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  2. ELECTIONS.

    "Flamboyant boastfulness and shameless misrepresentation," was how the Premier (Mr. Bavin) yesterday summed up Mr. Lang's speeches. What, he asked, was the record ...

    Article : 425 words
  3. DARING CRIMES.

    Armed thieves committed two desperate robberies at Darlinghurst yesterday, the first at a Yellow Cab depot, and the second in a cakeshop in William-street. The proprietor ...

    Article : 986 words
  4. PUBLIC FINANCES.

    The extreme gravity of the financial position of the Commonwealth is disclosed by the returns of the Customs revenue for the first quarter of the ...

    Article : 328 words
  5. BALANCING THE BUDGET.

    Consideration of the financial position of the Commonwealth and of proposals for balancing the Budget was commenced by a fully attended meeting of the Federal Cabinet to-day. Ministers sat for more than six hours, but no definite decisions had ...

    Article : 172 words
  6. DISARMAMENT.

    "I long for disarmament, but only recently rumours came from the ballot-boxes, bringing cries of hatred and death. Can we neglect such phenomena?" said the French ...

    Article : 226 words
  7. LORD BIRKENHEAD.

    Lord Birkenhead's death was unexpected, despite his long illness. His wife and family were present at the end. Lord Birkenhead's body was removed from ...

    Article : 606 words
  8. CONFERENCE.

    Shorn of the glamour of a ceremonial opening, the Imperial Conference assembled at 10 o'clock this morning in the Locarno Room of the Foreign Office. ...

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  9. SLAVERY PROBLEM.

    At the League of Nations Assembly to-day, Lord Cecil made a vigorous attack on the dilatory methods of the League in dealing with the slavery problem He declared that there ...

    Article : 90 words
  10. CABINET DISCUSSION.

    Recommendations of the Cabinet sub-committee, which are likely to be adopted by the Cabinet to-morrow, include:- Reductions in salaries of Ministers and ...

    Article : 1,369 words
  11. COMMERCIALISED VICE.

    Miss May Holman, M.L.A., of Western Australia, addressing the Health and Social Problems Committee of the League of Nations, at Geneva, on the traffic in women and ...

    Article : 132 words
  12. DECLINE IN THE STATES.

    State revenue returns for September show further large decreases in revenue for the first quarter of the financial year. The revenue was £3,512,913, a decrease of £519,287 ...

    Article : 214 words
  13. SPEECH BY MR. LANG.

    Speaking at Queanbeyan to-night in support of the Labour candidate (Mr. P. V. Stokes), the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Lang) dealt with allegations that the Labour ...

    Article : 615 words
  14. GERMAN FINANCES.

    If the German Government's financial programme becomes law, the salaries of President von Hindenburg and all Cabinet Ministers, members of the Reichstag, and members of ...

    Article : 117 words
  15. RIGHT TO SECEDE.

    A message from Toronto says that Sir Thomas White, former Minister for Finance in the Canadian Government, in a letter appearing in the "Mall and Empire," expresses ...

    Article : 195 words
  16. LORD STONEHAVEN.

    The Governor-General last night delivered, through the Australian Broadcasting Company's 2FC service, a broadcast speech, in which he conveyed farewell greetings to the ...

    Article : 613 words
  17. CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.

    "If ever there was a phrase by which those who first employed it unconsciously sought to deceive themselves and others into blind disregard of certain consequences of ...

    Article : 203 words
  18. AVIATION.

    A fleet of the fastest and most powerful air liners in the world, totalling 50,000 h.p., will be possessed by Britain when Imperial Airways obtain delivery shortly of 11 great new ...

    Article : 157 words
  19. VICTORIA.

    The growing dissatisfaction among the Opposition parties in the State Parliament with the plans for increased taxation included in the Budget, which was presented to the ...

    Article : 326 words
  20. POLICE ATTACKED.

    Demonstrations against the police took a serious turn in the village of Kharar, near Midnapore, West Bengal, yesterday, when police who were engaged in a search for ...

    Article : 68 words
  21. TRAPDOOR SPIDER.

    Prompt action by an aboriginal woman saved the life of a baby boy who was bitten by a trapdoor spider at his parents' home in Alt-street, Ashfield, on Tuesday. ...

    Article : 212 words
  22. FREIGHTS REDUCED.

    A prompt reply has been made by the Associated Steamship Owners to the challenge of James Patrick and Co., Ltd., which on Monday announced an intention of extending its ...

    Article : 392 words
  23. "ROAD TO RUIN."

    "A departure from the provisions of the Melbourne Loan Council agreement means ultimate ruin for Australia" declared the Treasurer (Mr. Stevens), when speaking ...

    Article : 555 words
  24. RAILWAY EMPLOYEES.

    Railway signals are at "danger" to-night, as a result of a mass meeting of all branches of the service at Johannesburg. It was the biggest meeting of Public servants ever held ...

    Article : 110 words
  25. LONDON NAVAL TREATY.

    Tne Privy council at a plenary meeting in the presence of the Emperor to-day approved the London [?]aval Treaty. ...

    Article : 28 words
  26. CHINESE WAR LORDS.

    Events of the greatest importance are expected to happen in China within the next few days, resulting, possibly, in the compulsory retirement to private life of three of ...

    Article : 69 words
  27. LAUNCH TRAGEDY.

    The story told by Arthur Hodgman, survivor of last night's launch tragedy reveals that Joseph Heberley, captain of the launch, lost his life in an endeavour to save Hunter, ...

    Article : 196 words
  28. RECORD LOW PRICE FOR RUBBER.

    On the London Exchange to-day rubber touched a new low record of /3[?] per pound— a decline of /0[?] in one day. ...

    Article : 37 words
  29. COST OF LIVING.

    Index figures of the cost of living in Great Britain have been lowered during the past six months below those recorded at any time since the war ...

    Article : 129 words
  30. BURGLAR-PROOF STRONGROOM.

    Any burglar rash enough to attempt to force the strongroom of the Commonwealth Bank's new premises will soon abandon the job, for the room is 25ft square, 9ft high, steel lined, ...

    Article : 108 words
  31. PRICE OF PETROL.

    The selling prices for first and second grades of petrol will be advanced /2 a gallon from to-day. On July 10 last the Customs duty on petrol importe[?] into Australia was increased ...

    Article : 115 words
  32. INTERNATIONAL BILLIARDS.

    Following are the latest scores in tne international b[?]ards tournament:—Newman (receives 7000), 9587, including a break of 533; Lindrum. 3702, including breaks of 453, 719. ...

    Article : 97 words
  33. SALES TAX RECEIPTS.

    Receipts from the sales tax during September amounted to £280,476. This represents the collections in respect of sales during August, together with sales tax received ...

    Article : 99 words
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