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  2. WHEAT PRICE PROTEST.

    "An early Federal election forced upon the country by the wheatgrowers would only serve to turn the people against their cause," said the ...

    Article : 707 words
  3. MR. LANG IS CENSURED.

    Mr. J. T. Lang, M.L.A., former State Labour leader, was censured at a meeting of the State A.L.P. executive last night for having defied the ...

    Article : 301 words
  4. MILITIA CALL-UP.

    The official proclamation of compulsory training for men who are 21 this financial year will be made within about a week, according to advice received ...

    Article : 300 words
  5. KIDNAPPED BRITONS.

    Speculations, leading into the realms of a fantasy by E. Phillips Oppenheim, have arisen from the kidnapping of two Britons, Captain ...

    Article : 1,009 words
  6. AIR LOSSES.

    Eleven German planes were shot down by British and French fighters on the Western Front yesterday. Hurricane fighters of the Royal Air ...

    Article : 698 words
  7. RUMANIAN CHANGE.

    A new Government has been formed in Rumania with M. George Tatarescu, Rumanian Ambassador in Paris since December, 1938, as Premier. ...

    Article : 416 words
  8. GERMAN PLAN FOR MINE BLOCKADE.

    Berlin newspapers announce that drifting mines will be laid along all the principal sea routes to Britain to enforce Germany's "Continental blockade" of Britain. "Sailing to Britain will mean, in future, sailing to death," ...

    Article : 2,228 words
  9. ALLEGED VICTIMISATION.

    Investigations are being made by officers of the legal branch of the Army into numerous complaints by Militia soldiers called up for training that they are being victimised by ...

    Article : 118 words
  10. NEW ROAD TO NARRABEEN.

    The construction of a new road from The Spit through French's Forest to Narrabeen will be begun on Monday morning by the Department of Main ...

    Article : 373 words
  11. CONFLICT WITH MINISTER.

    A meeting between the Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, and members of the executive of the Teachers' Federation, yesterday ended abruptly ...

    Article : 479 words
  12. FRENCH SINK U-BOATS.

    France bagged her third submarine within a few days when a 700-ton survey ship, unarmed in peace time, but now converted into a submarine-chaser, ...

    Article : 236 words
  13. LASCARS TO BE DEPORTED.

    Fifty-one Lascars from a British freighter who were charged, in the Central Police Court yesterday, with being prohibited immigrants, were ...

    Article : 207 words
  14. NAZI "SUPPLY SHIPS."

    The German "supply ships"—the freighters Lahn (8,498 tons) and Tacoma (8,268 tons)—are anchored in the harbour here. ...

    Article : 147 words
  15. PRODUCERS' SACRIFICES.

    "The Commonwealth Government would be well advised to ensure that producers are not discouraged in their readiness to make necessary sacrifies ...

    Article : 254 words
  16. INSURRECTION IN SIAM.

    A special Court at Bangkok (Siam) sentenced to death 21 persons convicted of an insurrection aimed at the overthrow of the Government. ...

    Article : 119 words
  17. FINLAND FIRM.

    The Premier of Finland, Professor A. K. Cajander, in a speech at a defence rally at Helsinki, said, "Finland sees no possibility of accepting the latest ...

    Article : 101 words
  18. WAR SAVINGS BONDS.

    "War Savings Certificates will play an important part in the Government's plans for war finance," said the Acting Federal Treasurer, Mr. Spender, ...

    Article : 194 words
  19. GERMAN WAR LEADERS.

    Herr Hitler summoned his highest war leaders to a conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, and, it is believed, outlined to them his intentions ...

    Article : 249 words
  20. NAZI PUNISHMENT OF POLES.

    It is reported that three Polish counts have been executed by the Gestapo (German secret police), and that 120 professors at Cracow University have been sent to concentration ...

    Article : 42 words
  21. WHY MEN DESERTED.

    Fear of ships being mined or torpedoed is believed to have been the main cause of the refusal of Lascar seamen to join several oversea ships at Sydney since the war began. ...

    Article : 121 words
  22. NEW SOUTH WALES YIELD.

    The final official forecast of the current season's yield of wheat in New South Wales is 66,000,000 bushels, according to the Director of Marketing, Mr. A. A. Watson. ...

    Article : 33 words
  23. STREET FIGHT.

    There was a wild fight on the landing and stairs of a building in Little Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, last night. It is alleged that after several men had ...

    Article : 122 words
  24. DEATH OF MUSICIAN.

    The death has occurred of Artur Bodanzky, the distinguished Austrian conductor. He was aged 62 years. He had lived in the United States since 1915, when he was appointed ...

    Article : 47 words
  25. FLIER OFF COURSE.

    Frank Curr, 19, of Brisbane, took off from Archerfield Aerodrome to-day in a training plane, owned by a private company, intending to fly cross-country to Toowoomba. He was ...

    Article : 88 words
  26. SHOT ACROSS BOWS.

    A shot was fired across the bows of the Norwegian passenger vessel Solviken (2,398 tons) this morning when the vessel was entering the harbour. ...

    Article : 74 words
  27. FAIR RENTS ACT

    It was notified in the Government Gazette yesterday that the provisions of the Fair Rents Act would come into operation next Friday. ...

    Article : 83 words
  28. KING'S HOLIDAY.

    The King and Queen returned to London yesterday after six days' stay at Sandringham, The King spent the most of his holiday shooting, and nearly every day the Queen ...

    Article : 66 words
  29. OVERSEA NEWS.

    Such of the oversea news in this issue as is headed "From Our Own Correspondent" or Herald Exclusive Service" is from a service owned and controlled entirely by "The Sydney Morning Herald" ...

    Article : 149 words
  30. TIMBER RATES FIXED.

    Timber prices in the metropolitan area of Sydney were fixed to-day by the Prices Commissioner, Professor D. B. Copland. The basis of the fixation is on a rate of ...

    Article : 68 words
  31. AGED WOMAN INJURED.

    Mrs. Hannah Thurling, 81, of Queen Street, Marrickville, was knocked down by a motor car near her home last night. Her skull, left arm, and left leg were fractured. The ...

    Article : 49 words
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