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  2. FLOUR TAX

    It was learned in Sydney yesterday that the sales tax of £4/5/ a ton on flour will be lifted early in the New Year. in Ministerial circles yesterday it was ...

    Article : 143 words
  3. AVIATION.

    Important developments in civil aviation in Australia will follow upon the visit of Mr. S. A. Dismore, secretary of imperial Airways. Limited, who arrived in Sydney from London ...

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  4. POLICE CALLED.

    Work has been suspended at the Austral Brick Company's pit, St. Peters, as a result of the dispute which occurred on Thursday concerning overtime. About 60 men left the pit ...

    Article : 375 words
  5. FILM WAR.

    Mr. F. W. Marks, who has been appointed by the State Government to investigate the film industry, yesterday took preliminary steps to set the ...

    Article : 1,404 words
  6. DISARMAMENT.

    Speaking at a dinner commemorating the 77th anniversary of the birth of Woodrow Wilson, President Roosevelt to-night proclaimed that the policy of ...

    Article : 484 words
  7. UNITED STATES.

    The Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Henry Morgenthau, jun.) issued a sweeping new order to-night, requiring delivery to the Treasury of all gold coin, bullion, and ...

    Article : 604 words
  8. BYRD EXPEDITION.

    The Jacob Ruppert is still creeping through iceberg-strewn seas, and a high wind which subsided this morning revived again in the south-west. The ghostly parade of icebergs ...

    Article : 185 words
  9. BRITAIN.

    The possibilities of increased trade between China and Britain and the need for greater contact between British manufacturing interests and Chinese business men are ...

    Article : 658 words
  10. GREETING 1934.

    To-morrow night, at 11.30, a special new year message will be broadcast by the Governor-General (Sir Isaac Isaacs) from Canberra. The greetings will be relayed through ...

    Article : 345 words
  11. RUSSIA.

    "Relations with England are at present satisfactory, despite the Metropolitan-Vickers affair," declared the President of the People's Commissars (M. Molotov), in opening the ...

    Article : 178 words
  12. CHRISTMAS MAILS.

    The Postmaster-General (Mr. Parkhill) yesterday released figures disclosing the marked improvement in the postal services during the Christmas period—from December 11 to ...

    Article : 197 words
  13. INTERNATIONAL SPIES.

    The Minister for Defence of Finland (Mr. A. A. Oksala) has revealed that Colonel Asplund, head of the biggest munition factory in Finland, who died in April, 1932, was ...

    Article : 285 words
  14. DRUGS SEIZED.

    Police raided a house occupied by chinese in Little Bourke-street to-day, and seized a quantity of cocaine and opium which was said to have been landed from a Chinese ...

    Article : 176 words
  15. ARCHBISHOP'S WARNING.

    "Again we approach the New Year with profound anxiety," writes the Archbishop of York and Primate of England (Dr. William Temole) in a diocesan leaflet. ...

    Article : 203 words
  16. UNITARIAN

    Lord Hugh Cecil has presented a petition to the Archbishop of York, alleging that persons holding erroneous and strange doctrines and heretical opinions had been permitted to preach ...

    Article : 273 words
  17. CATERPILLAR PEST.

    Although caterpillars are still prevalent in several centres in the district, their numbers are dwindling, and at South Bowenfels the invasion has ended. The insects are still ...

    Article : 148 words
  18. IRISH FREE STATE.

    The trial was continued by the Irish Free State Military Tribunal of Commandant Cronin, who is charged with uttering seditious words by alleging that the police "planted" ...

    Article : 365 words
  19. STATE LOTTERY.

    The "Hor[?] Shoe" syndicate, care of J. B. Ware, 6 Ismay-avenue, Homebush, won the first prize in the 176th State lottery, drawn at the Australian Hall yesterday morning. The ...

    Article : 234 words
  20. EMPEROR'S SON.

    Nation-wide jubilation over the birth of an heir to the Emperor commenced at daylight in Tokyo in brilliant sunshine. The banks were dressed with flags, and all offices were ...

    Article : 97 words
  21. RAILWAY BUSINESS.

    The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hartigan) said last night that, compared, with last year, there had been a decided improvement all round in railway business during the ...

    Article : 132 words
  22. NEW FRENCH PLAN.

    The Diplomatic Correspondent of the Morning Post" says: "Following the rejection of Herr Hitler's proposals for direct negotiations on disarmament. France contemplates ...

    Article : 616 words
  23. GERMANY.

    For the purpose of reserving university education for a chosen section of German youth, in order to reduce the number of university graduates among the unemployed, only 15,000 ...

    Article : 342 words
  24. 20th CENTURY WEATHER.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 121 words
  25. WEDDING EPISODE.

    There is an old proverb which says that "to a blind horse a nod is as good as a wink." The stationmaster at Lithgow, Mr. M. Humphrey, achieved results the other day ...

    Article : 277 words
  26. RIVER MYSTERY.

    The police are now practically certain that the man, whose battered body was found in the Murrumbidgee River, near Wagga, was murdered. They are hopeful of clearing up ...

    Article : 113 words
  27. CODEX SINAITICUS.

    The Archbishop of Canterbury the Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald) and others are appealing for £50,000 to complete the purchase of the Codex Sinaiticus the fourth ...

    Article : 168 words
  28. FRENCH RAIL DISASTER.

    Charpentier, the fireman on the Strasbourg express, which was involved in the Lagny disaster last Saturday, has made serious allegations to the "Matin." He says that the ...

    Article : 172 words
  29. SHARKS AT BONDI.

    Sharks were seen swimming in the surf at Bondi yesterday a few minutes after three members of the Bondi Surf Life Saving Club had rescued four bathers. ...

    Article : 115 words
  30. BROADCASTING.

    As the payment of royalties to Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd., will cease in March it is suggested in Canberra that wireless listeners' licence fees will be reduced next ...

    Article : 151 words
  31. WAREHOUSE FIRES.

    Manchester police are investigating a series of suspected cases of incendiarism, following the discovery in a furnitiue warehouse of an incendiary "bomb," which failed to ignite. ...

    Article : 134 words
  32. TENNIS TEST.

    The third tennis test between Great Britain and Australia will commence at Kooyong to-morrow. The draw is as follows:—Hopman v Wilde; McGrath v Lee; Hughes v Turnbull; ...

    Article : 101 words
  33. REVENUE TARIFFS.

    The recently increased import duties devised to strengthen the Treasury, may be expected to operate shortly. The Financial Department of the Dutch East Indies ...

    Article : 137 words
  34. GRAN CHACO WAR.

    Paraguay has formally refused to extend the truce with Bolivia in the Gran Chaco warfare. The armistice ends at midnight on Saturday. ...

    Article : 64 words
  35. HONOURS LIST.

    It is understood that only one knighthood has been recommended in the State list of New Year honours. It was stated in political and legal circles yesterday that the name of ...

    Article : 55 words
  36. CLERK'S 3477 BETS.

    Records of 3477 bets, ranging from 1/3 to £10, on the day's race meeting, were found in the possession of William McGhee, a clerk, when he was arrested in an office in ...

    Article : 68 words
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