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  2. LABOUR MEN SPEAK OUT.

    It was evident at the Labour Conference yesterday that the Scullin party would not, for the sake of unity, sacrifice their former loyal supporters, who had been expelled by the Lang section. Furthermore, the conference delegates seemed determined to secure ...

    Article : 221 words
  3. BUSHFIRES.

    In one of the fiercest bushfires experienced in the Blackwood and Belair districts, Wittunga, the home of the well-known ornithologist and naturalist, ...

    Article : 621 words
  4. BEALIBA

    The coastal steamer Bealiba ran ashore near the Norah Head light, a few miles from Tuggerah Lakes, early yesterday morning, in a dense fog. She ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 794 words
  5. AT PISTOL POINT.

    Mrs. Helen Styles, a clerk employed in the office of the Richmond Finance Co., Swan-street, Richmond, was held up by two masked men to-day. ...

    Article : 326 words
  6. UNITED STATES.

    A majority (136 against 71) of Democratic members of the House of Representatives, at a caucus meeting to-day, decided in favour of supporting Senate amendments to a bill, ...

    Article : 351 words
  7. BRITAIN'S AIR DEFENCES.

    The serious situation of Britain owing to her inferiority in air power was emphasised during a debate yesterday in the House of Commons on the Air Estimates. The Under-Secretary for Air (Sir Philip Sassoon) said that the ...

    Article : 171 words
  8. FOUR NEW SQUADRONS.

    In presenting the Air Estimates to the House at Commons, the Under-Secretary for Air (Sir Philip Bassoon) said: "These Estimates, in broad outline, are the outcome of our desire ...

    Article : 1,356 words
  9. THE CONFERENCE.

    The conference again spent the whole day discussing proposals for unity, a subject which has occupied the attention of delegates since they met on Monday. ...

    Article : 1,905 words
  10. VETERAN CAR'S

    In an endeavour to benefit the finances of the Melbourne Hospital to the extent of £100, Messrs. A. E. Bedford and H. Drake-Richmond left Sydney at 7.30 p.m. on ...

    Article : 565 words
  11. RETALIATORY TAXES.

    The Cabinet has submitted to the Diet the Trade Control Bill, which gives the Government flexible authority to impose retaliatory taxes on imports up to the equivalent ...

    Article : 183 words
  12. LABOUR GAINS.

    Labour made substantial gains in the London County Council elections, and many prominent members lost their seats, including Sir Cyril Cobb (West Fulham), Dame Beatrice ...

    Article : 93 words
  13. HEAT RECORDS.

    To-day's maximum shade reading of 110.5 degrees at 1 p.m. broke two meteorological records. Not only was this the highest March reading South Australia has ever had, but this ...

    Article : 243 words
  14. SWEDISH PRINCE

    Large orowds witnessed the arrival at the Caxton Hall register office to-day of Prince Sigvard, second son of the Crown Prince of Sweden, and Miss Erika Patzek, a German ...

    Article : 168 words
  15. JAPAN'S NAVY

    The Navy Department has announced that, at the end of 1939, Japan will have slightly more than 60 per cent, of America's naval strength, owing to the Vinson Bill, and that ...

    Article : 153 words
  16. HERR HITLER.

    A protest was made to-day by the German Embassy against a mock trial held last night in New York, at which the German Chancellor (Herr Hitler) was found guilty of "crimes ...

    Article : 331 words
  17. DIPHTHERIA

    The congestion at the Dungog Hospital, owing to the outbreak of diphtheria in the district was discussed by the board and medical officers in conference with Dcotors ...

    Article : 245 words
  18. BETTING IN BARS.

    A man who goes into a hotel bar and takes bets on a horse race cannot be prosecuted for "using the bar for the purpose of betting" unless it can be proved that he has the ...

    Article : 503 words
  19. BRITISH FINANCES.

    With the publication of the Army Estimates, it is clear that Government expenditure in the coming year will show a saving of £1,261,778. The increase in the defence ...

    Article : 160 words
  20. VIEWED FROM THE AIR.

    Viewed from the "Herald" 'plane, the Bealiba appeared to be in a precarious position. She was hard and fast on Pelican Point. She was listing to starboard. A ...

    Article : 413 words
  21. ANTARCTIC.

    Despite the fact that £10,000, or two-thirds of the cost, has been provided by the British Government, neither the secretary of the expedition nor the Royal Geographical Society ...

    Article : 139 words
  22. BEXLEY WOMAN

    Detective-sergeants Langworthy and Lawless are investigating a strange story of persecution at Bexley, which culminated early yesterday morning in an attempt to burn down a ...

    Article : 259 words
  23. POLICE CALLED IN.

    Crowds pressing into the Town Hall became so dense about 8 o'clock that it was difficult to move about in the building. The pressure was worst about the "pashometer," an ...

    Article : 236 words
  24. EPIDEMIC OF MILDER TYPE.

    The Health Department officials announced yesterday that, although diphtheria was considerably more prevalent this year in the State than last year, it was of a milder type. ...

    Article : 74 words
  25. JAPANESE CRIME.

    Mr. Sanjl Muto, president of the "Jiji Shimpo," one of Tokyo's leading newspapers, was shot when leaving a villa in Kamakura for Tokyo, and is in a critical condition. His ...

    Article : 122 words
  26. STAVISKY SCANDAL.

    A well-known lawyer, M. Raymond Hubert, who is solicitor to Stavisky's assistant, M. Romagnino, was rescued in an exhausted state from the River Seine last night by a member ...

    Article : 146 words
  27. FARMER WOUNDED.

    Suffering from wounds in the face, alleged to have been caused by a shot gun, Alfred Kelly, 51, farmer, of Wallabadah, was admitted to Tamworth District Hospital in a ...

    Article : 55 words
  28. CHARGE OF SEDITION.

    The Rev. A. E. Smith, a noted Communist, who was charged with having stated that the Premier (Mr. R. B. Bennett) ordered prison guards to shoot, in his cell, Tim Buck, ...

    Article : 86 words
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