New Year Broadcast Urges Faith in Leaders for Australia
Sydney broadcast recaps a New Year message from the Premier Mr Brevens urging faith in leaders and unity to face upcoming challenges. He notes 2864 as a year of trial, hopes for better times, and calls for employment growth and national effort to bring happiness. Messages were broadcast by ABC and Australian Broadcasting Commission officials.
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Pieman
Autralins
Austrasia
Sydney
Brevens
Qomimiasion
Simary
Ganseal
ABC
W. T. Conder
Hogmanay Celebration Echoes at Albert Hall
A quirky account of Hogmanay festivities at Albert Hall where over three hundred people joined in dances and Highland items. Pipers led the crowd, songs recalled hosting memories, and midnight brought cheers as the community welcomed the new year with Auld Lang Syne.
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Albert Hall
Telfow
Tram Queanbeyan
Yani
Goulburn
Fon
Watety
Eothusman
Avid Lang Syne
Canberra Optimistic Note Welcomes 1935 With Hope
Amid a cautiously upbeat mood Canberra bid farewell to 1934 and welcomed 1935 with confidence. Despite departmental transfers and tighter spending slowing progress, business recovered late in the year and Christmas week was unusually busy. Residents gathered in cheerful celebrations and private parties to ring in the new year with hopes of prosperity and better times ahead.
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Canberra
Businann
Canberra Norely
Wpie
Wong
Capberra
Italian decree speeds up air defense mobilization
The report from Rome notes an official decree to accelerate air protection preparations across Rome and other cities. It warns against hostile opinion and calls for publication restrictions and worker permits, citing fears of continued censorship and national security concerns.
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Rome
Dusiday
Gignor Mussolini
Stain & Maake
Anaure
Rani
Prvem
Vienna
Canberra Boy Death Amid George's River Shark Attack
A Sydney report states Richard Foden, 12, was mauled while swimming the George's River at Milperra. He died after flesh was torn from his right leg near fishermen. A girl, Beryl Morris, 13, of Bass Hill, was attacked further up the river and not expected to recover. Witnesses waded in to aid the youths as the shark claimed its victims.
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Sydney
George's River
Milperra
Richard George Foden
Parente
Kentucky
Beryl Gladys Morris
Bass Hill
Richard Foden
Mra. Lawrence
Abot
Pam
Toater
Peter Lawrence
Ernest Edwards
Chipping Norton
Aistange
Fodan
Trusk
Romenced
Sud
George Markham
Markham
Lawrence
Andhar Fisharman
Rome Pact Revision Faces Italian Resistance
Paris dispatch reports difficult Franco Italian talks as Mussolini seeks more Somaliland gains and objects to mutual frontier guarantees. Rome would risk breaking revisionist policy, while Mussolini opposes Turkish and Greek adherence to the Austrian protocol. Laval remains firm on territorial provisions despite pressure.
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Somaliland
Rome
Signor
Muscolini
Suich
Muprotini
Turkey
Greece
Jugoslavia
Paris
M. Laval
Regerda
Ruse
Minister's Visit to Rome Uncertain
Paris reports the French minister M. Lavalin cannot fix his Rome departure date due to nonresponse from Italy and Jugeslaine to France’s inquiries. A postponement seems likely. The premier of France has been invited to London in the New Year to discuss political and economic issues, with a possible joint visit after Laval’s Rome mission.
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Buna
Forsignee
M. Lavalin
Rome
Italy
Jugeslaine
France
Viait
Ant
Feemier
Fiandin
London
Vn Laval
Australia Faces 1935 With Optimism in New Year Message
A brief New Year message to Australians expresses optimism despite upcoming problems. It lauds undaunted courage, loyalty, and ability, urging the nation to look forward with confident hope that 1935 may bring national success and happiness.
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Australia
Shark Attack Claims Young Fisherman at River
A grey nurse shark about 12 feet long attacked a river swimmer as groups warned bystanders. Despite rescuers’ efforts to tend wounds and carry him ashore, the boy died at Liverpool Hospital. Eyewitnesses describe the struggle and the sudden loss of blood before rescue.
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Liverpool Hospital
Belgian Honour for Flight to Congo
Ken Waller arrives at London Heathrow in a Comet to Brussels then Lympnn Aerodrome to greet a Belgian crowd. Captain Lineaur announces the King awarded Waller the Order of the Lion of Africa for distinguished service and feats, noting the impact on Belgian aviation.
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Congo
London
Aken Wallner
Lympnn
Brussels
Bi Han
Lineaur
Inrga Srowd
Waller
Two derailments disrupt North Coast Line service
Two derailments occurred on the North Coast Line today near Grafton and Cas. Freight rain damaged seven tracks while small goods rain caused four more, derailing wreckage and scattering wagons. In the second crash a locomotive damaged Wi Station platform as tracks piled in a heap of wreckage.
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Sydney
Grafton
Cas Fu
Honours New Year List Receives Royal Confirmation
Advice to His Majesty the King outlines honours including CMG and companions for Albert Gharbury, David Miv, Innocutive Omeer, Malcolm Lindsay Shephard, and Septain Leighton Seymour Brace in the Defence Department and Royal Australian Navy appointments. Military and civil distinctions are noted.
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T He
Malcolm Lindsay Shephard
Department of Defence
Septain Leighton Seymour Brace
Wirdle
Royal Aumealian Navy
Hla
Japan to Strengthen Defences for Peril Year 1935
London reports Naval writer Hector Bywater says Japan plans broad defence upgrades for 1935 including modernised northern bases, national anti aircraft defences, and many new airfields. He warns these moves threaten regional security amid potential US supported air invasions, while officials outline a stance on League and territorial questions.
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London
Hector Bywater
Japan
NSW Honours List Announces Two Knights and Four Distinguished Others
The NSW New Year Honours list names two knights and four Sydney figures with lesser orders. Knight Bachelor recipients include Harry Campbell Budge and Stephen, with others such as William Damon Peenan and Dr. Albert Meginale Mossed honored in various capacities. Sir Harry Budge, long serving public secretary to the Governor since 1880, is highlighted for his extensive community contact and royal visit roles.
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Sydney
Harry Campbell Budge
Stephen
Calla Gam
Australian Jockey Club
M.B.E
John Henry King
Toyal Society
George
Harry Budge
Marry Budge
Donaure
Marcy Budge
New Gouth Wales
Harry
Jim
Colin Brephea
Saar clash meeting broken up by police at Piterscastel
The calm in the Saar region was shattered at Piterscastel where a Catholic Front indoor meeting was dispersed by Major Bentinck's police after a audience fight. Ex deputy Herr Emburch was hospitalized with head wounds. A man was arrested on suspicion of bringing a revolver to the scene.
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Saar-Brucken
Saar
Piterscastel
Catholic Front
Bentinck
Herr Emburch
Relchatug
Uponker
Frac
Stalin Decree Death Sentence for Zinoviev and Kamenev
London based Warsaw correspondent reports Zinoviev and Kamenev, former Bolshevik leaders, were secretly moved from Moscow to a White Sea exile after a silent trial. They were sentenced to exile on the Arctic coast with brutal conditions. The executions were rumored but not officially confirmed. Zinoviev reportedly ill with tuberculosis.
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London
Lund
Warsaw
Daily Exprent
Zinovierr
Stalin
Zinoveert
Kamanof
Zinoweif
Zinoviev
Kamenoft
Berge Kirov
Kirov
Btalin
Cardinal Bourne Clash Sparks City Violence in New York
The Mealeo City correspondent reports a clash in New York as Catholic worshippers confront Red Shirts outside a suburban church. Several dozen people were injured and one Red Shirt was killed by Catholic protesters. police later cleared the street. Cardinal Bourne, age 72, was hospitalized in critical condition after the unrest.
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New York
Bunday
Mealeo City
Lmsa
London
Sinday
Bourse
Grou
Fant Ton Yeeld
Suburim
Catholine
Bell Shirts
Catholica
Thak Taay
Reti Bhiria
King’s Police Medals Awarded to Seven New South Wales Officers
The AJC reports seven New South Wales police officers receive King’s Police Medals for Gallantry. Honorees include Constable JH Chaney and Constable C C Newton among others, with designations for former and current police chiefs. The awards reflect distinguished acts of gallantry recognized by the King.
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Nan
AJC
Staten
Harry Budge
King's Police
JH. Chaney
C. C. Newton
Victoria New Year Honours in Melbourne
Victoria announces New Year honours with two new titles created and another to be conferred. The list is said to reflect recommendations from the government and premiers, with broader details noted on page 2.
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Melbourne
Amoura
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