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  2. RIVALS IN AIR RACE

    SYDNEY, Monday. — When the Mariposa berthed to-day visitors rushed to the upper deck to see the Lockheed "Altalr" low-wing monoplane in which ...

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  3. TREES AT SHRINE

    On August 4, the 20th anniversary of the outbreak of the Great War, the memorial trees at the Shrine of Remembrance will be planted by representatives of the Unit ...

    Article : 245 words
  4. EXTENSIVE RELIEF WORKS PLANNED

    Grants for various departments from loan funds amounting to £133,000 for unemployment relief works were approved by the State Cabinet yesterday, on the ...

    Article : 418 words
  5. WOMAN'S HEROISM

    SYDNEY, Monday. — The heroism of Mrs. J. Miller saved the life of her invalid husband early this morning when their home at Scone caught fire and was burnt ...

    Article : 197 words
  6. MINER KILLED IN SHAFT

    KALGOORLIE (W.A.), Monday.—William Wilkins, aged 24 years, married, a miner, of Broad Arrow road, Kalgoorlie, employed on the North Kalgurli mine at ...

    Article : 247 words
  7. COUNTRY PARTY NOT UNITED

    With the unity of the United Country party of Victoria in the balance great importance is attached to a conference which will be held to-day between the ...

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  8. PERSISTENT THIEVES

    Twice in four days thieves have attempted to break into the home of Judge and Mrs. E. Drake-Brockman, Clendon road, Toorak. On the first occasion Ralph, ...

    Article : 284 words
  9. CONTRIBUTORS TO FUND

    Although they may not be seen for hundreds of years it has been decided that the slips bearing names of all who contributed to the National War Memorial ...

    Article : 118 words
  10. POLAR MEDAL WINNER

    On June 27 Frank Best, who was a seaman with Sir Douglas Mawson's 1929 expedition to the Antarctic, was supposed to have gone to Buckingham Palace with ...

    Article : 211 words
  11. CHILD DIES AFTER TAKING POISON

    ADELAIDE, Monday.—While Mr. John Harry Pick, overseer of Coonambo Station, near Tarcoola, was motoring around the run with his son, Dominic James, aged ...

    Article : 132 words
  12. OPPERMAN BEGINS LONG RIDE

    Messages received from England by Bruce Small Pty. Ltd. state that Hubert Opperman, the Victorian cyclist, began his attempt on the Land's End to John ...

    Article : 235 words
  13. WORK IN COUNTRY

    "There is no hope of the request that work in the country for the unemployed should be optional being granted," said the Minister for Labour (Mr. Goudie) ...

    Article : 315 words
  14. TOWN HALL ORGAN RECITALS

    In view of the success of the Friday evening organ recitals given in the Town Hall by the city organist (Mr. W. M. McKie) it has been decided to give three ...

    Article : 44 words
  15. Mr. Harry Thurston Loses Wallet

    Mr. Harry Thurstan, the original actor of Captain Bruce Bairnsfather's famous character, "Old Bill," lost a crocodile-skin wallet containing about £28 in notes in ...

    Article : 120 words
  16. Result of Grain Race Still in Doubt

    With the arrival of four "windjammers" at British ports within the last few days the final outcome of the wheat derby is still in doubt. Four sailing ships are still ...

    Article : 271 words
  17. ROADS THROUGH PARK LANDS OPPOSED

    Among the matters dealt with at a special meeting of the metropolitan council of combined progress associations, held at the Victorian Railways Institute last ...

    Article : 193 words
  18. WEEKLY PAYMENTS WANTED

    Richmond unemployed, in a letter received by the Richmond Council last night, urged that sustenance payments be made weekly instead of fortnightly. The ...

    Article : 270 words
  19. DYING PRISONER IS NOW FREE

    ALBURY (N.S.W.), Monday.—George Fairburn, the prisoner from Pentridge, who escaped from Mont Park Sanatorium, where he had been sent suffering from ...

    Article : 94 words
  20. PLEASANT WINTER DAY

    Delightful sunny weather prevailed yesterday, when a maximum temperature of 69,1deg. was recorded. This is the second highest reading ever recorded in July. The ...

    Article : 80 words
  21. MORE MONEY FOR RACING CLUBS

    ADELAIDE, Monday. — Following the closing of the racing year on Saturday the chairmen of the metropolitan racing clubs expressed gratification at the ...

    Article : 138 words
  22. CONGRESS OF COUNCIL AGAINST WAR

    Collingwood councillors—Labour and non-Labour alike—proved hostile last evening to a proposal that the Collingwood Town Hall should be let in ...

    Article : 264 words
  23. COFFINS UNEARTHED IN OVAL

    BRISBANE, Monday. — Portions of human skeletons and crumbling remains of coffins have been discovered by relief workers, who are engaged in levelling the ...

    Article : 89 words
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  25. London Stock Exchange

    Mining shares were dull. Midday quotations:—Elliott, 7/3; South Kalgurli, 30/; Boulder Perseverance, 3/6; Golden Horseshoe, 4/4½; Lake View and Star, ...

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  26. Cricketers' Visit to N.Z.

    SYDNEY, Monday. — At a meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association to-night the chairman of the Board of Control (Mr. R. A. Oxlade) said that the ...

    Article : 63 words
  27. Woman Poisoned

    In view of a number of intending passengers Mrs. Kathleen Cope, aged 42 years, Filson street, Newmarket, was found suffering from poisoning on the ...

    Article : 44 words
  28. New Theatre for Sydney

    SYDNEY, Monday.—It was announced to-day that the approval of the Government had been sought for the construction at a cost of £200,000 of a new ...

    Article : 110 words
  29. Injured in Fall From Swing

    Suffering from a fractured base of the skull received when she fell from a swing at the Carlton Oval on Saturday afternoon, Barbara Fielder, aged 19 years, ...

    Article : 51 words
  30. Man Struck by Car

    Knocked down by a motor-car in Burnley street, Richmond, last evening, Victor Collins, aged 4[?] years, Muir street, Richmond, suffered severe head injuries. He ...

    Article : 45 words
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