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  2. ELECTIONS.

    The date of the State general elections has been the subject of conversations in Government circles during the past few days. ...

    Article : 168 words
  3. KING'S JUBILEE.

    The official programme of the celebrations in Sydney on the occasion of the King's silver Jubilee was completed yesterday, but is subject to confirmation by the official ...

    Article : 733 words
  4. TRAIN CRASH

    Passengers on the first Sydneybound train from the North Shore before dawn yesterday morning, had remarkable escapes from serious ...

    Article : 1,300 words
  5. RUSSIAN REFUGEE.

    Behind the bare announcement in to-day's University results that Alexander Alexcevitch Faminsky has passed a deferred examination, graduating batchelor in the Faculty of ...

    Article : 481 words
  6. DAIRY PLANT

    The Premier (Mr. Stevens) yesterday laid the foundation-stone of the Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Milk Co.'s new building, which will comprise one of the most modern plants ...

    Article : 490 words
  7. CRISIS LOOMING.

    The City Editor of the "Daily Herald" says: "A crisis is looming in the gold standard countries. Financial leaders in France, Belgium, and Switzerland are making desperate ...

    Article : 154 words
  8. MEAT REGULATION.

    The considerations which prompted the Australian Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) to change his itinerary between Naples and London were explained by him to-day. Mr. Lyons ...

    Article : 300 words
  9. BRITISH NAVY.

    Introducing the naval estimates in the House of Commons yesterday, the First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell) pointed out that the ...

    Article : 724 words
  10. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The House of Commons by-election in Norwood, as a result of the appointment of Sir Walter Greaves-Lord to a Judgeship, resulted: D. Sandys (National-Conservative), 16,147. ...

    Article : 323 words
  11. SHOT FIRED.

    Three men had an exciting chase after suspected thieves at St. Peters last night. A shot was fired, and there was a desperate struggle on the railway lines at the bottom of a deep ...

    Article : 319 words
  12. RAILWAY SMASH.

    A four-fold railway smash at Kings Langley (Herts), on the London, Midland and Scottish line, severed the main artery between London and the north, and caused the most serious ...

    Article : 182 words
  13. BEHIND THE SCENES.

    The members of the musical comedy company who appear to-night at the opening of "Roberta" arrived from Melbourne yesterday. In the Theatre Royal, amidst a great bustling ...

    Article : 675 words
  14. NATIONAL BROADCAST.

    Mr. C. J. A. Moses, of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, when describing at Dubbo a few of the troubles of a radio announcer, offered the first official explanation why the ...

    Article : 199 words
  15. FOURTH TEST.

    The fourth and last test match between the M.C.C. team and the West Indies was commenced to-day in fine weather. Grant won the toss and decided to bat. At stumps the West ...

    Article : 302 words
  16. BOUNTY

    The Federal Government this week completed legal arrangements for the distribution among the wheatgrowers of Australia of the bounty of /3 a bushel, which it has been ...

    Article : 225 words
  17. ENGLISH CRICKET.

    In the House of Commons, Mr. P. J. Pybus (Lib-Nat., Harwich), asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Neville Chamberlain) substantially to reduce the incidence of the ...

    Article : 124 words
  18. AGED 96 YEARS.

    Probably the oldest war veteran, who has ever been a member of a guard of honour paraded in Taree to-day to greet the Governor (Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven). He is ...

    Article : 180 words
  19. ROTARY FOUNDER.

    Dr. Paul P. Harris, founder of Rotary International, who arrived in Sydney yesterday, was tendered a civic reception by the Lord Mayor (Alderman Parker), at the Town Hall. ...

    Article : 569 words
  20. D. H. LAWRENCE.

    The body of D. H. Lawrence, the novelist, who died in 1930, was exhumed at Venice and cremated at Marseilles. The ashes are being taken to Kiowa Ranch, ...

    Article : 68 words
  21. DISSENSION.

    Almost imperceptibly, dissension has arisen in Congress, and early to day it was felt that it might mark the end of President Roosevelt's close control over that body, and change the ...

    Article : 339 words
  22. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    The Minister for Labour (Mr. Dunningham) referred last night to recent statements made by Mr. Lang with regard to the moneys spent by the Government for the ...

    Article : 180 words
  23. ROYAL ENGAGEMENT.

    It is officially announced in Stockholm that Princess Ingrid has become engaged to the Crown Prince Fredrik, of Denmark. [Princess Ingrid is the only daughter of the ...

    Article : 54 words
  24. MOTOR INVENTION.

    The House of Lords to-day restored the award of £35,000 against the Austin Motor Company, in the case relating to motor-car sunshine roof patents. The Lord Chancellor ...

    Article : 214 words
  25. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of gold to-day was £7/6/0½ an ounce line, compared with £7/7/8 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted to-day ...

    Article : 452 words
  26. RED HILL LINE.

    Action to prevent the Commonwealth from proceeding with the construction of the Red Hill-Port Augusta raliway line was decided on by the Cabinet to-day, and a telegram was ...

    Article : 293 words
  27. WORLD MARKETS.

    An appeal to Australian producers to take an Empire and international view rather than a narrow local view of marketing problems was made by the Governor (Sir Alexander ...

    Article : 379 words
  28. POWDERED HAIR.

    "A benevolent old gentleman, with powdered hair, accompanied by a young lady," visited the Graham restaurant in Hunter-Street for supper one evening. ...

    Article : 239 words
  29. LIFE IMPRISONMENT.

    Dr. Rintelen, former Austrian Minister in Rome, was convicted by the Military Court to-day of high treason, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was charged with ...

    Article : 78 words
  30. MR. JOHN STRACHEY

    Mr. John Strachey, the British author, who was arrested in Chicago on a charge of having entered the United States by means of false and misleading statements, and was freed ...

    Article : 112 words
  31. LUBRA KILLED

    At Rumbalara ochre mines, 170 miles from Alice Springs, a lubra named Diana was killed while mining ochre in a tunnel. Information to this effect was contained in ...

    Article : 111 words
  32. STATUETTE OF PRINCE.

    A distinguished gathering at the house of Freda Lady Forres viewed the statuette of the Prince of Wales made by the late Charles Jagger. It is an unconventional portait and ...

    Article : 116 words
  33. MOTORIST'S SHOCK

    While Mr. G. H. Millard, of Oberon, was motoring about two miles out of town he swerved the car to avoid striking a horse which was on the road. Some time later ...

    Article : 117 words
  34. BOY FATALLY BURNT.

    John Nicklin, 10, was fatally burnt when he jumped into hot ashes in the hospital grounds on Sunday afternoon. He started to run home, a quarter of a mile away, but ...

    Article : 82 words
  35. STREAMLINED 'PLANE.

    The Australian aeroplane designer, Captain E. W. Percival, prettily demonstrated at Gravesend the 1935 version of his Gull three-seater monoplane, with a 200 ...

    Article : 76 words
  36. CITY LAND

    The Executive Council has approved of the sale by the City Council of an area, of land in Bligh-street for the sum of £15,825. The land is known as premises Nos. 1, 2, ...

    Article : 67 words
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