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  2. 'PLANE CRASH.

    Mr. George Patrick Fairbairn, of Lara, and his wife, formerly Miss Mary Murray, were killed instantly when their aeroplane crashed on the Keilor-road, North ...

    Article : 861 words
  3. EMPIRE DEFENCE.

    Rear-Admiral W. T. Randle Ford, commanding the Royal Australian Navy, and Colonel P. M. MacFarlane, Acting Base Commandant in New South Wales, and ...

    Article : 797 words
  4. REDUCTION.

    The State Cabinet at an early date will consider the question of introducing legislation to reduce the membership of the Legislative Assembly. ...

    Article : 272 words
  5. TWO CHILDREN

    Two small girls were burned to death when their home in Backwater, 20 miles from Guyra, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. ...

    Article : 641 words
  6. LOAN COUNCIL.

    Parliament House, Canberra, will wake from the comparative slumber of recess tomorrow, when, in addition to the Commonwealth representatives, State delegations, ...

    Article : 655 words
  7. PARIS TENNIS.

    In the final of the men's doubles in the French championships to-day, J. Crawford and A. K. Quist beat V. McGrath and D. Turnbull, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. ...

    Article : 1,231 words
  8. ABYSSINIAN DISPUTE.

    A settlement of the dispute between Italy and Abyssinia was reached late last night, and a specially summoned meeting of the League Council was held early this morning and approved a resolution in which the settlement is recorded. ...

    Article : 141 words
  9. THREE POINTS.

    Three important points were contained in the resolution which was ultimately accepted by the Italian delegate, who was throughout the night in frequent telephonic ...

    Article : 841 words
  10. YACHT CLUBHOUSE

    The Royal Motor yacht Club's clubhouse at Newport, Pittwater, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The building was valued at more than £3000. ...

    Article : 288 words
  11. VICTORIA APPREHENSIVE.

    "If, at the meeting of the Loan Council, the Commonwealth Bank insists on the council reducing the existing Treasury bill debt by £8,000,000, leaving State deficits for the ...

    Article : 91 words
  12. CLERGY'S ATTEMPT.

    The Rev. G. W. Pittendrigh (Methodist), Pastor G. Haughan (Baptist), and Major Robinson (Salvation Army) set out on Saturday afternoon to break up a big gambling ...

    Article : 165 words
  13. ROAD ACCIDENTS.

    The new highway code was approved by the House of Commons yesterday. The Minister for Transport (Mr. L. HoreBellsha) said that a copy of the new code, ...

    Article : 166 words
  14. FALL OF THE FRANC.

    The raising of the French bank rate to 3 per cent. having failed to check the fall of the franc, it was raised to-day to 4 per cent. The rise reflects the official anxiety at the ...

    Article : 276 words
  15. CO-OPERATION.

    "I believe that the United States should have gone into the League of Nations at first Even now I believe we should go in," said the president of the Federal Council of ...

    Article : 168 words
  16. GANGER'S LEAP.

    Ganger R. A. Kennedy, of Milton-street, Grafton, narrowly escaped death when the Sydney-Brisbane express crashed into his railway tricycle on the Clarence River bridge ...

    Article : 244 words
  17. OFFICIAL ORDER.

    The Civil Aviation Department last week issued an order for the "grounding" of all aeroplanes fitted with Pobjoy engines pending certain modification being made. The order, ...

    Article : 230 words
  18. DROUGHT.

    Witnesses in the Land Court at Blackall yesterday emphasised that, owing to the poorness of the rainfall, the flow from artesian bores generally had decreased in recent years. They ...

    Article : 265 words
  19. MR. DAVID WATKINS

    Mr. David Watkins, the Federal Labour candidate for the Newcastle Federal by-election, said here to-night that he wished to reply to the "dastardly" suggestion concerning ...

    Article : 243 words
  20. AMATEUR GOLF.

    Lawson Little, the first American golfer to reach the final of the British amateur championship in two successive years, beat Dr. Tweddell, the champion of 1927, in the 36 ...

    Article : 288 words
  21. AUTOMATIC MACHINE.

    An ingenious machine has been utilised by the boards of Bulli and Wollongong hospitals for the sale of State lottery tickets. The machine enables the purchaser to ...

    Article : 97 words
  22. ROYAL AIR FORCE.

    Recruits are flocking to Adastral House, Kingsway, following the Government's decision to have a home defence force of 1500 first-line machines by 1937, compared with ...

    Article : 113 words
  23. MAN HUNT

    More than 60 police are co-operating in an intensive man-hunt in the Camden district for a Chinese whom detectives believe may be able to assist them in their investigations of ...

    Article : 291 words
  24. HARBOUR DEVELOPMENT.

    The Richmond River Harbour Development League, formed to agitate for the improvement of the port of Ballina, at a meeting at Lismore decided to urge the State Government ...

    Article : 236 words
  25. POLICE.

    Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., who returned from the Corowa electorate last night, said that the local residents were astounded at a recent action of the Commissioner of Police ...

    Article : 134 words
  26. IMPERIAL STAR.

    The Imperial Star—the first of the six new motor freighters constructed by the Blue Star Line for the Australian service to reach Sydney —arrived late yesterday afternoon after a fast ...

    Article : 309 words
  27. ALSATIAN DOG.

    Mrs. Martha Turner, 62, was attacked by her husband's Alsatian dog at Wynnum, and suffered injuries which necessitated her admission to Brisbane General Hospital. ...

    Article : 118 words
  28. UNITED STATES.

    In the face of growing Labour unrest, President Roosevelt called a conference of leaders of the American Federation of Labour and congressmen yeterday to formulate a ...

    Article : 185 words
  29. ALL-AUSTRALIAN FINAL.

    The 1935 French doubles championship will be memorable, for not only did two Australian pairs meet in the final for the first time, but it was the first occasion on which ...

    Article : 111 words
  30. SECESSION PETITION.

    Newspapers in Britain comment favourably on the action of the select committee of both Houses of the British Parliament in disallowing the secession petition of Western ...

    Article : 168 words
  31. FASTER TRAINS.

    Information was received yesterday that new railway timetables for express services between Sydney and Melbourne will provide a reduction in the time occupied on the ...

    Article : 79 words
  32. BRITISH CABINET.

    The process of Cabinet reconstruction has advanced during the past week, but any forecast would be pure speculation. Shrewd observers believe that an election will probably ...

    Article : 117 words
  33. POLICE CHECK.

    All motor vehicles travelling on Pacific Highway from Port Macquarie to the Queensland border between midnight and 6 a.m. yesterday were stopped by about 30 police ...

    Article : 97 words
  34. NEW AIR SERVICE.

    Early next month, New England Airways will inaugurate an aerial service between Brisbane and Townsville. A 'plane will leave Brisbane each Sunday ...

    Article : 55 words
  35. FOUND IN BANK.

    According to a police report a man was found in bank premises at Merrylands on Saturday afternoon. It was alleged that when arrested he had a pistol in his ...

    Article : 53 words
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