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  2. INTERVIEW WITH CHAPMAN.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 20.—The English captain (A. P. F. Chapman) was naturally pleased at the result of the second test match. In an interview at the close of ...

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  3. WIRELESS TELEPHONY.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 20.—Last night radio experimenters in Sydney talked with experimenters in Java and Amsterdam. Sydney listened in while Java and Amsterdam ...

    Article : 316 words
  4. CONTROL HORSE RACING

    MELBOURNE, Dec 20.—Many proposals for the closer supervision of horse racing and the limitation of certain kinds of race meetings are made to the ...

    Article : 294 words
  5. DRINKWATER LIBEL CASE.

    After a hearing lasting four days, before Mr. Justice Northmore and a jury at the Supreme Court, a verdict of £400 damages was returned in favour of James ...

    Article : 653 words
  6. TIMBER WORKERS' HOURS

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 20.—Representatives of the Timber Workers' Union and the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners attended a meeting of the ...

    Article : 283 words
  7. WATERSIDE LABOUR.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 20.—With the object of deciding the picking places for waterfront labour in Melbourne, a conference, convened by the Premier (Sir ...

    Article : 187 words
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  9. PRAISE FOR AUSTRALIANS.

    LONDON, Dec. 19.—The English critics give unstinted praise to the Australians' stand which is hailed everywhere as a return of their traditional fighting spirit. ...

    Article : 110 words
  10. MATCH AT NEWCASTLE.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 20.—To-morrow the Englishmen will begin a two days' match against a Hunter River district team at Newcastle. The English team which will ...

    Article : 147 words
  11. HOLIDAY RESORTS.

    The Porongorups Ranges and the Stirling Ranges have an august and solemn beauty of a particularly impressive kind, unmatched to a similar degree anywhere ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  12. THE FIXTURES.

    Following are the remaining fixtures for the Englislmen's tour:— December 21 to 22.—Newcastle and Hunter River Districts, at Newcastle. ...

    Article : 181 words
  13. NEW SOUTH WALES COAL.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 20.—The proposed establishment of coal by products works, involving an expenditure of £3,000,000, was mentioned to-day, in the Warden's Court ...

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  14. PERTH HOSPITAL.

    The position of the Hospitals Fund Bill in Parliament was discussed informally and it was decided immediately to communication with the Ministers in charge of the ...

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  15. ANTARCTIC GEOGRAPHY.

    DECEPTION ISLAND, Dec. 20.—"Graham Land is separated from the great Polar continent by an ice-filled channel. The question that has puzzled geographers ...

    Article : 328 words
  16. ACCIDENTS.

    HOBART, Dec. 20.—While swimming at Sandy Bay baths to-day, Donald Varley (19), a prominent all-round athlete and University undergraduate, collapsed, and ...

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  17. ALLEGED BRIBE.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 20.—Further evidence was heard to-day in the case in which Michael Fitzgibbons is charged with having attempted to influence a Minister of ...

    Article : 212 words
  18. THE RACING CARNIVAL

    With the big racing season close at hand keen interest is being taken in the W.A.T.C. annual meeting which opens, on Wednesday next, when an ...

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  19. FATALITY AT PICNIC.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 20.—A tragedy marred the picnic of the Coburg High School on the bank of the Yarra, at Ivanhoe, to-day. John Croagh (17), of ...

    Article : 67 words
  20. THROUGH THE ICE PACK.

    WELLINGTON, Dec. 20.—The Eleanor Bulling, the Byrd expedition steamer, has arrived at Dunedin from Ross Sea. The captain reports that while towing the City ...

    Article : 135 words
  21. KNOCKED DOWN BY MOTOR CAR.

    While walking across Barrack-street, near Hay-street, shortly before 1 p.m. yesterday Giovanni de Michelli, of 178 Murray-street, was knocked down by a motor ...

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  22. SEARCH FOR OIL.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 20.—Immediately after the holidays operations Will be undertaken to test oil possibilities in the area known as Belford Dome, about nine miles from ...

    Article : 166 words
  23. PETROL LAMP EXPLODES.

    While Lewellyn Mapp (about 23), of Second-avenue, Maylands, was working on the premises of Bairds Co., Ltd., Wellington-street, at 7.45 last night, a petrol lamp ...

    Article : 49 words
  24. BOMB OUTRAGE.

    MELBOURNE, Dee. 20.—Bail was granted to-day by the Chief Justice (Sir William Irvine) to the five men who had been committed for trial on a charge of ...

    Article : 109 words
  25. SENTENCED TO DEATH.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 20.—The Court of Criminal Appeal dismissed to-day the application made on behalf of Martin Jacobson for leave to appeal against his ...

    Article : 195 words
  26. RON AND STEEL TRADE

    LONDON, Dec. 19.—The national executive of the Labour Party to-day met a committee of the executive council of the Federation of Employers in the Iron and ...

    Article : 94 words
  27. DEFERRED DUTIES.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 20.—The Minister for Trade and Customs (Mr. Gullett) has announced further postponements of the operation of the deferred duties as follow: ...

    Article : 127 words
  28. MISSING SOLICITOR.

    AUCKLAND, Dec. 20.—At a meeting of the creditors of Hector Robert Malcolm, a missing solicitor, it was stated that the total trust defalcations amounted to ...

    Article : 64 words
  29. BROADCASTING.

    Broadcasting station 6 WF, purchased recently from Westralian Farmers, Ltd., by the Commonwealth Government, was taken over Yesterday by the ...

    Article : 257 words
  30. Safeguarding a Possible Remedy.

    LONDON, Dec. 20.—The "Daily Telegraph" states:—"Although the demand for an inquiry in the iron and steel trades does not mention safeguarding, this must be ...

    Article : 134 words
  31. BIG BROTHER MOVEMENT.

    LONDON, Dec. 20.—The Prince of Wales has sent a message asking the council of the Big Brother movement to convey to all Big and Little Brothers ...

    Article : 70 words
  32. MUNICIPAL AUDITORS.

    Basing their claim on the fact that the last audit of the accounts of the Cottesloe municipality occupied 405 hours for which they were each paid 1/5½ an hour, the ...

    Article : 201 words
  33. WIRELESS PROGRAMMES.

    12.30: Tune in. 12.35: Markets, news, and cables. 1.0: Time signal. 1.1: Weather notes and station announcements. 1.2: Items by the studio quintette 2.0: Close down. 3.30: Tune ...

    Article : 305 words
  34. BRITISH TREASURY BONDS.

    LONDON, Dec. 20.—In the House of Commons today the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Winston Churchill) said the applications for the Governmont. 4½ ...

    Article : 54 words
  35. DUTY ON AUSTRALIAN BUTTER

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 20.—Referring to the cabled report from the United States that the United States Customs Department at San Francisco had been ...

    Article : 120 words
  36. FATAL QUARREL.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 20.—After lying unconscious in hospital since Saturday, Ernest Neville (43), of St. Peter's, died to-night. Sydney Smith (26), labourer, who is alleged ...

    Article : 65 words
  37. MINING DISTRESS FUND.

    LONDON, Dec. 20.—The Government's offer to double the Lord Mayor's fund for relief in distressed mining areas, coupled with the Prince of Wales's appeal resulted ...

    Article : 61 words
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