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  2. SHIPWRIGHTS POINT REGATTA

    Last in the somewhat strenuous ten-day season of Channel regattas, the 77th annual Huon Regatta at Shipwrights' Point yesterday was a success in every way. The weather was good, large crowds attended, sailing races were interesting, the ...

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  3. THE BLIZZARD

    A general thaw set in all over England on New Year's Day, after the country had been snow-bound for a week. Experts are unable to say when the ...

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  4. UNITY OF FAITH

    Speaking to-day at the Roman Catholic sports at Moonee Valley, Archbishop Mannix said that one could look in vain outside the Catholic Church for unity ...

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  5. RAILWAY SMASH

    A passenger train, carrying about 50 adults and 26 children, and travelling at 20 miles an hour, was completely derailed near Rendelsham this morning. An empty louvre truck and a truck of new railway sleepers were piled to the left of the ...

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  6. THE NEW YEAR'S HONOURS

    The "London Gazette" publishes the New Year's honours list, in which are included the following:— BARONS. ...

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  7. YACHTSMEN IN PERIL

    With their yacht capsized, and shortly to become a total wreck, four men battled for life against a gale-ridden sea in the ...

    Article : 496 words
  8. FRANCE AND GERMANY

    The "Vossische Zeitung" publishes an interview with M. Briand, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, in which he expresses the hope that 1928 will show ...

    Article : 143 words
  9. MOTOR-CARS COLLIDE

    Ten people were injured, two seriously, when two cars collided in Princes Highway, Sutherland, about 3 o'clock this afternoon. Eight people, ...

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  10. FIRE TRAGEDY

    Four children, aged four years to 17, were killed in a fire near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, to-day. The cottage of Mr. Haigh, a nightwatchman, caught fire, ...

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  11. THE PRAYER BOOK

    Dr. Hensley Henson, Bishop of Durham, speaking in the Cathedral in Durham on the debate on the Prayer Book in the House of Commons, said that it ...

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  12. KERMANDIE PAPER MILL

    The above is a picture of the temporary buildings erected at Kermandie, on the Huon River, by Tasmanian Paper Pty. Ltd., for the production of paper pulp. The experimental plant was recently installed to work its full output of one ton a day, and when experience in the process has been gained and greater knowledge of the possibilities of Tasmanian timbers acquired, a larger mill is to be erected, capable of dealing with 100 tons of pulp a day. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  13. HEROIC DOCTOR

    Dr. Henry Head, F.R.S., formerly Goulstonian Lecturer to the Royal College of Physicians of London, and Croonian Lecturer to the Royal Society, ...

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  14. BUSH FIRES IN VICTORIA

    Reports from Wangaratta, Beechworth, and Wodonga state that the bush fires are practically under control, but a careful watch is being kept, owing to ...

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  15. DROWNING TRAGEDIES

    William Gardiner, a well-known jockey, when swimming a racehorse in the river yesterday, fell off and was drowned. It is thought that the horse ...

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  16. DR. BARNES

    Commenting on the signs of the "post-war reaction" in the nation's political and social life, the Bishop of Birmingham (Dr. Barnes), in a sermon ...

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  17. ENGLISH LADY PREACHER

    It was announced to-day that the Methodist Episcopal Churchwomen's Home Missionary Society branches in Chicago and Boston have cancelled ...

    Article : 150 words
  18. 1,000-FOOT SHIPS

    Steamships 1,000 feet long will be operating on fast transatlantic schedules within another three years, according to Mr. P. V. G. Mitchell, ...

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  19. AVIATION

    Colonel Lindbergh, who flew to Mexico City from Washington, and has since been visiting South American States, arrived at Salvador from Belize ...

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  20. FIRE ON WATERFRONT

    At Hoboken to-day the Clyde Steamship Co's. steamship Seneca, (2,963 tons) was burned, probably beyond salvage, and two piers were destroyed, ...

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  21. BOMB OUTRAGE

    At Scranton, Pennsylvania, three persons were injured, and much damage done to property, when the plant of a local afternoon newspaper, the "Sun," ...

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  22. NEW ZEALAND FLIGHT

    The New Zealand airmen are still hopeful that they will be able to make the attempt to fly from Australia to New Zealand. They are still at Point Cook ...

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  23. AMERICAN MILLIONAIRES

    It was announced to-day that the number of persons of the millionaire income class in 1926. in the United States totalled 228, representing an ...

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  24. THE KING

    Acknowledging the Lord Mayor's loyal New Year message, His Majesty the King has replied:— We look to an unknown and ...

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  25. SHINGLED AT 100

    A hundred-year-old Parisienne, who is so astonishingly active that she insists upon being taken about and shown all that is going on, has just had her ...

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  26. SUPPOSED DROWNING

    The police have received a report that about one o'clock this afternoon a man was seen making towards the river near the freezing works at Somerset, and, ...

    Article : 153 words
  27. COMMONWEALTH LINE

    Morning newspapers to-day contain an advertisement inviting tenders, returnable by February 29, for the purchase of the Commonwealth Line. ...

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  28. STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR

    Miss Gleitze, who is attempting to swim the Strait of Gibraltar, started at 3 o'clock this morning, and was reported midway at 12.30 o'clock. Miss ...

    Article : 92 words
  29. CRIME IN AMERICA

    At Galesburg, in Illinois, 32 shops in the principal thoroughfare were broken into and robbed last night. Every variety of establishment was entered, and ...

    Article : 81 words
  30. FIGHT WITH REBELS

    Five United States marines were killed and 23 wounded in an engagement with rebels on the outskirts of Qullall to-day. The rebel casualties were heavy, ...

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