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  2. REDUCTIONS. FARES AND TAXES.

    At a Ministerial party meeting at Parliament House yesterday, it was announced that railway fares generally would be reduced by about 10 per cent. ...

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  3. ABORIGINES. NOT A PUNITIVE PARTY.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) to-day denied that the expedition proposed to be sent to Amhem Land would be of a punitive character. ...

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  4. THE RICH NORTH.

    A land where a great meat industry could be established a large area where millions of sheep could be bred, a sportsman's paradise— these were some of the expressions used by ...

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  5. PREMIER WINS

    A jury of four in the Supreme Court yesterday returned a verdict for defendant—the Premier (Mr. B. S. B. Stevens)—in the action brought against him for alleged defamation ...

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  6. WOOL FIRM.

    The wool market yesterday ruled very firm at Monday's levels. Competition was keen and general, and Japanese competition was again very strong. ...

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  7. BRITISH LABOUR.

    The sixty-fifth Trades Union Congress has opened at Brighton in an admittedly crucial stage in the history of organised Labour. The speakers were practically unanimous in ...

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  8. THE WALLABIES.

    Interesting comment concerning the form of many of the Wallabies is contained in a letter from a member of the team to a Sydney friend ...

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  9. BRITAIN. TRADE REVIVAL.

    There were 9,857,000 persons in employment in Britain on August 21, 57,000 more than in July, and 648,000 more than in August, 1932. ...

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  10. WAGES TAXATION.

    The unemployment relief taxation collected during the year ended June 30 last totalled £6,700 000. This amount includes £850,000 carried over from the previous year. ...

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  11. FEDERAL BUDGET.

    The total abolition of the supertax on income property, a partial reduction of land tax, and further exemptions from sales tax and primage duties are believed to have been ...

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  12. HARMSWORTH TROPHY

    Mr. Gar Wood, the American speedboat driver, will retain the Harmsworth international trophy for speedboats. He beat Mr. Hubert Scott Paine by half a mile in the ...

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  13. PEARLER'S STATEMENT

    The declaration that the Japanese who were massacred at Caledon Bay were honourable and trustworthy men, and that they were murdered so that the aborigines might loot ...

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  14. MYTHICAL MILLIONS.

    During the last two or three years many letters have been received by solicitors in Sydney making inquiries about an estate of £100,000,000 which the writers understand ...

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  15. DRY WEATHER.

    The continuance of brilliant sunshine over England, although delightful for holiday-makers, is increasing the anxiety of the residents of some towns where water supplies are ...

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  16. RUN FOR HELP.

    Wearing thick working boots, Archibald Deaves, bullock-driver, of Coorambong, ran two miles over the roughest of bush tracks to secure assistance this afternoon for his mate, ...

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  17. MAN'S FORTITUDE.

    A young man displayed amazing fortitude when his spine was fractured in three places in a motor cycle accident in King-street, Newtown, yesterday morning. He remained ...

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  18. THE "KANGAROOS"

    Councillors of the Rugby League gathered at Leeds at the Griffin Hotel, from all parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire, to attend the official luncheon to the Australian Rugby ...

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  19. HARBOUR BRIDGE.

    Answering Mr. Primrose in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) gave particulars of the cost of construction of the Harbour Bridge up to ...

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  20. GERMANY.

    "If only the German people could see what I saw in that camp they surely would not suffer it to endure for another week," writes Mr. Arnold Forster, technical adviser to the ...

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  21. BRITISH BAND.

    The Federal secretary of the Musicians' Union of Australia (Mr. C. Trevalyan) has sent a circular letter to every member of the Federal Parliament, protesting against the ...

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  22. S.A. PARLIAMENT

    The House of Assembly this afternoon passed the second reading of a bill to increase the life of the State Parliament from three to five years. ...

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  23. NUMEROUS PROTESTS.

    Protests against the proposed punitive expedition were made yesterday by the Council of Churches, the general committee of the New South Wales branch of the Church Missionary ...

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  24. VICTORIAN C.M.S. ATTITUDE.

    The general secretary of the Victorian branch of the Church Missionary Society, in a telegram to the Prime Minister, states:— "As a society, we are not apprehensive of ...

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  25. LAWN TENNIS.

    Martin Plaa the French professional lawn tennis champion states that Henri Cochet, the famous French amateur, whom he will partner for five years, is definitely becoming a ...

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  26. ALSATIANS.

    The screening of a film depicting the life and habits of Alsatian dogs was shown to members of both Houses in the Legislative Council lounge room yesterday, under the ...

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  27. "AN OMINOUS SOUND."

    The "Manchester Guardian," in an editorial headed, "Plea for a Remnant," says. "The phrase 'punitive expedition' to the northern territory has an ominous sound, which the ...

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  28. FUTURE OF THE JEWS.

    Dr. B. H. Shein, who has been sent to Australia by the World Zionist Organisation, stated in an interview yesterday that 3,000,000 Jews in Germany, Russia, Poland, and other ...

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  29. TRADES HALL.

    A number of unions have been threatened with eviction from the Trades Hall because of arrears in rent. The unions were informed by a committee ...

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  30. CUBAN ARMY.

    Havana sergeants, corporals, and soldiers of the Cuban army, headed by Sergeant Batista and non-commissioned officers and men of the navy, took over command of the military and ...

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  31. ROPER RIVER.

    A report received by the Church Missionary Society from three representatives who recently visited the Roper River mission in North Australia has led the Victorian committee to ...

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  32. CAR-MINDERS

    The Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) announced in the Legislative Assembly yesterday that the Government had decided not to register street car-minders, but to give the ...

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  33. BRADMAN'S DISPLAY.

    Don Bradman was clean bowled once and caught several times during a quarter hour's exhibition of batting at Wangi Wangi, Lake Macquarie, to-day. ...

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  34. WINE TRADE.

    Presaging quickened competition with Australian wines, two South African experts have arrived in London to carry on personal propaganda, with a view to popularising South ...

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  35. CITY RAILWAY.

    Replying to a question in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) said the Government had decided not to make any piovision in ...

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  36. HURRICANE

    According to Press messages the hurricane after striking Cuba, turned to the north-east passing close to Nassau, in the Bahamas. The velocity of the wind it is stated, at one time ...

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  37. SOUTH AMERICA.

    The Consul-General for Chile (Mr. R. Dundas Smith) said last night that negotiations were proceeding with the Messageries Maritimes Line of French steamers for the ...

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  38. SHEEP STATION.

    Langi Kal Kal sheep station, of approximately 28,000 acres, in the western district, and adjoining the Trawala railway station was sold to-day for £150,000 cash on a walk-in, ...

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  39. SUGAR AGREEMENT.

    The acting Agent-General for Queensland (Mr. L. H. Pike) informs the Australian Press Association that the British sugar agreement represents the end of the price war between ...

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  40. DOG RACING.

    The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) informed a deputation from Cessrock yesterday that he would expedite the issue of a licence for greyhound racing in that town. ...

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  41. TRAGEDY IN FLAT.

    Gerald Minchington, aged 30, and his wife, Kathleen Minchington, aged 27, were found dead in a flat at Glenelg to-day. Minchington was a Commonwealth meat ...

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  42. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY.

    Detective-sergeant Clifford and Detective Corby arrested a man in Darlinghurst yesterday. They took him to the Central Police Station, where he was charged with ...

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