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  2. FEDERAL SESSION.

    The debate on the censure motion launched by the Labour party was continued in the House of Representatives to-day. The House sat until a late hour with the ...

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  3. GREATER SYDNEY.

    In consequence of the opposition displayed towards the Greater Sydney project by influential members of the Nationalist party, and by suburban municipal councils, the introduction ...

    Article : 254 words
  4. THE FLEET.

    Exercises of an interesting character were carried out north-east of Sydney yesterday by a section of the Australian fleet. Soon after daylight the submarines Oxley ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. CHILD ENDOWMENT

    The child endowment tax is having such a serious effect on industry and has become such a burden that the State Cabinet will review the whole position at an early date. ...

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  6. NO SOLUTION. Reparations Claims.

    The financial experts at The Hague have found It impossible to reply to the questions submitted to them by the Reparations Conference, owing to the ...

    Article : 679 words
  7. NAVAL PROBLEMS.

    The position of Anglo-American navel discussions is the subject of an official statement by the Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald) from Lossiemouth, in which he says: ...

    Article : 267 words
  8. AVIATION.

    The world's greatest speed was achieved by Flying-Officer Atcherley when his supermarine Rolls Royce 86 to-day reached an estimated maximum of 350 miles an hour at ...

    Article : 961 words
  9. USURY.

    "In New South Wales there are moneylenders who out-Shylock Shylock, for they not only obtain their 'pound of flesh,' but are veritable blood-suckers." ...

    Article : 391 words
  10. FACTORY EMPLOYEES.

    While most employees were appreciative of their company's efforts to secure their comfort, a few, by their strange conduct, spoiled everything for others. ...

    Article : 200 words
  11. RIDING METHODS.

    "As long as we run on circular courses it is inevitable that horses will occasionally fall," said Mr. Colin C. Stephen, chairman of the Australian Jockey Club Committee, when ...

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  12. THE KING'S HEALTH.

    An official bulletin states that the King's progress continues. The wound is steadily diminishing in size, and healing satisfactorily. The patient has benefited by deep breathing ...

    Article : 145 words
  13. TIMBER STRIKE.

    Officials of the timber workers' disputes committee claimed yesterday that this week a timber yard, the name of which was not disclosed, had resumed work on conditions ...

    Article : 179 words
  14. SUSPECTED THIEF.

    A former member of the French Foreign Legion, Swiss mountaineer, kitchen "slushy." interior decorator, a guide in Bohemia, and a gondolier. ...

    Article : 252 words
  15. LAWN TENNIS.

    While no official announcement is forthcoming from the United States Lawn Tennis Association and official confirmation is not expected pending the meeting of the ...

    Article : 426 words
  16. SHORTAGE OF FUNDS.

    Members of the disputes committee who have been directing the strike yesterday frankly admitted that the financial position was serious. For this they blamed the ...

    Article : 212 words
  17. BRITAIN'S FUTURE.

    Mr. Winston Churchill, in a speech at Winnipeg, was optimistic concerning the presentday status of the British Empire. The Mother Country, regardless of the impression ...

    Article : 304 words
  18. GRANT REFUSED.

    Because there is "urgent necessity for keeping the State's expenditure within bounds," the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) yesterday refused an additional grant to the ...

    Article : 146 words
  19. FIERCE GALE.

    A fierce southerly gale, accompanied by heavy rain, has been sweeping Wellington and the Cook Strait area for the past 36 hours, and to-night it shows no sign of ...

    Article : 116 words
  20. FOUND ON ROAD.

    Mrs. Marion Parker, aged 78 years, was discovered critically injured on the roadway outside her home in Lane Cove-road, Artarmon, last night. She died a few hours later. ...

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  21. RECORD SALE.

    Two records in the marketing of Queensland tomatoes in Sydney were made yesterday, when nearly 28,000 half-bushels were sold in bulk to condiment factories. The quantity was ...

    Article : 377 words
  22. ACTS OF SABOTAGE.

    In consequence of the increasingly grave situation in Manchuria, martial law was declared along the entire Chinese Eastern Railway yesterday, following a series of acts ...

    Article : 179 words
  23. HEAD FIRST.

    Expecting to meet someone in whose future they have a particular interest, Constables Aldridge and Bird visited a house in Palmerstreet, East Sydney, last night. ...

    Article : 107 words
  24. GOLD FOR LONDON.

    Gold coin of the amount of £1,000,000 has been sent to London by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. It has been sold to the Bank of England, and will assist in building ...

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  25. KING CADWALLON.

    The steamer King Cadwallon, which was abandoned owing to her cargo of coal being on fire while she was en route from Durban to Australia, was towed into East London ...

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  26. COAL ORDERS.

    The Water Board yesterday placed temporary orders for coal for the various pumping stations for the period from September to June next on the basis of current prices, ...

    Article : 206 words
  27. EMPIRE COMMERCE.

    Definite moves are afoot to arrange an Imperial conference of business men on the eve of the Imperial Conference next year Sir Gilbert Vyle is organising a meeting of ...

    Article : 135 words
  28. PAN-PACIFIC TRADE UNIONS.

    Delegates from eight countries are attending the Congress of Pacific Ocean Trade Unions at Viadivostock. The Australian representatives are Messrs. F. Roels, F. Walsh, ...

    Article : 176 words
  29. BASIC WAGE.

    Officials of the Australian Railways Union fear that a reduction in the basic wage under the award of the Arbitration Court might result as the outcome of an application which ...

    Article : 166 words
  30. NEW GUINEA.

    Surpluses and favourable trade balances are features of the report of the Administration of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea, which has been prepared for submission to the ...

    Article : 117 words
  31. TEXTILE TRADE.

    A deadlock has been reached in the wool and textile disputs, the employers having rejected the union's proposal for arbitration. The employers demand a 10 per cent, ...

    Article : 43 words
  32. EXPLORER'S INSPIRATION.

    Lord Thomson, Secretary of State for Air, in welcoming delegates to the Empire Meteorological Conference, revealed that the Australian explorer, Sir Hubert Wilkins, owed ...

    Article : 139 words
  33. EYESIGHT STANDARDS.

    Addressing the Pan-Pacific Surgeons' Conference on eyesight standards, Sir James Barrett, of Melbourne, urged uniform standards of vision for those employed in ...

    Article : 108 words
  34. DARING ROBBERY.

    An audacious robbery occurred early this morning, when two thieves broke into the Mont Albert Post-office and wheeled away a safe containing £58 in notes, money orders, ...

    Article : 99 words
  35. MUNITION DUMP EXPLODES.

    Owing, it is supposed, to intense heat, an explosion occurred at a munition dump at Fort Domnest, 12 miles from Bucharest. Explosion followed explosion, and throughout the ...

    Article : 58 words
  36. CIVIC EMPLOYEES.

    The City Commissioners yesterday gave power to the supervisor of construction and maintenance, the mechanical engineer, and cleansing superintendent, and the ...

    Article : 58 words
  37. ORIGINAL TURNER.

    An Italian landscape in oils by Turner has been found in the possession of Mr. Walter Platts, an old collector, at Victoria Park, and is declared by the curator of the Art Gallery ...

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  38. STRIKE ENDED.

    Acting on the advice of their Federal officers, the engineers employed at Hadfield's (Australia), Ltd., Alexandria, who have been on strike for several weeks, decided yesterday ...

    Article : 60 words
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