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  2. TRANSPORT.

    Speaking at Albany to-day, the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) said that six-wheeled vehicles and charcoal gas would go a long way towards the solution of Australia's ...

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  3. ASSAULTED GIRL.

    The brain of the little 16-year-old working girl who was assaulted by two motorists at Sefton Park on Monday, and who was found lying senseless in the bush on Tuesday ...

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  4. CIVIC CONTRACT.

    Action against three prominent witnesses at the Royal Commission which was appointed by the Government to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the tenders for ...

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  5. MYSTERY.

    Apart from the shock given to European Bournes by the announcement that Captain Loewenstein, the Belgian financier, had disappeared from an aeroplane while crossing ...

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  6. SCHOOL TAXATION.

    A reserved judgment given in the Land Valuation Court by Mr. Justice [?]ke yesterday, and which will be regarded as a test case confirms the principle that all ...

    Article : 328 words
  7. WIMBLEDON.

    Before 10,000 thrilled spectators on the centre court [?] Wimbledon to-day Hawkes definitely established himself as one of the greatest doubles players living. The ...

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  8. RECORD FLIGHT.

    Captain Ferrarin and Major Dalprete, of the Italian Air Force, landed at 7.50 to-night on Senitabu Beach, near Natal, on the north-eastern coast of Brazil, 46 hours out from ...

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  9. COMMUNICATIONS.

    According to an unofficial forecast the report of the conference on Empire communications recommends a combination of all cable and wireless communications throughout the ...

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  10. DAWSON VALLEY.

    CAMBOON (Q.), Friday. The Resonians are now in the centre of the Dawson Valley irrigation area, admiring country altogether different from anything ...

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  11. ROUND THE WORLD VENTURE.

    News from Paris says that the American f[?]ers. Miers (a millionaire) and Collier (pilot), who will attempt to circle the earth in 23 days, arrived at Cherbourg by steam from ...

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  12. EXPEDITION.

    It was decided yesterday that five officers associated with the Australian Museum should accompany the British expedition to the Great Barrier Reef. They are: ...

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  13. OLYMPIC TEAM.

    Finding that the restrictions of hotel life are handicapping preparation, the New Zealand Olympic team will next week disperse to centres better suited to downright hard ...

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  14. THE SAVIDGE INQUIRY.

    It is announced that the tribunal which recently inquired into a series of allegations concerning the interrogation of Miss Irene Savidge at Scotland Yard have disagreed on ...

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  15. MALING CASE.

    Mr. Justice Owen yesterday granted an application made on behalf of Silas Young Maling for a suspension of an inquiry by the Registrar into his means. It was ...

    Article : 165 words
  16. BREWING MERGER.

    The terms of the merger of the Castlemaine Brewery and Quinlan, Gray, and Company, Ltd., and Perkins and Company, Ltd., two of the three metropolitan brewing and ...

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  17. FLOATING DOCK.

    Representatives of all the leading public bodies of Newcastle attended the conference convened by the Acting-Mayor (Alderman Christie) to-night, when the following ...

    Article : 259 words
  18. BISHOP BROUGHTON.

    What the Primate (Dr. Wright) describes as "priceless documents" have just been received by him from St. Augustine's College, Canterbury. The documents comprise three, ...

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  19. WHEAT FOR RUSSIA.

    Members of the Baltic Exchange are eagerly discussing the sudden placing of Russian orders for 200,000 tons of wheat. The opinion is expressed that prices will ...

    Article : 99 words
  20. SPECTACULAR FIRE.

    One of the most spectacular fires that has occurred for several months destroyed a large grain shed, stacked with wheat, at the Homebush Abattoirs early this morning. The shed ...

    Article : 341 words
  21. GERMAN CABINET.

    The Reichstag by 261 votes to 13[?] has approved the new Cabinet's programme. Members of the five parties represented in the Cabinet voted solidly with the "ayes," though ...

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  22. STAMP DUTIES.

    Last year the Stamp Duties Office collected a gross revenue of £3,319,500. A return issued by the department shows that 37,576,041 cheques were stamped during ...

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  23. THE JERVIS BAY.

    The Jervis Bay has arrived at Suez. Captain Daniel, in an interview, said that since leaving Colombo all was well, and that no further incidents had occurred. At Colombo ...

    Article : 114 words
  24. A FAMOUS CARPET.

    The "Emperor's Carpet" which was woven in Persia during the sixteenth century and presented to the Austrian Emperor Leopold by Peter the Great in 1[?]98, was to-day offered ...

    Article : 87 words
  25. LIVING WAGE.

    At yesterday's sittings of the Industrial Commission the President, Mr. Justice Piddington, announced that the inquiry would be begun by the Commission as soon after the ...

    Article : 261 words
  26. GLEBE MURDER.

    Charles Edward Bradney, who was tried before Mr. Justice James at the June sittings of the Central Criminal Court on a charge of having murdered a woman named Clara ...

    Article : 293 words
  27. BORDER RAILWAYS.

    The Minister for Lands (Mr. Ball) has just completed the allocation of 52 blocks of land on the Benance area, and nine blocks on the Paika area. ...

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  28. DEATH SENTENCES.

    The trial has conluded at Moscow of a number of persons charged with sabotage and anti-revolutionary activities in the Donetz coal region. ...

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  29. CRASH OF ITALIA.

    News comes from Rome that Count Nob[?]e, reporting on the crash of the Italia, considers that the sudden descent was due to ice blocking the valves. He ordered a mechanic, ...

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  30. CRANE BREAKS.

    Thomas Ryan, aged about 50 years, who resided in Herbert-street, Edgecliff, was killed while working on the T. and G. Building, Castlereagh-street, city, yesterday ...

    Article : 115 words
  31. HOSPITAL CLAIM.

    In a reserved judgment delivered yesterday by the chairman of the Workers' Compensation Commission (Judge Perdriau), his Honor stated the law regarding the maintenance and ...

    Article : 372 words
  32. THE COLOMBO OUTRAGE.

    At to-day's hearing of the charge against a number of men of having committed the assault by which Mrs. Robert Gibson, of Newcastle, lost an eye, Mr. Gibson was again ...

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  33. VICTORIAN DEFICIT.

    The Premier (Mr. Hogan) said to-day that the State deficit for the financial year 1927-28 would be less than £500,000. The deficit for the previous financial year was £641,204. ...

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  34. TOTALISATOR.

    It is probable that the State Ministry will introduce this session a bill legalising the totalisator on Victorian racecourses, and providing that the revenue derived by the State ...

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  35. LOVELY VIOLIN.

    A fashlonably-dreesed young man walked jauntily down George-street yesterday with a violin tucked snugly under his arm. Passers-by turned to eye him curiously, and to wonder ...

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  36. THE GOVERNOR.

    The Governor (Sir Dudley de Chair), accompanied by the Minister for Lands (Mr. Hall) will pay a visit to Mildura and Wentworth next week. His Excellency will ...

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  37. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The King has approved the appointment of Sir John Chancellor to be High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief for Palestine and High Commissioner for Transjordan. ...

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  38. WEEKLY SERVICE.

    The Aberdeen-Commonwealth, Line is to inaugurate a regular fortnightly service to Australia, via the Suez Canal, by Bay and Dale steamers, augmented by the inclusion ...

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  39. HUSBAND'S PLANT.

    A man called at the home of Mr. Samuel Lawrence yesterday and asked to be given some old clothes. Mrs. Lawrence obliged him by providing him with an old coat and ...

    Article : 192 words
  40. MERCHANT SERVICE.

    It was stated in the Arbitration Court to-day, during the hearing of the plaint of the Merchant Service Guild of Australasia against the Commonwealth Steamship Owners' ...

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  41. AERIAL WARFARE.

    "Five years' study of aerial questions has convinced me that a general anti-war guarantee, depending for success upon delay, would alone be insufficient to deal with a sudden ...

    Article : 214 words
  42. ABANDONED.

    It was learned last night that the Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association had decided to abandon operations respecting the salvaging of the coastal steamer Uralla, which ...

    Article : 125 words
  43. THE R100.

    Many members of Parliament and the dominion High Commissioners to-day visited the new British 5,000,000 cubic feet airship, R100, at Howden Aerodrome, Yorkshire. The ...

    Article : 133 words
  44. PIT PONIES.

    Miners engaged at Tyldersley Colliery ceased work to-day. They allege that for some months they have been unsuccessfully endeavouring to secure sufficient feed for the ...

    Article : 73 words
  45. LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

    The draft of the Government's bill to amend the Local Government Act was before the Cabinet yesterday. The Ministry proposes to revise the Local ...

    Article : 72 words
  46. SERIOUS CRIMES.

    The unusual number of serious crimes committed in the State during recent months was a subject brought forward at yesterday's Cabinet meeting. ...

    Article : 87 words
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