SYDNEY, Wednesday,—More than 50 foundries in the metropolitan area were closed to-day in accordance with a decision of the Metal Trades Employers' ...
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Article : 412 wordsIn a volume entitled "Edward VIII., His Life and Reign," which was begun in entirely different circumstances from those in which it was finished, Mr. Hector Bolitho, formerly of New Zealand, who wrote "Albert the ...
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Article : 150 wordsA message from Valencia says that, pressing home the advantages gained by the international columns, 55 loyalist aeroplanes raided rebel concentrations ...
Article : 381 wordsMrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam will leave to-morrow on her flight round the world. Her first stop will be Honolulu. About the same time the clipper of ...
Article : 245 wordsThe latest outburst against anomalies in the English divorce law comes from Mr. Justice Swift, speaking about a case at the Birmingham Assizes. He is the latest ...
Article : 385 wordsSix persons were killed and 200 were injured, many seriously, in fierce rioting between Fascists and members of the Popular Front in an industrial quarter of ...
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Article : 160 wordsA "sit-down" strike which began to-day in four of the largest hotels in Detroit was settled to-night by the Governor of Michigan (Mr. Murphy), who acted as ...
Article : 146 wordsMiss Edith Clark, a girl parachutist, was killed when her parachute failed to open in a dive of 1,800ft. from an aeroplane. Miss Clark was testing parachutes ...
Article : 185 wordsKERANG, Wednesday. — Richard E. Rowler, aged 47 years, of Macorna North, was killed instantly when a jinker in which he was driving home from Kerang ...
Article : 331 wordsA torn and begrimed canvas, found in an attic at Nonsuch Park Cheam, where it had been stowed away since the 17th century, was bought by Mr. Arthur do ...
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Article : 57 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—Police and shipping authorities are investigating a report by two women that a ship sank off Broken Bay just before dark to-night. ...
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Article : 387 wordsTwo persons were killed and 200 injured in a fierce riot between Fascists and members of the Popular Front in an industrial suburb near Paris. This picture was taken during a previous riot between these factions. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 85 wordsEight, representatives of veterans of the Great War spoke in the House of Representatives on the neutrality legislation. They were sceptical of its efficacy. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 18 Mar 1937, Page 11
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