The French note on reparations was received to-day. It so modified President Hoover's proposals as to appear ...
Article : 175 wordsConsternation was caused this afternoon by the announcement that the new unemployment relief tax, which will replace the present 1/- in the £1 impost, will be applied on a steep sliding scale, rising to 5/- in the ...
Article : 443 wordsThe airmen Post and Gatty completed the Atlantic section of their round the world flight when they landed at Sealand Aerodrome at ...
Article : 155 wordsThe flood at Wagga threatened to-night to exceed the disastrous inundation of 1925. While the position in the town was reasonably safe during the day after nightfall a huge volume of water began to pour down the upper reaches and by morning ...
Article : 413 wordsIt is difficult to believe any record flight was made in such a hurry. The airmen took off for Berlin in the face of adverse weather and landed in ...
Article : 201 wordsThe flyers left at 7 35 this morning for Moscow. ...
Article : 16 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the British United Press says that he is assured that France will not change her attitude, conditional on the ...
Article : 105 wordsSix Chinese gardeners were found taking refuge on the tops of tables in their huts not far from the town. They had not had any food for 24 ...
Article : 124 wordsReferring to the proposeal unemployed tax, the President of the Taxpayers' Association (Mr. S. McKellar White) said it would bring ...
Article : 50 wordsThe flood waters of the Molonglo River reached a maximum height of 16 feet in Canberra during Wednesday night and yesterday and the level ...
Article : 114 wordsM. Briand, in the forenoon, had a conference with the German Ambassador, after which the French reply was cabled to Washington. ...
Article : 91 wordsYesterday's record of making a suit of clothes from raw material in 180½ minutes was to-day broken by John Crowther and Co. at Huddersfield. ...
Article : 70 wordsHard work by railway gangs to-day resulted in damage to the main line being repaired and traffic between Melbourne and Sydney has been ...
Article : 171 wordsAn important decision to reduce the rate of interest was reached by a conference of trading banks over which Sitr Robert Gibson ...
Article : 125 wordsThe Soviet-German treaty for neutrality "for eternity subject to a year's termination of notiqe" was signed to-day replacing the treaty ...
Article : 76 wordsThe Weather, Bureau stated tonight that the weather was generally improving although further showers were indicated on the highlands and ...
Article : 95 wordsThe bridge connecting the halves of the Canberra Golf Links was smashed during the flood on Wednesday and as a result Saturday's play will be ...
Article : 94 wordsMussolini telegraphed the Italian Ambassador at Washington instrucing him to announce Italy's readiness to accept Hoover's proposal. ...
Article : 22 wordsThere was an unexpected development in the controversy regarding the appointment of 90 dole inspectors when the Manager of the State Labour ...
Article : 122 wordsThe Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Phillip Snowden) announced in the House of Commons that the Government was offering the Dominions ...
Article : 154 wordsSenator J. J. Daly (South Australia) and Mr. L. L. Cunningham (Gwydir), have been elected by the Federal Labour Party to fill the ...
Article : 184 wordsThe trade agreement with Australia will necessitate a number of changes in the tariff schedule brought in by the budget, according to a statement by ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Government's official reply to the Vatican note repeats the protest against "the illicit interference of the Holy See in the internal affairs of ...
Article : 128 wordsWith the approach of general elections on Sunday, excitement is growing in the provinces. A mob of 200, after disarming the ...
Article : 73 wordsMr. M. P. Considine, former member of the House of Representatives, and one of the leaders of the section of the Victorian A.L.P. Executive, ...
Article : 109 wordsReferring to the proposed economies in the Defence Department, the Minister for Defence (Mr. Chifley) said yesterday that it was expected that big ...
Article : 116 wordsThe Under Secretary for Air (Mr. Montague) told Mr. Peter MacDonald in the Houseta of Commons to-day that he was confident that this year ...
Article : 91 wordsThe Director of State Lotteries (Mr Whiddon) has been rushed by hundreds of people seeking jobs in the new lottery department. ...
Article : 58 wordsThe airmen Stack and Chaplin to day made a record flight in one day from Croydon to Warsaw and return a distance of 2,000 miles, at an average ...
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The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Fri 26 Jun 1931, Page 1
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