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  2. SHORTAGE OF BEEF.

    Not only is there a definite possibility, of a serious shortage of beef in Sydney because of the strike of beef slaughtermen and their ...

    Article : 419 words
  3. ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL.

    An earnest plea that some work of a permanent nature and of cultural value to the people of New South Wales should be made part of the 150th ...

    Article : 415 words
  4. MINERS' AIM.

    Four northern collieries—John Darling, Burwood, Lambton B, and. Wallarah—may be involved soon in a strike aiming at forcing the introduction of ...

    Article : 278 words
  5. FLIGHT FROM. FLOODS.

    Floods which inundated northern districts yesterday, reached Port Wakefield early this morning, when the River Wakefield overflowed, and flood waters ...

    Article : 192 words
  6. TORPEDOED SHIP.

    Members of the crew of the British tanker Woodford (6987 tons), which was torpedoed and sunk by an unidentified submarine off the ...

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  7. HUGE WAR BUDGET.

    At an emergency meeting, the Japanese Diet will be asked to pass a supplementary budget of £stg119,000,000, for war expenses. The money will be raised ...

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  8. JAPANESE SHIPS SHELL POOTUNG.

    Firing almost al point-blank range, Japanese warships for several hours pounded Pootung, an industrial area of Shanghai, on the opposite side of the river to the International Settlement. Factories, dockyards, and industrial plants were demolished. ...

    Article : 159 words
  9. MR. HIROTA EVASIVE.

    The Japanese Foreign Minister (Mr. Hirota) invited foreign correspondents to meet him, and parried, with his accustomed coolness, all efforts to obtain a comprehensive ...

    Article : 396 words
  10. PASSING SHOWERS.

    Weather over the greater part of New South Wales continues boisterous and unsettled. During the week-end, it is expected to be chiefly fine in the north-west ...

    Article : 151 words
  11. THE BUND FRONTAGE ROCKED.

    After the city had been enjoying comparative quiet, and endeavouring to struggle back to normal, it experienced a tremendous bombardment at ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  12. PARTIES CONFER.

    The compulsory conference regarding the claims of enginedrivers and firemen continued its deliberations yesterday, before Mr. Justice Cantor, of the Industrial Commission, and ...

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  13. ONE-DAY STRIKES.

    Day-wage employees of Aberda[?] colliery decided to-day to take action to have fellow members of the Aberdare Estended miners' lodge fined by the lodge if they brought about ...

    Article : 256 words
  14. BROADCASTS.

    The Australian Broadcasting Commission has arranged a series of short broadcasts over the national stations by members of the Centenary Celebrations Committee. Mr. ...

    Article : 93 words
  15. N.A.-16 'PLANE.

    Preliminary tests of the first American NA-16 fighting 'plane for the R.A.A.F. were conducted at Laverton to-day. The machine was assembled ...

    Article : 283 words
  16. NO STOCK AT SALES.

    For the first time no cattle or sheep were available yesterday for disposal at an advertised sale at the Flemington yards. The Friday auction was introduced in July to ...

    Article : 145 words
  17. DUTCH AIR SERVICE.

    The Ministry probably will announce next week details of the agreement between the Commonwealth and Netherlands Governments for the ...

    Article : 142 words
  18. BOOKMAKERS RE-LICENSED.

    Ten bookmakers whose licences with the Australian Jockey Club automatically ceased with their conviction under the Bookmakers' Taxation Act ...

    Article : 166 words
  19. HOUSES OF WOOD.

    The best designs for an all-timber house for a typical family in New South Wales will receive prizes ranging from 50 guineas to 10 guineas, under the terms of a ...

    Article : 162 words
  20. COLLISION IN FOG.

    A collision occurred in a dense fog off the coast of Portugal to-day between the Commonwealth and Dominion Line motor ship Port Chalmers ...

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  21. SERVICE WELCOMED.

    It is likely that Royal Netherlands Indies Airlines (K.N.I.L.M.) will begin its service from Batavia to Sydney next January. The service will, in effect, be an extension of the ...

    Article : 330 words
  22. DEATH SENTENCE.

    Victor Emanuel Wilson, 21, [?] timber-cutter, was convicted at the Central Criminal Court yesterday on a charge of having committed a serious offence against a girl, aged ...

    Article : 258 words
  23. NEW BOMBERS.

    The R.A.A.F. station at Richmond took delivery yesterday of two new Avro-Anson bombers which arrived in Sydney from London by the Somerset. ...

    Article : 114 words
  24. NO TASMAN RACE.

    The Matson liner Mariposa has been delayed at Auckland by torrential rain, which interfered with the discharging of cargo. She was scheduled to leave at about 10 o'clock last ...

    Article : 154 words
  25. IMMIGRATION.

    "The Times." In a leading article dealing with the apparent reluctance of Australia to reopen the way to migration, declares: "The disinclination to allow a substantial inflow ...

    Article : 137 words
  26. CHINESE TACTICS PRAISED.

    The Shanghai correspondent of "The Times" praises the efficiency of the tactics of the Chinese, whose prompt attacks on the Japanese who were ...

    Article : 602 words
  27. CHEAPER BREAD.

    Mr. J. Israel, secretary of the Master Bakers' Association, explaining the operation of the lower bread prices for the inner suburbs (5 d a loaf for cash over the counter ...

    Article : 256 words
  28. CRACK PILOT KILLED.

    The crews of hundreds of 'planes assembled for the national air races, saw Lee Miles, 37, American champion racing pilot in 1934, crash to his death while trying out a 'plane he ...

    Article : 91 words
  29. VALUABLE CARGO.

    One of the reasons for the Mariposa's delay was to save a valuable cargo of Californian grapes, and to avoid a heavy loss to New Zealand merchants. Nearly 6000 chests of ...

    Article : 118 words
  30. FLOUR TAX.

    The action by Homebush Flour Mills, Ltd., for the return by the New South Wales Government of £20,934/19/2 said to have been paid to the Minister for Agriculture under ...

    Article : 119 words
  31. PALESTINE MURDERS.

    Fifteen Jewish youths from the Chedera Colony at Acra have been detained as a result of the murder of four Arabs near Karkur. Five members of the Zionist Revision ...

    Article : 67 words
  32. CIVIC AFFAIRS.

    At the men's dinner at Fanner's last night to mark the 89th anniversary of the laying of the foundation-stone of St. Mark's Church, Darling Point, the Lord Mayor ...

    Article : 170 words
  33. OLYMPIC GAMES FOUNDER.

    Baron de Coubertin, founder and honorary life president of the International Olympic Games, collapsed while walking to-day and died of apoplexy. ...

    Article : 168 words
  34. SLEEPWALKER'S FALL.

    Jantes Henry Perry, 19, died in the Royal South Sydney Hospital yesterday from the effects of shocking injuries which he received on August 24 When he was impaled on the ...

    Article : 101 words
  35. TYPHOON'S TOLL.

    The death roll in yesterday's typhoon is at least 100 in Hong Kong alone. The damage to property is more than 1,000,000 dollars. ...

    Article : 61 words
  36. ROYAL VISIT TO INDIA.

    The political correspondent of the "Morning Post" says that an official announcement of the Visit by the King and the Queen to the Coronation Durbar at Delhi is expected ...

    Article : 59 words
  37. BURRINJUCK DAM.

    The water at the Burrinjuck dam to-day is reported to be nearly 23ft below the spillways, which is regarded as a very safe margin. (Rain fell on the catchment area to-day. ...

    Article : 39 words
  38. FEDERAL MINISTERS.

    Federal Ministers in Sydney include the Minister for Defence (Sir Archdale Parkhill), the Attorney-General (Mr. Menzies), the Minister for Health (Mr. Hughes), and the ...

    Article : 33 words
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