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  2. RESIGNED.

    The resignation of the Attorney-General (Sir Littleton Groom) was announced to-day by the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce). Accompanying the announcement was the ...

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  3. GRAVE REPORT.

    Adverse criticism of the bookkeeping methods on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas appears in the Auditor-General's report on the State industrial undertakings, which was ...

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  4. POLICE REPORTS.

    Immediately following the shock, hundreds of householders who had felt the tremors telephoned the suburban police stations and the headquarters of the police department. In ...

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  5. SEVERE EARTH TREMORS.

    Severe earth tremors were experienced in Sydney and inland parts of New South Wales shortly before 9 o'clock last night. Reports received last night indicated that they were probably the severest shocks ever felt in this State. ...

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  6. APPOINTMENTS.

    The Premier (Mr. Lang), it is understood, received an official communication yesterday morning from the Governor (Sir Dud[?]ey de Chair) outlining his attitude towards the ...

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  7. MIGRATION.

    Canada's new migration drive under the supervision of a new director (Mr. Bruce Walker) is made a feature in the entire Press. Some of the papers make comparisons between ...

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  8. IRAQ.

    In the House of Commons to-day Mr. Baldwin read the text of the decision of the Council of the League of Nations concerning Iraq. He explained that the Ministry was ...

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  9. WIDE AREA AFFECTED.

    A sudden vibration and the rattling of movable objects were the first signs that the people were experiencing the w[?]rd sensations of an earth tremor. In some parts the ...

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  10. NO NEED FOR ALARM.

    Interviewed last night, the Government Astronomer (Professor W. E. Cooke) stated that he had experienced the earth tremors at the Observatory, but that actual records of ...

    Article : 146 words
  11. WIRELESS.

    While the Rugby wireless experiments have been most successful in picking up Australia as well as other distant centres, it is not intended that newspaper messages shall ever ...

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  12. SYDNEY HOSPITAL.

    A tremor lasting a few seconds was distinctly felt at Sydney Hospital, where a meeting of the committee to complete arrangements for the aquatic carnival in aid ...

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  13. STATE TRADING.

    The Auditor-General's report on the State industrial enterprises states that during the year just closed 47,385,915 bricks were manufactured at the State brick yards, being ...

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  14. PAN—AMERICANISM.

    A mild sensation has been caused by statements attributed to Mr. Frederic Hudd, Canadian Trade Commissioner to the United Sates, in a speech before the Pan-American ...

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  15. COURT-MARTIAL'S FINDING.

    Colonel William Mitchell (formerly holding the rank of Brigadier-General), former assistant chief of the Air Service, has been found guilty by Court-martial of having broken ...

    Article : 111 words
  16. PROBABLE CAUSE.

    "The most probable cause of to-night's shack was a fracture of the earth's surface al Kurrajong or along the coastline," Professor L. A. Cotton, of the Department of ...

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  17. SHOCK AT WINDSOR.

    A distinct tremor, lasting for five or six seconds, was experienced here to-night at about 8.45. At the Commercial Hotel the whole roof of the building rattled, and the ...

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  18. PREMIER RENEWS ATTACK.

    "Nothing is more natural than that Mr. Bavin should rush to the defence of the Nominee Chamber." said Mr. Lang (Premier) yesterday. "The Upper House has been very ...

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  19. HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    Replying in the House of Commons to-day to a question by Sir Newton Moore, the Minister for Health (Mr. Neville Chamberlain) said that the Ministry for Health had not ...

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  20. A LOUD NOISE.

    At Wahroonga the tremor was proceded by a loud noise. "I can best describe it us like the noise made by an opossum jumping on to iron roof," a prominent city medical man told ...

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  21. COLLISION AT SEA.

    Captain H. P. Upward, master of the steamer Suva, was censured by the Commonwealth Court of Marine Iquiry at the conclusion of its inquir yesterday concerning the collision ...

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  22. FRENCH POLITICS.

    The French Senate passed a vote of confidence in the Government, after a debate on the position in Syria.—Router. M. Herriot, at a meeting of Radical ...

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  23. AT WOY WOY.

    Two distinct tremors were f[?]lt at Woy Woy, where many women were frightened by the phenomenon into hyster[?]cs. People living in brick houses reported that the floors and walls ...

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  24. STRIKING POLICE.

    The Ulster Cabinet has directed that an ultimatum should he sent to the members of the special constabulary on strike that unless they return to duty [?]n Saturday morning they ...

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  25. DR. PIGOT'S OPINION.

    Dr. Pigot, of Riverview Observatory, stated late last night that, as a result of a rather hurried examination of his s[?]smograph, he considered that there was strong evidence to ...

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  26. MR. GALE'S REPORT.

    Mr. Walter Gale (president of the British Astronomical Association) stated last night that he had felt a distinct shock while on a visit to North Sydney; the precise [?]me then ...

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  27. GLEBE MYSTERY.

    Mystery surrounds the finding of Constable James Matthew Dean yesterday morning in a semi-conscious condition in Hereford-street, Glebe Point. He was suffering from a severe ...

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  28. PACIFIC CABLE.

    The Australian Press Association understands that the Commonwealth has approved the appointment of Mr. Percy Hunter, formerly Commonwealth Director of Migration ...

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  29. ENGLISH CRICKET.

    In an interview Mr. A. E. R. Gilligan (captain of the last M.C.C. team to tour Australia) expressed complete agreement with the views of Mr. F. S. G. Calthorpe concerning ...

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  30. NEWCASTLE.

    A few minutes before 9 o'clock this evening Newcastle and its environs were shaken by two severe earth tremors, which were felt in all parts of the district. Thousands of ...

    Article : 299 words
  31. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL.

    The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has allowed the appeal, with costs, of L[?]nel Norton Hoysted and others, trustees of the estate of the late Charles Campbell, merchant ...

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  32. RECORDED AT WEATHER BUREAU.

    "The earth tremor was the most severe I have ever experienced in Sydney," said Mr. D. J. Mares, the Divisional Meteorologist for New South Wales, when asked about the ...

    Article : 343 words
  33. FROZEN MEAT.

    An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of the Wellington Meat Export Company passed a motion accepting the offer of Messrs. Thomas Borthwick and Company (London) to ...

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  34. THE CANDIDATES.

    Some hundreds of candidates have been nominated for appointment to the Upper House. The eligibility of certain candidates was ...

    Article : 288 words
  35. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Shaw, Sav[?], and Albion Company has written to the High Commissioner denying that the captain or agents of the Otira gave either written or verbal promise to provide ...

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  36. MR. JOHANNSEN.

    Members of the Australian Seamen's Union are incensed at the attack made upon them by their assistant State secretary, Mr. Jacob Johannsen, at a meeting of the Labour ...

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  37. OTHER COUNTRY TOWNS.

    The police stations at Dubbo and Wellington in the west, and Goulburn in the south, stated that no shock had been reported in their areas. ...

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  38. DISARMAMENT.

    Any certain hope of complete solution of the disarmament problem lies in its consideration "in its entirety and with the cooperation of all nations," says the Council ...

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  39. MANUKA DELAYED.

    The Manuka was again delayed by a shortage in the stokehold crew. There is every appearance of organised interference with the vessel's movements, as, since leaving ...

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  40. DURI TO SOMERTON.

    The Parliamentary Works Committee decided yesterday to reject the proposal to construct a raliway from Duri, on the main northern line, to Somerton, a distance of about 23 ...

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  41. TELEPHONIST INJURED.

    At Cronulla, where the shook was felt for two or three seconds, a telephonist at the post-office, Miss R. Jennings, was injured. When the tremor passed, her chair, which ...

    Article : 93 words
  42. MANSLAUGHTER.

    Before the Chief Justice, Sir William Irvine, in the Criminal Court to-day, the trial was concluded of Thomas Sullivan, aged 29 years, motor lorry driver, of Drummond-street, ...

    Article : 79 words
  43. CHRISTENING A BATTLESHIP.

    Twenty thousand people watched Princess Mary at Birkenhead try three times to break a bottle of Empire burgundy (substituted for too first time for champagne at a naval ...

    Article : 89 words
  44. KETCH WRECKED.

    Advice has been received by the External Affairs Department that the ketch T[?]tuao was totally wrecked at Takaofu on December 13. The crew was rescued by the Tokelau, and ...

    Article : 39 words
  45. COALMINES.

    The State Cabinet decided yesterday to extend to March 27 of next year the term of the Royal Commission which is inquiring into the safety of the coal mines. Mr. Justice ...

    Article : 42 words
  46. AT CREMORNE.

    At Cremorne the shock interrupted a wireless party by shaking the detector and destroying the contact. In the same house, a brick one, the doors and floors shook almost ...

    Article : 48 words
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