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  2. PARLIAMENT.

    In view of the uncertainty of the international situation, it is the present intention of the Federal Ministry not to prorogue the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 532 words
  3. BUILDING TRADES.

    Recommendations have been submitted to the Government by a conference of employers and employees in the building trades, and these are directed ...

    Article : 693 words
  4. 'PLANE CRASH.

    Following an operation yesterday, doctors hope to save the life of Mrs. H. K. Houston, who was injured on Sunday, when a 'plane, piloted by her husband, Dr. H. K. Houston, ...

    Article : 190 words
  5. BASIC WAGE. NO REDUCTION

    The new basic wage for women was discussed at a special meeting of the Council of the Retail Traders' Association of New South Wales yesterday, ...

    Article : 150 words
  6. AIR MAILS. Australian Plans.

    The Postmaster-General (Senator McLachlan) denied to-night reports that the modified oversea air-mail plan proposed by the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 75 words
  7. WARNING TO BRITAIN.

    Britain is warned by the Rome correspondent of the "Morning Post" against under-estimating Italy's strength. He says the Italian ...

    Article : 1,128 words
  8. DASH TO AID. Steamers in Distress.

    Two steamers are in distress in a fierce south-westerly gale, which is sweeping the Atlantic. In response to S.O.S. messages, other vessels are ...

    Article : 174 words
  9. LEFT GAINS. French Elections.

    The first ballot in the French elections, which was held yesterday, showed a swing to the Left, which will be emphasised in the second ballot, to be held ...

    Article : 744 words
  10. NEGOTIATIONS IN LONDON.

    The Minister for Commerce (Dr. Page) and the Attorney-General (Mr. Menzies) have discussed in London a number of plans for Empire mails with the British Air Ministry ...

    Article : 325 words
  11. PROPOSED SUSPENSION.

    A largely attended meeting of the Union Secretaries' Association yesterday decided to ask the Government to suspend the application of the living wage declaration by the ...

    Article : 438 words
  12. EXPLOSION OF GAS

    Actuated by a grievance against his sister and niece, who are residents of Copenhagen, a steward, Franz Hanel, aged 61, opened a gas tap in the basement of a block of flats owned ...

    Article : 169 words
  13. MINERS' PLEA

    A meeting of miners held under the light of a hurricane lamp in the centre of the main goldfields road on Saturday night called upon the executive of the Progress Association to ...

    Article : 413 words
  14. GERMAN COLONIES.

    South Africa has no objection to the return of former German colonies, says a special correspondent of the "Daily Mail" at Pretoria, but will not take isolated action. ...

    Article : 515 words
  15. UNTRAINED NURSES.

    Annie Constance Frost, hospital sister, giving evidence before Mr. Justice Webb in the Industrial Commission yesterday, during the hearing of an application for an award ...

    Article : 231 words
  16. SHORTER WEEK.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) to-day announced that the proposed conference on the question of a shorter working week had been abandoned, because the Ministry ...

    Article : 486 words
  17. BOY'S PRANK.

    While several boys were leaving the Guildford Public School ground they observed a large assortment of fireworks displayed in the window of a small shop adjoining the school ...

    Article : 153 words
  18. R.A.F. EXPANSION.

    Under the new expansion scheme the Royal Air Force is being equipped with large numbers of 'planes of all classes superior to any yet constructed. So that the rapidly increasing ...

    Article : 753 words
  19. FLYING-BOAT.

    The Minister for Defence (Mr. Parkhill) stated yesterday that the Commonwealth Government had agreed to the request of Imperial Airways, Ltd., to make another survey ...

    Article : 119 words
  20. WIFE'S DEVOTION.

    The wife (Mrs. Eriksson) of the captain of the Finnish barque Herzogin Cocilie, which is stranded on the rocks in the English Channel, refuses to leave the ship. ...

    Article : 320 words
  21. B.H.P. COLLIERIES.

    At present there seems little likelihood that the notice which is to be given on behalf of members of the Federated Enginedrivers' and Firemen's Association employed at Broken ...

    Article : 186 words
  22. FLOWER CULTURE.

    The rewards of a successful hobby have been demonstrated to a local workman named Mr. Henry Kemister, who, more than 20 years ago, acquired a small plot of ground 80 feet ...

    Article : 141 words
  23. MYSTERIOUS FIRES

    The list of mysterious fires, which have taken place in unattended houses in Moree during the past few months was added to when the Moree bowling clubhouse was ...

    Article : 110 words
  24. GALLIPOLI GRAVES.

    "British and Turkish authorities describe as inconceivable that there will be any tampering with British cemeteries on Gallipoli in the event of the rearming of the ...

    Article : 151 words
  25. McARTHUR CHARGED.

    Within almost a few minutes of the Monowai's arrival from Sydney, J. W. S. McArthur, who was extradited from New South Wales, appeared in the Wellington Magistrate's Court ...

    Article : 126 words
  26. £500 ROBBERY.

    Tobacco and cigarettes to the total value of nearly £500, the property of William Brown, were stolen on Sunday night from a lock-up shop at 333 George-street, city. ...

    Article : 171 words
  27. NAIRANA TRAGEDY.

    The City Coroner (Mr. Tingate, P.M.) held an inquiry to-day into the disaster that befel the Nairana on April 12, when three passengers were swept overboard and drowned and ...

    Article : 309 words
  28. LOSSES FROM STORE.

    Owing to continual losses from its store, a Hastings firm set a trap, detailing two employees to sleep on the premises. As a result, a police constable, James Baxter, ...

    Article : 67 words
  29. JAPANESE MANDATES.

    The "Asahl Shimbun" says that the Minister for the Navy (Admiral Nagano) opposes the scheme to amalgamate Formosa and the Japanese mandated territories as ...

    Article : 78 words
  30. ILLICIT SPIRIT.

    Federal agents to-day raided an oil tanker immediately after it docked at Elizabeth, New Jersey, and instead of the vessel's tanks carrying petroleum, they were filled, it is ...

    Article : 98 words
  31. WINDOW SMASHED.

    Thieves hurled half a brick through the window of Dunkling's jewellery shop in Central Hay-street, one of the busiest parts of the city, this afternoon, and escaped with a tray of 18 ...

    Article : 169 words
  32. INCENDIARY FIRES.

    Extraordinary concentration by the police to-day failed to bring about the capture of a man, who for several consecutive Sunday mornings has terrorised the tenement section ...

    Article : 123 words
  33. CHURCH IN GERMANY.

    The Minister for Church Affairs (Herr Kerrl) quietly informed pastors in the "confessional movement" that orders for expulsion or the forbidding of preaching and speaking ...

    Article : 158 words
  34. STEEL INDUSTRY.

    Mr. H. M. Chrystall, a civil engineer and member of the Lyttelton Harbour Board, who returned from Australia by the Monowai, said that no attempt should be made to start the ...

    Article : 119 words
  35. NEW SHIPS.

    The Shipwrights' Union has decided to seek the co-operation of various public bodies, including the Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Manufactures, in a deputation ...

    Article : 74 words
  36. SECRET MANOEUVRES.

    Led by 11 capital ships, the greater part of the American Fleet will steam away to-morrow for six weeks' secret manoeuvres in the Pacific. ...

    Article : 58 words
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