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  2. SHIPPING.

    "Unless some defence is afforded, the British passenger mail service between Australia and San Francisco will be withdrawn in the next few months," ...

    Article : 739 words
  3. ALL BLACKS.

    The New Zealand All Blacks' first match, against Devon and Cornwall, at Devonport yesterday, was marred by two mishaps. Hadley, the New Zealand "hooker," and Bone, ...

    Article : 554 words
  4. THE NEW ZEALAND HORSE, SPORTING BLOOD.

    Sporting Blood, ridden by D. Munro, brilliantly won the Spring Handicap at Tattersall's meeting at Randwick on Saturday. He is shown returning to scale after the race. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 36 words
  5. QUARRY

    An unusual situation has developed in connection with a quarry worked by Ryde Council for a lengthy period. The quarry, which is situated near De Burgh's ...

    Article : 164 words
  6. MORE RAIN

    More light to moderate rain was received in the southern parts of the State during the week-end, and some heavy falls were registered in Riverina and on the south-west ...

    Article : 596 words
  7. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Although the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Spooner) informed a delegation from the Blayney Council of his inability to alterne decision to amalgamate the ...

    Article : 95 words
  8. PROPOSED AERODROME.

    A hitch has occurred in the Bathurst Council's effort to secure an aerodrome site. After the Civil Aviation authorities agreed to a ground at Kelso, providing certain ...

    Article : 76 words
  9. STRUCK BY FALLING POLE.

    Donald Hugues, who is a prominent local footballer, was helping to erect a telegraph pole when it suddenly slipped. As Hughes jumped aside it struck him a glancing blow ...

    Article : 56 words
  10. CYCLONIC STORM.

    Damage estimated at more than £1000 was caused by a cyclonic storm at Kyabram. The full force of the storm struck and partly wrecked the home of Mr. J. T. Cooper shortly ...

    Article : 176 words
  11. PETROL AND GOODS STOLEN.

    There has been extensive thieving recently in Coff's Harbour. From the aerodrome, 20 gallons of motor spirit being taken on one occasion, and 70 gallons on a second [?]casion. ...

    Article : 78 words
  12. PRIEST TRANSFERRED.

    The Very Rev. James Joseph Norris, parish priest at Cooma for the last 30 years, has received notice of his appointment as parish priest at St. Benedict's. George-street West, ...

    Article : 100 words
  13. HORSEMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED.

    Edward Cory, the municipal herdsman, suffered a broken pelvis and other internal injuries when the horse he was riding slipped on a culvert at Ross Hill, fell and rolled on ...

    Article : 50 words
  14. STEAMER MINDEROO

    While berthing at Port Hedland on Saturday morning, the steamer Minderoo, bound for Singapore, was caught by the wind and a strong tide, and was carried on to a ...

    Article : 177 words
  15. DROPPED DEAD AFTER MEETING.

    Mr. Peter Learmouth, aged about 72, a well-known Finley resident, dropped dead, following a Masonic ceremony at Jerilderie on Friday night. Mr. Learmouth, who was a ...

    Article : 59 words
  16. CONSTABLE STRUCK.

    Constable Anthony Finn, a plainclothes policeman attached to the Glebe station, was attacked during a brawl at a dance hall in Glebe on Saturday night. ...

    Article : 191 words
  17. JAPANESE COUP.

    Mr. Lloyd George's action in calling for a special report from the Foreign Office on the circumstances of the death of Mr. Gareth Jones, after being kidnapped by Chinese ...

    Article : 475 words
  18. JAPANESE PEARLERS

    A large number of Japanese pearling luggers are now operating off the northern Australian coast on the pearlshell beds to the north-west of Bathurst Island. ...

    Article : 335 words
  19. PROPOSED NATIONAL PARK.

    Representatives of the Lismore Municipal Council will ask the Minister for Mines and Forests (Mr. Vincent) to dedicate 3000 acres at the top of the Nightcap Range, between ...

    Article : 89 words
  20. TRADE REVIEW.

    The Stock Exchange has been through anxious times lately, and has met the situation with what one financial writer describes as "consistent stoical calmness;" and though ...

    Article : 910 words
  21. STRAYING STOCK.

    As a result of the policy of the Woy Woy Shire Council to impound straying stock, a deputation on behalf of dairymen of Booker Bay asked the council to allow their cattle to ...

    Article : 120 words
  22. HARVEST PROSPECTS IMPROVE IN S.A.

    Harvest prospects have been materially improved by good rains which fell generally over the agricultural areas to-day and to-night, with up to an inch at some centres. The ...

    Article : 99 words
  23. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment is announced for to-day. Details appear on page 18, column 5. ...

    Article : 19 words
  24. HUMAN SKULL

    Two boys, digging for sandworms in the bed of the Ross Creek, Townsville, unearthed a human skull, which, it is believed, was that of a person between 15 and 18 years of age. ...

    Article : 84 words
  25. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 263 words
  26. LISMORE WATER SUPPLY.

    Officers of the Public Works Department are making investigations in Lismore to determine the site of the new reservoir and pumping station to be constructed to improve ...

    Article : 72 words
  27. FISHERMEN'S ORDEAL.

    Exhausted, having been without food since Tuesday, and without drinking water since Wednesday, Eric Brittain, who, with another fisherman, Jack Jervis, had been marooned ...

    Article : 175 words
  28. WOMAN BITTEN BY DOG.

    When Mrs. A. E. Coxhead was working in Prinea's Cafe, in Church-street, Mudgee, a sheep dog sprang at her and caught her right arm. She could not free herself, and her ...

    Article : 74 words
  29. BREMEN RIOT.

    The State Department hopes that the Bremen incident has been finally closed. The Secretary for State (Mr. Hull) invited Dr. Lettner, counsellor at the German Embassy, ...

    Article : 108 words
  30. ROUND-TABLE CONFERENCE.

    Arrangements are being made by the Federal and New Zealand Governments for a round-table conference of British and United States shipping interests operating in the Pacific, the ...

    Article : 241 words
  31. THEFT FROM STORE.

    At the Quarter Sessions, before Judge Barton, Leslie George McKay, 42, and Leonard Samuel Smith, 29, were found guilty on a charge of having broken and entered the ...

    Article : 105 words
  32. CASUALTIES.

    Harold Beasley, 15, of Stratford-avenue, West Ryde, suffered a fractured skull when the bicycle he was riding came into collision with a car in Victoria-road, Ermington, ...

    Article : 543 words
  33. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 297 words
  34. CONVICT RELICS.

    A relict of the days when convicts were constructing the road over the Blue Mountains —a round ball of iron attached to an iron bar, such as were used to fasten the legs of ...

    Article : 119 words
  35. RELIEF WORK PROTEST.

    Protests have been made against the conditions of employment on the sewerage scheme. When the first call up was made, it was disclosed that the work would be paid for at ...

    Article : 142 words
  36. MEMEL ELECTION.

    Strong representations were made to the Lithuanian Government by France, Britain, and Italy, the three guarantor Powers of the Memel Statute, with regard to the conduct of ...

    Article : 70 words
  37. MOTHERHOOD.

    "Women have always preferred courageous men to cowards, because they know that their offspring must be protected," declared Herr Hitler, in an address to 20,000 women at the ...

    Article : 164 words
  38. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    It has been announced at Geneva that the British Government will make an independent contribution, apart from the British share in the contribution that the League may ...

    Article : 354 words
  39. BOURKE CENTENARY WEEK.

    At a representative meeting of citizens last evening, it was decided to hold the centenary "Back to Bourke Week" from June 28 to July 4, 1936. The proceeds are to be devoted to the ...

    Article : 84 words
  40. IRISH FREE STATE.

    The Minister for Industry and Commerce (Mr. Sean Lemass) at a meeting of the Flanna Fail yesterday, said that the Constitution of the Irish Free State would be further ...

    Article : 255 words
  41. CHILD PARALYSED.

    Suffering from a paralysis of the arms and legs, caused by poison from a dog tick, Sylvia Vick, 2, daughter of Mr. Keith Vick, was taken to hospital by ambulance. ...

    Article : 61 words
  42. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 331 words
  43. HUMAN BONES IN CAVE.

    Human bones were discovered in a cave in rough country at Bigga yesterday. A doctor expressed the opinion that they were 40 or 50 years old. It appears unlikely that the ...

    Article : 76 words
  44. GENERAL PRACTITIONER.

    "Passing through the United States, New Zealand, and Australia, I found a tendency for everyone to think that to be a proper doctor one must be a specialist," said Dr. H. Guy ...

    Article : 101 words
  45. SCHOOL OF ARTS' DIFFICICULTIES.

    The committee of the Tenterfield School [?] Arts, which recently appealed to the Minister for Education and the Prime Minister's Department for assistance, has been advised that ...

    Article : 121 words
  46. ACTRESS ROBBED.

    Two well-dressed bandits, who announced themselves as representatives of a motion picture corporation, gained admittance to the residence of Miss June Knight, musical ...

    Article : 103 words
  47. ADELAIDE SHOW.

    The Adelaide Royal Show was opened yesterday, in fine weather. The attendance for the afternoon and evening totalled 24,650, compared with 16,780 last year. ...

    Article : 29 words
  48. SCHOOL ADDITIONS OPENED.

    The Minister for Education (Mr. D[?] mond) officially opened extensive additions at the Manilla Rural School yesterday. The additions consist of a domestic science block, ...

    Article : 65 words
  49. GUESSING A BULLOCK'S WEIGHT.

    A bullock, which was the subject of a guessing competition at the West Wyalong show, was slaughtered yesterday. The weight was 882½lb. The competition resulted in ...

    Article : 70 words
  50. DUMFRIES BY-ELECTION.

    A by-election for the Dumfries seat in the House of Commons, rendered vacant by the death of Dr. Joseph Hunter (Liberal), resulted in the election of Sir Henry Fildes ...

    Article : 70 words
  51. WIRELESS RECEPTION.

    Monaro listeners are dissatisfied with the new broadcasting wavelengths. Powerful A class stations are now very close to one another, and only superheterodyne receivers ...

    Article : 52 words
  52. UNITED STATES GOLF.

    W. Lawson Little won the United States amateur golf championship for the second consecutive time, beating W. Emery, 4 up and 2 to play. ...

    Article : 33 words
  53. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of Suburban Picture Theatres will be lound in the Amusement Advertisement Columns. ...

    Article : 18 words
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