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  2. REAL WAGES.

    Figures prepared by the Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. E. T. McPhee), disclose the remarkable fact that during the last few years of the ...

    Article : 694 words
  3. THE FLOODS.

    Continuous rain has fallen over the whole of the Herbert River watershed to-day, and the Herbert River is still 5ft 7in over the railway bridge at Bemerside, having fallen only four ...

    Article : 129 words
  4. MAN WOUNDED.

    Maxwell Salter, 22, of Carlton, was shot and seriously injured by a stranger, who accosted him in Russell-street late to-night, and, after an argument, challenged him to a ...

    Article : 206 words
  5. HEALTH COUNCIL.

    The Minister for Health (Mr. W. M. Hughes) told representatives of women's organisations, who attended the session of the Federal Health Council in Canberra yesterday, that, whatever ...

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  6. IMPROVING DEFENCES.

    Following the announcement yesterday that the army estimates had been increased by £3,950,000 to £43,530,000, the Government issued a White paper, setting out the reasons why it has decided to carry out a co-ordinated programme for reconditioning Britain's forces and defences. ...

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  7. AIR ESTIMATES.

    The air estimates are £23,861,000, an increase of £3,685,000, compared with last year, due to the expansion scheme to piovide an additional 41½ squadrons by the end of 1938, ...

    Article : 297 words
  8. THREE MEN KILLED

    Two bookmakers and a Jockey were killed While returning from a race meeting at Kembla Grange late yesterday afternoon. Peter White, 40, bookmaker, of ...

    Article : 440 words
  9. WIDESPREAD STORMS LIKELY.

    The Weather Bureau last night forecasted unsettled conditions and rain with thunderstorms over a large area of the eastern section of the continent. ...

    Article : 54 words
  10. RECONSTRUCTION.

    Although as a result of the election a reconstitution of the State Ministry is regarded as inevitable, no move in this direction will be made until the fate of the Minister for ...

    Article : 327 words
  11. STATE AID.

    Delegates to the annual Grand Lodge session of the Loyal Orange Institution of New South Wales yesterday unanimously decided to place on record their "unswerving determination to ...

    Article : 152 words
  12. THE AIM OF PEACE.

    The White Paper was issued by the Government in anticipation of the debate in the House of Commons on the whole question of Imperial defence arranged for next ...

    Article : 2,276 words
  13. GREEK REVOLT.

    Telegrams from Athens report that Crete is practically solid for M. Venizelos, whose proclamation says: "As the Government has proclaimed martial law, I have the right to ...

    Article : 588 words
  14. LABOUR DISPUTE.

    There was much speculation in Labour circles yesterday whether the Lang Labour party would expel the general secretary of the Water Board Employees' Union (Mr. W. ...

    Article : 285 words
  15. WIMBLEDON.

    Interest will soon be centred on the all-England tennis championships at Wimbledon, not merely because Wimbledon is the Mecca of all tennis players, but because of the ...

    Article : 719 words
  16. SIR JOSEPH BANKS.

    The Sir Joseph Banks Memorial Fund, which was collected over 25 years ago, was referred to by the president of the Naturalists' Society of New South Wales (Mr. W. Froggatt) at a ...

    Article : 420 words
  17. HURRICANE.

    The official report on the Cook Islands hurricane last month reveals that fruit losses are from 75 to 80 per cent. A message received at Rarotonga from the steamer Golden Bear ...

    Article : 124 words
  18. CRICKET GROUND.

    The agreement under which the New South Wales Rugby League will have the use of the Sydney Cricket Ground for 10 seasons has not yet been signed. The chairman of the trust ...

    Article : 576 words
  19. RAILWAYS.

    The Railway Department has decided to expend over £100,000 in the purchase of an improved type of country express railway carriage. ...

    Article : 44 words
  20. BRITISH UNEMPLOYED.

    Another debate on unemployment arose in the House of Commons to-day in connection with the civil estimates. Mr. J. J. Lawson (Lab., Chester-le-Street ...

    Article : 259 words
  21. ELECTRICITY

    The Lord Mayor (Alderman Parker) last night said he could not understand the statement that had been made by the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Spooner) that the ...

    Article : 473 words
  22. HAMMONDVILLE.

    Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Richards, of Honolulu, accompanied by Miss Bergin and Miss Mabel Wilcox, all passengers by the American tourist liner Franconia, yesterday inspected ...

    Article : 269 words
  23. QUEENSLAND STRIKE.

    The strike at the Brisbane abattoir, which has now lasted three weeks, has already cost the State about £78,000. The strike is having a serious effect on the ...

    Article : 125 words
  24. ROBBERY IN A CHURCH.

    A story of the theft of vestments from a church, was told in, the Quarter Sessions yesterday by a young man who appeared on a charge of breaking into a church. ...

    Article : 252 words
  25. LADY YOUNG

    Lady Young, wife of the Governor of Northern Rhodesia (Sir Hubert Young) and Dr. Kirby, the Government medical officer, who had been missing for more than four days ...

    Article : 144 words
  26. THRONE OF SIAM.

    While Prince Ananda was playing with his school fellows, the Siamese envoy discussed the situation with his mother, Princess Songkla, widow of the ex-King of Slam's ...

    Article : 170 words
  27. GAME FISHING.

    What is claimed by local and visiting fishermen to be a world's record catch of swordfish for one day was made to-day by a party of three Melbourne sportsmen, who caught 10 ...

    Article : 104 words
  28. RELIEF WORKERS.

    A gang of relief workers engaged on road construction in the scrub area of Moorebank last week killed 33 snakes, and saw many others which escaped. ...

    Article : 68 words
  29. BOY DIES ON TRAIN.

    Angus Shea, 4, of Brilliant-street, Bathurst, died in a Sydney-bound train last night. The boy, who had been spending a holiday at Ettalong Beach, became ill. He was being ...

    Article : 69 words
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