Post and Gatty took off at 3.20 a. m. for Edmonton, Canada, a hop of 1,450 miles. Owing to the load, they were unable ...
Article : 235 wordsA lengthy file, containing correspondence between the Governor (Sir Philip Game) and the Premier (Mr. Lang) was tabled in the Legislative Assembly this evening. The file indicates that Mr. Lang renewed his request to ...
Article : 414 wordsWhat is believed to be the largest black opal ever found in the world, was discovered by a party of prospectors ...
Article : 63 wordsIt is thought in London that the vote in the French Senate has strengthened the hand of M. Laval in the attitude of the French Ministry. The opinion is expressed that a deadlock has been ...
Article : 148 wordsCorrespondence between the Premier and the Governor tabled in the Legislative Assembly to-night, contains ...
Article : 188 wordsThe airmen Robins and Jones took off on Tuesday morning for Seattle with the intention of making a nonstop Pacific flight to Japan for the ...
Article : 73 wordsThe airmen, Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, announced to-day that if the weather was favourable, they would take off at dawn ...
Article : 94 wordsAfter nearly nine months' operation, the policy of the railway commissioners in making special contracts with consigners and providing ...
Article : 143 wordsMedical circles are animatedly discussing the world's record telephone consultation between a Harley Street specialist, Dr. Moreland McCrea and ...
Article : 132 wordsThe Stan more branch of the A.L.P. carried a motion protesting against the imposition of the 1/- in the £1 unemployment tax, and civil servants' ...
Article : 71 wordsItaly has stated that with regard to the war debt she is notifying Germany, Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria that she is suspending ...
Article : 91 wordsA crowded Senate followed with tense interest the debate on the reply to President Hoover. M. Lemery declared that there ...
Article : 143 wordsSir Daniel Levy, a former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, expressed the opinion that the Governor was within his rights in proposing ...
Article : 88 wordsCriticism of the methods of the Government Savings Bank in dealing with the Soldier Settlers was a feature of the evidence by the manager of the ...
Article : 193 wordsFollowing upon reports that further drastic economies are proposed in the Postmaster-General's Department, Mr. Beasley asked in the House of ...
Article : 96 wordsEDMONTON (Alberta), Tuesday. Post and Gatty arrived here at 4.35 p.m. on Tuesday. Post gave a graphic account of their crossing of the ...
Article : 160 wordsMembers of a small British Himalayan expedition, led by a young British mountaineer, S. S. Smythe, has succeeded in reaching the ...
Article : 71 wordsEarlier in the sitting of the Assembly Mr. Sanders asked the Premier whether he would make available to members of the House the suggestion ...
Article : 142 wordsA decline in the cost of food and groceries in Canberra is indicated by the results of the investigations of the acting-Commonwealth Statistician ...
Article : 214 wordsWhile the city experienced the hottest summer, the heat wave continues relentlessly throughout the entire country, resulting in the death ...
Article : 137 wordsThe Commonwealth Government will continue to meet New South Wales interest committments in London if that ...
Article : 67 wordsWhen the Debt Conversion Agreement Bill was considered in committee in the House of Representatives yesterday a new schedule incorporating ...
Article : 163 wordsTo-day the National Emergency Finance Bill will be introduced into the House of Representatives by the Treasurer. ...
Article : 103 wordsThe terms of the trade treaty between Canada and Australia will probably be known next week according to a statement made by ...
Article : 50 wordsThe aviators, Le Brix and Doret, are waiting to start their dash across the world. They are more ambitious than Post ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Graf Zeppelin left for Iceland, via Holland and Britain, with twelve passengers aboard, including Dr. Eckener's daughter. ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Commonwealth Debt Conversion Bill passed the second reading on the voices last night and the Bill was taken into committee, when Mr. ...
Article : 126 wordsAn agreement has been reached on a new award for shop assistants, following a conference between representatives of employers and ...
Article : 130 wordsA heat wave during the past eight days in 24 States took a toll of more than 500 lives, according to figures compiled to-day. ...
Article : 98 wordsLawyers in the city to-day, were unanimous in declaring the opinion was untenable of a solicitor at Cessnock to say that the 1/- in the £1 ...
Article : 105 wordsWhen George Lyons, superintendent of the Waterside Labourers' Bureau, was charged at the Summons Court to-day, with having in May ...
Article : 73 wordsNot a single communist was elected to the Spanish Parliament. The full returns are not yet known, but there are indications that Parliament will ...
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The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Thu 2 Jul 1931, Page 1
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