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  2. CHARLTON'S SWIM.

    Nothing more sensational in swimming circles has been seen in Sydney than the magnificent performance of the Manly swimmer, A. ("Boy") Charlton, at the Domain baths ...

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  3. A.L.P. WRANGLE.

    The executive of the A.L.P. has decided to issue a warning to members that if any individual in the movement uses the Press for the purpose of launching an attack on another ...

    Article : 254 words
  4. CLOUD BURST.

    The whole district south of the town was visited hy a heavy rainstorm on Friday evening. The storm worked up from the south, accompanied by heavy ...

    Article : 158 words
  5. IRELAND.

    Three men found in possesion of arms and ammunition were executed in the Dundalk prison. Armed men burned Mr. Cosgrave's country ...

    Article : 298 words
  6. KU KLUX KLAN.

    A message from Bastrop says that Robert Dade, Mayor of Mer Rouge, admitted at the investigation into the Ku Klux K[?]an murders having been a former-member of the Ku Klux ...

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  7. AIR DISASTER.

    A message from Miami (Florida) says that a passenger hydroplane flying between Key West and Cuba sank in mid-sea with nine passengers aboard. ...

    Article : 116 words
  8. FRANCE AND THE RUHR.

    French plans for the occupation of the Ruhr Valley are proceeding, and a meeting of German mine-managers was informed that unless deliveries of coal are proceeded with further sanctions wauld be imposed. ...

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  9. COLOUR QUESTION.

    A message from Boston states that a real sensation has been produced by the action of Harvard University, America's premier educational institution, in making, it is alleged, ...

    Article : 190 words
  10. [?]E-GROUPING OF TROOPS.

    A message from Paris states that in[?] ac[?]rdance with Marshal Foch's plan the [?]ccupation of the Ruhr is proceeding [?]thodically. Gelsenkirchen was occupied ...

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  11. SLEEP-WALKER'S DEATH.

    Clad in a nightdress, Ethel Russell, daughter of an Eastham doctor, left her bedroom in a state of somnambulism. She went to her father's surgery, where she mixed a drug in ...

    Article : 94 words
  12. HAILSTORM AT BATHURST.

    The district south of the city on Friday evening experienced a terrific hailstorm, which was followed by torrential rain, over an inch falling in about half an hour. The whole of ...

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  13. RUSSIAN MIGRATION.

    A report from Copenhagen says that the Helsingfors correspondent of the "Berlingsk[?] Tidend[?]" reports that according to a message from Moscow 500,000 people in South ...

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  14. PAPUA.

    Australia's responsiblity to Papua and the mandated Pacific territory was emphasised in an address yesterday, before a large audience, at the Lyceum, by the Rev. Dr. Bromilow, ...

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  15. MINE EXPLOSION[?]

    A gas explosion occured in a Bihar coalmine, belonging to the Bengal Coal Company. Seventeen miners were killed outright, and 57 have since died. ...

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  16. RAILWAY WASHAWAYS.

    It is officially stated that owing to heavy storms in the western districts on Saturday, serious landslips occurred in the sections Wellington-Dripstone, Dripstone-Mumbil, and ...

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  17. SWIM FOR LIFE.

    The endurance to swim a distance of over two and half miles in a heavy sea saved the life of a man who fell overboard from the Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co.'s steamer ...

    Article : 515 words
  18. PALESTINE.

    A Lausanne message says it is rumoured that the Emir Abdullah, son of the King of Hedjaz, will be chosen King of Palestine. Abdullah agrees to the Balfour plan regarding ...

    Article : 117 words
  19. GREECE.

    Sir Arthur Stanley, chairman of the British Red Cross Society, writes to the Press pointing out that Greece, owing to an invasion by a million penniless refugees, has become a ...

    Article : 63 words
  20. LAUSANNE.

    A Lausaune message states that it is expected that the Mosul question will be settled shortly. It is proposed that the Arab territory shall be attached to Mesopotamia, and ...

    Article : 45 words
  21. BY-ELECTIONS.

    The polling for the extraordinary vacancy in the Glebe Council caused by the failure of Alderman Davidson (who was strike-bound in New Zealand) to take the oath of allegiance ...

    Article : 224 words
  22. PURCHASE OF ARMS

    Following the statement that Jugo-Slavia had sought to purchase rifles from the United States Government, a White House spokesman declared that the Government would not s[?]l ...

    Article : 72 words
  23. INDIA.

    In regard to further frontier air operations a report states that 16 machines made nine flights, dropping 5½ tons of bombs and firing over 600 rounds of ammunition. ...

    Article : 133 words
  24. PATIENT TORTURED.

    A message from Paris says that Doctor Colombet has been charged with culpable homicide. It is alleged that he placed Madame Cabine, an appendicitis case, on the operation ...

    Article : 98 words
  25. ITALIAN POLITICS

    According to a report from Rome, Signor Mussolini,[?] writing in his magazine, the "Gerarchia," declares that the chief defect of government in Italy has been the frequent and ...

    Article : 93 words
  26. VILLAGE DANCE.

    Mrs. Knapton left a fancy dress dance in a village institute near Frome, and was walking home in a costume largely composed of cotton wool carrying an acetylene lamp when her ...

    Article : 94 words
  27. VAUCLUSE.

    The extraordinary vacancy in the Vaucluse Municipal Council, caused [?]by Mr. H. D. A. Christison's seat being declared vacant, made necessary a by-election, which took place on ...

    Article : 89 words
  28. SCOUTS ATTACKED.

    A scoutmaster and three scouts from New South Wales who are visiting Melbourne for the corroboree will not carry back with them very pleasant recollections of their last ...

    Article : 216 words
  29. FIGHTING IN MEMEL.

    A message from Berlin says that some fighting occurred in Memel during the night between Lithuanians and German police, assisted by French soldiers. One German was ...

    Article : 40 words
  30. MOTOR DISASTER.

    A motor car[?] containing seven persons, while proceeding from Belmont to Brisbane at if late hour on Friday night, collided at Coorparoo, with a springcart, driven by a man ...

    Article : 245 words
  31. GOLF.

    Dunlops are offering £1000 a yea[?] for the next five years for a new world's open golf championship. It is suggested that the first match should be played immediately after the ...

    Article : 107 words
  32. SUIT FOR DIVORCE.

    Mrs. Hilda James has obtained a divorce from her husband, Cecil Holmes James. The latter came to England with the A.I.F., and subsequently obtained a commission in the ...

    Article : 94 words
  33. DEBT FUNDING.

    It is learned that the Debt Funding Com[?]ission's chief point of discussion to-day was [?]at of adjusting the instalment payments so [?] to avoid serious fluctuations in ...

    Article : 186 words
  34. MEXICO.

    A message from Me[?]co City says that, because the Papal delegate to Mexico, Monsignor Filippi, [?]iled a statue of Christ in the open air, the event being attended by ...

    Article : 134 words
  35. POLICE RAIDS.

    As the result of a raid on a house in Abercromb[?]e-street, Redfern, early yesterday morning, by a party of detectives under Detective-Sergeant Keogh, three men and a ...

    Article : 145 words
  36. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. J. M'Whae (Agent-General for Victoria) will meet the Victorian Premier, Mr. H. S. W. Lawson, at Marseilles, on February 10, arriving with him in London via Paris, on the 12th. ...

    Article : 318 words
  37. ORDERS FOR COAL.

    It is reported that the Swedish State railways have ordered 69,000 tons of coal from England. There are indications of a great rush of foreign orders owing to the anticipated ...

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  38. FIRE IN MELBOURNE.

    The paint and oil store of H. J. Corder Pty[?], Limited, in Chapel-street, Prahran, was gutted by fire on Saturday morning. It was stated that the fire was caused by an employee, while ...

    Article : 230 words
  39. NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN.

    It is understood that a New South Wales £5,000,000 loan at 5 per cent. will be floated as soon as conditions are favourable; Victoria probably following. ...

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  40. AUTO-SUGGESTION.

    M. Coue received the acid test w[?] he appeared at the Neurological Institute before a hundred of New York's most eminent nerve specialists. ...

    Article : 107 words
  41. REGENT PARK MURDER.

    The "Daily Express" says that the police have found a Winchester rifle with which Maltby murdered Mrs. Middleton at Regent Park. The motive was jealousy, as letters ...

    Article : 63 words
  42. QUEENSLAND PROPERTY PURCHASED.

    Mr. Todd, the New South Wales tennis player, who, with Mr. Peach, visited Central Queensland during the Christmas and New Year holidays, has purchased a holding on ...

    Article : 44 words
  43. CHINESE FACTIONS.

    A message from Peking states that, with [?]es between the various Chinese factions [?]n becoming numerous, Chen Chiung-m[?]ng's [?] at Canton are reported to have ...

    Article : 58 words
  44. WEEK-END ROBBERIES.

    Two robberies involving the loss of £880 occurred in the suburbs during the week-end. Early on Saturday the residence of William Dermody, at 75 St. Paul's-road, ...

    Article : 86 words
  45. AMERICAN ARMY.

    Ignoring pleas from the army heads for a increased army, the Appropriation Committee of the House of Representatives has recommended the continuance of the army ...

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  46. MARTIN-PLACE EXTENSION.

    The citizens' committee and the organisations which favour the extension of Martin-place from Castlereagh-street to Macquarie-street have arranged a deputation, which will be ...

    Article : 38 words
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