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  2. SPARRING WITH PALMER

    Ambrose Palmer (right), leading heavyweight boxer in Australia, sparring with Jack Wilson at Melbourne. Palmer is ready to make a bid for the Empire heavyweight championship and has offered to go to England for a title fight if necessary. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 42 words
  3. Sporting Officials on Sunday Play

    Commenting on the amendment to the Brisbane City Council's ordinance permitting friendly games in parks and reserves from noon on Sundays, ...

    Article : 283 words
  4. Advertising

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    Advertising : 204 words
  5. M. C. C., Scheme to Extend Tests by One Day in England, and Limit Them To Six in Australia

    At a meeting of the Advisory County Cricket Committee held at Lord's, it was decided to ask the Australian Board of Control to consider standardising all Tests in England and Australia at 30 hours each. ...

    Article : 528 words
  6. Film Injuries Killed Pearl White

    Pearl White, blonde daredevil heroine of the old serial thrillers in the silent film days, died in the American ospital in Paris recently from an Internal ...

    Article : 331 words
  7. LOPEZ AND JONES WRESTLE TO- NIGHT

    Ex- world champion though he is and, despite the fact that his future is assured for at least three or four years, Vincent Lopez is already looking forward to the ...

    Article : 232 words
  8. TURF TOPICS

    Bought for 100 guineas as a yearling, and one of the most improved "Creekers" racing at the moment, the Monash Valley --Estrelitta four year ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 331 words
  9. Civil War on the Roads

    In many parts of England nowadays you will find the most curious civil war in progress. Not as yet a bloody one such as is to be seen in Palestine or ...

    Article : 538 words
  10. "Telegraph Girl" is 80

    Although she is 80, Mrs. Emily Newman, of Church Street, Bovingdon, near Hemel Hempstead, Herts, still carries on as the district's "telegraph ...

    Article : 67 words
  11. Difficulty in Getting Fight for Saturday

    Some difficulty is being experienced in arranging a fight for the Brisbane Stadium on Saturday night. It was announced prior to the Farrington- Clark bout that Horrie ...

    Article : 170 words
  12. Lovebirds No One Loves

    Two lovebirds which have already crossed the Atlantic three times in search of a home reached Plymouth recently in the French liner he de ...

    Article : 161 words
  13. Prehistoric Man in California

    Test excavations and geological studies in Clear Lake Park, Lake County, California, have "fully justified" expectations of important evidence regarding ...

    Article : 268 words
  14. Now We Know What a Billiards Cue Really is

    As a sequel to Brown's use of a fountain pen as a cue the other day in his Snooker match against T. Davis, the British Billiards' Control Council has ...

    Article : 66 words
  15. His Drink Test

    A 16- years- old, public school boy admitted at Brighton Juvenile Court that he bought two bottles of sherry to drink as an experiment in drunkenness. ...

    Article : 138 words
  16. Bobby Locke on Way to Sydney

    Bobby Locke sailed for Sydney on the Awatea. He said he was looking forward to a return visit to New Zealand. ...

    Article : 33 words
  17. Gold Medal of Merit

    Crown Princess Marie- Jose of Italy has received the gold medal of merit for work in the interests of public health (states the London "Daily ...

    Article : 98 words
  18. DIGGERS' CUP TO H. PILKINGTON

    Members and committee men of the Peninsula Country Golf Club will assemble this afternoon at 5.30 p. m. for the presentation in Kennedy, Bowly and ...

    Article : 197 words
  19. Sydney Offers for Aberdare Not Accepted By Owner

    A further offer for the purchase of Aberdare, 18- footer champion, was received by the owner from Sydney yesterday, but Mr. F. Hart is keen on keeping the boat in ...

    Article : 171 words
  20. Church Union Cricket Umpires for Saturday

    The following umpires have been appointed for the fifth round of Church Union cricket fixtures, commencing on Saturday next:-- ...

    Article : 293 words
  21. BABES IN THE ROAD

    A heart beneath a uniform was touched a two- year- old child, crying bitterly, toddled along Brixton Road, London, with her three sisters, aged 12, nine and ...

    Article : 116 words
  22. She Couldn't Read

    While waiting in a queue outside a Southend cinema an old woman heard people round her talking about a silent film. ...

    Article : 67 words
  23. Gluepot Blows Up, 5 Hurt

    Four small boys and a master were injured recently by the strangest explosion ever reported in a school, says the London "Daily Herald." ...

    Article : 171 words
  24. In Their Shoes

    Quintin Hogg, son of a wealthy London merchant, attended Eton College and graduated with honours. Though independently rich through the wealth ...

    Article : 291 words
  25. MORETON BAY CLUB SWIM AT MANLY

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 305 words
  26. INVENTRESS.

    We don't hear much about women as inventors, but here's news of one who may become the motorist's best friend, says a London paper. Miss F. M. ...

    Article : 475 words
  27. ENGLISH SOCCER

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 427 words
  28. Journey's End

    Home in England for the first time for more than 50 years, 8-year- old Mrs. Elizabeth Butler has made a sea trip of thousands of miles to carry out the ...

    Article : 159 words
  29. Too Hot for Paris

    Carelessly swinging his truncheon, a Paris policeman was patrolling the Place Clichy, Montmartre, recently (says the London "Daily Herald"). ...

    Article : 142 words
  30. Southport Swim Results

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 257 words
  31. South Africa Acts to Protect Relics

    In order to protect South Africa's fossils and archaeological treasures, a by- law has been issued prohibiting their export without permission from ...

    Article : 73 words
  32. No Jews for Blood Transfusion

    "Healthy Aryan men of good character" are being advertised for by the central hospital in Vienna for blood transfusions (states an exchange). ...

    Article : 132 words
  33. Is Yours a "Shsh!" Household ?

    Wireless is converting us into a nation of listeners and making us less sociable. This was the suggestion advanced by Dr. Alan Maberley, of London, at the ...

    Article : 193 words
  34. Night Bather Adrift on Tyre

    After boats had searched in the darkness late one night, James Castro (24), of Windham Road, Bournemouth, was found a quarter of a mile out, ...

    Article : 91 words
  35. Jews Much More Generous

    Jewry had been much more generous in its support of the Jewish victims than Christendom had been of the Christian non- Aryan victims, said Dr. Conrad ...

    Article : 114 words
  36. Lismore Race Weights

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 192 words
  37. Road- Hogs

    Many people think the description "road- hog" applies only to lawless motorists. If they will look up the word in the dictionary, they will find that it ...

    Article : 131 words
  38. LADIES' SUMMER TENNIS ASSOCIATION

    The annual tournament of the Ladies' Summer Tennis Association will be held on Wednesday, November 30, 1938. Play will commence at 9.30 a.m. ...

    Article : 79 words
  39. NAME BANNED.

    If any proud German parent wants to call his son "Joshua" he will have to think again says the B. U. P. [?]. The Court of Appeals has just upheld a decision ...

    Article : 95 words
  40. HE'S A BRITON NOW.

    Baron Frankenstein, former Austrian Minister in London, whose Legation has now been closed, has become a British subject (states the London "Evening ...

    Article : 45 words
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