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  2. CENTAURUS.

    The Empire flying-boat Centaurus made an uneventful flight from Sydney to Auckland to-day in the record time of 9 hours 10 minutes. ...

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  3. SPEED LIMITS.

    The 150 traffic police who patrolled the main roads during the holidays obcerved some good effects of the new speed limits, and it was officially stated ...

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  4. STORMS ON WAY.

    A brief shower about 8.30 o'clock last night was the only rain which [?]ell in Sydney over the holidays, but the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) ...

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  5. SORRY DISPLAY.

    J. Donald Budge, officially ranked world's No. 1 lawn tennis player, bitterly disappointed a record crowd at the Lawn Tennis Ground. Rushcutter ...

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  6. GAY HOLIDAY CROWDS.

    It is estimated that about one in every six people in Sydney and suburbs spent yesterday, the Boxing Day holiday, in the surf or on the beaches. ...

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  7. GAOL FIGHT.

    Two prisoners made a desperate attempt to escape from Dubb[?] Gaol yesterday afternoon. One of them locked one warder in his cell and, it ...

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  8. TERUEL'S FATE SEALED.

    The entire sequence of the Spanish loyalist operations against Teruel has demonstrated the greatly increased efficiency of the loyalists, who so ...

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  9. CAPTURE OF TSINANFU.

    The Japanese officially announce that they have completely occupied Tsinanfu, capital of Shantung province. ...

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  10. NEW LAW MUST BE OBSERVED.

    Referring to suggestions that the new speed limits had been generally disregarded by motorists during the holidays, the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) said last night ...

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  11. WOMAN FLIER.

    Mrs. Beryl Markham, who flew across the Atlantic last year, arrived in Sydney on the Mariposa yesterday. She said she thought Australia had contributed ...

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  12. HIRE-PURCHASE.

    Since the depression, the hire-purchase system of buying goods of all descriptions, has become almost universal, and had resulted in such a ...

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  13. RUMANIAN CRISIS.

    The Rumanian Government, led by M. George Tatarescu (National Liberal), which was reappointed as recently as August, 1936, has resigned. ...

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  14. SURF RESCUES.

    Despite the huge crowds there was no serious accident on any of the beaches yesterday. Life-savers at different places rescued about 40 persons ...

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  15. FAIR TRIAL URGED.

    The president of the Royal Automobile Club (Sir John Butters) said last night that it would be possible to say whether the new traffic law was a solution of the road ...

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  16. LOST CHILDREN.

    So many children wandered away from their parents in the thousands, who thro[?]ged Manly yesterday that practically all day Manly police were set the problem of trying ...

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  17. PROGRESS OF FLIGHT.

    Continuous wireless communication was maintained throughout the flight between the Centaurus and the Amalgamated Wireless Station at La Perouse. Hourly weather ...

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  18. N.R.M.A STATEMENT.

    A statement, issued last night by the N.R.M.A., declared that although a few motorists persisting in exceeding the new speed limit, most of them appeared to be doing ...

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  19. CINEMA ADMISSION PRICES.

    "The problem of box-office prices is exercising every film company in the United States," said Mr. J. S. Hummell, general foreign sales manager of Warner Brothers ...

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  20. MUSSOLINI HAS A GRANDSON.

    Signor Mussolini has a grandson to carry on his name. Signora Vittorio Mussolini to-day gave birth to a son at Orsola. He will ...

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  21. NAZIS BITTER.

    The official German news agency bitterly criticises the Christmas Eve address delivered by the Pope, accusing him of fostering hatred and making unfounded statements. ...

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  22. DEATH FROM THIRST FEARED.

    It is feared that Doris Goldstiver, a child, who wandered away from a farm house in the Toonpan district on Christmas Day, has died from thirst. ...

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  23. IRON LUNG FOR GIRL PATIENT.

    For the first time in this State, an "iron lung" is being used for a suspected case of infantile paralysis. Two respirators, installed at the Infectious ...

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  24. HUNDRED YEARS OF AGE TO-DAY.

    To-day. Mrs. Sarah Thomas celebrates her one hundredth birthday. She is in full possession of her faculties, and attributes her long life and good health to her advocacy of ...

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  25. AIR LINER'S CRASH IN SNOWSTORM.

    The pilot, the wireless operator, and [?] passenger were killed when an aeroplane of the Bucharest-Paris service crashed on Christmas Eve in a blinding snowstorm at ...

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  26. YACHT'S VOYAGE.

    Advice was received in Sydney that the motor yacht Sapphire, formerly owned by Mr. Ernest Major, which was recently purchased by a Bundaberg syndicate to conduct Barrier ...

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  27. INMATES PERISH IN ASYLUM FIRE.

    At least eight lives were lost in a fire which followed Christmas celebrations at the Montredon lunatic asylum, near Lepuy, which accommodates 3000 people. ...

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  28. FLYING-BOAT FORCED DOWN.

    The giant four-engined Imperial Airways' flying-boat. Cordelia, bound for England from Africa, with mails and one passenger. came down in Havre Roads yesterday morning. ...

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  29. CHILD'S BODY IN BAG.

    Alfred Spicer, 65, a gardener, was charged at Parramatta. Court yesterday before Mr. Haydock, P.M., with having feloniously and maliciously murdered Marcia Hayes, aged 6, ...

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  30. SOVIET PURGE.

    The chief of the exploitation department of the Black Sea Fleet, the harbour master of Tuapse, and others, have been charged with criminal negligence in connection with ...

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  31. JAPANESE RAYONS.

    The Japan Silk Year Book, commenting on the recent decline in the rayon trade with Australia, expresses the opinion that the only means to improve business seems to be to ...

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  32. ANOTHER CASE IN QUEENSLAND.

    The fifth case of infantile paralysis is reported from Townsville, the patient being a boy of nine years. The previous case was reported a fortnight ago. ...

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  33. THE AWATEA.

    The Awatea, which arrived at 6.41 a.m to-day made a new record crossing of two days seven hours 49 minutes one hour 26 minutes faster than her previous record ...

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  34. FOOD POISONING.

    J. R. Duggan, 35, of Lorn, West Maitland, and his daughter, Ga[?], 4, suffered mild attacks of food poisoning at Kilaben Bay this afternoon. It is believed that the attacks ...

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  35. CASES IN ADELAIDE.

    Only one case, that of a boy aged nine, was admitted to hospital to-day with infantile paralysis, but there were two suspects, a girl aged eight and a man aged 35. ...

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  36. STATE LOTTERY.

    The 468th State Lottery will be drawn at the Australian Hall, Elizabeth Street, city, to-night, commencing at 7 p.m. A complete list of the prize-winners will ...

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  37. VIOLET, DUCHESS OF RUTLAND, DEAD.

    Violet Duchess of Rutland, died to-day. Her husband was the eighth Duke of Rutland, who died in 1925. She had 8 son, the present Duke, and three daughters. ...

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  38. MORE MELBOURNE CASES.

    Eight more cases of infantile paralysis were reported officially to-day, making a total of 1328. There were no deaths. ...

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