Slow scoring in third Test as South Africa struggle in Melbourne
South Africa batted carefully in the third Test at Melbourne, facing Australia’s bowlers with Stark discipline. Christy, Grinmett, and Trommonger bowled tightly as the visitors posted 268, with Viljoen and Vincent later stabilising the innings before stumps.
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Australia
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Curnow
Ghisty
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Christy
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Australisa
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Sheffield Shield match NSW vs Queensland opens in Sydney
The Sheffield Shield game between New South Wales and Queensland began in Sydney with listed bowlers and batsmen. Notable bowling figures include Oxenham taking six wickets, Thurlow two for forty nine, and Gamble two for eighty eight as Queensland posted a modest innings end.
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Sydney
Ferideys
New South Wales
Queensland
Arson Suspected After Riverton Fires
Riverton on Wednesday night suffered a series of mysterious fires within a mile or two. Constable Richardson patrolled the area but no arrests were made. The blazes began at short intervals, suggesting deliberate ignition in Riverton.
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Riverton
Beitley
Sprigs
Richardson
Gonstable Richardson
Wisinet
Heat Wave Eases As South Australia Reports Cooler Air
After one of the state’s most severe heat waves, officials say a cool southerly change will arrive before noon today. Yesterday marked the eighth straight day over 100 degrees with a 101 degree peak at 3 pm. a southerly breeze later provided relief. Outdoor nights remained pleasant as temperatures dropped, with residents noting coats unnecessary for work and many going sockless in the heat.
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South Australia
Pirie
Eafternoon
60 Year Record Broken in Adelaide Weather Note
ADELAIDE Friday morning at 9 15 am reports the Century of Weather record breaking for the eighth straight day. A brief cool spell followed with a forecast of cooler temperatures unlikely to last. Mr Bromley notes a cooler trend then temperatures to rise again by Sunday. Last night the mercury did not fall below 79.6 degrees as a high pressure system from the west moved in with wind shift, sparing Adelaide from further extreme heat.
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Adelawe
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Sears
Pomereon
Bromley
Adelaide
Heat Records Fall in South Australia Weekly Weather Summary
Weather Bureau notes no rain in South Australia this week while a severe December heat wave gripped the region. Adelaide logged a record December high with three consecutive centuries and readings reaching 114 degrees at multiple stations. Port Augusta and Port Fide also hit 114 degrees as the heat spell intensified with little relief expected.
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South Australia
Weather Bureau
Adelaide
Kyancutta
Port Augusta
Port Fide
Victoria
Northern Australia
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Bushfires rage across New South Wales and surrounding regions
Still raging Sydney reports fires racing west and south-west of the state with about nine stations affected within 500 miles of Cobar. Paddington Station area has destroyed gas acreage while hundreds fight the blazes. Temperatures rise and communities near Broken Hill and Manfred Stations brace as unemployed camps resist unless paid.
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Sydney
Cobar
Paddington
Lywnhoe
Booka Boull
Manfred
Broken Hill
Menidie
Monindie
Canberra
Country Party and Cabinet Collapse Prediction
Dr Earle Page arrived in Sydney from Melbourne and predicted the Lyons Ministry would have a short life. He blamed the Country Party's absence from the Ministry on opposition from Melbourne Chambers of Manufactures and the “black” label on the Gushams portfolio. He argued rural export industries drive a third of Commonwealth wealth and 95 percent of exports, insisting the government lacked will to address Australia’s problems without Country Party ministers.
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Sydney
Earle Page
Melboune
Lyons
Country Party
Melbourne
Chambers of Manufactures
Love
Tremihe
Australia
Pirie Cricket District Resumes Tonight in Red White Divisions
Pirie District Cricket Association restarts its programme with Red Division Fast vs Globe Oval and West meeting South on the Bapriss pitch. North v West opens fixtures with West lineups including Holdsworth Mars Jam Seaun Ketgan Johnston Robinson Lean Harris Worby Taylor mont Nori Gampbell Scott White tens white Engstrant Batty Howard Murn Veltuh Fitzgerald South Armour Porme Green Laycock Tmpett McGarthy Seat Winstell Wisht Woodward Woo roffe Roper. White Division features Thompson PSN A Worby Bisse Sharp Tully Fewster Warner fl Girewar Bennett Smith Williams.
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Holdsworth
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Robinson
Lean
Harris
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Hills Fires Beat Adelaide and Dushillies Near
Fragments report hills near Adelaide burned out after a blaze with no further gutbreaks. Two obse wwaleh will be kept in the smouldering foxs.
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Adelaide
Motorcycle Sidecar Crash Near Becebug Marsh
Friday collision near Becebug Marsh involved a motor cycle and sidecar with eight riders. Gordon Rolfe of Kenyon Road Caulfield suffered a broken thigh and forearm, while George Trevalyan Smith aged 80 of Glenferrie was badly cast knee and abrasions. 7 others were severely injured.
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Becebug Marsh
Gordon Rolfe
Kenyon
Caulfield
George
valyan.Smith
Glenfer
Glenferris
Waterside Workers anti-Family lobby at high school pitch
A misc item notes Waterside workers opposing a Family hotel proposal at a high school event tomorrow. The report lists numerous attendees and divisions, including names such as Afford and Munro, with a long roster of individuals connected to the Watersiders group and related teams.
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Heroic Pilot Lifts Burning Plane to Save Passenger
Adjutant de Frayssinet, 28, awarded the Legion of Honor for amazing gallantry near Valenge. He signaled the passenger to jump, freed the parachute, then returned to the cockpit to keep the plane aloft. He then deliberately crashed the machine into waves to allow the passenger to reach safety.
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United Service
Paris
Legion of Honor
Adjutant de Frayssinet
Valenge
Anit
de Prayssinet
Unemployment Spreads as Meat Export Trade Abandons
About 2,000 men in Melbourne face unemployment as W Atgliss 2nd Company abandons meat exports due to low prices. TLA said the other four major exporters in Australia including Tounding Rhos Borthwick Suns and Sims Gooper and Company of Melbourne will resume after New Year holidays.
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W. Atgliss
TLA
Australia
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Rhos
Borthwick
Suns
Sims
Gooper and Competty
Melbournne
Stolen Car Crash Kills Motorcyclist in Adelaide
Ross Thomas, a young motorcyclist, died at Adelaide Hospital after a hit and run in a stolen car at Tapley’s Hill Roach. The driver fled, witnesses reported the car was on the wrong side of the road. Thomas had severe injuries including a fractured skull and leg. Passenger Miss Noreen Gregory sustained multiple injuries and is hospitalized in serious condition but not life threatening.
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Everard Park
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Adelaide
Holiday Fatalities in State Report Drowning Deaths
A day of numerous accidents in the state ends in multiple drownings. Three individuals lost their lives in separate incidents as authorities investigate the causes amid holiday travel and crowded waterways.
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Sydney
Illicit liquor seized in Wickham raids near Newcastle
City police raided two houses at Wickham, a Sydney suburb, last night and seized almost 3,000 gallons of spirit in various stages of preparation. Three men were arrested.
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City Police
Wickham
Newcastia
Pompey Elliott War Diary Presented to Commonwealth
The diary of Major Thomas B. Fompes Elliott detailing daily war experiences near Rotherswich is presented to the Commonwealth and will be added to the War Memorial collection alongside maps and photographs.
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Melbourne
Major-ton- MH
B.fompes Eliott
Rotherswich
Commonwealth
Locks and Bars Break for Adelaide Prison Escape
Ernest Albert Richards, a 28 year old habitual criminal jailed for robbery at Alberton Post Office in 1950, escaped from Yatesa Labor Prison by picking four locks, removing iron bars, and climbing two walls. Detected only after a midnight to 6 am breakout, authorities describe the cell as the strongest in the prison. Richards, 5 ft 6 in, with blue eyes and fair complexion, had fashioned a rope from bedding and used improvised tools to reach and unlock padlocks from within. Police fear further trouble as they pursue him.
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Prlaon
Hichards
Wounded officer Berhent badly hurt in winders lane hold up
Paraclothes Constable Berhent was shot during a robbery at G. Coles and Company in Winders Lane as 2400 in winnings was taken to Dank. His sight is impaired but not yet lost, hospital says. Evidence from Derham in the holdup case may be delayed.
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Melbourne
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Coles and Company
Winders Lane
Jeff Melbourne Hospital
Derham
Barons and knighthoods link to wartime figures
The report notes increased titles and honours across the British establishment, listing barons, viscounts, Privy Counsellors and knights. It mentions Clifford Alten, former Independent Labour Party chair, being created a baron, and references The Daily Citizen editor Dr. Isral Labor daily leadership alongside various honours conferred on South Australians Walter James Young and William Tanp Goodman.
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London
Clifford Alten
Independent Labor Party
Baron Alle
Galtbridge University
Islal Labor Daily
The
Daily Citizen
Wst
Walter James Young
William Tanp Goodman
Prowler Seized After Hotel Assault in Viceroy's Presence
In a Grand Princ Hotel, an armed intruder was seized after threatening a shoot. Police with nearly 200 officers guarded the scene as a well-dressed Indian man refused to identify himself, leading to the discovery of a leaden revolver. European officers reported the incident amid ongoing concerns about terrorists who had escaped earlier.
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United Service
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Willingdon
Initia
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Grand
Hne
Ead-Swene
Cultu
Tai
Pricinéls
River mystery binds man to bicycle in Yarra find
Police recovered the body of an elderly man from the River Yarra at Newport. Bound by wire to bicycle handles, the corpse appeared to have been in the water about a fortnight.
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Melbourne
Missing Airman Sparks Panic Across South Australia
Reports from Adelaide and across Australia tell of airman J. Ns Welry overdue by 35 hours on a flight from Adelaide to Perth. Rumors said he crashed in a desert stretch and lay injured in the sun, but sightings failed and his plane remains at Parafield with no confirmed wreckage.
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Uel
Grimmett
Kippax
King
Mac Agptain
Cameron
Morkel
McGabe
Wall
Ecwet
Ronwonger
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Richards
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Australia
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