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  2. THE CAUCUS.

    It is stated that the Federal Ministry will meet the Commonwealth Bank Board in conference to discuss the question of extending credits in the terms of the motion ...

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  3. RAISING LOANS

    The possibility that Mr. Lang may endeavour to ratee loan money by converting the Works Department into a Government instrumentality, capable of borrowing on its own account, ...

    Article : 326 words
  4. FIRES.

    About half past 2 o'clock on Sunday morning the isolation block at G[?]gandra public Hospital was destroyed by fire. It is believed that the building was ...

    Article : 111 words
  5. MEAT STRIKE.

    The meat strike may be declared off as a result of a mass meeting of the strikers to-day. Proposals for a settlement of the strike will be ...

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  6. DISMISSALS.

    Although the Federal Government never tires of protesting that it is opposed to the principle of retrenchment, it has already "sacked" over 2000 Post Office employees, and ...

    Article : 344 words
  7. WHEAT PRICES.

    Criticising the rejection of the proposals submitted by the conference of wheatgrowers at Canberra last week, Mr. H. Gregory, M.P., said yesterday that the Federal Government ...

    Article : 553 words
  8. STRIKE AT MADRID.

    Although the strike at Madrid is fading out, Sunday, from a business standpoint, was the dullest in the history of the city. The outstanding impression was that ...

    Article : 198 words
  9. UNITED INDIA.

    Conditions on which the Indian Princes are prepared to enter an All-India Federation were outlined by a deputation of Princes to British-India ...

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  10. STORE AND DWELLINGS DESTROYED.

    One of the landmarks of the mining days, Sharman Bros.' Red Flag Store, was destroyed by fire on Sunday night, together with two semi-detached dwellings, of eight rooms, at the ...

    Article : 174 words
  11. WHEAT MARKET.

    The chairman of the Federal Farm Board (Mr. Alexander Legge) declared that the decision of the Grain Stabilisation Corporation to enter the wheat market again was ...

    Article : 150 words
  12. STATE LOTTERY

    Condemnation of the State Government's proposal to conduct a lottery for the support of public hospitals was expressed by leading spokesmen of the Churches yesterday. ...

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  13. OUTBREAKS IN QUEENSLAND.

    Fires, resulting in heavy damage, occurred in country districts at the week-end. At Goomeri, seven shops were destroyed. Five business premises were swept by fire ...

    Article : 34 words
  14. MR. BRUCE

    Mr. S. M. Bruce, formerly Prime Minister of the Commonwealth, returned to Melbourne by the Orama to-day and began immediately to deal with his private business. He will ...

    Article : 141 words
  15. COUNCIL'S ACTION

    Drastic reductions in the estimates of expenditure for 1931 were made by the Lane Cove Municipal Council last night. New works, which had been estimated to cost £4662, ...

    Article : 349 words
  16. THE DORNIER Do.X.

    The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Express" says that although the Dornier Do.X is likely to continue its flight to the Azores, the idea of a Transatlantic flight has ...

    Article : 108 words
  17. COUNTRY STOREKEEPERS.

    A conference of country storekeepers will be held in Sydney to-day to discuss the serious position in which they find themselves as a result of the heavy liabilities of wheat-growers. ...

    Article : 153 words
  18. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Following reports that Roman Catholic Missions at Hanchungfu had been attacked, the London office of the China Inland Mission announces that its missionaries, including the ...

    Article : 140 words
  19. MENA GRIFFITHS.

    There were no developments to-day in the investigations of the murder of Mena Griffiths, the South Yarra schoolgirl, in an empty house at Ormond more than a week ago. ...

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  20. CONSPIRACY.

    Harry Fane Becher, a solicitor's clerk, and Fred Godfrey Sherwood., a solicitor, who had been found guilty, of conspiracy to defiaud Bridie Griffin and others of large sums of ...

    Article : 367 words
  21. BANKERS CONFER.

    Executive heads of the principal banks of the Commonwealth met in Melbourne to-day to make plans to ensure the success of the conversion loan of £28,000,000. The ...

    Article : 513 words
  22. WEST INDIES TEAM

    Five years before the first fleet left England for Australia after Cook's discoveries, Admiral Rodney won the Battle of the Saints off the island of Dominica. The battle had ...

    Article : 527 words
  23. MINIATURE GOLF.

    The Chief Secretary (Mr. Gosling) said yesterday that play on miniature golf links on Sundays was not to be interfered with. No prosecutions, he said, were to follow as ...

    Article : 314 words
  24. MASTER BUTCHERS.

    The committee of the Stock, Meat, and Allied Industries Committee met last night and considered plans for future action, and reviewed the operations of the day. Among ...

    Article : 275 words
  25. SCHOOL TEACHERS.

    The former Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) referred yesterday to a recent statement by Mr. McGuinnes (president of the Teachers' Federation) to the effect that ...

    Article : 204 words
  26. PRINCE OF WALES.

    In preparation for his visit to South America next year, the Prince of Wales is practising Spanish with the advice and assistance of Dr. Pastor Cervantes, Professor of Spanish ...

    Article : 131 words
  27. SIR ROGER CASEMENT.

    Newspapers are giving prominence to Denis Gwynn's "Life and Death of Roger Casement," in which the author denounces a statement in a diary found in Casement's luggage ...

    Article : 120 words
  28. SURPLUS MINERS.

    An important conference took place yesterday between Federal Cabinet Ministers and officials of the Miners' Federation respecting the allocation of £100,000 to be devoted to ...

    Article : 321 words
  29. BODY EXHUMED.

    A family disagreement led to the exhumation of the body of a man from a grave at the Gore Hill Cemetery yesterday, and a subsequent post-mortem examination by the ...

    Article : 152 words
  30. AIR SERVICE.

    A weekly aerial service between Melbourne and Launceston will be established by the Matthews Aviation Company, Essendon, before the end of the month. An advance staff for ...

    Article : 123 words
  31. ESCAPED PRISONERS.

    Detectives have discovered how two prisoners came to be able to make their dramatic escape from a patrol van by tearing up the floorboards on Friday. ...

    Article : 315 words
  32. HUNGARIAN THRONE.

    The Budapest correspondent of the "Daily Express" says that a sensational report is being circulated that Archduke Albrecht has decided to divorce his beautiful wife, Frau ...

    Article : 142 words
  33. NO LOTTERY IN VICTORIA.

    The Premier (Mr. Hogan) said to-day that the State Ministry had no immediate plans for investigating the possibility of establishing in Victoria a State lottery, the profits from ...

    Article : 101 words
  34. MEAT CONTRACT LOST.

    The failure of the Commonwealth Government to reciprocate by giving preference to Italian imparts is said to have led to the loss of a large meat contract for the Italian ...

    Article : 168 words
  35. BASIC WAGE FOR WOMEN.

    A statement that a working woman could dress herself on £14/5/ a year, including £3 a year for shoes, was made by Mr. Thomas Charles Craven, a director of J. Craven and ...

    Article : 139 words
  36. FRENCH RUGBY TEAM

    If satisfactory arrangements can be made with the controlling body in New Zealand there is every likelihood of a French Rugby team playing in Sydney in 1932. ...

    Article : 138 words
  37. STATE GOVERNMENTS.

    The Queensland Cabinet to-day accepted the invitation of the Government of South Australia to join with it and other States in definitely refusing to pay the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 104 words
  38. YACHT ADRIFT.

    Two men who were adrift in a sailing boat off the Heads early yesterday afternoon owed their quick rescue to the timely arrival of a tug. ...

    Article : 110 words
  39. JAPANESE PREMIER IMPROVING.

    It is expected that the Prime Minister (Mr. Hamaguchi), who was shot on Tokio railway station, will recover, although he is not yet out of serious danger. ...

    Article : 100 words
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