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  2. BUDGET SPEECH. Grave Position of Finances.

    The Premier (Mr. Lang), in delivering his Budget speech in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, said that the estimated deficit for the year 1930-31 was £8,731,800. The deficit is made up as follows:—Railways, £4,290,000; ...

    Article : 221 words
  3. CIVIC EMPLOYEES.

    The notices of dismissals that were served on 113 officers in the electricity department of the City Council will be withdrawn. The notices were to have taken effect from this ...

    Article : 529 words
  4. SHOT DEAD.

    Although Frederick Moffatt, an elderly well-known taxi-cab driver, was shot dead about 8,30 o'clock on Tuesday night whilst sitting in his taxi-cab near the intersection ...

    Article : 760 words
  5. EXTRATERRITORIALITY

    The report of Mr. Justice Feetham, the famous jurist, regarding the status of the international settlement at Shanghai, was issued to-day. The services of Mr. Justice ...

    Article : 237 words
  6. LAND TAX. CRISIS AVERTED.

    The anticipated political crisis, which was due to arrive to-night when the vote was taken in the House of Commons on the Liberals' land tax ...

    Article : 447 words
  7. COMMUNISTS FIGHT POLICE. Riot at Bankstown.

    One of the most serious disturbances ever dealt with by the police in New South Wales occurred at Bankstown yesterday morning, when 40 policemen, in carrying out an eviction order, fought a pitched battle with 16 men defending a barricaded house. ...

    Article : 136 words
  8. HAND-TO-HAND BATTLE.

    When the police approached, and surrounded the house, the occupants, who were mostly Communists, showered them with big pieces of blue metal. To cut their way through the ...

    Article : 1,216 words
  9. AUSTRALIAN STOCKS.

    The recovery of Australian stocks has brought considerable profits to speculators who had the courage to buy them when they were most depressed. ...

    Article : 107 words
  10. THE SPEECH.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 3,488 words
  11. SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR.

    The South African Cricket Board will meet on July 5 to settle the question of the Australian tour. It is anticipated that the board will decide ...

    Article : 93 words
  12. ECONOMY PLAN. Unions Oppose Cuts.

    It is expected that the majority of unions and political Labour executives throughout the Commonwealth will refuse to approve the proposals of the Federal Government for ...

    Article : 254 words
  13. THE KING.

    The King and Queen, accompanied by other members of the Royal Family, received a tremendous ovation to-day when they drove from Windsor Castle to the Ascot racecourse in the ...

    Article : 89 words
  14. CAPONE PLEADS GUILTY.

    The gangster, "Scarface" A[?] Capone, his power apparently crushed by the United States Government, stood in the Federal Court to-day and pleaded guilty to charges of having ...

    Article : 138 words
  15. SCHNEIDER TROPHY.

    The aviation correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says:—Rumours that France and Italy have decided to withdraw from the Schneider Trophy race are without ...

    Article : 128 words
  16. MEMORIES OF 1916.

    Lord Beaverbrook, writing in the "Daily Express" a story from his own diary, of the political crisis of 1916, resulting in the downfall of Mr. Asquith, narrates in the first ...

    Article : 137 words
  17. UNITED CAMPAIGN.

    A conference between 10 delegates of the Manly branch of the Nationalist Association and 10 delegates of the Manly subdivision of the All for Australia League has decided to ...

    Article : 670 words
  18. ENCOUNTER AT BRISBANE.

    Seven men were arrested in a house in St. Paul's Terrace, near the city, to-day, after a fierce encounter with police, who were attempting to execute an eviction order. When ...

    Article : 76 words
  19. CONFERENCE OF BANKERS.

    It was announced to-day that at the request of the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) the chairman of the Commonwealth Bank Board (Sir Robert Gibson) had called a conference of ...

    Article : 82 words
  20. CEREMONIAL MACE.

    Mr. Omar Ramsden, the artist, who is an expert in the art of the English ceremonial goldsmith, has completed a magnificent mace which Lord Moynihan (president of the Royal ...

    Article : 172 words
  21. FEDERAL GRANT

    In its reports presented to the House of Representatives to-day, the Public Accounts Committee recommended that the State of South Australia had a reasonable claim for a ...

    Article : 320 words
  22. BRAVE PATROLMAN

    Mr. W. Mitchell, patrolman at Curumbin Beach, demonstrated courage and ability when, in a fierce battle against wind and tide and without the aid of a lifebelt, he saved two ...

    Article : 221 words
  23. ALTERNATIVE VOTING.

    In the House of Lords to-day the Representation of the People Bill passed its second reading by 50 votes to 14. The measure provides for a method of alternative voting at ...

    Article : 143 words
  24. FEDERAL A.LP.

    The action of the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) and the Treasurer (Mr. Theodore) in agreeing to the economy plan decided upon at the conference of Premiers will be the ...

    Article : 396 words
  25. CANADIAN CROPS.

    "The liabilities of the prairie Governments on the 1929 crop guarantees will total 25,000,000 dollars, but the method of repayment to meet indebtedness has not yet been ...

    Article : 92 words
  26. EXPULSION OF PRIMATE.

    The clerical and monarchist Press in Spain is indignant at the expulsion of the Primate, Cardinal Segura. "El Debate" asks whether the Government ...

    Article : 140 words
  27. FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    The National Association Council yesterday endorsed the following candidates for Federal electorates:—Messrs. S.L. Gardner, M.P. (Robertson), C. W. C. Marr, M.P. (Parkes), ...

    Article : 226 words
  28. HELPING GRAIN FARMERS.

    In addition to the plans outlined by Signor Mussolini for immediate measures to help wheatgrowers, the Italian banks, in accord[?]nce with the wishes of the Government, ...

    Article : 73 words
  29. SAINT PHILBERT DISASTER.

    Among the dramatic stories of the Saint Philbert disaster, told by survivors at Saint Nazaire, is that of 30 girl dental students, who, afraid of the weather and the crowded ...

    Article : 176 words
  30. SEVERE INFLUENZA.

    A report received by the Commissioner of Public Health (Dr. Atkinson) from Broome states that the epidemic of severe influenza there is not pneumonic influenza, as was at ...

    Article : 83 words
  31. TOWING THE NAUTILUS.

    A message received by United States battleship Arkansas, en route to Copenhagen, says that the battleship Wyoming is towing Sir [?]bert Wilkins' submarine Nautilus, in a ...

    Article : 100 words
  32. WAGE REDUCTION ACCEPTED

    The Cooks and Stewards' Union, at a meeting to-day, agreed to accept a 10 per cent, reduction in wages, pending an appeal to the Arbitration Court for exemption from the ...

    Article : 67 words
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