Mr. J. H. Biles, a prominent English naval architect who reached Sydney from New Zealand by the Monowai yesterday afternoon, emphasised the need of Australia and New ...
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Article : 307 wordsDuring the debate on the dominions vote in the House of Commons to-day, Sir Herbert Samuel (Liberal leader) will raise the subject of New Zealand's ...
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Article : 733 wordsMr. Cecil H. Hoskins, chairman of directors of Australian Iron and Steel, Ltd., yesterday issued a statement setting out the views of his company on the report to the Government by ...
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Article : 134 wordsMr. John E. Kennebeck, managing director of Paramount Pictures in Australia, stated last night that his company's first release pictures would shortly be screened at the ...
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Article : 242 wordsIn an address to the University branch of the League of Nations Union yesterday, the Challis Professor of History at the Sydney University (Professor S. H. Roberts) said that ...
Article : 233 wordsThe political correspondent of the ' Daily Telegraph" says: "The Cabinet on Tuesday will discuss the policy which will be advocated when the Disarmament Conference reassembles ...
Article : 305 wordsThe chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Commission (Mr. Charles Lloyd Jones) announced yesterday that the commission had completed arrangements for the British ...
Article : 285 wordsThe retail price of refined sugar in Australia is little above the price abroad, in spite of the extra costs of Australian production, according to evidence given before the ...
Article : 425 wordsSir Hamilton Harty arrived from London to-day by the Ormonde to conduct a series of eight orchestral concerts in Melbourne and Sydney for the Australian Broadcasting ...
Article : 495 wordsMiss Jean Batten, who made a forced landing outside the walls of Rome, owing to shortage of petrol, while on a flight from England to Australia, arrived at Lympne ...
Article : 272 wordsA violent attack by a man armed with a tomahawk was made on Mrs. Annie Mary Pomeroy, 69, and her daughter, Miss Fanny Pomeroy, 34, while they were asleep at their ...
Article : 162 wordsAs the result of raids made by the police and excise officers in various country centres during the week-end, 30 or 40 charges will be launched by summons against parties ...
Article : 176 wordsA tragedy occurred at Bloomfield in the southern Hawkes Bay district, last night, Mrs. Ellen Franklin, 76, and her companion. Miss Smaile, about 40, being trapped and burned ...
Article : 53 wordsThe 24th anniversary of King George's accession to the throne to-day was celebrated quietly. Flags were flown on public buildings. An anthem written for the coronation of ...
Article : 175 wordsFigures showing the enormous expenditure on social services in Australia were quoted to-day by the Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. McPhee), in evidence before the ...
Article : 135 wordsPreliminary details for the raising of a loan in Australia before the end of June will be discussed at a meeting of the Federal Cabinet in Adelaide to-morrow. The States have loan ...
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Article : 224 wordsIt was announced yesterday that the State Government had issued instructions to all departments under its control that the industrial awards of the Courts should be adhered to ...
Article : 117 wordsAlthough the flood situation in Banks Peninsula is easier, the plight of the township of Little River is still precarious, owing to the rising level of the lake. ...
Article : 146 wordsA deputation of locomotive enginemen and firemen waited on the Railway Commissioner (Mr. C. B. Anderson) this morning to discuss the reduced time allowance for preparing and ...
Article : 207 wordsMr. Wallis Myers, writing in the "Daily Telegraph," says "Crawford, when he reached 5-4 in the first and second sets against Perry in the final of the single hardcourt ...
Article : 89 wordsWater taken from a railway tank and used to make afternoon tea is blamed for the illness of 20 tennis players who took part in a match at Spring Hill on Saturday. ...
Article : 71 wordsHeavy rain fell in coastal districts during th week-end and again yesterday. Indications last night pointed to more heavy falls, and the Weather Bureau issued flood warnings to ...
Article : 154 wordsShark tragedies on Sydney beaches towards the end of the swimming season did not enhance the popularity of surfing as a weekend sport. To piovide surfers with safe ...
Article : 97 wordsA new rcgulation has been gazetted regarding the display of front number plates on motor ears. The regulation requires that the ...
Article : 110 wordsA ruse by which a Moss Vale estate agent lost £20 has been worked by a visitor to the district. The visitor decided upon the purchase of a ...
Article : 86 wordsIt is expected that the East Indies Government will grant concessions to Biitish and Dutch mining companies to explore Dutch New Guinea for gold,including the Oroville ...
Article : 71 wordsHeavy ran on Saturday afternoon interfered with most sports, but the hockey club girls refused to be discouraged. They played a match against Lismore in their bathing ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 8 May 1934, Page 9
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