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  2. SOUTHERN CROSS.

    Squadron-Leader Kingsford Smith stated that he intended to attempt an Atlantic flight. He said he would use the safe route from Dakar (Senegal) to Pernambuco. ...

    Article : 473 words
  3. NOTED SCIENTIST.

    A telegram from Buenos Aires reports the death of Sir Baldwin Spencer, Emeritus Professor of Biology, Melbourne University, and a leading authority on the Australian ...

    Article : 321 words
  4. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Coral Sturgeon, 6½ years, daughter of Mr. Hugh Sturgeon, was knocked down by a car, and suffered severe bruises and a lacerated wound necessitating four stitches. She was ...

    Article : 79 words
  5. DARING THIEF.

    Displaying great daring a thief forced open a window on the seventh floor of Adyar House, 29 Bligh-street, city, last night, and gained entrance to the caretaker's quarters. He was ...

    Article : 474 words
  6. ROBBER GANG.

    Six men, one of them armed with a revolver menaced Mr. George Cunningham Jack, a nurseryman, of Ermington, in Elizabethstreet city, late on Saturday night, and ...

    Article : 240 words
  7. CEMENT MERGER.

    Negotiations have been preceding between the directors of Australian Cement, Limited, Geelong and the Kandos Cement Co., Ltd. (N.S.W.) with a view to the amalgamation ...

    Article : 441 words
  8. FIRES.

    But for its timely discovery, an outbreak of fire at the flourmills of John Dalling and Sons, Rhodes, yesterday, might have gained disastrous proportions. The outbreak was ...

    Article : 167 words
  9. CYCLIST KILLED.

    The third of a series of gymkhana meetings on the Lidcombe Showground, promoted by the Auburn District Motor Cycle Club, on Saturday was marked by a fatality. ...

    Article : 428 words
  10. WAGGA WATER SUPPLY.

    North Wagga is separated by the river from Wagga. Part of the municipality has to depend on wells for water, while the main town has an excellent reticulation. The ...

    Article : 74 words
  11. DEATH OF REV. FATHER F. DWYER.

    Widespread regret was expressed at the announcement of the death of the Rev. Father Fabian Dwyer, 45, a popular priest, who had been stationed here for the past five years ...

    Article : 75 words
  12. PROPOSED CLARENCE VALLEY RAILWAY.

    The construction of a light railway line from Maclean to the North Coast line was advocated at a meeting of the Maclean Cham ber of Commerce, and it was decided to ...

    Article : 1,371 words
  13. EXPLOSION AND FIRE.

    Mysterious incidents are associated with a tire which severely damaged Mr. E. J. Pierce's merccery shop and its contents, in George-street, Haymarket, early on Saturday night. ...

    Article : 121 words
  14. WOOL CLIP.

    According to a return made available by the Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. C. H. Wickens) on Saturday, the wool clip for 1928-29 is a record, and is estimated ...

    Article : 176 words
  15. FIRE AT MASCOT.

    A two-storied weatherboard building in Wilson-street, Mascot, owned by Mr. William Raby and occupied by Messrs. Pollone and Giacomin, cabinet-makers, was severely ...

    Article : 49 words
  16. AUSTRALIAN SCOUTS.

    Thousands of people in Whitehall watched the Australian Boy Scouts march to the Cenotaph, where a wreath was laid. At the head of the procession were carried the ...

    Article : 242 words
  17. CAR IN FLAMES.

    The occupants of a motor car proceeding along Hariis-road, Hurstville, yesterday afternoon, beat a hurried retreat when, after back-firing, the vehicle burst into flames. ...

    Article : 82 words
  18. RAILWAY UNION.

    The main subject consideied by the of the Australian Railways Union was the log of claims served by the Commissioners of New South Wales, Victoria, South ...

    Article : 219 words
  19. MOTOR ACCIDENTS.

    Early yesterday morning a car driven by Clifford Munro, 24 years of Earlwood, swerved when endeavouring to avoid collision, and crashed into a telegraph post in King-street, ...

    Article : 740 words
  20. MURDER OF CHILD.

    A report from Paris says that the alleged confession of Sidney Harle regarding the murder of a little girl, Jeannine Bigogne, sfates: "I waited in the room with the body ...

    Article : 222 words
  21. TEMPERANCE HOTEL.

    After the loyal toast had been honoured at a dinner, given to celebrate the opening of the Canberra Temperance Hotel at Brisbane on Saturday night, the State Treasurer (Mr. ...

    Article : 184 words
  22. BALACLAVA SEAT.

    Officials of the Victorian Labour party said yesterday that the central executive had decided not to contest the Balaclava by-election for the House of Representatives on the ...

    Article : 94 words
  23. EMPIRE FREETRADE.

    The "Economist' criticises the scheme for free trade within the Empire: "It is a quite impracticable conception. This country will not submit to food taxes, and the industries ...

    Article : 296 words
  24. BUSINESS MAN MISSING.

    The absence from Sydney of Mr. Frederick Walter Broadhurst, an indent agent of Yorkstreet, is causing anxiety. Mr. Broadhurst left Sydney a week ago on a business ...

    Article : 97 words
  25. ANTI-SLAVERY.

    The Foreign Secretary (Mr. Arthur Henderson) to-day received a deputation from the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Piotection Society. The deputation suggested that ...

    Article : 140 words
  26. CHRISTIAN IDEALS.

    The Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) was the principal speaker yesterday altemoon at the monthly meeting of the Young People's Bible Institute connected with ...

    Article : 255 words
  27. SHIPPING CONTRACT.

    At Ottawa the Minister for Trade and Commerce (Mr. James Malcolm) announced on Friday that the contract for a complete service from British Columbia ports to ...

    Article : 95 words
  28. CAMPSIE CHURCH.

    The foundation-stone of a new parish church, to leplace the building which was destroyed by fire last year, was laid at Campsie on Saturday by the Governor (Sir ...

    Article : 243 words
  29. AUSTRALIAN TEAM AGAINST ALL BLACKS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 88 words
  30. SPEED BOAT TROPHY.

    A secretly-built speed boat driven by three Napier engines, each developing over 900 horse-power was launched at the Isle of Wight last night, and was to-day shipped on ...

    Article : 109 words
  31. WAR PILGRIMS.

    There was a short but impressive ceremony this morning, when a party from the Australian War Pilgrimage placed a wreath on the Crimean soldiers' monument at ...

    Article : 98 words
  32. PREFERENCES.

    The "Sunday Times" says that political heads have had reassuring messages sent to the dominions in reference to Mr. Snowden's statement on the ending of preferences. It ...

    Article : 73 words
  33. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 195 words
  34. AUSTRALIAN VICTIMISED

    An Australian, M. Dixon, who is staying at a London hotel, has been tricked out of £750 by confidence men, who told a story ol their having a fortune to dispense among ...

    Article : 207 words
  35. CHARING CROSS STATION.

    The Southern Railway and the London County Council it is reported, have agreed to a scheme to move Charing Cross Railway Station to the south of the Thames, the ...

    Article : 111 words
  36. SMALLPOX.

    Three cases of smallpox were discovered among the coloured members of the crew of the City of Hereford, which arrived on Saturday. They were immediately ...

    Article : 83 words
  37. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    In pursuance of the Empire Olympic games idea evolved at the Amsterdam Olympic games a Canadian, Colonel McCullough, announces that invitations will be immediately ...

    Article : 492 words
  38. STOLEN JEWELLERY.

    While walking alone the promenade at Rose Bav yesterday, Mr. Leslie Brown, of O'Sulli-van-road Woollahra, noticed a number of sliver and gold watches lying in shallow water ...

    Article : 111 words
  39. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 199 words
  40. WIRELESS TELEPHONY.

    A telephone service between London and Buenos Aires, a distance of over 7000 miles, will be opened on Monday. At first it will be a limited service, operating between 5.30 ...

    Article : 152 words
  41. DAME EADITH WALKER.

    Dame Eadith Walker, who early in the yeal notified the Red Cross Society that she would be unable, owing to impaired health, to attend executive meetings regularly, has now tendered ...

    Article : 165 words
  42. FOOTBALL FIGHT.

    Saturday's football was not without its incident of rough play and fighting. During the third quarter in the North Shore v Eastern Suburbs Australian Rules ...

    Article : 116 words
  43. FREE STATE MINISTER.

    A report from Paris says the appointment of Count O'Kelly as Free State Minister in France is regarded as a landmark of FrancoIrish relations giving the Free State ...

    Article : 113 words
  44. STATION 2BL.

    The New South Wales Broadcasting Co. Ltd., severed its connection with "A" class stations last night, when the final programme under the control of the management was given, ...

    Article : 177 words
  45. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 168 words
  46. AERIAL TELEPHONE.

    The telephone carrier wave system between Adelaide and Broken Hill was officially opened this morning when a conversation was held between the Lord Mayor of Adelaide and the ...

    Article : 42 words
  47. NEW ANAESTHETIC.

    A medical discovery of importance to the whole world is reported to have been made in an anaesthetic which becomes effective within 50 seconds, and can be given to persons with ...

    Article : 140 words
  48. SAFE BLOWERS.

    A fireproof safe which had been stolen on Friday night from the store of Mr. J. C. Turner, grain and produce merchant, of West Brunswick was found on Saturday morning ...

    Article : 120 words
  49. AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

    Mr. Coolidge, the ex-President, writing in the current "American Magazine," says that intimidation of Congress by minority organisations with power and influence is ...

    Article : 80 words
  50. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY.

    The Kogarah police yesterday arrested a man and his wife and charged them with conspiring together to burn down their home with intent to defraud an insurance company. ...

    Article : 56 words
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