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  2. WHY FILM PRODUCER LEFT MELBOURNE

    SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. F. W. Thring, who has decided to transfer the entire organisation of Efftce film productions from Melbourne to Sydney, said, on his arrival ...

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  3. LOPPING OF TREES TOWN-PLANNERS PROTEST

    Members of the Town-planning Association, at a meeting yesterday, deplored the lopping of trees on the Hume Highway between Benalia and Violet Town to make ...

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  4. OLD RACECOURSE AS FACTORY SITE

    Protests were made at a meeting of the Labour Slum Abolition committee at the Trades Hall last night against the action of the Richmond City Council in having ...

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    Members of the mechanisation branch of the Royal Australian Field Artillery loading an 18-pounder field gun yesterday. This convoy, which is capable of transporting guns at 30 miles an hour, will leave Melbourne for Sydney on Monday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. TRAGEDY WILL NOT AFFECT PLANS R.A.A.F. 'Planes in Tasmania

    Pilot-Officer D. R. Chapman of the Royal Australian Air Force, flew from Laverton to Launceston yesterday in a Hawker Demon machine to replace the ...

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  7. ST. KILDA FORESHORE

    Two deputations, one from the St. Kilda shore committee nnd the other from the St Kilda Council arc to wait on the Minister for Lands (Mr. Lind) with ...

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  8. TITLE OF "ROYAL" FOR MILITIA UNITS

    SYDNEY, Friday.—Advice was received by the military authorities in Sydney today that King Edward had been pleased to grant the title of "Royal" to the militia ...

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  9. NEWS IN BRIEF

    Mrs. Whitbourne, of Dandenong road, Murrumbeena has handed to the committee of the Austin Hospital a cheque for £50, the proceeds of a garden party and ...

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  10. ARREST AT PISTOL POINT

    ORBOST, Friday.—With his pistol drawn, First-constable Campbell, of Cann River, stopped three men as they were travelling in a blue Hudson touring car ...

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  11. Minister's Sympathy

    CANBERRA, Friday.—The Minister for Defence (Mr. Parkhill) expressed regret to-day at the aircraft accident in Tasmania, which resulted in the death of ...

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  12. ACADEMY OF ART

    The proposal to establish a Royal Academy of Art in Australia was approved by the Federal Cabinet at its meeting in Canberra on Thursday. The ...

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  13. MUSICAL SEASON OPENS

    To the city organist (Mr. William McKie) fell the honourable task yesterday of opening the musical season of 1936. Of special appropriateness at this ...

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  14. SEARCH BY CAR FOR MISSING TEACHER

    ALICE SPRINGS, Friday.—To-morrow morning the Deputy Administrator (Mr. V. G. Callington) and Constable Graham, of the Northern Territory mourned police, ...

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  15. ALLOCATION OF £ 100,000 FEDERAL GRANT

    CANBERRA, Friday.—Following a discussion by the Federal Cabinet to-day, Federal Treasury officers will conduct further negotiations with the State ...

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  16. ROBBERY ON TRAIN

    BRISBANE, Friday.—The Deputy Director of Posts and Telegraphs has received a message from Cairns that when the train from Kidson arrived there last ...

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  17. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS

    Sir,—Tree lovers will be perturbed by the action of the State Electricity Commission in sacrificing another beautiful avenue of trees in the Benalla district so that ...

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  18. PATROL LAUNCH FOR PEARLING GROUND

    CANBERRA, Friday.—Advice has reached Canberra that the patrol launch which will be stationed in North Australian waters is now ready for shipment ...

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  19. NEW BRIGHTON COURT

    Plans for a new courthouse at Brighton have been completed, and tenders for the work will be called next week. The Brighton City Council has provided ...

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  20. Man Killed by Train

    Run over by a train at Richmond Toby Jansen, aged 28 years, of Warragul, was admitted to Prince Henry's Hospital, where he died last night. Both his legs ...

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  21. Theatre Projectionists' Wages

    Negotiations have been in progress between the Theatrical Employees' Union and the employers with the object of obtaining the basic wage for picture theatre ...

    Article : 109 words
  22. SOUTH AFRICAN SOLDIERS

    At the annual meeting of the South African Soldiers' Association the following officebearers were elected:—President, Senator Major-General C. H. Brand: vice-presidents, ...

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  23. PATHETIC SCENE IN SICK-ROOM

    BRISBANE, Friday.—Gradually prepared for the shock by a series of supposed reports from the hospital, Mrs. Vera Mann, mother of a baby, aged three days, ...

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  25. WIRELESS RANGE OF AIR FORCE

    Arrangements to modernise the wireless equipment of the Royal Australian Air Force are being made. It is intended to replace much of the present ...

    Article : 164 words
  26. FENCING WIRE

    Australian manufacturers have reduced their prices of black and galvanised fencing wire, baling wire, the wire, and hightensile wire. The reduction is about 12/6 ...

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  27. MEN AND MONEY WELCOME

    SYDNEY, Friday.—The first official pronouncement of the State Government's policy on migration since the depression set in was made to-day by the ...

    Article : 220 words
  28. OBITUARY

    The funeral of the late Mr. Francis Samuel Williamson, an Australian poet, whose works appear in many Australian anthologies, left the chapel of A. A. Sleight ...

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  29. Ideal Homes Exhibition

    Many new features in furniture and soft furnishings will be displayed for the first time at the Ideal Home Exhibition which will open in the Exhibition Building on ...

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  30. STREET BETTING AT FOOTSCRAY

    Frank Alhert Clark, aged 10 years, labourer, of Fitzroy street, Foo[?]s[?]ray, was charged at the Footscray Court with having been in Blakstone street on January 4 for the purpose of betting. ...

    Article : 48 words
  31. British Gold Reserve

    The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Chamberlain) informed the House of Commons, in reply to a question, that the value at the market price of gold to-day ...

    Article : 59 words
  32. FIRE AT VICTORIA DOCK

    Smoke issuing from between the planking of the cargo shed at No. 6 Victoria Dock yesterday morning caused consternation among stevedores working on the ...

    Article : 119 words
  33. Owners of Gambling Houses Executed in China

    Four proprietors of gambling houses were executed to-day after they had been paraded, bearing placards giving details of their crimes Gambling, trafficking ...

    Article : 44 words
  34. "Scooters" Condemned

    In an effort to empower municipal councils to prohibit the use of "scooters" and other juvenile forms of transport on suburban footpaths, the Municipal ...

    Article : 104 words
  35. Liverpool Wheat Futures

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  36. Horse Killed by Electricity

    AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Friday.—The threeyear-old racehorse Cloveacre touched a fallen power line at Thames and was killed. T. J. Scott, who was exercising the horse, ...

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  37. FEDERAL SERVICE

    The protracted hearing of the claim by the Professional Officers' Association for higher salaries was continued before the Federal public service arbitrator (Mr. J. C. ...

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  38. NEWS IN CLASSIFIED ADS.

    A large Sydney emporium has vacancies for various classes of machinists, modelmakers, and samplecutters. (See Professional and ...

    Article : 98 words
  39. Grocers' Holiday

    Grocers' shops in the metropolitan area will be closed on Wednesday—the annual trade holiday for employees. Shops in which tea is sold will also be closed. ...

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  40. AUSTRALIANS FAIL

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  41. TO-DAY'S ENTERTAINMENTS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 213 words
  42. Naval Appointments

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 214 words
  43. SALE OF MACHINERY

    Messrs. J. W. Styles and Son auctioneers, 340 Collins street, acting under instructions from the receiver for the debenture-holder and the mortgagee In the matter of th Crescent ...

    Article : 85 words
  44. Intelligence Tests

    Following is the answer to the test on page 23:— Words marked "T": Plaything, rotation. Words marked "A": Target, ...

    Article : 31 words
  45. Advertising

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  46. GOLD BUYER FINED

    An allegation that a metallurgist had stated that the Gold Buyers Act was "rotten" and that he did not comply with it was made by police in the District Court when ...

    Article : 144 words
  47. DENTAL SURGERY THEFT

    Charged in the Court of General Sessions before Judge Macindoe yesterday with having broken into the dental surgery of Albert Ernest Congdon, at Richmond, about December 14, ...

    Article : 174 words
  48. Advertising

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  49. OLD PIONEERS' FUND

    Moving pictures of the interior of Australia will be shown in the Masonic Hall. Collins street, on Wednesday evening, in aid of the Old Pioneers' Memorial Fund. ...

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  50. BAND RECITAL IN GARDENS

    The Victorian Railways Military Band will give a recital In aid of the Royal Melbourne Hospital in the Botanic Gardens on Sunday. ...

    Article : 27 words
  51. Advertising

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