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  2. TAX ON WAGES.

    The Government's scheme to impose a levy on wages and salaries is estimated to bring in between £2,000,000 and £3,000,000 a year. Ministers have not decided what the rate ...

    Article : 214 words
  3. FEDERAL SESSION.

    Consideration of the Ministry's proposals for the amendment of the Constitution occupied the attention of the House of Representatives throughout the whole of to-day's ...

    Article : 1,605 words
  4. TRAIN HOLD-UP

    Late last night detectives who are investigating the remarkable theft of £4600 in cash and £13,000 in cheques and securities from the Mudgee mail train on Tuesday ...

    Article : 947 words
  5. WOOL MARKETING.

    A move to institute Empire control of wool will be the outcome of a majority decision which was reached by the graziers' conference yesterday. ...

    Article : 612 words
  6. GANDHI'S OUTBURST.

    Thousands of villagers who journeyed to Aat, in the Bombay Presidency, yesterday in expectation of seeing Gandhi's arrest, were disappointed to find that the authorities had ...

    Article : 377 words
  7. ELECTION BATTLE.

    Chicago's penchant for violence in elections was given full play to-day when between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 voters of Illinois went to the polls in the Republican primary election ...

    Article : 240 words
  8. SOVIET CONSUL.

    In view of the Australian proposal to agree to Soviet Consular representation in the Commonwealth, an amazing example of the activities of the Russian Consulate-General in ...

    Article : 530 words
  9. SUBMARINES.

    The First Committee of the Naval Conference met this afternoon under the chairmanship of the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Alexander). A ...

    Article : 1,369 words
  10. FLEET MANOEUVRES.

    Steaming at 20 knots to "engage an enemy destroyer" 14 miles east of Broken Bay shortly after noon yesterday, H.M.A.S. Canberra had fired two broadsides from her ...

    Article : 826 words
  11. CANADIAN LUMBER.

    "Canada is ready to negotiate a complete exchange of preferences with Australia," said Mr. James Malcolm, Minister for Trade and Commerce, to a delegation ...

    Article : 261 words
  12. MR. S. HOFFNUNG-GOLDSMID.

    Mr. Sidney Hoffnung-Goldsmid, formerly of Sydney, had a heart seizure when leaving St. James's Club, where he had dined. He fell prostrate into the arms of a friend, and ...

    Article : 162 words
  13. SLUM CLEARANCE BILL.

    In the House of Commons to-day, the Slum Clearance Bill was read a second time without a division. The Parliamentary Secretary for Health (Miss Lawrence) stated that the ...

    Article : 112 words
  14. SELECTION BALLOTS.

    Abolition of selection ballots is recommended in the report to be submitted to the Easter labour conference by the special committee appointed by last conference to ...

    Article : 210 words
  15. EMPIRE FREETRADE.

    "Empire frcetrade would be impossible for Australia," said the Australian High Commissioner (Sir Granville Ryrie), speaking at a luncheon in London to-day. ...

    Article : 118 words
  16. ATTEMPTED MURDER.

    The "Daily Telegraph" states that it is able to detail another murder planned by Sidney Fox, who was executed this morning for the murder of his mother. Fox failed ...

    Article : 449 words
  17. NEW FRENCH GUNS.

    It was disclosed in the French Senate to-day that the French Navy is in possession of several guns capable of firing a shell 95 miles. They are thus superior to the German ...

    Article : 89 words
  18. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The French Premier (M. Tardieu) informed a deputation from the woollen industry to-day that he would shortly grant tax reductions on wool amounting to £500,000. He promised ...

    Article : 665 words
  19. BANK OF ENGLAND.

    Mr. Montague Norman was to-day reelected governor of the Bank of England. This makes the eleventh year in which Mr. Norman has filled the office of governor, to which he ...

    Article : 132 words
  20. THE TARIFF.

    Mr. R. D. Holt, London manager of the Blue Funnel Line, interviewed to-day regarding the effects of the new tariff, said that if smaller cargoes were offering for steamers ...

    Article : 151 words
  21. SPANISH REPUBLICANS.

    One of the liveliest banquets on record took place last night, at the Hotel National, Madrid, in honour of the Republican leader, Senor Domingo, who has just published a book ...

    Article : 125 words
  22. LONG RIDE ON HORSEBACK.

    Memories of customs and rivalries in what almost seems another era were revived last night when Messrs. W. G. Hicks, jun, and J. Abrahams, who left Melbourne on horseback ...

    Article : 274 words
  23. ELECTRIC LAMPS.

    Machinery which has been ordered by the Australian General Electric Company will, it is claimed, be sufficient for the manufacture of the whole of Australia's requirements in ...

    Article : 217 words
  24. ANZAC DAY.

    Anzac Day arrangements indicate more elaborate ceremonial, specially commemorating Gallipoll. A joint Australian and New Zealand service at St. Clement Danes Church ...

    Article : 139 words
  25. LIVING WAGE.

    Questioned to-day regarding the resolution passed by the annual conference of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales, that the basic wage should be based on the ...

    Article : 215 words
  26. WIRELESS TELEPHONY.

    In the House of Lords to-day Lord Clarend[?] asked whether every facility was given the Imperial Communications Company for research and experimental work in connection ...

    Article : 95 words
  27. FREETRADE.

    Political circles were intrigued by another luncheon party given to Labour and Liberal members by Mrs. Snowden, at 11 Downing-street, to-day. Mr. Lloyd George was again ...

    Article : 164 words
  28. RAILWAYMEN.

    Members of the Goulburn sub-branch of the Australian Railway Union have passed a resolution pledging themselves to reduce their output by the value of four hours' labour ...

    Article : 103 words
  29. LABOUR UNREST IN JAPAN.

    The proposed 30 per cent. reduction in the wages of employees of the Kancgafuchi Shipping Company, owing to business depression, is threatening to create labour troubles ...

    Article : 143 words
  30. EARL BEAUCHAMP.

    Earl Beauchamp will sail for Australia on August 2 for health reasons. "My doctor ordered a rest," he said in an interview with a representative of the Australian Press ...

    Article : 135 words
  31. FLIERS AT WYNDHAM.

    Advice was received by the Shell Company of Australia, Ltd., last night, that Messrs. Frank Bardsley, R. Annabel, and K. Wedgewood, who are flying around Australia in ...

    Article : 83 words
  32. £2500 DAMAGE.

    The premises and plant of the Ganmain "Express" and Harry Goldsmith's boot repair shop were destroyed by fire, and the Ganmain motor garage, owned by Mr. B. W ...

    Article : 83 words
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