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  2. COMMERCE.

    "In the civilised world there is a waiting, expectant army of 27,000,000 unemployed, " said the Governor-General (Sir Isaac Isaacs), in opening the 31st conference of the ...

    Article : 1,026 words
  3. IMMIGRATION.

    The Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Menzies) hinted to-night at the possibility of a revival of migration being made the basis of negotiations ...

    Article : 298 words
  4. THE FLOODS.

    Taking over an hour to traverse one section of seven miles the train from Moree managed to reach Boggabilla yesterday. ...

    Article : 188 words
  5. EXPLOSION

    Three persons were burned following an explosion this afternoon at the tannery of Howe and Co. Pty., Ltd., High-street, Preston. ...

    Article : 273 words
  6. STATE SESSION

    The session of the State Parliament will be resumed this afternoon, when the Legislative Assembly will meet at 2.30 o'clock, and will last till March. ...

    Article : 170 words
  7. ANTARCTIC.

    In a specially written article for the Australian Press Association, RearAdmiral Byrd sums up the results of his second expedition to the Antarctic. ...

    Article : 613 words
  8. TALKIE FILMS.

    "Sex appeal is a perfectly legitimate element in all the fine arts dealing directly with humanity," declared Mr. George Bernard Shaw in a broadcast address. ...

    Article : 321 words
  9. UNIFORM GAUGE

    Proposals for the standardisation of Australian railway gauges, which are to be submitted by the Commonwealth to the Premiers' Conference in Melbourne on February ...

    Article : 675 words
  10. COPRA PRICES.

    The announcement yesterday in the "Sydney Morning Herald's" weekly summary of London markets, that hot-air dried copra was quoted at £12/15/, c.l.f., London, created jubilation ...

    Article : 490 words
  11. BENEFICIAL RAIN IN QUEENSLAND.

    The cane crops in north Queensland have been saved by heavy rains over a large area of the sugar belt. In the Innisfail district, after intense heat, which reached 111 degrees ...

    Article : 92 words
  12. ALLEGED FRAUDS.

    The Paris representative of the 'Daily Telegraph" says: "The trial of J. C. Millet, grandson of Jean Francois Millet, painter of 'The Angelus,' who is charged with selling ...

    Article : 142 words
  13. FIRE AT CIRCUS.

    Two men suffered burns lost night when petrol exploded during a circus performance held by Fox Brothers on a vacant allotment off Pittwater-road, Collaroy, ...

    Article : 147 words
  14. VICTORIAN BAN.

    One of the most servere blow delivered against border motor transport occurred to-day, when Victorian transport legulation officers placed a ban on the Albury-Melbourme ...

    Article : 354 words
  15. FARM HOME

    A proposal to establish a farm home for disabled soldiers was approved unanimously by delegates to the Cairns district conference of the Returned Soldiers' League. ...

    Article : 177 words
  16. JAPAN AND CHINA.

    The spokesman at the Foreign Office (Mr. Amau) to-day denied persistent rumours that tile Foreign Minister (Mr. Hirota) is planning a bilateral political pact with China. ...

    Article : 128 words
  17. MAN IN WHIRLPOOL

    Frank Harris had a narrow escape from drowning when he was caught in a whirlpool while bathing near the Yanco weir. With a woman friend, Harris entered the ...

    Article : 220 words
  18. ESCAPE FROM GAOL.

    John Kingsley Clarkson, 24, who is alleged to have escaped from Cootamundra Gaol, appeared before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, P.M., in the Cootamundra Police Court to-day. He ...

    Article : 625 words
  19. CONSPIRACY CHARGE

    In the Third City Court to-day, Charles Leslie Ashton and Jean Silver, 40, were charged with having conspired to obtain money from two women by pretending that ...

    Article : 319 words
  20. EUROPEAN SECURITY.

    The Diplomatic Coircspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" at Geneva says "When the French Premier (M. Flandin) and the French Foreign Minister (M. Laval) visit London next week ...

    Article : 161 words
  21. GOLDMINING CASE.

    The Privy Council granted leave to appeal in the case Lake View and Star, petitioners, versus Comminelli and Bonazzl. The High Court made an order last ...

    Article : 228 words
  22. MINERS STRIKE.

    The afternoon shift did not go to work at any pits of the State coalmine to-day. At 10.30 a.m. to-morrow there will be a stopwork meeting at the Union Hall. The trouble ...

    Article : 304 words
  23. MR. BRUXNER'S COMMENT.

    The Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) said last night that the action of the Victorian transport officials apparently had nothing to do with the dispute between the ...

    Article : 62 words
  24. OVERTIME.

    It was reported yesterday that a dispute had occurred among the crew of the A.U.S.N. steamer Orungal, regarding the payment of overtime. Eight firemen handed in their ...

    Article : 384 words
  25. TENNIS PLAYERS.

    Officials of the Western Australian Lawn Tennis Association were amazed this morning by the unexpected arrival of six players, Misses Dorothy Round, Nancy Lyle, and Evelyn ...

    Article : 212 words
  26. INDIAN CONGRESS.

    The Indian National Congress, which is meeting at Delhi, while expressing good wishes for the personal well-being of King George, calls on all Indians not to paiticipate in the ...

    Article : 138 words
  27. BOY ELECTROCUTED.

    Jack Roddas 9. was electrocuted this moining when he fell over an electric installntion wire attached to the roof of his father's residence. ...

    Article : 157 words
  28. GANGSTERS ESCAPE.

    Two gangsters, believed to be Alvin Karpis and Harry Campbell, the last survivors of the gang that kidnapped Edward Bremer, the banker, shot their way out of a police trap in ...

    Article : 110 words
  29. MR. LYONS'S TRIP.

    The chairman of the Tariff Board (Mr. H. McConaghy) will be the principal adviser of the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) and the Minister in charge of trade treaties (Sir Henry ...

    Article : 216 words
  30. DANGEROUS WORK.

    Brothers J. Bolsvert and L. Belanger, Canadian missionaries, who have been stationed for many years on the lonely island of Yule, about 60 miles from Port Moresby, ...

    Article : 176 words
  31. CRICKETING FEATS

    The twin sons of Mr. J. Lawrence, for many years a well-known figure in cricketing circles at South Grafton, were responsible for some tall scoring in a match at McPhfcrson's ...

    Article : 297 words
  32. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of gold to-day was £7/2/0½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/2/ on Saturday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. ...

    Article : 192 words
  33. TREND OF POPULATION.

    The "Financial Times" says: "A question often overlooked is the relation of population to trade. Dr. Snow, in a paper read before the Royal Statistical Society, showed that the ...

    Article : 144 words
  34. THE DUKE.

    There were scenes of unbounded entnusiasm at Lyttelton to-night, when the Duke of Gloucester boarded the Australia at the conclusion of his New Zealand tour. Groups ...

    Article : 228 words
  35. MR. FORBES'S PLIGHT.

    The Premier (Mr. Foroes) was placed in an embarrassing situation at Christchurch this afternoon, when 400 unemployed relief workers blocked the stairs of the Government ...

    Article : 214 words
  36. DISMISSED NURSES

    So far the eight junior nurses who were dismissed from the Goondiwindi General Hospital have not found new positions. One nurse, the first to sign the ultimatum to the hospital ...

    Article : 193 words
  37. TRANSPORTS FOR GOLD.

    A new aeroplane for the Arnhem Land Gold Development Company has been brought to Darwin by the Marella. It will be flown periodically to the company's mine in Arnhem ...

    Article : 150 words
  38. GENERAL STRIKE.

    Although the threat of a general strike still hangs over Darwin, it is now certain that miners employed by the gold mines at Pine Creek and Spring Hill will not participate ...

    Article : 139 words
  39. FIRE IN INFIRMARY.

    There were exciting scenes when a fire broke out in an infirmary in Bow-road last night. Two hundred aged and bedridden men and women, some of them blind, were hurriedly ...

    Article : 142 words
  40. CRAWFORD AT BOWLS.

    The Australian tennis champion, J. Crawford, proved himself a good bowls player during his week-end visit to Wollongong. After his exhibition tennis match he played bowls ...

    Article : 74 words
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