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  2. PETROL INQUIRY.

    The accountancy methods of the Shell Company of Australia, Ltd., which differentiate between profit and interest on capital, were the subject of exhaustive inquiry at ...

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  3. TIN COMPANIES.

    The announcement yesterday of sweeping changes in the directorates of the Alluvial Tin (Australia), Ltd., group of tin-dredging companies marked the passing of control from a ...

    Article : 350 words
  4. ANGUS CONTROVERSY.

    The Presbyterian General Assembly yesterday appointed the Rev. A. D. Marchant and Dr. Kenneth Edward as respondents on behalf of the Assembly in the appeal to the Judicial ...

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  5. NAVAL POWERS.

    The British Government is reported by the Washington correspondent of the New York "Times' to have inaugurated preliminary Anglo-American naval conversations, ...

    Article : 193 words
  6. GIFT OF £100,000.

    A gift of £100,000 to erect a convalescent mental hospital at Springwood has been offered to the State Government by Mr. Thomas Buckland (chairman of directors of the Bank ...

    Article : 380 words
  7. EMPIRE DAY.

    Empire Day was observed in Britain by the usual ceremonies. New Zealand displayed products in four West End stores and 100 suburban shops. ...

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  8. UGLY SCENES.

    At least two men were killed and 12 were injured to-day when National Guard troops fired point-blank into a mob of strikers who had been demonstrating in front of the factory ...

    Article : 513 words
  9. AVIATION.

    Rehearsed and unrehearsed thrills filled the Royal programme on Empire Air Day, when the King, as Chief of the Royal Air Force, accompanied by the ...

    Article : 373 words
  10. BRAZIL.

    The afternoon newspapers under big headlines publish reports from Brazil to the effect that the Constitutional Assembly approved by a big majority a provision restricting immigrat[?] ...

    Article : 173 words
  11. MISS JEAN BATTEN

    Miss Jean Batten is expected in Sydney on Monday. C. C. Wakefield and Co., Ltd., received advice to this effect last night. Miss Batten was at Camooweal last night ...

    Article : 168 words
  12. LANDSLIDE.

    Shortly after the midday train from Unanderra had passed, a landslide occurred on the Moss Vale-Unnnderra railway line in the section east of Mount Murray today. ...

    Article : 151 words
  13. GOLF IN BRITAIN.

    The Prince of Wales, who is captain of the Prestwick Club (Scotland) watched the play in the British amateur championship for some time. The final eight include two ...

    Article : 364 words
  14. ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS.

    An Arctic expedition, led by Mr. J. M. Wordie, of St. John's College, Cambridge, and consisting of 10 Englishmen, all of whom have had experience in similar expeditions, left ...

    Article : 293 words
  15. COMMUNICATIONS.

    A system evolved during the past year whereby a message might be transmitted partly by cable and partly by wireless without human intervention was mentioned by the chairman ...

    Article : 391 words
  16. PATROL LAUNCHES

    Inquiries are being made by the Federal Government into the probable cost of constructing at the Cockatoo Island dockyards the fast sea-going patrol boats which it has ...

    Article : 278 words
  17. GOODWILL MISSION.

    Interviewed while en route to Canton, the Australian Attorney-General (Mr. Latham) said he was satisfied there was a great deal of sensational exaggeration with regard to the ...

    Article : 142 words
  18. NEW BUILDING.

    The Cabinet yesterday agreed to a proposal to erect a new Government building, at a cost of about £180,000, on the site now occupied by the Government Architect's branch. ...

    Article : 142 words
  19. LABOUR FACTIONS.

    Both Labour factions apparently having abandoned further negotiations for unity, are making preparations for the Federal elections It is almost certain that rival Labour ...

    Article : 295 words
  20. GRAN CHACO WAR.

    According to an official despatch received to-night, more than 6000 Paraguayan soldiers were killed and at least 12,000 wounded in a strategic Bolivian counter-attack before Fort ...

    Article : 255 words
  21. MEDICAL ETHICS.

    The old question, "Should a Doctor Tell?" is raised again in "The Lancet." An unnamed doctor discovered arsenic in the food and medicine of a patient, who said ...

    Article : 115 words
  22. WHEAT QUOTAS.

    Instructions sent to Mr. F. L. McDougall, the Australian delegate to the International Wheat Advisory Committee, as to the concessions that Australia is prepared to make to ...

    Article : 258 words
  23. GIRL PRODIGY

    A sensational trial has opened, in which Dona Aurora Rodriguez, a well-known Socialist leader, gloried in the fact of having murdered her daughter, Hildegart, while she was asleep. ...

    Article : 194 words
  24. BEGGING ALMS

    Concern is being expressed at the number of blind and maimed persons who are begging aims on the streets of Sydney. Mr. H. Hedger superintendent of the Blind Institution said ...

    Article : 631 words
  25. GIRL CYCLIST.

    About 18 months ago, a Victorian girl, Miss Elsa Barbour, rode a bicycle from the Sydney G.P.O. to the Melbourne G.P.O. in 3 days 7 hours 25 minutes. She established a record. ...

    Article : 257 words
  26. COUNCIL LOANS.

    Local government loans were discussed by representatives of nearly 100 municipal and shire councils at a conference convened by the Mayor of Manly (Alderman Seller) at ...

    Article : 356 words
  27. BULGARIAN COUP.

    King Boris had a great reception when he appeared in public for the first time since the coup d'etat, and this is accepted as evidence that h[?] is reconciled with the new ...

    Article : 127 words
  28. EMPIRE FORESTS.

    Timber imports into Britain have been considerably increased by the activity in the building trade. Nearly 10,000,000 tons of unmanufactured timber, valued at ...

    Article : 140 words
  29. EMPIRE TRADE.

    "The Times," in an editorial, emphasises the definite and continuous improvement in the economic position of the Empire, the basis of which was laid at the Ottawa Conference. ...

    Article : 129 words
  30. £10,000 GRANT.

    The Premier (Mr. Stevens) announced last night that the Government had made available £10,000 to provide eggs, vegetables, oranges, honey, and cheese for needy families. ...

    Article : 147 words
  31. HOUSE OF HAPSBURG.

    Archduke Eugene, the first exiled Hansburg to return to Austria, arrived to-day at Vienna, and was welcomed at the railway station by a group of monarchists, ...

    Article : 132 words
  32. JAPAN AND SOVIET.

    The Japanese Foreign Office spokesman announced to-day that the Japanese Ambassador at Moscow (Mr. Ota) had notified the ViceCommissar for Foreign Aflairs (Mr ...

    Article : 146 words
  33. BYRD EXPEDITION.

    This area is undergoing the most remarkable changes in temperature, ranging from the bitterest cold to comparative warmth, intermixed with violent storms. ...

    Article : 127 words
  34. NATIVE MIGRATION

    Unexpected movements by aboriginal tribes in North Australia have complicated the plans of the Church Missionary Society, and a virtual decision to abandon the station at the mouth ...

    Article : 241 words
  35. ODDFELLOWS CONFER.

    Among the festivities of the M.U.I.O.O.F. conference was a special dinner in honour of oversea delegates, including Messrs. W. H. Best (Victoria), C. H. Turtle (Sydney), J. J. ...

    Article : 87 words
  36. BOY KILLED.

    George Hartley Millar, 11, of Missendenroad, Camperdown, was fatally injured by a lift yesterday at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, where he had gone for treatment for a ...

    Article : 140 words
  37. FROZEN BEEF TRADE.

    [?] high Commissioner for Australia (Mr. J. G. McLaren), in a letter to the "Daily Telegraph," regarding the recent statement by a special correspondent of that paper ...

    Article : 120 words
  38. WINOOKA FAILS.

    The Australasian mile record-holder. Winooka, finished second last in a field of nine for the 2500 dollars prize added to the six furlongs Washington Park Handicap, the ...

    Article : 120 words
  39. CENTENARY AIR RACE.

    Mr. K. D. Parmentier, one of the Dutch airmen who will take part in the Centenary air race, is a night-flying specialist on the Batavia route. Recently he has flown on ...

    Article : 105 words
  40. LONDON POLICE PATROLS.

    An improved system of patrolling by police cars controlled by wireless from Scotland Yard is to be introduced in the metropolitan police district. ...

    Article : 90 words
  41. THE UNEMPLOYED.

    The Cabinet yesterday agreed to a scheme for the provision of medical assistance to the unemployed and persons in necessitous circumstances It will apply to the metropolitan ...

    Article : 51 words
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