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  2. UGLY SCENES.

    Another attempt has been made to wreck a train carrying shearers in the Emerald district. Dog spikes were removed from the railway ...

    Article : 637 words
  3. MR. MARR VICTORIOUS.

    The Labour party suffered a crushing defeat at the Parkes by-election on Saturday. Mr. C. W. C. Marr, a former Minister in the Bruce-Page Government, regained the seat with a majority of 8833 over the Labour candidate, ...

    Article : 367 words
  4. RAILWAYMEN.

    A mass meeting of the members of the Australian Railways' Union last night decided in favour of a general strike as a protest against the 10 per cent. reduction in ...

    Article : 333 words
  5. SCHNEIDER CUP.

    Lady Houston, widow of the millionaire shipowner, who on Friday offered £100,000 to cover the cost of a British entry for the Schneider Trophy race, has sent a message ...

    Article : 412 words
  6. THE FEDERAL SITUATION.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) has not yet taken any steps to reallot the portfolios rendered vacant by the resignation of Messrs. Fenton and Lyons, or to have the two vacancies filled. Mr. Scullin announced yesterday that he had received Mr. Fenton's ...

    Article : 174 words
  7. AVALANCHE.

    A message from Bern (Switzerland) states that three Englishwomen and a Swiss guide were hurled to destruction by an avalanche, which swept down on ...

    Article : 365 words
  8. MR. FENTON'S POSITION.

    Mr. Fenton's resignation from the Ministry reached Mr. Scullin by telegram yesterday morning, before the meeting of the Cabinet, which Mr. Theodore attended Mr. Scullin ...

    Article : 1,599 words
  9. £25,000 DAMAGE.

    Damage, estimated at £25,000, was caused by a fire which destroyed the three-storied warehouse of Messrs. J. and T. Gunn, timber merchants and contractors, Brisbane-street, ...

    Article : 161 words
  10. ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

    Sir Hubert Wilkins announced that Mr. Lincoln Ellsworth, the millionaire who was with the Norge Polar flight in 1926, had become associated with him in organising ...

    Article : 182 words
  11. ATTACK ON MUSSOLINI.

    Development followed immediately upon the order to Major-General Butler to place himself under arrest for his alleged attacks on Signor Mussolini. ...

    Article : 217 words
  12. CENTRAL AUSTRALIA.

    Captain W. L. Pittendrigh and Mr. S. J. Hamre, the aviator and the mining expert who were employed by the Australian Gold Exploration Co., and who were lost in Central ...

    Article : 377 words
  13. SWING FROM LABOUR.

    A comparison of votes polled in the Parkes electorate in recent years shows very strikingly that on Saturday, the Labour vote reverted to its total in 1928, despite a big increase in the ...

    Article : 106 words
  14. DARWIN COMMUNISTS.

    Residents of Darwin have openly declared that if the Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Blakeley) interferes in the action against Communists, who were arrested during the ...

    Article : 279 words
  15. COTTON INDUSTRY.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald), speaking at Watford, where he opened a new trade union hall this evening, said that he had been engaged throughout the ...

    Article : 109 words
  16. STATE LABOUR LEADERS

    The agitation for a complete reconstruction of the Federal Cabinet will be revived by the New South Wales Labour movement, following the loss of the Parkes seat. State Labour ...

    Article : 627 words
  17. MINE EXPLOSION.

    Rescuers at the Haig Pit colliery, where an explosion occurred, declare that many of the bodies were so blackened that they were almost indistinguishable from the ground. The ...

    Article : 153 words
  18. SUBDIVISIONAL RETURNS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 55 words
  19. INDIA'S FUTURE.

    Following informal talks, Congress leaders held their first meeting in secret at Allahabad yesterday evening. No statement was issued, but it is understood that although the ...

    Article : 252 words
  20. STARTLING FIGURES.

    A Nationalist victory was indicated from the commencement of the count Thirty-five minutes after the polling booths closed the divisional returning officer (Mr. Grainger) ...

    Article : 821 words
  21. MR. MARR'S VIEWS.

    "The people have expressed their disappointment with Mr. Scullin as much as anything" said Mr. Marr. "When he returned from the Imperial Conference there was no ...

    Article : 158 words
  22. CANADA'S UNEMPLOYED.

    Official figures gathered from trade unions and other labour organisations indicate that 300,000 are now unemployed in Canada. While this is an increase of 100,000 since August, it ...

    Article : 68 words
  23. RATE OF EXCHANGE.

    Illustrating the severe drain of the increased rate of exchange on the finances of the State, the Premier (Sir James Mitchell) said that it had just been necessary for the ...

    Article : 61 words
  24. JAPANESE FREIGHTERS.

    As a preliminary to a demonstration on Monday against the subsidised Japanese motor freighter Brisbane Maru entering the intercolonial trade in competition with British ...

    Article : 230 words
  25. HINKLER'S LOSS.

    Mr. Bert Hinkler, the famous Australian aviator, who is touring the United States, today reported to Detroit police that medals, souvenirs, and Jewellery valued at £5000 had ...

    Article : 88 words
  26. PASSENGER SURCHARGE.

    Following a conference at the week-end, the Oceanic Steamship Company (Matson Line) and the Union Steamship Co. of New Zealand, Ltd. (Union Royal Mail line and ...

    Article : 177 words
  27. "BRINK OF DISASTER."

    "The impressive victory of Major Marr is very significant," said Mr. Latham, leader of the Federal Opposition, last night. "The Labour party deliberately brought ...

    Article : 395 words
  28. NEW TYPE OF GUN.

    Vickers-Armstrong, Ltd., have perfected an anti-aircraft gun of new pattern. It has a calibre of 75 m.m., and fires shells of between 14 and 15 pounds at a rate of 25 rounds a ...

    Article : 118 words
  29. "SAVE INDIA" CAMPAIGN.

    Mr. Winston Churchill opened his "Save India" campaign with a speech at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, on the same lines as his speech in the House of Commons. He ...

    Article : 116 words
  30. ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN.

    A steel bar was placed across the railway lines at Katoomba on Saturday, and four signal lamps were moved, in an attempt to wreck the mail train from Mudgee. ...

    Article : 104 words
  31. PROTEST FROM THE PULPIT.

    In his sermon at the Ashfield Presbyterian Church yesterday the Rev. R. J. H. McGowan said that the reappointment of Mr. Theodore as Federal Treasurer was to be deeply ...

    Article : 136 words
  32. BRITISH GOVERNMENT.

    In a speech at Watford last night, the Prime Minister (Mr. MacDonald) declared that the Government would not go out of office until it was defeated on what amounted to a vote ...

    Article : 106 words
  33. DEATH FROM SHOCK.

    Frederick Larkin, 25, of Tennyson-street, Parramatta, a powerful swimmer, got into difficulties while in the river at Parramatta Park yesterday. ...

    Article : 97 words
  34. PRINCESS BEATRICE.

    A bulletin issued from Kensington Palace this morning, stated: "Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice had a comfortable night, and there has been a further gain in ...

    Article : 74 words
  35. ENGINE-ROOM TROUBLE.

    Trouble in the engine-room delayed the steamer Canadian Britisher, of the Canadian National Steamships Line, for more than an hour outside the Heads yesterday afternoon. ...

    Article : 70 words
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