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  2. THE NORTH. CAN BE DEVELOPED.

    Scientific opinion, backed by practical experience, shows that the development of North Australia under the conditions of the White Australia policy is not a question of health, ...

    Article : 729 words
  3. EXAMINATIONS.

    An announcement was made by the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) yesterday that he had decided to set up a committee of experts to inquire into the system of ...

    Article : 489 words
  4. UPPER HOUSE.

    A committee representing the State Ministerial parties was appointed recently to make suggestions to the Government regarding the method of electing members to the ...

    Article : 305 words
  5. H. R. PEARCE

    H. B. ("Bobby") Pearce to-day signed a contract to meet Ted Phelps, the world professional sculling champion, in a threemile match race here on September 1, the ...

    Article : 153 words
  6. MOTOR SPIRIT.

    The British Government, by a scheme of guaranteed preference, hopes to secure the home production of motor spirit. ...

    Article : 69 words
  7. INDIA. Viceroy Firm.

    The Viceroy, in refusing Mr. Gandhi his request for an interview, points out that Mr. Gandhi is opposed to withdrawing civil disobedience, with which ...

    Article : 462 words
  8. MILITARY FORCES. To be Mechanised.

    Comprehensive plans for the reorganisation of the Australian military forces on a mechanised basis were announced to-day by the Minister for Defence (Senator Sir George Pearce). The policy adopted is in line with recent development in the British army. ...

    Article : 129 words
  9. MINISTERIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald) announced in the House of Commons that legislation would be introduced in the autumn to give effect to a proposal which ...

    Article : 444 words
  10. PEARCE'S RECORD.

    H. R. (Bob) Pearce, is the son of Harry Pearce, ex-Australian champion sculler, who, himself, competed, on two occasions for the world's title, being defeated by Dick Arnst ...

    Article : 683 words
  11. HORSES TO GO.

    The supply and transport services were considered to be of primary importance, Sir George Pearce said, and the reorganisation of the Australian Army Service Corps was ...

    Article : 995 words
  12. RETIRING AGE

    The Government is considering a proposal to reduce the compulsory age of retirement of Public servants from 65 years to 60. The scheme has been the subject of a ...

    Article : 157 words
  13. APPRENTICES.

    Evidence by an employer purporting to show that the indenture system had failed and statistics revealing a startling decease in the number of apprentices, were given before the ...

    Article : 312 words
  14. SECRETARY OF STATE

    Referring to the Viceroy's reply to Mr. Gandhi in the House of Commons to-night, the Secretary for India (Sir Samuel Hoare) said that it had the full concurrence of the ...

    Article : 779 words
  15. NOCK AND KIRBY

    Nock and Kirby, Ltd., who have been in business at Circular Quay for 60 years, will shortly occupy the Civil Service Stores building in George-street, near Market-street. A ...

    Article : 495 words
  16. PROFESSOR EASTAUGH'S VIEWS.

    Professor Eastough, of Sydney University, said last night that, inasmr[?] as the object of the British Government was undoubtedly to assist the coal-mining industry of Great ...

    Article : 104 words
  17. "NO HOPE OF SUCCESS."

    Mr. W. Oliver, who combines with a knowledge of the pastoral industry an intimate knowledge of much of the country in Northern Queensland and Northern Australia, said ...

    Article : 238 words
  18. DAVIS CUP.

    The Davis Cup inter-zone final between Great Britain, winner of the European zone, and the United States, winner of the American zone, will be played at the Stade Roland ...

    Article : 361 words
  19. POLICE CAR

    Four detectives had narrow escapes yesterday evening, when the northern suburbs wireless patrol skidded and overturned in Pittwater-road, St. Ives. ...

    Article : 290 words
  20. WORLD CONFERENCE.

    Even those who, a fortnight ago, deplored as a calamity an attempt to adjourn the World Economic Conference, now admit that it would have been better than the ...

    Article : 260 words
  21. SOLICITOR'S AFFAIRS.

    Declaring that he did not know "until the crash came in 1929" that Cyril John Dew, managing clerk of his Charlton office, had been lending trust funds to clients without ...

    Article : 375 words
  22. ATLANTIC FLIERS.

    I has now been established that the 'plane in which the Lithuanian Americans, Stephen Darius and Stanley Girenas, were flying from New York to Kovno (L'thuania) crashed in ...

    Article : 213 words
  23. SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S INTENTIONS.

    In the House of Assembly to-day, the Premier (Mr. Butler) said that the Government would ascertain the attitude of the Federal Government about the completion of ...

    Article : 90 words
  24. BRITISH PRESS COMMENT.

    "The Times" welcomes the Northern Territory development plan, and says: "So long as these promising areas remain unpeopled and undeveloped they must constitute a danger ...

    Article : 151 words
  25. LABOUR PARTY.

    Supporters of the inner group were outmanoeuvred last night when attempts were made to exclude Mr. C. A. Morgan from a meeting of the Bondi league of the Lang Labour ...

    Article : 333 words
  26. TARIFF MAKING.

    Tariff making in Australia was not only dirty in the methods employed, but had become quite as corrupt as anything practised in U.S.A. in the old days, said Mr. H. Gregory, ...

    Article : 224 words
  27. VICTORIA.

    Reasons which have compelled the State Ministry to seek the appointment of a Governor are set out in an official statement issued to-day. It is made clear that the ...

    Article : 115 words
  28. LAWN TENNIS.

    The decision of Mr. H. Roper Barrett, the non-playing captain of the British Davis Cup team, that all players must take their meals together, and that no leave of absence will be ...

    Article : 128 words
  29. WINOOKA.

    The Australian Press Association lean that the owners of the Australian horse Winooka, Messrs. A. J. Matthews and W. A. Macdonald, who arrived here at the week-end to study ...

    Article : 267 words
  30. CENSURED.

    Amidst stormy scenes, a meeting of the Paddington League of the Lang Labour party last night carried a resolution censuring six aldermen of the Paddington Municipal Council ...

    Article : 208 words
  31. WOMAN MOTORIST KILLED.

    A single-seater motor car left the road near the Kankool railway gates about 5 p.m. yesterday, crashed through a fence, and rolled 30ft down an embankment. Mrs. Hilton ...

    Article : 159 words
  32. DAMAGES AWARDED.

    A jury awarded Hardy Eustace, engineer, of Teneriffe, Brisbane, £1500 damages in the Supreme Court to-day in the action in which he petitioned for divorce from Edith Marion ...

    Article : 143 words
  33. CONTRACT BRIDGE.

    An Anglo-American duplicate contract bildge match was staged in a big West End store in a manner [?]iniscent of a boxing match. The players were seated in a ...

    Article : 117 words
  34. ADVERTISING EXHIBITION

    Lord Derby opened a noteworthy advertising and marketing exhibition at Olympia, in which 11 metropolitan Australian newspapers have a most attractive court, with the slogan, ...

    Article : 93 words
  35. TOMATO PEST.

    Consigned to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Canberra, a consignment of the Encarsia parasite will arrive from London to-morrow by the steamer Raronga ...

    Article : 82 words
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