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  2. LABOUR DEFENCE ARMY Formed at Trades Hall.

    The Greta section of the Labour Defence Army planned a mock battle for Wednesday night, but when news was received of the police baton charges in the Kurri and Cessnock areas the drill was postponed. Before the postponement it was learned that the police flying squad, ...

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  3. NO MORE ADVANCES

    A serious position has arisen in the building trade in Canberra. The Commonwealth Bank has decided to discontinue the provision of funds for the Federal Capital Commission ...

    Article : 252 words
  4. BEEBY AWARD.

    Judgment has been reserved by the High Court on the appeal against the interim award of Judge Beeby in the coal-mining industry. ...

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  5. AUSTRALIA.

    The British Trade Commissioner in Australia (Mr. R. W Dalton), in his report on economic and trade conditions in the Commonwealth, exhaustively surveys the wool ...

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  6. COMING NAVAL CONFERENCE. Abolition of Battleships.

    Exactly what the British intentions at the Naval Conference are regarding battleships is being eagerly discussed by the newspapers. The general interpretation placed on yesterday's statement ...

    Article : 153 words
  7. FAMOUS ATHLETES.

    Dr. Otto Peltzer, the famous German athlete, impressed the great gathering at Manly oval on Wednesday night by his perfect action and the time he recorded in his ...

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  8. COLLISION.

    A motor car crashed into a tram in New Canterbury-road, Petersham, late last night, and was badly damaged. Three of the five boys riding in it were injured. They were:— ...

    Article : 156 words
  9. THE WORLD'S NAVIES.

    To sum up the two reviews of Naval Conference prospects published on Wednesday and Thursday. It may be said that optimism is the dominant, note in ...

    Article : 611 words
  10. RAIN IN QUEENSLAND.

    Heavy rains fell in north-western parts of the State yesterday, causing floods in the Cloncurry district. Over five inches fell at Mt. Isa, and the ...

    Article : 221 words
  11. POLICE FORCES.

    Police patrols were active in the vicinity of Rothbury mine to-day. Local miners, however, were very quiet, although they took a good deal of interest in police activity. ...

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  12. OFFER TO POLICE.

    When welcoming the Acting-Commissioner for Police (Mr. Childs) at the Legacy Club luncheon in Sydney yesterday, the president (Mr. Edwin C. Penfold) said: "I would like ...

    Article : 221 words
  13. GLOWING PICTURE.

    A picture of remarkable Italian prosperity was painted by the Consul-General for Italy (Commendatore Grossardi), who returned to Sydney by the Orsova yesterday morning after ...

    Article : 645 words
  14. BATTLESHIPS.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. MacDonald) held a conference to-day, first with dominion delegates, and later with British, dominion and foreign Pressmen. ...

    Article : 595 words
  15. PICNIC RACING.

    The paucity of entries for last week's racing at Tirranna picnic race meeting, and also the meeting at Bong Bong, has been freely discussed in the country. At Tirranna fields ...

    Article : 407 words
  16. "WORKERS' DEFENCE ARMY."

    The Labour Council last night decided to establish a force to be known as the "workers' defence army." The first meeting will be held in the Trades ...

    Article : 256 words
  17. SHEEP AT 1½d EACH.

    At a private sale in the Mungindi (Q.) district a few days ago a lot of 1700 sheep were sold at the rate of 1/6 per dozen. Conditions are very dry here, and agents ...

    Article : 100 words
  18. REPARATIONS.

    The "big six" at The Hague Reparations Conference have satisfactorily disposed of the sanctions question by the issue of a declaration, signed by representatives of Belgium. ...

    Article : 335 words
  19. PLANE'S FORCED LANDING.

    Two men had remarkable escapes from death when their aeroplane overturned at Tuggerah Lakes yesterday. Hundreds of holiday-makers witnessed the landing, and ...

    Article : 163 words
  20. ENGINEDRIVERS.

    The Miners' Federation is supplying labour to fill the vacancies caused by the withdrawal of the enginedrivers from northern unassociated mines. ...

    Article : 159 words
  21. POLICE ACTION UPHELD.

    The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) yesterday defended the action of the police in dispersing the massed miners on the northern field on Wednesday. ...

    Article : 324 words
  22. OPINION OF DOMINIONS.

    At the dominions' pressmen's meeting with Mr. MacDonald, I asked whether he could disclose, even in a general way, whether the Government received assurances of support ...

    Article : 266 words
  23. CYCLONE LIKELY.

    In issuing a warning to shipping last evening, the State meteorologist stated that there was a likelihood of a mild cyclone striking the coast of New South Wales. ...

    Article : 119 words
  24. "RED" WEDDING.

    The "Workers' Weekly." the official organ of the Communist party, publishes the following in its latest issue:— A "Red" wedding was celebrated in the ...

    Article : 249 words
  25. CHILDREN BLINDED.

    The correspondent of the "Daily Express" at Vienna [?]lates a tragic story of 40 children being blinded by a mistake at an Athens eye clinic. ...

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  26. SPEED CAR.

    Day and night shifts are being worked at the Sunbeam factory to complete Mr Kave Don's car the Silver Bullet which is to attemp a world speed record at Daytona ...

    Article : 222 words
  27. TRAWLERS SOLD.

    Two trawlers the Goonambee and Dureenbee which have been operating off the coast in the ownership of Red Funnel Fisheries changed hands during the week. The new ...

    Article : 115 words
  28. IDLE SOUTHERN MINES.

    Operations have ceased at Corrimal mine because miners refuse to work with an Italian whose sympathies are with the Fascists. Of a number of Italians who work at the mine, ...

    Article : 169 words
  29. EMPIRE TRADE PLAN.

    On his arrival here to-day Lord Rothermere chief proprietor of the London "Daily Mail" and other British newspapers, intimated that he substantially, but not completely, ...

    Article : 120 words
  30. WOMAN BURNT TO DEATH.

    Mrs. J. R. Hennessey an elderly woman was burnt to death to-day when a fire destroyed the house in which she and her husband lived at Warrnambool. ...

    Article : 75 words
  31. MR. SNOWDEN'S BUDGET.

    It is understood that the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Snowden) will iIn his Budget impose a supertax on incomes of £1000 upwards and will increase death ...

    Article : 60 words
  32. SAMOAN DISORDERS.

    Six mounted police proceeded this morning into the bush near the old wireless station, and returned at noon with seven members of Man under guard. ...

    Article : 32 words
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