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  2. FEWER MEN: MORE COAL

    In the 10-year period, 1928 to 1937, the output of coal had increased by 603,332 tons, and the number of employees in the industry had decreased by 6487, said the ...

    Article : 1,118 words
  3. OIL AND ELECTRIC LAMPS

    The equipping of miners with oil, as well as electric lamps as an additional safety measure in the event of gas was not necessary, David Brewster, Illawarra ...

    Article : 401 words
  4. MAKING H.M.A.S. ADELAIDE SHIPSHAPE

    Sailors stowing away a heavy swivel anchor chain aboard the cruiser Adelaide, which is being prepared for trials after modernisation. Their cheerfulness might indicate that they were expecting a command to "splice the main brace" after work. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 41 words
  5. BODY MAY NOT BE EXHUMED

    Further inquiries were made in the Walwa district to-day by Detective-Inspector Carey into the death of Richard Raymond Cyril White, 42, who committed ...

    Article : 294 words
  6. RIGHT TO CLAIM COMPENSATION

    In connection with the strong, protest which the British Ambassador (Sir Robert Craigie) has been instructed to make in Tokio regarding the bombing last week of ...

    Article : 430 words
  7. PEACE OVERTURES

    The Republican Minister of Defence (Colonel Casado) announces that he is trying to initiate peace negotiations with the Nationalists on the basis of the ...

    Article : 350 words
  8. NEW DEAL FOR STAFF CORPS

    Service in the Australian Staff Corps (permanent military officers) will be placed on an entirely new footing when recommendations of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 3,121 words
  9. Newcastle Steel Goes Abroad

    QUIETLY, unostentatiously, the export trade of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd. is growing. Each month more and more ...

    Article : 87 words
  10. CAPTAIN BRAIN MAY BE AIR CHIEF

    Captain Lester Brain, manager of flying operations for Qantas Empire Airways is the most favoured candidate for the post of Director-General of Civil ...

    Article : 167 words
  11. POSSIBLE CAUSE OF GRAVITATION

    A fresh scientific discovery of considerable importance was announced at Princeton University to-day by Professor Einstein, on the occasion of his 60th ...

    Article : 325 words
  12. PREPARE PEOPLE FOR CRISIS

    The Federal Government appreciates the action which is being taken by the Victorian Government to create a state of civilian preparedness in the event of a ...

    Article : 153 words
  13. COSTS AND RETURNS

    A committee of three of the Graziers' Association is to investigate the discrepancy between the costs and the returns it the pastoral and agricultural. ...

    Article : 125 words
  14. WET WINTER

    A wet winter is predicted by the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) in a long-range weather forecast. He said to-day that the weather showed every sign of being ...

    Article : 94 words
  15. WOMEN LIVED WITH DEAD MOTHER

    After proceedings which occupied less than a minute, three sisters who had lived four months in a house at Belmore with the body of their dead mother were ...

    Article : 126 words
  16. BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S PLANS

    According to the diplomatic correspondent of "The Times." it is expected that all the London delegations will receive copies of the British proposals for ...

    Article : 82 words
  17. A.B.C. CONCERTS TO START LATER

    This season all public concerts arranged by the Australian Broadcasting Commission will begin at 8.15 p.m. The change was decided on at a managerial conference ...

    Article : 170 words
  18. TO BE AMENDED

    The Federal Cabinet will submit to Parliament a bill to amend the Public Service Act so as to enable the service in a permanent capacity with the ...

    Article : 126 words
  19. BLANK SHELL EXPLODED IN MANOEUVRES

    Gunner James Murray, of Glasgow, was killed, Sergeant C. F. Dale and Gunner J. Donohoe seriously wounded, and Gunner D. Allen also injured when a blank ...

    Article : 59 words
  20. SERVICE OF TRUTH

    Pope Plus, replying to the congratulations of the cardinals to-day said that the Pontificate's only aim through the centuries had been the service of truth ...

    Article : 117 words
  21. JAPAN PLANS FOR BIGGER MERCHANT MARINE

    Japan plans to hove a merchant marine of 7,500,000 tons in 1942, by a building programme totalling 750,000 tons annually. The ships will be divided into ...

    Article : 49 words
  22. STATE TO GIVE £8000

    The Premier (Mr. B. S. B. Stevens) stated to-night that Cabinet had decided to provide the £8000 necessary to enable a stone facing to be placed on the new ...

    Article : 111 words
  23. ABERDARE CENTRAL IDLE

    Aberdare Central colliery was idle yesterday. Casual men have been in the habit of selection picked places in the pit, and neglecting those places where ...

    Article : 96 words
  24. FOUR MEN BEHEADED IN GERMANY

    Sentenced to death in the People's Court for high treason, consisting of espionage for a foreign Power, George Gottwald, Martin Hommes, Hans ...

    Article : 47 words
  25. HERALD STOP PRESS

    Hungary has sent an ultimatum to Prague, demanding an answer within 12 hours, urging the immediate release of Hungarian prisoners in ...

    Article : 124 words
  26. CARNERA MARRIES A BLONDE

    Primo Camera, former world's heavyweight boxing champion, yesterday married Signorina Giuseppina Cavazzo, a 26-year-old tall, slim, blue-eyed blonde, who ...

    Article : 36 words
  27. RAILWAY MEN TO CONSIDER PROPOSED AWARD

    Mass meeting of railway workers will be held at Transport House on Sunday to consider the proposed new award. ...

    Article : 30 words
  28. FLOUR TAX GOES UP 10/ TO-DAY

    An announcement was made to-night on behalf of the Federal Treasurer (Mr. R. G. Casey) that, in accordance with the recommendation of the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 105 words
  29. TRANSPORT STRIKE IN INDIA

    Strikers to-day stopped all British-owned public transport, and threatened the drivers. The strikers lay down in front of vehicles. ...

    Article : 29 words
  30. HAPSBURG ESTATES CONFISCATED

    A decree will be published to-day confiscating to the State the property of the former ruling House of Hapsburg. By special arrangement Reuter's World Service. ...

    Article : 111 words
  31. POPE'S GOOD WISHES TO AUSTRALIA

    Pope Pius XII has sent a message to the Governor-General (Lord Gowrie), responding to the message of congratulation sent to him by the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 68 words
  32. RAIL DISASTER KILLS TWELVE

    Twelve persons were-killed and 30 injured when the Paris-Toulouse express train crashed into a goods train at Chateau Roux late last night. Three ...

    Article : 33 words
  33. THREE KILLED IN PLANE CRASH

    The London-Brussels night freight plane crashed when landing and the crew of three Belgians were killed. ...

    Article : 25 words
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