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  2. FLOUR TAX

    Although the Federal Ministry has decided to defer until August the preparation of legislation to give effect to long-term stabilisation of the Australian wheat industry, an informal ...

    Article : 323 words
  3. A WARNING.

    "If Public servants ally themselves to political parties they surrender their independence and encourage their allies to accept them and their status at their ...

    Article : 487 words
  4. NEW FILMS.

    The passing of the Film Quota Bill means that there will be a demand for 20 to 25 Australian films during the first year of the quota. Last year only 11 full-length pictures were ...

    Article : 751 words
  5. JUBILEE FUND.

    The Commonwealth Government has approved generally of a scheme laid down by the Federal Council of Health regarding the avenues in which funds raised from the public ...

    Article : 452 words
  6. CHILLED BEEF.

    Heartened by the success of the short-term agreement, Australian Ministers are now hard at work preparing a plan for the period from June 30 till the expiry of the Anglo-Argentine ...

    Article : 417 words
  7. MAN TRAPPED

    Trapped in a cable tunnel at East Brunswick following an explosion of gas to-day, Thomas Lett, 35, of Caulfield, lay for 15 minutes with his clothes burning before he was ...

    Article : 222 words
  8. AIR RACE.

    "Why have all you air experts left suggestions for the betterment of aviation to a confectioner?" asked Sir Macpherson Robertson, replying to the toast of his health at a joint ...

    Article : 414 words
  9. STRESA.

    The conference between representatives of Britain, France, and Italy on the question of European security commenced yesterday at the famous ...

    Article : 785 words
  10. FARMER'S DEATH.

    The district coroner (Mr. W. P. Seaward) to-day opened an inquest concerning the death of Ernest Bruce Fenwick, 41, a dairy farmer, whose body was found in a shed on his farm ...

    Article : 475 words
  11. TRAM CONDUCTORS.

    The additional tram conductors who are to be employed during Easter will have to possess qualities rather above the average. They will have to be intelligent and pleasant, in addition ...

    Article : 102 words
  12. CROYDON TO PARIS RECORD.

    Despite very bad weather, the de Havilland Comet 'plane in which Flight-Lieutenant O. Cathcart Jones and Mr. Ken Waller competed in the Melbourne centenary race last year, ...

    Article : 180 words
  13. NEW ZEALAND QUOTA.

    The Acting Premier (Mr. Coates) announced that New Zealand had secured an allocation of 30,000cwt of chilled beef for arrival in Britain during the April-June quarter, being ...

    Article : 40 words
  14. IMPOSTOR

    In the Grafton Police Court to-day, Alfred Patrick O'Driscoll, 30, farm labourer, who was sentenced to a month's imprisonment for having no lawful visible means of support, ...

    Article : 480 words
  15. CANADA'S WHEAT.

    The "Daily Herald" says: "Owing to the rise in the price of wheat, the price of the 4lb loaf is likely to be increased by /0½ next week. "The key to the situation is Canada, which ...

    Article : 226 words
  16. MR. FLYNN'S DENIAL.

    Mr. Flynn, S.M., at the annual conference of the Public Service Association yesterday, denied that he had been acting against the Government. He declared that on no ...

    Article : 887 words
  17. CHARGE OF CRUELTY.

    Mr. Justice Street, in Chambers, yesterday, allowed an appeal by Aubrey Laidlaw, an inspector on Bondi Beach, against the decision of Mr. R. C. Atkinson, P.M., before whom ...

    Article : 179 words
  18. EMPIRE AIR MAILS.

    The Postmaster-General (Sir Kingsley Wood) at a dinner of the Newspaper Press Fund to-night said that the Post Office contemplated, within the next few months, a ...

    Article : 271 words
  19. POTATO GROWERS.

    A deputation representing potato growers in New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania asked the Acting Prime Minister (Dr. Page) yesterday to see that steps were not taken by ...

    Article : 231 words
  20. EARTH TREMOR.

    An earth tremor, which was felt in the metropolitan area about 11.30 o'clock this morning, was experienced along the coastal belt from Brisbane to Rockhampton. No ...

    Article : 219 words
  21. ABORIGINES.

    A deputation, representing the Association for the Protection of Native Races and other bodies, yesterday asked the Minister for the Interor (Mr. Paterson) that an ...

    Article : 450 words
  22. ALLEGED MURDER.

    A story of love and intrigue between a Bournemeuth woman and her chauffeur, ending in the alleged murder of her husband, was told by the prosecution at the Bournemouth ...

    Article : 187 words
  23. BRITISH TRADE.

    On the motion for the adjournment of the Howe of Commons to-night, Mr. A. M. Lyons (Con., East Leicester) raised the question of the effects of Japanese imports on the British ...

    Article : 323 words
  24. RAIDING TRIBESMEN.

    Nineteen men were killed and 10 were wounded in an engagement between a detachment of a Punjab regiment, and a party of raiding tribesmen near Bargholai, on the ...

    Article : 275 words
  25. HOSPITAL WORKS

    The Government has decided to carry out immediately improvements to the St. George District Hospital, at an estimated cost of £28,134. ...

    Article : 131 words
  26. DRINK AT DANCES.

    A protest against drinking at dances, particularly at halls in country districts, was made to the Premier (Mr. Stevens) by a deputation yesterday. It consisted of representatives of ...

    Article : 425 words
  27. CIVIC SQUARE.

    Plans for a city square on the site of the western market are being prepared by the City Council. The estimated cost is £200,000. The proposal provides for the housing of about ...

    Article : 160 words
  28. PENSIONS FOR MINERS.

    The South Wales Coal Owners' Association intends to mark the King's jubilee by raising among its members a sum of not less than £50,000, to be used as the nucleus of a fund ...

    Article : 144 words
  29. MISS BATTEN

    Miss Jean Batten left Darwin aerodrome for Koepang at 6.30 o'clock this morning, in continuation of her flight to England, and arrived at Koepang at 10.25. She altered her original ...

    Article : 269 words
  30. WEALTHY CUBAN

    Kidnappers, after seizing Falla Gutierrez, a young membet of a wealthy family, from his motor car in a suburb of Havana, obtained a ransom of 300,000 dollars in United States ...

    Article : 104 words
  31. AUSTRALIA'S RECOVERY.

    The Australian Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) addressed a large gathering of members of the Empire Parliamentary Association. Members off all political parties attended, and Sir Robert ...

    Article : 204 words
  32. STATE ELECTIONS.

    The Governor (Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven) issued a proclamation yesterday dissolving the Legislative Assembly. The Legislative Council was prorogued to June 12. ...

    Article : 176 words
  33. MRS. LYONS.

    The wife of the Australian prime Minister, Mrs. Lyons, is spending as much time as possible investigating women's welfare movements in England, with a view to reporting on them ...

    Article : 102 words
  34. FIERCE FIGHT.

    Detective O'Neill had a fierce fight with two men in a lane off Bourke-street, East Sydney, last night. He was kicked about the body and legs before Detective-sergeant Swasbrick and ...

    Article : 140 words
  35. SNAKE BITE.

    When Mrs. G. Sturt, of Tumut Plains, was crossing a paddock through long grass, she was bitten on the calf of a leg by a tiger snake. She felt the bite, but did not see the ...

    Article : 105 words
  36. BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

    The British Parliament will adjourn for the Easter recess next Thursday, and will reassemble on Monday, April 29. The principal event in the House of ...

    Article : 67 words
  37. 13 CHILDREN KILLED.

    An express train to-night wrecked a school bus, killing 13 children, and injuring many others, some of whom are not expected to live. ...

    Article : 36 words
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