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  2. TEST CRICKET PLAYED IN 65 M.P.H. GALE

    McCabe and Brown figured in a dour partnership in the Test cricket match between Australia and South Africa at Durban yesterday. The game was played in a 65-mile-an-hour gale, which at times sent clouds of dust across the field. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. VOLUNTEER SHORTAGE

    There is a shortage of competent men volunteering to man ships now idle in Brisbane. Efforts were made yesterday to obtain a crew ...

    Article : 508 words
  4. VICTORIAN OFFER TO TALLON

    Following the migration from Queensland of Frank Sides and Gordon clem comes the news that Don Talton, Queensland's promising young ...

    Article : 240 words
  5. AIR MAILS BY SEAPLANE

    Important proposals, involving the use of large seaplanes for the transport of Australia's overseas air mails over the whole the route between ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 430 words
  6. ABYSSINIA WILL FIGHT TO END

    The Addis Ababa correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says leading members of the Government consider that the air raids on Dessie were clearly intended to demoralise the Abyssinians so that they ...

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  7. MR. LANG NOT AT INQUIRY

    Although the leader of the opposition (Mr. Lang) made certain charges in Parliament against the Western Lands Board and the Minister for ...

    Article : 241 words
  8. VAST SHIPS FOR ATLANTIC

    A bold bid for American supremacy in the Transatlantic passenger traffic, by introducing a revolutionary type of service designed to conform to ...

    Article : 211 words
  9. THE SCORES

    SOUTH AFRICA.—First Innings .. .. 249 AUSTRALIA.—First Innings. Brown, c. Langton, b. Robertson .. 66 Fingleton, c. Nicholson, b. Crisp .. 2 ...

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  10. DR. PAGE TO VISIT ENGLAND

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) announced to-day that arrangements had been made by the Government for the Minister for Commerce (Dr. Page) ...

    Article : 108 words
  11. POPE'S EFFORTS FOR PEACE

    Addressing 22 Cardinals who were present at a secret consistory, the Pope Called to make the expected pronouncement on the Italo—Abyssinian ...

    Article : 185 words
  12. PRICE OF GOLD

    The price of gold to-day was £7/1/½ an ounce fine. The dollar was quoted at 4.92¾ to the pound sterling, and the franc 74½. Previous quotations ...

    Article : 42 words
  13. GROCERY SHORTAGE AVERTED

    The arrival of several steamers from the South yesterday averted what threatened to be a shortage in several well-known lines of groceries in ...

    Article : 392 words
  14. JAPANESE ATHLETES

    It is tentatively proposed that Japanese athletes should be invited to participate in the British Empire athletic contests in Sydney in 1937 ...

    Article : 116 words
  15. HEATED EXCHANGES

    Only 14 unions were represented at the conference convened by the Labour Council to-night of affiliated and unaffiliated unions to discuss ...

    Article : 208 words
  16. MINOR NAVY FOR EACH DOMINION

    The naval correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian' says the acceptance of the Japanese proposal as originally presented to the Naval ...

    Article : 97 words
  17. SINGERS ALMOST DESTITUTE

    Considerable newspaper space is being given to the revelation that Philip Newbury and his wife, Madame Emily Spada, who were world famous ...

    Article : 308 words
  18. LOAN COUNCIL MEETING

    A meeting of the Loan council is to be held at Canberra on February 4. This is the same day that the State Premiers had resolved to meet in ...

    Article : 94 words
  19. ONLY THREE BOWLERS EMPLOYED

    A huge tarpaulin, big enough to cover the whole Bulli patch on the Sydney Cricket Ground, prevented a tropical downpour yesterday ...

    Article : 393 words
  20. HOOLIGANISM IN EGYPT

    The British Residency has requested the Government to take all steps necessary for the protection of British soldiers and other Europeans in Egypt. ...

    Article : 115 words
  21. DINMORE CASE

    Hugh Chomley Tite (29), on remand, appeared in the Police Court, this morning, charged that at Dinmore, on November 29, he stole from ...

    Article : 80 words
  22. ADELAIDE AIRMAN'S DIFFICULTIES

    Misfortune is attending Mr. R. W. Gropler, of Adelaide, who left Portsmouth in a Klemm monoplane on December 10, intending to fly by easy ...

    Article : 177 words
  23. MINERS MAY BE INVOLVED

    The newly-formed consultative committee of the Miners' Federation, which comprises the leaders of the various districts of the federation ...

    Article : 85 words
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    PREPARATIONS for Christmas aboard the liner Strathaird. The baker and his assistant icing cakes for the festivities next week. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  25. "REDHEADS" BANNED FROM TELEVISION

    Red-haired men and women are barred from service as television announcers. The reason is purely technical. ...

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  26. STEAMER KOWHAI MANNED IN MELBOURNE

    Up to the present 800 men have made application for engagement on ships. A feature of to-day's developments was the increase in the ...

    Article : 108 words
  27. BRISBANE SEAMEN TO MEET TO-DAY

    A mass meeting of Brisbane seamen will be held at the Trades Hall this morning. Officials of the union announced ...

    Article : 101 words
  28. R.A.N. OFFICER'S ENGAGEMENT

    The engagement is announced of Lieutenant Nell Alexandar Mackinnon, R.A.N., of Melbourne, to Miss Rachel Frances Hilton Molesworth, daughter ...

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  29. ELLSWORTH RELIEF 'PLANE

    Pilot Richard Merrill and the Elisworth relief 'plane arrived here to-day from Kansas City. After re-fueling, Pilot Merrill left for the south. ...

    Article : 43 words
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