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  2. NEW PLANS.

    The Ministry has decided to vary its plans for assisting wheatgrowers. For direct assistance to wheat growers in financial difficulties the sum of £2,000,000 ...

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  3. MORATORIUM BILL AMENDED.

    Practically the whole of yesterday's sitting of the Legislative Assembly was occupied with the debate, in committee, on the Moratorium Bill. ...

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  4. THE GRANITES.

    The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Perkins) stated to-day that he had been informed by the Deputy Administrator at Alice Springs that the warden on the Granites goldfield ...

    Article : 149 words
  5. U.S.A. PLAYERS

    There were two remarkable incidents during the play in the semi-finals of the men's singles in the New South Wales tennis championships at Rushcutter Bay yesterday. ...

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  6. WAR DEBTS. NO SUSPENSION.

    The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" says: "President Hoover indicated to-day that he will not recommend to Congress the ...

    Article : 458 words
  7. ENGLISH TEAM.

    The English cricket selectors have decided to launch the full battery of speed bowlers against Dod Bradman and the others members of the Australian Eleven in the four-day ...

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  8. DISARMAMENT.

    A White Paper was issued to-day dealing with the matters covered in the speech which the Foreign Secretary (Sir John Simon) was then making at the meeting of the Bureau of ...

    Article : 470 words
  9. THE PRINCE.

    One of the most remarkable demonstrations of affection which the Prince of Wales has ever experienced was given at Hillsborough, where he is staying at Government House. ...

    Article : 367 words
  10. MAN SHOT.

    A man was shot in the abdomen and seriously wounded by a bullet from a pea rifle during an argument in Redfern yesterday afternoon. ...

    Article : 264 words
  11. CONSORTIUM.

    A message from Paris states that a consortium of British, French, and German bankers has been formed, with a capital of £136,000,000, for the purpose of finacing ...

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  12. AVIATION. Mrs. Mollison's Progress.

    Mrs. J. A. Mollison, who is attempting to break her husband's record for a flight from England to Capetown, has arrived at Benguella (Portuguese West Africa). ...

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  13. GENEVA.

    Mr. W. M. Hughes, writing from Geneva on October 11, gives some interesting sidelights on the conference which he was attending as one of the Australian delegates. ...

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  14. GERMANY.

    The "Vossische Zeitung," Berlin, says that the Chancellor (Herr von Papen) is expected to report to President von Hindenburg to-day on his failure to secure the co-operation of ...

    Article : 226 words
  15. MR. COMPTON MACKENZIE.

    Following the sudden withdrawal of his book, "Greek Memories," Mr. Compton Mackenzie, the novelist, was summoned at the Guildhall for communicating to the publishers ...

    Article : 158 words
  16. THE LOTTERY.

    In allowing the appeal of Michael Hubert McMahon from a conviction by a magistrate of an offence under the Gaming and Betting Act, the Full Court yesterday laid it down ...

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  17. BUSHFIRES

    A number of bush fires broke out in the outlying suburbs during yesterday's hot weather, and local firemen had to beat out the flames with wet bags to prevent them ...

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  18. UNITED STATES TRADE.

    The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" says that the Commerce Department and the United States Chamber of Commerce announced to-day that separate ...

    Article : 96 words
  19. ECONOMY COMMITTEE.

    An economy committee, composed of members of the House of Commons and professing to represent a big section of the Conservative party, has issued a drastic report demanding ...

    Article : 123 words
  20. MR. BRUCE.

    "You need not be alarmed that any foolish action will be taken," said Mr. S. M. Bruce, referring to the Wool Committee's findings, in a speech at the luncheon of the Federation ...

    Article : 127 words
  21. HURRICANE IN CUBA.

    The President of Cuba, where the recent hurricane wrecked the town of Santa Cruz del Sur, causing the deaths of probably 2000 people, received the following telegram of ...

    Article : 89 words
  22. DEATH OF A MARE.

    George Charles Davis, 66, was to-day committed for trial from Scone Police Court on a charge of maliciously killing a mare, the property of Rupert Fielding Leaver, a farmer, ...

    Article : 166 words
  23. PETROL EXPLOSION.

    George Donovan, 65, and Keith Bell, 17, were fatally burnt last night when a drum of petrol ignited while Bell was preparing to fill the tank of a truck. ...

    Article : 204 words
  24. MEAT RESTRICTIONS.

    Thanks to the meat restriction scheme, prices at the Smithfield market continue to harden, all imported mutton, lamb, and frozen beef averaging /1 a pound higher. ...

    Article : 82 words
  25. UNEMPLOYED IN CANADA.

    The Minister for Labour (Mr. W. A. Gordon), in the House of Commons to-day, said that, so far as the Department of Labour could estimate, there were 800,000 men, women, and ...

    Article : 82 words
  26. BURMA ELECTIONS.

    Answering a question in the House of Commons regarding the Burmese elections, the Secretary for India (Sir Samuel Hoare) said that, according to his latest information, the ...

    Article : 230 words
  27. ALLEGED ATTACK.

    Details of an alleged attack on a man and his son in a house at Surry Hills were given by the police prosecutor (Sergeant Caban), when Victor Valentine, 31, miner, was charged ...

    Article : 165 words
  28. RELIEF WORKS.

    The Minister for Labour (Mr. Dunningham) announced last night that arrangements had been completed for the first allotment of work to relieve the unemployed during the ...

    Article : 254 words
  29. SHIPPING EARNINGS.

    The "Daily Telegraph," commenting on the P. and O. Company, and the Orient Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., passing dividends, says:— "The fall in shipping earnings through the ...

    Article : 87 words
  30. AFGHANISTAN.

    As a sequel to the execution of General Gulam Nabi Khan, for plotting to restore ex-King Amanuliah to the Afghan throne, military operations were taken against a tribe ...

    Article : 102 words
  31. HOT WEATHER.

    The high temperature of 86 degrees was recorded at the Weather Bureau at 10.50 a.m. yesterday. Throughout the forenoon the weather was extremely hot and sultry, but a ...

    Article : 217 words
  32. PENSIONS.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) informed Mr. Baker (Fed. Lab., Q.), in reply to a question in the House of Repiesentatives, that from September 1 to November 11 a total of ...

    Article : 184 words
  33. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of gold to-day was £6/4/10¼ an ounce fine, compared with £6/4/2½ yesterday. "MEANS TEST" BILL. ...

    Article : 148 words
  34. DE GROOT'S ACTION.

    The action begun by Captain de Groot against Mark Gosling, a former Chief Secretary: Walter Henry Childs, Commissioner for Police; and William James Mackay, ...

    Article : 119 words
  35. IRISH FREE STATE.

    In the Dall Eireann the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Cosgrave) moved that the Government should relieve the farmers by paying the land annuities until the British ...

    Article : 84 words
  36. MISSING ICEBREAKER.

    A message from Moscow says that the icebreaker No. 9 left Archangel on October 24 to succour a distressed sister ship, and nothing was heard of her till her lifeboat, ...

    Article : 101 words
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