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  2. FIRST TEST THRILL.

    Thanks to an eighth wicket partnership of 104 by Moloney and Roberts. New Zealand averted a follow-on in the first Test match against England. At stumps ...

    Article : 387 words
  3. NEWS IN BRIEF.

    Mr. J. Curtin, leader of the Federal Labor party. Is to speak from 3LO at 9 p.m. next Monday. The late Mr. Charles Palmer, director ...

    Article : 1,041 words
  4. AUSTRALIANS OUT.

    Play yesterday at Wimbledon saw the disappearance of the Australians from the finals. Budge (U.S.A.) defeated McGrath in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1, 6-4, ...

    Article : 1,363 words
  5. POSTAL PROFIT.

    After charging interest on capital, the net profit of the Postal department for the year ended 30th June, 1936, amounted to £2,983,985, according to the annual ...

    Article : 605 words
  6. SHORTER WORKING WEEK.

    The statement by Australia's High Commissioner (Mr. Bruce) that British people were still the salt of the earth, and that he had received more satisfaction ...

    Article : 542 words
  7. £50,000 FOR MELBOURNE ZOO.

    About £50,000 is to be spent by the Government in modernising and improving the Melbourne Zoo. Work will begin almost immediately on the first section ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 468 words
  8. ARRIVAL OF ALIENS.

    CANBERRA, Tuesday.--Statements that large numbers of southern Europeans who became a drain on the financial resources of the States were being ...

    Article : 325 words
  9. IF HUNGARY REARMS ?

    The German Minister of Defence (Marshal von Lomberg) has flown from Berlin to Budapest. The general view is that he will discuss ...

    Article : 105 words
  10. SOVIET WAR LOAN.

    It is reported from Moscow that the Soviet is issuing a new war loan, to which every worker must contribute three weeks' wages, states the Warsaw ...

    Article : 40 words
  11. POLICE FIREARMS.

    Strict regulations for the control of firearms used by the police, which were recommended by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Bailey) and the Commissioner of ...

    Article : 329 words
  12. KING SENDS LETTER.

    A letter from the King to the Governor-General of South Africa is included in the first 1½d. air mail, which the Centurion took from Southampton ...

    Article : 110 words
  13. STREET BETTING.

    Convicted on a charge of street betting. John Charles Hyle, 36 years, car driver, and William Stanley Murray, 31 years car driver were fined £20, in ...

    Article : 264 words
  14. WOMEN'S TEST.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 107 words
  15. FEDERAL TAXATION.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Stating that the emergency taxes in the Federal sphere now totalled £17,000,000 a year and the States' emergency taxes nearly ...

    Article : 232 words
  16. Alleged Preference to Foreigners.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--In an interview to-day, the Premier of Queensland (Mr. Forgan Smith) said that press statements which denied that certain foreign ...

    Article : 89 words
  17. LONDON MARKETS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 186 words
  18. ENGLAND PREPARED.

    The Minister for Co-ordination of Defence (Sir Thomas Inskip), speaking at a meeting of business men, said vast resources of naval oil fuel had been ...

    Article : 124 words
  19. STATE ELECTIONS.

    Following the successful effort to obtain the full support of the industrial wing, by electing delegates from the many trade unions who are affiliated ...

    Article : 174 words
  20. Scores in County Cricket.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 106 words
  21. POLICE PROMOTIONS.

    Approval has been given by the State Government to several recommendations regarding promotions in the police force, which were made in reports submitted ...

    Article : 306 words
  22. PREMIER IN NEW ZEALAND.

    WELLINGTON, Tuesday.--Expressions of good will and hopes for closer co-operation between Australia and New Zealand were exchanged when the ...

    Article : 177 words
  23. FORESTRY SCENE AT ST. KILDA.

    The ring of axes in the frosty air, and the flight of chips incidental to the removal of a row of stately elms, evoked the interested attention of those who ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 181 words
  24. INVASION FROM LIBYA.

    The Egyptian Cabinet has approved of the establishment or a large military base at Mersa Matrruh as part of a scheme to concentrate large bodies of ...

    Article : 47 words
  25. NO PRESSURE BY A.B.C.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The statement that the Australian Broadcasting Commission had never brought pressure to bear upon him in regard to any of his ...

    Article : 99 words
  26. FRUIT STORAGE.

    A new Government laboratory for research into fruit storage and transport has been opened at Covent Garden. It will specialise in the investigation of ...

    Article : 119 words
  27. EVELYN ELECTORATE.

    Mr. C. Jessop, who has announced that he would oppose the Speaker (Mr. Everard) for the Evelyn seat at the forthcoming State elections, said he was standing ...

    Article : 123 words
  28. RAILWAY WORKERS.

    CANBERRA, Tuesday.--An award conferring substantially improved wages and conditions on Commonwealth railway employes will come into operation thirty ...

    Article : 143 words
  29. German Woman's Glider Record

    Fraulein Theodora Schmidt has created a world record with a glider flight of 14 hours. ...

    Article : 23 words
  30. POWDER MAGAZINE.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.--With a detonation which was heard more than five miles away, a shed used as a powder magazine at Cwndu Colliery, an ...

    Article : 78 words
  31. SOUTH AFRICAN WOOL SALES.

    A poor selection was offered at to-day wool sales, and there was little competition at the following rates:--70's, average 31½d. per lb.; 64's, 30d. ...

    Article : 37 words
  32. Dance Championship.

    Results of the fifth heat of the Australian amateur dancing championship at the Palais de Danse, St. Kilda, last night:--F. Kaye-Miss H. Curtis, 1: J. ...

    Article : 38 words
  33. Advertising

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    Advertising : 34 words
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