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  2. Chippy Comments.

    MR. JARVIE, under Government pressure, has resigned. He was forced to resign. A Royal Commission found him guilty of complicity in offering to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 741 words
  3. Wool Derby

    The wool Derby, from Sydney to Dunkirk direct, commenced last night. Five ships left the harbor with over 40,000 bales of new season's wool. The ...

    Article : 80 words
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    Members of the St. John's Ambulance Corps in an interesting" phase of yesterday's competition at Government House grounds for the coveted Roth Shield. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. PHOTO-TELEGRAPHY 62 YEARS AGO

    IN this age of wonders and startling discoveries, we sometimes leam that a new wonder is not so new after all. Take the sending of pictures by telegraph, for instance... Australia opened its eyes in astonishment a few weeks ago when the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 709 words
  6. LOOT GANG

    THE Government's starvation of the police force and the incidental shortage of men, are factors in the activity of safe breakers and house ...

    Article : 78 words
  7. PETROL PERIL

    The danger of the use of petrol near flames was again exemplified yesterday when Florence Wright, 16, of Henry-street, Randwick, was severely ...

    Article : 75 words
  8. "Rainbow Man" Wins Enthusiasm at New State Theatre

    "THE RAINBOW MAN" was received with much enthusiasm at the State Theatre "yesterday, when it was the chief all-talking attraction on ...

    Article : 286 words
  9. SUE CAROL PUNCTURES HEARTS IN FOX FOLLIES

    MANY stout hearts rested true to their trust until yesterday. when Fox Movietone "Follies of 1929" replaced The gentlemen in the audience fell as a ...

    Article : 129 words
  10. STOCK WIPED OUT

    Stock-Inspector White has reported a serious outbreak of pleuro-pneumonia among dairy herds in this district. It is feared that there will ...

    Article : 35 words
  11. FELL 50 FEET

    John Foley, 30, demolisher, of Botany-street, Redfern, fell 50 feet from Hoyts' building. George-street, yesterday. Central Ambulance took him to Sydney ...

    Article : 41 words
  12. FALL FROM CRANE

    Jack Collingburn fell from a crane at Hudson's timber yards, Bridge-street, Glebe, yesterday. His left arm and both wrists were broken. ...

    Article : 36 words
  13. MEAT TRADE

    AN arrival by the Ventura yesterday morning was Sir. H. W. Clubb, the representative of a London meat-parking firm, who has made the trip via ...

    Article : 64 words
  14. THROAT CUT

    Ernest. Beck, 37, who lived in Hayberry-street, North Sydney, was found dead in his bed at Royal North Shore Hospital, yesterday. His throat was ...

    Article : 88 words
  15. Glad To Be Back in Sydney, says U.S. Motor Man

    "I WAS glad to take a trip home to America again, but I am glad to be back in Sydney," said Mr. Warren T. Lutz, treasurer of the General Motors ...

    Article : 91 words
  16. SUDDEN DEATH

    WILLIAM RUTLEDGE, aged 39, storekeeper, of Railway-parade, Mortdale, collapsed and died while delivering goods to a customer at a ...

    Article : 26 words
  17. NEWS OF THE WORLD

    AFTER masquerading for 10 years as u girl, a 39-peur-old youth of Pennsylvania (U.S.A.) has revealed himself ns a male, and, donning male attire ...

    Article : 96 words
  18. Rare Antiques Found in Home of Suspected Illicit Trader

    THE house of n doctor at Foligno (Umbria), who was suspected of carrying on an Illicit trade in antiquities was searched the other day. It was found Unit several rooms were filled with art treasures, statues, bas reliefs, and codices, exquisitely painted in miniature', pictures of the 13th ...

    Article : 139 words
  19. NEW CURE

    A cure for insomnia, one of mankind's most troublesome affilicions, has been discovered by the noted German physician, Dr. Martin Kuban. Nights of ...

    Article : 81 words
  20. BIRTH OF WOLF CUBS IS HAPPY OMEN TO ROME

    FROM time immemorial a wolf has been kept on the Capitol in memory of the famous legendary animal which suckled Romulus and Remus, the ...

    Article : 87 words
  21. WORLD'S BIGGEST TORTOISE

    WHAT is thought to be the world's biggest tortoise, arrived at the London Zoo recently. It weighs about 3we, is 3ft. 6in. long, and nearly one hundred ...

    Article : 91 words
  22. To the Vatican? Well, the Taxi Fare's Extra

    THE latest dodge of Roman taxi drivers is to charge a "supplemento" of two or three lire for taking a passenger to the Vatican, or away from the Vatican. Their sole excuse is that they cross a border line from one State—Italy—into another—Vatican City. ...

    Article : 168 words
  23. FUELS FROM WATER MAY BE POSSIBLE

    THE possibility of using water for automobile engine fuel, an old expedient, has come to the front in Germany in a new way. ...

    Article : 144 words
  24. SOVEREIGNS RARE IN ENGLAND

    THE gold sovereign, or coin of one pound sterling, is under suspicion by the present generation. Before the war it was the most popular coin in the realm ...

    Article : 149 words
  25. World's Champion Pill-Taker Consumed 226,943 in 44 Years!

    THE world's champion pill-taker has been discovered. He was a farmer named Jessup, who died in a village in Lincolnshire over 100 years ago at the age of 65. Mr. Jessup, it appears, was an ordinary sort of chap until at the ago ...

    Article : 142 words
  26. MARIE'S MANY FATHERS

    THERE is a girl in Stockholm who has as many "fathers" as there are policemen in the city. This seems rather strange, but the ...

    Article : 95 words
  27. 38,293,999,560 Cigarettes

    THE "bobbins" of cigarette paper used in machine cigarette production are so long that if the "rod" were left without the operation of the cut off it would ...

    Article : 124 words
  28. "DRY' RAIDERS MUST BE GENTLEMEN

    THE behavior of officers making raids on houses suspected of running "hooch" has been the subject of a great deal of criticism in the American ...

    Article : 125 words
  29. WHY PUSSY COMES HOME

    THE ability of cats to find their way home has been analysed by Prof. Francis E. Herrick, biologist of, Western Reserve University, Ohio (U.S.A.). ...

    Article : 130 words
  30. 200-Mile Sky Rocket

    DR. R. H. GODDARD, provided with funds furnished by the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, is perfecting a rocket which he hopes will ascend ...

    Article : 146 words
  31. SKYSCRAPER GALLERY

    NEW YORK'S first skyscraper art gallery is nearing completion. The handsome structure is on Riverside Drive, replacing the old building in ...

    Article : 123 words
  32. World's Largest 'Plane Hangar

    An aerial view of the revolution ary new hangar built for Western Air Express in America. Each of the six sides has a self-opening steel door 126 feet wide, all of which can be opened in 30 seconds. Emptying the hangar of all 'planes takes one minute, a sloping floor permitting' one man to handle a giant trimotor 'plane. The hangar has 54,000 square feet of floor space. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 73 words
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    Here is the first roof-top office, complete with desks, flowers, wicker chairs, and secretary. It is situated on the roof of a building in Fifth Avenue. New York, Now, how would Sydney's business men take to the same idea here during the steamy days of Summer? ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 48 words
  34. 77 Miles in 70 Minutes : England Has World's Fastest Train

    BY setting a new timing for n regular train from Cheltenham (England) to London, accelerating it to cover the last stage of the journey—the 77 1/4 miles ...

    Article : 249 words
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