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  2. FOURTH TEST TEAM.

    LONDON, Saturday.—The following players have been chosen to represent England against Australia in the Fourth Test match, which will begin ...

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  3. THE TOURING SIDE.

    GLASGOW, Saturday.—Earthquakes may prevent cricket matches in Scotland, but little else. Sufficient rain had fallen to wash ...

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  4. IS HOOK STILL ALIVE?

    CALCUTTA, Sunday.—A report from Burma states that Hook is still alive and is being attended by villagers in a remote village. ...

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  5. RECONSTRUCTION.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.—“The Government will push on with the unemployment relief scheme irrespective of criticism” said Mr. Sizer, at the ...

    Article : 373 words
  6. UPPER END OF HETCH HETCHY VALLEY.

    A cable message from San Francisco, published on Saturday, reported further fatalities in work connected with the city’s new waterworks undertaking. A huge aqueduct is being cut from Hetch Hetchy north of the city, and it is due to the gas pockets encountered in the extensive mountain tunnelling that fatal explosions have occurred. Engineers are trying to devise some scheme of mechanical tunnelling in the gassy areas without exposing human beings to danger. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. WOMAN AGAIN!

    LONDON, Saturday.—Miss Marjorie Foster has won the King’s Prize at Bisley with a score of 280. She is the first woman to win the ...

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  8. METHUSELAH’S CHALLENGE

    NEW YORK, Saturday.—“I am going to live as the world lasts,” said Aga Zaro, who is 156. He just dropped in from Turkey to offer his antique body ...

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  9. EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.

    ALEXANDRIA, Saturday.—In view of the restoration of order, the presence of British warships is no longer necessary in Egyptian waters, suggests ...

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  10. PEACE OF EUROPE.

    PARIS, Saturday.—The French Government was scarcely prepared for anything “so embarrassed, undecided, and timorous” as the British reply to M. ...

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  11. AGE IN THE AIR.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.—An aeroplane from Eagle Farm on Saturday made a special trip tot pioneers. The youngest of the party of 10 was three score and ...

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  12. GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS.

    LONDON, Saturday.—The match between the Flayers and the Gentlemen, at Lord’s, was drawn. Gentlemen, 292 and four for 197, declared ...

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  13. DIED OF STARVATION.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A tragic story at a grim struggle against starvation was revealed to-day by the death of Ellen Brill (23), of North ...

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  14. THE LIGHT DID FAIL!

    LONDON, Saturday.—“The appeals against light have started an orgy of newspaper abuse, most of it transparent nonsense,” says Hobbs. “If it ...

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  15. SPORTING TELEGRAMS.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.—Saturday’s Rugby League match brought injuries to two New Zealand footballers. The captain, J. E. Gregory, of Auckland, ...

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  16. KINGSFORD SMITH.

    VANCOUVER. Friday. — Kingsford Smith and his companions will arrive in New York from the Pacific coast on Saturday evening, enroute to London. ...

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  17. GAOL TRAGEDY.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.—Two survivors of the four convicts who escaped from Yatala labour prison on Friday appeared in the Court on Saturday. ...

    Article : 86 words
  18. CROSS-COUNTRY AIR RACE

    LONDON, Saturday.—Captain C. W. Percival, formerly of Sydney, won the Dominions 100 miles cross-country air race at the Ham worth pageant in ...

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  19. MOTOR CAR RACES.

    DUBLIN, Friday.—The Irish Grand Prix for machines not over 12 horse power was won by a nine horse power Riley, the driver of which, Victor ...

    Article : 248 words
  20. KING AND THE PRINCE.

    GLASGOW, Saturday.—Whatever golf links the cricketers visit there is great competition among the caddies to accompany them. ...

    Article : 228 words
  21. DOPING OF RACEHORSES.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Although there have been four suspicious cases of interference with horses recently, or attempts to dope them, racing officials, ...

    Article : 117 words
  22. TO TOUR SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Saturday—The Marylebone Cricket Club has invited the following players to tour South Africa:— Chapman, White, Allom, Wyatt, ...

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  23. MOB DEFIED.

    SYDNEY. Saturday. — Cons[?]e Tomlin, of Regent-street, to-night kept back a menacing mob of 150 in Mary-street. Sydney, with his revolver. ...

    Article : 142 words
  24. DAVIS CUP.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 85 words
  25. HEAVY VEHICLES.

    BRISBANE, Saturday.—It was announced on Saturday that a new regulation has been issued under the Heavy Vehicles Act setting out that the ...

    Article : 108 words
  26. MATCH AT DALBY.

    DALBY, Sunday.—Excellent Rugby football was witnessed in Dalby this afternoon before a large gathering. The chie[?] attraction ...

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  27. FOOTBALL AT GYMPIE.

    GYMPIE. Sunday.—In the semi-final of the Leith Cup competition, South Burnett defeated Gympie by 16 to 8. Play was very even in the first half, ...

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  28. SHAMROCK V.

    LONDON. Saturday.—Thousands turned out at Portsmouth to see Shamrock V. depart for America. It is hoped that she will capture the America Cup. ...

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  29. STRANGE STOWAWAYS.

    COLOMBO, Saturday—Driven to desperation by her husband’s futile search for work in Australia, Emelia Bennett and her three children stowed ...

    Article : 180 words
  30. LICENSED VICTUALLERS.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.—The dispute in the liquor trade caused by the action of the Federal executive committee of the Licensed Victuallers’ Association in ...

    Article : 201 words
  31. GASSED DURING WAR.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.—The death occurred this morning of Lieut.-Colonel R. A. Stanley, who was an analyst in the Government chemical laboratory. ...

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  32. ADVERSE TRADE BALANCE

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—For the last financial year New South Wales suffered an adverse trade balance of nearly £21,000,000. Imports for the year ...

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  33. GERMAN CRISIS.

    BERLIN. Saturday.—Amid Communist cries of “Down with Hindenburg down with Fascism,” the Chancellor (Herr M. Muller) read a ...

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  34. FEDERAL SERVICE.

    ADELAIDE. Sunday.—“The Government has definitely decided there shall be no reduction in the salaries of civil servants” said Senator Daly on ...

    Article : 58 words
  35. FLIGHT FROM EGYPT.

    LONDON, Saturday.—Miss Amy Johnson will leave the Naldera at Egypt and will fly home in the Imperial Airways ’plane. She will arrive ...

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  36. FEDERAL TAXATION.

    LONDON, Saturday.—The Privy Council has reserved judgment in the action between the Shell Company of Australia Ltd. and the Federal ...

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  37. INLAND FLYING.

    BARCALDINE. Sunday.—Mr. W. Shaw of Brisbane Aircraft Co.. flying a Waco machine with [?]wo passengers from Brisbane arrived here in 6 hours ...

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  38. CALLS TO ITALY.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—One of the last European States to be linked up with telephone overseas is Italy. Calls will now be accepted to Rome and for ...

    Article : 74 words
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