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  2. STORMS.

    A relief worker was killed by lightning and two other men were rendered unconscious during a thunderstorm which swept the Newcastle ...

    Article : 1,059 words
  3. NEW RAILWAYS

    The State Cabinet yesterday decided to proceed with the construction of the two new railways, viz.: Sutherland to Cronulla, and Sandy Hollow to Maryvale. ...

    Article : 371 words
  4. SPANIARD SHOT

    C. Garofalo, a Spaniard, who is the holder of Irrigation Farm 1133, at Griffith, received terrible injuries on his farm on Thursday night when he was shot in the face. His wounds ...

    Article : 177 words
  5. STATE BUDGET.

    The Premier (Mr. Stevens) informed Ministers at the Cabinet meeting yesterday that the estimated deficit of £1,750,000, agreed to by the Loan ...

    Article : 228 words
  6. SECRET DOCUMENT.

    British officials are still unable to explain how the contents of the Maffey report on British interests in Abyssinia, which were published in the Rome newspaper "Giornale d'Italia," became known. ...

    Article : 138 words
  7. BRITAIN'S DEFENCE.

    Britain is preparing far-reaching plans to organise industry to supply the requirements of the defence services. It is intended that the or[?]anisation shall not ...

    Article : 413 words
  8. MARTIAL LAW

    Martial law has been declared in Murcia, Alicante, and Valencia, and minor disturbances continue throughout Spain, including places on the French frontier. ...

    Article : 515 words
  9. VICE-REGAL DUTIES.

    Addresses expressing loyalty and devotion to the Throne and to the King were presented to the Governor-General, Lord Gowrie, at State Government House yesterday. ...

    Article : 262 words
  10. THE SEAMEN.

    Scores of union seamen applied for licences yesterday, and afterwards thronged the shipping offices in search of employment. The passenger steamer Zealandia was ...

    Article : 123 words
  11. PUBLICATION DOES BRITAIN GOOD TURN.

    The majority of British newspapers emphasise that the editor of "Giornale d'Italia" (Signor Gayda) has done Britain a good turn by the publication of the report, as it has ...

    Article : 844 words
  12. FEDERAL CABINET.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) announced to-day that during the absence of the Attorney-General (Mr. Menzies) abroad, Senator T. C. Brennan would act as Attorney-General. Mr. ...

    Article : 148 words
  13. SHAPING A POLICY.

    It is hoped that the Government will be able to announce the personnel for the administration of the co-ordinated defence services when the debate on the rearmament ...

    Article : 623 words
  14. SYDNEY LEAD FOLLOWED.

    By an overwhelming majority, members of the Newcastle branch of the Seamen's Union decided to-day to follow the lead set by the Sydney seamen and call the shipping strike ...

    Article : 249 words
  15. JAPAN'S PROGRESS.

    Mr. A. H. Tait, an alderman of the Brisbane City Council, who is visiting Sydney after a tour of the East, was deeply impressed with the efficiency of Japanese ...

    Article : 250 words
  16. £40,000,000 CREDIT.

    Permission to raise its banking credit in London has been granted to the French Government, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Neville Chamberlain) told the House of ...

    Article : 202 words
  17. FATAL CRASH.

    It is likely that, following the tragic crash of the Gannet 'plane near Cordeaux dam on Wednesday night, there will be a considerable body of opinion in favour of new regulations ...

    Article : 412 words
  18. QUEENSLAND BREAKAWAY.

    Brisbane seamen at a meeting to-day accepted the Sydney decision to return to work as automatically ending the strike here. The men expressed disgust at the manner ...

    Article : 138 words
  19. EMPIRE AIR MAIL.

    Replying to statements that the Commonwealth Government feared it would lose control of the Singapore-Sydney section of the Empire air mail route under the revised British ...

    Article : 203 words
  20. LIFTMAKERS' STRIKE.

    An important development in the strike situation yesterday was the action of the iron workers' assistants employed by Waygood Otis, Ltd., liftmakers, of Alexandria, in ceasing ...

    Article : 63 words
  21. SIMILAR EVENT OF 1878 RECALLED.

    The cabled announcement yesterday of the publication in "Giornale d'Italia," of the contents of the Maffey report, a confidential document belonging to the British Government, ...

    Article : 608 words
  22. PUBLIC TELEPHONES.

    A correspondent has directed attention to the frequent failure of the light in a public telephone cabinet near his home. The Superintendent of Telephones, to whom the matter ...

    Article : 180 words
  23. PORT ADELAIDE DECISION.

    After a discussion lasting three hours, during which the voices of speakers were drowned in angry uproar, a meeting of Port Adelaide seamen decided to follow the lead of ...

    Article : 55 words
  24. QUEENSLAND RAIN.

    Walter Lollo, a Townsville taxi-driver, was imprisoned in his car when it was swept away by floodwaters as he was attempting to cross the Ross River at Queen's Crossing. ...

    Article : 436 words
  25. NEW ZEALAND STRIKE.

    The strikers at the works of General Motors Corporation to-day accepted the offer of an increase in wages of a penny an hour, pending consideration of wages and working conditions, ...

    Article : 41 words
  26. TASMAN AIR LINK.

    Hopes have been held that a representative of the Australian Government would visit New Zealand, to discuss with the Dominion Government important questions relating to ...

    Article : 198 words
  27. PUBLIC LIBRARY.

    Authority has been given by the Government for preliminary work to be carried out for additions to the Public library building. This announcement was made by the Premier ...

    Article : 115 words
  28. MAN'S ADMISSIONS.

    In the Bankruptcy Court to-day Herbert Miller Haines, of Knoxville, admitted to Acting Judge Haslam that he had obtained by fraud £22,479 between 1926 and 1931, from his then ...

    Article : 145 words
  29. THE ANTARCTIC.

    Professor C. H. Hyde, professor of international law at the Columbia University, in an article published to-day said that the United States Congress should immediately officially ...

    Article : 140 words
  30. RIVALRY AT SEA.

    By 234 votes to 12[?], the second reading of the Government's bill to continue the annual £2,000,000 subsidy for British tramp shipping was agreed to in the House of Commons. ...

    Article : 353 words
  31. RUSSIA'S STRENGTH.

    M. Herriot asserted in the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday that Russia had 1,300,000 men under arms, serving from two to five years, and another 3,500,000 men were trained ...

    Article : 153 words
  32. SILICOSIS SUFFERERS.

    The Minister for Labour (Mr. Dunningham) announced last night that Cabinet had approved his proposal for increased benefits to workers suffering from silicosis. ...

    Article : 138 words
  33. NO VISIT POSSIBLE YET.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) said to-night that the Commonwealth was faced with the same difficulty as the New Zealand Government, in that its Parliament was just ...

    Article : 108 words
  34. MODERN EDUCATION.

    Mr. F. A. Macquisten, K.C., member of the House of Commons for Argyle, who passed through Brisbane on the Marella, said that immigration to Australia from Great Britain ...

    Article : 223 words
  35. COLLIERY STRIKE.

    The modern electrical haulage equipment installed underground at Elrington Colliery has given rise to a dispute which has thrown the colliery idle. Hitherto attendants at the ...

    Article : 152 words
  36. FASCISTS REBUFFED.

    After arrangements had been made for Sir Oswald Mosley to address a meeting of University Fascists, the Oxford Council refused the use of the Town Hall. ...

    Article : 185 words
  37. ATTEMPT ON RECORD.

    Captain G. E. T. Eyston, already the holder of several world motor records, hopes to beat the record of 100 miles an hour for cars with heavy oil engines. He will make the ...

    Article : 115 words
  38. JAPANESE.

    The District [?]ficer at Manus has informed the Administrator (Brigadier-General W. R. McNicoll) by radio that it is reported in Manus that some Japanese landed on Purdy ...

    Article : 96 words
  39. THE EVEREST DASH.

    "Assaults on the final few thousand feet of Mount Everest will be made by eight members of the party in pairs," said Mr. Hugh Ruttledge, leader of the expedition, when ...

    Article : 123 words
  40. SLEEPER ON LINE.

    A sleeper weighing about two hundredweight was struck by an engine on the railway lines near Marrickville railway station last night. The crash when the steel projection guarding ...

    Article : 88 words
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