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  2. TRIPLE TRAGEDY ON A FARM

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.--A triple tragedy was revealed to-day at Hilldale, near West Maitland, when Mrs. Edith Eyb, 29 years, and her eleven-months-old daughter, Heather Eyb, were found drowned in a dam, and Robert Mannell, 24 ...

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  3. SPYING IN THE NORTH SEA

    The discovery in Copenhagen of a North Sea spy plot is causing a public stir. The Copenhagen correspondent of the ...

    Article : 301 words
  4. GRAVELY DISTURBED ATMOSPHERE

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) and the Foreign Secretary (Lord Halifax) have left London for Paris for the conversations with the French Government. With a general strike imminent, and the Opposition to ...

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  5. Grand Mufti and Palestine Disorders

    The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, who bears much of the responsibility for Palestine's troubles, photographed in exile. Right: A burnt-out synagogue, where a watchman lost his life after an Arab attack on the Jews at Tiberias, a predominantly Jewish town. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. CHINESE CLAIM SUCCESSES

    Reports from the Chinese head quarters at Chungking state that the Chinese Foreign Ministry claims that the Chinese have made successful ...

    Article : 156 words
  7. HORROR OF THE POGROM

    A 20 per cent. capital levy on Jewish property, payable in four instalments, has been announced in Berlin. By this means the line, of £83,000,000 will be ...

    Article : 872 words
  8. NO RUSH TO REPUBLICANISM

    Asserting there is no legal obstacle to an immediate declaration of a Republic, Mr. de Valera, Premier of Eire, in a speech, opposed rushing matters until the ...

    Article : 82 words
  9. TRADE AGREEMENTS

    Negotiations for a new trade agreement with India have reached an advanced stage. The whole matter is at the moment under consideration of the ...

    Article : 242 words
  10. ENLISTMENT DRIVE

    While reports received by the Defence authorities continue to foreshadow an effective response to the Ministry's voluntary enlistment campaign for the militia, ...

    Article : 377 words
  11. MANPOWER OF AUSTRALIA

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.--Steps are likely to be taken by the Federal Government to commence the preparation of a National Register of the man power ...

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  12. AVALANCHES TAKE DEADLY TOLL

    A report from St. Lucia, British West Indies, states that a series of avalanches, which caused whole mountains to spilt up and pour a blanket of wet clay ...

    Article : 80 words
  13. AUSTRALIA AND AMERICA

    WASHINGTON, November 23. Mr. Keith Officer, Australian counsellor to the British Ambassador at Washington, who has completed an extensive ...

    Article : 171 words
  14. ROCKEFELLER FORTUNE OF £250,000,000

    For taxation purposes the estate of the late John D. Rockefeller has been valued at 26,905,000 dol. (approximately (£A6,726,000). Nearly all is in stocks ...

    Article : 95 words
  15. WHIRL WIND'S CAPRICES

    WAGGA, Wednesday.--Men working on the harvest in a paddock at Yerong Creek had an extraordinary experience when a whirlwind struck them when ...

    Article : 179 words
  16. GOLDEN GATE EXPOSITION

    Mr. Arthur O'Connor, representative of the Australian Travel Association, furnished details of the Australian exhibits at the Golden Gate Exposition, opening ...

    Article : 137 words
  17. LATE NEWS

    LONDON.--Price of gold reached.7 92, a new high record. ...

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  18. Daladier's Ultimatum

    M. Daladier sent an ultimatum to the Chamber of Deputies Finance Committee stating that if his financial programme was not approved without major ...

    Article : 182 words
  19. PRESIDENT OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA

    Reuters correspondent at Prague announces that the Czech political parties have agreed to nominate Dr. Hacha, a lawyer, for the Presidency of ...

    Article : 116 words
  20. NO FURTHER DELAY IN ENLISTMENT

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.--Recruits for the militia who pass the medical and other tests will be accepted almost immediately. The Minister of Defence (Mr. ...

    Article : 240 words
  21. N.S.W. FARMERS

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The tragic plight of wheat farmers was referred to in the Legislative Council to-day. Unless the Government came to their aid, one ...

    Article : 122 words
  22. 700 Convicts tor Devil's Island

    The steamer la Martiniere has sailed for Devil's Island with 700 convicts, who embarked without incident. Recently it was reported that a fight ...

    Article : 56 words
  23. POLITICAL CRISIS IN HUNGARY

    According to the Budapest correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," a political crisis has developed owing to 68 Deputies withdrawing support from the ...

    Article : 109 words
  24. HITLER INSPECTS CZECH FORTIFICATIONS

    Herr Hitler, with his staff, inspecting the former Czech "Maginot Line'' which has fallen into the hands of the German army under the Munich agreement. The Czechs were permitted to remove guns and war materials, after which they set fire to the many pillbox fortifications, leaving the bare shells for the new army of occupation ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  25. BILLIARD CUE DEFINED

    As a sequel to the action of the billiard[?]st Brown in using a fountain pen with a billiard tip as a cue when he was "snookered" in a match against ...

    Article : 70 words
  26. CO-ORDINATION OF TRANSPORT

    HOBART, Wednesday.--The Transport Bill providing for the co-ordination of all forms of transport under a commissioner found little support in the ...

    Article : 94 words
  27. Leave for Trainees

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.--Advice has been rectived by the Prime Minister that Hoyts Theatres Ltd. has informed its staff that any members joining the ...

    Article : 46 words
  28. 1940 OLYMPIC GAMES

    The 1940 Olympic Games will comprise 132 events, of which 33 will be athletics, 9 gymnastics, 16 swimming, 7 rowing, 4 sailing, 9 canoe racing, 14 ...

    Article : 137 words
  29. Mobilisation Test

    The "Daily Telegraph" understands that large-scale army manoeuvres will be held in 1940, amounting to a mobilisation test. ...

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  30. PRIME MINISTER'S PILOT

    One of the two persons killed when a British Airways passenger plane crashed and caught fire on a rocky beach in Redcliffe Bay on Tuesday was Captain E. ...

    Article : 66 words
  31. KOALA RESERVES

    Two members of the Zoological Board, Mr. Olney, m.L.[?]. (chairman), and Mr. Ambrose Pratt, and the chairman of the Forests Commission (Mr. Galbraith) will ...

    Article : 157 words
  32. 350-Year-Old "Saint"

    A 350-year-old "Saint," a descendant of the ancient Royal family of Egypt, has been discovered in the Himalayas with Christian savants, including ...

    Article : 38 words
  33. ESCAPED PRISONER RECAPTURED

    Found by a party of armed police and warders in thick scrub about one mile from Beechworth yesterday Roy James. 35 years, who escaped on Monday night ...

    Article : 67 words
  34. Cultural Agreement

    Italy and Germany have signed a cultural agreement. ...

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  35. Train Plunges Into River

    At least three passengers were killed and 15 injured when a train plunged into the River Torre after a bridge had collapsed in the heavy floods. ...

    Article : 33 words
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