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  2. FRENCH CONSUL-GENERAL.

    M. PAUL SUZOR. M. Suzor, Consul-General for France, with his wife and children, reached Sydney by the Aorangi on Saturday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. SEAMEN'S UNION.

    The seamen's strike appears to have developed into a faction fight, with the militants strenuously endeavouring to capture control of official positions. Their efforts to remove ...

    Article : 597 words
  4. MOTOR ACCIDENTS.

    Three persons were killed when a motor car left the road between Oaklands and Kempton on Saturday morning, and dropped about 30 feet down a steep bank. They were ...

    Article : 93 words
  5. DAVIS CUP.

    J. Crawford, interviewed yesterday, stated he had not decided whether he would be available for the 1936 Davis Cup team. His decision would depend on his form in the ...

    Article : 330 words
  6. AUSTRALIAN BOOKS.

    Australian book publication grows steadily. Progress is not spectacular, but in the volumes printed during the year there has been evidence of virility in the production of good ...

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  7. IN ICE PACK.

    So far no attempt has been made by aeroplane to find the American Antarctic explorer, Mr. Lincoln Ellsworth, and Mr. Hallock Kenyon, the pilot, who are missing in the ...

    Article : 327 words
  8. HANDED PASSPORT.

    Uruguay has severed diplomatic relations with Russia. The representatives of the Soviet in Montevideo, it is alleged, assisted in revolutionary activities, and the expulsion of the ...

    Article : 141 words
  9. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Christmas traffic at Dubbo was heavy. The Post-office handled a record number of parcels, 1500 being delivered in three days. Railway traffic also showed a marked increase. ...

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  10. LISMORE ACCIDENTS.

    William J. Maxwell, 44, chief officer of the North Coast Steam Navigation Company's cargo vessel, Wyrallah, fractured his right leg when he slipped and fell on the deck ...

    Article : 90 words
  11. NINE IN FAMILY INJURED.

    Owing to the brakes burning out, a lorry bolted down Bulli Pass on Saturday afternoon, attaining a speed estimated at 50 miles an hour when it reached a turn in the road, ...

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  12. ARM CAUGHT BY CIRCULAR SAW.

    Charles Conway, of Buckaroo, was trying to clean chips from under the bench of a circular saw when the sleeve of his woollen jumper was caught by the teeth of the saw. ...

    Article : 76 words
  13. TARRANT'S TEAM.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 402 words
  14. THIEF'S DASH INTO GARAGE.

    While an employee of Lean and Son was at the bowsers in the main street supplying petrol, with the street crowded with people, a thief made a dash into the office, and took ...

    Article : 49 words
  15. FIJIANS' ENDURANCE.

    A remarkable account of native endurance is told in a letter which has just been received in Suva from Pastor Walter G. Ferris, who is in charge of the Seventh Day ...

    Article : 411 words
  16. MONEY STOLEN FROM SAFE.

    The freezing works at Gravesend were broken into on Thursday night, and £87 in cash was stolen from a safe. Entrance was gained by forcing a window and a ...

    Article : 46 words
  17. NAVAL AIR ARMS.

    Unchallengeable German superiority over the air forces of other nations; the return of former German colonies; and the expunging from the Versailles Treaty of the ...

    Article : 511 words
  18. THEFT FROM STORE.

    Thieves entered the store of Mr. F. D. Burns, at Ourimbah, last night and stole groceries and clothing valued at £35. It is believed that the same thieves later made an ...

    Article : 53 words
  19. RACING TRACK.

    England in two years will have a road-racing circuit for international contests as fine as the famous Nurburg Ring in Germany, or any other arena in the world, if plans being ...

    Article : 311 words
  20. BREACH OF TRANSPORT REGULATIONS.

    W. J. Byrne, a carrier, living at Moree, was fined £25 at the Warialda Police Court for having taken a load by motor lorry for more than 50 miles, in competition with the ...

    Article : 112 words
  21. RECORD BANANA SUPPLIES.

    The Melbourne representative of the New South Wales Banana Growers' Federation (Mr. C. W. McRostic) reports that the total of 24,665 cases of bananas delivered in ...

    Article : 62 words
  22. FIRE DESTROYS COTTAGE.

    A cottage occupied by Dominic Piccinelli, was destroyed by fire, the cause of which is unknown. The premises were temporarily unoccupied. ...

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  23. MINORITIES.

    Mr. James MacDonald, High Commissioner for Jewish and other refugees from Germany, in a letter to the Secretary-General to the League of Nations (M. Avenol), resigning the ...

    Article : 384 words
  24. MAN THROWN FROM CART.

    R. Cross, a resident of Nana Glen, suffered severe internal injuries when he was thrown from a cart while travelling towards Nana Glen, on the East Bank-road, about four miles ...

    Article : 65 words
  25. COMMODORE RETIRES.

    CAPTAIN J. F. SPRING BROWN. Captain Spring Brown retired on Saturday from the positions of commodore of the Union Steamship Company's fleet and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  26. IMPROVEMENTS AT NARRABRI.

    The Mayor (Alderman E. P. Hogan) intends to bring in a mayoral minute, suggesting a town improvement rate, to enable the municipal council to borrow for essential ...

    Article : 38 words
  27. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment is announced to-day. Details are published on page 14, column 6. ...

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  28. KING OF THE BELGIANS.

    Another surprise visit to England of the King of the Belgians is causing comment Although it is officially stated that the visit is private, there is speculation, since this is ...

    Article : 133 words
  29. SLAUGHTERYARD FIRE.

    A fire at the slaughteryard of Mr. E. C Robards, a local butcher, destroyed the boiling-down pots and house, the hide house, containing about 15 hides, and a quantity of [?] ...

    Article : 54 words
  30. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 263 words
  31. MAN BITTEN BY SNAKE.

    While preparing to feed his horses, Mr. Norman Cassidy trod on a snake, which bit him on the leg, above the knee. He was treated promptly, and was soon out of danger. ...

    Article : 44 words
  32. CANOWINDRA HOSPITAL.

    The Hospitals Commission wrote the Canowindra Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Board informing the director that approval had been given to the purchase of a diathermy unit ...

    Article : 73 words
  33. NAVAL CONFERENCE.

    A French memorandum, which will be submitted early in the New Year will show a way out of the impasse at the Naval Conference, according to the naval correspondent of the ...

    Article : 291 words
  34. SILVER MARKET.

    The silver market showed a moderate recovery yesterday. It is understood that a pool has been formed to relieve the market of overhanging ...

    Article : 56 words
  35. HEAVY HARVEST AT GRENFELL.

    Farmers generally have found that their crops have averaged much higher yields than were at first anticipated. The railway silos are full, and the Great ...

    Article : 114 words
  36. 'PLANE BOGGED

    Pilot H. Spence, who crashed into the sea at Caloundra about three weeks ago, and who was rescued by life-savers, was carrying the Brisbane Sunday papers to the north ...

    Article : 165 words
  37. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  38. BRITISH MOTOR EXPORTS.

    Exports of motor cars and chassis in 1935 are expected to show an increase over the previous year of more than £1,000,000 in value, and to exceed a total output of ...

    Article : 42 words
  39. FALL FROM TRAIN.

    Percival Murgison, 22, of Crookwell, was terribly injured when he fell from a train near Wagga on Saturday morning. The police have been told that three m[?] ...

    Article : 180 words
  40. CINEMA INDUSTRY.

    A scheme for building at Elstree large new British film studios for independent producers has been announced by Amalgamated Studios, Ltd. It is claimed that £500,000 will be spent ...

    Article : 170 words
  41. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.

    The Department of Scientific ind Industrial Research records in its annual report considerable progress in the perfection on a commercial scale of a process for producing ...

    Article : 111 words
  42. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Proof of Britain's record Christmas is furnished by postal statistics, which show that 286,000,000 letters and 10,000,000 parcels were handled. ...

    Article : 364 words
  43. HELPFUL DOG.

    A blue Kelpie cattle dog, Pal, owned by Mr. W. A. Murray, of Carnation-avenue, Bankstown, possesses remarkable sagacity. The sight of Pal returning from the local ...

    Article : 346 words
  44. TO-DAY.

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  45. KIDNAPPING HOAX.

    Caleb Milne, a son of one of America's wealthiest families, confessed to-day that his supr[?]sed abduction last week was only a hoax perpetrated by himself in order to ...

    Article : 130 words
  46. BURNED TO DEATH.

    Three followers of Father Divine, the leader of a negro religious cult, were burned to death in a fire in a two-story house which they occupied in Newark, New Jersey, refusing to ...

    Article : 110 words
  47. BOMBING DISPLAY

    Flight-Lieutenant N. Mulroney gave a display of aerial bombing at the Pittwater [?] gatta on Saturday. The object of his att[?] was a canvas float made to represent a ...

    Article : 182 words
  48. CASUALTIES.

    John Cusack, 17½, a shooting gallery attendant, residing at a private hotel in Elizabeth-street, city, was standing at the counter of the gallery on Saturday, when a man came ...

    Article : 208 words
  49. PLASTIC SURGERY.

    Sir Harold Gillies, the noted plastic surgeon, on becoming honorary surgeon to the North Staffordshire Infirmary, interested himself in the case of Robert Price, aged 7, who had ...

    Article : 90 words
  50. FILM ACTRESS'S DEATH.

    Another, sensational touch was given to the inquiry into the death of Miss Thelma Todd, film actress, when a report was circulated that an unnamed man mentioned in the ...

    Article : 110 words
  51. DEATH BY POISON.

    Jack Lynch, about 70, a coal-trimmer, [?] Howden-street, Carrington, died in Newcast[?] Hospital early yesterday afternoon from [?] effects of poison. He had been taker to [?] ...

    Article : 39 words
  52. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of suburban Picture Theatres will be found in the Amusement Advertisement Columns. ...

    Article : 5 words
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