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  2. HELD CAPTIVE.

    Amazing allegations were made by a police agent last night. He said that he had been kidnapped by a gang of men, battered over the head with an iron bar or some such weapon, ...

    Article : 724 words
  3. FEDERAL SESSION.

    The Treasurer (Mr. Theodore) made a vigorous defence of the Ministry's proposals for the amendment of the Constitution when the bills providing for a referendum were ...

    Article : 2,163 words
  4. NAVAL POWER. Political Issues.

    A rift in the clouds developed at the Naval Conference this morning, when the British spokesman announced that the political aspects of the conference ...

    Article : 1,090 words
  5. 48-HOUR WEEK.

    As announced in the "Herald" yesterday, the Cabinet will probably not introduce a bill to revert to a general 48-hour week in industry It seems the Government has been advised ...

    Article : 582 words
  6. CENTRAL RESERVE BANK. Federal Ministry's Plan.

    The creation of a Central Reserve Bank and the transfer to it of certain functions of the present Commonwealth Bank, are provided for in a bill which was introduced in the House of Representatives this afternoon by the Treasurer (Mr. Theodore). ...

    Article : 140 words
  7. SYDNEY LOANS.

    A New York advertising agency and the "New York Times" have suppressed an advertisement announcing that cabled applications for "City of Sydney first mortgage ...

    Article : 330 words
  8. RIOT IN CALCUTTA.

    Six persons were killed and more than 100 others injured in a remarkable riot at Calcutta, culminating in police opening fire on an angry mob, including several thousands of ...

    Article : 214 words
  9. [?]ED MOTORING.

    At Daytona Beach, Florida, to-day, Mr Kaye Don made one round trip on the Ninemile Beach course, reaching a speed of 173.577 miles an hour on the south-bound trip. He ...

    Article : 280 words
  10. DETAILS OF THE BILL.

    By the transfer of £2,000,000 from the Commonwealth Bank, the initial capital for the establishment of a Central Reserve Bank of Australia is provided. The proposed bank ...

    Article : 2,041 words
  11. UNEMPLOYED IN U.S.A.

    The secretary of the Federation of Labour (Mr. Green), testifying before a Senate committee estimated that 3,700,000 workers were unemployed during February, losing 400,000,000 ...

    Article : 115 words
  12. GREAT OIL WELL.

    One of the greatest fire hazards was created at Oklahoma City, where a new gusher brought in near the city has been spouting daily for six days as much as 200,000 ...

    Article : 169 words
  13. PALESTINE.

    Commenting on the report of the Palestine Commission, the "Times" says: "To sum up its contents in a phrase, the report makes a strong case for definition of practical limits ...

    Article : 377 words
  14. SMITH AND SHIERS. Arrive at Wyndham.

    Messrs. D. Smith and W. Shiers, the airmen who were forced down on Saturday while on a flight to England, arrived at Wyndham at 1 o'clock yesterday morning, with the police ...

    Article : 240 words
  15. CONSTABLE SHOT.

    Constable Horace Riley, driver of one of the police wireless patrols, was shot in the right arm, near the shoulder, in an accident which occurred during a thrilling chase after a ...

    Article : 518 words
  16. AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    A Ceylon Eleven, in which two Europeans did well, dismissed the Australian Eleven for 233, E. Kelaart, an accurate slow bowler, taking six wickets for 65. Ponsford put up a ...

    Article : 139 words
  17. PIPER AND KAYE.

    Flying-officers H. L. Piper and C. Kaye are on the last stages of their flight from England. They reached Bourke last night, are due at Narromine early this morning, and will ...

    Article : 250 words
  18. EMPIRE SERVICES.

    Replying in the House of Commons to Viscount Wolmer, the Postmaster-General (Mr. Lees-Smith) said that the total estimated capital expenditure involved in the proposed ...

    Article : 129 words
  19. BERMUDA FLIGHT.

    The ocean flying season was inaugurated at College Point (New York) to-day when a Stinson monoplane carrying a crew of three, including the navigator, Yancey, who, with a ...

    Article : 153 words
  20. ARBITRATION LAW.

    A proposal to abolish compulsory arbitration, the basic wage, and family endowment was hotly opposed last night by delegates to the Nationalists' Convention. ...

    Article : 344 words
  21. BRITISH MARINER'S WILL.

    Disabled German ex-servicemen will benefit by more than £10,000 by the will of the late Captain Otway Robinson, retired master mariner, of Whitstable. ...

    Article : 179 words
  22. SMITH AND McCONACHY.

    A Manchester magistrate to-day granted Willie Smith a summons, returnable on Friday, against Clark McConachy, for alleged assault and threats. The pair are at present engaged ...

    Article : 177 words
  23. COAL MINES BILL.

    In the House of Commons to-day the Ministry, faced with the prospect of a reverse during the report stage of the Coal Mines Bill, abandoned the proposal to restore a ...

    Article : 145 words
  24. CANCER.

    The belief that wearers of woollen clothing are less likely to develop cancer than people who wear clothing of other textures was expressed by Dr. R. R. S. Mackinnon, of ...

    Article : 234 words
  25. ORGANISED OBSTRUCTION.

    At the National Parliamentary party meeting yesterday members expressed resentment at the continual organised obstruction on the part of members of the Opposition in the ...

    Article : 209 words
  26. UPPER HOUSE.

    The referendum on the Upper House Reform Bill, which was to have been taken on May 17, is to be postponed, as forecasted in the "Herald," until the general elections— ...

    Article : 221 words
  27. DUCHESS OF LEINSTER.

    Mystery surrounds the circumstances in which the Duchess of Leinster was found unconsclous in a gas-filled room at a Brixton boarding-house, where she had been living ...

    Article : 78 words
  28. COMORIN'S MAILS.

    The mails which left Australia on the Comorin, on which a fire occurred en route, reached London considerably damaged by water. The extent of the damage is not yet ...

    Article : 89 words
  29. AUSTRALIA AND PROHIBITION.

    Commenting on the result of the liquor poll in Victoria, the "Times" says: "Efforts to convert Australia to prohibition once seemed almost on the verge of success in some States. ...

    Article : 76 words
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