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8000 "HIKERS"
Slightly more than 8000 "hike[?]s," mostly girls, took part in yesterdays "mystery hike" from Cowan to Brooklyn, on the Hawkesbury River. When they lunched at Kangaroo Point, ...
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'PLANE WRECKED.
Mr. H. D. Walsh, a member of the Queensland Aero Club, had a remarkable escape this afternoon when the 'plane he was piloting crashed from about 150 feet into a paddock ...
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CLUB RAIDED.
One of the best-known establishments in Sydney's night life, the King's Cross Bridge Club, more popularly known as the Fifty Fifty Club, in William-street, was raided by the ...
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BRITAIN READY
Mr. Bruce's statement was the centre of discussion to-day. It has undoubtedly placed Australia at the forefront of the conference. It was, by a long way, the most outspoken and ...
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DOMINION LEADERS' SPEECHES.
Further announcements of dominion policy by dominion representatives on the second day of the conference were as follows:- AUSTRALIA'S CASE. Presented by Mr. Bruce. ...
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OTTAWA CONFERENCE.
The Imperial Economic Conference at Ottawa came to grips with its problems at the plenary session yesterday. Mr. Bruce (Australia), Mr. Coates (New Zealand), and Mr. Havenga (South Africa) outlined their offers and "demands." ...
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FIRE IN PAPUA.
A fire which started from a piece of burning wood in a house destroyed 28 native dwellings at Taitana, a village a few miles from Port Moresby. Seventy-seven adults and 79 ...
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QUOTA SYSTEM.
The leader of the New Zealand delegation (Mr. J. C. Coates), addressing the conference, said: "New Zealand sincerely desires that Britain should increase the existing preferences ...
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WOMAN ASSAULTED.
Ellen Frances Rich, about 36, a married woman, was admitted to the Orange District Hospital on Saturday in a critical condition, suffering from a fractured skull, and other ...
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HARD AT WORK.
There could not have been more significant evidence of the deep determination to make Ottawa a success than the fact that every delegate, consultant and adviser, in addition to an ...
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FIVE COMMITTEES.
At the plenary session of the conference yesterday the following committees were appointed:- EMPIRE TRADE PROMOTION. ...
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RUGBY "ASHES."
When the knights of old engaged in battle mutual esteem was recognised by an exchange of lances. The spirit of the ancient and honourable custom still survives. When the ...
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PRIMARY PRODUCERS.
Mr. David Jones (New Zealand Meat Producers' Board) was elected chairman at a meeting at Parliament House of 43 representatives of Empire primary producers. It was the ...
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PREFERENCES.
Following Mr. Coates's and Mr. Bruce's elaboration of New Zealand's and Australia's practical programmes, the South African Minister for Finance (Mr. Havenga) submitted ...
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STEAMER MORINDA
After fighting a cyclonic storm, the island steamer Morinda reached Auckland yesterday. Shortly after her departure from Norfolk Island, Miss L. Harvey, of Auckland, who was ...
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STATE LOTTERY.
Dr. Radford, Bishop of Goulburn, addressing a large number of men at a Communion breakfast this morning in connection with the 75th anniversary of St. Matthew's Church of ...
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SOUTH AFRICA'S DECLARATION.
South Africa's declaration announcing herself a strong ally of Australia regarding meat gives Australia unexpectedly powerful support. Mr. Havenga's statement is the most ...
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NAMOI RIVER.
"The most serious problem at present facing the man on the land is how to place his grown up sons in a position to make a comfortable living," declared Councillor A. A. ...
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STATE CABINET.
A State Cabinet meeting has been convened for to-morrow. The programme of business has not yet been arranged, but it is probable that further consideration will be given to the ...
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TRADE PROMOTION.
The promotion of trade committee yesterday decided on the procedure for negotiations. Firstly, the official dominion delegations will dea[?] directly and individually with the British ...
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OIL EXPLOSION.
Trapped in an inferno of blazing oil, Silas Wilson, 56, of Gibson-street, Bowden, was terribly burnt to-day and is lying in the Adelaide Hospital in a low condition. ...
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SERMON ON CONFERENCE.
Preaching at St. Andrew's Cathedral, last night, from the text, "But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you," Dean ...
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CONFERENCE SECRETARIES.
Dr. O. D. Skelton, Canadian Under-Secretary for External Affairs, has been appointed secretary of the conference. The secretaries of the Australian and New Zealand delegations. ...
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DISORDERLY COMMUNISTS
Communists attended in full force a public meeting, called by the Mayor of Mudgee (Alderman A. E. Bartlett) and the President of the Cudgegong Shire (Councillor J. Pirie), ...
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TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT.
A message from Reykjavik (Iceland) states that Wolfgang von Gronau who flew the Atlantic via Iceland, in 1930 and 1931, has reached Seydisfjord from Borkum (Germany). ...
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MR. LATHAM'S VIEWS.
"Canada's offer of additional trade advantages to Britain and her extension of the offer in principle to other dominions gives an excellent lead to the Ottawa Conference," said Mr. ...
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PARIS PAPER'S QUESTION.
"Ottawa is going to show what real cohesion lies behind the brilliant facade of the British Empire." says the Paris newspaper, "Le Journal." "If it produces only a vague ...
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GAME WITH GELIGNITE.
A number of children played with a quarter of a hundredweight of gelignite for nearly an hour at Camberwell this morning. They found it in a lane and were not aware of its ...
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