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  2. 12 INCHES OF RAIN FALLS AT ORBOST

    Following heavy rain which began in East Gippsland early on Christmas morning, flooding has again occurred at many places along the Prince's Highway. Reports indicate that the highway is impassable beyond Lakes ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. QUIET IN WAR ZONE CHRISTMAS IN ITALY

    Sanctions, war privations, and anxieties were forgotten by the Italians to-day as they celebrated the nativity of Christ in the Italian tradition. Some families passed ...

    Article : 259 words
  4. AUSTRALIA COLLAPSES; ALL OUT FOR 250

    Strong South African bowling dramatically changed the fortunes of the second Test match at the Wanderers' Ground by dismissing Australia for an additional 82 runs. Australia had resumed its innings ...

    Article : 1,392 words
  5. CHINESE MINISTER SHOT TRAGEDY IN SHANGHAI

    Gunmen in a motor-car fired a volley of shots and assassinated Tang You-Jen, the Vice-Minister for Communications, as he was entering his home ...

    Article : 161 words
  6. THREE DROWNED IN COLLIERY DAM MOTHER AND CHILDREN

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—A mother and her two children were drowned in a cilliery dam at Helensburgh to-day, in circumstances that were both dramatic and ...

    Article : 480 words
  7. CARROLL WINS

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Giving the greatest display of his career, Jack Carroll, Australian welter-weight boxing champion, decisively outpointed the Dutch ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 482 words
  8. Martial Law Declared

    Martial law has been declared in Shanghai, Nanking, and Hankow owing to student disturbances. A bomb exploded near the Japanese ...

    Article : 103 words
  9. Effect of Sanctions

    According to the representative of the British United Press at Massawa, the sanctions have not affected the great quantities of material daily being unloaded ...

    Article : 95 words
  10. Japan Takes Serious View

    The Shanghai correspondent of the "New York Times" says that Tang Yu-jen was assassinated at dusk on Christmas Day by two unidentified male Chinese. ...

    Article : 126 words
  11. U.S.A. Reports Denied

    A message from the Paris correspondent of the New York "Times" contains a denial by the French Ministry for Marine that the British fleet would be ...

    Article : 126 words
  12. BORDER CONFLICTS

    Further frontier fighting is reported between Manchoukuo troops and Outer Mongolian forces. The situation is described as acute. ...

    Article : 61 words
  13. SURFER DROWNED ON SYDNEY BEACH

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Despite an heroic attempt to save his life, Douglas Chalker, aged 19 years, of Northcote street, Marrickville, was drowned in the ...

    Article : 422 words
  14. RAILWAY DISASTER

    A revised list of the casualties resulting from the railway disaster at Grossheringen, when the Berlin-Frankfurt express crashed in to the rear of a local train, ...

    Article : 262 words
  15. MYSTERIOUS THEFT FROM SHOP £600 Worth of Rings

    Taking advantage of the shopping rush on Monday afternoon, an audacious thief escaped with a tray of 100 diamond rings from Dumbrell's, jewellers, of Bourke ...

    Article : 277 words
  16. VOYAGE TO ANTARCTIC

    On her way to carry out the instructions left by Mr. Lincoln Ellsworth before he left the ship on his flight across the Antarctic continent, the Wyatt Earp ...

    Article : 146 words
  17. EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA

    Fragmentary reports received from the Southern Szechuan Province to-day indicated that an earthquake which occurred on December 18 destroyed ...

    Article : 107 words
  18. CYCLONIC WIND AND THUNDER-STORMS DAMAGE IN QUEENSLAND

    BRISBANE, Thursday.—A cyclonic wind accompanied by heavy rain and thunder-storms passed over a large area of Southern Queensland early this ...

    Article : 148 words
  19. SHIP OVERDUE

    A report received from Launceston (T.) late last night announced that the Bass Strait steamer Wareatea was several hours overdue in Launceston. Owing to the bad ...

    Article : 278 words
  20. Christmas Gifts Stolen

    A fountain-pen, playing-cards, and 200 cigarettes, which were intended as Christmas gifts, were among the articles reported to have been stolen by the police ...

    Article : 243 words
  21. Slashed With Razors

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Darlinghurst police are investigating two cases of alleged attacks with razors. James O'Grady, aged 38 years, a clerk, was ...

    Article : 90 words
  22. TEACHING OF ECONOMICS

    An unusual Christmas gift was made to the Harvard University to-day, when Mr. Thomas Lamont, a partner in the firm of J. Plerpont ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 107 words
  23. CHARGE OF MURDER

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Leslie Arthur Paterson, aged 34 years, a barrow-man, of Eden street, Willoughby, was taken to the Royal North Shore Hospital on ...

    Article : 100 words
  24. FILM ACTOR ARRESTED

    Ted Healy, the cinema actor, was arrested to-day on suspicion of attempted arson following a Christmas Eve celebration which ended with charges by Miss ...

    Article : 77 words
  25. Russian Communists

    The Russian Communist party has decided to accept fresh members after January 1, but admittance will be subject to a rigorous police examination. ...

    Article : 76 words
  26. DAMAGE BY WIND

    KYNETON, Thursday.—Boisterous weather prevailed in Kyneton over the holidays and interfered considerably with sporting and other fixtures. Fifty points ...

    Article : 108 words
  27. Masked Robber Takes Cash Register

    BROKEN HILL (N.S.W.), Thursday.— Displaying great daring a masked robber took a cash register from the counter of a Broken Hill shop. The thief, who ...

    Article : 52 words
  28. Life-saving Contests in Choppy Sea

    FRANKSTON, Thursday.—More than 1,500 persons watened a life-saving demonstratio held on the beach this afternoon by the Frankston Life-saving Club. Teams were entered by Frankston. ...

    Article : 167 words
  29. No Records Used in Empire Broadcast

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—The following cable message was received by the Australian Broadcasting Commission to-day from Sir John Relth. chairman of the ...

    Article : 70 words
  30. Quintuplets Born

    From Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, is reported the birth at Matagalpa (Nicaragua) of quintuplets—three boys and two girls. The mother is Timotea ...

    Article : 36 words
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  32. £130 Stolen From Hotel

    ADELAIDE. Thursday.—Between £130 and £140 was stolen last night from the safe of the Selborne Hotel in Pirie street The manager placed the money in the safe ...

    Article : 56 words
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