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  2. SCIENCE CONGRESS.

    A wide range of subjects was dealt with in the various sections of the Science Congress, which held meetings at the University yesterday. In some instances groups of sections held joint sittings. In the economics section, rationalisation of industry, obstacles to world ...

    Article : 89 words
  3. MR. LYONS

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons), in a statement issued to-day, said that the Ottawa agreement would be received with the greatest satisfaction by the people of Australia. ...

    Article : 682 words
  4. PINNED BY LOG.

    Amazing fortitude was displayed by George Williams, 27, a woodcutter, of Castle Hill-road, Castle Hill, yesterday, when a tree crashed down upon him at Kenthurst, near ...

    Article : 365 words
  5. A REVIEW.

    A peaceful Sunday, in sharp contrast with the exhausting rush and bustle of the last few days of the conference, has permitted careful study of the trade agreements signed on ...

    Article : 576 words
  6. NEWSPAPERS

    British newspapers rejoice in the triumphant conclusion reached by the conference. The "Observer" says: "Ottawa has been essentially a great business transaction which ...

    Article : 1,229 words
  7. OTTAWA CONFERENCE

    With few exceptions British newspapers enthusiastically acclaim the decisions reached at the Ottawa Conference. The London "Times" refers to the conference as a great achievement, while another journal states that it has opened up a new era of Imperial ...

    Article : 209 words
  8. POPULATION.

    "Population Questions from the Standpoint of Administration" was the subject of a paper read by the Lieutenant-Governor of Papua (Sir Hubert Murray). It was the first of a ...

    Article : 745 words
  9. PONDEROUS TITLES.

    Among the papers read at the Science Congress yesterday was one on "Some Observations on the Gaseous Metabolism of Staircase Running." ...

    Article : 1,118 words
  10. MEAT AGREEMENT.

    The provision in the meat agreement, enabling Britain to remove the restrictions in the event of inadequate supplies visualises possible variations in Australian supplies, as, for ...

    Article : 551 words
  11. STATE LOTTERY.

    The 71st State Lottery was drawn at Her Majesty's Theatre yesterday morning. The numbers which won the major prizes were as follows: ...

    Article : 370 words
  12. BRITISH DELEGATION.

    The British delegates were given an enthusiastic send-off when they left Ottawa for home. They were well satisfied with the results of the conference. ...

    Article : 171 words
  13. "HARD BARGAINS."

    Professor G. L. Wood, of the Melbourne University, broadcasting an address last night to Melbourne listeners from Sydney on world relations, said no event of the past week had ...

    Article : 318 words
  14. STREET BARROWS.

    Sites on which street barrows will be permitted to operate under regulations framed by the City Council, and approved by the Government, were, agreed to at a meeting of the ...

    Article : 158 words
  15. NEW ZEALAND.

    Reviewing the agreement, Mr. Coates, leader of the New Zealand delegation, points out the substantial cut in imports of foreign meat into Britain agreed upon and emphasises that New ...

    Article : 272 words
  16. NATIVE RACE.

    A paper by the Government Anthropologist of Papua (Mr. F. E. Williams) dealt with "depopulation and administration." It might, he said, be stated that European influence ...

    Article : 471 words
  17. RECIPROCITY.

    In presenting the agreements, the conference recorded the conviction that by the lowering or removal of barriers among the British nations as provided in the agreements ...

    Article : 345 words
  18. PRODUCTION

    According to a statement issued by the Commonwealth Statistician yesterday, the estimated value of production in Australia for the year 1930-31 amounted to £319,701,000, ...

    Article : 185 words
  19. FARMERS' VIEW.

    Mr. Ernest Field (president of the Farmers and Settlers' Asscociation), commenting on the decisions of the Ottawa Conference, yesterday, said that he was pleased with what had ...

    Article : 116 words
  20. THE ARGENTINE.

    Sir Edmund Vestey (a director of the Union Cold Storage Company) remained at Ottawa for only a few hours. He declined to talk to British and Dominion newspaper ...

    Article : 301 words
  21. BRITISH MANUFACTURERS

    The following statement was issued to-day by the Australian ssociation of British Manufacturers regarding the conclusions reached at the Ottawa Conference: ...

    Article : 311 words
  22. THE NAUTILUS EXPEDITION.

    Referring to recent criticisms of his attempt to reach the North Pole in the submarine Nautilus, Sir Hubert Wilkins, in a cable message to his brother, Mr. T. W. Wilkins, says ...

    Article : 69 words
  23. METEORITE CRATER.

    At a meeting of the geology section yesterday, Sir Douglas Mawson said that a magnetic survey should be mide of the newly-found meteorite crater at Henbury Station in ...

    Article : 259 words
  24. BILATERAL AGREEMENTS.

    Following are the bilateral agreements between the dominions- CANADA AND IRISH FREE STATE. The agreement secures for Canadian goods ...

    Article : 194 words
  25. "THE TOSS"

    Many disputes have been settled by a toss of a coln, but it is doubtful if the method has often been resorted to for the settlement of differences of opinion as to solicitors' costs. ...

    Article : 153 words
  26. DELEGATES REST.

    The atmosphere at the Chateau Laurier has been transformed in 24 hours. Formerly the lobbies were thronged with delegates' staffs, visitors, and eager newspapermen. Now, ...

    Article : 141 words
  27. OTHER TREATIES.

    The main differences in the other AngloDominion treaties are as follows:- CANADA. Britain undertakes that a general 10 per ...

    Article : 1,064 words
  28. EUROPEAN INFLUENCE

    Professor J. Macdonald Holmes, in dealing with geographical aspects of the population problem, said the general distribution of the population of northern Australia and of the ...

    Article : 286 words
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