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  2. HOTEL BLAZE VICTIMS

    BRISBANE, Monday.—Two more persons, making a total of 10, are now believed to have perished in the blaze that destroyed the Grand ...

    Article : 249 words
  3. BATHERS SWEPT TO SEA

    SYDNEY, Monday.—Life-savers were kept busy on Sydney's beaches to-day, when, at various times, dangerous currents swept bathers ...

    Article : 134 words
  4. Letters to the Editor THE REAL "AUSSIE"

    Sir,—My suggestion for Australia's symbolic figure is a stockman. A sun-tanned and bright-eyed young man astride a sleek bay horse, gazing into the far ...

    Article : 97 words
  5. DAILY DIGEST OF WORLD NEWS AND VIEWS

    Those with ears to the ground in Italy (and Signor Mussolini is one of them) know that the Italian people have always disliked the German alliance. There are ...

    Article : 641 words
  6. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,341 words
  7. CITY BUILDING CRASH

    SYDNEY, Monday.—Several tons of wall tiles stacked on the top floor of a three-story building in Sussex street, city, caused the floor ...

    Article : 177 words
  8. SERMON TO NATIONS

    Expressing the nation's hope of better things to come, President Roosevelt, in his Christmas eve broadcast last night, offered the ...

    Article : 287 words
  9. MAN KILLED AT GUNDAGAI

    WAGGA, Monday.—One man was killed and several people were injured in accidents which kept the Wagga district ambulance busy ...

    Article : 265 words
  10. TOO MANY BOARDS

    Sir,—I, like thousands of other farmers' wives, am indignant about the excessive salaries managers of boards are getting out of the farmers' hard ...

    Article : 163 words
  11. NINE RESCUED

    BRISBANE, Monday.—Five girls and four youths were rescued by Sandgate police this afternoon after they had clung for more than an hour to an upturned ...

    Article : 102 words
  12. TRACTOR STARTS BUSH FIRE

    WAGGA (N.S.W.), Monday.—A backfire in a tractor, which was being used to plough a fire break, started a fire. which swept through acres of grassland ...

    Article : 101 words
  13. GERMAN MENTALITY

    Sir,—The comments of Aquarius on my reference to the sad end of a distinguished captain acting under orders really raises a larger question. Very many ...

    Article : 206 words
  14. BOWLER DIES ON GREEN

    BENDIGO, Monday.—Walter Henry Clayton, 67, of Moore street, Bendigo, a member of the Bendigo Bowling club, collapsed and died on the green this ...

    Article : 63 words
  15. WOMEN'S CREW THROWN INTO WATER

    HOBART, Monday.—The five members of a Buckingham Women's Rowing Club crew were thrown into the water when their boat crashed into a pile of the ...

    Article : 56 words
  16. KILLED ON HONEYMOON

    GEELONG, Monday. — The woman who suffered fatal injuries when a motor-car overturned on the Melbourne road on Sunday morning has been identified ...

    Article : 78 words
  17. SOVIET OIL SENT TO GERMANY

    Trainloads of oil and grain, which had been secretly despatched from Russia to Germany for the first rail link-up, are expected to be revealed to-day. ...

    Article : 58 words
  18. NEW AGREEMENT SOUGHT

    GEELONG, Monday. — It Is expected that early in the new year the hospital committee will seek a review of the agreement between the municipalities and the ...

    Article : 127 words
  19. BROADCASTING HIGHLIGHTS

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  20. OLD RESIDENT DIES

    BENDIGO.—The death has occurred of Mr. Samuel Hewitt at the age of 87 years. He had lived in Bendigo for 76 years, and for 54 years had been a master ...

    Article : 73 words
  21. FIVE HURT IN SMASH

    BENALLA, Monday. — When a truck and a motor-car collided at the turn-off to Dookie, on the Benalla road, the car was Wrecked. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd and ...

    Article : 54 words
  22. 48 DROWNED WHEN SHIP CAPSIZES

    The Spanish trawler Pepita Perez capsized in a gale at Vilanova, and 48 members of the crew were drowned. ...

    Article : 28 words
  23. END DICTATORSHIPS

    Sir,—Before anything can be done in this world with any real gusto and perseverance, there must always be some tangible incentive, some urge to keep us ...

    Article : 158 words
  24. MAN GORED BY BULL

    Leslie Robert Johnson, of East Warburton, a bullock driver, was gored by a bull on his farm to-day. He sustained severe injuries to his thigh. ...

    Article : 30 words
  25. MINERS MAKE UP WAGES OF COMRADES

    WONTHAGGI, Monday.—Seventy surface workers of the State coal mine are to be paid approximately £120 by their co-workers at Wonthaggi to make up ...

    Article : 107 words
  26. BALLARAT NEWS

    BALLARAT.—Mr. Joseph Keith died on Monday morning at the age of 89 years. He is believed to have been the oldest precentor of the Presbyterian Church. ...

    Article : 69 words
  27. ONE KILLED WHEN CAR OVERTURNS

    LAUNCESTON, Monday.—Robert Irwin, 58, of Keane street, Launceston, was killed instantly and five others, including his wife, were injured ...

    Article : 64 words
  28. APPEAL RAISES £3,500

    The committee of the Austin Hospital last night thanked the subscribers to the 3KZ Christmas broadcast appeal for the hospital for their generous response. The ...

    Article : 37 words
  29. PRONUNCIATIONS!

    Sir,—As a professional teacher of English, I listen with keen interest to all pronunciations coming from speakers in public places—not in any carping spirit, ...

    Article : 188 words
  30. SHEEP WORTH £400 STOLEN

    Ballarat detectives are investigating the theft of 368 sheep, worth £400, from Mr. William Rowe's station, Naringal, near Linton. ...

    Article : 82 words
  31. PINNED BY WATER HAVERSACK

    BENALLA, Monday.—Pinned down by the weight of a water haversack when he tripped and fell headlong into his burning crop, Mr. H. E. Jacka suffered ...

    Article : 78 words
  32. WHEAT IN FLOUR BAGS

    The decision of the Australian Wheat Board to maintain a heavy dockage on flour sacks when they are used for wheat was explained by the State ...

    Article : 103 words
  33. SAVED FROM SEA

    GEELONG, Monday. — Caught in a strong undertow at Anglesea this morning, Harold Urch, 20, of Ballarat, narrowly escaped drowning. ...

    Article : 52 words
  34. REAL DUX IGNORED

    Sir,—At the break-up of a higher elementary school prizes were distributed to the duces of the forms. When the "list of honour" was given out the real dux ...

    Article : 128 words
  35. IT WAS A MERRY CHRISTMAS

    I have just been suggested a very good idea, the which I have passed on to the Proper Quarters, and I am now about to announce a staggering announcement. ...

    Article : 766 words
  36. STATE GOLD YIELD

    Production of gold in Victoria last month amounted to 15,319 ounces fine, an increase of 1,198 ounces fine on the production of November, 1938. ...

    Article : 44 words
  37. Best Film Letter "THE CITADEL'"

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 316 words
  38. MINE REPORTS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 145 words
  39. MARKETS CLOSED

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 21 words
  40. SAVE MONEY

    and enjoy smoking more with a FILAMENT PIPE PLUG—from your tobacconist.—[Advt.] ...

    Article : 16 words
  41. DONALD DUCK

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    Article : 6 words
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