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  2. BANK ROBBERY.

    About 3 o'clock this afternoon, a desperate struggle occurred in the Hampton agency of The Commercial Bank of Australia, ...

    Article : 225 words
  3. INCOME TAX.

    Amendments have been made in the Federal Income Tax Assessment Act entitling taxpayers to further deductions in making out their assessment ...

    Article : 599 words
  4. CIVIC INQUIRY.

    Counsel's addresses were continued before the Civic Royal Commission yesterday. Mr. Watt maintained that Mr. Cropley was ...

    Article : 1,114 words
  5. THE STRIKE.

    Serious developments occurred yesterday in the maritime strike, additional ships being held up by the union. ...

    Article : 555 words
  6. THE CRUISERS.

    It is regarded as unlikely that quotations will be received from more than one or two firms when tenders are called for the construction in Australia of one of the ...

    Article : 369 words
  7. EGYPT.

    The arrest of four prominent Egyptians by the British military authorities at Cairo has attracted considerable attention. Abdul Rahman Fahmy, one of the men ...

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  8. LATE CABLE NEWS.

    In response to the Australian Commonwealth Government's announcement inviting tenders for the construction of two cruisers, four Tyne and four Clyde firms are ...

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  9. BRITISH FARMING.

    A forward agricultural policy is foreshadowed by an official announcement stating that the Government is convoking a conference of landowners, farmers, and workers ...

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  10. MUTINOUS TROOPS.

    Two platoons of the 11th Sudanese Regiment at Khartoum mutined and rushed the Military Hospital, killing one British and two Syrian doctors. ...

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  11. AUSTRALIA'S NAVY.

    Commander Stevenson, of H.M.A.S. Adelaide, who was the guest of the Australian Natives' Association at a lunch, replied to criticisms on the personnel of the Australian navy. He ...

    Article : 327 words
  12. BORROWING IN LONDON.

    The "diplomatic correspondent" of the "Daily Telegraph" alludes to a movement among business men in favour of a stricter regulation of foreign loans on the London ...

    Article : 88 words
  13. CITY ENGINEER.

    Unexpected developments have taken place following the acceptance of Mr. Weekes' resignation. Information to the effect that ...

    Article : 314 words
  14. LIBERALS SLIGHTED.

    The lobbyist of the "Daily Express" says:— The Liberal leaders have been angered by the decision of the Government to treat the Labour party in the House of Lords as the ...

    Article : 71 words
  15. IN DISTRESS.

    The Quebec City reports that in the Gulf of Mexico she picked up the American schooner Florence B. Phillips in distress. ...

    Article : 92 words
  16. HOUSING IN BRITAIN.

    Mr. Neville Chamberlain (Minister for Health), addressing a meeting of Conservative women in London, said that the Government did not intend repealing the Wheatley ...

    Article : 100 words
  17. BANK CASE.

    Hearing continued to-day in the King's Bench Division, before Sir Charles Darling and a jury, of Robinson versus the Midland Bank, a claim for £125,000. ...

    Article : 193 words
  18. AERIAL DERBY.

    The Aerial Derby, and the demonstrations. which will take place next week, will be one of the most interesting ...

    Article : 338 words
  19. DEREGISTRATION.

    It is stated in reliable quarters that an application is to be made by an Australian shipping line for the deregistration of the Waterside Workers' Federation, and there are ...

    Article : 46 words
  20. TARIFF CHARGES.

    While the Canadian Government is satisfied with the progress of negotiations concerning the proposed change in the New Zealand tariff, certain manufacturers take occasion to deny ...

    Article : 151 words
  21. STATE SESSION.

    The Legislative Assembly sat throughout Thursday night and rose at 5 o'clock yesterday morning. The Metropolitan Water, Sewerage, and ...

    Article : 239 words
  22. MORETON BAY DISPUTE.

    No development occurred regarding the holdup of the Australian Commonwealth liner, Moreton Bay. The line has called for a union crew to-day, and it is believed that ...

    Article : 88 words
  23. GALE IN ENGLAND.

    During last night England was swept by a sale, during which the velocity of the wind reached 60 miles an hour. Much damage was done. Terrific seas were running in the ...

    Article : 147 words
  24. MINERS ENTOMBED.

    Nine miners have been imprisoned in the Dunvant collery, near Swansea, by a sudden inrush of water. The flooding is believed to be due to the storm and heavy rains. ...

    Article : 98 words
  25. TARIFF BOARD.

    The Tariff Board, sitting at the Customs House yesterday, heard an application by Messrs. Cummings and Wilson, biograph exports, for the application of the Industries ...

    Article : 500 words
  26. JUDGE'S ORDER.

    In the Arbitration Court to-day Mr. Justice Powers, heard argument regarding the holding up of the Wyandra at Brisbane. He directed that the Seamen's Union and its ...

    Article : 191 words
  27. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Australia House has no information concerning the reported fitting out of a vessel at Marseilles to convey 1200 Yugo-Slavs to Australia. ...

    Article : 629 words
  28. GERMANY'S FINANCES.

    A Reuter message from Berlin says the Budget figures for 1925 indicate a surplus of about 2,500,000,000 gold marks. The revenue in the ordinary budget is estimated at about ...

    Article : 90 words
  29. DESTRUCTIVE STORM.

    A Moscow message states that 48 fishermen were drowned and 1500 fishing boats were lost in a storm which swept the Caspian Sea. Seven hundred fishing boats are reported to ...

    Article : 65 words
  30. CAFE RAIDED.

    An exciting incident occurred during a raid by a posse of plain-clothes police upon the Macquarie Restaurant, Market-street, last night. ...

    Article : 231 words
  31. DR. BRADFIELD.

    Dr. Bradfield and his secretary (Miss Butler) have arrived in New York en route to Australia. They sail by the Makura on December 17. ...

    Article : 97 words
  32. P. AND O. STEAMERS.

    The mail steamer Maloja remained at the Outer Harbour this morning because tugs would not handle her. The ship's motor launch, towing six lifeboats, was sent to the ...

    Article : 219 words
  33. LAWN TENNIS.

    A gathering of leading British tennis players to-night decided to form an international lawn tennis club, aiming purely at the promotion of international good feeling among ...

    Article : 83 words
  34. AMALGAMATION.

    The amalgamation of the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society and the Berrima District Farm nnd Dairy Produce Company was notified in Thursday's ...

    Article : 306 words
  35. JUGO-SLAVS.

    When the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) [?] his attention called to-dny to the cabled message from Marseilles stating that the migration of Jugo-Siavs was being diverted from ...

    Article : 186 words
  36. FASCIST MILITIA.

    General Balbo has resigned the command of the Fascist militia, following the disclosure, in the course of his libel action against the newspaper "Voce Republicana," of a letter ...

    Article : 127 words
  37. THE ATTRACTIONS OF GOLF.

    Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, speaking at the opening of the Prince's Golf Club, Mitcham which has been converted into a public course, said that 40 years age golf was a ...

    Article : 77 words
  38. BALLOT BOXES.

    All the evidence which was taken before the A.W.U., Federal A.L.P., and Mr. Theodore's inquiries into the fraudulent ballot box scandals has been handed to the solicitor for the ...

    Article : 143 words
  39. SHAFT FATALITY.

    The conduct of Matthew James Campbell, a concrete packer, after a fatal accident in a sewer shaft at Balgowiah, near Manly, on October 27, was highly praised by the City ...

    Article : 155 words
  40. PILOT THREATENED.

    Developments in the strike of members of Fremantle branch of the Seamen's Union assumed an ugly aspect to-day, when the first display of force occured. A strong ...

    Article : 164 words
  41. SYDNEY TO PERTH.

    G. Ford and Charles Watson, motor cyclists, who left Sydney on Thursday on a motor cycle and sidecar, arrived at the G.P.O., Perth, at 3.32 this afternoon. ...

    Article : 75 words
  42. FEDERAL LOAN.

    Advice has been received from London by the Commonwealth Treasury that the new Commonwealth loan of £6,000,000 has been fully subscribed. ...

    Article : 27 words
  43. FROZEN MEAT PRICES.

    At Smithfield to-day it was officially rePorted that retail prices this week were practically unchanged, except New Zealand lamb, which showed a rise of /1 per lb. The ...

    Article : 64 words
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