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  2. ARCHBISHOPS' MESSAGE

    The bishops are reintroducing the Prayer Book to the Church Assembly in a slightly modified form. They will meet during the second week in January and discuss the ...

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  3. PONSFORD AGAIN

    The Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and Victoria commenced at the M.C.C. ground to-day. Woodfull Avon the toss and took Ponsford to the wicket to open. ...

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  4. HOPELESS

    The officer in command of the salvage, operations finally admitted that he had abandoned all hope of finding anyone alive in the sunken submarine. ...

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  5. SEARCH FOR OIL

    Arrangements for geological surveys in connection with the search for oil in Papua and New Guinea have advanced considerably as the result ...

    Article : 301 words
  6. FUNDS RUN OUT

    It was stated to-day by the Railway Commissioners that they had received advice from the chairman of the joint Commonwealth and State Council dealing ...

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  7. DROVER APPEALS

    In private chambers before Mr. Justice James this afternoon applications were made on behalf of George Nelson, of Kempsey, a drover, for three rules nisi for writs of ...

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  8. MAN HUNT

    The greatest man hunt in the history of the State of Washington is being carried on for the suspected murderer of Marion Parker since a youth resembling ...

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  9. PISTON BREAKS

    Leaving Akyab in bright weather, Capt. Lanceater's 'plane, the "Red Rose," flew perfectly until five miles from Rongoon, when the breaking of a piston caused ...

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  10. EFFECT IN THE DISTRICT

    A communication was received here this morning from the Railway Council that owing to the necessity for curtailing expenditure it had been decided to close down the whole ...

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  11. GREETINGS

    The Prime Minister, Mr. Bruce, has issued the following Christmas message:- "My colleagues join me in tendering to the people of Australia the greetings of the ...

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  12. SUGAR EMBARGO

    The Prime Minister announced to-night that the Government had decided to continue the embargo on imports of foreign sugar for a further three years from ...

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  13. QUESTION OF COSTS

    In chambers to-day Robert Francis Stuart-Robertson applied for the payment out of court of £255 which represented the amount of taxed costs in connection with ...

    Article : 269 words
  14. KING'S SPEECH

    The King's speech at the prorogation of Parliament dwells with, satisfaction, upon the enthusiastic reception accorded to the Prince of Wales and Prince, George in Canada, and ...

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  15. CANBERRA NAMES

    Canberra residents on the whole are not at all pleased with the recommendation of the National War Memorials" Committee renaming streets and divisional areas in the ...

    Article : 128 words
  16. HURT TOO MyCH

    At the police court to-day Lyall Walsh (25), a station hand, of Narrabri, was charged with having attempted to commit suicide. According to the police, accused, who ...

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  17. MYSTERY 'PLANES

    Two aeroplanes which have been seen during the last month off the north-west coast of Western Australia have caused speculation, concerning their mission. The ...

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  18. APOLOGY

    The president of the Teachers' Federation (Mr. J. Jacobs) who made remarks at the Teachers' Federation Conference to which the Minister for Education objected, said to-day ...

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  19. HOUSE OF COMMONS

    Tie Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin)stated in the House of Commons to-day that legislation was required to carry out the abolition of the Transport and Mines Departments, ...

    Article : 146 words
  20. NON-SOLDIER

    Representatives of the Returned Soldiers' League and the Limbless Soldiers' Association who mot in conference last night to discuss the appointment of Mr. A. C. ...

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  21. MEAT BOARD VACANCY FILLED

    The Government has at last filled the vacancy on the Meat Board caused by the dismissal of Mr. Kay. First Mr. J. A. Simpson, manager of the by-products branch ...

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  22. AUSTRALIAN-SCOTTISH TOUR

    With reference to the Australian-Scottish delegation to visit Great Britain next year the High Commissioner for Australia (Sir Granville Ryrie) has expressed the view that ...

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  23. POSSUM HUNTERS HUNTED

    Biding a bicycle. Constable Elliott chased three men in a car loaded with 'possum skins for three miles along a dark road at Werribee last night. Eventually he captured them ...

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  24. QUEENSLAND v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA

    Queensland and South Australia met in Sheffield Shield cricket to-day in fine weather. The teams were:- South Australia: V. Y. Richardson, W. ...

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  25. THE WAR ON TIN HARES

    Anglican bishops of New South Wales in a letter to the Premier (Mr Bavin) respecting betting and gambling evils mention mechanical hare racing as being ...

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  26. LONDON NEWSPAPER CHANGE

    William Gomer Berry and Edward Iliffe have bought the London "Daily Telegraph" and will take over control from January 9. The new proprietors announce that they are ...

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  27. TO DEPART FROM SAMOA

    The Prime Minister announced to-day that the Administrator of Western Samoa had been authorised under the Samoan Amendment Act (1927) to require Olaf ...

    Article : 73 words
  28. £100 FOR BROKEN NOSE

    Recently, Miss Ellen Caird, of Perth, was given a lift in a motor car and shortly afterwards the car was involved in a collision in which Miss Caird's nose was broken. ...

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  29. RETRENCHMENT

    The first blow of tEe Federal Capital Commission's retrenchment axe fell to-day when 400 constructional employees on opening their pay envelopes will discover the unseasonal ...

    Article : 156 words
  30. BLACKMAIL BLAMED FOR THEFT

    William Patrick Kelleher (29), a clerk in the Customs Department, was sentenced to three years reformative detention on a charge of stealing £950, the property of the ...

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  31. LEAGUE OF RATIONS BUILDING

    The subcommittee has adopted the new League of Nations building plans submitted by architects from Paris and Geneva. The committee stipulated that the final plans ...

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  32. BRITISH ACTION

    The Home Secretary's warning last night had a striking effect on the Greyhound Racing Club's shares, which slumped heavily in London and the provinces, to some ...

    Article : 129 words
  33. RECAPTURED AT LAST

    John Charles Stewart, (23) who escaped from custody at Yatala Labour Prison, Northfield (South Australia) where he was serving a life sentence for murder in October ...

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  34. WATERFRONT TROUBLE AGAIN

    There is a possibility of trouble on the waterfront on Wednesday. A stop-work meeting of seamen on interstate and overseas vessels is hold every Tuesday, and because ...

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  35. MOTHER AND CHILD INJURED

    Mrs. Ethel Bslzen, a married woman, of Anglo road, Greenwich, and her daughter, Veronica (5), were found in a room at their home yesterday bleeding from razor wounds ...

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  36. IMPERIAL GOLD MINT

    No new gold coins were minted in Great Britain in 1926, states the Mint Controllers' annual report, but branches in Australia and South Africa added a quarter of a ...

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  37. INTERFERENCE WITH TIN HARE

    An attempt, partly successful, was made at Mascot last night to put the "tin hare" out of action. Somebody out the main driving belt of the motor, and after going for ...

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  38. TWO INJURED IN CAR SMASH

    John Snow (48) was admitted to hospital last night suffering from severe head injuries and a severed jugular vein. He was one of a party of men Tiding in a motor car ...

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  39. 200 BANK NOTES

    Two hundred Bank of England 10s notes, the numbers of which correspond to a portion of those stolen from the mail steamer Maloja at Colombo a month ago, were ...

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  40. JACK GREGORY—"MISS AUSTRALIA"

    Miss Phyllis von Alwyn ("Miss Australia 1927") on Thursday announced her engagement to Jack Gregory, the famous international cricketer. ...

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  41. WRIT FOR £125,000

    A writ for £125,000 has been issued out of the Supreme Court against Nestles and the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Coy., (Australia), Ltd., by George Herbert Walker and ...

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  42. FLIGHT TO NEW ZEALAND

    Laeuts. Moncrioff, Knight and Hood of the New Zealand Territorial Air Force, intend to fly from Australia to the Dominion with in a few days. Their machine, which was ...

    Article : 81 words
  43. STUNT SWIMMER DROWNED

    William Ross, a native of Scotland, and a well-known local swimmer, entertained children in the baths yesterday with various stunts, such as staying under water for long ...

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  44. ALLEGED SHOPLIFTERS

    When a well-dressed and refined looking woman was detained by a shop assistant at Mark Foys, Ltd., just before closing hour, last night, she was found to have no fewer ...

    Article : 59 words
  45. PROTEST FROM DARWIN

    The town council has qenfca protest to to the Government against the extreme leniency of a sentence of two months' imprisonment passed upon an aborigine for indecent ...

    Article : 47 words
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