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  2. Seats for Test Matches

    Seats for the Test matches between Australia and England are being bought rapidly at the Oval. Three thousand pounds' worth of tickets have already been ...

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  3. Japanese Steamer Sinks

    The Japanese steamer Paris Maru (7,197 tons), which struck a rock outside Port Elizabeth, 430 miles east of Cape Town, yesterday sank this afternoon. She was ...

    Article : 81 words
  4. DAMAGE BY FLOODS Requests for State Aid

    Deputations from the Avoca and Tullaroop Shires waited on the Minister for Public Works (Mr. Jones) yesterday and asked for assistance from the State ...

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  5. TOLL OF THE ROAD ENFORCING REGULATIONS

    Pages of regulations prescribe the condition of mechanical efficiency in which all motor vehicles in the State must be maintained. Those who are alarmed at the ...

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  6. TEST PLAYERS' BONUS

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Candidates for selection in the Australian Test team have probably been expecting that the value of their bonus of£600 from the ...

    Article : 341 words
  7. THE NEW LEARNING

    Professor John Dewey, the famous educationist, has laid it down as a first principle that learning in school should be continuous with that out of school. The ...

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  8. NEW WATER-PIPE LINE

    A committee of the finance and water supply committees of the Metropolitan Board of Works yesterday considered the offer by the State Ministry of a loan of ...

    Article : 536 words
  9. THE CENTENARY Air Race Plans

    The progress made in the preparations for the international air race to be held in October was reported to the Centenary Council yesterday by the chairman of ...

    Article : 477 words
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  11. MAIL 'PLANE CRASH Theories Regarding Cause

    There has been much discussion about the cause of the disaster to the large French monoplane Emerande, which crashed in flames near Corbigny ...

    Article : 325 words
  12. LIMITED COUNTRY INTEREST

    The comparative lack of interest in the Centenary shown in the country was discussed at the meeting of the Centenary Council yesterday. Mr. Williamson, ...

    Article : 236 words
  13. CHARGES OF MURDER

    AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Wednesday.—At the continuation of the healing of the charges against William Alfred Bayly of having murdered Mrs. Christobel Lakey ...

    Article : 284 words
  14. ORBOST SEEKS LOAN

    ORBOST, Wednesday.—In a report on the damage caused by the recent storm the shire engineer (Mr. R. Davey) told the Orbost Shire Council that his estimate ...

    Article : 128 words
  15. For Australian Service

    The "Evening Standard" says that a new airliner has carried out her maiden flight at the Stag Lane aerodrome. It is expected that she will cruise at a speed ...

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  16. ACTION IS NECESSARY

    Sir,—It is obviously sound sense that a vehicle that cannot stop properly in an emergency should not be permitted to run at all, for on the streets of Melbourne, ...

    Article : 217 words
  17. GERMAN LODGES

    The Premier of Prussia (Herr Goering) has deprived the three great mother lodges of power over the daughter craft lodges, which may be dissolved on a single ...

    Article : 149 words
  18. High Speed 'Plane

    Mr. John Stack, an aeronautical engineer announces that he has designed a craft capable of a speed of 544 miles an hour. He uses the present type of ...

    Article : 51 words
  19. Relief for Orbost Sufferers

    Particulars of 12 more families at Orbost who need assistance as the result of the recent floods were received by the State Relief Committee yesterday. These ...

    Article : 97 words
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  21. GREATNESS OR RUIN

    Urging a sufficiency of defences and advocating a comprehensible foreign policy, Mr. Winston Churchill, in a broadcast address to-night, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 189 words
  22. NEWS IN CLASSIFIED ADS.

    Ballet and show girls are invited to present themselves at a city theatre to-day with their practice clothes. ...

    Article : 117 words
  23. EFFICIENCY OF BRAKES

    Sir,—As one interested in mechanical transport I can endorse the views of "Engineer" and Mr. David Ross with respect to the urgent need for a rigid ...

    Article : 160 words
  24. Bishops Arrested

    Archbishop Dionysius and five bishops of the Autonomous Orthodox Church have been arrested on charges of having "sold divorces." They are each liable ...

    Article : 91 words
  25. WIRELESS IN CARS

    Sir,—A new menace to safe motoring surely arises with the fitting of wireless in motor-cars. It would be difficult, I should imagine, for a driver properly ...

    Article : 159 words
  26. Ministry for Food

    The "Daily Herald" says that steadily behind the scenes plans are being made for the establishment of a Ministry for Food with almost unlimited powers. The ...

    Article : 86 words
  27. No More Smuggling

    Vessels in "Rum Row," which have lay lurking off the north-eastern coast since 1925 endeavouring to land liquor, are hurrying to-night toward British ...

    Article : 77 words
  28. Seen Taking Photographs

    Police took into custody to-day five Japanese, all of whom are engineers of the Japanese Government railways. They were seen taking photographs of bridges, ...

    Article : 84 words
  29. RICHMOND FOOTBALL CLUB

    Speaking to a large attendance of Richmond Football Club supporters in the Richmond Town Hall last night, at the 49th annual meeting, the president of the Richmond Cricket Club ...

    Article : 355 words
  30. ACCIDENTS AT INTERSECTIONS

    Sir,—The numerous collisions occurring at street crossings in the suburban area have revealed that too many motorists depend upon sounding the horn to assure ...

    Article : 182 words
  31. Lord Hawke

    Lord Hawke, president of the Yorkshire Cricket Club, successfully underwent an operation for an itnernal complaint yesterday. ...

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  32. Acting Chief Tshekedi

    The Secretary for the Dominions (Mr. Thomas) received a deputation to-day which discussed matters relating to the acting chief Tshekedi and certain ...

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  33. Canadian Exchanges

    The dollar closed at 62.28 gold cents, sterling at 5.08?dollars, and the franc at 6.295 cents. ...

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  34. HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE'S DISMISSAL

    BALLARAT, Wednesday.—Organised by the Ballarat Trades and Labour Council a public meeting was held in the city hall to-night to discuss the dismissal of a ...

    Article : 107 words
  35. Price of Gold Rises

    The price of gold was£6/11/8 to-day, compared with£6/11/9 yesterday. The price is equal to£8/2/4 an ounce in Australian currency, allowing for the ...

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  36. Attempt to Rise 15 Miles

    The United States Army Air Corps and the National Geographic Society are sponsoring jointly an attempt to establish a stratosphere ascent record next ...

    Article : 58 words
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