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  2. THIEVES TRAPPED.

    Exciting incidents occurred in a house in Erinbeal-street, Balwyn, on Saturday night, when the occupier and members of his family disturbed four housebreakers. ...

    Article : 281 words
  3. REPUDIATION.

    Some Labour members are dissatisfied with the A.L.P. executive's failure to declare its definite opposition to the repudiation of war debts proposed by the combined Labour ...

    Article : 762 words
  4. STATE POLITICS.

    A special meeting of the State Cabinet has been called for to-morrow morning, when the financial postion will be reviewed and the future action of the Government definitely ...

    Article : 361 words
  5. RUGBY'S FUTURE.

    Speeches at the dinner given at the Hotel Australia to the British and Australian Rugby teams after Saturday's great match indicated that the play was a vindication of the ...

    Article : 755 words
  6. SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    Addressing a meeting at Bundaberg (Q.) on Friday, the leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr. Latham) said that the sugar industry could not claim exemption from economic ...

    Article : 303 words
  7. REVOLT BREWING

    Serious unrest is reported to be prevalent in Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, and Peru. According to a news agency's advices the Argentine Government is apprehensive last a ...

    Article : 507 words
  8. LONDON BROILS.

    The temperature yesterday reached 94 degrees, causing unprecedented scenes. The stifling heat continued until midnight, when a thunderstorm unexpectedly broke, causing a ...

    Article : 689 words
  9. SUSSEX.

    After having lost seven wickets for 79—Tate took the first six for l8—the Australians made a remarkable recovery in the match against Sussex at Brighton ...

    Article : 998 words
  10. WOOL SHIPMENTS.

    "Ample tonnage will be provided at every port for the shipment of Australia's wool in the coming season," said the chairman of the Oversea Shipping Representatives' Association ...

    Article : 278 words
  11. ALBURY ESCAPEE.

    Richard Thompson, who escaped from Albury gaol last Sunday night, has not yet been captured. The police of Albury, Wagga, and Holbrook districts have been close upon his ...

    Article : 93 words
  12. PENYBRYN'S STORY.

    "My greatest surprise on reaching the Tahiti was to find that she had not lowered her boats," said Captain Salveson, master of the rescue steamer Penybryn, on the ...

    Article : 430 words
  13. COUNTRY PARTY.

    A disagreement has arisen over the nominations of Messrs. P. M. Swanson, E. Jones, J. T. Reid, S. T. Northcotte, E. L. Vincent, and M. Bulmer as Country party candidates ...

    Article : 377 words
  14. NEW GUINEA.

    The Mandates Commission's long expressed dissatisfaction with Australia's handling of the New Guinea Mandate was somewhat appeased at the latest meeting of the ...

    Article : 346 words
  15. TOLL OF THE MOTOR.

    During the first six months of 1930, 188 people were killed in the State, and 3895 injured in motor accidents. During the previous complete year 415 ...

    Article : 222 words
  16. FEWER BIRTHS

    The birth rate in England and Wales in 1929 was the lowest since the establishment of registration, and the death rate the highest since 1919. ...

    Article : 106 words
  17. WORLD DEPRESSION.

    Mr. M. Curotta, of Coogee, on returning to Sydney by the Makura on Saturday, said that he had visited practically every country in the world, and the only places free from ...

    Article : 635 words
  18. A.C.T.U. OPINION.

    The president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (Mr. W. J. Duggan) on Saturday expressed agreement with the decision of the New South Wales branch of the ...

    Article : 163 words
  19. NEARLY 6000 DEATHS IN BRITAIN.

    Motor cars caused 5799 deaths in England and Wales last year, compared with 4492 in 1927. ...

    Article : 26 words
  20. CHINESE STOWAWAYS.

    Four Chinese who stowed away aboard the Penybryn at Suva narrowly escaped a dreadful death. They were from l8 to 36 years of age, and concealed themselves among bags ...

    Article : 268 words
  21. SPORTS AT TORONTO.

    At the sports meeting here to-day, in connection with the Canadian National Exhibition, G. A. Golding, of Australia, won the 440yds open event in fast time. ...

    Article : 258 words
  22. TIMBER WORKERS.

    At a hurriedly convened stop-work meeting at Port Adelaide yesterday, timber workers decided to cease woik in sympathy with other unions, to get volunteers off the waterfront. ...

    Article : 486 words
  23. COST OF LIVING.

    There was another slight decrease in the cost of food and groceries throughout Australia during July. Figures made available by the ...

    Article : 241 words
  24. MR. FENTON'S STATEMENT.

    Discussing the resolution passed by the executive of the Australian Labour party in Sydney, instructing members of the Federal Ministry to repudiate the decisions of the ...

    Article : 194 words
  25. WEALTHY BEGGARS.

    "Begging as a profession cannot be beaten," wrote Gilbert Hanson, 36, a Liverpool beggar, in a letter which he wrote to the Coroner before committing suicide. "I have been a ...

    Article : 249 words
  26. HOBBS' SUPERSTITIONS.

    J. B. Hobbs, while broadcasting in a discussion with Major Aubrey Faulkner, the famous South African all-rounder, gave an intimate insight into his test career, and ...

    Article : 271 words
  27. DEAD AT THE WHEEL.

    An extraordinary tragedy was disclosed at Meebung on Saturday, when Ronald Hector Wallace Mackay, single aged 30, was found at the wheel of a closed car which had been ...

    Article : 276 words
  28. EXCITING CHASE.

    An exciting chase, resulting in the arrest of Arthur Collis, a groom, of Moor-street, Fitzroy, took place through the streets of Collingwood on Saturday night. ...

    Article : 221 words
  29. DOMINION WAR DEBTS.

    The British Blue Book shows that during the year ended March 31, 1930, Australia repaid £1,460,000 of the principal of her war loans and £4,088,000 in interest, compared ...

    Article : 83 words
  30. EDINBURGH MURDER.

    "It was like a street scene in Chicago," said an eye-witness, in describing a shooting afiray at Edinburgh this morning, in which James McNair Dalgleish, 63, a master painter, ...

    Article : 175 words
  31. FIVE MINERS KILLED.

    Five miners were killed and nine seriously injured by an explosion at the Blantyre colliery. One of the victims only began work ...

    Article : 59 words
  32. ANTIQUE SILVERWARE.

    It was discovered early on Saturday that more than 200 specimens of valuable antique silverware had been stolen during the night from the applied arts section of the ...

    Article : 116 words
  33. BRITISH PRESS COMMENT.

    The "News Chronicle" says:—The New South Wales Labour executive has wisely rejected the desperate proposal to repudiate war debts. On the other hand it rejects Sir Otto Niemeyer's ...

    Article : 274 words
  34. THE DUCHESS OF YORK.

    It is officially announced that the Duchess of York is very well, and has progressed most satisfactorily throughout the week. The infant Princess is very well, and is gaining ...

    Article : 78 words
  35. ARCHBISHOP OF MALTA.

    The Archbishop of Malta to-day declined to accept the Governor's invitation to lunch, on the ground that he objected to meeting Mr. A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty. ...

    Article : 43 words
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