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  2. FEDERAL SESSION.

    The general tariff debate on the first item of the schedule tabled by the Minister for Trade and Customs (Mr. Pratten) again occupied the time of the House of Representatives to-day. ...

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  3. COASTAL STRIKE.

    The whole of the units of the North Coast fleet at present in commission are now manned by non-union crews, and the Company is experiencing no difficulty in ...

    Article : 289 words
  4. £5,000,000 LOAN.

    "A lot of money will shortly be required by the City Council, and I will place before the finance committee at an early date particulars regarding a proposed comprehensive ...

    Article : 265 words
  5. WOOL SALES.

    The second series of wool sales, which opened to-day, attracted a large attendance of all sections of the trade. A surprising feature of the sales was the support given to medium ...

    Article : 193 words
  6. LABOUR MINISTRY'S DEMAND.

    It is generally understood in political circles that the aim of the Lang Ministry is to secure the appointment of Sir Timothy Coghlan as State Governor. ...

    Article : 44 words
  7. FRENCH PREMIER.

    M. Briand, who at the week-end resigned the Premiership, following upon rejection of the Ministry's financial proposals by the Chamber of Deputies, has accepted a ...

    Article : 406 words
  8. GENEVA.

    News telephoned from Paris that M. Briand was busy reconstructing his Cabinet bestirred Geneva yesterday. Even Dr. Luther and Dr. Stresemann began to take interest in ...

    Article : 966 words
  9. OFFICIAL SECRETARY'S STATEMENT.

    In the course of an interview last night, Mr. Budge (official secretary to the State Governor), said he had no knowledge of a despatch over having been received from the ...

    Article : 360 words
  10. ROYAL SHOW.

    Preparations for the Royal Sydney Show are well advanced. There is every indication that the exhibition will be one of the most successful held by the society. ...

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  11. CITY FIRE.

    The large building comprising the head office and bulk stores of Mellrath's, Ltd., at the corner of Pitt and Goulburn streets, city, were an appearance of devastation yesterday, after ...

    Article : 486 words
  12. COAL TRUCKS.

    Forty loaded coal trucks which were waiting in the Abermain colliery yard this morning broke away and raced down an incline. The trucks gained terrific pace, and finally ...

    Article : 91 words
  13. HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    In the House of Commons to-day, Sir Reginald Hall (Con.) asked what loss had been caused to British shipping by the recent strike in Australia through the transfer of ...

    Article : 164 words
  14. SEAMEN'S UNION.

    A severe robiiff was administered to Mr. T. Walsh, general president, at a meeting of the Sydney branch of the Seamen's Union yesterday. Members rejected certain letters ...

    Article : 343 words
  15. RIGHT TO NOMINATE.

    In conjunction with the Premier's request to the Dominions Office for the recall of the Governor (Sir Dudley de Chair) a demand will be made that the State ...

    Article : 613 words
  16. WHEAT.

    The United States Department of Agriculture has announced that wheat on farms as at March 1 amounted to about 99,279,000 bushels, or 14.8 per cent. of the 1925 c[?] ...

    Article : 128 words
  17. DEATH OF A CHILD.

    The Minister for Health (Mr. Cann) has received the report of Dr. Millard (medical superintendent of the Coast Hospital) concerning the death of Keith Nicholson, aged ...

    Article : 448 words
  18. FERRY ACCIDENT.

    The Sydney Ferries, Limited's steamer Kubu crashed into the retaining wall at the Mosman jetty, Circular Quay, [?]ly yesterday morning, and was slightly damaged. The ...

    Article : 306 words
  19. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    King George and Queen Mary [?] present on the opening night of Dame Nellic Melba's farewell season at Covent Garden on May 10. ...

    Article : 619 words
  20. £1,000,000.

    Referring to the offer of an American financial house to advance the Newcastle City Council a loan of £1,000,000, and in the event of the establishment of a Greater Newcastle ...

    Article : 157 words
  21. MR. WALSH'S DEFENCE.

    Despite the action of the Sydney branch of the Seamen's Union in having resolved that the general secretary (Mr. W. Raeb[?]rn) should be suspended from office on the ground ...

    Article : 405 words
  22. WATER BOARD.

    The Water Board yesterday decided that the chief engineer (Mr. Purvis), the vice-president (Alderman Richards), and Alderman Jacob Henley and Councillor P. A. James should ...

    Article : 336 words
  23. PETROLEUM.

    Dr. Arthur Wade, Commonwealth oil expert, in a lecture before the Institute of Petroleum Technologists on the search for oil in Australia, stated that as a result of continuous ...

    Article : 131 words
  24. HEAVY RAIN.

    Heavy rain has been falling over Western Australia, and has now entered South Australia. The rainstorm is extending eastward, and present indication point to New ...

    Article : 326 words
  25. 44 HOURS.

    The widespread interest in the argument that is now proceeding before the High Court of Australia regarding the validity under the Constitution of the new Forty-four Hours Act ...

    Article : 219 words
  26. THE SENATE.

    When the Senate met the deputy leader of the Opposition (Senator Needham, W.A.) moved the adjournment to discuss the construction of wooden vessels for the Federal ...

    Article : 907 words
  27. INDIAN POLITICS.

    Mr. V. J. Patel (President of the Legislative Assembly) to-day explained to the Assembly that he meant no reflection on non-official members by his remarks yesterday ...

    Article : 100 words
  28. ARMED MEN.

    Two armed young men, both 18 years of age, said to be only about 18 months resident in Australia, were discovered in the office of the Hume pipe works at Montague-road. South ...

    Article : 168 words
  29. SURF FATALITY.

    Carried out by the undertow, Mrs. Louise Barden, of Cunnamulla, Queensland, was drowned at Deewhy yesterday morning. Mrs. Barden, with her husband, was ...

    Article : 135 words
  30. ALLEGIANCE TO SPAIN.

    [?] is officially announced in Madrid that the president of the Barcelona Bar, who was recently appointed by the Government to that post, called to see the Prime Minister ...

    Article : 120 words
  31. EXPLOSION.

    Two men were sev[?]y burned this afternoon by an explosion which occurred in the tramways workshop at Malvern. Their names are George Stephens, 56, of Commercial-road. ...

    Article : 93 words
  32. STEAMER KANNA.

    The Union Company's steamer Kanna has been declared "black" by the Hobart branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation until the end of the present dispute with the ...

    Article : 57 words
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