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  2. COLLIER GALAVA FOUNDERS. DISASTER NEAR TERRIGAL.

    With remarkable suddenness the well-known collier Galava foundered off Terrigal at about one o'clock yesterday morning. Three of the crew have been picked up dead. Four men are still missing. ...

    Article : 112 words
  3. CHILD ENDOWMENT.

    Estimates have been prepared by the State Ministry of the number of children who will benefit from the establishment of a child endowment fund, and of the cost of financing the ...

    Article : 1,128 words
  4. HEAVY SCORING.

    W. H. Pensford and H. L. Hendry have given the Victorians a great start in their effort to secure the 753 runs necessary for victory in the Sheffield Shield match against Queensland. ...

    Article : 1,262 words
  5. COALMINES. IDLE IN NORTH.

    None of the collieries on the northern fields worked yesterday, and 15,000 men were idle The miners' council in Sydney has called for next Monday, aggregate meetings of miners ...

    Article : 88 words
  6. ROYAL TOUR.

    To-day was absolutely free, and until the evening everybody was left to his own devices, which mostly look the form of walking, a picnic on the beach, shooting, and ...

    Article : 331 words
  7. CHINA. British Troops.

    Speaking in the House of Commons to-day Mr.Ramsay MacDonald said that the position in China could only be described as of grave importance. A new situation had been created ...

    Article : 1,099 words
  8. PORTUGAL.

    Messages from the Portuguese frontier emphasise that the revolt is spreading. The wholoe country is now in a ferment. Martial law has been proclaimed. ...

    Article : 504 words
  9. FEDERAL POWERS.

    Federal Ministers discussed at the meeting of the Cabinet to-day the strike on the northern coalfields. After the meeting the Prime Minister ...

    Article : 270 words
  10. FIREMEN'S STORY.

    " Boy Charlton could not have done the job better," said Jones, in describing his long swim from the scene of the disaster to the shore, a distance of more than 3 miles. ...

    Article : 700 words
  11. DROWNED.

    CHARLES LANCASTER (mate), aged 39 years, Macquarie, Avon-street, North Sydney. LOUIS WILSON (A.B.), aged 66 years. ...

    Article : 136 words
  12. CALCUTTA TEA SALES.

    At yesterday's sale 35,596 packages of tea were offered, the chief districts represented being Assam, 14,537; and Do[?], 11,780. The average prices were:—Commonest leaf, ...

    Article : 202 words
  13. PARLIAMENT.

    The State opening' of Parliament was [?]companied by elaborate ceremonial. There was a picturesq[?] procession. Their Majesti[?] in their gilt couch were every where loudly ...

    Article : 313 words
  14. STORIES OF HEROISM.

    According to the stories told by survivors, the vessel foundered at about 1 o'clock. The mishap occurred with such dramatic suddenness that the crew had barely timo to don the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 827 words
  15. AGGREGATE MEETINGS.

    The central council of the Miners' Federation in Sydney was occupied all day yesterday with the strike. Mr. T. Hoare (president of the northern ...

    Article : 160 words
  16. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A telegram from Khartoum says that Captain Gladstone has inaugurated the Khar[?]um-K[?]u aerial service. L[?]Commander Richard E. Byrd, who ...

    Article : 606 words
  17. DELEGATE BOARD.

    The Miners' Delegate Board deliberated for several hours to-day, but at the conclusion of the meeting, a member of the council, Mr. Arthur Te[?] who presided, stated that he ...

    Article : 293 words
  18. SURVIVOR'S STORY.

    Mr. william Campbell. the second engineer of the G[?], last evening related the story of [?] many hours he spent in the water after the vessel sank, his narrative being typical. ...

    Article : 874 words
  19. AUSTRALIA.

    The Earl of Stradbroke presided at a meeting at the Colonial Institute, which was addressed by Sir Frank Nelson, a member of the House of Commons, upon his Australian ...

    Article : 141 words
  20. CRASHED.

    One of the aeroplanes of the "Courier" Aircrafts, Limited, crashed this morning when a few miles out of Ipswich, on its return from Toowoomba. A passenger, Mr. A. ...

    Article : 440 words
  21. STATE ATTITUDE.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday the deputy-leader of the Opposition (Mr. B[?]) asked the Minister for Mines what action he intended to take to overcome the serious ...

    Article : 82 words
  22. BEAM WIRELESS.

    Marconi and Co. have begun new tests of the Australian beam wireless system to solve the "auxiliary troubles" which have been delaying the inauguration of the service, ...

    Article : 159 words
  23. SOUTH AFRICAN WINES.

    An English company has purchased the whole exportable surplus of the co-operative winegrowers of South Africa, until 1933. amounting to about [?],000.000 gallons, and ...

    Article : 50 words
  24. AMPLE COAL SUPPLIES.

    It is understood Hint the railway authorities have ample stocks of coal to maintain services without curta[?]ment of time-tables for a considerable period. Unless the strike ...

    Article : 107 words
  25. MINING INDUSTRY.

    In his presidential address at the annual meeting of the Australian Mines and Metals' association, the chairman (Mr. J. M. Niall) said that the estimated total costs incurred by ...

    Article : 228 words
  26. SIR JOHN GOODWIN.

    Queensland's new Governor prefers to be known as Sir John Goodwin this first Christian [?]me being Thomas). He is postponing his departure till Apill 30 so that he can see ...

    Article : 74 words
  27. EMPIRE TRADE.

    Lord Bled[?]e, in rebutting criticism that the Empire Marketing Board is helping the dominions against the home farmer, says; "The board, working on the principle that ...

    Article : 103 words
  28. ELECTRICITY.

    The Deputy Lord Mayor (Alderman Green) stated yesterday that in the absence of the Lord Mayor he was watching very closely the developments in the coal trade. ...

    Article : 221 words
  29. CYCLONE.

    The Weather Bure[?] reported at midday today that a cyclone was centred at 9 o'clock east-north-east from Ca[?] The disturbance which formed north [?] ...

    Article : 131 words
  30. LATE MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

    han Balfour to-day unveiled in the Inner [?] of House of Commons, John Tweed's statue of the late Mr Joseph Chamberlain. "No man left a deeper impression upon the ...

    Article : 93 words
  31. APPLES AND ARSENIC.

    The first prosecution in respect of arsen[?] tainted apples during the current American season occurred at Brentford, the defendant being a greengrocer. ...

    Article : 79 words
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