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  2. FINANCES.

    The Premier of Victoria (Sir Stanley Argyle) submitted a proposal to the Loan Council to-day, that 50 per cent, of the sinking fund payments, amounting to £7,000,000, ...

    Article : 1,124 words
  3. POLICE FORCE.

    The State Cabinet has decided to appoint an advisory committee to inquire into and report to the Government on police pay, allowances, promotions, and working conditions. ...

    Article : 183 words
  4. PETROL EXPLOSION

    An attendant at Callan Park Mental Hospital was badly burned late last night when a quantity of petrol exploded in the tailoring shop and his clothes caught fire. ...

    Article : 299 words
  5. LAWN TENNIS.

    J. Crawford, Mrs. Crawford, and Miss Scriven travelled together from Paris, and were warmly received at Victoria Station. Crawford and Miss Scriven were photographed ...

    Article : 307 words
  6. M. VENIZELOS.

    An attempt was made to assassinate M. Venizelos, ex-Premier of Greece, late last night, while he was returning from Kithissia to Athens in a motor car with Madame Venizelos. ...

    Article : 334 words
  7. CLOSE VOTE

    Only the support of both sections of the Labour Opposition saved the Government from defeat in the Senate to-night, when a vote was taken on the amendment moved by Senator ...

    Article : 727 words
  8. TRANSPORT.

    The transport conference to-day agreed that the question of amalgamation of railway systems under one control was one that delegates should discuss with their respective ...

    Article : 1,026 words
  9. WAR DEBTS.

    If the British Government listened to the clamour of a large section of the Press and the public it would refuse to pay the United States the next ...

    Article : 508 words
  10. TRADE SHIP.

    As a result of the success of the voyage ot the Nieuw Holland, which with the returning Australian trade delegation to the Dutch East Indies and Malaya on board. ...

    Article : 617 words
  11. FOUR-POWER PACT.

    The Prime Minister of Italy (Signor Mussolini), speaking at the opening of the Senate in Rome to-day, stated that negotiations for the Four-Power Pact had reached such an ...

    Article : 259 words
  12. DUMPING.

    The Minister for Customs (Mr. White) said to-day that he would be pleased to have evidence from manufacturers or importers of dumping. ...

    Article : 200 words
  13. AFGHAN MINISTER

    Gaining admission to the library at the Afghan Legation in Berlin, an Afghan student named Kemal Syed fired five revolver shots at the Afghan Minister, Sirdar Mohammed ...

    Article : 257 words
  14. NORTH COAST FLOODS.

    Early yesterday morning the Nambucca River overflowed its banks about two miles from Macksville, flooding the main North Coast-road, and completely blocking ...

    Article : 573 words
  15. THE EMPIRE AND PEACE.

    Cambridge university Union passed the following resolution by 146 votes to 54:— "This house has not faith in the conception of a strong united British Empire as the ...

    Article : 122 words
  16. MR. ROOSEVELT.

    President Roosevelt is encountering great difficulty in prosecuting certain of his plans affecting the Disarmament and Economic Conferences. ...

    Article : 262 words
  17. GERMANY.

    Following the decision of the jurists appointed by the League of Nations that Franz Bernheim was qualified to submit a petition protesting against Germany's treatment of ...

    Article : 339 words
  18. MEDICAL DIPLOMAS.

    David Stewart, 60, formerly an Agricultural Department official, was charged at the Perth Police Court to-day with having forged a document purporting a diploma form of ...

    Article : 409 words
  19. PRINCE OF WALES.

    The active interest which the Prince of Wales displays in the housing problem was reflected in his remarks to the international gathering of building societies to-day. He ...

    Article : 360 words
  20. POISON TRAGEDY.

    At an inquest held late last night into the deaths by poisoning of Mary Kathleen Cullen, 25, who resided with her husband, William Cullen at Dellicknora, and her three ...

    Article : 277 words
  21. WORLD CONFERENCE.

    Feverish preparations are being made for the World Economic Conference, which will commence next Monday in the New Geological Museum building at South Kensington, ...

    Article : 132 words
  22. N.S.W. RAILWAYMEN.

    Before the Full Bench of the Federal Arbitration Court yesterday, the Australian Railways Union made application for a 44hour week to cover its members in New South ...

    Article : 348 words
  23. MINING SURVEY.

    The Australian Press Association understands that an offer was recently made by one of the biggest mining corporations in London to contribute £150,000 towards the cost of ...

    Article : 121 words
  24. UNITED STATES.

    The United States Treasury to-day announced the issue of 900,000,000 dollars in Treasury notes and certificates to meet maturing obligations, to pay interest, and to ...

    Article : 111 words
  25. THREE HORSES FALL.

    Three horses fell in a spectacular accident at the meeting of the Ascot Racing Club yesterday. One of the jockeys, an apprentice. R. Parsons, was taken to South Sydney Hospital ...

    Article : 163 words
  26. FIRE IN ASYLUM.

    The Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) found yesterday that a fire which occurred at Rydalmere Mental Hospital on May 20 was due to carelessness by leaving ...

    Article : 179 words
  27. INDIA.

    Action to check the dumping of Japanese plecegoods in India has been taken by the Government, which, in a communique, announces an increase in the duty from 50 per ...

    Article : 198 words
  28. FATAL ERROR.

    A fatal error made in a druggist's store was disclosed at the inquest of a married man who died of strychnine poisoning. Deceased, who was in the habit of taking ...

    Article : 165 words
  29. ORDERS FROM TAHITI.

    An unusual order from Tahiti was recently received by a Sydney exporter. It was for: "24 rabbits, common Australian, for bleeding purposes." The rabbits will be duly shipped ...

    Article : 185 words
  30. IRISH FREE STATE.

    The Irish Free State Government is introducing a bill to amend the Constitution, reducing to two months the statutory period of 18 months by which the Senate can ...

    Article : 54 words
  31. BRITISH POULTRY-KEEPERS

    The "Daily Herald" says:—"British poultrykeepers have asked the Minister for Agriculture (Major W. E. Eillot) to appeal to the Australian (Major W. E. Elliot) to appeal to the ...

    Article : 122 words
  32. EARTH TREMOR

    Father O'Leary reported that an earth tremor, which had evidently occurred about 300 miles west of Sydney, was recorded on the seismograph at Riverview Observatory about ...

    Article : 49 words
  33. UNEMPLOYED IN BRITAIN.

    Between April 24 and May 22 the registered number of unemployed in Britain fell 114,755 to 2,582,000. There are now 306,000 more workers than a year ago, being the highest ...

    Article : 61 words
  34. OLYMPIC BRIDGE TEST.

    The official solutions of the 16 "hands" played in the recent World Contract Bridge Olympic have been received in Sydney, and were made available yesterday. The "hands" ...

    Article : 41 words
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