened, and ...

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  21. DETAILS OF LAST DAY'S PLAY.

    Steady light rain fell for some hours in the city this morning, but at the ground at Woolloongabba the rain had not been so persistent, and the wicket was unharmed. In accordance ...

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  22. WAR DEBTS.

    Referring to the war debt problem in a speech at Southampton to-night, the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sir John Simon) said that the British Ambassador to the United States ...

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  23. INTEREST REDUCTION.

    The Commissioners of the State Savings Bank of Victoria to-day decided to reduce the rate of interest on deposits. From March 1, interest on the minimum ...

    Article : 69 words
  24. WAGE STAMP FRAUDS

    The theft of a wages book containing about £200 worth of stamps by a bogus inspector, who alleged he represented the Taxation Department, has led detectives to suspect that ...

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  25. AIR MAIL.

    It is understood that the company with which Imperial airways, Ltd., is associated under the new organisation registered in Sydney is Qantas. The ariangement is due ...

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  26. BENEFICIAL RAIN.

    The recent heat wave in the northern half of New South Wales has given way to soaking rains, much to the relief of graziers and farmers. Grass and water supplies will be ...

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  27. GREYHOUND RACING.

    In the House of Commons Mr. E. T. North (Con, Nuneaton, Warwick) moved in favour of bringing all greyhound tracks under a control board, and legalising totalisators on them. ...

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  28. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER.

    London commercial traveller spent £300 in an aerial jpurney of 20,000 miles through [?]tine, Iraq, Egypt, Kenya Colony, and south Africa, the trip occupying 60 days. ...

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  29. PROPOSED BOYCOTT.

    Militant maritime workers are attempting to organise a boycott of the Norwegian vessel Sirenes, which is at present in Australian waters and will take a cargo of wheat to ...

    Article : 112 words
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