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  2. RE-BUILDING THE NAVY.

    The Admiralty has placed orders for 16 new destroyers of the 1936-7 programme simultaneously. Many years have passed since such a ...

    Article : 120 words
  3. MOTHER RECORD SHOW ATTENDANCES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 234 words
  4. TWO PERSONS KILLED IN 'PLANE CRASH.

    Soon after leaving Archerfield aerodrome (Brisbane) yesterday morning, a Stinson aeroplane, carrying a passenger, mails and newspapers to Townsville, crashed into trees and nose-dived to earth. The machine then burst into flames, and the pilot and passenger were incinerated. The photograph shows all that remained of the machine when the fire had burned itself out. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 61 words
  5. NON-INTERVENTION ITALY'S ASSURANCES.

    According to the Diplomatic Correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," Italy has given Britain renewed assurances that she will not send any more ...

    Article : 315 words
  6. BRITAIN AND CHINA. JAPAN ALARMED.

    China's decision to spend £2,000,000 on developing the island of Hainan, off the south coast of China, has alarmed Japan because of its proximity to Hong ...

    Article : 398 words
  7. MEDICAL RESEARCH.

    Dr. John Carew Eccles, who has been appointed director of the Kanematsu Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, is a Victorian Rhodes Scholar. He will succeed ...

    Article : 125 words
  8. FINE WEATHER TO-DAY.

    The Weather Bureau announced last night that fine weather could be expected to-day, with cool to moderate temperature and fresh squally south-westerly winds. ...

    Article : 34 words
  9. SURFER'S DEATH.

    Austin Shaw, 16, of Old Canterburyroad, Summer Hill, who was reported missing after he had been surfing at Cronulla on Friday afternoon, is now ...

    Article : 503 words
  10. MILK BOARD.

    The Minister for Health (Mr. FitzSimons) on Saturday interviewed Mr. R. H. Ne[?]bitt, the Commonwealth Trade Commissioner in New Zealand, to whom the chairmanship of ...

    Article : 117 words
  11. FIGHTING IN THE SOUTH.

    A message from Valencia states that the loyalists are reported to have regained lost ground on the Malaga front by capturing Monte del Tore, on which peak they have ...

    Article : 306 words
  12. MOTOR ACCIDENTS.

    Three well-known business men were killed instantly when a motor car, in which they were travelling down Oliver's Hill, near Frankston, at a high ...

    Article : 753 words
  13. CRISIS FACES INDIA. CONGRESS PARTY

    A constitutional crisis has arisen because of the refusal of the Congress (Indian Nationalist) party, which gained a preponderating voice in the provincial ...

    Article : 109 words
  14. TWO MEN KILLED.

    Two men were swept by bridge beams from the roof of a railway meat van, at Dawson's Bridge, a few miles from Taree, late on Friday night, and were ...

    Article : 371 words
  15. ARMS FACTORY STRIKE. MORE PAY SOUGHT.

    Two thousand engineers at the Parkhead (Glasgow) forge of William Beardmore and Co. have gone on strike. ...

    Article : 144 words
  16. ECONOMIC MISSION.

    Because of the great importance to Japan of her shipping routes to Britain, Australia, India, and New Zealand, the Japanese Economic Federation wished a leading ...

    Article : 197 words
  17. SCRAP IRON.

    The Minister for Customs (Mr. White) said to-night that, as a result of complaints which had been received from certain Australian foundries and steelworks about the shortage ...

    Article : 86 words
  18. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment is announced to-day. Details are published on page 14, column 8. ...

    Article : 17 words
  19. INDEX. NEWS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 197 words
  20. DEMANDS TO GOVERNORS.

    The Delhi correspondent of "The Times" states: "Political circles are pessimistic over the situation that has arisen through the attempt by Congress party leaders to obtain ...

    Article : 291 words
  21. STRONGER RUM.

    The Admiralty has upproved of a stronger rum issue for the navy, "as an experiment for one year." Two parts of water to one of rum will be ...

    Article : 114 words
  22. ICE ON AILERONS.

    According to a statement issued by the transport line concerned, ice forming on the ailerons crippled the transport aeroplane which crashed on Thursday, at the ...

    Article : 82 words
  23. GOOD FRIDAY IN SPAIN.

    Messages from Spain indicate that the solemnity of Good Friday was not allowed to go unobserved, in spite of the conflict there and all its suffering. ...

    Article : 332 words
  24. AUSTRALIAN SCENERY

    "The beauty of Australian scenery is world famous, yet some of the choicest spots are unknown to people living only a few miles away," the Minister for Works and Local ...

    Article : 237 words
  25. NEW ZEALAND.

    Mr. R. H. Nesbitt, Australian Trade Commissioner in New Zealand, who arrived in Sydney by the Awatea on Saturday, said that the business community was not yet ...

    Article : 181 words
  26. COLONEL LINDBERGH

    Colonel Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh, who are returning to England by 'plane, have arrived at Bagdad. ...

    Article : 21 words
  27. AQUAPLANE STRIKES BRIDGE.

    Miss Isabell Wakely, 20, of Brunswick Heads was seriously injured to-day, when her aquaplane collided with the pile of the South Arm footbridge. ...

    Article : 79 words
  28. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 214 words
  29. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A receiving order has been filed against the well-known London comedian, Barry Lupino, "whose present address the petitioning creditor is unable to ascertain." ...

    Article : 433 words
  30. EXTORTION PLOT.

    Mrs. Lydia Swenson has been arrested on suspicion that she engineered an extortion plot. Police declare that she confessed to writing a "Black Hand" threat to Mrs. Aimee ...

    Article : 72 words
  31. DRAUGHTS CONTESTS.

    In the first round of the Australian draughts championship yesterday, V. Rickard, the New South Wales champion, defeated H Egan, Victorian champion, and former holder ...

    Article : 76 words
  32. CASUALTIES.

    Jack Bonnington, 17, of the Boulevard, Dulwich Hill, was drowned in Cook's River, near Steel Park, Undercliffe, yesterday, and police recovered his body later in about 15 feet of ...

    Article : 278 words
  33. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 301 words
  34. BURNED TO DEATH.

    Minerva Hartman, aged 104 years, who was a nurse in the American Civil War and was a companion of Florence Nightingale in the Crimea, was burned to death in her house ...

    Article : 76 words
  35. MACQUARIE-STREET SCHEME.

    The diagram shows how the law courts and the hospital will be placed when the Macquarie-street replanning scheme has been completed. An article dealing with the scheme is published on page 6. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 35 words
  36. TREASURY FOR SILVER.

    The Federal Treasury intends to build a steel and concrete vault costing £120,000 to contain its store of silver near Westpoint Military Academy. The vault will be able ...

    Article : 123 words
  37. EGYPTIAN PRINCE.

    While walking in the palace grounds, Prince Mohamed All (Heir-presumptive and a member of the Council of Egyptian Regents) became seriously ill. ...

    Article : 60 words
  38. DEATH OF SCULPTOR.

    Mr. Henry Pegram, the sculptor, has died. Mr. Pegram was a successful sculptor and won many academic honours. His work was not of the kind that arouses controversy. He ...

    Article : 89 words
  39. FISHERMAN MISSING.

    Mullumbimby police and members of the Brunswick Surf Club yesterday searched unsuccessfully for Mr. Thomas McInnes, 65,[?] fisherman, who was reported missing at ...

    Article : 69 words
  40. COOD TEMPLARS.

    The 64th annual session of the New South Wales Grand Lodge of the International Order of Good Templars was continued on Saturday, when the newly-elected Grand Lodge officers ...

    Article : 54 words
  41. SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of Suburban and Country Picture Theatres will be found in the Amusement Advertisement Column. ...

    Article : 22 words
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