WOODEND, Tuesday.--The fires in the Macedon-Woodend district burnt fiercely again to-day. At Woodend the position was comparatively safe to-night. The chief danger would be a change of wind, and every precaution is ...
Article : 202 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.--Screams of a woman and the continued tooting of a motor horn attracted police to the cliffs at Maroubra early this morning. They found an hysterical woman in a motor car, and she told them that her male ...
Article : 231 wordsNot a scene from the Sahara Desert or Central Australia, but A holiday picture from the beach at Inverloch, where these two camels provided many small children with a fairy-tale touch of adventure, as well as a thrilling ride oh the sands. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 54 wordsWANGARATTA, Tuesday.--The fire that has been burning in the Toombullup district since December 22 has assumed large proportions in the last two ...
Article : 264 wordsWODONGA, Tuesday.--Despite the efforts of a large body of fighters at the fires burning in and around Tawonga South, considerable progress was made ...
Article : 168 wordsWhen one of two motor cars involved in a spectacular smash on Sydney-road, Merlynston, early yesterday, was almost cut in half, the three occupants had ...
Article : 173 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.--William Weir, 29 years, and Kenneth Mack, 30 years, meat inspectors, were killed when the motor car in which they were ...
Article : 76 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.--Aubrey Kenneth Biddle, 28 years, general carrier, of Dundee, near Glen Innes, and his wife, Phyllis Marjoric Biddle, 25 years, were ...
Article : 101 wordsAccording to Admiral Raeder, admiral in command of the German navy, the German decision to seek submarine parity with Britain was necessitated by ...
Article : 340 wordsAccording to a message from Barcelona, the Spanish Ministry of Defence describes the present conflict as the hardest battle of the war. It is added that the Government forces ...
Article : 978 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.). Tuesday.--Andrew Wilson, 17 years, was critically injured to-day when he missed his grip while getting into a train at New ...
Article : 54 wordsWith everyone in the bush fire areas praying for rain, there is bound to be disappointment at the latest Weather Bureau report, that little rain is likely ...
Article : 195 wordsADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The body of June Matheson, 12 years, of Mile End, was recovered from a dam on the property of Mr. E. Mattner, at Balhannah, ...
Article : 140 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday. -- Road accidents in New South Wales for the eleven months of 1938 to November 30 decreased by 524 compared with a ...
Article : 150 wordsPERTH, Tuesday.--A utility truck was struck by a train at Guildford level crossing to-day, and its two occupants were seriously injured. ...
Article : 90 wordsWAGGA, Tuesday.--The maximum temperatures in the shade at Wagga to-day was 104 deg. For the last twenty days there has been record heat, and the ...
Article : 77 wordsDROUIN, Tuesday.--Still another accident occurred on the Warragul-road, two miles from Drouln township, at 9.30 p.m. Monday, when Frederick ...
Article : 114 wordsGEELONG, Tuesday.--Following, investigations by Senior Detective James of Geelong C.I.B., and Werribee police concerning a collision in which two motor ...
Article : 155 wordsWALWA, Tuesday.--Fierce fires are burning at many points in the Alps, and dense clouds of smoke overhang the district, making the already extremely ...
Article : 91 wordsTwo men were injured when a motor cycle on which they were riding came into collision with a motor truck on the Warburton-road, at Seville, yesterday. ...
Article : 88 wordsThe village fire brigade at Torrlosa initiated its new fire engine by succoring an expectant mother isolated in a farm house, in attempts to reach which ...
Article : 90 wordsBEAUFORT, Tuesday.--Fire broke out on Langi Kal Kal Estate, Trawalla, near Mr. E. Vowles's farm, and swept an area of 500 acres. The fire created ...
Article : 65 wordsThe police have announced that there were 24 suicides during the holidays the highest total ever recorded for the three-day period in the history of New ...
Article : 67 wordsAbout 10.45 p.m. yesterday overcast conditions which had prevailed in the city all night culminated in a sharp shower of rain the first for many weeks. The ...
Article : 46 wordsCAPETOWN, -- South Africa at lunch, 045, Mitchell 19, Vanderbyl 21. Sundries 5. ACCIDENT AT SEYMOUR. ...
Article : 60 wordsFrom injuries received when she fell over an iron tent peg at Frankston on Monday night. Valma Hargrenves, 11 years, Weeroona-road, Murrumbeena, ...
Article : 33 wordsTRARALGON, Tuesday.--A fire which broke out in the hill country at Callignee swept through an extensive area. At one stage the homestead of Mr. A. ...
Article : 73 wordsKALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--Shortly before 3 a.m. to-day the Boulder and Kalgoorlie fire brigade, assisted by volunteers from the North Kalgoorlie ...
Article : 144 wordsWhen he was struck by a motor truck near his home yesterday, Neville Stanley, 8 years, Lynch-street, Footscray, received an injury to the leg, with which he ...
Article : 38 wordsA full meeting of the Inter-Governmental Committee, on Refugees, comprising representatives of 32 nations, will be held in London towards the end of the ...
Article : 94 wordsGeorge Bremner, 67 years, Canterbury-road, Ringwood, was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday suffering from a possible fracture of the skull ...
Article : 49 wordsA message from Djibouti indicates that an Italian boycott has begun against French goods in Somaliland. Forwarding agents have received instructions ...
Article : 51 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.--Gordon Miles Lane, seven years, was fatally injured when he was run over by a motor lorry at Carrington to-day. ...
Article : 25 wordsYARRAWONGA, Tuesday.--For the fourth successive day the district sweltered in terrific heat, the temperature being again over the century. The ...
Article : 60 wordsMiss Floris Thompson (centre), chosen as "Miss Inverloch 1939," with her two sisters Linda and Edie, on the beach. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 28 wordsAll paper notes of the old Austrian schilling currency became worthless today and silver coins are now worth only their Intrinsic value, which is about ...
Article : 79 wordsHappy as the day are long--although the days are all too short when it is holiday time. Seven beach girls on the cliffs at Mornington. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 39 wordsEvery German girl must in future "serve the people" for a year. Hitherto only those engaged in certain occupations were liable for labor service. Now ...
Article : 84 wordsWALWA, Tuesday.--Farmers in the district report trouble with thousands of grasshoppers hatched from eggs deposited last year, when the district was visited by ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Wed 4 Jan 1939, Page 11
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