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  2. HEAVY RAIN.

    Gales and rough seas off the coast and heavy rain and thunderstorms in coastal districts occurred during the week-end, and again yesterday. Coastal and interstate shipping was ...

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  3. BETTING TAX

    It was officially announced on behalf of the State Government yesterday that the Cabinet did not intend to repeal or modify the 10 per cent, tax on winning b[?]ts. ...

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  4. 44 HOURS

    Despite recent protests by the Employers' Federation and the Retail Traders' Association the State Government has decided that the 44-hour week and the abolition of ...

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  5. MR. SCULLIN.

    It was stated in Federal Labour circles yesterday that the Prime Minister, Mr. Scullin may avert the threatened Federal crisis upon his return by a compromise with the militant ...

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  6. SHIELD CRICKET.

    After waiting since Wednesday, when there was play for only 38 minutes because of rain, the match between Victoria and New South Wales was concluded on the Melbourne ground ...

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  7. DRASTIC POLICY

    The Advisory Council, recently appointed in Sydney at a large meeting of representatives of the primary industries and business and commercial interests has made available the ...

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  8. BURMA.

    Ensconced in the fastnesses of the Alanthaung Mountains, behind five miles of impenetrable jungle, the Burmese rebels have so far defied the ...

    Article : 205 words
  9. TREASURY BILLS.

    The "Morning Post" states that credit movements in the new year include the maturity of £5,000,000 Argentine Treasury bills, and Australian Commonwealth bills for ...

    Article : 153 words
  10. EMPIRE DEVELOPMENT.

    Sir Robert Hadfield, chairman of Hadfields, Ltd., commenting on "the deplorable position of industry in Britain," expressed the opinion that the solution lay in establishing an ...

    Article : 90 words
  11. SWANSEA MAN FINED £20.

    At the Newcastle Police Court to-day William Henry Holl, 60, was fined £20, in default three months' imprisonment, on a charge of having used a shop in High-street, Swansea, ...

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  12. ALTITUDE RECORD

    Mrs. Juanita Burns, of Los Angeles, claims to have established an altitude record, for women, of 26,000ft. ...

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  13. MONTE CARLO CASINO

    Monte Carlo police are believed to have racked down a gang of Casino swindlers as [?] result of the arrest of a German, George [?]aegar, who has been charged with using ...

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  14. BASIC WAGE INQUIRY.

    The Full Court of the Arbitration Court sat to-day because of the extreme urgency of the basic wage application before it. The Court rose before 4 o'clock because no union ...

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  15. BOARD OF CONTROL.

    Members of the Board of Control met to-day. During the afternoon and up to 11 o'clock to-night the board considered the report of the manager of the Australian ...

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  16. DIVORCE SUITS.

    Although the divorce figures for 1930 have not yet been compiled, there are indications that the number of petitions will be fewer than the total for the previous year. ...

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  17. SOME PREVIOUS HOAXES.

    The casino is seldom hoaxed, but there is, at least, one notable case of the bank being relieved of 500,000 francs through a conspiracy to which a dishonest employee was party. ...

    Article : 267 words
  18. RAILWAY DEPOT.

    Five hundred people attended a meeting in the Harden Mechanics' Institute to protest against the proposed abolition of the Harden railway depot. Resolutions were carried asking ...

    Article : 350 words
  19. NIAGARA IN CYCLONE

    The Canadian-Australasian Royal mail liner Niagara experienced a rough trip between Vancouver and Suva. The voyage commenced with four successive days of gales. Farther ...

    Article : 232 words
  20. ALDERMAN JACKSON

    The new Lord Mayor (Alderman Jackson, M.L.A.) was sworn in yesterday He will take office on New Year's Day. Officially he will assume control of the Town ...

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  21. MARSHAL JOFFRE.

    Lord Tyrrell, British Ambassador in Paris, has been advised by the King to follow the progress of Marshal Joffre, who is reported to be dying, and to express the King's deep ...

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  22. POLICE FORCE.

    The Police Commissioner referred in his annual report, published yesterday, to the new methods designed to modernise the police organisation to secure co-operation and ...

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  23. "FLYING PARSON."

    After being buffeted by rain and wind and blinded by thick mist, the Rev. Mr. Daniels, flying [?]lergyman of the Bush Church Aid Society, known as the "flying parson," had to ...

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  24. STATE POSITIONS.

    Victoria, with four matches still to play, is in a strong position to retain the Sheffield Shield, as will be seen from the following table and the list of remaining fixtures: ...

    Article : 278 words
  25. DOUBLE TRAGEDY.

    A double tragedy was discovered on a farm near Moorine Rock, 21 miles west of Southern Cross, on Sunday afternoon. Two farmers walked across country to visit ...

    Article : 195 words
  26. UNITED STATES TAXATION.

    Five hundred and eleven persons, with incomes of 1,000,000 dollars or more, paid income taxes in 1928. This was an increase of 221 over the previous year, and represented ...

    Article : 100 words
  27. YEAR'S LAND DEALS

    The Registrar-General, Mr. E. E. S. Layton, has furnished a comparative return of transactions in land dealings from January 1 to December 24, for the years 1929 and 1930. It ...

    Article : 265 words
  28. 26,000 TO GO.

    Twenty-six thousand employees will be thrown out of work. This statement was made to the Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Baddeley) by a ...

    Article : 257 words
  29. PREFERENCE

    It is understood that the Newcastle offices of some shipping firms do not intend to leave unchallenged any attempt by the Federal Government to establish preference to ...

    Article : 336 words
  30. PRINCE GEORGE.

    Prince George passed a fairly comfortable night. His condition is satisfactory, but it will be some days before he can use his arm and shoulder. He did not return to ...

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  31. WINE STORES RANSACKED.

    Seppelt's wine stores, at the corner of Bathurst and Sussex streets, were broken into on Sunday night, and two dozen bottles of champagne, three or four dozen bottles of ...

    Article : 158 words
  32. CAPTAIN MATTHEWS

    Captain Matthews, who left Brisbane for Charleville at 10.50 o'clock this morning, arrived there at 5.30 p.m. The airman has definitely fixed Saturday ...

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  33. VICTORIA'S TEAM CHANGES.

    For the match against South Australia, to begin here on New Year's Day, E. K. Tolhurst, L. P. O'Brien, L. O. Cordner, and H. Oakley, with G. Newstead (12th), will fill the vacancies ...

    Article : 63 words
  34. SANTA CLAUS ILLUSION.

    The Paris courts will shortly have to estimate the legal value of an illusion as a result of an action by a father against a professor for having informed the former's ...

    Article : 79 words
  35. DOCTOR'S ADVENTURE.

    Dr. P. R. Delamothe, who with his gardener, Peter White, was lost for some days on the plains north-west of Bourke, did not return to Sydney yesterday, as had been ...

    Article : 198 words
  36. HOSPITAL APPEAL.

    The executive of the Church and State great hospital appeal expects to have its country organisation in full swing early in the new year. ...

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  37. DIED FROM SCALDS.

    Anthony Murphy, aged 50 years, a fireman, died in Hobart Public Hospital to-day from shock, following severe sca[?]ds received when a steam pipe burst on the Andrew Weir ...

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  38. ALEXANDRIA BANK SHOOTING.

    George Thomas White, a[?]ais Geoffrey Davies, 20, dealer, appeared at the City Court to-day charged with having, at Alexandria, New South Wales, on November 12, while armed ...

    Article : 145 words
  39. COMMANDER FRANCO.

    A message from Brussels states that the Belgian Government gave permission to Commander Franco, the Spanish rebel, to enter the country on condition that he abstains ...

    Article : 106 words
  40. DRUNK ON DOLE.

    Records were broken in Goulburn this Christmas in the number of arrests made on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. There were 36 arrests for drunkenness and disorderly ...

    Article : 98 words
  41. THE RAILWAYS.

    The railway revenue during the Christm[?] period was £31,434 less than the revenue r[?] ceived during the corresponding period [?] months ago, the totals being: 1929, £110,103; ...

    Article : 72 words
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