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  2. TRANSPORT.

    The Transport Trust, which met last night under the chairmanship of the Transport Commissioner (Mr. Maddocks), decided that the ban against taxi-buses in the metropolitan ...

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  3. ELECTIONS.

    The Premier (Mr. Bavin), speaking to an enthusiastic meeting In the Cronulla Picture Theatre last night, replied to Interjectors who claimed that the Federal Government would ...

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  4. GALVANISED IRON.

    The Importation of galvanised iron will be prohibited by the Commonwealth Government except with the consent of the Minister. ...

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  5. FINANCES.

    Parliamentary officials were to-day instructed to arrange for the meeting of the Parliament at Canberra on Thursday, October 30. Letters and telegrams were despatched to ...

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  6. FAMILY TRAGEDY.

    A woman and her two children, who were found unconscious on the floor of the gasfilled laundry at their home in Smith-street, Mayfield East, shortly before 7 o'clock this ...

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  7. IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

    The right of dominions to advise his Majesty in the appointing of Governors-General, questions relating to the status of dominions, and a proposal to create a tribunal to deal with inter-dominion differences were discussed at the Imperial Conference to-day. ...

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  8. INFLATION BOOMS.

    Addressing the American Bankers' Association at Cleveland (Ohio), President Hoover said: "We have had a severe shock and there has been a disorganisation of our economic ...

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  9. CHANGES IN STATUS.

    Heads of delegations In the forenoon discussed how effect could be given to changes arising from the 1926 Conference decisions relating to the new ...

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  10. PAYMENT OF DEBTS.

    The city editor of the "Evening Standard, commenting on the impending arrival of 1,000,000 sovereigns on the Mooltan and 1,000,000 by the Esperance Bay, says: ...

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  11. MUNGANA.

    Writs were issued out of the Supreme Court to-day by the Crown Law Department, on behalf of the Queensland Government, against Frederick Reid, William Mccormack, Edward ...

    Article : 294 words
  12. WILLIAMSTOWN.

    Giving evidence before the Royal Commission which is inquiring into alleged irregularities in the affairs of the Williamstown Municipal Council, Councillor J. J. Liston said that ...

    Article : 282 words
  13. RAILWAYS.

    The main recommendations of the commission set up to report on the more economical working of the Government railways include a proposal to depart from ...

    Article : 256 words
  14. DROP IN CUSTOMS FIGURES.

    The "Financial News" says that the drop in Australian Customs receipts has one favourable feature. It indicates that measures to check imports with a view to relieving the ...

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  15. PRESS COMMENT.

    The Government intends to reject tne dominions fiscal proposal," says the "Morning Post." "It will offer a permanent economic secretariat. All agree that such machinery ...

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  16. SETTLING SOVIET DEBTS.

    British and Russian members of the AngloSoviet Debts and Claims Committee wer; received by the Foreign Secretary (Mr. Arthur Henderson) at the Foreign Office to-day. The ...

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  17. MR. THEODORE'S SPEECH.

    Addressing a large audience of Labour supporters at the Cremorne Theatre to-night, Mr. Theodore declared that the Queensland Government had sought to stifle his speech ...

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  18. BANKERS TO CONFER.

    At the invitation of the chairman and board of directors of the Commonwealth Bank, the general managers of each of the banks in Australia within the clearing house will meet ...

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  19. ARRANGEMENTS FOR CANADIAN LOAN.

    The financial editor of the "New York Herald-Tribune" states that arrangements have been virtually completed for a loan of 100,000,000 dollars for Canada in the local ...

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  20. MR. H. BROOKES

    Mr. Herbert Brookes, Commissioner-General for Australia in the United States, will return at the end of the year. No new appointment will be made by the Federal ...

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  21. LOAN REPAYMENT.

    The four per cent, war loan will be repaid by the Treasury in January, largely from the proceeds of an unlimited offer of four per cent. Treasury bonds. Probably this new issue ...

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  22. BLAST FURNACE

    The blast furnace at the Australian Iron and Steel Company's works will close down again this week-end. About 600 employees will be thrown out of ...

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  23. DIPLOMATIC PAPERS.

    As a result of salvage operations on the steamship Egypt, which was sunk after a collision with a French steamer in the Bay of Biscay in 1922, the Foreign Office has ...

    Article : 91 words
  24. PROTECTION POLICY.

    The Federal committee of the Liberal Federation decided to regard as an official pronouncement the speech of the chairman of the Conservative party (Mr. Nev[?]le ...

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  25. LOAN COUNCIL.

    "Mr. Lang is obedient to the dictates of the A.C.T.U. conference, which met in Melbourne recently," said the Treasurer (Mr. Stevens) speaking at the Croydon Park ...

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  26. INFLATION OF NOTE ISSUE.

    Sir Robert Gibson, chairman of the Commonwealth Bank Board, to-day strongly denied a report that a proposal had been made to him by the Prime Minister (Mr. ...

    Article : 67 words
  27. PRINCESS MARGARET.

    Before leaving Glamis for London, the Duke of York called at the village post-office and registered the birth of Princess Margaret, who is 14th on the register. If she had been ...

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  28. £500,000 LOAN.

    In marked contrast with the last issue, the loan of £500,000 issued on September 3 by the Metropolitan Board of Works has been largely under-subscribed. When ...

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  29. AUSTRALIA HOUSE STAFF UNEASY.

    There is an air of uncertainty among all sections of the Australia House staff with Mr. Percy Coleman's report hanging over their heads. It is not known when the report ...

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  30. "NONSENSE."

    It was reported in Canberra to-day that Sir Otto Niemeyer, of the Bank of England, when commenting on the attacks made on him by the Federal Minister for Health (Mr. ...

    Article : 156 words
  31. REDUCED SALARIES.

    Nearly 2000 persons will be affected by a out in salaries in the Public Service, exclusive of railways, education, and several smaller departments. ...

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  32. WEALTHY FASCIST MINISTER.

    [?] Starhemberg, the new young Austrian Fascist Minister for the Interior, is one of the wealthiest landowners in Austria. He privately maintains a Jaeger Regiment, of ...

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  33. TWO RHODESIAS.

    Informal discussion between Parliamentarians of the two Rhodesias have resulted in a decision to amalgamate. The only obstacle is to get the sanction of the Colonial ...

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  34. RELIEF WORKERS' STRIKE.

    A strike occurred to-day among 40 men engaged on unemployment relief work in the forest at Gilllngal, near Bruthen. The men said that they were dissatisfied ...

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  35. CRITICAL LETTERS TO TEST SELECTORS.

    Mr, Leveson-Gower, chairman of the test selectors, reveals that he received more than 400 letters criticising and condemning the actions of the committee in the recent tests. ...

    Article : 90 words
  36. MR. ANSTEY.

    The Federal Minister for Health (Mr. Anstey) to-day defended his stand in the Cabinet as loyalty to the Labour party. "I was elected to the Cabinet by members ...

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  37. TWO HOUSES DESTROYED.

    Two dwellings were destroyed and another was damaged by fire in Teneriffe Drive this afternoon. The damage is estimated at £2000. ...

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  38. SHAMROCK V. SAILS FOR HOME.

    Re-rigged as an ocean-going ketch, the Shamrock V. sailed on Thursday from Bristol (Rhode Island) for Southampton. She was without a convoy. ...

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