The Australian High Commissioner in London, Mr. Bruce, who is travelling to Sydney in the Mariposa, which is due on Monday, will attend ...
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Article : 290 wordsMr. H. G. Wells, at the Institute of Journalists' luncheon yesterday, appealed to the journalists present to intercede on his behalf with Australia's ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 213 wordsIt is reported that the organisers of the New York World's Fair have offered the guardians of the Dionne quintuplets 50 per cent of the proceeds derived from exhibiting ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 338 wordsThe second increase in wholesale egg prices this week was announced by the Egg Marketing Board yesterday, and all grades of eggs are now from 4d to 6d per dozen dearer than on ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 299 wordsPresident Roosevelt yesterday requested Congress to extend for two years his power to regulate the gold content of the dollar and the Act creating the Stabilisation Fund. ...
Article : 93 wordsMrs. Bridget Hitler, the wife of Herr Hitler's half-brother, Alois, appeared in the Highgate Court to-day on a summons for £9 arrears in rates. ...
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Article : 246 wordsMembers of the P.E.N. Club entertained Mr. H. G. Wells at dinner last night at the Forum Club. Mr. Wells said that the P.E.N. Club was ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 158 wordsThe portrait by Miss Nora Heysen, daughter of Mr. Hans Heysen, which yesterday was awarded the Archibald Prize for 1939. The subject is Mrs. T. Elink Schuurman, wife of the Consul-General for the Netherlands. Miss Heysen is the first woman to win the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 321 wordsMr. H. G. Wells will give his final broadcast talk from national stations to-morrow night. He will speak at 9 o'clock through stations 2FC[?] 2NR, 2NC, and 2CY on "The ...
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Article : 244 wordsA sum of £76 was raised on Tuesday night at a social gathering at Bundanoon for the relief of families who lost their homes at Bundanoon in the bushfires. ...
Article : 79 wordsMr. Wells will deliver a public lecture on "The Human Outlook" at the Sydney Town Hall, at 8.15 to-night. Mr. W. M. Hughes will preside. ...
Article : 28 wordsA reluctant witness, who protested from the back of the Ryde Court that he did not want to give evidence, was called to the witness box yesterday by the district coroner, ...
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Article : 49 wordsSir Archibald Southby, the Conservative M.P., in a letter to "The Times," suggests a fund in aid of victims of the Australian bushfires. ...
Article : 98 wordsProgrammes of Suburban and Country Picture Theatres will be found in the Amusement Advertisement Columns. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 21 Jan 1939, Page 12
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