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  2. CHINESE FESTIVAL.

    The Chinese Festival at the Showground last night was a great success. It was estimated by the police that inside the ground, sitting and standing, there were 40,000 people; and that 10,000 more had had to be turned away at the gates. ...

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  3. DEFENCE PLANS.

    Defence expenditure in Australia, next financial year is expected to reach the huge total of £14,000,000 or £15,000,000, and because the ...

    Article : 1,014 words
  4. PARTIES PREPARING FOR ELECTION.

    The election campaign plans of the Government parties are complete, and officials at the United Australia Party and United Country Party headquarters are confident that Labour will not be able to reduce the Government's majority in the Legislative ...

    Article : 137 words
  5. COMPSITE AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT.

    A successful official demonstration night at Rochester (Kent) of the Mayo composite aircraft, known as the "Pick-a-back" plane, is reported in to-day's cable news The smaller plane is carried on top of the larger, and being launched in mid-air, can take off with a much heavier load than would be possible with an unaided take-off. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. CHINESE GESTURE OF GOODWILL.

    The display itself was colourful and fascinating. From beginning to end it was entirely Chinese, with all the rich glamour of the East; and there were ...

    Article : 680 words
  7. MAN OF VISION.

    To no man, except Macarthur himself, do the sheepmen of Australia owe a greater debt of gratitude" than to Thomas Sutcliffe Mort, who arrived in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. MANY RECORDS

    The annual report of the Maritime Services Board, for the year ended June 30, 1937, which was released yesterday, showed that activities at ...

    Article : 470 words
  9. THE METHODIST CONFERENCE.

    The first public business session of the Methodist Conference will be held to-day. Many important matters will be presented, including a number of ...

    Article : 603 words
  10. U.A.P. EXPECTS NO LOSSES.

    The U.A.P. expects to regain the Woollahra seat from the independent, Mr. Mason, K.C., and the Country Party is confident of regaining Corowa from ...

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  11. NEWCASTLE'S CELEBRATIONS.

    The chief events in Newcastle's Anniversary celebrations to-day were the opening of the show by the Governor, Lord Wakehurst, and a "Cavalcade of ...

    Article : 300 words
  12. PAGEANT FLOATS JUDGING.

    The chairman of the celebrations pageant judging committee, Mr. V. T. Jeune, commenting yesterday on the awards and allocation of prize money for floats in the "March to ...

    Article : 659 words
  13. CARNIVALS AT MANLY.

    An attractive sports programme has been prepared for to-morrow at Manly. During the morning, on the Manly tennis courts, exhibition matches will be played, in which J. ...

    Article : 621 words
  14. A.L.P. EXECUTIVE DECISION.

    A vitriolic attack upon the new manageement of the "Labor Daily" was made by the State president of the A.L.P., Mr. P. J. Keller, at a specially convened ...

    Article : 552 words
  15. RADIO EXHIBITION

    Attendances for the first two days of the Electrical and Radio Exhibition in the Town Hall have exceeded those for a similar period-at any previous display. ...

    Article : 327 words
  16. MR. HEFFRON'S AIM.

    Mr. Heffron, M.L.A. the newly-elected leader of the industrialists Labour section against Mr. Lang at the State election, stated yesterday that his policy would be to ...

    Article : 158 words
  17. EXPLOSION AND FIRE.

    An explosion of highly inflammable liquids blew a roof and a wall to fragments and began a fire which destroyed the contents of the Paratax Rubber Works, a two-storey ...

    Article : 155 words
  18. RED CROSS SOCIETY.

    Mr. D. J, Mackay Sim has been elected chairman of the New South Wales division of the Australian Red Cross Society, in succession to Mr. Wilfred E. Johnson. Mr. John ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 97 words
  19. ELECTION DATE.

    Mr. Beasley, M.P., during a lunch-hour address to about 200 employees at the railway signalling branch works at Chullora yesterday, said that, the delay in declaring the ...

    Article : 178 words
  20. NORTH AUSTRALIA SURVEY.

    An extensive programme has been planned for the North Australia survey this year. The work will comprise aerial photography, geological investigations, and geophysical surveys. ...

    Article : 91 words
  21. LORD NUFFIELD'S GIFT.

    The board of directors of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital has decided to allocate the £4,000 given to the hospital by Lord Nuffield on his previous visit to Australia, as the ...

    Article : 151 words
  22. MR. LANG'S SPEECH.

    Mr. Lang, speaking at a women's rally in Newtown last night presided over by the Mayoress of Newtown, Alderman Mrs. Fowler, said that the State abattoirs at Homebush ...

    Article : 299 words
  23. MISSIONARY KILLED WHEN CAR OVERTURNS.

    Raymond Guillier, 25, Methodist home missionary at Catherine Hill Bay, died in Newcastle Hospital late to-night from injuries received when a motor car overturned ...

    Article : 69 words
  24. MAN FOUND HANGING.

    The body of Leonard George McDonald, 64, a retired printer, was found suspended by a piece of rope from a beam in a shed at the rear of his home in Union ...

    Article : 60 words
  25. INFANTILE PARALYSIS.

    Six cases of infantile paralysis were notified in the metropolitan area yesterday, and four cases were reported in the country. The total number of cases in New South Wales ...

    Article : 44 words
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