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  2. SHARK ATTACKS.

    A tragic story of how sharks capsized native canoes in the Ellice Islands, and devoured the occupants, is published in the April issue of "The Medical Journal of Australia." Many ...

    Article : 400 words
  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The Inverell Chamber of Commerce intends staging a "Back to Inverell Week," but the date will not be fixed until a conference with local sporting bodies has been held. ...

    Article : 38 words
  4. MAROONED.

    After having been marooned in the wastes of Baluchistan, where she was succoured by friendly tribesmen, who escorted her to Las Bela, the capital of the provinces, Miss Jean ...

    Article : 262 words
  5. THE CONFERENCE.

    Mr. S. Gould (Glebe) secured the suspension of standing orders to move "That the A.L.P. of New South Wales stands for complete political religious, industrial, and ...

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  6. DEATH OF MR. A. G. STEPHENS.

    Mr. A. G. Stephens, noted literary critic, and author, to whom Mary Gilmore, in a touching tribute, refers as the last member of a company of literary giants, died ...

    Article : 398 words
  7. GERMANY.

    Count Bernstorff delivered a protest to the British Government regarding the anti-German statements made in the House of Commons yesterday. ...

    Article : 473 words
  8. HOLIDAY.

    Holiday traffic from Sydney during the weekend was very heavy, and more people travelled to the coast the mountains, and the country than during the corresponding ...

    Article : 762 words
  9. UNUSUAL CHARGE.

    An unusual charge, that of "being a person who, having possession of a pistol, did not take all reasonable precautions to ensure the safe keeping of the weapon," was heard at the ...

    Article : 86 words
  10. LAND BOARD CHANGES.

    The chairman of the Mudgee and Gulgong District Land Board (Mr. J. Geary) announced at the board's sitting in Mudgee that Mr. A. Croft, of Gulgong, had resigned from the ...

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  11. LEVEL CROSSING DEATHS.

    Th District Coroner (Mr. H. S. Johnston) conducted on inquest at Richmond courthouse concerning the deaths of Alice Eliza Taylor and Amelia Lela Taylor, the victims of the ...

    Article : 85 words
  12. HIGH SCHOOL JUBILEE.

    The Maitland Boys' and Girls' High Schools the oldest country High schools in the State, which were opened four months after Sydney High School, will celebrate their jubilee at ...

    Article : 77 words
  13. HELD TO RANSOM.

    Jerome Factor, the 17-year-old son of John "Jake the Barber," of Chicago, is being held to ransom for 100,000 dollars. The police stated on Saturday night that the elder Factor ...

    Article : 155 words
  14. KICKED BY A HORSE.

    A youth, Hector Plumb, 17, was driving draught horses on foot on a Bonshaw tobacco farm when one of them lashed out, striking him on the face. His nose was broken and ...

    Article : 67 words
  15. GARAGEMAN SHOT.

    Late on Friday night a young man driving a car, which, it was thought, had been stolen in Auckland earlier in the evening, called at a garage at Mercer for petrol. After the ...

    Article : 117 words
  16. MINER INJURED.

    While working at the Mt. Stewart mine Leadville, W. Edgar was partly buried by a fall of earth. His mate went to his assistance, and, with the help of others, brought ...

    Article : 69 words
  17. EMPIRE FREEMASONS.

    The Empire's magnificent Masonic headquarters, the £1,000,000 war memorial building in Great Queen-street, will be officially opened on July 18, by the Grand Master, the ...

    Article : 86 words
  18. POLICE COURT CASES.

    Otto Kerridge, of Wentworth, was fined £ 13 for having had in his possession 49 kangaroo-skins, being the skins of animals protected under the Act. Mr. W. D. J. Sykes, ...

    Article : 142 words
  19. SOLDIERS' REUNION.

    A reunion of the 34th Battalion, A.I.F., on Saturday night began by a short service at the Cenotaph, when the battalion's commanding officer (Lieutenant-Colonel E. E. Martin) ...

    Article : 150 words
  20. PROFESSOR EINSTEIN.

    Professor Einstein, whose property in Berlin was looted during the campaign against the Jews, is at present in Belgium. He has accepted a specially created Chair of ...

    Article : 55 words
  21. TERRORISM IN CUBA.

    Seven persons have been slain in two days as a result of the political terrorism in the Havana area. An epidemic of bombing ended quickly, after the slaying of three Cuban ...

    Article : 53 words
  22. RED CROSS DELEGATES.

    About 160 delegates to the Red Cross conference visited the Mountains and inspected some of the Katoomba sights, including Echo Point, The party proceeded to the Red ...

    Article : 79 words
  23. WORLD ECONOMICS.

    Legislation upon which President Roosevelt will depend for power to cut world trade barriers may authorise the negotiation of a multi-lateral treaty at the World Economic ...

    Article : 147 words
  24. FALSE REPORT.

    Newcastle police had a long search by water and by land yesterday for an aeroplane, which, it was declared, had fallen in flames somewhere between the Lower Hunter River and ...

    Article : 86 words
  25. MINERS PERPLEXED.

    Happenings to date in the Easter A.L.P. conference have left the rank and file of northern miners rather perplexed. Pending further information, socialisation of credit, as ...

    Article : 78 words
  26. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.

    The annual conference of the United Commercial Travellers' Association of Australia decided, on the motion of the New South Wales Association, that in view of the increasing ...

    Article : 208 words
  27. COTTAGE DESTROYED BY FIRE.

    A five roomed weatherboard cottage in Pemberton-street, Albury was destrojed by fire on Saturday night. It was occupied by Cyrill Eugene Harry Merton, oxy-welder, and owned ...

    Article : 171 words
  28. UNREST IN INDIA.

    There was a recurrence of friction between Hindus and Moslems in Bombay yesterday, and several were injured. Parties of religionists attacked each other with stones and sticks. ...

    Article : 84 words
  29. INDEX.

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  30. SHIP IN STORM.

    More than 40 hours late, the interstate freighter Mildura arrived at Port Adelaide yesterday from Melbourne after four days' battle with the worst storms officers have ...

    Article : 91 words
  31. CURRENCY EXPANSION.

    The chairman of the Steagall House Banking Committee told newspapermen on Saturday that he favoured currency inflation. He expressed the belief that if such a proposal ...

    Article : 99 words
  32. BAND AND AQUATIC ARNIVAL.

    Fine weather and large crowds marked the opening on Saturday of the Gosford Easter carnival, which includes a band contest in which seven bands competed, and an aquatic ...

    Article : 573 words
  33. POLISH FRONTIER.

    A gathering of 15,000 people, including representatives of the Reichswehr, the Stahlhelms, and the Nazi Storm Troops, attended the unveiling of a monument at ...

    Article : 124 words
  34. BRUTAL THIEVES

    Two thieves brutally treated a woman when they robbed her of her handbag in Moore Park on Friday. She was subsequently taken to St. Vincent's Hospital with a broken arm. ...

    Article : 124 words
  35. FIJI BANANAS.

    A consignment of bananas loaded on the Niagara yesterday and intended for the Sydney market has been diverted to Auckland, owing to the high taxation and other Federal ...

    Article : 40 words
  36. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The portraits which will be shown at the Royal Acadamy, opening on May 1, include a portrait of the Duchess of York, by James Quinn. ...

    Article : 363 words
  37. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  38. SHOOTING FATALITY.

    Edward Payne, 19, died last evening from gunshot wounds in the side believed to have been the result of a gun accidentally exploding. The accident occurred at Kholo, on the ...

    Article : 69 words
  39. CANBERRA NEWS.

    Record crowds of tourists are at Canberra for the holiday week-end and are enjoying perfect autumn weather. At the Hotel Kurrajong, where on Thursday there were only nine ...

    Article : 177 words
  40. EUROPEAN BUDGETS.

    Sitting until 5 o'clock yesterday morning, the French Chamber of Deputies passed the Budget, which shows a deficit of £46,500,000 sterling compared with the earlier deficit ...

    Article : 81 words
  41. THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.

    Delegates from lodges in all the States attended the Theosophical Society's convention in the Adyar Hall, which was associated was the jubilee of Bishop Leadbeater's ...

    Article : 168 words
  42. LIEUTENANT STEWART

    The "Daily Express" says that Lieutenant Baillie Stewart (the officer of the Seaforth Highlanders, who is serving a sentence for attempting to supply Germany with military ...

    Article : 109 words
  43. TO-DAY.

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  44. JUVENILE EISTEDDFOD.

    The Wollongong juvenile eisteddfod, under the auspices of the Wollongong gleemen, opened on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Bennett North is adjudicating in the vocal and instrumental ...

    Article : 224 words
  45. CANBERRA HOTELS.

    The Hotel Kurrajong, which has been the home of the majority of members of Parliament in Canberra for five years, is to be closed on Monday. April 24. in the interests ...

    Article : 125 words
  46. OYSTER FARMERS' CONFERENCE.

    The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) will open the sixth annual conference of the New South Wales Oyster Farmers' Association to-morrow at Doll's Point, George's River. It is stated ...

    Article : 68 words
  47. CAPTAIN LANCASTER

    The Paris Trans-Saharan Company has despatched a motor car in search of Captain W. M. Lancaster, who left Leggan on April 12 for Gao (French West Africa), and has not ...

    Article : 59 words
  48. ASSISTING UNEMPLOYED.

    Workers at the Bourke-street, city, Congregational Church have adopted a novel method of relieving distress. Any unemployed man who attends a service during the week is given ...

    Article : 79 words
  49. MISSING MAN.

    The Balmain police are trying to find some trace of William Thornton, 67, of Llewellyn-street, Balmain, who disappeared on April 15. Thornton, a man of regular habits, lived with ...

    Article : 54 words
  50. FARMER KILLED.

    Victor William Alexander Jones, 47, farmer, of Koolunga, sustained a broken neck and died almost at once when he was pinned beneath his motor car, which overturned after ...

    Article : 39 words
  51. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 24 words
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