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  2. TERRIBLE CALAMITY IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Hawkes Bay Province, in New Zealand, has been the scene of an appalling disaster—so terrible that its extent can only be estimated. Severe earthquakes began yesterday morning and the City of Napier and the neighbouring town of Hastings were soon in flames. ...

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  3. ARBITRATION BILL.

    Further consideration was given by the State Cabinet yesterday to the State Arbitration Amendment Bill. It was decided that a clause should be ...

    Article : 263 words
  4. COST OF LIVING.

    According to figures Issued by the Commonwealth Statistician, the average decrease in the cost of food and groceries In December last, compared with December, 1929, ...

    Article : 251 words
  5. STOWAWAYS.

    The steamer Treherbert's nine stowaways were charged at Swansea this morning, and pleaded guilty. Counsel for the owners said that he ...

    Article : 333 words
  6. DOLE IN BRITAIN.

    The "Dally Telegraph" says: The Government this month will be compelled to ask Patliament to sanction another £ 10,000,000 for purposes of unemployment relief, making the ...

    Article : 168 words
  7. STARVATION.

    "A thousand persons a day are dying of starvation in the United States," Senator Caraway, Democrat, of Arkansas, asserted In an address to the ...

    Article : 370 words
  8. AUSTRALIAN FINANCE.

    The "Morning Post's" City editor writes: The present interest in Australia is shown by the anxiety with which the Parkes byelection was awaited. The result caused ...

    Article : 214 words
  9. UNREST AT DARWIN.

    With Darwin still in a state of unrest, following the recent riots, In which two constables were badly Injured, and a number of men were arrested, the Federal Government ...

    Article : 346 words
  10. EXTREMISTS' PLANS.

    If the plans of the Left Wing section of the Federal Parliamentary Labour party materialise, Tasmania will be left without representation in the Federal Ministry. ...

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  11. CINEMA 'PLANE.

    Luck and skill combined to avert disaster when an Avro biplane, piloted by Richard Bush, of Merton Park, who was accompanied by Stanley Rodwell, of Welwyn, a ...

    Article : 259 words
  12. DREADFUL SCENES.

    Mr. W. Hewitt, of Wellington, who reached Palmerston North from Napier, informed a representative of the "Manawatu Daily Times" that the first ...

    Article : 548 words
  13. FLAMES STILL RAGING

    A disaster without parallel In the history of the Dominion has occurred in Hawkes Bay, where, following earthquakes and fire, Napier and Hastings ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. TRANSATLANTIC AIR MAIL.

    The Assistant Postmaster-General (Mr. Glover), who Is in charge of the air mall, discussing the establishment of a trans-Atlantic air mall, via the southern route from Europe ...

    Article : 180 words
  15. ELECTORAL REFORM.

    In the House of Commons to-day the Home Secretary (Mr. Clynes) moved the second reading of the Representation of the People Bill, which introduces the alternative vote and ...

    Article : 325 words
  16. COAL CONTRACTS.

    A motion to rescind a resolution passed by the City Council in December appointing a committee to investigate the coal contracts for Bunnerong power-house, was responsible ...

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  17. BILLIARDS.

    Thurston's Hall was crowded out for the final of the Empire billiards championship match between Lindrum and Newman. Throughout the season Lindrum has shown ...

    Article : 126 words
  18. NATIVES REBEL.

    News comes from Rio de Janeiro that Brazil's dream of the conquest of the Amazon Jungles through the efficient exploitation of Its rubber resources by Mr. Henry Ford, appears ...

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  19. INDIAN SITUATION.

    Answering questions in the House of Commons, the Secretary for India (Mr. Wedgwood Benn) said that it was too soon to appraise the effects In India of the Round-table ...

    Article : 177 words
  20. MURDER OF GIRL.

    The coroner's searching questions at the resumed Inquiry into the death of Miss Evelyn Foster failed to bring the mystery nearer solution. The girl's mother gave evidence that ...

    Article : 117 words
  21. HASTINGS.

    This afternoon there was no outlet from Hastings north or south. The Post Office tower was down. Gill's auction room had collapsed, killing the ...

    Article : 246 words
  22. MOTOR SPEED TEST.

    At Daytona Beach, Captain Malcolm Campbell on Monday attained an unofficial speed of approximately 240 miles an hour in a practice run. Though he exceeded the late Sir ...

    Article : 103 words
  23. BANKING FIGURES.

    An indication of the burden imposed by Government finance on the resources of the banl s is afforded in a compilation of the aggregates of abstracts of liabilities and assets ...

    Article : 209 words
  24. AIR FORCE EXAMINATIONS.

    Australians were prominent in the Air Force examinations. Flying Officers R C Jordan, C. K. Tulloch, and I. M. Cameron wers fourth seventeenth, and nineteenth respectively in ...

    Article : 107 words
  25. FIERCE VILLAGE RIOT.

    Pierce rioting occurred in Bewal, a Hindu and Sikh village, 40 miles from Rawalpindi, this, morning, as a result of a Moslem school tendier cooking cow flesh, which is sacred to ...

    Article : 104 words
  26. SYDNEY WOMAN MISSING.

    The correspondent of the Australian Press Association in Paris says that Madame Myra Filhol (formerly Miss Myra Richardson, of Sydney), who mauled the captain of the liner ...

    Article : 112 words
  27. SEAPLANE WRECKED.

    A seaplane in which three young men were riding overturned and became a complete wreck off Dobroyd Point last evening. Throughout the afternoon the seaplane ...

    Article : 305 words
  28. BROADCASTS FROM BRITAIN.

    Though the British Broadcisting Corporation's scheme of dominion broadcasts is virtually a dead letter, It his communicated with the colonies Including Fiji, Samoa, and ...

    Article : 82 words
  29. INDIAN MURDERER

    Dinesh Gupta, a young Bengali, was sentenced to denth by a special tribunal his afternoon for the murder of LieutenantColonel N. S. Simpson, Inspector-General of ...

    Article : 107 words
  30. INTEREST BILL.

    It was stated in Ministerial circles yesterday that In consequence of the Increase In the rate of exchange overseas the States Interest bill on loans due in England has been ...

    Article : 63 words
  31. JUDICIAL ERROR.

    A report from Berlin says that a terrible Judicial error has Just been revealed. A Saxony youth, named Theermann, was convicted on circumstantial evidence of having ...

    Article : 97 words
  32. SOVIET'S BAN.

    The "Daily Express" publishes a despatch from Berlin stating that Mr. C. J. Ketchum, Its special correspondent, who recently visited Russia, has been notified that he will never ...

    Article : 90 words
  33. MR. THEODORE.

    At a meeting of the Council of Churches esterday the following motion which will be forwarded to the Prime Minister (Mr Scullin), was carried: ...

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  34. A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

    Personal experiences in the earthquake at Napier, including a thrilling escape from a rocking dwelling, were related by a wireless amateur in a ...

    Article : 315 words
  35. PRINCESS BEATRICE.

    The following bulletin was issued to-day from Kensington Palace:—Although the slight setback recorded last evening was followed by a somewhat disturbed night, ...

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  36. PRINCE OF WALES.

    A message fiom Havana (Cuba) states:- "The Prince of Wales and Prince George did not land. They only appeared on deck to wave 'good-bye' to about 2000 persons, when ...

    Article : 66 words
  37. DEATHS AT GISBORNE.

    A message from Gisborne received just before midnight stated that dozens of buildings had been wrecked at Gisborne. As far as could be ...

    Article : 32 words
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