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  2. U.S.A. NAVY.

    The Navy Department is preparing plans for adding ships costing 236,000,000 dollars (£A59,000,000) to the fleet by 1939, according to the ...

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  3. TALKS ON SPAIN.

    "Failing a definite advance, Britain is not prepared to extend beyond Tuesday her effort to continue nonintervention in Spain," says the ...

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  4. MEETING AIR RAIDS.

    The Home Secretary (Sir Samuel Hoare), replying in the House of Commons to the Labour amendment to the Address in Reply, moved by Mr. Herbert ...

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  5. CAPTAIN EYSTON AND HIS RECORD-BREAKING CAR.

    Captain G. E. T. Eyston, the famous British racing motorist, and his car, Thunderbolt, which he drove over the measured mile at a speed of 309.6 miles an hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, U.S.A., on Thursday. The record is not official because he did not make a return trip over the same course within an hour. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. MR. R. T. BALL, M.L.A.

    Mr. R. T. Ball, member for Corowa in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, and "Father of the House," died in Sydney on Saturday. He was 80. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. TAXES IN U.S.A.

    President Roosevelt has indirectly denied reports that the Administration is contemplating a downward revision of taxes. In a statement to the Press, he said tax ...

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  8. BAKERS IN REVOLT.

    The Argentine Government, by a decree, has prohibited the exportation of wheat and flour until further notice. The Minister for War has simultaneously ...

    Article : 147 words
  9. GRAFTON CATHEDRAL.

    Many leaders of the Church of England are visiting Grafton for the dedication of the extensions to Christ Church Cathedral. The dedication was performed by the Bishop of ...

    Article : 515 words
  10. MORE INTENSIVE FARMING.

    Mr. W. T. Merriman, at the field day at Merryville, Yass, claimed that a more satisfactory alternative to any scheme of closer settlement involving ...

    Article : 491 words
  11. ROAD ACCIDENTS.

    Two people were killed in the metropolitan area during the week-end, an estate agent at Burwood, and a cyclist at Manly. ...

    Article : 318 words
  12. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Gold was quoted on Saturday at £7/0/4¼ an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/6½ on Friday. "SAPPER" LEAVES £26,166. ...

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  13. NEWS IN FOREIGN TONGUES.

    The Postmaster-General (Major Tryon) announced in the House of Commons that it had been decided by the British authorities to carry out ...

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  14. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    When the Legislative Assembly meets on Wednesday, it will probably rise for the day, because of the death of Mr. R T. Ball. M.L.A. On the Thursday, members will resume the ...

    Article : 58 words
  15. IMPERIAL AIRWAYS DEFENDED.

    Mr. Woods Humphery, managing director of Imperial Airways, denied the statements in the House of Commons by Mr. Perkins (Con.) that there had been dismissals of ...

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  16. THE CALL-UP.

    There will be a call-up for employment to-day. Details appear on page 20, column 4. ...

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  17. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 243 words
  18. 20th CENTURY ART.

    Mr. Max Meldrum, the well known Melbourne painter, expressed some definite opinions about art when he arrived at the week-end to supervise his first one-man show ...

    Article : 358 words
  19. OPPOSITION TO IRISH UNITY.

    The Northern Ireland Labour party, at a conference, rejected by 90 votes to 20 a resolution submitted by the Armagh branch advocating co-operation with the workers of the ...

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  20. DOCTOR'S ORDEAL.

    Dr. Albert Altmann of Mornington, who w[?] critically injured after his car had crashed through a fence off the Point Nepean Road on Friday night, lay unconscious for six hours ...

    Article : 138 words
  21. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 311 words
  22. MERCHANT NAVY.

    A merchant navy officers pension fund on a contributory basis was formally established on Friday at a meeting of shipowners and officers representatives. The fund will come ...

    Article : 110 words
  23. MAN DROWNED.

    James Edward Eland. 30. of Phoebe Street Balmain was drowned between Athol Bight and Bradley's Head on Saturday morning, when the wash from a Manly ferry rocked ...

    Article : 255 words
  24. DICTATOR DANCES.

    After the inauguration of the town of Aprilia, which was built within two years on the newly-drained Pontine marshes, Signor Mussolini, who was making a speech in which ...

    Article : 147 words
  25. BROTHER AND SISTER KILLED.

    Henry Raymond Jack Davies, 26, of Llewellyn, and his sister. Dorothy Jean Davies, 19, were killed when the motor car in which they were travelling collided with a goods train at ...

    Article : 55 words
  26. WAR IN SPAIN.

    A strange picture of the civil population of Spain calmly going about everyday affairs in the midst of battle and destruction, was given last night by Sister mary Lowson, leader ...

    Article : 307 words
  27. ORCHARDIST'S DEATH.

    An inquiry into the death of William Joseph Williamson, 22, an orchard hand at Borenore, disclosed that he met his death by poisoning in strange circumstances. ...

    Article : 107 words
  28. DIONNE QUINTUPLETS.

    The Dionne Quintuplets have conquered the physical handicap of their premature birth, according to a series of reports presented to a conference attended by 200 scientists. ...

    Article : 76 words
  29. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 317 words
  30. INDIAN PRINCE KILLED.

    Prince Victor Narayan Bhup Bahadur, 53, who was living in London, and who was an uncle of the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, was killed by a motor car while crossing the Great ...

    Article : 48 words
  31. RUSH OF SHIPPING.

    Twenty-three vessels, aggregating 154,878 tons gross, are due to enter Sydney Harbour from oversea and interstate ports before noon to-day. In addition, there will be the usual ...

    Article : 85 words
  32. TWO MARX BROTHERS CONVICTED.

    The Court convicted Groucho and Chico Marx, the film comedians, of illegally using a radio script, which constitutes a criminal infringement for which the maximum penalty ...

    Article : 90 words
  33. TOM MOONEY.

    The California Supreme Court has refused Tom Mooney's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Mooney's attorney announced that he would ...

    Article : 87 words
  34. SCHOOL PLAYGROUNDS

    Speaking at the opening of the new public school at Blakehurst on Saturday, the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) said it was proposed to grant permission for children ...

    Article : 102 words
  35. SIR HERBERT MAXWELL DEAD.

    Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, Scottish author, archaeologist, and one-time politician, has died at the age of 82 years. Sir Herbert Maxwell, who was the seventh ...

    Article : 155 words
  36. HOUSES IN DANGER.

    Erosion up to 35 feet— which is greater than for several months—took place along the south-eastern portion of Stradbroke Island, Southport, last week. ...

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  37. SUSPECTED PLOT.

    The police are investigating a suspected plot by a foreign terrorists' organisation to assassinate the Chancellor of Austria (Dr Shuschnigg). ...

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  38. AEROPLANE ON CRONULLA BEACH.

    An aeroplane, owned and piloted by Mr. A. Vonges, which landed on Cronulla Beach on Saturday afternoon, was unable to takeoff again. ...

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  39. FATHER ACQUITTED.

    Albert Knight, a petroleum company official, who had been charged with having attempted to burn three of his children to death in order to collect insurance, was to-day ...

    Article : 90 words
  40. FRENCH RADICAL-SOCIALISTS.

    At the Radical-socialist congress here the Foreign Minister (M. Delbos) appealed for accord between France and Germany. He said that both countries, after tragic tests, had ...

    Article : 87 words
  41. SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY PICTURE THEATRES.

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

    Article : 21 words
  42. LATE SHIPPING.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.).—Dep.: Oct. 31, Remuera, for London; Kaiwarra, for Newcastle. ...

    Article : 2 words
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