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  2. STRIKED AT DARWIN.

    A general strike was called in Darwin to-day by the North Australian Workers' Union—the only unionists in the Territory—and volunteers are ...

    Article : 710 words
  3. SPEAKERSHIP.

    Mr. R. W. D. Weaver, U.A.P. member for Neutral Bay, in the State Parliament, has been selected in a ballot by members of the State Parliamentary ...

    Article : 407 words
  4. JAPANESE SHELL TOWN NEAR PEIPING.

    It is reported from Tokyo that the Japanese carried out punitive operations at Peiping this morning by bombarding Wangping, a few miles west of the capital, for half an hour. A Peiping message states that the Japanese, after an earlier ...

    Article : 176 words
  5. DEFENCE.

    A comprehensive scheme for the defence of the Commonwealth involving a feature entirely new in Empire defence co-operation will be submitted ...

    Article : 713 words
  6. MARCONI.

    Marchese Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of the system of wireless telegraphy that bears his name, died suddenly at 3.5 a.m. to-day, at the age ...

    Article : 92 words
  7. MR. LYONS

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons), who returned to Australia by the Orford, which reached Fremantle to-day, emphatically declared that he did not ...

    Article : 900 words
  8. FALL TO DEATH

    After searching all Monday night and most of yesterday, police and civilians found the body of Mrs. [?]ona Elizabeth Thompson, wife of Dr. G. S. ...

    Article : 647 words
  9. WAS TO VISIT AUSTRALIA.

    Marchese Marconi accepted in April last ah invitation to visit Australia to attend a world radio convention, to be held in Sydney in April, 193[?], as part of the 150th Anniversary ...

    Article : 287 words
  10. JAPAN TO ACT IN "SELF-DEFENCE."

    The Japanese Cabinet, states a message from Tokyo, has decided that it is compelled to take "adequate measures in self-defence, in view of Chinese ...

    Article : 647 words
  11. TENOR DEFENDS HIS SALUTE.

    Tito Schipa, the Italian tenor, will not only [?]e the Roman salute at his fare-well concert in the Sydney Town Hall to-night—he will also sing the National ...

    Article : 667 words
  12. COURT REFORM.

    In an effort to avert a split in the party, a group of Democrats has proposed to President Roosevelt a substitute plan for the reorganisation of the ...

    Article : 322 words
  13. MORATORIUM LAW[?]

    In real estate and financial circles yesterday keen interest was expressed about the possibility of the proposed Mortgage Loan Department of the ...

    Article : 536 words
  14. MR. ABBOTT'S RECALL SOUGHT.

    The following telegram, addressed to the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Curtin) was received to-day from the secretary of the Northern Territory Workers' Union (Mr. ...

    Article : 127 words
  15. MR. LYONS'S STATEMENT.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons), who also returned by the Orford, said: "Australia has been committed to nothing incompatible with complete local control and determination in ...

    Article : 83 words
  16. "RESPONSIBILITY WITH CHINESE."

    A cable message received by the Consul-General for Japan in Sydney (Mr. T. Wakamatsu) yesterday confirms the rejection of the Chinese ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 650 words
  17. RUMOURS DENIED.

    Rumours of unrest on the battleship War-spite[?] which is at present at Portsmouth, were denied to-day by the Admiralty. The Admiralty stated that there had been ...

    Article : 58 words
  18. MAN AND WIFE SHOT.

    Steele Ball Ross, 34, electrical engineer, and his wife, Dorothy, 33, were shot in their home, on the second floor of a block of flats, in Balfour-road, Rose ...

    Article : 377 words
  19. "FORCE ONLY WEAPON."

    Shippers of supplies to Darwin and representatives of Northern Territory interests yesterday strongly criticised the strike. It was stated that the Commonwealth Government ...

    Article : 195 words
  20. TALK TO DR. PAGE.

    After the Orford had reached Fremant[?] yesterday morning, Dr. Earle Page, who was in Sydney, had a conversation by telephone with Mr. Lyons, and welcomed him back to ...

    Article : 91 words
  21. ROYAL VISITS TO LONDON.

    King Carol, of Rumania, is making an incognito visit to London. To-day he mingled with the crowds in Hyde Park. BRUSSELS, July 20. ...

    Article : 63 words
  22. ROYAL INVITATION.

    It was revealed to-day that through their disembarkation in italy, on their way to the Coronation, the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) and Dame Enid Lyons were prevented from ...

    Article : 105 words
  23. ABYSSINIAN ARMY.

    Surprise was caused by an announcement that 15 young Abys[?]inians will soon arrive to undergo military training and to learn Italian. Possibly they will become pilots in a native ...

    Article : 59 words
  24. OTTAWA AGREEMENTS

    The acting Prime Minister (Dr. Page) said yesterday that he did not agree with Dr. E. R. Walker[?] Lecturer in Economics at the University of Sydney, and a Commonwealth ...

    Article : 131 words
  25. ROTARIAN "FINED."

    At the weekly, luncheon of the Rotary Club yesterday, Mr. Ifould, Public Librarian, jokingly challenged Mr. Eric Campbell, the leader of the New Guard, to give the Fascist salute. Mr. ...

    Article : 70 words
  26. FILM PLAYERS TO MARRY.

    Francis Lederer, the film actor, is to marry Margo, the film actress. [Margo appeared in "Winterset" and "The Lost Horizon."] ...

    Article : 33 words
  27. DIESEL BUSES

    The Deputy Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways (Mr. Neale) said yesterday that, after conferring with the Assistant Minister (Mr. Gollan), he had ...

    Article : 207 words
  28. PARKING IN CITY.

    A system of car parking in city streets, which involves parking only on one side of a street on alternate days, may shortly be introduced. ...

    Article : 173 words
  29. ARSON IN SOVIET CROPS.

    Arson in grain crops committed by the children of hostile peasantry is reported from the Crimea and the Black Sea Provinces. ...

    Article : 62 words
  30. TUGGERAH LAKES.

    Floodwaters have been lowered practically to normal in Tuggerah Lakes, and tides are flowing in and out from the ocean through a channel 120 yards wide and eight feet deep ...

    Article : 111 words
  31. MR. WHITE CHALLENGES FIGURES.

    The Minister for Customs (Mr. White) said to-day that foreign countries had no reason to complain about the operation of the Ottawa Agreement. Long before it was signed ...

    Article : 127 words
  32. BREAD PRICES.

    At a meeting of members of the Master Bakers' Association last night it was decided to defer making any reduction in bread prices in the metropolitan area. ...

    Article : 77 words
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