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  2. HEAVY RAIN.

    Torrential rain which has fallen over the southern wheat belt has come at an inopportune time, in the opinion of farmers. Not only have some of fhe heaviest crops ...

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  3. NEW LORD MAYOR.

    The Lord Mayor for 1931 will be elected at a special meeting to be held to-day. The Citizens' Reform candidate will be Alderman Jackson. With a Citizens' Reform ...

    Article : 203 words
  4. POLICY BILLS

    The State Government yesterday decided to await developments in the move to abolish the Legislative Council, and not to prepare definite plans for future action. It is expected ...

    Article : 413 words
  5. ARMED ROBBERS

    Two young men entered a mixed shop at the corner of King and Newcomen streets, Newcastle, shortly before 9 o'clock this evening, and threatened the owner (Mr. B. Crook) ...

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  6. BASIC WAGE.

    When the basic wage inquiry was opened in Sydney yesterday before the Federal Arbitration Court, Chief Judge Dethridge intimated that past balance-sheets of companies would ...

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  7. FORCIBLE SPEECH

    At the annual prize-giving of Scots College, at the Presbyterian Assembly Hall, last night the principal (Mr. J. Bee, M.A., B.Sc.) uttered an ...

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  8. DEATH FOG LIFTS.

    Three more deaths have been added to the toll of the disastrous fog which enveloped the Meuse Valley (Belgium). The fog has now vanished. ...

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  9. SOVIET.

    Great excitement marked the close of the trial at Moscow of the eight professors charged with having conspired with persons abroad to bring ...

    Article : 175 words
  10. FEDERAL DEFICIT

    Addressing a meeting in the Soldiers' Memorial Hall, Manly, last night, the deputy leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr. Gullett) said that there would be a Federal deficit ...

    Article : 479 words
  11. SIXTEEN DEAD.

    A message from Paris says that the Italian salvage ship Artiglio, which was employed in searching for sunken wreckage, blew up off Lorlent (France). ...

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  12. CONVERSION LOAN.

    There has seldom been such a large number of members present at the weekly luncheon of the Constitution Association as attended yesterday, to hear the Federal Acting ...

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  13. SCENE IN CHURCH.

    One of the most sensational incidents that has occurred in the noted Cathedral of St. John the Divine was precipitated to-day by ex-Judge Lindsey, of Colorado, the celebrated ...

    Article : 169 words
  14. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    The President of the Board of Trade (Mr. William Graham) expressed the opinion last night that the opening months of the new year would see a slow reduction of ...

    Article : 114 words
  15. MEAT COUPONS.

    The members of the Master Butchers' Association decided at a general meeting last night to send a deputation to the Premier (Mr. Lang) to ask him to facilitate payment of ...

    Article : 287 words
  16. HEAVY LOSSES.

    Although the meat employees' strike lasted only a month, it resulted in a loss of £33,000 in wages to men directly and indirectly involved in the stoppage. ...

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  17. VICTORIAN FLOODS.

    Heavy rain continued to fall throughout Victoria to-day, and reports from many centres indicated extensive damage to wheat crops and property. Stock has been lost, and, in some ...

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  18. TROPICAL SPECIMENS.

    The report of Oxford University's Exploration Club's expedition for investigation of the flora and fauna of tropical forests of British Guiana states that the party secured more ...

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  19. EX-MINISTER SHOT.

    When M. Louis Romichivilli, an ex-Minister of the Soviet Republic of Georgia, was walking to a political meeting in the Place d'Italie, a Russian workman, named Tehanoukvadze, ...

    Article : 117 words
  20. MISS SPOONER'S FLIGHT.

    The Italian Minister for Air (General Italo Balbo), in a telegram to the British Secretary of State for Air (Lord Amulree), giving details of the accident to the 'plane in which ...

    Article : 121 words
  21. LISTENERS' FEES

    The Postmaster-General (Mr. Lyons) yesterday confirmed the report that the sum of £70,000, representing the balance of the Postal Department's share of licence fees ...

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  22. ADDRESS BY MR. PARKHILL.

    Mr. Archdale Parkhill. M.P.. addressing the same meeting, said that the present Federal Government was the weakest and most incapable that had ever occupied the Government ...

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  23. MAIL BAGS ROBBED.

    Thieves broke into the booking office at Kandos railway station some time on Saturday night by smashing a pane of glass. Four mail bags were rifled, and some of the ...

    Article : 67 words
  24. COUNTERFEITING CHARGE.

    Following the decision of the Public Prosecutor in Vienna to suspend proceedings against the millionaire aviator, Charles Levine, who was arrested on a counterfeiting charge, ...

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  25. MR. AND MRS. FORBES.

    The Prime Minister of New Zealand (Mr. Forbes) and Mrs. Forbes spent last night at Ypres, and heard the "Last Post" sounded at Menin Gate. They visited Messines and ...

    Article : 79 words
  26. ITALIAN INFLUX.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin), during his stay in Rome, will probably take up with Signor Mussolini the question of Italian emigration to Australia. ...

    Article : 367 words
  27. SELECTORS' TASK.

    Six of the State's test match cricketers are now en route to Adelaide for the first match between Australia and the West Indies, which will begin on Friday, Consequently the ...

    Article : 505 words
  28. SALVATION ARMY.

    The Salvation Army's youngest recruit is Marion Ruth, who is three months old, and the eleventh grandchild of General Higgins. She joined up to the accompaniment of hymns ...

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  29. ALL AUSTRALIA DAY.

    At the request of the Lord Mayor, representatives of business oiganisations and leading citizens met at the Town Hall yesterday, and decided to support the Commonwealth loan by ...

    Article : 285 words
  30. WAGE RATE.

    Chief Judge Dethridge, in the Arbitration Court yesterday, made a spirited attack on the method of fixing the Australian basic wage. With Mr. Justice Beeby and Mr. Justice ...

    Article : 323 words
  31. MANIFESTO UNSUPPORTED.

    The council of the Independent Labour party, of which Mr. J. Maxton, M.P., is chairman, has disagreed with the manifesto issued by the secretary of the Miners' Federation ...

    Article : 162 words
  32. SACKS OF FLOUR

    Advice has been received by the Acting Minister for Markets (Mr. Forde) from the High Commissioner's Office, London, that sacks containing flour imported into Palestine from ...

    Article : 99 words
  33. BRITISH NAVY.

    The following names have been given to cruisers and destroyers of the 1930 new construction programme:- Cruisers.—Leader class: Neptune, Reunion, ...

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  34. CAMPSIE MURDER.

    The motive for the murderous attack upon William Thompson, 30, of Wanga-street, Campsie, on Saturday night, remains a mystery, and there is no clue to the identity of the ...

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  35. SWEEP TICKETS.

    The police alleged, in a prosecution at the Redfern Police Court yesterday, that one organisation engaged in sweep promoting handled 23,000 tickets weekly. ...

    Article : 170 words
  36. UNITED STATES TRADE.

    The Department of Commerce has announced that the value of United States foreign trade for the first 10 months of 1930 declined by over 2,000,000,000 dollars on both ...

    Article : 171 words
  37. RICH PETROLEUM STRATA.

    Engineers report the discovery in an hither-to unexplored region of Formosa of widely extensive and rich petroleum strata, which, they state, outrival America's fields. ...

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  38. SAFEBREAKERS

    Safe-breakers entered the Tooronga branch of the English, Scottish, and Australian Bank during the week-end, and after boring three holes in the steel door of the strongroom. ...

    Article : 129 words
  39. MUSSOLINI SILENT.

    No reply has yet been received from Signor Mussolini, to whom the Italian migrants who have been refused permission to land from the Royal mail steamer Orford appealed on ...

    Article : 117 words
  40. AFFRAY ON YACHT.

    An American millionaire, Mr. Gibson Falme-stock, was attacked by members of the crew of his yacht, Shenandoah III., in Singapore Harbour after he had intervened in a ...

    Article : 78 words
  41. DECEMBER 27.

    The State Cabinet decided yesterday that Saturday, December 27, should be declared a public holiday. Christmas Day falls on a Thursday. The ...

    Article : 40 words
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