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  2. FLOODS

    The Weather Bureau reported this morning that the cyclone, which, yesterday, was approaching the tropical coast, crossed the coastline last night north of Cairns. Its ...

    Article : 353 words
  3. ENGLISH ELEVEN.

    The Englishmen concluded their last engagement in New South Wales to-day, and left for Melbourne by express train to-night. The game against Southern Districts was ...

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  4. COAL CRISIS.

    The Premier (Mr. Bavi[?]), who returned from Canberra yesterday, after attending the coal conference, convened by the Prime Minister, expressed the opinion that the ...

    Article : 465 words
  5. WHOLE FAMILY

    A farmer, Andrew Thomas Edgar Archer, aged 49, his wife, and five children, were burnt to death in a farm house, which was destroyed by fire this ...

    Article : 239 words
  6. HARBOUR BRIDGE.

    Residents of the northern suburbs complain that beyond being informed that trams will not cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge, they are unable to ascertain whether any transit ...

    Article : 148 words
  7. THE BUDGET.

    The Civil Service estimates issued to-day amount to £308,500,000. The total net estimates for 1928 were £295,250,000. The prelude to the Budget proves disturbing. ...

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  8. DRAMATIC TURN.

    There was a remarkable development when the inquest concerning the death of Hilda Johnson, 15, who died from strychnine poisoning in Newcastle Hospital on December 29 ...

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  9. A BOGEY.

    The statement published in the Dutch newspaper "Utrechtseh Dagbiad" concerning the completion of a secret Franco-Belgian military convention is described at ...

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  10. COMMUNIST PLANS.

    Despite the attack being made upon them by forces, in which the A.L.P. is dominant, the Sydney Communist group has determined to play a large part in the All Australian ...

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  11. ARMY ESTIMATES.

    The army estimates for the forthcoming financial year total £40,545,000. Decreases include £293,000 in army pay, £133,000 for supplies, road transport, and remounts; £192,000 for ...

    Article : 322 words
  12. TIMBER STRIKE.

    Preparations were begun yesterday by the Deputy Registrar of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court (Mr. H. W. Tarrant) for the taking of the secret ballot of the members ...

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  13. AUSTRALIAN TIMBER.

    Mr. I. H. Boas, chief of the division of forest products in the Commonwealth Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, said to-day that Australian timber reaching the ...

    Article : 230 words
  14. OWNERS' PROFITS.

    No further action will be taken towards the appointment by the Federal and New South Wales Ministries of a Joint Royal Commission to inquire into the coal industry ...

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  15. FROM KABUL.

    Facilities for evacuation from Kabul had been extended to the German Minister, his staff, and nationals. The German Minister and two other Germans were brought away in ...

    Article : 418 words
  16. THE KING.

    It is officially announced at Bognor that the King passed a good day. A chilly east wind blew throughout the day, and this prevented the King from sitting at an open window. ...

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  17. HOUSE BOMBED.

    An inspection of the two brick houses in a terrace in Howard-street, North Melbourne, which were bombed shortly after 11 o'clock last night, revealed that the occupants had ...

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  18. EMPIRE TRADE.

    "A strong Australia is the best thing for the Empire. She should have the resources of the Empire behind her. Our best brains should make themselves familiar with her ...

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  19. COOGEE SCHEME.

    At the Randwick Council meeting last evening, Alderman J. M. Dunningham, M.L.A., gave the information that a company had been formed with a capital of £70,000 to ...

    Article : 261 words
  20. CARPENTERS' DEMAND.

    At a meeting of the Victorian branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners to-day it was urged that not sufficient progress was being made by the strike and ...

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  21. UNIONS TO MEET.

    The representatives of the mining unions returned to Sydney yesterday and arrangements were immediately made for the holding to-day of a meeting of the Council of the Federation. ...

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  22. COAL COMMISSION.

    The Premier (Mr. Bavin) announced in the Legislative Assembly yesterday that the proposed Royal Commission which is to inquire into the coal-mining industry would possess ...

    Article : 99 words
  23. FEDERAL AWARDS.

    In reply to Sir Thomas He[?]y, the Premier (Mr. Bavin), in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, relterated the statement that the effect of Federal awards providing for 44 hours work ...

    Article : 294 words
  24. STRIKER BOUND OVER.

    At the Kogarah Police Court yesterday James Grundy was charged on the information of Walter Johnson with aasault. There was a cross-action by Grundy against ...

    Article : 177 words
  25. PROHIBITION.

    In the House of Representatives, the Administration leaders won a decisive victory by the passage of the second Deficiency Appropriation Bill, carrying slightly ...

    Article : 93 words
  26. MEAT BOARD.

    The report of the operations of the Meat Board for the year ended June 30 last tabled in Parliament yesterday showed a deficit of £28,229 on the year's operations. ...

    Article : 158 words
  27. AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

    The Australian Navy [?]a[?]son officer in London, Captain H. J. Feakes, gave a farewell luncheon at Australia House to Rear-Admiral Evans, Captain Cyril Benson, who is ...

    Article : 386 words
  28. COST OF LIVING.

    Compared with December, 1928, there was a general increase during the month of January in the cost of living in Australia. Results of his investigations were made ...

    Article : 224 words
  29. POWDERED FUEL.

    The "Daily Telegraph" says:—Shipowners are most keenly interested in the pulverised coal system which has emerged from the experimental stage, and is now recogised as a ...

    Article : 133 words
  30. FATAL INJURIES.

    Mechanic Lance Colless, who accompanied Flight-Lieutenant Anderson in a flight in a De Havilland Moth yesterday at Richmond aerodrome, and crashed in a tree top, died ...

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  31. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. President Dwyer, of the State Arbitration Court, has summoned a compulsory conference of parties affected by the timber dispute in Western Australia for Thursday. ...

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  32. MOTOR COLLISION.

    Colliding head-on in South-road, Brighton, shortly before 7 o'clock to-night, two motor cars were locked together and over-turned. Mrs. Margaret Morrison, of Patty-street, ...

    Article : 170 words
  33. POLICE SERGEANT.

    During the hearing of a case at the West Maitland Police Court, Sergeant Blackman, while being cross-examined by Mr. C. A. Hill, solicitor for defendant, was asked if ...

    Article : 138 words
  34. SNAKE IN 'PLANE.

    It transpires that the snake which so alarmed a passenger in a Moth aeroplane yesterday and attacked him as the machine was cruising over Brisbane, was of a non-poisonous type. It was ...

    Article : 134 words
  35. FRANCO-BRITISH TREATY

    In the House of Commons the Secretary for the Dominions (Mr. Amery) informed Mr. J. M. Kenworthy that telegrams announcing the results of the Anglo-French naval ...

    Article : 131 words
  36. SECRET BALLOT.

    The order of Judge Lukin providing for a secret ballot of timber workers was discussed at a meeting of the Timber Merchants' Association to-day. It was ...

    Article : 80 words
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