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  2. MISS MARJORIE LAWRENCE.

    Marjorie Lawrence, the famous Australian soprano, who arrived yesterday in the Monterey, said opera was experiencing a great expansion in the United ...

    Article : 505 words
  3. VOYAGE ROUND WORLD.

    With a crew of adventurers chosen from 5,000 applicants in the United States, the 70-ton auxiliary ketch Ahto sailed unexpectedly into Sydney ...

    Article : 602 words
  4. THREATS AT TIENTSIN.

    The Foreign Concessions at Tientsin are ringed with electrified and barbed wire for the blockade, which, the Japanese authorities informed ...

    Article : 380 words
  5. AIR POWER.

    Group Captain Payne, writing in the "Daily Telegraph," says that it is freely stated that the production of Royal Air Force planes is now more ...

    Article : 221 words
  6. ESTONIAN KETCH ON WORLD CRUISE.

    The 70-ton auxiliary ketch, Ahto (shown above), owned and commanded by Captain Ahto Walter, an Estonian, reached Sydney yesterday. The vessel, which is manned by a crew chosen from 5,000 applicants, left Greenwich (U.S.A.) seven months ago on a world cruise, and has since visited islands in the Pacific. At the top right is shown Mrs. Walter, wife of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 106 words
  7. OVERCOME BY FUMES.

    A woman and her small niece were rescued from the gas-filled bathroom of a flat at Wyobe Court, Phillip Street, city, yesterday, just in time to ...

    Article : 401 words
  8. SPAIN AND THE AXIS.

    The official Spanish nessagency announces that the Italian Foreign Minister, Count Ciano, will visit Spain in a few weeks for talks with General ...

    Article : 224 words
  9. FALL FROM HOTEL ROOF.

    An hour before her name was called to answer a charge of theft from a shop in the police court to-day, Mrs. Bridget Brenda Clark, 68, widow, an old-age ...

    Article : 121 words
  10. LATE TASMANIAN PREMIER.

    The death of the Premier, Mr. Ogilvie, will necessitate a recount of the votes in the Franklin division, for which he had been a member since 1919. ...

    Article : 189 words
  11. INTERVENTION IN WAR.

    The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Butler, said in the House of Commons to-day that the Italian and German representatives on the ...

    Article : 88 words
  12. POISONED WINE AT BANQUET.

    Wine alleged to have been poisoned was served at a banquet attended by 25 high officials of the Nanking Puppet Government, at which the guests ...

    Article : 157 words
  13. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment is announced to-day. Details are published on page 18. column 5. ...

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  14. REJECTION OF TENDERS.

    The complaint of the German Minister in South Africa, Dr. Leitner, about discrimination against Germany in the acceptance of tenders for cables for ...

    Article : 130 words
  15. CAR CRASHES 100 FEET.

    A motor car containing Mr. and Mrs. J. Ford, and six children, crashed 100 feet down' a steep slope after running off Pacific Highway, about four miles ...

    Article : 146 words
  16. GUN-RUNNING SUSPECTED.

    French police and Customs officers have discovered an electrically-lit, cemented tunnel, with an underground railway, leading from the Chateau ...

    Article : 88 words
  17. FREE LIBRARIES IN N.S.W.

    The chief librarian of the New South Wales Public Library, Mr. W. H. Ifould, said at the annual conference of the Australian Institute of Librarians to-day, that the rapid ...

    Article : 209 words
  18. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 239 words
  19. "DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH."

    The Pope gave an audience to 3,200 Spanish troops. He called them "Defenders of the Faith," and praised their heroism in the "detence of the cause of God and religion." ...

    Article : 44 words
  20. CONDUCTOR'S HOLIDAY.

    Sir Thomas Bee[?]nam announces that he is taking a long holiday abroad after 10 years of overwork. This is interpreted as indicating that he is ...

    Article : 131 words
  21. BRITAIN'S OUTPUT OF STEEL.

    Britain's output of steel during May totalled 1,218,000 tons, which exceeds by 40,000 tons the previous record monthly production—in November 1937. ...

    Article : 74 words
  22. MR. HUGHES'S TRIBUTE.

    "By the sudden and untimely death of Mr. Ogilvie, the Commonwealth has lost one of its finest public men," said the Federal Attorney-General, Mr. Hughes, yesterday. ...

    Article : 154 words
  23. VIENNA BOYS' CHOIR.

    Another large audience, which included her Excellency Lady Gowrie and the Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop Panico, attended the final evening concert of the Vienna Mozatt Boys' ...

    Article : 114 words
  24. MAN KILLED AT CROSSING.

    Lawrence John Dempsey, 24, of Upper Ferntree Gully, was killed, and Patrick Fitzgerald. 35, also of Upper Ferntree Gully, suffered severe head injuries when they were crushed ...

    Article : 179 words
  25. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 290 words
  26. KATHERINE MANSFIELD.

    The director of the British Institute of the University of Paris, Mr. Harley Granville-Barker, and representatives of the British Ambassador, the French Academy, arid of the New ...

    Article : 65 words
  27. SLOVENLY SPEECH.

    New South Wales school inspectors attribute the deliberate dropping of "h's" and "g's" by many school children to the influence of radio serials. ...

    Article : 213 words
  28. FINNISH BARQUES REACH ENGLAND.

    The Finnish barque Pamir arrived off the Lizard to-day, after a passage of 96 days from Port Victoria (South Australia). The four-masted Finnish barque Passat ...

    Article : 130 words
  29. MILITIA RIFLE CLUBS.

    The Base Commandant, Major-General J. L. Hardie, praised the cadet corps of the Great Public Schools when he presented the trophics at the conclusion of the annual prize meeting ...

    Article : 357 words
  30. SPEEDWAY AMATEUR'S SUCCESS.

    B. J. Suttor, driving an M.G., won the five miles amateur championship of Australia and the five miles amateur handicap event at Penrith Speedway yesterday. He is shown (top) with the championship cup after the event and (lower) looking back at the field during the race, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 62 words
  31. FASHIONS FOR ASCOT.

    The Ascot fashions this year indicate a definite change from the long-skirted garden party frocks to short skirts. Women anticipate freer movement that will ...

    Article : 131 words
  32. MAN PINNED UNDER GAR.

    When a motor car skidded and rolled on its side on the Wiseman's Feery Road, about 25 miles from Gosford, yesterday, A. G. Sander, of Eastwood, was pinned under the ...

    Article : 68 words
  33. TO-DAY.

    Town Hall Vienna Mozart Boys' Choir, 2.30; Artur Schuabel. 8. Minerva Theatre::I[?]ot's Delight," 8.15. Tivoli Theatre: "The Laugh Round Up," 2.30 8. ...

    Article : 385 words
  34. POSTAL SUNDAY SCHOOL.

    A "congregation" of 11,385 young people is claimed by the Postal Sunday-School Movement, which will hold its annual general meeting at 140 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, to-day. ...

    Article : 195 words
  35. CAN COPE WITH PROBLEMS.

    The New Zealand Minister for Finance, Mr. Nash, in an article in the "Daily Herald" headed. "A Message of New Hope," gives a view of New Zealand after three and a half ...

    Article : 84 words
  36. MOVE TO NEW HOSPITAL.

    Ten mothers and then new-born babies were among 63 stretcher cases moved from the century-old Westminster Hospital to the new £800,000 building in the Horseferry Road ...

    Article : 43 words
  37. TESTING RADIO BEACONS.

    A new Percival Q6 four-passenger monoplane, which has been purchased at a coat of about £8,000 for the Civil Aviation Department, arrived at Melbourne in the ...

    Article : 207 words
  38. CURFEW IN TIBERIAS.

    The curfew has been enforced in the town of Tiberias, as a sequel to the explosion of a land mine under a lorry on which Arabs were travelling. One Arab was killed and 12 ...

    Article : 44 words
  39. ART TREASURE STOLEN IN DAYLIGHT.

    Watteau's painting "L'Indifferent," valued at £23,000, was stolen in daylight from the Louvre. ...

    Article : 25 words
  40. OPPOSITION TO NATIONAL REGISTER.

    The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, said to-day that he was in complete agreement with the statement of the Queensland Premier, Mr. Forgan Smith, that he was opposed to using ...

    Article : 106 words
  41. AUSTRALIAN WATCHES.

    Australia will shortly manufacture its own watches, and it is hoped that eventually the necessity for importing most of them will end. ...

    Article : 78 words
  42. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Gold was quoted to-day at £7/8/5 an ounce fine, unchanged from Saturday. BASE METALS. Base metals were quoted at noon to-day ...

    Article : 61 words
  43. MRS. E. C. ROLLS TO GO TO LONDON.

    Mrs. E. C. Rolls, wife of Mr. Ernest C. Rolls, who was until recently a director of Australian and New Zealand Theatres, Ltd., is, leaving to-morrow by the Strathmore for ...

    Article : 55 words
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