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  2. CURRENCY.

    Only if the Government is able to survive' the threatened censure motion in the House of Representatives and secure the passage through that Chamber and through the Senate ...

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  3. LANG F0LLOWERS.

    There is a general opinion in Labour circles that Mr. Scullin will soon be forced to go to the country, and a vigorous scramble has been going on at the Trades Hall for ...

    Article : 376 words
  4. FIFTH TEST.

    The West Indies players took full advantage of the conditions in which they began the fifth test match on the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday. They batted first on a good ...

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  5. HURRICANE

    During the hurricane which caused such havoc on the eastern side of VitiLevu, 85 Fijians and Indians were killed, and 23 are missing. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 298 words
  6. WAGE REDUCTIONS.

    The full court of the Arbitration Court dealt to-day with more applications for reductions by 10 per cent. in award rates in various industries. ...

    Article : 476 words
  7. BRITAIN.

    Seven ex-Governors-General and Governors of Australia were in the House of Lords to-night when Lord Denman inquired if the Government ...

    Article : 478 words
  8. AUSTRALIAN CRISIS.

    Viscount Rothermere, proprietor of the "Daily Mail," in a statement regarding British Press comment on the Australian crisis, says: "A mischievous statement purporting to be ...

    Article : 955 words
  9. BRITAIN'S FLEET.

    Arguments, the adoption of which would result in the scrapping of the whole fleet, are advanced forcibly in a book entitled "Navies of To-day and To-morrow," by Captain ...

    Article : 526 words
  10. BASIC WAGE.

    The State Labour caucus yesterday approved the Cabinet proposal that the basic wage should be fixed on the standard for husband and wife, and that it should be supplemented ...

    Article : 57 words
  11. A.L.P. CENSURE.

    Following criticism of the political attitude adopted by Messrs. Lyons and Guy, Ms.P., the Tasmanian branch of the A.L.P. endorsed the resolution of the Federal executive, which ...

    Article : 335 words
  12. NAVAL NEGOTIATIONS.

    The naval negotiations were continued to-day in Rome. In the light of the Paris conversations, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Henderson) and the First Lord of the ...

    Article : 113 words
  13. CANADIAN FARMERS.

    The Saskatchewan section of the United Farmers of Canada, with a membership of more than 26,000, has decided to enter politics. It will seek the backing of all citizens in ...

    Article : 131 words
  14. HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    Replying for the Prime Minister (Mr. MacDonald) to a question in the House of Commons on Malta, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Snowden) stated that all ...

    Article : 242 words
  15. MR. SCULLIN

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) does not intend to speak in the East Sydney campaign. Upon his return to Canberra from Melbourne this morning, Mr. Scullin said that he ...

    Article : 83 words
  16. MEMBER SUSPENDED.

    A scene arose in the House of Commons over the 10 per cent, cut in Civil servants' cost of living bonus, resulting in the suspension of Mr. W. J. Brown (Lab.), who, in ...

    Article : 245 words
  17. VETERANS' LOAN BILL.

    President Hoover to-day vetoed the Veterans' Loan Bill, returning the bill to Congress with a spirited message in which he pronounced it "unwise from the standpoint of the war ...

    Article : 210 words
  18. FILM BANNED.

    A British International film, "Compromising Daphne," has been banned by the Commonwealth Appeal Board. It was originally objected to by the State Censor, and on the ...

    Article : 254 words
  19. DUTCH MAIL 'PLANE

    A Royal Dutch air mail service Fokker acroplane will leave Batavia, in the Dutch East Indies, on May 12 on an experimental flight to Sydney and Melbourne by way of Wyndham ...

    Article : 150 words
  20. RIGHT TO STRIKE.

    The House of Commons standing committee on the Trade Disputes Bill took a division to-night on a Liberal amendment to the first clause, which seeks to define an illegal strike. ...

    Article : 512 words
  21. WILL LEAD TO UNTOLD EVILS.

    Bankers and other financial authorities to-day condemned, in strong terms, the proposal of the Federal Treasurer (Mr. Theodore) in favour of a new fiduciary issue of £18,000,000. ...

    Article : 335 words
  22. BADEN-POWELL.

    Lord and Lady Baden-powell have arrived at Wellington. They are the guests of the Governor-General (Lord Bledisloe) and Lady Bledisloe. ...

    Article : 66 words
  23. AUSTRALIA'S FINANCE.

    The "Financial News," under the heading, "A Fatal Mistake," says: The economic situation in Australia seems rapidly to be moving towards a political crisis. No doubt the ...

    Article : 376 words
  24. SOVIET AND CANADA.

    A message from Ottawa states that there is antagonism to the proposal of Colonel H. J. Mackie, acting on behalf of the Soviet, to arrange for the sale of 10,000,000 dollars ...

    Article : 265 words
  25. DEATH OF STUDENT.

    A remarkable situation has arisen in relation to the mystery surrounding the death of the Cambridge University student, Francis Ellis, who was found dead in his room, bound ...

    Article : 212 words
  26. GENERAL STRIKE

    A conference of Newcastle trade unions convened by the Trades Hall Council, will, on March 4, consider the advisability of a general strike of unionists throughout ...

    Article : 97 words
  27. HOUSE GUARDED

    Several hundred people surged into Chapel-street, East Sydney, yesterday morning. The narrow, dingy street was choked with them. They all seemed animated with a single ...

    Article : 360 words
  28. HOME MORTGAGED

    Addressing the Mining Court, Mr. William Robert Preece, a director of the Big Spur Colliery, Ltd, declared that he had mortgaged his home to supply the men with ...

    Article : 208 words
  29. "SENATE WILL ACCEPT."

    The Federal Treasurer (Mr. Theodore) expressed the belief yesterday that the Federal Parliament would readily accept the proposal for a fiduciary note issue of £18,000,000. ...

    Article : 206 words
  30. SEVEN YEARS' GAOL.

    At the Criminal Court to-day Josef Thur, 34, a Czecho-lovakinn, who was found guilty of manslaughter, was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment by Mr. Justice Mann. ...

    Article : 79 words
  31. AMERICAN GANGSTER.

    The nation-wide interest in the trial of the gangster, Al Capone, was further intensified to-day, when Robert Randolph, the millionaire president of the Chicago Association of ...

    Article : 142 words
  32. SALE OF SPELTER WORKS.

    The English Crown Spelter Co. at Swansea founded in 1884, has signed a provisional contract for the sale of its works to Austral Development, Ltd., a British company, for ...

    Article : 116 words
  33. PRINCE OF WALES.

    The Prince of Wales became a visiting business man at Valparaiso to-day. He devoted more than five hours to meeting and conferring with outstanding business men and ...

    Article : 93 words
  34. BOY STOWAWAY

    The R.M.S. Orontea brought to Hobart to-day a youthful stowaway, Robert Hills, of Sydney, who at the early age of 10 years decided to forsake home and parents and set ...

    Article : 76 words
  35. TRAM CONDUCTOR

    Three young men travelling on a city-bound tram in Botany-road, Alexandria, when asked for their fares last night, sprang from the vehicle and decamped after a beer bottle had ...

    Article : 73 words
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