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  2. ASSASSINATED.

    General Alvaro Obregon, President-elect of Mexico, was assassinated on Tuesday afternoon while attending a banquet held at. restaurant in San Angel, a town 12 miles south ...

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  3. NEW CRUISERS.

    England's wooden-walled "Victory," reconditioned and resplendent, was in strange contrast to the Australia and Canberra, at the King's inspection at Portsmouth. ...

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  4. SINCERE PATRIOTISM.

    The Lieutenant-Governor (Sir William Cullen) paid a high tribute to the late Sir James Fairfax. "No one who knew Sir James Fairfax, as he ...

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  5. DEATH OF SIR JAMES FAIRFAX.

    Sir James Fairfax, who was a director of John Fairfax and Sons, Limited, and a son of the late Sir James Fairfax, died from heart failure whilst playing golf on the Royal Sydney Golf Club's links at Rose Bay yesterday afternoon. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. OTHER TRIBUTES.

    Sir Samuel Hordern, who is president of the Old Sydneians' Union, said last night that he was grieved to learn of the death of an esteemed friend. "I can hardly express my ...

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  7. CANCER.

    The Duke of York sent a message to the Cancer Conference', at which' Sir John BlandSutton is presiding. The programme includes 50 papers, mostly British, French, and ...

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  8. BRITISH CAR.

    British manufacturers attach significance to a speech of Mr. Amery, Secretary for the Dominions, at Luton, in which he expressed the hope that it would not be long before the ...

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  9. RED CROSS.

    Among all the philanthropic and social work with which Sir James Fail fax had been associated, nothing will stand out more prominently than his work with the Red Cross ...

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  10. "A PERSONAL LOSS."

    Mr. H. S, Dettmann, headmaster of the Sydney Grammar School, expressed deep regret last night at the death of Sir James Fairfax. ...

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  11. BISLEY.

    Britain won the Empire Trophy at Bisley with a total of 2203. Australia was second with 2186, India third with 2174. and Canada fourth with 2156. ...

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  12. ON THE GOLF LINKS.

    Sir JamEs Fairfax, as was his custom on Wednesdays, left his office yesterday afternoon for the golf links, and bad lunch in the clubhouse of the Royal Sydney Golf Club. ...

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  13. PRESS TRIBUTES.

    Among the messages of sympathy, sent last last night to the "Herald" were those of other daily newspapers in Sydney-the "Daily Telegraph Pictorial," the "Daily Guardian," ...

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  14. CONCERTED BRITISH ACTION.

    "This development is not altogether unexpected," said Mr. J. S. Strong, the Australian representative of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, London, on being ...

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  15. LOSS TO COMMUNITY.

    "The death of Sir James Fairfax," declared the Rev. Dr. R. G. Macintyre, last evening, "will come as a shock to the whole community. In his grandfather and his father he had a great ...

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  16. NEW CRUISER.

    The cruiser York, one of the three large ships authorised in the Navy Estimates for 1926-27, was launched this afternoon at Yarrow-on-Tyne by the Duchess of York. ...

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  17. HONOURED BY THE KING.

    Sir James Fairfax in 1918 was made a Companion o' the Order of the British Empire. His name was also included in the King's Birthday honours in 1926, when he was ...

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  18. PRIME MINISTER'S REGRET.

    Deep regret was expressed by the Prime Minister (Mr, Bruce) when he heard at Canberra to-night of the' death of Sir James Fairfax. ...

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  19. WORK FOR THE SOLDIERS' CLUB.

    A war-time activity in which the late Sir James Fall fax took the keenest interest was the Soldiers' Club. in the' old Royal Hotel building in George-street. From its ...

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  20. PULVERISED COAL.

    The Secretary for Mines stated in the House of Commons to-day that pulverised coal was being used on land 'on a commercial basis with established success, but at sea it had ...

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  21. RADIO DEVELOPMENT.

    All matters relating to the development of radio in Australia'found a strong and sympathetic supporter in Sir James Fairfax, said Mr. E. T. Fisk, managing director of ...

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  22. CAREER OF SERVICE.

    Sir James Fairfax was an old Sydneian. born in 1863. He proceeded from the Sydney Grammar School to Baillol College. Oxford, read law at the Inner Temple. London, and ...

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  23. COMMONWEALTH LOAN.

    The underwriters, have been-left with 87 per cent, of the 5 per cent. Commonwealth loan of £7,000,000, issued at 98. The poor' subscription to the loan is ...

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  24. A PORTRAIT.

    One of the happiest gatherings held in the new offices of the "Sydney Morning Herald" and "Sydney Mail" 'was on the occasion of the presentation to the late Sir James ...

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  25. TRACKS FOUND.

    A message from Oslo states that a party of fishermen told the Admiralty that they had discovered on Bear Island plateau two wheel tracks 80 feet long in the snow, leading to ...

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  26. KEEN INTEREST IN MUSIC.

    Sir James Fairfax, among the other activities of a busy life, retained a keen interest in music and the kindred arts. He was particulalry fond of opera, and was present ...

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  27. LAWN TENNIS.

    As a result of a conference with Mr. Norman Brookes and Mr. Malcolm, the English Tennis Association, subject to the approval of the Australian association, has offered to ...

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  28. INTEREST IN AVIATION.

    Captain Geoffrey Hughes (president of the New South Wales Aero Club) said he was terribly shocked at the news of the death of Sir James Fairfax. ...

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  29. PREMIER'S TRIBUNE.

    "I have heard with the deepest grief of the tragically sudden death of Sir James Fairfax," said the Premier (Mr. Ravin) last night "He will be deeply missed, not only by a ...

    Article : 150 words
  30. COOK BICENTENARY.

    On the occasion of the bicentenary of Captain Cook parties of mothers from the Yorkshire villages of Marton, where he was born, and Great Ayton, where he was educated, laid ...

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  31. FIRST AUSTRALIAN SPEECH.

    The speech which Sir Jumes Fairfax delivered personally from the studios of 2FC on September 5 last, which was the first to be relayed by the B.B.C., has now a historic ...

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  32. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.

    The interment will take place this afternoon, in the South Head Cemetery. There will be a service at the residence, Fairwater, New South Head-road, Double Bay, ...

    Article : 44 words
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