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  2. BRITISH SHIPPING.

    The serious complaint has been made recently by a large section of British shipowners that from every point of view the war has weakened ...

    Article : 739 words
  3. SENATE VACANCY.

    On the casting vote of the Chairman of the joint sitting of the State Legislature, Mr. W. A. Gibbs, assistant secretary to the A.L.P., was chosen to fill the vacancy ...

    Article : 3,017 words
  4. STATE FINANCE.

    The State revenue for the nine months of the financial year ended March 31 amounted to £27,307,435, an increase of £1,692,385 compared with the similar ...

    Article : 78 words
  5. WIRELESS.

    The attitude of the Post Office towards Empire wireless development was sharply criticised at a meeting of the council of the Empire Press Union. ...

    Article : 417 words
  6. MENACE TO EMPIRE TRADE

    Discussion on tthe menace to Empire trade involved in the decision reported to be pending in South Africa is again given prominence in the London newspapers. Questions, are being framed in Parliament. It is pointed out that South Africa cannot expect to share in the marketing ...

    Article : 566 words
  7. WATERFRONT.

    Members of the Trolley, Draymen, and Motor Drivers' Union decided late last night by 242 votes to 42 to handle the cargo which reached Sydney by the ...

    Article : 709 words
  8. PORT CONTROL.

    "I think that the people of Sydney, have in their harbour one of the finest heritages ever bestowed upon a community," said Sir George Buchanan, K.C.I.E., yesterday. "My ...

    Article : 672 words
  9. FEDERAL REVENUE.

    For the nine months of the present financial year ended on March 31, the Customs revenue for the Commonwealth amounted to £28,380,945, being an increase ...

    Article : 183 words
  10. VICTORIAN MANUFACTURER'S OPINION.

    The reported intention of the South African Government to abolish British Custome preference provoked much comment to-day. The president of the Australian Association ...

    Article : 184 words
  11. SESSION ENDS.

    Little or no business was done in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, and shortly after the announcement of the Senate vacancy poll, the House adjourned ...

    Article : 471 words
  12. ST. PAUL'S.

    Impressive incidents attended Evensong at St. Paul's Cathedral to-night. It was the last service [?]o be held under the dome, prior to the closing of the east [?] part of the ...

    Article : 113 words
  13. BURIED IN MINE.

    It is stated by the mine officials that the number of man entombed by Monday's disaster in the Montague pit at Scotswood, near Newcastle, was 38, of ...

    Article : 260 words
  14. CRIME IN INDIA.

    The first responsive note sounded by the Secretary of State for India (Lord Birkenhead) to the recent utterances of the Swarajist leader, Mr. Das, in which be expressed ...

    Article : 255 words
  15. NORTH POLE QUEST.

    A message from Osio says.—A salute to the adventurers was fired by the coast artillery, when the Norwegian naval auxiliary Fram left Horten for Spitzbergen with the party ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 233 words
  16. RED CROSS.

    A meeting of the Red Cross auxiliaries for hospitals and sanatoria was held at Rose Hall yesterday, Mrs. Mackinnon presiding. The following auxiliaries were represented: ...

    Article : 587 words
  17. LORD MAYOR.

    The State Government asserts that it was not responsible for any affront to the Lord Mayor (Alderman Stokes) on the occasion of the ceremony of the laying of the harbour ...

    Article : 158 words
  18. THE VOLUMNIA.

    Despite the plans of the Seamen's union to hold up the steamer Volumnia and prevent the discharge of her cargo, the vessel has now completed the discharge of the whole of her ...

    Article : 294 words
  19. OUTLAY ON LIQUOR.

    Britain spent £316,000,000 during 1924 on alcoholic liquors. This outlay was at the rate of £7/5/ per head of population annually, compared with ...

    Article : 50 words
  20. CITY PARKS.

    Serious allegations were made by a deputation of citizens to the Lord Mayor yesterday in regard to the conduct of people in Victoria Park. A request was made that the City ...

    Article : 291 words
  21. BRITAIN'S SURPLUS.

    Results of the first Labour Budget for the financial year which closed to-day show that, instead of an estimated deficit of £7,946,000, after taking into account the supplemeptary ...

    Article : 63 words
  22. THE VICTORIA.

    The passenger steamer Victoria, well known for many years in service between Sydney and New Zealand under the flag of Huddart, Parker, Ltd., is reported to have been sold in ...

    Article : 159 words
  23. AUSTRALIA'S CRUISERS.

    A "Punch" cartoon depicts a winged kangaroo with an olive branch in its mouth representing Australia handing to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald an order on the Clydeside for two ...

    Article : 67 words
  24. TASMANIA.

    The executive of the Town and Country Political Federation, which was formed to unite anti-Socialistic forces in the approaching State elections, has refused to endorse ...

    Article : 155 words
  25. REPARATIONS.

    The dominions have received from the Treasury the first instalment of reparation payments under the Dawes plan. Australia and Canada have each been ...

    Article : 34 words
  26. PROBLEMS OF CREDIT.

    The British Overseas Banks' Association, with 35 member banks, having an aggregate paid-up capital of over £80,000,000, held its annual dinner at the Hyde Park Hotel last ...

    Article : 314 words
  27. LORD RAWLINSON.

    A memorial service in memory of General Lord Rawlinson of Trent was held this morning in St. James' Church. hallowed by memories of the mutiny. The ...

    Article : 114 words
  28. A DERELICT.

    The timber schooner Leprena, which was wrecked on an uncharted rock near the Eddystone Lighthouse early in March, has floated off and has become a menace ...

    Article : 86 words
  29. A YOUNG SCIENTIST.

    Mdlle. Irene Curie to-day received the Doctorate of Se[?]ehee at the Sorboune for her thesis upon "The Alpha Rays of Polonium." The text of this thesis is dedicated ...

    Article : 108 words
  30. STATE ELECTIONS.

    Sir Thomas Henley, M.L.A., while addressing a meeting of the National Association at Burwood on Tuesday night said that the National electors of this State had reason to be proud ...

    Article : 173 words
  31. PACIFIC SERVICES.

    The Canadian Australasian Royal Mail liner Niagara, which has been idle in Sydney since early in February, is nearing completion of an extensive overhaul and will be replaced ...

    Article : 202 words
  32. FORGER SENTENCED.

    Sir Henry Fielding Dickens, Common Sergeant of London, in sentencing Owen Jennings, aged 20, to three years' penal servitude for forgery, declared that the case ...

    Article : 137 words
  33. NE TEMERE.

    The Marriage Amendment (Ne Temere) Bill has now received the Royal Assent, and has become law. The vital clause of the Act provides that ...

    Article : 90 words
  34. FOOD PRICES.

    Compared with February the general level of prices in March showed an increase of 1½ per cent. This is according to the monthly statement ...

    Article : 125 words
  35. CANADIAN AGRICULTURE

    After an investigation lasting two years on behalf of the Federal Government Dr. Tory president of the University of Alberta, recommends that long-term credits should be ...

    Article : 95 words
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