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  2. EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 9.—Scenes of unprecedented enthusiasm and piety were witnessed by 500,000 persons in Melbourne today, when, as a last public ...

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  4. AVIATION TODAY.

    What is the real reason for Australia being so far behind the rest of the world in aviation matters? There can be no justification for it, because, without ...

    Article : 1,897 words
  5. DUKE IN QUEENSLAND

    BRISBANE, Dec. 9.—In glorious weather and amid delightful surroundings, the Duke of Gloucester thoroughly enjoyed his last week-end in Australia. He ...

    Article : 750 words
  6. SULPHUR FIRE.

    Choked and blinded by fumes from burning sulphur, firemen from the Fremantle, North Fremantle, and Central Fire Stations fought for over an hour on ...

    Article : 826 words
  7. TASMAN FLIGHT.

    AUCKLAND, Dec. 8.—Messrs. R. G. Whitehead and R. Nicoll, who flew the Tasman Sea in an uncertified plane on November 21, pleaded guilty in the Police ...

    Article : 475 words
  8. FARM HORROR.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 9.—John Vincent Dole, of Pirie Farm, Finley, was committed for trial by the District Coroner (Mr. G. V. Cope) at Finley on Saturday for the ...

    Article : 522 words
  9. THE KING OF SIAM.

    LONDON, Dec. 8.—A Siamese deputation has arrived in London to induce King Prajadhipok to reconsider his decision, announced on October 27 last, ...

    Article : 115 words
  10. DRUG TRAFFIC.

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Government agents struck a staggering blow at the rings controlling the narcotic traffic on Saturday in a series of raids that ...

    Article : 84 words
  11. RADIO ON STEAMERS.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 9.—Abiding by the decision of a special meeting held last week, members of the Victorian branch of the Seamen's Union refused ...

    Article : 123 words
  12. TASMANIAN FINANCES.

    HOBART, Dec. 9.—A Treasury statement for the five months ended November 30 shows a deficit of £108,855. Revenue amounted to £949,839 and ...

    Article : 82 words
  13. PLANTING A NEW CHURCH.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 9.—For the furtherance of a proposal to establish a new church for those who are dissatisfied with the teachings of existing ...

    Article : 190 words
  14. TENNIS CHAMPION.

    BRISBANE, Dec. 9.—Laughing, jeering and, in some instances, the booing of the Czechoslovakian tennis champion, Roderick Menzel by a portion of the ...

    Article : 484 words
  15. LITTLE GIRL KILLED.

    HOBART, Dec. 9.—Kathleen Victoria Emery (9), a daughter of Mr. and Mrs H. Emery, of Sorell, was electrocuted at her home about 3 p.m. on Saturday. ...

    Article : 107 words
  16. NEEDLE IN HEART.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 9.—June Beves (3), of Munni-street, Newtown, while trying to thread a needle, slipped and fell. The needle pierced her chest and the point ...

    Article : 65 words
  17. TEN MILES UP.

    NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—At Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Mr. Wiley Post, the famous American aviator, made a second flight towards the stratosphere on Friday in his ...

    Article : 148 words
  18. SLASHED WITH RAZOR.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 8.—Suffering from two gashes about an inch apart, which extended from the right ear to the chin, a man had 28 stitches inserted in his ...

    Article : 76 words
  19. FELL 40 FEET.

    BRISBANE, Dec. 9.—Wilfred Adams (34), single, was found lying unconscious in a yard about 40 feet below his bedroom in a boarding house in Herbert-street, ...

    Article : 92 words
  20. CYCLES OUT OF CONTROL.

    BRISBANE, Dec. 9.—Riding a six-wheel outfit, consisting of two bicycles with a forward carriage, Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Williamson, of Sydney, who had ...

    Article : 124 words
  21. QUEENSLAND DUST STORMS.

    BRISBANE, Dec. 9.—For the last 36 hours dust storms have been experienced in western Queensland and air navigation has been impossible owing to bad ...

    Article : 66 words
  22. BYRD EXPEDITION.

    LITTLE AMERICA, Dec. 3.—The sledging party which set out from Admiral Byrd's base for Byrd Land have now spent 55 days on field explorations. ...

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  23. POLICEMEN'S RUSE.

    ADELAIDE, Dec. 9.—Disguised as harriers, two policemen surprised about 30 men who, are alleged to have been playing two-up, in a hollow near the River ...

    Article : 127 words
  24. FINDING WORK.

    The fourth annual report of the Queensland Department of Labour and Industry was received In Perth on Friday. This department obtains its income ...

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  25. ACTRESS ROBBED.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 9.—On returning to her home in Vaucluse-road. Vaucluse, alter her farewell performance at the Tivoli Theatre, on Saturday night, Madame ...

    Article : 141 words
  26. BEACH VANDALS.

    A gang of larrikins wrecked a memorial fountain at Cottesloe in the early hours of Saturday morning, prizing off the stone coping and rocking an obelisk ...

    Article : 282 words
  27. BRITISH BEEF.

    LONDON, Dec. 8.—At a meeting of the Council of Agriculture on December 13 several resolutions will be proposed demanding further government action to ...

    Article : 91 words
  28. DISPUTE ON FREIGHTER.

    ADELAIDE, Dec. 9.—Although a settlement in the dispute between the master Captain Norquay, and the crew of the freighter Murada, was reached on ...

    Article : 106 words
  29. BOY SHOT IN NECK.

    Frank Walter Thacker (25) poultry farmer, of Jandakot, appeared in the Fremantle Police Court before Mr. H. J. Craig, S.M., on Saturday on a charge ...

    Article : 183 words
  30. ARSENAL SECRETS.

    LONDON, Dec. 9.—William Burges, a middle-aged man, described as a second-grade computer at the Woolwich Arsenal, was remanded at the Bow Street ...

    Article : 89 words
  31. LATE MR. AGAR WYNNE.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 9.—The will of Mr. Agar Wynne, who died at his station, Nerrin Nerrin, near Streatham, in the western district on May 12, was lodged ...

    Article : 130 words
  32. NEW TARIFF SCHEDULE.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 9.—Criticism in Lancashire of the new tariff schedule is "out of perspective," according to the Minister for Customs (Mr. White), who ...

    Article : 147 words
  33. SHOT IN THE BACK.

    BRISBANE, Dec. 9.—In the Childers Police Court on Saturday, Guiseppe Sorbello, an Italian, was charged with having wilfully murdered Alflo Leonardi at ...

    Article : 75 words
  34. BOY DROWNED AT PICNIC.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 9.—Shortly after noon today, the Sutherland police, who had been dragging all night and throughout this morning, recovered the body of ...

    Article : 74 words
  35. A PROTEGE OF MELBA.

    LONDON, Dec. 7.—The Australian singer, Helen Essermann, a protege of the late Dame Melba, after having made her debut at the Opera Comique, Paris, ...

    Article : 46 words
  36. SCREEN ARTISTS' ELOPEMENT.

    YUMA (Arizona), Dec. 8.—Evelyn Laye and Frank Lawton, the motion picture players, were married here today after having eloped from Hollywood. ...

    Article : 25 words
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