Drastic action was taken to-day at the conference of bankers of Australia convened by the board of directors of the Commonwealth Bank to check further dealings in ...
Article : 830 wordsStriking a submerged object in the dark, with thick, drizzling rain falling, the small tug Eclipse sank off Long Reef about 2 o'clock yesterday ...
Article : 299 wordsCriticising the speech delivered at Ashfield on the previous evening by the Prime Minister, a number of public men yesterday said that while it contained a clear denunciation of inflation it still left the way open for departure from the very principles Mr. Scullin advocated. Mr. Bavin ...
Article : 114 wordsThe Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) said yesterday that legislation would shortly be introduced into Parliament fixing the price of wheat for local consumption at 4/ a bushel. ...
Article : 486 wordsA reduction of sixpence a gallon in the maximum retail price of milk was announced by the chairman of the Metropolitan Milk Board (Mr. T. V. Blomfield) at a sitting of ...
Article : 463 wordsDespite every attempt of interested aviation circles, the Air Ministry announces that it is adhering to its decision not to participate in the 1931 ...
Article : 146 wordsThe Indian Round Table Conference will end on Monday, when the Prime Minister (Mr. MacDonald) will make his promised statement on the ...
Article : 582 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) yesterday referred to the portion of his Ashfield policy speech, in which he said: "There is a demand for £20,000,000 for works. Some say print ...
Article : 238 words"I ask you not to expect miracles to be worked by me. All I ask is to be given an opportunity to work unitedly and amicably, and I am sure that will be done by all ...
Article : 1,410 wordsThe prince or wales, who will leave to-morrow for Paris, on the first stage of his journey to South America, spoke to Buenos Aires by wireless telephone from London this ...
Article : 299 wordsA masked thief stole £540 in notes and silver at noon to-day from the office of James Marsh and Sons Pty., Ltd., tin canister manufacturers, Villlers-street, North Melbourne. ...
Article : 214 wordsAnother severe earthquake was recorded on the seismographs at Sydney and Riverview Observatories shortly before 9 o'clock yesterday morning. The instruments indicated that ...
Article : 216 wordsCommenting upon the Prime Minister's speech at Ashfield on Thursday, the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Bavin) said yesterday that if the Melbourne agreement had been ...
Article : 453 wordsThe low prices prevailing for primary products have led to the lodging of at least three applications by employers recently for reductions of wages and variations of working ...
Article : 531 wordsThe Treasury to-day repaid £75,000,000 of 4 per cent. war loan, though it is not compelled to repay the money before 1942. The action is apparently due to the increase ...
Article : 106 wordsSpeaking at Summer Hill last night in support of the candidature of Mr. C. Marr, who is contesting the Parkes seat in the Nationalist interest, Mr. R. W. D. Weaver, M.L.A., ...
Article : 286 wordsA message from Riga states that in view of the forthcoming League of Nations' Council discussion about the date of the Disarmament Conference, Soviet Ambassadors presented ...
Article : 143 words"Mr. Moore's statement that the delay in the civil proceedings in connection with the Mungana case has been caused by the defendants is false," said Mr. Theodore, M.P., yesterday. ...
Article : 127 wordsAt the annual meeting of the British wool Federation at Bradford, Mr. S. W. Broadhead, the newly-elected president, said the suggestion had persisted in the Press for years ...
Article : 103 wordsMr. Scullin left Sydney unostentatiously yesterday. Few of his fellow passengers on the Melbourne express realised that the slight figure pacing the platform alone was the Prime ...
Article : 259 wordsCountry week concluded yesterday, after the fourth round of inter-centre games. In previous years the carnival has ended with a match betwen Combined Country and a City ...
Article : 376 wordsWireless reports to the Department of Communications from Mexico City to-day stated that 25 wera killed or injured at Oaxaca in the earthquake which rocked all southern ...
Article : 122 wordsCareful examination by the technical officers of the Canadian National Railways, and consideration by the board of directors in consultation with the Canadian Government, will ...
Article : 88 wordsMr. R. J. Hawkes, president of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, said the country would have welcomed a more courageous statement from its Prime Minister. ...
Article : 211 wordsAt Larkinville alluvial field yesterday a 17-year-old youth named James Joseph Larcombe discovered the largest slug of gold ever unearthed in Western Australia. ...
Article : 232 wordsA message from Los Angeles states that the Richfield Oil Company, one of the major concerns in the field, has been placed in receivership. Its liabilities are 35,000,000 dollars, and ...
Article : 105 wordsAn Air Force aeroplane passing from Richmond to Melbourne crashed between Moss Vale and Exeter at half-past 7 o'clock this morning. Flight-Commander Charlesworth ...
Article : 127 wordsIn a remarkable summary, the city editor of the "Daily Express" says: "Money at call available in Britain at the end of 1930 amounted to £2,786,000,000—practically cash ...
Article : 211 wordsArriving [?] Saturay night by the Hobsons Bay, a young New Zealander, Harold Baskin, encountered at Waterloo Station a confidence man, who pleaded hunger. Baskin took him ...
Article : 161 wordsIn an address at Earlwood last night Mr. Archdale Parkhill, M.P., said it was evident that Mr. Scullin desirec to void controversy between the two wings of his patty by being ...
Article : 272 words"Five years' Governor-Gernaralship [?] sulted in my coming home saturated with Empire spirit," said Lord Stonehaven, in a speech at Stonehaven. "The great Imperial ...
Article : 95 wordsThe nine-ton yacht Olmara, with a crew of five, will leave St. Kilda at 3 o'clock to-morrow afternoon for Auckland, New Zealand. The object of the voyage is to obtain a ...
Article : 145 wordsMost of the big nuggets unearthed in Australia have been found in Victorai. The Welcome Stranger found at Moliagul (Victoria) in 1869 had a gross weight of 2284oz and was ...
Article : 198 wordsAt a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour party yesterday it waa decided to amend the Wages Tax Act, to remove anomalies respecting casual workers. ...
Article : 110 wordsWhile a Bordeaux Court is considering its judgment in the case in which Fernand Taillantou, a Rugby fooball player, is charged with manslaughter of another player, Georges ...
Article : 124 wordsA message from St. Johns (Newfoundland) states that a youth and six girls, whose ages varied from 11 to 25 years, were drowned last night in the rapid waters of the Exploits River, ...
Article : 115 wordsAgreement on a majority of points in the South Wales coal dispute has been [?]eached. The agreement will be submitted to a conference of minors at Cardiff to-day. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 17 Jan 1931, Page 13
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