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  2. ARMED ROBBERY

    A hairdresser's shop in Crown-street, Eas[?] Sydney, was the scene of a da[?]ing robbery yesterday afternoon. After robbing a customer, and ri[?]ing the till of the shop, three ...

    Article : 303 words
  3. BAN ON RATIONING.

    The Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Baddeley) will receive a deputation on Monday from the Retail Traders' Association, which will make strong representations against ...

    Article : 195 words
  4. AUSTRALIAN CAR

    A motor car, specially designed and constructed by a Sydney engineer with the cooperation of the Commonwealth and Imperial Governments and of a number of firms, for ...

    Article : 456 words
  5. FINANCE.

    The manifesto of the trading banks, published yesterday, emphasised the danger with which industry was threatened by a continuance of the drain on the banks' resources ...

    Article : 277 words
  6. SHEEPSKINS DUTY.

    Evidence of the serious results of the imposition of an export duty of 0½d a lb on sheepskins was contained in a telegram received from Sydney by a Melbourne trader. The ...

    Article : 407 words
  7. ITALIAN'S MURDER.

    Information of a rather startling character was submitted by the police yesterday to the City Coroner during an inquiry into the death of Dominico Belle, an Italian fisherman, whose ...

    Article : 704 words
  8. BRITAIN.

    Important political moves designed by the Government to retain office for another two years or to face an earlier general [?]election with good battle cries, ...

    Article : 667 words
  9. DYESTUFFS ACT.

    The House of Lords yesterday afternoon insisted on its amendment to the Expiring Laws Continuance Bill, by which the Dyestuffs Act would be continued for another 12 ...

    Article : 248 words
  10. SUGAR EMBARGO

    Subject to the report of the committee taking evidence throughout Australia on the question of continuing the sugar embargo, Federal Ministers, it is announced, do not ...

    Article : 137 words
  11. TRANSPORT TRUST.

    The Metropolitan Transport Trust, at its meeting yesterday, decided that the parlour coach service from Ryde to Sydney should be discontinued, but that it would consider ...

    Article : 300 words
  12. LORD BADEN POWELL.

    The Sydney Labour Council's opposition to the visit of Lord Baden Powell on the ground that it is a "militaristic" mission will not interfere with the Chief Scout's plans. ...

    Article : 81 words
  13. HUGE AIR LINER.

    The first of a fleet of eight 38-passenger biplanes, built by the Handley-Page Company for Imperial Airways, successfully underwent flight trials at an aerodrome near London ...

    Article : 426 words
  14. "MURDER MYSTERY."

    The Papuan natives' interpretation of the "murder mystery" of modern fiction is amusingly described in a report by the Lieutenant-Governor of the Mandated Territory (Sir ...

    Article : 387 words
  15. FINNISH PLOT.

    A message from Helsingfors states that General Wallenius, chief of the General Staff, and Colonel Kuusaari, director of the Mobilisation Department, who were concerned in ...

    Article : 69 words
  16. SALES DISORGANISED IN SYDNEY.

    Mr. J. H. Garrett, of Wlnchcombo, Carson, Ltd., said last night that, in his opinion, the French Government would almost certainly take some relatlatory action, unless the ...

    Article : 127 words
  17. MANY SHOPPERS

    The sight of the enormous crowds of shoppers in the city streets yesterday, following so closely upon the success of the conversion loan, was enough to stir optimism in any ...

    Article : 408 words
  18. MURDER AND SUICIDE

    At Umtali (Rhodesia), Roy Magoon, an American dentist and big game hunter, murdered his wife and committed suicide after they had been married a month. Quarrels ...

    Article : 103 words
  19. STATE SESSION.

    The Premier and Treasurer (Mr. Lang) has not yet completed his financial schemes for raising additional revenue. Those taxation measures already brought down and passed ...

    Article : 202 words
  20. BASIC WAGE CASE.

    Union officials to-day conferred with the Acting Federal Attorney-General (Senator Daly) regarding the basic wage case now before the Commonwealth Arbitration Court. ...

    Article : 306 words
  21. U.S.A. MIGRATION.

    The Secretary of State (Mr. Stimson) to-day suggested a cut in immigration of 30 per cent., based on the existing national origins method of selection, as an alternative ...

    Article : 55 words
  22. DISABILITIES

    The Federal Public Accounts' Committee opened an inquiry in Adelaide to-day regarding the disabilities suffered by South Australia as a result of Federation. ...

    Article : 683 words
  23. CLOSURE OF BANK.

    The Japanese Ambassador at Moscow has been instructed to inform the Soviet that the closing of the Bank of Korea is considered an unfriendly act, and to request the ...

    Article : 85 words
  24. ARCHBISHOP OF CAPETOWN.

    The Bishop of Grahamstown (Dr. Francis Phelps) has been elected Archbishop of Capetown. The Bishop of Pretoria, who refused the Bishopric of Newcastle, was a nominee, ...

    Article : 37 words
  25. CHURCHES' APPEAL

    The executive of the Church and State Hospital appeal met again yesterday and discussed the ways and means of conducting the campaign. ...

    Article : 114 words
  26. BETTING TAX.

    "Considerable misapprehension appears to exist in the minds of both bookmakers and backers as to the operation of the Winning Bets Taxation Act, which comes into force ...

    Article : 250 words
  27. DRIFT CHECKED.

    The Premier (Mr. Moore), referring to the statement of the trading banks of Australia regarding the financial position and the need for the drastic curtailment of expediture, ...

    Article : 116 words
  28. TRADE AGREEMENT WITH CANADA

    Because the Australian Minister for Markets (Mr. Moloney) insists that revelation of the nature of the new treaty would handicap Australia, the Canadian Minister for Trade ...

    Article : 70 words
  29. PRINCE OF WALES.

    The Prince of Wales is suffering from a slight chill, which necessitated cancellation of his engagements to-day. These included attendance at the Simon Bolivar ...

    Article : 75 words
  30. BANNED MIGRANTS.

    Two Italians, alleged to have escaped from the Otranto, were arrested in Auburn-street, Goulburn. P[?]ola Fransesco, 26, and Danesl Des[?]deris, ...

    Article : 90 words
  31. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    According to the Ministry of Labour, the average level of retail prices in Great Britain this month is 55 per cent, above the level of July, 1914, but 12 per cent, lower than a year ...

    Article : 150 words
  32. SENTENCES FOR CRIME.

    In dismissing the appeal of a prisoner on whose behalf it had been represented that a sentence of three years' imprisonment for robbery with violence was excessive, some general ...

    Article : 222 words
  33. BLIND WORKERS.

    Acting on a request of a number of blind workers, the Labour Council has decided to ask the Government to nationalise the Blind Institute, thereby enabling the blind workers ...

    Article : 81 words
  34. ITALY'S FINANCES

    Reviewing Italy's position on the occasion of the passage of a bill effecting an all-round reduction in the salaries of Government employees, Slgnor Mussolini said that, in view ...

    Article : 136 words
  35. SIGNIFICANT MOVE

    The A.L.P. executive decided last night to call a meeting of the New South Wales section of the Federal Labour party eaily next month. Significance is attached to the decision in ...

    Article : 86 words
  36. ORFORD SAILS TO-DAY.

    This morning the Orford will sall for London, via Naples, with the 52 Italians who have been detained since their arrival by that vessel on December 3. Five of the ...

    Article : 114 words
  37. LOTTERY BILL

    The Council of Churches has passed a resolution noting with regret that the State Government had actually passed a Lottery Bill "in contradiction of its expressed ...

    Article : 150 words
  38. COMPULSORY UNIONISM.

    Mr. C. M. McDonald, president of the Employers' Federation of New South Wales, expressed yesterday strong disapproval of the action of the State Public Works Department ...

    Article : 176 words
  39. PAPER PULP INDUSTRY.

    After a meeting of the Commonwealth Consultative Committee for Science and Development to-day, Sir George Jul[?]us, who was chairman, said that the committee had ...

    Article : 185 words
  40. PRICE OF BREAD.

    The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fenton) said to-day that he intended to consider a suggestion that the Federal Ministry, with the co-operation of State Governments willing ...

    Article : 98 words
  41. WORKMAN INJURED

    William Ruddle, 54, powder monkey, of O'Donnell-street, Port Kembla, was working at the face of the Public Works quarry, C[?]g[?]lla, when about 30 tons of stone broke away. ...

    Article : 106 words
  42. INDIA CONFERENCE.

    The Federal Structure sub-committee of the India Round Table Conference continued its work on classification, as federal or central, of subjects at present pertaining to the central ...

    Article : 143 words
  43. LABOUR DISCIPLINE.

    The local Labour League had a special meeting to ask five members to show cause why they should not be expelled from the branch for conduct detrimental to the A.L.P. ...

    Article : 159 words
  44. GAS PRICES.

    The State Cabinet has decided that in view of the findings of the Auditor-General in his report concerning the price of gas, an inquiry should bo held without delay by a Judge of ...

    Article : 94 words
  45. PARKES BY-ELECTION.

    The general secretary of the National Association (Mr. Horsfield) has invited nominations from persons desirous of standing for selection as National candidate at the ...

    Article : 60 words
  46. RELIEF GRANT.

    It was announced on behalf of the Premier (Mr. Lang) yesterday that allocation of the Federal grant of £194,000 to the State for relief works will be completed to-day. ...

    Article : 47 words
  47. BROKEN HILL.

    The amalgamated engineering unions last night decided to accept the wages proposals, with a minimum of 15/ a day. agreed upon at the conference of mine managers and union ...

    Article : 45 words
  48. WAGES TAX.

    At a meeting of the Mt. Kembla Miners' Lodge a resolution waa carried, protesting against the action of the Labour Government in imposing a 1/ in the £ wages tax. ...

    Article : 36 words
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