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  2. THE TARIFF.

    The expected supplementary tariff schedule was tabled in the House of Representatives this afternoon at 5 o'clock. It comprised about 30 items ...

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  3. MR. THEODORE.

    A heated scene developed in the Senate this afternoon out of the allegation made by Senator Reid last week that Mr. Theodore had received a monetary consideration from ...

    Article : 417 words
  4. PUBLIC WORKS.

    In consequence of the serious financial stringency, the State Government has found it necessary to curtail its works programme Practically no new works will be started ...

    Article : 414 words
  5. HATRY COLLAPSE.

    At the hearing of four new charges against Clarence Hatry and his co-defendants of having obtained £1,350,000 by false pretences in connection with Iron Industries, Ltd., ...

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  6. LULL IN STORM. Assists Shipping.

    A renewal of southerly gales caused by a very deep depression approaching from the Atlantic is, according to weather forecasts, likely to be severe on ...

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  7. ROTHBURY MINE. To Be Opened on Wednesday.

    The Rothbury mine is to be reopened on Wednesday, when coalhewing will commence. Arrangements have been completed for free labour to go into camp at the commencement of next week. ...

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  8. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    Details of the Government's plans for dealing with unemployment were issued this afternoon in a White Paper. They show the total estimated expenditure on schemes ...

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  9. MINERS ENROL.

    The Minister for Mines (Mr. Weaver) announced yesterday that sufficient skilled labour had already been engaged to operate the Rothbury mine. Should the former Rothbury ...

    Article : 212 words
  10. THE MECHANICS.

    Newcastle district colliery mechanics, at an aggregate meeting to-night, unanimously decided to ratify the coal agreement terms. ...

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  11. AID FROM VICTORIAN UNIONS.

    The question of the allocation of funds raised among the Victorian unions for the relief of the coal miners in New South Wales, was considered at a meeting of the ...

    Article : 149 words
  12. SOVIET PERSECUTION.

    The "Morning Post," which has taken the initiative in the Christian protest against Russian persecution, has evoked a remarkable response from leaders of religious thought ...

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  13. GOVERNMENT ACTION.

    Replying to Mr. O'Hearn in the Legislative Assembly yesterday the Premier (Mr. Bavin) said that in no circumstances would the Government consider deferring action in the ...

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  14. MR. BAVIN'S PART.

    In the House of Representatives to-day the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Latham) referred to the fact that the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin), after the recent coal ...

    Article : 111 words
  15. NAMUR RAILWAY DISASTER.

    Further details of the disaster caused by the derailment of a passenger train near Namur, Belgium, show that the carriages were crowded, and many passengers were ...

    Article : 120 words
  16. STATE ELECTIONS.

    Labour pre-selection ballots for the forthcoming State elections will be held in 28 metropolitan electorates during the weekend. ...

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  17. AVIATION.

    Sir Alan Cobham has arrived at Dijon from Croydon, completing the first stage of an aerial survey from London to South Africa, which he is making on behalf of Imperial ...

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  18. 'VARSITY FOOTBALL.

    Forty thousand spectators watched the inter-'varsity Rugby match at Twickenham to-day, when Oxford defeated Cambridge by nine points to nil. ...

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  19. STUDIO FIRE.

    One girl was suffocated by the fumes in a burning building before the flames reached her, and another leapt to safety just in time, when the Filmerait Studios, at the corner of ...

    Article : 453 words
  20. MINERS' MONEY.

    The general secretary of the Australian Labour party (Mr. S. Bird), commenting last night on the demand of the Kurri miners for the refund of the £1000 invested by the ...

    Article : 95 words
  21. LEAGUE FOOTBALL.

    The Australian Rugby League team defeated Glamorgan by 39 points to 9. ...

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  22. LODGE MEETINGS.

    Though strict secrecy is being observed about happenings at the meeting of miners' lodges, which began at Newcastle Trades Hall to-day, it would appear that the conference ...

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  23. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A report from Rome says that the beatification of 136 English martyrs will be carried out on December 15. They include 85 executed in Queen Elizabeth's reign. The Duke of ...

    Article : 461 words
  24. PRIME MINISTER'S ADVICE.

    In the House of Representatives this morning, Mr. Green (N.S.W.) asked the Assistant Minister for Industry (Mr. Beasley) whether, in his capacity as liaison officer for the ...

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  25. MARINE RESEARCH.

    The Duke of Gloucester inspected the research ship Discovery II., which will leave for the Falkland Islands on December 14 for a three years' investigation. The object of her ...

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  26. AUSTRALIAN TARIFF.

    In the House of Commons the President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Graham), in answer to a question, said that he was aware that the Australian duty on steel traps had ...

    Article : 213 words
  27. WATER SUPPLY.

    Amplification works which will greatly increase the supply of water to the northern suburbs were described by the chief engineer (Mr. Haskins) at a meeting of the Water ...

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  28. ENGLISH COAL SOUGHT.

    As a result of the continuation of the New South Wales strike, Australia is again in the market for steam coal, and is endeavouring to obtain tonnage on the basis of 25/ per ton ...

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  29. HEAT IN SYDNEY.

    Sydney, with a registration of 96.9 degrees, was beaten yesterday by Bourke for the State's maximum temperature, and then only by a fraction of a degree. The temperature ...

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  30. FILM COMPANIES.

    Union Theatres, Ltd., and Hoyt's Theatres, Ltd., have agreed upon a general consolidation of the interests of the two companies. The agreement will rule for a period of years. ...

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  31. FILM STUDIO WRECKED.

    At least nine persons, including five men and four women, were killed when a series of seven explosions of unknown origin wrecked and burned the Pathe Sound Film Studio. ...

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  32. CHEMICAL WARFARE.

    A message from Paris states that the Rapporteur on Army Estimates told the French Chamber of Deputies that, although Germany had benevolently ratified the convention ...

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  33. MASKED MAN.

    The actions of a masked man, who visited a farmhouse in an isolated spot near Hunterville, were responsible for considerable apprehension in the district. ...

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  34. FIRE AT DORRIGO.

    There was a disastrous fire at Bostobrick, 11 miles from Dorrigo, last night, when Earp, Woodcock, Beveridge, and Co.'s sawmill and a huge quantity of sawn timber were ...

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  35. RUGBY LEAGUE.

    The following telegram has been received by the Brisbane Rugby League from the New South Wales League concerning the decision of the New South Wales League to confer with ...

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  36. MYTHICAL FORTUNES.

    The American Embassy and Consulate-General in London have been so deluged with requests from American citizens seeking a portion of mythical fortunes in England that ...

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  37. MYSTERIOUS DEATH.

    Doctors were unable to state the cause of the sudden death yesterday of Hugh Clarke, 60, a grocer, of Birrell-street, Waverley. A post-mortem examination of the body has been ...

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  38. SUBSIDISED SHIPPING.

    As a result of the success achieved by the Government-subsidised freight service from British Columbia to Australia, the Minister for Trade and Commerce (Mr. Malcolm) ...

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  39. DEFEATED.

    Within a few hours of the opening of the new Victorian State Parliament to-day the Nationalist Ministry was attacked by the Labour party, and on a motion for the ...

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  40. ATTEMPT TO SINK SKIFF.

    The skiff Gloaming was the scene of one of the most regrettable incidents in Western Australian yacht racing for many years on Saturday. According to an official ...

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  41. BUILDINGS UNROOFED.

    Extensive damage followed a severe hurricane yesterday afternoon. The Church of England and a cottage in Blenheim-street, owned by Mr. George Holland, were ...

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  42. STORM IN THE PACIFIC.

    A hurricane, with its centre north of Suva, is apparently travelling south-east. At Suva, the barometer reading is 29.15, and at Taveuni, which is apparently receiving the brunt of ...

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  43. DUSSELDORF MURDERS.

    A message from Berlins says that a farm labourer, George Nestroy, has been arrested for alleged complicity in the Dusseldord murderes. It is stated that he was in the ...

    Article : 118 words
  44. FINER WOOL FIBRE.

    Addressing the Bradford Textile Society on the production of an ideal textile fabric. Dr. S G. Barker referred to the possibility of obtaining a finer wool fibre by means of chemical ...

    Article : 98 words
  45. REDS DISAGREE.

    The Australian delegation to the recent Pan-Pacific Secretariat conference at Vladivostok are reported to be at variance concerning the nature of their report to the ...

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  46. BROTHERS DROWNED.

    The bodies of Colin Ross, 4, and Walter Ross, 3, sons of Mr. A. Ross, of Chiltern, were found in a water-hole to-day. The children had been playing about their home ...

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  47. FORGERY OF A WILL.

    In the Hobart Criminal Court to-day, Agnes Mary Hall, an elderly married woman, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for forgery of a will, purporting to be that of her ...

    Article : 76 words
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