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  2. COROWA VOTE.

    Members of the State Ministerial parties expressed surprise yesterday at the substantial vote received by Mr. C. B. Lethbridge, the independent ...

    Article : 387 words
  3. DISPENSER'S ERROR.

    A mistake in dispensing which almost caused the death of a child is described in the annual report of the Director-General of Health (Dr. E. s. ...

    Article : 327 words
  4. WORKMEN'S PRECARIOUS LUNCH TABLE.

    Neither height nor heat perturbed these workmen on a large new building in Wynyard Square yesterday. They ate their lunch in the broiling sun on a precarious perch high above the streets. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 36 words
  5. U.S. FLOODS.

    The disastrous storms which swept the Pacific coast of the United States at the week-end have abated after having caused three deaths and millions of ...

    Article : 88 words
  6. A.L.P. FACTIONS.

    A new rnoye by the industrialists in the Labour faction fight is designed to "starve the Lang faction financially." ...

    Article : 403 words
  7. ITALY AND LEAGUE.

    The Secretary-General of the League of Nations (M. Joseph Avenol) has acknowledged Italy's telegram Announcing her withdrawal from the ...

    Article : 727 words
  8. STORMS IN BRITAIN.

    Half Britain is snowbound, and blizzards are lashing the north of England, Scotland, and Ireland, holding up shipping, and severing communications by road, telephone, and ...

    Article : 43 words
  9. NAVAL ATTACK.

    A rebel warship fired seven shells into Valencia, says a Barcelona message. The attack lasted an hour. The extent of the damage is unknown. ...

    Article : 108 words
  10. BANK CLERK'S THEFT.

    Bruce Thomson, 46, clerk, admitted in the Police Court, to-day, a charge of having stolen £1300 from the Commonwealth Bank. He was committed for sentence at the Criminal ...

    Article : 111 words
  11. INDEPENDENT'S MAJORITY.

    The position of the candidates in the Corowa by-election was not materially altered when counting ceased last night. Only 77 absentee votes were received by the ...

    Article : 220 words
  12. SCOTTISH RAIL CRASH.

    A new statement of the casualties in the railway smash at Castlecary, 13 miles from Glasgow, says that 35 persons were killed, 33 severely injured, ...

    Article : 92 words
  13. TASMAN AIR SERVICE.

    It might be natural to assume that the survey flight of the flying-boat Centaurus will be the forerunner of a regular Tasman air service between ...

    Article : 135 words
  14. ACTION AGAINST POLITICIAN.

    A settlement was announced in the Supreme Court yesterday of the action in which Grace Johnstone Minnett, as executrix of the will of the late Leslie Alma Minnett, sued William ...

    Article : 66 words
  15. POPE CREATES NEW CARDINALS.

    At a secret session of the Consistory Court at 5 a.m. to-day, the Pope created five new cardinals, including Dr. Hinsley, Archbishop of Westminster. He is granting them ...

    Article : 119 words
  16. NEW TEXTILE AWARD.

    About 33,000 employees in the textile industry in all States except Queensland are affected by a new award which was announced by Judge Beeby in the ...

    Article : 463 words
  17. GRAZIER KILLED.

    Mr. L. T. Watson, of Wollogorang station, near Goulburn, was killed instantly when a car in which he was travelling from Lake Cargelligo to ...

    Article : 432 words
  18. 40-HOUR WEEK.

    It is not expected that the 40-hour week will be abolished in France. But while it will remain in principle, the hours of work will probably at ...

    Article : 113 words
  19. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment is announced to-day. Detail are published on page 30, column four. ...

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  20. MR. C. A. ARMSTRONG.

    Mr. Chas. A. Armstrong, who retires to-day from the position of Assistant Commissioner of Taxation, has spent nearly 40 years in the department. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 247 words
  21. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 212 words
  22. J. C. WILLIAMSON.

    When asked to comment on the sale of 200,000 shares in J. C. Williamson. Ltd., to New Zealand investors, Sir George Tallis said to-day that his only part in the transaction ...

    Article : 191 words
  23. EARL DE LA WARR

    At a Press conference before his departure for Australia, where he ls to attend the 150th Anniversary celebrations, the Lord Privy Seal, Earl de la Warr, said he was looking forward ...

    Article : 150 words
  24. U.S. PRISON RIOT.

    The captain of the guards at the State Penitentiary, Mr. Olin Sanders, was stabbed to death to-day by six convicts during a serious prison riot. ...

    Article : 135 words
  25. UNMARRIED CLERGY.

    Voluntary celibacy on the part of newlyordained Anglican clergy is urged in a memorial, signed by Lord Halifax, Lord Sankey, Lord Hugh Cecil, Lord Wolmer, Mr. ...

    Article : 129 words
  26. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 269 words
  27. MR. E. J. TAIT'S STATEMENT.

    Mr. E. J. Tait, commenting yesterday on the reported sale of 200,000 shares in J. C. Williamson, Ltd., by Sir George Tallis and Mr. Arthur W. Allen to a group of New Zealand ...

    Article : 213 words
  28. LINER ON REEF.

    Three rescue ships—the President McKinley and the United States destroyers Allen and Baker—have reached the American liner, President Hoover, which is stranded on a reef ...

    Article : 102 words
  29. DICTATORSHIP PLOT IN SIAM.

    The Regent's speech at the opening of the Parliament of Siam did not refer to a recent plot to create a dictatorship, for which 11 arrests, including those of a Buddhist priest ...

    Article : 50 words
  30. COUNTY COUNCIL EMPLOYEES.

    The County Council yesterday, on the recommendation of the general manager (Mr. Forbes Mackay), decided to institute an examination incentive plan for male clerical ...

    Article : 112 words
  31. JEAN BATTEN DENIES NEW FLIGHT PLAN.

    Miss Jean Batten to-day denied a report published in the "News-Chronicle" that she was planning a solo attempt on the ScottBlack record to Melbourne, using a robot ...

    Article : 99 words
  32. EMPLOYEES DISAPPOINTED.

    Keen disappointment was expressed by textile workers yesterday that no substantial increases in wages were granted under their new award. Although pleased that the principle ...

    Article : 92 words
  33. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 256 words
  34. MISSING WOMAN.

    Eugene Weidmann, who is alleged to have confessed to five murders, and to be a wholesale killer of the Landru type, confessed in prison to-day that he had murdered another ...

    Article : 105 words
  35. SINGAPORE.

    New measures are to be introduced into the Legislative Council at Singapore in connection with local defence. Bills provide that the expenditure on the ...

    Article : 84 words
  36. AMERICANS ACQUIT TROTSKY.

    A Commission of Americans, in an opinion given in 80,000 words, has acquitted the exiled Bolshevik leader, M. Leon Trotsky, and his son, Sedoff, of having plotted to overthrow ...

    Article : 120 words
  37. BOOT FACTORY FIRE.

    After examining many witnesses concerning the origin of a fire at the boot factory of Sydney Wolfeson, at No. 103a Regent Street, Redfern, on the night of October 9, the City ...

    Article : 246 words
  38. PARLIAMENT HOUSE

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday Mr. Tonge asked the Speaker (Mr. Weaver) if, in view of the facts that the 150th anniversary of the State was to be celebrated next year[?] ...

    Article : 153 words
  39. CRISIS IN EGYPT.

    The Cairo correspondent of the "Daily Herald" says that, despite Press secrecy, a grave Constitutional crisis between King Farouk of Egypt and his Government is ...

    Article : 109 words
  40. "HOUSE THAT HITLER BUILT."

    The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that the book by Professor Roberts, of Sydney. "The House that Hitler Built," has been banned in Germany by the ...

    Article : 64 words
  41. ECONOMIC RESEARCH.

    Mr. Alfred Sloan, Jun., the president of General Motors Corporation, has announced that he is endowing a foundation for economic research with securities valued at 10,000,000 ...

    Article : 78 words
  42. SOVIET ELECTIONS.

    Preliminary figures indicate that there was a 95 per cent. poll at the Soviet elections yesterday, when the Government candidates were unopposed. ...

    Article : 75 words
  43. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Gold was quoted to-day at £6/19/11 an ounce fine, compared with £6/19/10 on Saturday. BASE METALS. ...

    Article : 50 words
  44. FLYING-BOATS AT GWALIOR.

    The five Royal Air Force flying-boats which are coming to Sydney for the 150th Anniversary celebrations, have arrived at Gwalior (India). The crews are the guests of the ...

    Article : 38 words
  45. STOCK MARKET QUIET.

    The Christmas account on the Stock Exchange opened quietly, with little business. Industrials were dull, oils and gold shares were weaker, and rubbers were unchanged. ...

    Article : 32 words
  46. SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of Suburban and Country Picture Theatres will be found in Amusement Advertisement column. ...

    Article : 19 words
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