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  2. MISSING IN WILD COUNTRY

    SYDNEY, Thursday.— Anxiety is felt for the safety of two employees of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board, who have been missing in the wilds of ...

    Article : 294 words
  3. LABOUR POLICY DIFFICULTIES

    CANBERRA, Thursday.— Meeting in Canberra to-day the Labour Party Council of Advice discussed Labour's policy on the 40-hour week and on national ...

    Article : 215 words
  4. Friday—the 13th

    SURELY only the foolhardy will walk under ladders to-day, or spill salt without taking the trouble to toss a pinch over the ...

    Article : 200 words
  5. INVOLVED IN SPANISH INCIDENT

    THE BRITISH DESTROYER Foxhound, which was fired upon by a Spanish rebel armed merchantman off St. Jean de Luz (France). ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 29 words
  6. Shakespeare or Bacon?

    Who wrote Shakespeare's plays— Shakespeare or Bacon? The old controversy is still very much alive, so much so that the ...

    Article : 150 words
  7. MAN-POWER IS WEAKENED

    Both sides in the Spanish civil war are paralysed by lack of manpower, according to the special representative of the "Daily ...

    Article : 345 words
  8. AIR RAID TESTS OVER LONDON

    To test whether London is vulnerable to air attack, realistic air defence exercises are being conducted this week. The exercises were resumed at 6 o'clock ...

    Article : 131 words
  9. Conferring With Authorities

    TO CONFER WITH DEFENCE AUTHORITIES, Mr. H. E. Wimperis, who has come to Australia to advise the authorities on the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 46 words
  10. RELIEF TAX CUT

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday Mr. Hayes (Lab., Melbourne) criticised certain aspects of the Budget introduced by the Treasurer (Mr. Dunstan) on ...

    Article : 327 words
  11. "MARKED MAN" MURDERED

    A sordid tale of an underworld drugring vendetta ended to-day with the murder of Jean Paul Stefan[?], the leader of a Corsican gang of drug traffickers, who was ...

    Article : 217 words
  12. HOUSE RANSACKED DURING FUNERAL

    Six members of the family of Mr. J. Bateson, of Myamyn street, Malvern, suffered losses when thieves broke into the house while they and other relatives were ...

    Article : 142 words
  13. DEFENCE POLICY

    "The defence policy enunciated by the leader of the Federal Labour party (Mr. Curtin) is one which shuts its eyes to the world situation and betrays a tragic ...

    Article : 289 words
  14. MENTAL WARD CONDEMNED

    BALLARAT, Thursday.—"I have just come from the receiving ward of the male section at the Wendouree Hospital for Mental Hygiene, [?]ad I cannot say ...

    Article : 127 words
  15. SIX DEAD IN TRAGEDY

    Six persons are dead as the result, of a shooting tragedy in Glasgow. Upindarl Biswas, an Egyptian dental student, visited the flat of his ...

    Article : 113 words
  16. KING MAY BUILD YACHT

    A message from London states that the King is considering building a new L class racing yacht. The waterline length will be 65ft., and the tonnage about 100. ...

    Article : 149 words
  17. RULED AGAINST HIMSELF

    Statements made by Mr. P. D. Phillips when he was chairman of the Transport Regulation Board were quoted against him yesterday when he appeared before ...

    Article : 369 words
  18. VALLEY SWEPT BY GLACIER LAKE

    Breaking its banks, a great glacier lake swept down the S[?]mo Valley, Hardanger F[?]ord, on the west coast of Norway. The lake razed farms and Killed stock. ...

    Article : 111 words
  19. WARLIKE SPIRIT NEEDED

    "The attention of the world is concentrated on your island, and much has been written about it that has not always been sensible," said Signor Mussolini in an ...

    Article : 63 words
  20. "Accepted Under Protest"

    Dissatisfaction with the provisions in the Budget regarding unemployment relief was expressed yesterday by the secretary of the central unemployed committee (Mr. ...

    Article : 184 words
  21. B CLASS RADIO STATIONS

    CANBERRA, Thursday.— Commenting to-day on the Labour party's policy for the control of broadcasting, the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Curtin) said that the ...

    Article : 174 words
  22. IDENTIFIED WIFE AS DEAD

    After having identified the body of a woman, which was found in Pevensey Bay (Sussex), as that of his wife, the Rev. V. O'Meara, of the Island of Jersey, found ...

    Article : 101 words
  23. "SMUGGLED FROM ENGLAND"

    An allegation that the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Company had engineered the smuggling of Freddie Bartholomew, the child film actor, from England in 1934, ...

    Article : 128 words
  24. Mrs. Bonney at Pretoria

    Mrs. H. H. Bonney, who is making a solo flight from Brisbane to Cape Town, arrived at Pretoria at 1.45 p.m. to-day. She made landings at Fort Victoria and ...

    Article : 44 words
  25. Income Regulations

    Disappointment at the small increase in the Budget allowed under the permissible income regulations was expressed yesterday by the organising secretary of ...

    Article : 135 words
  26. INVOLVED ACCIDENT

    ARARAT, Thursday. — Three motor-cars and a motor-truck were involved in an accident in Barkly street on Wednesday. A motor-truck belonging to Mr. ...

    Article : 102 words
  27. Australian Riflemen in Canada

    Shooting in a blinding rainstorm at the Dominion of Canada annual rifle matches for the McDonald Brier trophy, Hilton James (Parramatta, N.S.W.) won second ...

    Article : 89 words
  28. MOTORIST FINED £15

    Edward Gleeson, aged 44 years, timber merhant, of Hawthorn road, Caulfield, was fined £15 at the St. Klida Court yesterday for having driven a motor-car while he was under the ...

    Article : 45 words
  29. Public Service "Omissions"

    "It is a very good Budget, except for two omissions," said the secretary of the Victorian branch of the Public Servants' Association (Mr. J. McKellar) yesterday. ...

    Article : 72 words
  30. CAROLS AT DAWN

    "So far as I know, the most beautiful songster in the world is the Australian magpie. It is the only bird that sings in chorus—and when I say 'sing' I mean ...

    Article : 204 words
  31. Child Killed by Backing Car

    Edna Eileen Vincent, aged 16 months, daughter of Mr. Leslie Vincent, of Sydney road, Somerton, was knocked down and killed instantly at her father's dairy farm ...

    Article : 60 words
  32. Both Teams Collapse

    Although it dismissed Sir Julian Cahn's team for 80 runs in its first innings in the match which it began yesterday, New Zealand was able to do little better, scoring only 26 runs ...

    Article : 223 words
  33. Australian Croquet Players

    In the first round for the croquet challenge cup Cyril Miller (Aust.) defeated C. E. Pepper, plus 14, minus 25, plus 19. Windsor (Aust.) lost to Mrs. B. C. Apps, minus 26, minus 9. ...

    Article : 43 words
  34. Payments to Widows Defended

    Mr. Cremean, M.L.A., the chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee that recommended the payment of allowances to the widowed mothers of children who ...

    Article : 196 words
  35. BRIEF Oversea NEWS

    The British Government's great slum clearance and rehousing campaign is still gathering momentum. During July local authorities declared clearance areas ...

    Article : 797 words
  36. TO-DAY'S ENTERTAINMENTS

    HIS MAJESTY'S.—"Over She Goes." 8 p.m. PRINCESS.—"This Year of Carnival." 8 p.m. TIVOLI.—"Pleasure on Parade," 2.30 p.m. and 8 p.m. ...

    Article : 167 words
  37. Index to News Columns

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 160 words
  38. Care in Expenditure

    Mr. R. V. S. Mcpherson, manager of the Melbourne branch of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Ltd., said yesterday that the reduction of ...

    Article : 107 words
  39. Advertising

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    Advertising : 694 words
  40. Prime Minister's Comment

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) said yesterday that he was gratified to learn that Victoria had been able to achieve a balanced Budget. Such results were ...

    Article : 49 words
  41. Satisfaction at University

    "We welcome the increased grant to the University, but will have to ask sooner or later that the grant bear some relation to the number of students," said the ...

    Article : 144 words
  42. Policemen Want to Marry, But Regulations Say "No"

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—In the New South Wales police force there are about 500 young single men, and many of them want to marry, but the regulations will ...

    Article : 202 words
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