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  2. "PEACE LATTER"

    Mr. Arthur Ponsonby, the Labour M.P., has presented a. "peace let[?]" to the Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin) setting out: "We hereby solemnly ...

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  3. UNIQUE WINTER

    Blizzards extending from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Lakes, with freczing temperatures in California, Louisiana and Georgia and the threat ...

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  4. TREASON?

    Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Home Secretary, told Sir Frederick Hall in the House of Commons to-day that he had seen press reports to the effect ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. MOUNTAINS MURDER

    When the trial of the Higgs brothers was resumed to-day. Dorothy Higgs, wife of William Higgs, snid that her husband left the house at Rose Bay on the Tuesday morning, ...

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  6. JACK BARRATT

    The Lismore swimmer, Jack Barratt, carried everything before him at the 13th annual combined high schools' championship swimming carnial which was held ...

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  7. FEDERAL SESSION

    Conversations were, proceeding between the British and Egyptian Governments regarding the settlement of questions outstanding between them, including that, of the defence of ...

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  8. INCALCULABLE LOSS

    It has been estimated that the immediate loss to oversea and interstate shipowners as the result of the hold-up of shipping was at least ...

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  9. CLAIM FOR £20,000

    A claim for £ 20,000 for alleged libel was brought by the deputy general manager of the electricity department of the City Council, Silas Young Maling, against the ...

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  10. SHOT WIFE DEAD

    A remarkable case was heard at Seine Assizes to-day. An accountant named Marius Joly, who lost an eye at the war and who was charged with murdering his wife, said ...

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  11. MORE KNOWLEDGE

    Sir William McBeath, when interviewed by a representative of the Australian Press Association, on the eve of his departure, for home, said that the outstanding impression ...

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  12. ACCUMULATED WOOL

    The shipping hold-up prevented the Geelong wool sales from taking place last week, and 18,500 hales listed for Geelong were auctioneer at Melbourne to-day. ...

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  13. FIRE ON SHIP

    William Ronald Ray and Robert Foy, seamen, on remand, appeared at the Police Court to-day charged that on December 3 they set fire to a heap of newspapers and ...

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  14. TERRIBLE SMASH

    A man who has not yet boon identified was killed and a woman terribly injured when a motor cycle which they were riding collided with a car in Marine Parade, St. ...

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  15. FAILED AGAIN

    Capt. Kingsford Smith and Lieut. Pond took off from Mills, Field, at 7.56 a.m. today on their third attempt to break the world's flight endurance record. A radio ...

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  16. GIRL ROBBED

    Following the usual custom Grace Holman (19), a clerk employed by the Sumner Slipper Coy, at Fitzroy, went to the Union Bank to-day to draw money to pay the employees' ...

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  17. LABOUR AND DISARMAMENT

    The joint council of the Labour movement passed a resolution emphasising the importance of the Soviet proposals for,general and simultaneous disarmament, and calling on the ...

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  18. RADIO-TELEPHONY TO AUSTRALIA

    The success of the Holland to Java wireless telephony test, coupled with the Commonwealth Postmaster-General's statement at Canberra that they were nearing the time ...

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  19. DIFFICULT TIMES

    Speaking on the Appropriation Bill, which passed all stages in Parliament to-day, the Premier admitted that Queensland was passing through difficult times, but as long as ...

    Article : 142 words
  20. 100,000,000 DOLLARS

    Henry Ford in an interview to-day said that the production of his new motor car had cost 100,000,000 dollars. He stated that the time was approaching when each member of a ...

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  21. RAILWAYS

    Mr. Clapp, Chief Commissioner of Victorian Railways, gave ovidence before the Royal Commission on the Commonwealth Constitution to-day. He said lie believed ...

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  22. CITY COMMISSION

    It is probable that the Premier will announce on Monday the names of members of the commission which will govern the city of Sydney for the next two years. An ...

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  23. OVER A MILLION IN GIFTS

    In the House of Commons to-day Mr. Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated that gifts of cash and stock to the Exchequer since the outbreak of the war ...

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  24. TOO MUCH USE OF FIREARMS

    In the Supreme Court yesterday Harry Young was found guilty of having unlawfully attempted to kill Robert William Breckenridge at South Brisbane on ...

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  25. ANTI-BRITISH TRADE

    Mr. John M'Keown, a prominent business man, stated to-day that the anti-British campaign conducted by Mayor Thompson had lost Chicago, manufacturers orders totalling ...

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  26. UNITED STATES COTTON CROP

    The Agricultural Department forecasts a cotton crop of 12,789,000 bales of 500lbs. gross for 1927, as compared with 17,977,000 bales in 1926. ...

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  27. IN THE SENATE

    In the Senate to-day the Income Tax Assessment Bill debate on the second reading was resumed. Senator O'gden (Tasmania) said that the Commonwealth should be the sole ...

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  28. CANCER PROBLEM

    A conference of various bodies interested in cancer research and treatment is to be convened. When making this announcement the Mayor ...

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  29. JUDGE PAINED

    In the Criminal Court the jury brought in a verdict of "not guilty" against Leslie Alexander Molloy, who was charged with having unlawfully shot at Joseph Rice, a wharf ...

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  30. T AND G. MUTUAL LIFE SOCIETY

    At the fifty-first annual meeting of the T. and G. Mutual Life Society held yesterday, Friday, 9th December, 1927, the chairman, Mr. J. T. Thompson, said that record ...

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  31. SUICIDE ON WOMAN'S GRAVE

    With a revolver clutched in his hand, a man so far unidentified was discovered dead on a woman's grave in a disused cemetery at East Perth. It was clearly a case of ...

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  32. WIRELESS AGREEMENT

    As a director of Amalgamated Wireless (Aust.) Co., Ltd., Mr. W. M. Hushes, M.H.R., issued a statement to-day dealing with the new agreement entered into with the ...

    Article : 242 words
  33. WAR ON TIN HARES

    The Victorian Legislative Council passed the Bill to prevent betting at mechanical hare meetings without amendment. The Country Investments Proprietary Ltd. ...

    Article : 96 words
  34. IRON AND STEEL

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin) stated, in the House of Commons to-day, that he had no further statement to offer on the subject of safeguarding the iron and steel trade. ...

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  35. RESPECT FOR ELDERS.

    Dr. O'Connor, Roman Catholic Bishop of Armidale, yesterday made an appeal to young men for more chivalrous treatment of the aged and more respectful conduct ...

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  36. LEFT DINNER TO COMMIT SUICIDE

    Alexander Cowie (58), an engineer residing at Balmain, jumped suddenly from the table while having dinner with his brother and ran into the backyard. His brother ...

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  37. IS COOLIDGE INSINCERE?

    The Japanese press are generally featuring disappointment in President Coolidge's advocating peace movements whilst agreeing to a naval expansion programme. ...

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  38. THE MEN OF ULSTER

    Sir Dudley de Chair speaking at the annual el inner of the Ulster Association said that he could not claim the honour of being an Ulsterman but he had always ...

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  39. ATTACKED BY MONSTER SHARK

    Two fishermen, Fred. Sunberg and a Maori named Hoora, were attacked by a monster shark while in a 13 feet boat in the Bay of Plenty. Hoora was so frightened that he ...

    Article : 78 words
  40. LINDBERGH'S NEXT FLIGHT

    Colonel Lindbergh has accepted the invitation of President Calles, of Mexico, to fly from Washington to Mexico City. By special arrangement Renter's world ...

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  41. TURNED COMPRESSED AIR HOSE ON

    George Watts, employed in the Woodville works of Holden's, motor body builders, was passing another boy in the factory when he jabbed his elbow in his ribs. The other ...

    Article : 78 words
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