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  2. DECISION REAFFIRMED.

    Mass meetings of seamen in all capital cities, excepting Melbourne, yesterday decided to re-affirm their previous decision to reject the award and to continue the strike. In Melbourne, however, the seamen agreed to resume work ...

    Article : 180 words
  3. TRANSPORT.

    The refusal by the Privy Council, as announced by cablegram, to grant leave to appeal in the cases of Gilpin v New South Wales Commissioner for Road Transport and ...

    Article : 611 words
  4. CABLE SERVICES.

    Mr. Parkhill, the Minister representing the Postmaster-General, made a further statement in the House of Representatives to-day in regard to the cable news received by the ...

    Article : 616 words
  5. GIRL'S DEATH.

    Arnold Sodeman, 36, labourer, of North Dumbalk, was charged in the City Court to-day with having murdered June Rushmer, 6, at Leongatha on December 1. He was ...

    Article : 254 words
  6. NAVAL POWER.

    Published on the eve of the Naval Conference in London, Jane's "Fighting Ships" says: "A new era in battleship construction has begun. It may be said to have opened with the ...

    Article : 720 words
  7. DESSYE BOMBED.

    Nine Italian aeroplanes, in three separate raids, to-day bombed Dessye, which is about 200 miles from the northern front in Abyssinia, and is at present the headquarters of the Emperor. Much damage was done in each raid, and three persons were ...

    Article : 238 words
  8. MARKETING.

    Now that the Privy Council has granted leave to appeal from the decision of the High Court in James v Commonwealth of Australia (known as the dried fruits case), ...

    Article : 492 words
  9. ATTEMPT FAILS

    An attempt was made yesterday to spread the seamen's strike to oversea vessels, but it failed. During the day, representations were made ...

    Article : 215 words
  10. SECRETARY'S ADVICE

    At yesterday's Sydney meeting, at which Mr. F. Hylander was elected chairman, the leader of the militants, Mr. J. Keenan, moved the principal resolution, reaffirming the previous ...

    Article : 1,132 words
  11. "LEAGUE MACHINERY WORKING WELL."

    The Foreign Secretary (Sir Samuel Hoare), during the debate on foreign affairs in the House of Commons this evening, made a statement on the Italo-Abyssinian conflict. ...

    Article : 1,381 words
  12. HUGE PREPARATIONS.

    "The German Government intends making next year's Olympic Games outstanding, and is providing more than £1,100,000 sterling for the arrangements," said Mr. J. Sigfried ...

    Article : 419 words
  13. OVERSEAS NEWS.

    While acknowledging the inaccuracy of his original statement that the Press of Australia had decided that the cable news presented to the people of Australia should come from ...

    Article : 674 words
  14. RESUMPTION FAVOURED.

    Support for a resumption of work was expressed by many seamen at the meeting of the Victorian branch of the union in Melbourne to-day. About 300 seamen attended, ...

    Article : 740 words
  15. OLYMPIC GAMES.

    The case against participating in the Olympic Games in Germany in 1936 is surveyed by the Manchester Guardian," which declares that the opposition is not only for the ...

    Article : 169 words
  16. FARM MYSTERY.

    Police are handicapped in their investigation of the disappearance of Luigi Marchesi, 57, on whose farm at Gruyere charred and broken bones were found on Thursday, by the ...

    Article : 206 words
  17. PRIVY COUNCIL.

    The Privy Council granted leave to appeal in the case of James versus the Commonwealth, and refused leave to appeal in the cases of Gilpin versus the Commissioner for ...

    Article : 133 words
  18. BASIC ENGLISH.

    The Modern Language Association has decided to add "Basic English" to the list of tongues already included in its activities. Basic English is a plan for simplifying the language ...

    Article : 253 words
  19. "BRAZEN CASE."

    At the Quarter sessions yesterday, Henry Wilson, 34, miner, was convicted on two charges of assault and robbery and sentenced to five years' imprisonment. ...

    Article : 201 words
  20. ABYSSINIANS USE ANTI-TANK GUNS.

    The representative of the "Daily Mail" at Hargeisa (British Somallland) says: "An Italian reconnoitring column of 400 Askaris (native levies), with eight armoured cars ...

    Article : 524 words
  21. GERMAN WOOL.

    The Berlin representative of the Australian Associated Press says that in order to stimulate the production of home-grown wool, the Government has decreed that orders for textiles ...

    Article : 95 words
  22. COUNTRY PRESS REPLY.

    Mr. A. E. Joseph, secretary of the Queensland Country Press Association, said to-night: "Mr. Parkhill's new-found zeal for the Country Press is refreshing. Country pressmen ...

    Article : 247 words
  23. CANADIAN DELEGATE.

    The Ottawa correspondent of the "New York Times" says: "The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Lapointe), who issued the statement disavowing responsibility for the proposal for ...

    Article : 86 words
  24. JOCKEY CLUB

    The Newcastle Jockey Club, one of the oldest racing clubs in the State, and probably the leading club outside the metropolitan area until the depression, has decided to discontinue ...

    Article : 98 words
  25. AMERICAN MILLIONAIRES.

    The Treasury revealed to-day the decline of more than 30 per cent. in the number of net incomes of 1,000,000 dollars or more between 1933 and 1934 in the United States, namely, ...

    Article : 96 words
  26. DEMAND FOR COLONIES.

    At a mass demonstration to demand colonies, General von Epp said: "We can now take colonies from no other land from the North to the South Pole. The whole world ...

    Article : 103 words
  27. LAND TRANSACTIONS

    Judge White, who has been appointed a Royal Commissioner by the State Government to investigate certain land transactions, will commence the inquiry on Monday. ...

    Article : 73 words
  28. PRIME MINISTER'S COMMENT.

    When moving the adjournment of the House of Representatives to-day, the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) said that during the year Australia had made substantial progress towards better ...

    Article : 73 words
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