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  2. CYCLONE

    Mornington Island, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, has been devastated by a cyclone. Th[?] Presbyterian mission station buildings and church were ...

    Article : 244 words
  3. NEW BUSES.

    The Transport Commissioner (Mr. Maddocks) yesterday placed orders for 43 new buses. Of these, 28 will be double-deck vehicles, ...

    Article : 116 words
  4. STOCK LOSSES

    According to Mr. Norman Bourke, president of the United Graziers' Association of Queensland, the losses incurred by the members of that ...

    Article : 414 words
  5. STEEL STRIKE.

    There was an unexpected development in the steel workers' strike at Port Kembla yesterday, when a conference of the combined unions ...

    Article : 504 words
  6. U.S. FLOODS.

    One quarter of the area of the United States was under water yesterday and 200,000 people are homeless. Already 106 deaths have been ...

    Article : 984 words
  7. DANUBIAN BASIN.

    The meeting at Rome to-morrow of Signor Mussolini, the Austrian Chancellor (Dr. Schuschnigg), and the Hungarian Prime Minister (Herr Gomboes), ...

    Article : 429 words
  8. MOMENTOUS DECISION.

    Britain, France, Belgium, and Italy—the Locarno Powers without Germany—have, it is understood, evolved a plan for a momentous conference of world Powers to search for a new basis on which to build enduring peace. ...

    Article : 145 words
  9. ROAD SAFETY.

    The Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. S. A. Maddocks) stated yesterday that his officers were making good progress in the preparation of matter for consideration by ...

    Article : 381 words
  10. BRITISH CARS

    A deputation of United Australia party and United Country party members, led by Mr. Fairbairn, M.P., to-day urged the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) to take action to ensure ...

    Article : 287 words
  11. DRAFT AGREEMENT FOR WORLD CONFERENCE.

    When the conference between Britain, France, Belgium, and Italy ended yesterday, statements were issued that a great deal of satisfactory progress had been made towards ...

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  12. TRADE MISSION.

    Sir Ernest Thompson, leader of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce mission to Australia, said yesterday that statements had been made that the mission would present ...

    Article : 392 words
  13. MINISTERS ABROAD.

    The Australian Attorney-General (Mr. Menzies), interviewed at Villefranche by the Australian Associated Press representative, said his first task would be to begin ...

    Article : 430 words
  14. DISQUALIFIED

    Edward Powell Braithwaite, of Debeah, and William Arthur Chapman, of Wyong, councillors of Erina Shire, were convicted by Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at the Gosford Police ...

    Article : 709 words
  15. INDIGENOUS FISH.

    Support for the move originated at Cowr[?] for restocking western rivers with indigenous fish, and establishing a hatchery at the Wyangala Dam, was given at a public meeting when ...

    Article : 252 words
  16. COUNCIL AND PRESS.

    Aldermen of the Reform party have been asked to confer with the executive of the Citizens' Reform Association concerning the reasons which induced them to form ...

    Article : 290 words
  17. TENSE SCENE AS COUNCIL VOTES.

    The League Council unanimously approved the Franco-Belgian resolution, finding that Germany had committed a breach of Article 43 of the Treaty of Versailles, and instructed ...

    Article : 843 words
  18. STATE EMPLOYEES.

    The Acting Premier (Mr. Bruxner) said yesterday that official reports in his possession showed that the number of State Public servants against whom there were judgment ...

    Article : 172 words
  19. LABOUR GAINS SEAT.

    The by-election in Dumbartonshire, made necessary by the appointment of Commander A. D. Cochrane (Conservative) as Governor of Burma, resulted in a Labour gain with the ...

    Article : 88 words
  20. OVERSEA SHIPS.

    The managing director of Huddart, Parker, Ltd. (Mr. J. L. Webb), declared to-day that the carriage of passengers between mainland ports and Tasmania by British oversea vessels, ...

    Article : 241 words
  21. HOME BOMBARDED.

    Mr. and Mrs. Harry Costin, an elderly couple, who live near the Tcmora-road, four miles from Junee, were awakened at 1 a.m. yesterday by a succession of terrific blows ...

    Article : 104 words
  22. MOURNED FOR DEAD.

    A former resident of Cobargo (South Coast, New South Wales), has been traced in South Africa, where he now is a successful diamond miner, although relatives had concluded that ...

    Article : 230 words
  23. RAYON EXPORT.

    The Osaka correspondents of the Tokyo newspapers "Nichi Nichi Shimbun" and "Yomiuri Shimbun" report that the Japanese Rayon Association proposes to prohibit ...

    Article : 60 words
  24. SILT MENACE

    The silting-up of Darwin Harbour alongside the [?]etty has made it dangerous for ships to come alongside. At low tide there is a bank at the side of the [?]etty covered by only 15 to ...

    Article : 124 words
  25. MILK VENDORS.

    The council of the Amalgamated Milk Venders' Association, after a meeting last night[?] issued a statement, through its secretary, Mr. L. L. Cunningham, criticising the ...

    Article : 315 words
  26. REJECTION SEEMS OUT OF QUESTION.

    The Diplomatic Correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian" says: "The crisis has ended for the time being. The spate of criticism which the Locarno Powers' proposals has already ...

    Article : 601 words
  27. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/11 an ounce fine, compared with £7/1/ the previous day. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. ...

    Article : 197 words
  28. N.Z. FINANCE.

    Strong comment regarding statements in circulation, particularly in Auckland, that money was leaving New Zealand because of the uncertainty that exists regarding the ...

    Article : 151 words
  29. WOOL INDUSTRY.

    "Australia's wool industry has been a gilt-edged security in the past, and everyone hopes that it will long remain so," said the Governor-General (Lord Gowrie), when officially ...

    Article : 146 words
  30. FIGHT TO DEATH

    Two prize boars engaged in deadly combat on the Macksville showground yesterday. A Tamworth boar, owned by L. B. Connors, and a white boar, owned by H. Trisley, ...

    Article : 110 words
  31. FOILED BY DOG.

    It was disclosed to-day that the Carmelite Monastery at Nedlands, which five men made an unsuccessful attempt to enter last week, was again raided at 3 a.m. last Tuesday. ...

    Article : 67 words
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