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  2. RESCUED AFTER DRIFTING FOR 1½ HOURS

    After drifting in a disabled 40ft. launch for an hour and a half off Smoky Cape to-day, Messrs. H. and J. Elford, of ...

    Article : 106 words
  3. WOOL COSTS RISE, BUT PRICES FALL

    The chairman (Mr. K. M. Niall) at the annual meeting to-day of Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. expressed the ...

    Article : 221 words
  4. FLAGMAN IS KILLED

    A man was killed and another was hurled against a concrete wall near the entrance to the tunnel leading from the ...

    Article : 212 words
  5. WILL NOT COMPROMISE ON DEFENCE

    The indications given after Federal Cabinet discussed financial problems on Monday that. next year's budget would be pre-eminently a defence budget are being interpreted in Canberra as strengthening the possibility of an election ...

    Article : 250 words
  6. GROWERS ROUSED

    A meeting consisting principally of growers to-day unanimously opposed the new Federal sales tax on apples ...

    Article : 160 words
  7. PLANT TO PRODUCE RAYON IN AUSTRALIA ADVOCATED

    The opinion was expressed to-day by Mr. N. H. Boas, chief of the Division of Forest Products of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, that the time had arrived for Australia to establish its own ...

    Article : 111 words
  8. 'PHONE CONVERSATION ABOUT G.P.O. CONTRACT

    Further references to a telephone conversation between the Director-General of Works (Mr. Mehaffey) and an officer in the Works Department in Sydney were made when the G.P.O. Commission resumed its sittings to-day. ...

    Article : 438 words
  9. Robbery By Violence: Woman's Story

    The police are investigating a sensational story of robbery by violence told to them to-day by Mrs. Gladys ...

    Article : 192 words
  10. AFFECTED BY WAR

    "Bad as the offence is, I hesitate to send this man to gaol when I find his condition is aggravated by war service," said the Chief Justice (Sir Harold ...

    Article : 550 words
  11. German Plane Shot Down

    After firing a warning shot, Polish coastal artillery to-day shot down a German military aeroplane, allegedly flying over fortifications opposite ...

    Article : 84 words
  12. EDUCATION CHIEF IN VICTORIA

    After a lifetime of service to Victoria, the "grand old man" of state education, Mr. Frank Tate, C.M.G., I.S.O., M.A., died this afternoon at his ...

    Article : 120 words
  13. COOK-GENERAL'S DISCLOSURES

    In Sheffield, Yorkshire, an experienced cook-general works from 6.30 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day—with one half-day, not a Sunday, off each week ...

    Article : 230 words
  14. ARCHBISHOP OF ADELAIDE DIES, AGED 69

    The Most Reverend Andrew Killian, D.D. Archbishop of Adelaide, died in the Mercy Hospital, East Melbourne, to-night, after a short illness. He was ...

    Article : 170 words
  15. REWARDED WITH A KISS

    Celebrating his golden wedding this week the Duke of Portland, after being given the freedom of Worksop, declared. "It was an unforgettable day 50 ...

    Article : 225 words
  16. CONSUL'S ORDEAL IN SPAIN

    No two people could look forward more to a holiday than Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Milanes, who arrived in England this week. British Vice-Consul in ...

    Article : 258 words
  17. FRANCE PROTECTS HER GOLD

    France would keep her gold in Paris, if war should break out. Though arrangements have been, made for the moving of most Government ...

    Article : 216 words
  18. £40,000 EXHIBIT PROPOSED AT WELLINGTON

    Notwithstanding the check to Australian trade with New Zealand imposed by New Zealand's credit control policy, Australia ...

    Article : 87 words
  19. King Again Busy with Affairs of State

    His Majesty the King, who soon after his return home last Thursday had a conversation of over two hours with the Prime Minister (Mr. ...

    Article : 91 words
  20. Convicts Seize Woman Parole Officer

    Four convicts seized a woman parole officer while she was passing the prison hospital, and barricaded. themselves in the physician's office, and threatened to ...

    Article : 142 words
  21. SYMONDS' PAPERS

    Are the missing papers, including the autobiography of John Addington Symonds, the Victorian writer, in Australia? His daughter, Dame Katharine ...

    Article : 210 words
  22. SHARE CERTIFICATES STOLEN

    Detectives to-day visited stockbrokers and others in the city in search of certificates representing shares valued at £6000 which were stolen from the ...

    Article : 78 words
  23. TENNIS RANKING LISTS

    The decision of the Lawn Tennis Association in England to abandon the annual issue of ranking lists, in order to stop rivalry, has received a mixed ...

    Article : 285 words
  24. ARMY'S UNTIDIEST OFFICER

    The real Lawrence of Arabia was the subject of a lecture delivered this week in London by Sir Ronald Storrs, formerly Oriental Secretary at the British ...

    Article : 231 words
  25. CLAIMS £2000 DAMAGES

    Alleging that two detectives had wrongfully and maliciously caused him to be arrested and charged with the theft of a mail bag containing £3000, ...

    Article : 137 words
  26. WANTS COMFORT IN COFFIN, SAYS DEVON MAN

    New Zealand relatives of a Devon man, 65-years-old Harry Coleby, of Blagdon, are to be sent a strange photograph of their kinsman. It will ...

    Article : 211 words
  27. Will the Duke of Windsor Return to England?

    Buckingham Palace is unable to confirm a rumour that the Duke and Duchess of Windsor will shortly be settling down in England. ...

    Article : 64 words
  28. UNION PROPOSALS FOR BOYCOTT OF REGISTER REJECTED

    Proposals by various unions for a boycott of the National register were rejected to-day by the executive of the Australian Labour Party, which, however, decided to oppose the register by all constitutional means. ...

    Article : 709 words
  29. Armed Germans Arrive At Danzig

    A report from Warsaw says 1400 armed and civilian-clad German officers and men are reported to have arrived at Danzig by lorry from East Prussia. ...

    Article : 65 words
  30. Woman Mayor For Dublin

    Mrs. Clarke, widow of Tom Clarke, one of the leaders executed after the Easter rising of 1916, was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin by the casting vote ...

    Article : 41 words
  31. TWO SHIPS FOR PATROL WORK IN NORTH

    The patrol vessel Larrakia is probably returning to northern waters to resume patrol work at the end of July. At present the vessel is ...

    Article : 103 words
  32. DICKENS' LETTER SELLS FOR £72

    Charles Dickens' separation from his wife was recalled this week in a London sale-room, when a letter written by the novelist to his friend, Miss ...

    Article : 154 words
  33. TWO-HEADED SNAKE

    A snake with two heads and two tails would seem to be the figment of a drunkard's imagination, but many quite sober people have actually seen ...

    Article : 71 words
  34. Famous Statue For Australia

    Epstein's sculpture of Adam. which has created a lively controversy, has been sold at a figure in the neighbourhood of £7000 to an unnamed ...

    Article : 51 words
  35. DETERMINATION OF SEX

    The results of experiments conducted by two Chicago scientists suggest that the diet of parents may play an important part in the determination of ...

    Article : 270 words
  36. DOMINION WOMEN ARE THE MORE WOMANLY

    In the Dominions women are more womanly than in England. That is the opinion of Miss Edith Thompson, chairman of the executive ...

    Article : 226 words
  37. FOOLING NATURE

    Man, especially if he lives in a city, is sometimes slow to adapt his apparel to the climate. Despite a soaring temperature, he will continue to wear ...

    Article : 204 words
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  39. Making 180 Airframes For Warplanes

    Mr. H. W. Clapp, chairman of the Victorian Railways Commissioners, whose appointment as new general manager of aircraft construction to ...

    Article : 150 words
  40. Diplomat Recalled From Japan

    The Societ Charge d'Affairs at Tokio (M. Smetanin) has been recalled. ...

    Article : 18 words
  41. British Exchequer Returns

    The Exchequer returns show that the total of ordinary revenue amounts to £136,975,327 compared with £125,355,637 at the corresponding date ...

    Article : 53 words
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