New express engine completed at Eveleigh
The first of the new express engines for the NSW railways was completed at Eveleigh Railway workshops. The new locomotive, known officially as belonging to the C36 class, was the first of 25 to be built and was regarded as a triumph for the railway workshops. The coal-carrying capacity of the new tender was large enough for the engine to run from Sydney to Albury without re-coaling.
Man struck by lightning
A dairy farmer from Sunnyside near Tenterfield was struck dead by lightning whilst playing cricket in the town on the ground known as Armstrong's. The lightning struck the deceased on the top of the head, cutting his hat in two, stripping his clothes and boots from him and made a large hole in the ground. Four other players in the vicinity received a shock which felled them to the ground but were not otherwise injured.
Drastic decree against Serbian communists
A message from Reuters in Belgrade reported that a first-class political sensation had been created by a government decree ordering the dissolution of the Croatian peasants party, on the ground that the party had allied itself with communism. The decree ordered the confiscation of the party's archives, the immediate arrest of the executive and forbade members to enter Parliament or work in the public services.