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  2. FLOOD MENACE CENTRAL COAST.

    Heavy coastal rains have aggravated the flood position in the Hunter Valley, and also on the Manning, Myall, and Hastings rivers. The Hunter River has risen rapidly, and ...

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  3. BASIC WAGE.

    In accordance with the cost of living figures for the quarter ended March 31, there will be a further adjustment of the basic wage under awards of the Federal Arbitration ...

    Article : 227 words
  4. LAND BILL AMENDED BY THE LORDS.

    The House of Lords to-night rejected by a large majority the first two clauses in the Government's Agricultural Land Utilisation Bill, which ...

    Article : 316 words
  5. SAVINGS BANK INQUIRY BEGINS.

    Officials of the Commonwealth Bank yesterday began their investigations into the affairs of the Government Savings Bank in order that the proposed legislation dealing ...

    Article : 577 words
  6. LOAN COUNCIL.

    A meeting of the Federal Loan Council was opened at the Commonwealth Offices to-day. Each State was represented with the exception of New South Wales, the Premier ...

    Article : 890 words
  7. MUTINY

    Following rumours of impending trouble in the fleet at Cartagena, it is learned that the crews of the Spanish cruiser Miguel de Cervantes and two destroyers in Cadiz Harbour ...

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  8. PROPOSED UNITED FRONT. State Anti-Socialist Forces.

    Efforts are being made in Sydney to bring about unity of action among the various State political parties opposed to the extremist forces in the community. A similar effort was made last week to co-ordinate the anti-extremist ...

    Article : 212 words
  9. LEEWARD ISLANDS.

    The Colonial Sescretary (Lord Passfield), with the concurrence of the Treasury, has appointed Sir Sydney Armitage-Smith, SecretaryGeneral of the Reparation Commission, to ...

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  10. HIDDEN ASSETS

    "Ever since I first practised in the Bankruptcy Court I have heard that story told," declared Mr. Justice Owen in the Divorce Court yesterday, commenting on a statement ...

    Article : 659 words
  11. THE DELEGATES.

    Yesterday's conference in Sydney was attended by representatives of the Federal and State National parties, the Country party, the All for Australia League, the National Union, ...

    Article : 427 words
  12. SOUTH AFRICA

    The absence of a reply from the Australian Cricket Control Board regarding a guarantee against adverse exchange rates is accepted as evidence that Australia is not prepared to ...

    Article : 112 words
  13. HUNTER VALLEY.

    Heavy rain on the watershed of the Hunter River yesterday, was responsible for a rapid rise in the river last night. It reached a height of 27 feet in West Maitland, and ...

    Article : 863 words
  14. AUSTRALIAN AIR MAIL.

    Replying in the House of Commons to Lieutenant-Commander Kenworthys inquiry why seaplanes were not used in test flights on the Singapore to Darwin section of the Australian ...

    Article : 123 words
  15. SIR IAN HAMILTON

    At sunset (5.22 p.m.) to-day, the wreath which has been sent from London by General Sir Ian Hamilton will be placed on the Cenotaph by Mr. A. N. O. Barber, when the ...

    Article : 174 words
  16. CITY COUNCIL

    Many dismissals from the City Council's service will probably take place if the economy scheme decided upon by the Reform aldermen is carried into effect. ...

    Article : 364 words
  17. BRITISH FILMS.

    The Senior British Trade Commissioner in Australia (Mr. R. W. Dalton), in a report to the Oversea Trade Department, declares that the chief obstacle to the British film industry ...

    Article : 150 words
  18. FLIGHT TO ROME.

    Captain Frank Hawks, who set out from Heston aerodrome early to-day to fly to Rome and back in one day, arrived at Rome about noon, having travelled at an average speed of ...

    Article : 93 words
  19. MR. LANG'S RESPONSIBILITY

    On March 3 last the Federal Treasurer (Mr. Theodore) issued a statement from Canberra condemning Mr. Lang's repudiation plan, in which he said:— ...

    Article : 163 words
  20. ELECTORAL REFORM.

    The House of Commons to-day resumed consideration of the Electoral Reform Bill, which has not been before the House since the defeat of the Government before the recess on the ...

    Article : 113 words
  21. DEATH SENTENCE.

    Peter Kuerten, the Dusseldorf "Jack the Ripper," was sentenced to death for each of the nine murders with which he was charged, and to 15 years' imprisonment on four charges ...

    Article : 123 words
  22. RURAL BANK CUSTOMERS.

    It has been suggested that in order that customers with credit accounts in the Rural Bank department of the Government Savings Bank should not be unduly inconvenienced by ...

    Article : 197 words
  23. EARTHQUAKE

    Yesterday's earthquake in Hawkes Bay was extremely severe in the township of Patoka, and Puketitirl and Rissington on either side were both alarmingly shaken. ...

    Article : 104 words
  24. AUSTRALIA'S PROBLEMS.

    Drawing facts from the new issue of the Commonwealth Year Book, the "Financial News" stresses the fact that six cities hold 49 per cent of the population, and asks how ...

    Article : 127 words
  25. SIR R. McMILLAN

    The Chief Justice, Sir Robert Furae McMillan, died in dramatic circumstances this afternoon, while attending the opening of St. George's College at the University of Western ...

    Article : 290 words
  26. SOUTHERN CROSS

    Air-Commodore Kingsford Smith reached Darwin in the Southern Cross at 2.40 o'clock this afternoon. The 'plane will set out at daybreak ...

    Article : 188 words
  27. THE SCHOOLS

    Consequent upon the proposed absorption by the Commonwealth Government Bank of the New South Wales Government Savings Bank, the suspension of operations in the ...

    Article : 65 words
  28. HEAVY MOTOR OIL

    According to a message from Berlin, an important stage in the evolution of air transport was reached when "Juno," the fourth aeroplane driven by heavy motor oil, was tried ...

    Article : 90 words
  29. "REPERCUSSION FROM LANG PLAN."

    New South Wales Federal members of the Labour party, who are supporters of the Federal Ministry, in a statement to-day, said:— "Those leagues and unions which hastily ...

    Article : 164 words
  30. WEDDING CEREMONY.

    A wedding ceremony was stopped dramatically in the Methodist Church at Ballarat yesterday. Mr. J. Young, who was best man to his ...

    Article : 238 words
  31. AIR LINER CRASHES.

    The triple-engined 20-seater Imperial Airways liner City of Edinburgh crashed at Croydon aerodrome, caught fire, and was destroyed. The pilot, Captain Mail, was undergoing tests, ...

    Article : 64 words
  32. SOUTH AFRICA'S BUDGET.

    Replying to the Budget debate in the House of Assembly, the Minister for Finance (Mr. Havenga) stated that the final figures were £200,000 better than he had expected, leaving ...

    Article : 86 words
  33. MAN KILLED.

    A collision between a motor car and a cart in Lane Cove-road, Artarmon, last night resulted in the death of Charles Edward Berwick, aged 43, of 79 Addison-road, Crow's Nest. ...

    Article : 108 words
  34. BRITISH AIR MAIL

    The London air mail closes at the G.P.O. at 7 a.m., and an hour later an Australian National Airways 'plane will leave Mascot for Brisbane. From Brisbane to Darwin the mail ...

    Article : 221 words
  35. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Princess Mary (Countess of Harewood), at the annual meeting of the Girl Guides' Association, in London, announced that there were now 560,000 guides in the British Isles—an ...

    Article : 270 words
  36. EFFECT ON NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

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  37. CROWN PROSECUTOR.

    The Executive Council decided to-day that the appointment of the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. F W O'Rourke), who caused a sensation at the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court on ...

    Article : 137 words
  38. SUEZ CANAL.

    A deputation, representing British shipping and commercial interests, interviewed Lord Inchcape, one of the British directors of the Suez Canal Company, asking that the company ...

    Article : 123 words
  39. MAN WITH £23

    In the Glen Innes Police Court, John Patrick Stack was charged with having obtained by false pretences a food relief order valued at 5/7 from Sergeant Crozier. It was stated ...

    Article : 124 words
  40. NOTES FOR GOLD.

    Six young Yugoslavs, who are returning to their own country, were robbed of £140 yesterday by confidence men, one of whom offered to change their Australian notes into gold. ...

    Article : 122 words
  41. GIFT OF £350 TRACTOR

    Mr. R. G. Purchase, retired road contractor, has presented a tractor, valued at £350 to the Katoomba Municipal Council. Mr. Purchase said he desired to assist the ...

    Article : 93 words
  42. CHILD ENDOWMENT.

    It was announced, on behalf of the State Treasury yesterday, that satisfactory arrangements had been made with the trading banks for the negotiation of cheques made ...

    Article : 45 words
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