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  2. BRADMAN AND KIPPAX A Record Partnership

    The brightest exhibition of batting in the memory of old players was witnessed at the Sydney cricket ground to-day, when D. G. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. FITZGERALD FIRES Further Damage Revealed

    Further damage resulting from the bush fires in the Fitzgerald district on Thursday and Friday last was revealed yesterday, when it was ...

    Article : 298 words
  4. FILM INDUSTRY "Gripped by General Theatres Combine"

    Mr. F. W. Marks, who has been appointed by the Ministry to investigate the film industry, began his inquiry to-day. A witness said that the film business in Australia was gripped by one of the worst combines that had ever existed in any ...

    Article : 131 words
  5. FEDERAL REVENUE

    Customs and excise receipts for the six months ended December 31, 1933, which amounted to £17,416,267, were approximately £400,000 ...

    Article : 276 words
  6. SIR ROBERT GIBSON

    Sir Robert Gibson, chairman of directors of the Commonwealth Bank, whose death occurred on Monday, will be given a State funeral. The Prime Minister ...

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  7. CIVIL AVIATION Danger of Pylons

    In view of the plans to increase Britain's internal air lines greatly during 1934, the disaster which overtook Imperial Airways airliner ...

    Article : 319 words
  8. TENNIS TEST Australia Wins Series

    Australia has won the third tennis Test and the series against Great Britain. When play commenced at Kooyong to-day Australia led by six ...

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  9. CONTROL OF BUSINESS

    Mr. T. E. Ferguson, secretary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, said: "We are ready and willing to open up our books and accounts in any shape or form you ...

    Article : 469 words
  10. PARAMOUNT'S POSITION

    In view of the dispute regarding the supply of films by American distributors, a statement has been made on behalf of Paramount Film Service ...

    Article : 241 words
  11. KING'S OPTIMISM

    The Lord Mayor of London (Sir Charles Collett) in accordance with ancient custom sent a New Year message to the ...

    Article : 95 words
  12. NEW ZEALANDER'S DEATH

    A verdict of death by misadventure was returned at the inquest on Flying-Officer Rowley Murphy (22), a New Zealander, who was killed when a ...

    Article : 105 words
  13. MAINLAND STORMS Gale at Kyogle

    Following a day of extreme heat, a cyclonic storm passed over the Kyogle district at 6 p.m. yesterday, and 297 points of rain fell in two hours. The ...

    Article : 341 words
  14. CHRISTMAS TURKEYS

    Although the increase in Home production, from 500,000 to 800,000, is one of the chief causes in the slump in the Christmas turkey trade, there are now ...

    Article : 132 words
  15. FATAL CRASH

    Embarking on her first aeroplane flight with a pilot whom she had only met at dinner on Friday, the divorcee, Madame Yvonne Delauney, of ...

    Article : 62 words
  16. ANGLICAN CHURCH

    The Rev. J. W. Wand, of Christ College, Oxford, who has accepted the Anglican Archbishopric of Brisbane, was interviewed in Oxford to-day. He ...

    Article : 245 words
  17. EMPIRE BROADCASTS

    "A crisis has arisen over the British Broadcasting Corporation's Empire short-wave service," states the "Daily Herald," adding: "It is regarded with ...

    Article : 231 words
  18. LONG-DISTANCE FLIGHT

    Captain Bonnet and Lieutenant Jean Pierre, who with a petty officer, a wireless operator, and a mechanic, left Etang de Berre yesterday in the ...

    Article : 67 words
  19. AEROPLANE MISSING

    A large Sikorski aeroplane which had just arrived by ship from America left Goteborg with six passengers yesterday at 10 a.m. bound for Lake Maelaren. No ...

    Article : 41 words
  20. FEDERAL PENSIONS

    Old-age pensions in force on December 22, 1933, numbered 177,185, of which 48,918 were in Victoria. During the year ended December 22, 1983, 16,840 new ...

    Article : 98 words
  21. BRITAIN'S WORKERS

    A total of 10,007,000 workers between the ages of 16 and 24 years were employed in Britain on December 18, which exceeds ...

    Article : 85 words
  22. BRITISH TEAM

    With the approach of the visit to Tasmania of members of the British Davis Cup team, who will play matches in Hobart on Friday and Saturday next, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  23. FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND

    Reports from Townsville to-day state that flood conditions continue. The Herbert and Tully railway bridges are still submerged, but the flood waters are ...

    Article : 130 words
  24. ASSASSINATION FEARED

    Owing to an attack of influenza, King Carol will not attend the funeral of M. Duca, the Prime Minister, who was assassinated by a student, on Friday. ...

    Article : 125 words
  25. A FASCIST WORLD

    Signor Mussolini, the Prime Minister of Italy, in a New Year message to a newspaper here, says: "Either the League of Nations re-forms or the ...

    Article : 177 words
  26. NEW ZEALAND FRUITS

    To consider whether the Commonwealth might safely modify the existing restrictions upon the importation of New Zealand fruits into Australia, a ...

    Article : 93 words
  27. CHILLED BEEF TRADE

    There are excellent prospects of the chilled beef export trade being developed, both in Australia and in New Zealand, said Sir Frederick McMaster upon ...

    Article : 165 words
  28. VICTORIA WINS

    Victoria defeated South Australia by five wickets when the Sheffield Shield match on the Melbourne cricket ground was concluded to-day. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 367 words
  29. CALIFORNIA FLOODS

    The known number of persons dead as a result of a terrific rainstorm which has swept Southern California during the last 24 hours grew to-day, as ...

    Article : 219 words
  30. WAGE REDUCTIONS

    Officials of the Trades Union movement in Britain indicate that they intend during 1934 to prosecute a national campaign to increase wages. Trade ...

    Article : 82 words
  31. WARNER'S SELECTION

    Mr. P. F. Warner, writing in the "Daily Telegraph," expresses the opinion that the following Australian players may be regarded as certainties for the ...

    Article : 158 words
  32. THE HONOURS LIST

    The Women's Freedom League has issued a protest against the exclusion of women from all but the lower divisions of the British Empire Order on the ...

    Article : 113 words
  33. NEW YORK CITY

    The new City Administration, under Mr. Foirello La Guardia as Mayor, was inducted into office to-day, and immediately started to function, despite the ...

    Article : 104 words
  34. JAPANESE WOOL TRADE

    The Graziers' Association of New South Wales has made representations to the Commonwealth Government urging the appointment of an Australian ...

    Article : 87 words
  35. PRIVY COUNCIL

    The King has heen pleased to approve the appointment of the Rt. Hon. Sir Lancelot Sanderson to be a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy ...

    Article : 101 words
  36. FREEMASONRY

    Fifty-three Freemasons' lodges under the Grand Lodge of England were formed in 1933, namely, 17 in London, 30 in the Provinces, and six overseas. There ...

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  37. MR. OXLADE'S C.B.E.

    Lord Hailsham, in the name of Marylebone Cricket Club, of which he is president, has cabled to Mr. R. A. Oxlade, chairman of the Australian Board of ...

    Article : 46 words
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