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  2. AUSTRALIAN FLEET

    "Two miserable out-of-date cruisers, no submarines, and no naval air arm to protect the Australian coastline, stretching for thousands of miles—it is an absolute farce," said ...

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  3. OIL FROM COAL. Details of British Process

    The Minister in charge of Development (Senator McLachlan) has sent a cable message to Mr. L. J. Rogers, of the Council for Scientific and Industrlnl Research, who is in ...

    Article : 292 words
  4. CUSTOMS.

    Referring to his statement at Northam against the Customs administration, Mr. H. Gregory, M.P., said instructions were issued by the Comptroller of Customs in 1925 that ...

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  5. FREIGHTS.

    Replying this afternoon to a deputation of members of the Oversea Shipping Representatives' Association, which waited upon him and the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Stewart), ...

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  6. EMPIRE TRADE.

    An important statement regarding the attitude of the dominions to the Ottawa Agreements was made yesterday in the House of Lords by the ...

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  7. THE NORTH.

    Mr. C. L. A. Abbott, M.P., who was Minister for Home Affairs in the Bruce-Page Ministry, referring to the Government's scheme to develop North Australia, said he must stress ...

    Article : 523 words
  8. SPECULATION In United States.

    The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" states that Administration officials are watching with considerable apprehension the development ...

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  9. WORLD CONFERENCE.

    Draft resolutions on the subject of silver, which have been unanimously adopted by the sub-committee of the World Economic Conference, make the following recommendations ...

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  10. AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURE.

    It was ascertained yesterday that serious consideration is being given to proposals for the manufacture of motor spirit and fuel oil in Australia. At tne moment the difficulty ...

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  11. DIMINISHED STRENGTH.

    Captain H. J. Feakes, in a speech last night as tlie president of the United Service institution, referred to Australia's diminished naval strength. ...

    Article : 236 words
  12. INQUIRY ADVOCATED

    The secretary of the Northern Territory Pastoral Lessees' Association (Mr. J. W. Allen), commenting yesterday on the proposal of the Federal Government to invite chartered ...

    Article : 162 words
  13. FREEMASONS.

    In the presence of 6000 Freemasons, including delegations from all parts of the Empire and from many foreign countries, the Duke of Connaught, as Grand Master of the ...

    Article : 332 words
  14. WHEAT DISCUSSIONS.

    Representatives of wheat-producing and consuming countries this morning formulated a tentative understanding, under which the consuming countries will lower tariffs as ...

    Article : 153 words
  15. LOST IN THE BUSH.

    It is feared that search parties may not find alive two small boys who have been lost in the bush in the Brodribb district since yesterday afternoon. The weather is bitterly ...

    Article : 163 words
  16. "HELP THOSE ALREADY THERE."

    In an interview to-day, the Agent-General for Western Australia (Sir Hal Colebatch) expressed the opinion that circumstances were against the success of the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 366 words
  17. ITALIAN AIR FLEET.

    It is doubtful if the aldermen of the City Council will endorse the cable invitation of the Lord Mayor (Alderman Hagon) to General Balbo for a visit of the Italian air fleet from ...

    Article : 428 words
  18. INDIA.

    Mr. Gandhi entered Ashram ("Haven of Refuge") at Ahmadabad to-day, thus breaking the vow he made two years ago that he would not return to Ashram till "India has gained ...

    Article : 194 words
  19. WINDOWS SMASHED.

    Excitement was caused in Martin-place about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when a man, by throwing stones, smashed two of the large plateglass windows of the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 369 words
  20. MR. STEWART'S COMMENT.

    The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Stewart) said to-day: "The remarks attributed to the Earl De La Warr have been separated from their context, as I know of no existing ...

    Article : 94 words
  21. BRITISH WAR LOAN.

    The British Treasury announces a new conversion offer dealing with the loan of 250,000,000 dollars raised by Britain in the united States in January, 1917, for the ...

    Article : 298 words
  22. BRITISH AIR SQUADRON.

    In the House of Commons the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Air (Sir Philip Sassoon) said that the home defence air squadron was flying solely on oil extracted ...

    Article : 43 words
  23. ENGLISH TEST TEAM

    "D. R. Jardine's wonderful captaincy in Australia has made him to-day probably the best captain in the world," said Viscount Hailsham (Secretary of State for War), who ...

    Article : 469 words
  24. ABORIGINES.

    At the half-yearly meeting of the Australian Board of Missions yesterday, the Archbishop of Melbourne (Dr. Head) presiding, the following resolution was agreed to:— ...

    Article : 395 words
  25. MAN'S STATEMENT.

    An alleged confession by Arthur Collins, 25, joiner, charged with housebreaking, produced in evidence at the Central Police Court yesterday, said that in four months he entered ...

    Article : 442 words
  26. THE JEWS.

    The Jewish American millionaire, Mr. Samuel Untermeyer, who has arrived in Amsterdam, says that the Jewish World Economic Conference, which will meet there on ...

    Article : 86 words
  27. RETURN JOURNEY.

    The fleet of 24 Italian seaplanes, under the command of the Minister for Air (General Balbo) arrived here to-day from Chicago on the flrst stage of the return journey to Rome. ...

    Article : 37 words
  28. CHASE IN CITY.

    An exciting chase by a police patrol car of a taxi-cab through busy city streets, followed by a chase on foot and the arrest of a man in a cafe, took place late yesterday ...

    Article : 262 words
  29. LAWN TENNIS.

    The draw for the interzone final of the Davis Cup competition, to be played in Paris between Britain and the United States, is as follows:—Friday: H. E. Vines (U.S.A.) v ...

    Article : 200 words
  30. SIR J. MITCHELL.

    It is understood that at a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour caucus, the appointment of Sir James Mitchell to the office of Lieutenant-Governor was discussed, and that a ...

    Article : 166 words
  31. FIGHTING IN CHINA.

    GeneralFeng [?]u-hslang, in defiance of the Nanking Government's orders not to provoke hostilities with the Japanese and Manchukuo forces, has launched a campaign to recover ...

    Article : 134 words
  32. NO UNEMPLOYMENT

    Since the recent rain shopkeepers report a substantial increase in business. Stock and station agency business has revived, and with fat merino wethers selling as high as 30/, ...

    Article : 88 words
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