Records were broken on Saturday when the fifth Test match between England and Australia was begun at Kennington Oval. Australia placing itself in a seemingly impregnable position with a score of 475 for two wickets. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 4,195 wordsADELAIDE, Aug. 19.—Money, clothes, blankets, boots and shoes are pouring in from all parts of the State for the relief of the Port Pirie flood victims. It is now ...
Article : 299 wordsLONDON, Aug. 18.—A special correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" reports that with an imposing show of force by troops and Civic Guards, the first forced sale of ...
Article : 270 wordsBERLIN, Aug. 18.—Herr Hitler, during a visit to Hamburg yesterday, delivered a broadcast address to the German nation explaining his decision to assume the dual ...
Article : 692 wordsBRUSSELS, Aug. 19.—Professor Max Cosyns and M. Vanderelst began a balloon ascent to the stratosphere at 6.19 yesterday morning, from Hour-Havenne, ...
Article : 226 wordsLONDON, Aug. 18.—The International Wheat Advisory Committee today made a provisional estimate of 600,000,000 bushels as the world import demand for wheat ...
Article : 301 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug. 19.—Lost on the Mt. Menda track beyond Fernshaw, two men, both aged more than 60 years, have been missing in the snow since Friday with ...
Article : 457 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug. 19.—Before the eyes of their father, who was waiting to meet them, two girls jumped from a fastmoving electric train as it arrived at ...
Article : 312 wordsSYDNEY, Aug. 19.—During gunnery practice on Saturday afternoon, a Royal Australian Air Force plane crashed and was almost totally wrecked in the bush ...
Article : 154 wordsPHILADELPHIA, Aug. 17.—After three years of experimenting with monkeys, Dr. John Kohlmer, Professor of Medicine at the Temple University, has announced a ...
Article : 163 wordsWASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—The deliberations of the World Wheat Advisory Committee in London lost all significance as far as America is concerned yesterday ...
Article : 445 wordsSHANGHAI, Aug. 18.—Reports were current today that difficulties are confronting the trotting syndicate which recently brought 120 horses and twelve riders and ...
Article : 111 wordsLONDON, Aug. 18.—The subject of Germany's outstanding commercial debts due to Lancashire cotton exporters was considered by a meeting of the European ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 37 wordsSYDNEY, Aug. 19.—A mysterious explosion and a subsequent fire severely damaged Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy's restaurant and residential premises in Georgestreet, ...
Article : 186 wordsLONDON, Aug. 18.—Following an appeal for moderation made by the cotton traders, the Manchester committee of the Grocers' Association has passed a resolution stating ...
Article : 118 wordsDETROIT, Aug. 18.—Another example of the bravado characteristic of John Dillinger, the notorious American criminal, who was fatally shot by police when ...
Article : 115 wordsADELAIDE, Aug. 19.—Two sisters, Margaret Jane Stanway (10) and Nancie Amy Stanway (6), daughters of Mr. and Mrs Edwin Stanway, of Munro-avenue. Novar ...
Article : 310 wordsLONDON, Aug. 18.—The latest reports indicate that everything is apparently quiet, if not entirely normal, in Foochow, which for some time has been menaced ...
Article : 92 wordsLONDON, Aug. 18.—The returns of passenger traffic at Plymouth show that the diminution of the American tourist business, which had been proceeding steadily ...
Article : 135 wordsKALGOORLIE, Aug. 19.—Sir Victor Wilson, president of the Motion Picture Distributors' Association of Australia, who is visiting Western Australia, when ...
Article : 148 wordsLONDON, Aug. 18.—E. Temme, the 29-year-old London insurance clerk, swam the English Channel today in 15 hours 54 minutes, which is a record for the crossing ...
Article : 242 wordsNEW YORK, Aug. 18.—Prosecuting officials who have been investigating alleged Communistic activities at Hollywood name four motion picture players as contributors ...
Article : 126 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug. 19.—S. Adams was drowned this afternoon when 19 fishing boats which, had gone outside the Lakes entrance for barracouta were caught in ...
Article : 128 wordsCALCUTTA, Aug. 19.—Thousands of traders from India and the remotest parts of Tibet, Chinese Turkestan, Russian Turkestan and Central Asia are visiting ...
Article : 116 wordsA deputation from the women's section of the Primary Producers' Association waited on the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. J. A. Ellis) on Saturday and put ...
Article : 142 wordsWASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—The monthly Department of Labour statistics published today revealed that employment and industrial payrolls suffered startling declines in ...
Article : 92 wordsNASHVILLE (Tennessee), Aug. 18.—The Rev. R. Askew, of Goldsboro (North Carolina), who was kidnapped while driving a motor car, appeared at the police ...
Article : 155 wordsSAARBRUCKEN, Aug. 18.—A petition has been addressed to the League of Nations by the "German Front" in the Saar, which violently attacks the chairman of ...
Article : 96 wordsVIENNA, Aug. 18.—For participation in the Nazi raid on the Vienna broadcasting station on July 25, when the Chancellery was seized during the revolt and Dr. ...
Article : 82 wordsSYDNEY, Aug. 19.—Sir Charles Kingsford Smith put his new plane, Lady Southern Cross, through a severe test at the Richmond aerodrome yesterday. With ...
Article : 127 wordsSYDNEY, Aug. 19.—Mr. E. N. Ward curator of the Sydney Botanic Gardens and of Centennial Park since 1924, died in a private hospital this morning, aged 63 ...
Article : 146 wordsKALGOORLIE, Aug. 19.—Passengers who arrived in Kalgoorlie today by the Great Western express from the Eastern States had an unusual object for ...
Article : 127 wordsKALGOORLIE, Aug. 19.—Discussing the distribution of pictures in Australia, Sir Victor Wilson, President of the Motion Picture Distributors' Association of ...
Article : 235 wordsROME, Aug. 18.—The Austrian Chancellor (Dr. Schuschnigg) will meet Signor Mussolini during the Italian Army manoeuvres next week, but the precise time ...
Article : 36 wordsTORONTO, Aug. 18.—A close friend of the Labatt family revealed today that the kidnapped brewer (who was released yesterday, without any ransom being paid) ...
Article : 78 wordsLONDON, Aug. 18.—The Ministry of Transport has issued proposals to prohibit the use of motor horns at night in London. The regulation will apply experimentally to ...
Article : 101 wordsADELAIDE, Aug. 19.—Charles Prince, owner-trainer of the racehorse known as Redlock, who was charged in the Adelaide Police Court on Friday with false ...
Article : 64 wordsBRISBANE, Aug. 19.—When struck by a falling tree on his farm at Morinish, in the Rockhampton district, Edward Thompson (55), a farmer, displayed wonderful ...
Article : 109 wordsSYDNEY, Aug. 19.—Knocked down by a tramcar in Church-street, Randwick, yesterday. William Wacher (13), of Alixon-road, Randwick, suffered burns to his side ...
Article : 112 wordsSYDNEY, Aug. 19.—At the Central Police Court yesterday morning, Norman Hardy (26), metal worker, was charged with having at Sydney on Friday stolen ...
Article : 91 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug. 19.—After having been on strike for a week and having lost wages amounting to £1,500, engineers employed at the works of the ...
Article : 86 wordsWELLINGTON, Aug. 19.—A record export of dairy produce for the year ended July 31 last is reported by the Dairy Board. Butter exported was 139,002 tons, compared ...
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