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  2. STILL ALIVE

    Marshall Joffre Is still alive. A bulletin issued at midday stated that he was ''resting tranquilly.'' There was an earlier report that ...

    Article : 121 words
  3. DOGGED STAND

    Thanks to the dogged stand by W. H. Ponsford and W. M. Woodfull, Australia is in an excellent position in the second Test match against the ...

    Article : 310 words
  4. BIG DECREASES

    The attendance at Tattersall's Club races at Randwick to-day was consider ably smaller than is usually the case, the winning bets tax being deemed ...

    Article : 403 words
  5. HOLIDAY TOLL

    Now Year's Day passed without any very serious accidents. Newcastle especially, was fortunate, but in the metropolitan area there were ...

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  6. FARM TRAGEDY

    There was a startling development to-day in the tragedy enacted on a farm, 14 miles from Bruce Rock. Victor McCaskell, who claimed to have ...

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  7. "A BAD YEAR"

    The New Year was heralded with the usual festivities. The crowd outside St. Paul's Cathedral at midnight was huge, but not so large as last year. The ...

    Article : 352 words
  8. CANADIAN TREATY

    Negotiation between the Minister for Markets (Mr. Moloney) and the Domination Cabinet regarding the new trade agreement between Canada and Australia have ...

    Article : 241 words
  9. NEW TITLES

    The New Year Honours list was issued to-night. A feature of the list is that recognition has been given to a number of men distinguished in the arts ...

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  10. NINE INJURED

    Nine occupants of a car were injured, one seriously, when the vehicle crashed with considerable force into a telegraph post in Willoughby-road, at Crow's Nest ...

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  11. ANGRY MOB

    Menaced by a crowd of several hundred, in Alderson-street, Redfern, to-night Constable Sculley, of Redfern, was forced to fire three shots over the heads of ...

    Article : 259 words
  12. "CEASE WORK"

    The Miners' Federation officially announced to-day that the South Wales miners had been instructed not to work to-morrow. ...

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  13. BANK BANDITS

    Four lives were taken to-day in the climax of an outbreak of bank banditry that has terrorised this city during the past year. ...

    Article : 158 words
  14. CARS COLLIDE

    As the result of a collision between two motor cars at the intersection of Gree-street and Park-road, Paddington, to-day, James Lalor, 21, of Cooper-street, ...

    Article : 79 words
  15. THE PLAY

    Woodfull won the toss, and Jackson and Ponsford opened the innings to the bowling of Francis and Constantine. Jackson had only scored eight when he ...

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  16. PROSPECTS IN U.S.

    The financial editor of the "New York Times" in an article headed, "The Financial Outlook for 1931" says: "Very rarely has the new year begun with ...

    Article : 119 words
  17. ALL TO ACTRESS

    The late Sir Sefton Brancker, Director of Civil Aviation, who perished in the R101 airship disaster, left £6690, all of which was bequeathed to Miss Auriol Lee, ...

    Article : 158 words
  18. BOOKMAKERS' STRIKE

    Goulburn Trotting Club's annual meeting to-day was marked by unexpected developments, culminating in the book-makers going on strike. ...

    Article : 153 words
  19. STRUCK BY CAR

    Mrs. Margaret Morgan, 46, of Edgecliffe, received a fractured skull and her daughter, Phyllis, aged 10 a lacerated wound over the right eye and severe shock, ...

    Article : 74 words
  20. CRASH IN CUTTING

    Crashing into the rear of a fruit train in a steep cutting near Mackay early this morning, the northern mail train from Townsville smashed into the guard's van ...

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  21. AUSTRALIAN SINGER

    Miss Strella Wilson, the Australian singer and actress, has made her debut in England as one of the principals in the Manchester pantomime "Dick ...

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  22. MAY NOT CLOSE

    The closing of Broken Hill mines along the line of the lode, may be prevented, thus obviating throwing thousands of men out of employment. ...

    Article : 168 words
  23. GIRL UNDER CAR

    Following an accident in Botany-road, Botany, this morning a car driver was arrested and charged with wanton driving and with having passed a stationary ...

    Article : 92 words
  24. FRANCE ENTERS

    The Royal Aero Club to-day received an entry on behalf of France, of three seaplanes for the Schneider trophy race Britain holds the trophy, having ...

    Article : 92 words
  25. CANOE CAPSIZES

    The presence of mind of William Knox, 64, of Rutlund-street, Kogarah, averted what might have been a drowning tragedy in George's River at Carr's Park this ...

    Article : 174 words
  26. LOWEST FOR 10 YEARS

    Owing to a rainy, stormy summer the French wino yield is the lowest for 10 years, being equivalent to only two quarts per head of the population, which is a ...

    Article : 90 words
  27. TWO CARS COLLIDE

    Two motor cars collided near Fennell's Bay early yesterday morning, with the result that two men were injured George Smith, 22, of Young-road. ...

    Article : 116 words
  28. MAN'S 40FT DIVE

    After having dived form the top of a 40ft tower at Nielsen's Park this afternoon Frank Enson. 22, of York-street, City, struck George Robinson, 35, of ...

    Article : 99 words
  29. PULLED FROM TRAM

    An audacious but unsuccessful attempt to rob a tram conductor was made in Rocky Point-road, Kogarah, to-night. The attempt was frustrated by the ...

    Article : 129 words
  30. "SELLING SHORT"

    That "selling short" on the gram exchanges would ultimately be eliminated was the opinion expressed to-day by Mr. Legge, Chairman of the United States ...

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  31. INDIAN CONFERENCE

    At the Round-table Conference to-day, the Prime Minister presided over a meeting of the Minorities Sub-committee, at which views were expressed on behalf of ...

    Article : 275 words
  32. VISIT TO AUSTRALIA

    The manager of the De Haviland Aircraft Company (Mr. F. E. St. Barbe) will sail by the Orontes next Saturday for Australia, on a three month's visit ...

    Article : 69 words
  33. THE SCORES

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  34. CAR OVERTURNS

    Four passengers of a motor car were injured when the vehicle got out of control while travelling along River-road Greenwich and, after crashing through a ...

    Article : 107 words
  35. RESCUED BY SCOUTS

    A 13-year-old Boy Scout, Alfred Johnson was the central figure in a rescue from drowning of another boy aged seven, in the Nurrabeen Lakes, this afternoon. ...

    Article : 220 words
  36. TOO MUCH SUN-BAKING

    Walker O'Halloran, 17, was overcome by the heat while sunbaking at Nielsen Park this afternoon. He was taken to hospital by the Eastern Suburbs ...

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  37. NAVAL TREATY

    The King's instrument of ratification, in respect of the Irish Free State, of the London Naval Treaty of 1930, was deposited to-day at the Foreign office by ...

    Article : 86 words
  38. WOMAN WAS WRESTLER

    A burglar, Gustave Beaunevielle, struck a Tartar when he entered the bedroom of Marie Cranichet, aged 25, who is a practised wrestler. ...

    Article : 82 words
  39. 48-HOUR WEEK

    A 48-hour working week has been ordered for all Government employees of West Australia with the exception of painters, who have been conceded 44 ...

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  40. BARTLETT OUT OF TEST

    When he caught Kippax at mid-on, Bartlett had one of the fingers of his right hand broken. He will not take any further part in the match. The mishap ...

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  41. LORRY OVERTURNS

    Malcolm Southan, 34, of Amelia-street, Waterloo, received a fractured skull and severe shock; and Edna R. u. 17, of the same suburb concussion and lacerations, ...

    Article : 69 words
  42. SHEFFIELD SHIELD

    The Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and South Australia was commenced on the Melbourne Cricket Ground to-day. The weather was dull and sultry. ...

    Article : 515 words
  43. FIRE DESTROYS GARAGE

    The garage attached to the Murrum-bidgee Hotel, Narrandera, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The damage is estimated at £1500. Four motor cars, ...

    Article : 86 words
  44. AMY JOHNSON'S NEW FLIGHT

    Miss Amy Johnson left Stag Lane Aerodrome at 10.40 a.m. for a flight to Peking, via Berlin. Warsaw Moscow, and Omsk, then following the Trans-Siberian ...

    Article : 37 words
  45. CONTRACT SIGNED

    William Tilden, the noted tennis player, relinquished all amateur standing when he signed a contract to-day to play professional tennis in the United States, and on ...

    Article : 62 words
  46. MOTOR CYCLIST INJURED

    When his motor cycle came into collision with a motor car in Maroubra Bay-road, Maroubra, this morning, Eric Browning, aged 20, of Dulwich Hill, was ...

    Article : 69 words
  47. BRITAIN'S UNEMPLOYMENT

    The increase in unemployment in Britain is 108,779. This is due largely to extended Christmas stoppages. ...

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  48. BOY DROWNED

    Harold Victor McLaine, 14, of Thornsbury, was drowned in the sea at Albert Park to-day. A man carried the body along the ...

    Article : 78 words
  49. £180,000,000 DEFICIT

    The Treasury returns for the nine months ending to-night, show a deficit of £180,000,000, compared with £170,000,000 for a similar period last year. ...

    Article : 58 words
  50. STARVING MAN COLLAPSES

    Weakened by the absence of food—he had nothing to eat for three days— Jack Hay, 69, of Surry Hills, collaspsed while walking along Campbell-street, City, ...

    Article : 109 words
  51. BRITISH FOOTBALL.

    In a Rugby Union football match to-day, Hawick defeated Newport by 12 points to 3. ...

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  52. SIR HARRY McGOWAN

    At a meeting of the Directors of Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., held this afternoon, Sir Harry McGowan was unanimously elected to succeed the late Lord ...

    Article : 54 words
  53. MAN KILLED BY LORRY

    Cecil Edwin Muller (40), of Plympton, was killed at Helmsdale when his motor cycle came into collision with a motor lorry taking a party of picnickers to ...

    Article : 52 words
  54. Advertising

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