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  2. BASEBALL CARNIVAL.

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 4.—At a late hour tonight rain was falling heavily in Melbourne and the prospects of fine weather for the final of the Australian baseball ...

    Article : 363 words
  3. MR. J. A. AGNEW DEAD

    KALGOORLIE, Aug. 4.—The mining world suffered a serious loss yesterday when Mr. John A. Agnew succumbed to a sharp attack of pneumonia in San ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 687 words
  4. DEFENCE PROGRAMME.

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 4.—"The essence of a good defence programme is that it should be laid down deliberately, that it should spread over a period of years, and ...

    Article : 465 words
  5. UNDER POLAR ICE.

    NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—"Naturally. Sir Hubert will be disappointed, but personally I am glad that he can now devote himself unreservedly to the Arctic ...

    Article : 220 words
  6. FACTORY STOPPAGE.

    The industrial dispute at the biscuit and cake factory of Mills and Ware, Ltd., at South Fremantle continued yesterday. The factory hands, consisting mostly of ...

    Article : 697 words
  7. NATIONAL REGISTER.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 4.—Up to noon on Wednesday about 60 per cent of the personal cards for the national register had been completed and returned. ...

    Article : 124 words
  8. WATERSIDE WORKERS LIFT BAN.

    HOBART, Aug. 4.—Mr. J. Lonergan, general president of the Waterside Workers' Federation, stated in Hobart today that the committee of management of ...

    Article : 53 words
  9. MILK DELIVERY.

    Approval of one delivery of milk daily, provided that hygienic containers were used and that there were ample facilities for properly conditioned milk to be ...

    Article : 719 words
  10. PLUNGE TO DEATH.

    CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—Mrs. Karl Langer and her two sons-Karl, aged six, and Jan, aged four—were killed when they fell today from the thirteenth storey of ...

    Article : 117 words
  11. NAVAL RATINGS' CONDITIONS

    SYDNEY, Aug. 4.—An application by Mr. N. J. Ward, M.H.R., for a pass to enable him to visit any naval ship in Sydney at any reasonable hour to inspect ...

    Article : 240 words
  12. MR. SAVAGE OPERATED ON.

    AUCKLAND, Aug. 4.—The condition of the Prime Minister (Mr. M. J. Savage), who underwent an operation this morning, was reported by doctors at 6 p.m. to ...

    Article : 141 words
  13. PLANES FROM U.S.A.

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 4.—Technical members of the Royal Australian Air Force who have been in the United States to obtain experience on the Lockheed ...

    Article : 198 words
  14. NEW STEEL WORKS AWARD.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 4.—Increases in pay and other concessions have been granted to the majority of employees at the Broken Hill Proprietary's Newcastle steel ...

    Article : 218 words
  15. MISSING TOURIST.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 4.—Leon Levy (30), a visitor from New Zealand, who had been lost in Jamieson Valley since Monday, found his way to a farmhouse about 10 ...

    Article : 296 words
  16. LABOUR UNITY CONFERENCE.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 4.—Discussions at a combined meeting of the the Lang executive and members of the committee elected at last Saturday's special ...

    Article : 147 words
  17. CALLOUS ASSAULT.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 4.—William Leslie Wilson (17), labourer, who pleaded guilty to a charge of having assaulted an old woman with intent to rob her, was ...

    Article : 154 words
  18. EMPLOYERS' STATEMENT.

    The following comments on the dispute at Fremantle between Mills and Ware, Ltd., and their factory employees, was made yesterday by the secretary of ...

    Article : 452 words
  19. DISSATISFIED CREW.

    LONDON, Aug. 3.—Forty-two seamen, members of the crew of the steamer Napier Star (10,116 tons), who were charged with having failed to obey ...

    Article : 183 words
  20. STATE BY-ELECTION.

    Sir,—In your issue of Thursday, August 3, you state: "Mr. Barker proposes to put forward as an Independent in his place Mr. L. W. Hamilton, who stood ...

    Article : 197 words
  21. STATE GOVERNMENT'S REGRET.

    The Premier (Mr. J. C. Willcock) sent a cablegram, as follows, to the Agent-General (Mr. M. F. Troy) yesterday:— "Please convey to the relatives and ...

    Article : 61 words
  22. "WINGS THE WORLD OVER."

    AUCKLAND, Aug. 4.—After 12 months' tour abroad studying civil aviation Miss Nancy Bird is returning to Australia on the Monterey. She plans to hold an ...

    Article : 136 words
  23. DEPARTMENTAL CHANGE.

    In the "Government Gazette" yesterday applications were called by the Public Service Commissioner (Mr. G. W. Simpson) for the position of assistant ...

    Article : 208 words
  24. NATIVE ON MURDER CHARGE.

    DARWIN, Aug. 4.—When late last year the tribal wife of Eparry, an Arnhem Land native, transferred her affections to his half-brother. Chowar Chark, she ...

    Article : 261 words
  25. GRAF ZEPPELIN OFF SCOTLAND

    LONDON, Aug. 4.—The Graf Zeppelin has been sighted off Aberdeen (Scotland) on a test flight. It is stated in Berlin that the flight had no military purpose. ...

    Article : 110 words
  26. SIR HAL COLEBATCH'S TRIBUTE.

    In referring yesterday to the death of Mr. John Agnew, Sir Hal Colebatch said:—"For many years Mr. John Agnew has occupied a position of singular ...

    Article : 331 words
  27. FREEING TRADE.

    LONDON, Aug. 4.—France and Belgium are simultaneously suspending quota restrictions on importations of several categories of manufactures. The French ...

    Article : 62 words
  28. SEVEN YEARS' SENTENCE.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 4.—In dismissing an appeal against a sentence in the Court of Criminal Appeal today, the Chief Justice (Sir Frederick Jordan) said that if ...

    Article : 184 words
  29. BRAN AND POLLARD.

    A proclamation in the "Government Gazette" yesterday reduced the price of bran and pollard from £5/10/ to £5 a ton net. ...

    Article : 264 words
  30. ARAB VIOLENCE.

    JERUSALEM, Aug. 3.—Two armed Arabs today held up a taxi in which three Arabs were passengers. The passengers were ordered to leave the car ...

    Article : 58 words
  31. GUARDIANSHIP OF BOY.

    Who should have the legal guardianship of an eight-year-old boy—his mother or his grandmother—was argued before Mr. A. Schroeder, S.M., in the Children's ...

    Article : 340 words
  32. ENGLISH MILITARY PLANES.

    AUCKLAND, Aug. 4.—Sir Keith Smith, who is returning to Australia aboard the Monterey, said today that English military aeroplanes were the best in the ...

    Article : 118 words
  33. A PARLIAMENTARY WEDDING.

    LONDON, Aug. 3.—The Earl of Athlone and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, the Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) and Mrs. Chamberlain, Mr. Lloyd ...

    Article : 151 words
  34. LONDON POLICE REPORT.

    LONDON, Aug. 4.—The annual report of the Commissioner of Metropolitan Police (Sir Philip Game) reveals that only two hansoms and ten four-wheeler, ...

    Article : 79 words
  35. BODY ON BEACH.

    AUCKLAND, Aug. 4.—The man's body recently washed ashore at Wellington has been definitely identified as that of Roy Sellers, former secretary of the New ...

    Article : 78 words
  36. MODEL SCHOOL FOR CANBERRA.

    A recent message from Canberra states that education-de-luxe will be enjoyed by 700 children when the city's new £75,000 High School is opened in ...

    Article : 108 words
  37. ELECTRICAL ACCIDENTS.

    The attention of the Public Works Department has been drawn to a case where a fatal accident occurred in connection with electrical wiring, and immediately ...

    Article : 163 words
  38. DEATH OF MR. C. H. MOSS.

    MANJIMUP, Aug. 2.—Mr. Charles Harmer Moss, manager of Wilgarrup Karri and Jarrah Co.'s mill at Jardee, died at Warren Hospital yesterday ...

    Article : 163 words
  39. SHIP'S DISTRESS SIGNALS.

    NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—A ship and plane which reached the last position given in a message purporting to be from the British freighter Dunkwa (3,789 tons), ...

    Article : 110 words
  40. FUNERAL HOLIDAY CLAIM.

    HOBART, Aug. 4.—The Premier (Mr. E. Dwyer Gray) today expressed abhorrence at the claim for an extra day to their annual holiday leave by railway ...

    Article : 92 words
  41. HOBBS MEMORIAL FUND.

    The City Treasurer (Mr. H. W. Taylor). who is treasurer of the Hobbs State Memorial Fund, acknowledge the following donations:— ...

    Article : 119 words
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