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A.L.P.'S ULTIMATUM
There was a dramatic trun in the East Sydney by-election campaign last night, when the State ex[?]utive of the A.L.P. decided to call on every member of the ...
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SHIELD CRICKET.
In the Sheffield Shield game begun on Adelaide Oval to-day, South Australia's colts pulled the side round a difficult corner, and then batted so weil that at stumps the ...
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HEAT WAVE.
Two elderly men collapsed and died yesterday from the effects of the intense heat, and numerous people were treated at the hospitals and by ambulance men. ...
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KNIGHTED.
The King has conferred a knighthood upon Captain Malcolm Campbell, who returned to England to-day from Daytona, where he made a new land speed record of 245 miles an hour. ...
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AUSTRALIA.
In the House of Commons a plea for the use of Australian hardwood sleepers in China was made during the debate on the China Indemnity Application ...
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WALTER LINDRUM
Walter Lindrum, holder of every billiards record in the world, made billiards history to-day when he was commanded to Buckingham Palace and gave a display in the Royal ...
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REJECTED.
A deputation from the A.C.T.U. Congress, which asked that a state of national emergency should be proclaimed, was informed by Messrs. ...
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LAUNCH IN DANGER
Anchored in a howling gale about 400 yards off Stanwell Park Beach, a launch containing three men was in a precarious position late last night. Two vessels proceeding south from ...
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HIGH TEMPERATURE.
With two exceptions, yesterday was the hottest day 'ever recorded in Sydney during the month of February. The temperature reached 104.1 degrees at 2.10 p.m., compaied ...
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WATER SPEED RECORD.
Mr. Kaye Don, who will make an official attempt on the world's water speed record at Buenos Aires early in March in the motor boat Miss England II., will leave Tilbury ...
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EXPLOSION IN MINE.
An explosion of gas occurred in the State coal mine at Wonthaggi to-day, and one man was killed and five others were seriously injured. ...
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AUSTRALIA'S FINANCES.
The financial editor of the "Dally Telegraph" says: The result of the conference between Mr. Scullin and Mr. Theodore and representa[?]ves of Australian banking is ...
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SPAIN.
A message from Madrid says that the new Cabinet, after sitting for five hours, issued a statement saying that its policy was to hold the municipal elections at the earliest moment ...
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BROKEN HILL.
The Barrier Industrial Council received an official communication from Mr. C. C. Freeman, superintendent of the Zinc Corporation, last night, stating that the company desired ...
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FRANCE'S WAR DEBT.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Snowden), replying to a question in the House of Commons, said that the net war debt of France to Britain on the date of the signature ...
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CHARLES CHAPLIN.
Thousands of people thronqed the approaches to Paddington Station this afternoon and accorded Charles Chaplin, the moving picture actor, a great welcome to London. ...
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£40,000 A WEEK
It was learnt from official sources yesterday that the State Treasury had paid out £15,000 to meet vouchers for food relief. It was stated that as soon as further ...
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MR. LYONS PERTURBED.
Members of the Federal Parliamentary Labour party, who returned to Melbourne today from Canberra, were generally of the opinion that the caucus, at its next meeting, ...
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MAN DROWNED.
Alfred MaLaughUn, 53, of Burruda-street, Mayfield West, indirectly owed his death by drowning near Wangi Wangi, Lake Macquarie, this afternoon, to the 80-mile-an-hour ...
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AVIATION.
Mr, G. P. Fairbairn left Hanworth for Australia at 8.30 this morning. He called at Lympne and took off again, presumably for Paris. Mr. Fairbairn observed the greatest ...
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COLLISION.
A woman was killed and more than 30 passengers were injured or badly shaken when a tram came into collision with a bus at the junction of Beauchamp and Anzac roads. ...
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WEST INDIES.
The West Indies will begin their return match against New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day. It will be remembered they lost the first match, commenced two ...
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LORD BIRKENHEAD
The revelation that Lord Birkenhead died practically penniless caused a sensation in the political world. A few friends, headed by Mr. Winston Churchill, raised £30,000 for the ...
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FIERCE WIND.
A Gipsy Moth aeroplane in which Captain Jolly, the representative of an insurance company, was making a business tour of the State, was wrecked here1 to-night when a ...
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"PAID ORGANISERS."
Before leaving Perth for Canberra to-night the leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Sir George Pearce) said, in reference to the A.C. T. U. deputation to Canberra to advocate a ...
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ATTEMPTED MURDER.
Hablbhur, the young Mohmand fanatic, who attempted to murder Captain H. A. Barnes, Assistant Commissioner at Charsadda, was tried the same day and hanged yesterday ...
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SWIMMING RECORDS.
Extraordinary interest has been aroused by the sensational performances of Miss Mollie Mitchell, the 17-year-old member of the Sydney Ladles' Swimming Club, To-night she is ...
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CANADIAN FARMERS.
The advisory board of the British Columbia Farmers' Institute, in representations to the agriculture committee of the provincial Legislature to-day, claimed that ...
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PRINCES' TOUR.
The Prince of Wales and Prince George [?]ceived an enthusiastic welcome to Bolivia when they disembarked at Gusqui this morning from the steamer Inca, in which they ...
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DOMINION MEAT.
In the House of Commons, the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries (Dr. Addison) informed Mr. P. G. Pybus (Lib.) that cattle from Ireland were graded and then given a ...
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THE EARTHQUAKE.
There were two moderate earthquakes and several minor tremors at Napier yesterday. There were three fairly violent shocks early this morning at Napier, but none since. ...
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A.C.T.U. CONGRESS.
Pending the return of the deputation from Canberra the general strike proposal, which is the principal business before the A.C.T.U. congress, has been shelved. ...
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NEW BASIC WAGE.
The State Parliamentary Labour caucus was unable to come to a final decision yesterday on the family unit that should be adopted for the basic wage. ...
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CONSPIRACY TO ROB BANK.
The five men, including a bank clerk and a former constable, who were charged with having conspired to rob the Clifton Hill branch of the English, Scottish, and ...
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REMARKABLE DECISION.
Court proceedings at Santa Ana, California. in connection with the will of Mrs. Doris Murray Palmer, who was shot dead by Mis Post last year, closed with the unprecedented ...
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GERMAN'S BOOK.
The Rev. Thomas Nightingale, on behalf [?] the National Council of Free Churches, has [?] a dramatic denunciation of Dr. Robert [?]er's book, "The Messiah, Jesus, and John ...
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BRITISH RELIEF SCHEMES.
The London Corporation has voted 1000 guineas to the New Zealand earthquake fund. The High Commissioner's aggregate, excluding Londons' gift, is £31,702, including a ...
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STATE INTEREST
It was officially announced on behalf of the State Treasury yesterday that no difficulty was anticipated in meeting State interest, which would fall due at the end of the month, ...
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GAOLS FILLING.
Gaol accommodation at Dubbo is exhausted. The prisoners are mostly unemployed. In the middle of the week two extra batches of "rattler jumpers" were brought in, and all ...
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CLERK ATTACKED.
Two men gagged and assaulted a clerk tonight, and stole about £30 from a safe in the office of Mr. Stanley C. Steele, moneylender, of Nicholson-street, Footscray. ...
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BRITISH BY-ELECTION.
The East Islington by-election, caused by the death of Dr. Ethel Bentham (Lab.), resulted:—Mrs. L. Manning (Lab.), 10,591; Brigadier-General A. C. Critchley (Empire ...
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NEW LONG DRESSES.
The Queen caused surprise by declaring her dislike of the new long drerses while she was watching a manneauin parade at an artificla[?] slik exhibition in the Albert Hall. ...
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