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  2. SCIENCE CONGRESS.

    The twenty-first biennial meeting: of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science was opened last night, amid impressive ceremony, in the Great Hall of the University of Sydney. Sir Hubert Murray, Lieutenant-Governor of Papua, in his inaugural ...

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  3. TEACHERS.

    With the objects of effecting economies in the Public Service and of providing employment for student teachers, the Cabinet has decided to ...

    Article : 384 words
  4. WAR LOAN.

    The extraordinary success of the war loan conversion is certain to herald a general lowering of interest rates, not only in Britain, but throughout the ...

    Article : 810 words
  5. HORSE RACING.

    At the annual meeting of members of the Australian Jockey Club yesterday, the chairman (Mr. Colin C. Stephen) said that the scheme to curtail the number of racing days ...

    Article : 759 words
  6. FEDERAL BUDGET.

    In their endeavours to prepare a financial programme that will ensure a balanced budget for the Commonwealth on June 30 next, Federal Ministers find themselves confronted ...

    Article : 515 words
  7. OTTAWA CONFERENCE.

    The final plenary session of the imperial Economic Conference, which was to have been held on Thursday, has been postponed. It is officially explained that another two days will be necessary to discuss certain difficulties This is interpreted to Indicate that Canada ...

    Article : 252 words
  8. MEAT QUOTA.

    The leaders of the Australian and New Zealand delegations (Mr. S. M. Bruce and Mr. J. G. Coates) met the British representatives to-day, and some slight progress was ...

    Article : 219 words
  9. OFFICIAL STATEMENT.

    The spokesman announced that a meeting of the heads of delegations was held at 5 p.m., when it was decided that, in view of the difficulties encountered in the various ...

    Article : 536 words
  10. PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.

    In his inaugural address, Sir Hubert Murray said the well-ordered government of a subject people was one of the most scientific, as it was one of the rarest ...

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  11. NOTABLE SCENE

    The function last night was impressive. It was quiet and dignified, but conveyed a sense of an unusual "atmosphere." The gathering was a brilliant one, many decorations ...

    Article : 382 words
  12. FAMILY ENDOWMENT.

    Legislation to amend the present family endowment law will probably be brought down at the forthcoming session of Parliament. A problem facing the Government is the ...

    Article : 146 words
  13. RABBIT INVASION

    The country vice-president of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. P. W. Rushton) and other speakers at the Soldier Settlers' Conference, yesterday, said there was an invasion of ...

    Article : 372 words
  14. CANADAS NEGOTIATIONS.

    The Prime Minister of Canada (Mr. R. B. Bennett) explains that the delay in reaching agreement regarding Russia is due to an interchange of formulas, whereby restrictions might ...

    Article : 64 words
  15. CITY AND COUNTRY.

    The acting president of the Graziers' Association (Mr. J. Walker), referring yesterday to remarks made by the president of the Chamber of Manufactures (Mr. H. Gordon ...

    Article : 580 words
  16. BRIEF COMMUNIQUES.

    As an illustration of the brevity of official communiques throughout, an English newspaper correspondent announced, amid laughter, that he had received a cable from his ...

    Article : 62 words
  17. BETTING LAWS.

    The Government, in the forthcoming session of Parliament, intends to bring down drastic amendments to the Gaming Act to suppress starting price betting shops, and will ...

    Article : 184 words
  18. "PUNCH" CARTOON.

    The chief political cartoon in "Punch" deals with the Imperial Conference as a Jungle scene, with the lion, elephant, kangaroo, springbok, and kiwi comfortably snoozing together ...

    Article : 62 words
  19. SERVANTS OF SCIENCE.

    The great temple of science, like the fabled palace of Sogd, is open to all who seek its benefits, its doors know no distinctions. It was this that impressed one at the ...

    Article : 724 words
  20. AMERICAN COMMENT.

    The New York "Evening Post" says:—"It would appear that the high hopes engendered by the opening sessions of the Ottawa Conference are not likely to be fully realised. ...

    Article : 361 words
  21. LAWN TENNIS.

    In the third round of the Newport Casino tennis tournament at Newport, Rhode Island. David Jones (New York) defeated Sidney Wood (U.S.A.) 3-6. 6-3. 8-6; J. Gilbert Hall defeated ...

    Article : 187 words
  22. PROPOSALS TO BRITAIN.

    With regard to the concessions requested by Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, the present position respecting the principal commodities is as follows:— ...

    Article : 291 words
  23. ARMED MEN.

    Mr. Henry Lewis, of H. Lewis and Co., diamond merchants, of 343 Little Collins-street, Melbourne, was robbed of diamonds worth between £8000 and £9000 by armed men ...

    Article : 540 words
  24. LIVING WAGE.

    Further inquiry was made yesterday into the living standard and basic wage by the Full Bench of the Industrial Commission, comprising the President (Mr. Justice ...

    Article : 417 words
  25. CONSPIRATORS SHOT.

    George Gilmore, a member of the Irish Republican Army, whom Mr. de Valera recently released from Dublin Gaol, was shot at Kilrush on Monday, in company with J. Ryan, who ...

    Article : 105 words
  26. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The weather during the past fortnight has been almost ideal for harvesting in Western Canada, but there has been a further decline in the yield prospects, states the Dominion ...

    Article : 180 words
  27. SPANISH GOVERNMENT.

    The Madrid correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says; "The Azana Government is now stronger than ever, but its popularity will be short-lived if its policy is not changed. ...

    Article : 195 words
  28. MOTOR BOAT RACE.

    Mr. Kaye Don arrived to-day on the Majestic. He predicted that there was no limit to the speed that could be achieved on water. Mr. Kaye Don will race Lord Wakefleld's ...

    Article : 73 words
  29. BOY'S COURAGE

    Remarkable courage was shown by Thomas King, an 11-year-old newsboy, of 72 Hermit-age-road, West Ryde, after he had been knocked down and severely injured by an ...

    Article : 152 words
  30. COLONEL LINDBERGH.

    A report from Englewood (New Jersey) says that a son was born to Coloneland Mrs. Lindberth this morning, at the home of Mrs Dwight Morrow, the mother of Mrs. Lindberth ...

    Article : 92 words
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