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  2. AIR FORCE.

    About sixty aircraftsmen and 22 air cadets will be appointed to the Royal Australian Air Force before the end of June. This, it is believed, will be the largest number of ...

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  3. REDUCTION.

    There is considerable interest in the proposal to reduce the number of members in the Legislative Assembly. The subject has been discussed for a considerable time. It was ...

    Article : 727 words
  4. WOOL SALES.

    A further rise, amounting to five per cent. on the closing prices of last week, was recorded at the opening of the second week of the Sydney sales yesterday. ...

    Article : 200 words
  5. TASMAN FLIGHT.

    The Postmaster-General (Senator McLachlan) said to-day that the cheque paid to Sir Charles Kingsford Smith by the Postal Department for the carriage of the Australian ...

    Article : 184 words
  6. THE QUEEN.

    Eighteen members of the Royal Family joined their Majesties at luncheon at Buckingham Palace to-day to celebrate the Queen's birthday. Princess ...

    Article : 270 words
  7. PARIS TENNIS.

    J. Crawford and A. K. Quist won the French doubles final from D. P. Turnbull and V. B. McGrath, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. The special representative of the Australian ...

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  8. LOAN COUNCIL MEETS.

    Figures presented to the Loan Council, which began its meeting in Canberra to-day, indicated that the deficits of the States for the current financial year, 1934-35, will not exceed £4,500,000. The chairman of the Loan Council, the Federal Acting Treasurer (Mr. ...

    Article : 185 words
  9. CHINESE TRAGEDY.

    Police yesterday were still searching for the man who murdered Ko Mingh in a market garden at Camden last Friday night. His assailant attacked him with a Chinese ...

    Article : 305 words
  10. MURDER OF GIRL.

    Charles William Price, 42, teamster, was found guilty of murdering Evelyn Mary Madden, at Argyll East, Hawkes Bay, on or about February 6 last, and was sentenced to death, ...

    Article : 113 words
  11. THE DISCUSSION.

    The Loan Council, which met this morning and continued until a late hour to-night, sat for the greater part of the day in camera, Treasury and other officials being excluded, ...

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  12. SCHOOL PROGRESS.

    Mr. J. M. McKay, who has had 50 years' service in the Education Department, and is retiring in September, expressed some emphatic views yesterday on the progress of the ...

    Article : 392 words
  13. AIR SERVICES.

    It is expected that the various air services which have been temporarily interrupted by the "grounding" order issued by the Civil Aviation Department, which prevents the ...

    Article : 261 words
  14. KIDNAPPED CHILD.

    George Weyerhaeuser, the nine-year-old [?]on of a wealthy lumber family, who was kidnapped on Friday, and is being held to ran[?]om for 200,000 dollars, is still missing. ...

    Article : 214 words
  15. FIRE AT TULLAMORE.

    Damage estimated at £6000 was caused by a fire which swept a block of business premises early this morning in Cardigan-street, the business centre of Tullamore. It was the third ...

    Article : 258 words
  16. INLAND AREAS.

    The week-end rain extended over the coastal areas, but there was no break in the dry conditions in the north-west. With little prospect of rain falling, according to present ...

    Article : 343 words
  17. SECESSION PETITION.

    Mr. H. K. Watson, a member of the Western Australian secession delegation to London replying to the statement made by the Australian Prime Minister (Mt. Lyons), said that ...

    Article : 453 words
  18. RANKING LIST.

    In the Australian ranking list for 1934-5, announced by the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia, V. B. McGrath and A. K. Quist have been bracketed in second place. The New ...

    Article : 258 words
  19. AIR RACE 'PLANE

    The Dragon Rapide twin-engined 'plane Tainui, which was flown in the Centenary Air Race by Squadron-Leader J. D. Hewett and Flying-Officer C. E. Kay, arrived from ...

    Article : 169 words
  20. THE DELEGATES.

    The representatives of the Commonwealth and State Governments who attended the Loan Council were as follows:—Commonwealth: Mr. R. G. Casey, acting Treasurer and ...

    Article : 185 words
  21. BLOCKS OF FLATS.

    At one time it was quite a rare thing to find that a block of flats was being erected in a suburb. The building columns contained announcements of new cottages in every suburb ...

    Article : 508 words
  22. STEEL TRAWLER

    Quotations for the construction of a steel trawler for exploratory work on fishery have been obtained by the Prime Minister's Department from Australian and British ...

    Article : 153 words
  23. SYDNEY TO TOWNSVILLE.

    Mr. G. A. Robinson, managing director of New England Airways, returned to Sydney yesterday in the company's new Gypsy Major engined monospar 'plane, Captain Cook, after ...

    Article : 119 words
  24. ROYAL AIR FORCE.

    Nearly 8000 men have applied to join the Royal Air Force since the Minister for Air (Lord Londonderry) appealed for recruits last Thursday. ...

    Article : 140 words
  25. DROUGHT AREA IN QUEENSLAND.

    The drought area around Charleville is steadily widening and extending to places that suffered little in the past from big droughts. It now affects holdings which the owners ...

    Article : 219 words
  26. TENNIS PROFITS.

    It was reported to the monthly meeting of the Australian Lawn Tennis Council to-night that the centenary tour of the international visitors resulted in the loss of £612. ...

    Article : 175 words
  27. MAN KILLED.

    With the face badly battered, the body of a man was found late last night in an isolated spit known locally as Devlin's Bridge, near Beecroft. ...

    Article : 207 words
  28. MORE TOWNS TO BE SERVED.

    Western and Southern Provincial Air Lines, Ltd., announced yesterday that it proposes to include stops at Bathurst and Dubbo, in addition to Narromine, on its service from Sydney ...

    Article : 157 words
  29. MILITIA SYSTEM.

    "Those responsible for administering the voluntary training system in Australia must make greater efforts in an endeavour to ensure its success." said the Minister for ...

    Article : 111 words
  30. ABYSSINIAN AGREEMENT.

    The Diplomatic Correspondent of the "Daily Express" says: "Signor Mussolini got all he wanted regarding Abyssinia, yet he is able to remain in the League. The work of ...

    Article : 142 words
  31. UNITED STATES FARMERS.

    Returns to hand to-day in connection with the farmers' referendum held on Saturday reveal that there is a majority of six to one in favour of the continuance of the wheat ...

    Article : 103 words
  32. HARBOUR COLLISION.

    Early this morning a collision occurred off Fort Denison between the Manly ferry Balgowlah and the collier Birchgrove Park. The Balgowlah was making for Sydney and ...

    Article : 69 words
  33. PUBLIC SERVANTS.

    A severe rebuff was sustained to-day by delegates from the Australian Public Service Federation who came to Canberra to urge the Loan Council to reseind the financial ...

    Article : 149 words
  34. TWO BOTTLE DEALERS

    Two bottle-dealers wandered into King's-lane, running from Palmer-street to Rileystreet, Darlinghurst, on Saturday. They slouched along the lane—tall fellows, who, ...

    Article : 191 words
  35. SKIDDING CAR'S FALL.

    Occupants of a motor car driven by William McLean, 18, of Maleny, had a remarkable escape from serious injury on Sunday, when the car, after skidding on a curve of the ...

    Article : 82 words
  36. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of gold was quoted to-day at £7/1/ an ounce fine, compared with £7/2/ on Saturday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. ...

    Article : 125 words
  37. "GROW MORE FOOD."

    Lord Beaverbrook has started a campaign in the "Daily Express" to grow more food in Britain. He urges that the policy of the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. E. Elliot) ...

    Article : 126 words
  38. OVERCOME BY FUMES.

    When the Armidale Fire Brigade arrived at a dwelling in Allangham-street, Armidale, early this morning, they found the building well alight. On being informed that the ...

    Article : 111 words
  39. NEW COURT ROOM.

    The first use was made yesterday of the new court room on the ground floor of the Registrar-General's building (described in the law lists as No. 6 Court). ...

    Article : 121 words
  40. KING ELECTORATE.

    The returning officer for the King State electorate yesterday received the ballot-box containing the votes cast at Lord Howe Island in the general election on May 11. There were ...

    Article : 85 words
  41. INSPECTOR OF AWARDS.

    The Federal Cabinet to-morrow will review the work done by Mr. Arthur Blakeley since he was appointed Federal Inspector of Arbitration Court Awards early this year. Mr. ...

    Article : 53 words
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