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  2. FEDERAL SESSION.

    In the House of Representatives to-night, the Acting Minister for Commerce (Mr. Thorby) introduced the Wheatgrowers' Relief Bill to provide for the distribution among ...

    Article : 991 words
  3. 40-HOUR WEEK.

    The Minister for External Affairs (Sir Geor[?] Pearce) announced in the Senate to-day the the Commonwealth had referred to the State for their consideration, the adoption by [?] ...

    Article : 246 words
  4. CENSURE MOTION DEFEATED

    The motion of censure against the Government moved yesterday by the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Curtin) was defeated in the House of ...

    Article : 1,028 words
  5. EMPIRE TRADE.

    A fresh trade agreement between Britain and Australia, recorded in clearer language, is recommended in a report to the Association of British ...

    Article : 302 words
  6. RICE MILLS DESTROYED BY FIRE AT YENDA.

    The ruins of the Yenda Rice Mills, which were destroyed by fire during the week. Damage was estimated at £10,000. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 28 words
  7. CASUALTIES.

    Kenneth Snowden, 11, of Houghton-stre[?] Lane Cove, had his right leg frectured a[?] suffered cuts to the body last night, when [?] bicycle came into collision with a motor [?] ...

    Article : 316 words
  8. FASCIST REGIME

    It is reported from Paraguay that the Fascist regime—the first in the western hemisphere— has been declared by the provisional Government. ...

    Article : 149 words
  9. SYNTHETIC RUBBER.

    "I am glad to be able to tell the German people that the experiments which have been conducted by the armed forces for about a year have led to the conclusion that synthetic ...

    Article : 440 words
  10. TRESPASSERS.

    Late last night five men made a wellplanned effort to enter the Carmelite Convent at Nedlands, a suburb of Perth, but by the resourceful tactics of the Mother Prioress ...

    Article : 153 words
  11. POLICY DEFENDED.

    The Minister for Customs (Mr. White) said to-night that how far the Ottawa Agreement had been helpful to Britain was indicated by the fact that since 1931 Australia had risen ...

    Article : 228 words
  12. ROYAL COMMISSION.

    Judge Markell has been appointed a Royal Commission to inquire into allegations regarding police methods in starting-price betting cases. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 25 words
  13. GERMAN WOLLSTRA.

    On his return from the Leipzig Fair, the official representative of the New South Wales Government in London (Mr. A. E. Heath) told a representative of the Australian Associated ...

    Article : 190 words
  14. MURDER TRIAL.

    Dr. Buck Ruxton, 36, a French-Indian Mohammedan, who is charged with the murder of his wife, Isobel (whose remains were found in a ravine in Dumfriesshire), gave ...

    Article : 192 words
  15. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment is announced [?] day. Details are published on page 20, column 5 and 7. ...

    Article : 22 words
  16. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 212 words
  17. THE CORONATION

    The British Broadcasting Corporation may televise the Coronation service from Westminster Abbey, and also parts of the procession, if it can obtain the necessary permission. ...

    Article : 189 words
  18. NOTED CONDUCTOR.

    The English conductor, Dr. Sargent, will visit Sydney later in the year, under engagement to the Australian Broadcasting Commission. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 26 words
  19. MAIL SUBSIDIES.

    The Senate struck from the Post Office Appropriation Bill to-day, a sum of 26,500,000 dollars, which the House of Representatives had approved to pay shipping companies under ...

    Article : 195 words
  20. DEFENCE AIRCRAFT.

    In the House of Commons yesterday, the Under-Secretary for Air (Sir Philip Sassoon) said that the first-line aircraft available for Empire defence when the 12 new squadrons ...

    Article : 120 words
  21. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 213 words
  22. THE SENATE.

    In the Senate, the Minister for External Affairs (Sir George Pearce) moved the first reading of a bill to amend certain sections of the Loan (Farmers' Debt Adjustment) Act, ...

    Article : 137 words
  23. QUEENSLAND FLOODS.

    Heavy rains are again falling in North Queensland, and railway communications between Townsville and Mackay have been interrupted. ...

    Article : 126 words
  24. SHIPPING BILL

    A cable message, received in Sydney from Port Moresby yesterday, stated that the Shipping Bill restricting intra-port shipping by oversea vessels in Papuan waters had been ...

    Article : 198 words
  25. BETTER BUSINESS.

    The total value of retail trade sales reported for the year ended January, 1936, exceeded £280,000,000, compared with rather less than £270,000,000 for the previous 12 ...

    Article : 137 words
  26. LADY GOWRIE.

    Lady Gowrie, wife of the Governor-General, paid an unofficial visit to the Wagga Government Farm to-day. She was accompanied by Mrs. Casey, wife of the Federal Treasurer. ...

    Article : 88 words
  27. CONSUL'S ACTION.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Mackenzie King) stated in the House of Commons yesterday that he would investigate a statement made by Mr. J. S. Woodsworth (Commonwealth party ...

    Article : 109 words
  28. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The United States dollar was quoted to-day at 4.97 7-16 to £stg., and the fran[?] at 74 15-16 to £stg. PRICE OF GOLD. ...

    Article : 297 words
  29. ORIENT LINE.

    Captain S. G. Kennedy has been appointed marine superintendent of the Orient Line in London in succession to the late Sir Walter de Mouchet Baynham, who died in London ...

    Article : 104 words
  30. THE SUBURBS.

    The Heathcote Unemployed Association asked the Sutherland Shire Council not to declare blackberries noxious weeds in districts where the plants were not an actual menace. ...

    Article : 160 words
  31. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 141 words
  32. CRIME IN BURMA.

    Highway robbery is still common in Burma, Mr. Justice Herbert Mackney, of the High Court of Burma, who passed through Darwin by the air mail 'plan[?] to-day, said that the ...

    Article : 145 words
  33. BANKING POLICY.

    Commenting on the criticisms by members of the House of Representatives on the Commonwealth's banking policy, the Financial Editor of "The Times" says: "The business ...

    Article : 109 words
  34. BRITISH MAILS.

    The Postmaster-General (Mr. G. C. Tryon) has concluded arrangements by which, as from March 17, first-class mail, letters, and postcards, pre-paid at the ordinary ...

    Article : 162 words
  35. RED HILL LINE.

    The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Paterson), referring to a report that South Austria would bl able to save £22,477 by adopting a more direct route for the Red Hill-Port ...

    Article : 1,316 words
  36. FIREMAN INJURED.

    J. Hadley, a fireman, suffered concussion and possibly a fracture of the skull about midnight when he fell from the Guildford fire engine while it was travelling to an outbreak ...

    Article : 55 words
  37. LAKE OPENED TO SEA.

    Conjola Lake, which was closed by heavy seas since last October for the first time in 20 years, has been reopened by volunteers, working with scoops loaned by the Clyde Shire ...

    Article : 92 words
  38. LATE EARL BEATTY.

    The remains of Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty, who died early yesterday morning, at the age of 65 years, will be buried in St. Paul's Cathedral on Monday. ...

    Article : 85 words
  39. NEWCASTLE, Thursday.

    Dahlias which win a special section for Australian-raised dahlias at the fifth annual exhibition of the Newcastle Dahlia Society to-morrow, will be encased in ice and sent to the ...

    Article : 60 words
  40. LAUNCH DISABLED.

    A launch broke down off Bradley's Head lost night, and was in distress. The pilot steamer Captain Cook and a water police launch were going to its assistance when those ...

    Article : 51 words
  41. SUBURBAN PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of Suburban Pictu[?] [?] found in the Amusement Advertisement column ...

    Article : 14 words
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