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  2. OIL FUEL.

    Plans for the production of motor fuel in Australia, because of its importance in defence, are receiving increased attention from the Federal Government, and it is likely that a ...

    Article : 333 words
  3. CHRISTMAS RELIEF

    It is unlikely that the Commonwealth Government will make special provision this year for a grant for the relief of unemployment at Christmas time. ...

    Article : 174 words
  4. EASY WINS.

    The first two Sheffield Shield matches of the season were concluded yesterday, when New South Wales defeated Queensland by an innings and 171 runs at Brisbane, and Victoria ...

    Article : 234 words
  5. MANCHUKUO.

    In a speech at the Moscow Opera House, the President of the People's Commisars (M. Molotov) said that, although the Soviet's relations with its western neighbours had ...

    Article : 309 words
  6. "BRITAIN."

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald) the Lord President of the Council (Mr. Stanley Baldwin), and the Foreign Secretary (Sir John Simon)—the leaders of the three ...

    Article : 934 words
  7. ARMAMENTS.

    "A new armaments race has already began. It may not have sufficient momentum to attract public attention; nevertheless, the fact is as ...

    Article : 529 words
  8. CUP WON BY A HEAD.

    With his injured off hind heel opened and bleeding profusely Hall Mark emerged victorious in to-day's Melbourne Cup after one of the most desperate and gruelling struggles over the last two furlongs in the long history of the great event. ...

    Article : 196 words
  9. WATER BOARD WORKS.

    Several hundreds of additional men are expected to be given jobs by the Water Board within the next few days, in extension of its programme of pre-Christmas employment. ...

    Article : 127 words
  10. WANTON DAMAGE.

    Owners of houses in the poorer areas have had added to their worries, caused by the depression, an increasing epidemic of wanton damage when the houses become vacant. As ...

    Article : 522 words
  11. RACE DESCRIBED.

    Not the slightest trouble was caused by any of the runners at the barrier. The horses were all away together, but it was surprising to find Flail and Metallurgy, two ...

    Article : 609 words
  12. GALLANT COLT.

    Little more than a pony in height, Hall Mark revealed his tenacity in a convincing and remarkable manner, for, despite his disability, he beat off challenges from such ...

    Article : 499 words
  13. BUSINESS INQUIRIES.

    With the gradual realisation that the new State of Manchukuo promises to be a rich field for business exploitation, even though it is under Japanese domination, foreign ...

    Article : 171 words
  14. £10,000,000 LOAN.

    On His return to Canberra to-day, the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) announced that no time would be lost in carrying out the decision of the Loan Council to seek a loan of £ 10,000,000. ...

    Article : 197 words
  15. FEDERAL SESSION

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) said to-day that it was the desire of the Ministry that the session of the Federal Parliament should finish at the end of November. ...

    Article : 251 words
  16. SHIPPING TRADE.

    Addressing an election meeting at Ga[?]ashiels (Scotland), the Hon. Alexander Shaw, chairman of the P. and O. Company, referred to the plight of British shipping as a result ...

    Article : 211 words
  17. UPPER HOUSE.

    The declaration yesterday morning by the returning officer (Mr. C. H. H. Calvert) of the result of the ballot for the election of the first 15 members of the reconstituted ...

    Article : 532 words
  18. GAS WARFARE.

    Although no public rehearsals of countermeasures to be adopted in the event of gas warfare have been organised in Britain, as in Japan, Germany, and France, it is known ...

    Article : 298 words
  19. POLICE RAID.

    Supporters of the anti-war movement announced yesterday that they had written to the police, requesting the return of 62 lantern slides which were seized at Thornleigh last ...

    Article : 229 words
  20. AIR MAIL CONTRACT.

    Mr. W. Hudson Fysh, managing director of Quantas, Ltd., in an interview yesterday, said that Australian opinion on the proposed air mail contracts was fogged with false values. ...

    Article : 461 words
  21. GOOD PERFORMANCES.

    Hall Mark's success was very satisfying to the veterinary surgeons, who had given him close attention light up to the race, and, unfortunately, were reminded again of the ...

    Article : 418 words
  22. SOUTH AFRICAN CONTRACT.

    Th[?] contract between the Union Government and Italian shipping lines provides for four distinct services. Eighteen steamers will participate—seven oil and 11 coal burners. ...

    Article : 187 words
  23. FILM OF THE CUP

    Last night, Fox Movietone News, in conjunction with Film Craft Laboratories, and with the aid of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, and his Percival Gull plane, recorded an ...

    Article : 237 words
  24. PRINCESS ROYAL.

    The Princess Royal (Princess Mary) underwent an operation to-day for the removal of her appendix. A bulletin states that she is doing well. ...

    Article : 56 words
  25. FAMOUS GOLFERS.

    The former world's golf champion, Gene Sarazen, and the Australian, J. H. Kirkwood, intend to arrive in Australia in February, and will make a six weeks' tour, playing in Sydney ...

    Article : 328 words
  26. IRAQ PRINCESS.

    When the lovely Princess Sara of Iraq came to England with the late King Feisal, her brother, she met Atta Bey Amin, then first secretary to the Iraq Legation in London. ...

    Article : 175 words
  27. UNITED STATES.

    The authorities at Sioux City (Iowa) to-day requested the help of the National Guard to quell disturbances resulting from the attempts of farm strike pickets to stop the transport ...

    Article : 373 words
  28. MOUNT EVEREST.

    Mr. Hugh Ruttledge, who led the Mount Everest climbing expedition this year, in a lecture to members of the Royal Geographical Society, expressed the opinion that it is ...

    Article : 199 words
  29. EVIDENCE STOLEN

    There was a sensational sequel to a racing inquiry this morning, when it was discovered that portion of the evidence taken at the inquiry had been stolen from the Clarence River ...

    Article : 333 words
  30. GOODS WORTH £400.

    More than £400 worth of silk stockings and underwear were stolen on Monday night. The goods were at the Darlinghurst Police Station the following morning before the owner ...

    Article : 182 words
  31. AMERICAN WOMAN

    Many curious letters are received by officials in Canberra, but few have been stranger than that from a woman in Los Angeles (U.S.A.), who has written to the Chief of the ...

    Article : 127 words
  32. BYRD EXPEDITION.

    [?] message has been received from Rear-Admiral Byrd, aboard the steamer Jacob Ruppert:- As the Jacob Ruppert approached the ...

    Article : 85 words
  33. "LEG THEORY DEAD."

    Mr. Norman Bayes, a trustee of the Melbourne Cricket Club who reached Fremantle to-day by the Strathnaver from England, said it was rumoured in England that D. R. ...

    Article : 159 words
  34. CONSPIRACY TRIAL.

    At the trial to-day of the financiers, Martin Coles Harman, Berkeley Fairfax Conigrave, Herbert Hely Pounds, and E. G. Changeat, on charges of conspiracy to defraud arising out ...

    Article : 163 words
  35. COAL PRICES REDUCED.

    A reduction in the price of coal supplied by Amalgamated Collieries. Ltd., to the Railway Department will result in a saving ot £ 40,000 a year. There will probably be a consequent ...

    Article : 118 words
  36. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.

    Figures which make Australia's expensive aeroplane carrier Albatross look cheap are revealed in connection wiht the British aircraft carriers Courageous and Furious, now ...

    Article : 119 words
  37. WORK FOR DOLE.

    It was learnt on reliable authority this evening that the work-for-the-dole scheme would probably be put into operation by the Public Works Department in the Cessnock ...

    Article : 104 words
  38. WOMAN KILLED.

    Florence Rose Dive, 39, of Kentville, Bowral, was fatally injured yesterday, when she was knocked down by a bicycle in Bong Bongroad, Bowral. ...

    Article : 69 words
  39. INDIAN LOAN.

    An Indian loan of £10,000,000 at 3½ per cent., issued at 97, and repayable in 1954-59, has been underwritten to replace the 6 per cent, bonds, maturing on December 15. ...

    Article : 47 words
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