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  2. WHEAT GLUT.

    The International Wheat Advisory Committee now meeting in London, has agreed to comvene a world conference to consider specific proposals for ...

    Article : 710 words
  3. FLYING-BOAT LANDING.

    The Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr. Thorby, as a result of his experience when landing from an Empire flying-boat at Darwin last evening gave ...

    Article : 389 words
  4. BETTER ACCESS TO AIRPORT.

    The Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, yesterday told a deputation from Mascot Council and airways and motoring interests, that the roads from ...

    Article : 609 words
  5. FIRST FIRE DEATH IN N.S.W.

    The first death due to bushfires in New South Wales is reported from Bega. The victim was Mr. W. Underhill, 65, of ...

    Article : 350 words
  6. VICTORIAN SCENIC DRIVE NOW DESOLATE RUIN.

    Formerly a noted scenic drive from Healesville to Marysville through dense forests of great scenic beauty, the Acheron Way is now but a desolation of ruined timber after the bushfires this week. Seven perished in this area where the flames, driven before a wind of gale force, swept large forests from ever-changing directions with incredible rapidity. Fallen trees have blocked the road every few chains and two car loads of people were trapped by the obstructions and burnt to death. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 87 words
  7. LITHGOW RINGED BY FLAMES.

    Bushfires are burning in the mountainous country around Lithgow, almost ringing the town. The homes of the manager of the small ...

    Article : 419 words
  8. AVIATION OFFICER'S PLAN.

    Recommendations that the Ross Smith airport at Darwin should be extended to the sea and converted into a land and seadrome resembling the ...

    Article : 268 words
  9. VIOLENT STORM IN WEST.

    Damage estimated at £50,000 was done to-day by a rainstorm, unequalled in violence within the memory of residents on the goldfields. ...

    Article : 397 words
  10. MAKING ROADS SAFER.

    While the roads of the State are being gradually improved in the interests of safety, the Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, said last ...

    Article : 759 words
  11. NEW REICH LOAN.

    It is officially announced that the Reich loan of £125,000,000, issued in November, has been fully subscribed. The Berlin conespondent of the "Daily ...

    Article : 146 words
  12. DEFENCE FROM AIR RAIDS.

    Newspapers report that the Lord Privy Seal, Sir John Anderson, who is the Minister in charge of Civil Defence, is threatening to resign unless ...

    Article : 389 words
  13. WAX MATCHES BANNED.

    In the fight to prevent bushfires, the sale, distribution, or use of wax matches will be prohibited in New South Wales. ...

    Article : 181 words
  14. ALARM ON LINER.

    Some passengers were alarmed when clouds of smoke from bushfires in Victoria enveloped the Orient liner Ormonde when she was 150 miles from the Victorian coast on the voyage ...

    Article : 183 words
  15. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment is announced to-day. Details are published on page 20, column 5. ...

    Article : 17 words
  16. NO-CROPPING POLICY.

    The president of the Australian Wheat-growers' Federation, Mr. T. H. Powell, has sent a letter to the organisations affiliated with the federation, suggesting that they ...

    Article : 230 words
  17. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 169 words
  18. INDUSTRIALISATION IN INDIA.

    The Senior British Trade Commissioner in India, Sir Thomas Ainscough, in his annual report, predicts India's financial and economic collapse if the policy of increasing domestic ...

    Article : 154 words
  19. SUBURBAN FIRES.

    Firemen from city and suburban stations were engaged all yesterday in fighting bush and grass fires, and saving houses threatened by the flames. ...

    Article : 72 words
  20. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 272 words
  21. EDUCATIONAL "WRECKERS."

    It is reported from Moscow that the Ogpu (Soviet secret police) have discovered a nest of spies and "wreckers' among the lecturers in Moscow's ...

    Article : 272 words
  22. ADELAIDE HILLS OUTBREAKS.

    More than half a dozen bushfires the biggest of them covering a five-mile front, raged in the Adelaide Hill, to-day. Nearly all of them were burning in uninhabited districts, ...

    Article : 112 words
  23. ACREAGE CONTROL CONDEMNED.

    Mr. G. W. Walker, of the Lindley Walker Wheat Company, said yesterday that he hoped the International Advisory Committee would not recommend another wheat conference, ...

    Article : 140 words
  24. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 71 words
  25. INDIAN TRAIN DERAILED.

    At least seven people were killed and 49 injured when the Howrah express was derailed. The five middle coaches overtuned, caught ...

    Article : 38 words
  26. ESCAPED LEOPARD SHOT.

    The leopard which escaped from a private zoo at the holiday town of Paignton (Devonshire), causing all the women and children to remain behind locked doors last night, was ...

    Article : 44 words
  27. MASS FLIGHT OF BOMBERS.

    Forty-five United States naval bombers have completed a non-stop flight of 2,500 miles from San Diego, Californla. It is believed to be the largest mass flight of its kind in ...

    Article : 40 words
  28. RELIEF FUND.

    The Lord Major of Sydney, Alderman Nock, has arranged, after telephonic consultation with the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Councillor Coles, to accept contributions in Sydney for ...

    Article : 144 words
  29. SICK BABY FLOWN FROM LEETON.

    A sick 12-months-old baby was brought from the intense heat of Leeton yesterday by airliner under the special care of a trained air hostess. The plane had to be flown higher than usual to reach cool air. The hostess, Miss S. Wright, is shown (on right) handing ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 81 words
  30. STATE'S BLANKET OF HEAT.

    This map, based on the officially recorded maximum temperatures throughout New South Wales on Wednesday, can be taken as typical of any day during the last fortnight. The heavily shaded portion shows the large proportion of the State that experienced temperatures ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 80 words
  31. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 316 words
  32. PREMIER'S MESSAGE.

    The Premier, Mr. Stevens, on Wednesday sent the following telegram to the Premier of Victoria, Mr. Dunstan:— "On behalf of the Government and the ...

    Article : 67 words
  33. INTERNATIONAL SUGAR COUNCIL.

    The International Sugar Council is meeting in London, with 21 nations represented. The Agent-General for Queensland, Mr. L. H. pike, is the Australian delegate to the ...

    Article : 76 words
  34. SMOKE REACHES N.Z.

    The northern portion of the North Island is covered with a thick haze caused by smoke blown across the Tasman Sea from the Australian bush fires by westerly gales. Visibility ...

    Article : 42 words
  35. DEATH OF MR. HERMAN OLIPHANT.

    The death has occurred of Mr. Herman Oliphant, an intimate adviser of President Roosevelt, and the author of the controversial Undistributed Profits Tax. ...

    Article : 98 words
  36. ROYAL WEDDING POSTPONED.

    The wedding of Princess Maria of Italy, youngest daughter [?] the Kin[?] and Queen of Italy, to Prince Louis of Bourbon-Parma, which was to have taken place on Sunday, ...

    Article : 49 words
  37. ESPIONAGE CHARGE.

    Mme. Gorin, wife of M. Mikhall Gorin, local manager of the Intourist Russian Agency, has been indicted by the Grand Jury on a charge of possessing information obtained ...

    Article : 60 words
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