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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    A fire broke out yesterday in the standing crop of G. Bray, Canett, Baan Baa. The outbreak was probably caused by a spark from the tractor drawing the header, and was not ...

    Article : 89 words
  3. FEDERAL FINANCES.

    Customs revenue collected last month was less by £100,324 than in December, 1932, but the returns for the six months to December 31 show an increase of £125,748 compared ...

    Article : 260 words
  4. FIERCE STORM.

    Rough seas, squally winds, and rain, continued along the coast yesterday, following a fierce storm which swept over the North Coast districts on Monday night. ...

    Article : 453 words
  5. FILM INQUIRY.

    A witness at the State Government inquiry into the film industry, which was opened by Mr. F. W. Marks yesterday, said that the film business in Australia was gripped by ona of ...

    Article : 1,417 words
  6. CONTRACT BRIDGE.

    The first interstate contract bridge match between New South Wales and Victoria was concluded, after three days' play, at an early hour this morning, and resulted in a win for ...

    Article : 1,157 words
  7. FAR NORTH LAND.

    The Caledon Bay tribesmen who recently committed murders in the Territory have had some contact during past centuries with Malayan civilisation, through traders who taught them to barter. There is indeed a strain of Malayan blood in some of the natives. ...

    Article : 124 words
  8. FLOUR TAX.

    Returns received by the Commonwealth Treasury show that payments of the sales tax ot £4/5/ a ton on flour amounted to £51,000 between December 4, when the tax was ...

    Article : 197 words
  9. CONSTRUCTION OF BATHS.

    The construction of new swimming baths at Bathurst was foreshadowed by the Mayor (Alderman M. J. Griffin), when officially opening a swimming carnival on Monday. The ...

    Article : 102 words
  10. BETTER BOARS FOR FARMS.

    The Government's decision to set aside £5000 for advances to farmers to enable them to secure better boars has been favourably received in the Richmond River district, where ...

    Article : 154 words
  11. AVIATION.

    In view of the plans for greatly increasing Britain's internal air lines in 1934, the disaster which befell the Imperial Airways' 'plane Apollo at Ruysselede (Belgium) on ...

    Article : 370 words
  12. POLICE OUTPOST NEEDED.

    Government officials and some missionaries in the Northern Territory are emphatically of opinion that the Caledon Bay aborigines who murdered Constable Mccoll, and before him ...

    Article : 1,271 words
  13. TRADE WITH JAPAN.

    The Graziers' Association of New South Wales has made representations to the Commonwealth Government, urging the appointment of an Australian representative in Tokyo, ...

    Article : 97 words
  14. MOTOR CYCLIST INJURED.

    Mr. J. S. Balchin, farmer, was severely injured when he fell from a motor cycle which he was riding on the Deniliquin-road, about three miles from Finley. He suffered a ...

    Article : 55 words
  15. ESCAFES FROM PRISON CAMP.

    On Sunday morning, Sergeant Turnbull was advised that two prisoners had broken the windows of huts at the Mila Afforestation Prison Camp and escaped. He left Cooma with ...

    Article : 89 words
  16. INCENDIARISM.

    The City Coroner, after an inquiry yesterday into a fire which damaged several classrooms at the Wellington-street public school, Bondi, on December 15, found that the fire ...

    Article : 82 words
  17. FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND.

    Reports received from Townsville to-day state that flood conditions still continue. The Herbert and Tully railway bridges are still submerged, but the flood waters are receding. ...

    Article : 126 words
  18. BOY BITTEN BY DOG.

    George Fay, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fay, of Bingara, was severely bitten by a dog at Bingara, the flesh being torn from the arm. He was taken to Bingara Hospital. ...

    Article : 40 words
  19. BODILY HARM CHARGE.

    George and Stanley Matthews were slashed about the face and neck on New Year's Eve. To-day, Clarence George McDonald, 22, an unemployed labourer, was charged at ...

    Article : 52 words
  20. DEATHS OF OLD RESIDENTS.

    The death has occurred of Mrs. Ellen Ncuss, widow of Mr. George Andrew Neuss, one of Cooma's oldest residents, aged 88 years. She was born at Picton, and was the eldest ...

    Article : 107 words
  21. ROAD MAINTENANCE.

    Representatives of the various shires of this portion of Riverina met at a recent conference to deal with the enormous cost of road maintenance within their respective ...

    Article : 109 words
  22. CASUALTIES.

    E. H. Gepsen, who is believed to have come from Bathurst, drove a lorry load of building material to an allotment in President-avenue, Caringbah, yesterday afternoon, and collapsed ...

    Article : 815 words
  23. "KANGAROOS."

    The "Kangaroos," in their match at the Pershing Stadium against England, toyed with their opponents, who lacked the snap and daring aggressiveness possessed by players in ...

    Article : 172 words
  24. CAR BURSTS INTO FLAMES.

    A motor car, parked in front of the Commercial Bank in the main street, suddenly burst into flames at midday to-day. A resident smothered the fire with dust and bags ...

    Article : 66 words
  25. THE CALL-UP

    A call-up for employment is announced for to-day. Details appear on page l8, column 3. ...

    Article : 21 words
  26. MOTOR DRIVER FINED.

    After a chase in a car, Constables Oldfield and Graham overtook a motor lorry near Bowenfels yesterday, and arrested the driver. At the police court to-day, Raymond Arthur ...

    Article : 70 words
  27. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 322 words
  28. FIRE IN SHOP.

    A fire broke out in the film developing room of Mr. J. S. Turner, chemist, Mr. Turner was in the shop, and prevented the blaze from spreading until the fire brigade arrived. The ...

    Article : 52 words
  29. AUSTRALIA'S TEAM

    Mr. P. F. Warner, writing in the "Daily Telegraph," says that W. M. Woodfull, D. G. Bradman, S. Mccabe, W. A. Oldfield, B. A. Barnett, W. O'Reilly, L. S. Darling. L. P. ...

    Article : 147 words
  30. FIRE IN STANDING CROP.

    Fifty acres of standing crop, owned by C. Nowland, of Duri, was destroyed by fire. The cause is a mystery. Portion of a hea[?]r and some wheat bags were also destroyed, ...

    Article : 47 words
  31. BRISBANE MILLERS.

    Because Brisbane flour millers are unable to obtain wheat at what they oonsider a reasonable price they have been forced to purchase large quantities from the south. It is ...

    Article : 365 words
  32. HOUSE WRECKED.

    An explosion due to the fusing of underground electric cables wrecked the residence occupied by Mrs. Kathleen Vernon, a widow, of Khyber Pass-road, early this morning. ...

    Article : 168 words
  33. STORED TOBACCO DAMAGED.

    Damage estimated at £100 was caused by a fire which consumed seven bales of tobacco stored in a shed at the home of Mrs. C. J. Bungong, Peel-street, Tamworth, to-day. ...

    Article : 48 words
  34. CAR SOMERSAULTS.

    Mr. T. S. McVeigh, of Yanco, his wife, and another passenger were travelling from Sydney when the car somersaulted several times. Mrs. McVeigh suffered slight injury to her mouth, ...

    Article : 59 words
  35. FOG IN ENGLAND.

    New Year's Day in half of England proved to be a prolonged night owing to one of the most serious and widespread fogs in recent memory. ...

    Article : 142 words
  36. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 268 words
  37. PREMIERS' PLAN.

    A contrast of President Roosevelt's National Recovery Act with the Australian Premiers' Plan was made to-day by Mr. Grenfell Price, of the University of Adelaide, who ...

    Article : 396 words
  38. TWO MEN DROWNED.

    The body of James B. Portbury, 40, who was acting as caretaker of the motor launch Pauline, owned by Mr. F. Ryder, of Bowleystreet, Clayfield, was recovered by the water ...

    Article : 147 words
  39. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of gold to-day was £6/7/ an ounce fine. STERLING-DOLLAR QUOTATION. The United States dollar was quoted to-day ...

    Article : 247 words
  40. CONFIDENCE TRICK.

    Norman McGrowder, 34, clerk, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment to-day on a charge of being in a public place with intent to commit a crime. ...

    Article : 166 words
  41. TO-DAY.

    Theatre Royal: "The Student Prince," 2, 8. Criterion Theatre: "Dirk Whittington," 2, "Tout Paris—Second Edition," 8. Tivoli: Jim Gerald, 2.30, 8. ...

    Article : 178 words
  42. LATE SPORTING.

    Havig splintered a bone in her left thumb while playing at Timaru, Miss Dingle, a member of the New South Wales team, acting on medical advice, has withdrawn from all events in the New Zealand ...

    Article : 149 words
  43. MINERS PRESIDENT

    Mr. J. Jack, whose election as northern president of the Miners' Federation was announced on Friday last, did not arrive at the Newcastle Trades Hall to take over the ...

    Article : 83 words
  44. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

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

    Article : 17 words
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