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  2. OIL FROM COAL.

    It is understood that the Federal Government is considering granting financial assistance to enable the establishment in Australia of a plant for the manufacture of petrol and ...

    Article : 629 words
  3. COUNTRY NEWS. TROUBLE WITH WATER SUPPLY.

    After the second day's trial pumping of the Wa[?]tawhlle well for the town water scheme, the pump seized. It seized in its first trial a week ago. It is thought that fine sand in ...

    Article : 82 words
  4. MR. W. R GREENE.

    Advice was received by Amalgamated Wireless (A's[?]a), Ltd., from Wyndham that the Spartan air-cruiser Faithful City, piloted by Mr. Lynch B[?], and carrying two ...

    Article : 122 words
  5. RELIEF WORKS.

    The Government has decided to extend the Emergency Relief Works scheme.so as to bring in a wider scope of unemployed. It will come into operation next week in the ...

    Article : 354 words
  6. GOLD-BUYING PLAN Devaluation of Dollar.

    The price of newly-mined gold was raised to 31.54 dollars an ounce to-day, l8 cents above the first Treasury quotation yesterday, and approximately 50 cents above the world ...

    Article : 289 words
  7. OUTCRY IN PARLIAMENT. Further Attack on Press.

    There were again angry outbursts in the House of Representatives yesterday as a result of further Press criticism of the partial restoration of Parliamentary salaries. A motion that the printer and publisher of "The Sun" newspaper, ...

    Article : 110 words
  8. "KANGAROOS." REFEREE TROUBLE.

    Week-end writers and reviews are beginning their barrage, following the "Kangaroo" managers' protests against the linesman, the most prominent being the "Dispatch's" ...

    Article : 569 words
  9. ROD FISHERMEN.

    The Rod Fishermen's Club championship was won by the Rev. W. M. Holliday. The competition for flycasting (accuracy and style) was won by Mr. G. Reed.Flycasting for ...

    Article : 73 words
  10. QUEENSLAND WOOL.

    The rise in the price of wool, if maintained throughout the current season, will give a return to the woolgrowers of Queensland of £3,000,000 more than they received in the ...

    Article : 81 words
  11. PROTEST AGAINST BROADCASTING BAN.

    At a meeting held to protest against the Postmaster-General's Department's decision virtually to prohibit broadcasting from the Richmond River Liste[?]' League's ...

    Article : 123 words
  12. DEBATE IN THE HOUSE.

    When the House of Representatives met this morning, Mr. Ward (State Lab., N.S.W.) said that after Parliament the previous day had carried ...

    Article : 710 words
  13. ELECTRICITY EXTENSION.

    Electricity will shortly be available at Nimbin, Dunoon, and other centres in Terania Shire, where the Clarence River County Council is now completing a 40-mile rural supply ...

    Article : 47 words
  14. CAR BURNT

    The Newcastle District Coroner (Mr. W. R. Pickett) held an inquest to-day concerning a motor car which was partly destroyed by, fire in the police garage yard at Newcastle late ...

    Article : 602 words
  15. WIRELESS EXPERIMENT

    An experiment which may ultimately revolutionise Parliamentary debating and reporting was made to-day at the Disarmament Conference at Geneva. Delegates and ...

    Article : 173 words
  16. FIRE-FIGHTER SCORCHED.

    Frederick Halberg, a gardener, residing at the home of his employer, Shaw Strickland, was badly scorched in attempting to extinguish a fire that broke out in his room at the ...

    Article : 50 words
  17. CONGREGATIONAL UNION

    Continuing the discussion of the previous day on the State Lottery, the Rev.A. P. Campbell, at the Congregational Union yesterday, moved an amendment to the committee's ...

    Article : 816 words
  18. PREMIERS' PLAN

    The Epping Men's branch of the U.A.P., at its last meeting, carried a motion expressing strong disapproval of the action of the members of the Federal Parliament in increasing ...

    Article : 272 words
  19. NEW BROADCASTING STATION.

    The construction of Amalgamated Wireless's broadcasting station in Grafton at the intersection of Turf and Arthur streets, has been commenced, and it is hoped that the ...

    Article : 39 words
  20. SETTLERS SEEK RELIEF.

    Special interest was centred in the business at the sittings of the Land Board at Grafton, because, for the first time on the North Coast, the provisions of Section 4 of the Crown Lands ...

    Article : 104 words
  21. B.H.P. ENTERPRISES.

    The managing director of the iron and steel works of the Broken Hill Proprietary Co.. Ltd. (Mr. Essington Lewis), in a speech to-day, outlined proposed extensions of the vast ...

    Article : 794 words
  22. RABBITER'S DEATH.

    It has been reported to the coroner at Hay that the body of Frank Phillips. 62, a rabbitter employed on C. B. KclloW's Gundaline station, was found beside a metting fence by Frank ...

    Article : 67 words
  23. RELIEF WORK.

    Another 900 men will be put on relief work on Monday by the Water Board, making about 4000 men altogether. ...

    Article : 29 words
  24. WORLD'S RECORD.

    Captain G. E. Evston established a world's record with a Diesel-engined car at Brooklands, reaching 106.64 miles an hour over a kilometre. He did several laps, averaging ...

    Article : 93 words
  25. COALCLIFF MINERS.

    The miners of Coalcliff have decided to continue work following a report concerning the recent conference between their representatives and those of the owners. A ...

    Article : 474 words
  26. MOTOR CYCLES COLLIDE.

    John Henry Ranson 36, a tram conductor, of Australia-avenue, Matraville, suffered internal injuries and cuts to the left leg last night, when two motor cycles collided in ...

    Article : 70 words
  27. MOTOR WHOLESALERS' PRESIDENT

    Mr. W. T. Wood, managing director of Motor Traders, Ltd., has been appointed Federal president of the Federation of Wholesale Motor Supplies' Associations of Australia. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 29 words
  28. NAVAL COMMAND.

    It is expected that an official announcement will be made to-morrow of the appointment of Rear-Admiral W. T. R. Ford as Rear-Admiral in command of the Australian ...

    Article : 136 words
  29. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 333 words
  30. LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    At a meeting of the Council of the League of Nations at Geneva to-day the Irish Free State delegate, Mr. Sean Lester, was appointed High Commissioner of the Free City of Danzig, ...

    Article : 79 words
  31. POLICE INQUIRY.

    Marjorie Mortimer said at the police inquiry to-day that, when her husband, Richard Mortimer, was charged at the Malvern Court concerning a motor car body, Mr. Schilling, ...

    Article : 102 words
  32. FAMOUS BRANGWYN PANELS

    The famous 16 large decorative panels by Frank Brangwyn, R.A., representing seven years' work, at a cost of £20,000, will find a home in Swansea's new Town Hall. The ...

    Article : 91 words
  33. ITALIAN STABBED.

    Detective sergeant Sedgwick and a squad of detectives from Regent street police, whose search for a man had led them to the thick scrub near De Burgh's Bridge, Ryde, sent for ...

    Article : 256 words
  34. UNITY CONFERENCE.

    A report from Sydney that a conference of unions, convened by the A.C.T.U, to be held in Melbourne on November 27, was to be abandoned, was denied to-day by the ...

    Article : 108 words
  35. AUTOMATISM.

    There were recurring references to automatism in the Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday when, on the ground of the insanity of the prisoner, an application was ...

    Article : 472 words
  36. ANTI-JEWISH ARABS.

    A message from Jaffa (Palestine) says that steel-helmeted police were compelled to fire on large, unruly Arab crowds, which were defiantly demonstrating against the increased ...

    Article : 41 words
  37. Advertising

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    Advertising : 241 words
  38. OLD MAN BATTERED.

    Two men broke into a house and assaulted an elderly man at Dulwich Hill yesterday afternoon. They stole £30 worth of goods. James Porch, 78, of New Canterbury-road, ...

    Article : 77 words
  39. QUEENSLAND WHEAT.

    The manager of the State Wheat Board, (Mr. W. Binns), who returned to Toowoomba this morning from an extensive survey of the wheat areas, reports very ...

    Article : 96 words
  40. EXPORT OF EGGS.

    The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Stewart) announced to-day that investigations were being conducted into the egg export industry with a view to facilitating a decision on the ...

    Article : 150 words
  41. USE OF SIRENS

    The Commissioner for Transport (Mr. Maddocks) said yesterday that after November 1 the regulations prohibiting the use of siren horns, exhaust whistles, and the like ...

    Article : 73 words
  42. BASIC WAGE REDUCTION.

    The Country Traders' Association is appealing to its members not to impose the 2/ basic wage reduction. R. C. Hagon, Ltd., and the Newcastle Retail ...

    Article : 38 words
  43. BIRDS IN MOTOR CAR.

    When police stopped a motor car near Hornsby yesterday they found in it 900 birds. It is alleged that they had been smuggled from Queensland. ...

    Article : 91 words
  44. MAN CHARGED.

    Thomas Martin appeared before Mr.Cripps, the Clerk of Petty Sessions at Dunedoo, yesterday, on a charge of having maliciously caused grievous bodily harm to Constable ...

    Article : 104 words
  45. STRIKE SUSPENDED.

    Pending an interview with the Minister in charge of sustenance (Mr. Kent Hughes), the strike among the relief workers engaged at the Shrine of Remembrance has been called ...

    Article : 85 words
  46. ATTACK BY SNAKE.

    Hubert Shepherd, of Kurmond, was walking through the bush when he felt something twine around his leg. At first he thought it was a vine, but on looking down he discovered ...

    Article : 81 words
  47. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 189 words
  48. STEAMER GROUNDS.

    The council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce received a report this afternoon that the steamer Era had grounded in Newcastle Harbour while proceeding to No. 5 berth. ...

    Article : 90 words
  49. UNDERGRADUATES.

    Mr. R. Le Gay Brereton. B A., has been elected president of the Sydney University Undergraduates' Association for 1934. Mr. Brereton, who is a second-year student ...

    Article : 162 words
  50. GAS PRICE REDUCED.

    The North Shore Gas Co., Ltd., and the Manly Gas Co., Ltd., announced in a joint statement yesterday that, having regard to the recent declaration by the Industrial ...

    Article : 111 words
  51. TWO-UP RAID.

    Sergeants McLeod and Ham and Constable Kenny visited a house in Commonwealthstreet, East Sydney, last night. It is alleged that, a large number of men in the house were ...

    Article : 62 words
  52. SURRY HILLS RAID.

    Yesterday, Detective-sergeant McCarthy and Detectives Dunn, Wilson. Lynch, and [?] visited a flat in Tudor-street, Surry [?] They battered down a door and found a ...

    Article : 65 words
  53. FOUR ARRESTS.

    Sergeant North and other police arrested four men at the corner of Forest-road and McMahon-street, Hurstville, last night, following an attempt to hold a meeting for which ...

    Article : 41 words
  54. FRENCH PLAYS.

    Scenes from Victor Hugo's "Ruy Blas" and Moliere's "L'Avare" were performed by pupils of the Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School, Forbes-street, Darlinghurst, at the ...

    Article : 53 words
  55. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

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

    Article : 3 words
  56. MILLIONS CLUB.

    Sir Charles Kingsford Smith will be the guest of the Millions Club on Monday. ...

    Article : 16 words
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