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  2. OIL PRODUCTION.

    The Newnes Investigation Committee has reported to the Federal Government that, on economic grounds, the establishment of the shale oil industry at Newnes was not warranted, and that it could only be justified, if at all, by national considerations. ...

    Article : 184 words
  3. STRIKES.

    There was an exceptionally large and representative attendance at a public meeting in Wollongong to-night to deal wiih the dispute at the steelworks. ...

    Article : 397 words
  4. VAST HERDS.

    Mr. H. Talbot Sanderson, one of the best-known men in the Australian cattle and sheep industries, is on a visit to Sydney. One has to talk with him only for a few minutes to ...

    Article : 510 words
  5. THE FAR EAST.

    The chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee (Senator Pittman) made an address from the floor of the Senate to-day, critical of Japanese ...

    Article : 266 words
  6. OIL EMBARGO.

    While recent reports of the inquiries of the committee of experts on the oil embargo have implied increasing unlikelihood of the practicability of an embargo, this morning's news from Geneva is that the experts have decided that an embargo ...

    Article : 242 words
  7. WOMAN'S DEATH.

    Eva Marion Margery Saunderson, 30, single, of Gunnedah, died in Gunnedah Hospital to-night as the result of a gunshot wound in her side. ...

    Article : 165 words
  8. GALLANT RESCUES.

    Two gallant rescues were made in the surf at Park Beach by members of the Coff's Harbour Surf Club when Mr. and Mrs. Henry, visitors from Gunnedah, got into difficulties. ...

    Article : 136 words
  9. COST OF PRODUCTION.

    Mr. Lyons stated that the Federal Cabinet had given full consideration to the prospects of oil production in Australia. It had had before it information in regard to well oil, ...

    Article : 743 words
  10. FREEDOM OF PRESS

    In a sweeping opinion, the Supreme Court to-day unanimously reversed the Louisiana State tax on the gross receipts of newspapers, and enunciated the doctrine of the ...

    Article : 198 words
  11. FERRIER

    The Australian amateur golf champion, J. Ferrier, was given a splendid send-off by numerous friends yesterday, when he left by the Largs Bay for England, where he intends ...

    Article : 407 words
  12. THE SEAMEN.

    A conference between the A.C.T.U. and the Commonwealth Steamship Owners' Federation this afternoon, with a view to settlement of the seamen's dispute, was abortive. The ...

    Article : 56 words
  13. COMPREHENSIVE INQUIRY MADE.

    The first task has been to discover where Italy got the oil in the quantities required under present war conditions, compared with normal times. This has involved a ...

    Article : 1,971 words
  14. FOUR COWS DIE.

    The Tweed-Lismore Pastures Protection Board's stock inspector (Mr. C. J. Woollett) reported an unusual case to the board. A farmer at Wyrallah lost three milking ...

    Article : 121 words
  15. N.Z. WATERSIDE WORKERS

    Auckland waterside workers have now decided to work Australian vessels manned by licensed crews. ...

    Article : 27 words
  16. RAW MATERIALS.

    The Foreign Office spokesman referred appreciatively to the debate in the House of Commons on February 5, on raw materials, and other signs that Western statesmen have ...

    Article : 221 words
  17. SHIPPING

    While the Seamen's Union has not yet declared the strike off, it is, from the shipowners' point of view, virtually over, and the ships still idle are being manned at the owners' ...

    Article : 76 words
  18. SUNDAY CRICKET

    The question of Sunday sport was the subject of an animated debate at the meeting of the North Sydney Council last night, when a request was made tor permission to play a ...

    Article : 182 words
  19. THE UNIVERSITY.

    Dr. Page, Minister for Commerce, said yesterday that he had been perturbed at the small contribution the Sydney University was making to the national political life of ...

    Article : 189 words
  20. SUDDEN FLIGHT

    It has been reported to the Civil Aviation authorities that a Westland Widgeon monoplane was flown from Mascot aerodrome about 2.30 on Saturday afternoon last by Mr. R. W. ...

    Article : 391 words
  21. LIFT-MAKERS' PLANS.

    No decision has been reached by union leaders on the proposal for an extension of the strike at the factory of Waygood-Otis (Australia) Pty., Ltd., in Dunmore-avenue, ...

    Article : 113 words
  22. GARAGE MURDER.

    The police are not convinced that robbery was the motive for the murder of Robert Stead, 28, at the Star service station, Darlinghurst-road, Darlinghurst, on Monday ...

    Article : 637 words
  23. EMPIRE PARTY.

    A party of 26 members of the British National Union, from Great Britain, who are touring the dominions with the object of assisting primary production in the British ...

    Article : 204 words
  24. EXEMPTION

    On the ground that the people involved were Seventh Day Adventists, application was made to the Industrial Commission yesterday, by Australasian Conference Association, ...

    Article : 267 words
  25. ABYSSINIANS.

    A communique issued in Addis [?] mits the first defeat acknowledged by either combatant when Ras Seyoum's effort to recapture Makale was repulsed after a day's ...

    Article : 139 words
  26. TAXATION OFFICER.

    The Taxation Department recently sent a "goodwill" officer to Lithgow to give assistance and advice to business people in the preparation of income tax returns. The officer's ...

    Article : 130 words
  27. TRADE AGREEMENTS

    Most of the trade agreements which the National Government negotiated in the first two years of its existence fall due for renewal in the next 12 months or so. ...

    Article : 302 words
  28. MOTOR VEHICLES.

    Mr. A. S. Henry, M.L.A., speaking at [?] meeting of the Service Station Proprietors' Association in the Petersham Town Hall, predicted that a bill would be introduced in the ...

    Article : 178 words
  29. DAVIS CUP.

    The Australian Davis Cup team will leave Sydney by the Niagara for the United States on March 26. It will arrive at Vancouver on April 17. ...

    Article : 257 words
  30. BITTEN BY SNAKE.

    Dr. R. W. Gibson, of Ceduna, Eyre Peninsula, was bitten on the ankle by a snake while stepping out of his car to enter his front gate last night. He immediately ran to the ...

    Article : 180 words
  31. JUDGE'S WARNING

    "We have a tremendous volume of business to get through, and it is the duty of parties to be ready when their cases come on," declared the president of the Industrial ...

    Article : 176 words
  32. OLYMPIC TEST RACE.

    The Australian Rowing Council's selectors have decided that a test race shall be rowed between C. Pearce, State champion sculler, and H. J. Turner, Australian champion, over ...

    Article : 116 words
  33. DISCOVERY II.

    The Royal research ship, Discovery II., by which the American explorer, Mr. Lincoln Ellsworth, is travelling, will reach Melbourne on Monday morning. ...

    Article : 34 words
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