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  2. NAVAL POWERS.

    Mr. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, stated in the House of Commons that the effect of the London Naval Treaty in regard to cruiser strength was as follow: ...

    Article : 342 words
  3. CABINET'S PLANS.

    A tax of 3d in the £ on all wages and incomes without exemptions to provide an unemployment fund of £3,000,000 annually. A reduction in Public servants' salaries of from 6 to 7½ per cent., two weeks off annually without pay, and Saturday morning work, ...

    Article : 157 words
  4. CITY ELECTIONS.

    The differences which threatened to split the ranks of the Reform candidates at the coming City Council elections were amicably composed yesterday. ...

    Article : 1,016 words
  5. RATIONING.

    Although officials of the A.R.U. rejected the proposal of Mr. Cleary (Chief Railway Commissioner) for rationing work, a ballot of A.R.U. members resulted in favour of ...

    Article : 582 words
  6. CRICKET.

    The feature of to-day's play in the match between the Australians and Worcestershire was the great score of 236 made by D G. Bradman. ...

    Article : 2,029 words
  7. COAL DISPUTE.

    The coal conference yesterday failed to effect an agreement. For several hours representatives of the Northern Collieries' Association and the ...

    Article : 346 words
  8. THE MEETING.

    The Premier (Mr. Bavin) announced at the meeting that the question of the extent of the wages reduction in Public servants' salaries had not yet been finally settled by the ...

    Article : 605 words
  9. BRITISH BEER.

    The proposal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to impose an additional duty on beer equivalent to 1d per gallon, was before the House of Commons, in Committee of Ways and ...

    Article : 245 words
  10. RADIO-TELEPHONY.

    Mr. E. T. Fisk, managing director of Amalgamated Wireless (A/sia), Ltd., has received a wireless communication from the chief engineer of the British Post Office (Sir Thomas ...

    Article : 373 words
  11. AUSTRALIANS ENTERTAINED.

    Worcester's cricketer Mayor, the Hon. John Coventry, was the Australians' host at dinner to-night, but he could neither play nor dine owing to illness. ...

    Article : 111 words
  12. OPPOSITION TO SUPER-TAX IN VICTORIA.

    Consistent opposition to the State Ministry's proposals for the imposition of a super-tax on incomes earned last year to provide money for relief of unemployment, resulted to-day ...

    Article : 138 words
  13. NEW ZEALAND LOAN.

    The financial editor of the "Daily Telegraph" says "An issue of £5 500,000 of New Zealand 5 per cent. inscribed stock, due in 1949, is being underwritten at 99. Part is required to meet ...

    Article : 162 words
  14. EARTHQUAKE.

    It is reported from New York that a big earthquake has occurred at Tokio. No news has been received in London from Tokio. ...

    Article : 84 words
  15. RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    Information as to the actual alterations made in regard to the policy of preference to returned soldiers by the present Federal Ministry was supplied in the House of ...

    Article : 740 words
  16. HEAD OF THE RIVER.

    Tide, winds, stations are three factors affecting the Head of the River, the Great Public Schools' race for rowing supremacy to be decided on the Parramatta River ...

    Article : 582 words
  17. MAN'S SKELETON.

    The skeleton of an unknown man was discovered wedged among the rocks near the Coogee outfall sewer early in the week by a young man, who informed the Randwick police ...

    Article : 328 words
  18. MR. SCULLIN INTERVIEWED.

    From his room at Parliament House, Canberra, the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) today had another conversation by radiotelephony with London. It was the first ...

    Article : 368 words
  19. THE BANK RATE.

    The discount rate of the Bank of England has been reduced from 3½ per cent, to 3 per cent. ...

    Article : 30 words
  20. BRITISH SHIPPING.

    A new movement to prevent the sale of old British ships to foreign owners has been initiated at Bristol. Shipowners and shipbuilders throughout England have already formed a ...

    Article : 226 words
  21. FREE STATE'S BUDGET.

    Estimating a Budget surplus of £13,000, the Irish Free State Finance Minister (Mr. Blythe) pointed out that there was no need to increase taxation, which was now stabilised. ...

    Article : 82 words
  22. NEW FREEZING PROCESS.

    The Australian Commissioner in the United States (Mr. Brookes) investigated the socalled "bird's eye" quick freezing process for foods at Gloucester, Massachusetts, and ...

    Article : 161 words
  23. MOCK FUNERAL.

    Although the passing of the Federal Capital Commission will probably bring unemployment to many and the loss of privileges to those who are fortunate enough to be ...

    Article : 273 words
  24. 6,414,373

    According to figures issued by the Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. C. H. Wickens), Australia's population on December 31, 1929. was 6,414,373, comprising 3,277,352 males ...

    Article : 150 words
  25. RECORD FLIGHT.

    The Duchess of Bedford, in her Fokker aeroplane, piloted by Charles Barnard, landed at Croydon at 5.30 this afternoon. She left Lympne on the morning of April 10, and ...

    Article : 294 words
  26. LONDON'S INTEREST.

    The "Morning Post" makes the LondonSydney telephone conversation the leading feature of its pages this morning. It tells at length the story of the establishment of ...

    Article : 253 words
  27. AMERICAN WHEAT.

    The latest report from tne Department or Agriculture indicates that the spring crops over most of the country are making quite average progress, despite damage by frost and ...

    Article : 196 words
  28. RABBIT TRADE SLUMP.

    The closing down of the local freezing works has thrown out of employment 50 men. who had been engaged in the rabbit industry. ...

    Article : 74 words
  29. SAFE FLYING.

    It was recently announced by the Australian Aerial Services, Ltd., of Melbourne, that it had completed 1,000,000 miles of air travel without injury to the. 15,408 passengers ...

    Article : 66 words
  30. MUNICIPAL LIBRARY.

    The services of three officials of the Sydney Municipal Library have been dispensed with. They are the deputy city librarian (Mr. T. W. Branley), the senior assistant ...

    Article : 62 words
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