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  2. THE PREMIERS

    Adherence to the principles of the Premiers' plan was to-day affirmed unanimously by the Premiers' Conference. The conference will adjourn to-morrow, and will reassemble in Sydney on Monday or Tuesday next to enable a conference to be held with the ...

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  3. DOMAIN DWELLERS

    Sleeping in the Domain is regarded by the community as one of the tragic misfortunes of social life. This view is apparently not held by many who have taken up permanent ...

    Article : 110 words
  4. BROADCASTING.

    The new Broadcasting Commission will take control of broadcasting in Australia this morning, the contract with the Australian Broadcasting Company, Limited, having ...

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  5. BASIC WAGE.

    The Full Bench of the Industrial Commission yesterday formally opened an inquiry into the standard of living and the living wages for adult males and females in New South ...

    Article : 216 words
  6. WIMBLEDON.

    In the semi-final of the Wimbledon singles championship, H. E. Vines (U.S.A.) defeated J. Crawford (Australia), 6-2, 6-1, 6-3. ...

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  7. IRELAND.

    The Lord President of the Council (Mr. Baldwin) made an important statement in the House of Commons to-day regarding measures to recover ...

    Article : 313 words
  8. LAUSANNE.

    The fear held yesterday that the Lausanne Conference was in danger, as the result of Herr von Papen's insistence on Tuesday that removal of the ...

    Article : 697 words
  9. VICTORIAN REVENUE

    The monthly statement of revenue, issued by the State Treasury to-day, disclosed that at June 30 receipts from all sources were £1,891,653 less than the revenue for 1930-31. ...

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  10. MRS. SAYWELL

    Mrs. Rebecca Saywell, whose head was badly battered early on the morning of April 22, when her husband was murdered at their home In Fairfax-road, Bellevue Hill, is slowly ...

    Article : 173 words
  11. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The State's deficit for the year is £ 1,074,000, compared with an estimated defict of £1,489,000 Revenue exceeded the estimate by £290,000, and the expenditure was reduced ...

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  12. WEDNESDAY'S MATCHES.

    The correspondent of the Australian Press Association at Wimbledon says: Hopman and Mdlle Sigart won two matches to-day, the second taking them to the quarter-finals, in ...

    Article : 384 words
  13. PATRIOTIC LOANS

    Further patriotic gifts and loans, ranging from 2/ to £100, and totalling £106/8/, have been received by the Premier (Mr. Stevens). A cheque for £100 was sent by a Civil ...

    Article : 150 words
  14. THE RESOLUTION.

    Embodying the motions moved on the opening day by Mr. Lyons and the amendment moved yesterday by the Premier of Queensland (Mr. Forgan Smith), the resolution ...

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  15. BRITISH LABOUR.

    With the breaking-off of negotiations between the Labour party and the Independent Labour party and Mr. Maxton's call to Socialists generally to "break with the past," ...

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  16. SHEEP SALES.

    The annual stud sheep sales, which were opened in Sydney at the beginning of the week, and were concluded yesterday, were generally satisfactory, and, on the whole, resulted in a ...

    Article : 307 words
  17. MESSENGERS.

    Three test cases—the first of their kind in the Commonwealth—regarding the delivery of letters in competition with the Post Office, was heard in the Perth Police Court to-day. ...

    Article : 143 words
  18. N.Z. FINANCES.

    The Premier and Acting Minister for Finance (Mr. Forbes) announces that the actual revenue for the financial year ended March 31 last was £22,719,733, and the ...

    Article : 235 words
  19. THE BUDGETS REVIEWED.

    The conference spent the whole of this afternoon and evening closely examining the items of estimated expenditure of every State, in an effort to reduce the total expenditure ...

    Article : 266 words
  20. BANK RATE

    The Bank of England discount rate was reduced to-day from 2½ per cent, to 2 per cent. The last occasion on which the bank rate ...

    Article : 75 words
  21. THE NEW GUARD.

    Mr. Eric Campbell, the leader of the New Guard, speaking at a rally at the Town Hall last night, said that the New Guard was getting too big for one man to control. It ...

    Article : 513 words
  22. U.S. DEMOCRATS.

    The Democratic Convention, by 934 votes to 213, adopted a plank in its platform for the repeal of prohibition. Earlier in the day the platform committee voted to commit the party ...

    Article : 440 words
  23. ALLEGED THEFTS

    Reported robberies from railway trucks at the Auburn goods siding have engaged the attention of the police and raliway detectives for a considerable period, but, in spite of a ...

    Article : 204 words
  24. SUNDAY CINEMAS.

    During a debate on the Sunday Cinemas Bill in the House of Commons a new clause was moved on behalf of the Government, providing that 5 per cent, of the sum ...

    Article : 126 words
  25. MR. FORGAN SMITH.

    The Premier of Queensland (Mr. Forgan Smith) said to-night: "At the conference, I made it clear that I left myself free to give effect to Labour policy in regard to ...

    Article : 258 words
  26. FEDERAL LAND TAX.

    At a meeting called by the Taxpayers' Association of New South Wales, held last night, it was unanimously agreed to request the Tederal Government to abolish the land tax ...

    Article : 403 words
  27. ECONOMIC CONFERENCE.

    The Senate to-day rejected President Hoover's request to appropriate 40,000 dollars to defray the expenses of an American delegation to the International Economic ...

    Article : 158 words
  28. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Big Ben will in a few weeks lose pride of place as Londons largest clock it will be three feet smaller in diameter than the huge timepiece surmounting the Shell-Mex structure ...

    Article : 406 words
  29. WOMAN'S ORDEAL.

    A thief threatened Mrs. Matthews with a revolver in her home in Dulwich Hill on Wednesday night and forced her to stand by while an accomplice ransacked the building. ...

    Article : 160 words
  30. N.S.W. REPRESENTATIVES.

    To relieve the Pn mler of New South Wales (Mr. Stevens) from the strain of the conference, the Assistant Treasurer (Mr. Spooner) conducted the case for New South Wales for a ...

    Article : 68 words
  31. H. R. PEARCE

    Interviewed by a representative of the Australian Press Association, the Australian sculler, H. R. Pearce, announced that he would give up sculling after defending his Olympic title, ...

    Article : 132 words
  32. PUBLIC SERVICE REQUEST.

    A telegram has been sent to the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) by the general secretary of the Public Service Federation (Mr. H. J. Byrne) asking that representatives should be ...

    Article : 72 words
  33. AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

    Promotions in the Royal Australian Navy announced yesterday mark an important advance in the progress of the Australian service. They included tile names of two officers who ...

    Article : 180 words
  34. PAK-A-PU SWEEP.

    Constable Crommelin of West Maitland, won £20/18/ for /6 while conducting a pak-a-pu ivestigation in Newcastle West this week. Tickets which he bought on Friday and ...

    Article : 156 words
  35. BUSHWORKER KILLED.

    The body of William Simpson, 50, was found by his mates at 8.30 p.m. last night. He had been killed by a falling limb in a forest 12 miles fiom Glenreagh. ...

    Article : 147 words
  36. BOY ARRESTED.

    Early this week the licensee of a Sydney hotel reported to the police the theft of £100 from a safe on the piemlses While Sydney detectives were investigating the ...

    Article : 101 words
  37. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.

    The financial editor of the "Morning Post" says that, as a result of the decision to open the Stock Exchange on Saturday, the market jumped to the conclusion that a conversion ...

    Article : 108 words
  38. TREASURY BILLS.

    It was officially announced to-night that of £4,500,000 worth of Treasury bills, maturing with the Westminster Bank, London, to-day, £4,250,000 worth had been renewed for a ...

    Article : 69 words
  39. UNITED STATES FINANCE.

    The United States will embark upon the new financial year with additional revenueproducing machinery and an auxiliary economy programme which promises to ...

    Article : 113 words
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