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  2. SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN.

    Storms raging round the Bass Strait islands to-day prevented residents of King Island from rescuing the survivors of the wrecked fishing ketches Tagunay and Star. The three ...

    Article : 201 words
  3. EMPIRE GAMES.

    Three athletes and three swimmers will represent New Zealand at the British Empire Games. The athletes are H. K. Brainsby[?] broad jump ...

    Article : 159 words
  4. CONTRACT BRIDGE.

    The second preliminary match in connection with the New South Wales contract bridge championship pairs was conducted by the New South Wales Bridge Association at the Sydney ...

    Article : 1,035 words
  5. WHEAT TRADE.

    The annual report of the Liverpool Corn Trade Association, in support of the view of the complete failure of the international wheat agreement reached last August, says: "The ...

    Article : 220 words
  6. MINING

    While the intense activity in gold mining in every State of Australia is being directed mainly to the development and working of reef-mining, attention is also being given to ...

    Article : 791 words
  7. FINANCE and COMMERCE

    Unless the world can go back to the simple economics of the nineteenth century or evolve some new form of international exchange and trade, it cannot hope to re-establish a normal ...

    Article : 1,268 words
  8. WOOL AND TEXTILES.

    Unsettlement of the Continental markets has continued during the past month Notwithstanding the Sydney wool season closing firmer and London's second series of wool ...

    Article : 616 words
  9. EXPORTS OF BUTTER.

    Exports of butter from the Commonwealth for the period July 1, 1933, to Apill 14, 1934, were 88,806 tons as against 92,684 tons for the corresponding period of last season. ...

    Article : 134 words
  10. MILITARY TATTOO.

    The displays at the military tattoo at the Showground last night were as exciting and full of vim as in other years. The rain ceased before the tattoo began, and the 10,000 ...

    Article : 348 words
  11. POPULARITY OF ALUMINIUM.

    Reviewing the increased use of aluminium during the past ten years by engineers, metal workers, and manufacturers generally, a writer in "The Statist" says that this is due to a ...

    Article : 347 words
  12. CASUALTIES.

    A woman and her two children, who were riding in the sidebox of a motor cycle driven by the woman's husband, were injured yesterday when the cycle collided with a motor ...

    Article : 529 words
  13. DISARMAMENT.

    The present situation regarding disarmament was the main subject discussed in a conversation which the Italian Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Dr. Suvich) and ...

    Article : 202 words
  14. INDIA.

    The strike at Bombay took a more serious turn to-day when l8 more cotton mills closed, rendering 30,000 workers idle. The operatives defied the police ban on ...

    Article : 261 words
  15. SOLDIERS' REUNIONS.

    The first combined reunion of all members of the Australian Tunnelling Companies and the electrical, mechanical, and boring company, was held at Sargent's, Market-street, ...

    Article : 362 words
  16. OIL FUEL AND COAL TRADE.

    A speaker at a recent meeting of the Institute of Fuel, held in London, suggested that oil fuel is in fact the ally of coal rather than coal's natural enemy, and was, in fact[?] at one ...

    Article : 248 words
  17. FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 178 words
  18. TINPLATE AGREEMENT.

    Referring to the negotiations for an international agreement, involving the demarcation of markets, with a view to the avoidance of inter-competition in the tinplate trade, the ...

    Article : 165 words
  19. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.

    Sales of shares of Australian mining companies to-day included:- B.H. Propriet[?]ry, 36/; B.H. South, 55/; Sulphide Corporation, ord., 7/; Zinc ...

    Article : 101 words
  20. THE SUBURBS.

    A conference of representatives of local bodies interested in the construction of a railway from St. Leonards to Eastwood, connecting with the two present lines and serving ...

    Article : 335 words
  21. WOOL TRADE.

    The congress of the International Wool and Textile Organisation, embracing Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Holland, Poland, Hungary, Spain, and ...

    Article : 78 words
  22. BREADSTUFFS.

    Nearly 3,000,000 bushels of wheat were sold in foreign channels during the week ended February 24 by the emergency corporation, says the "Commercial Review," of Portland ...

    Article : 189 words
  23. "THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR."

    Paul Raynal's play, "The Unknown Warrior," is a difficult one for amateur actors to undertake. It is a play in which everything depends on spoken thought. In some places ...

    Article : 260 words
  24. BRITISH REHOUSING SCHEME.

    The great campaign in England against slum dwellings, which was begun a year ago, is making good progress, though the peak of the rebuilding will not be reached until the end ...

    Article : 187 words
  25. AMERICAN GOLFERS.

    The Victorian Golf Association is advancing arrangements for the centenary contests. There is a likelihood that the prize money for the New South Wales events will be augmented. ...

    Article : 99 words
  26. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of gold to-day was £6/15/6½ an ounce fine, compared with £6/15/11 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. ...

    Article : 396 words
  27. ACT OF DESECRATION.

    A dastardly act of desecration was committed last night inside the Stone of Remembrance enclosure at Toowong Cemetery, at which one of the chief ceremonies associated ...

    Article : 335 words
  28. OVERSEAS MARKET CABLES.

    The quantity of wool which is being catalogued for the coming series of London wool sales is 76,000 bales, which includes 20,000 bales of Australian, and 36,000 bales of New ...

    Article : 119 words
  29. FLOUR MILLING IN ENGLAND.

    The London "Miller" summarising an address by Mr. C. Salkeld Robinson, milling engineer, on modern flour-milling practice, to members of the Rochdale Rotary Club, says: ...

    Article : 177 words
  30. TRANSPORT.

    The president of the Railway and Tramway Salaried Officers' Association (Mr. R. Winsor) referred yesterday to an announcement that the Government had abandoned its ...

    Article : 174 words
  31. CONCORD EISTEDDFOD.

    The following are additional awards in connection with the Concord and district eisteddfod:- Recitation[?] restricted[?] seven years and under[?] ...

    Article : 223 words
  32. LABOUR GAIN.

    The Hammersmith North by-election, rendered necessary owing to Miss Mary A. Pickford's death[?] resulted as follows:—F. R. West (Labour), 14, 263; Captain Percy Davis ...

    Article : 85 words
  33. ROYAL SHOW SALES.

    "Suburban Grocer" writes:- Sir,—I am a suburban grocer. I am forced by law to close on Good Friday and Easter Monday. On those days I am subject to ...

    Article : 104 words
  34. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 266 words
  35. FRENCH WHEAT IMPORTS.

    Forty-three per cent. of France's importations of wheat during the past year was supplied by Canada. This was 90 per cent[?] of the import from foreign countries, states the ...

    Article : 85 words
  36. COMPANY NEWS.

    P. and O. deferred stock sold in London on Tuesday at 17/10½, our correspondent cables, [?] rise of /1½ on the day. ...

    Article : 25 words
  37. LIQUOR IN CAFE.

    Soldiers held an Anzac reunion dinner to-day at a cafe. Soon after the proceedings had commenced a police sergeant informed the gathering that it was committing a breach of ...

    Article : 54 words
  38. FINANCIAL CABLES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 174 words
  39. TOSS OF COIN

    In a 100 yards foot race for a tiophy, held during a baseball carnival conducted by the City Houses Baseball League at Abbotsford yesterday, two competitors dead-heated twice[?] ...

    Article : 130 words
  40. CARGOES, FUTURES, AND OPTIONS

    Wheat cargoes showed little change to-day, and there was a fair inquiry for Australians. A cargo, mostly bulk, on the Olimpia (Durban, April 4), sold at about 20/6 per quarter[?] and ...

    Article : 88 words
  41. NEW ZEALAND DEFICIT

    A deficit of about £700,000, instead of £2,000,000 forecasted in the Eudget, is likely to be shown by the New Zealand Government for the last financial year. This is indicated ...

    Article : 83 words
  42. UPPER HOUSE PRESIDENT.

    Beplying in the Legislative Council on Tuesday to a question by Mr. Donald Grant, the Attorney-General (Mr. Manning) said that the appointment of the President (Sir Joh[?] ...

    Article : 73 words
  43. MAIL 'PLANE DAMAGED.

    The northern-bound mail aeroplane was damaged at Geraldton to-day, when it failed to take off, and struck a brushwood fence. The pilot (Captain Stan Brearley) and the four ...

    Article : 58 words
  44. LATE SHIPPING.

    LYTTELTON.—April 25. dep.: Toorak, for Hobart. THE BLUFF.—Dep., April 25. Waikouaiti, for Sydney. ...

    Article : 18 words
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