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  2. INSURANCE REPEAL.

    The disclosure that the Federal Ministry intends to more for the abandonment, rather than the postponement of national insurance, had ...

    Article : 771 words
  3. WIDESPREAD RAINS.

    Many rainfall records were broken yesterday in southern and western parts of New South Wales in what was described by the State ...

    Article : 790 words
  4. WOMEN IN WAR.

    The Federal Cabinet decided yesterday to supplement the plan for a manpower register with a women's register for service in a national emergency. ...

    Article : 354 words
  5. AERODROME BLAZE.

    A fire which broke out in the hangar of Ansett Airways Pty., Ltd., at Essendon Aerodrome early this morning, destroyed seven aeroplanes ...

    Article : 431 words
  6. NEW THREAT.

    Japanese threats against the international Settlement at Shanghai and the British and French concessions at Tientsin are being anxiously ...

    Article : 560 words
  7. FRANCO'S GOVERNMENT RECOGNISED.

    Great Britain and France to-day recognised General Franco's administration in Spain. Britain's action was announced by the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, in the House of Commons. He said that the ...

    Article : 156 words
  8. POLAND'S POLICY.

    Semi-official Polish newspapers unanimously emphasise that the present talks between Italy and Poland embrace two topics—the Danubian Basin and ...

    Article : 441 words
  9. REGISTER OF MAN POWER.

    Important matters of policy will have to be decided by the Federal Cabinet before the proposed national register can be established. ...

    Article : 192 words
  10. HEATED WORDS IN PARLIAMENT.

    The leader of the Opposition, Mr. Attlee, reminded Mr. Chamberlain that on February 13 he had said that he was not in a position to make a ...

    Article : 817 words
  11. N.Z. POTATOES.

    Unless there is an immediate and substantial fall in the price of Australian-grown potatoes, it is practically certain that the Federal Cabinet will decide to ...

    Article : 219 words
  12. ANTI-GERMAN FEELING.

    More than 10,000 students surged through the streets yesterday afternoon, shouting, "Down with Germany. Danzig must be Polish." ...

    Article : 142 words
  13. DEVELOPMENT AND DEFENCE.

    In a broadcast address over national regional stations from 2NR. Grafton, this afternoon, Sir Earle Page referred again to the need for a co-operative plan of defence ...

    Article : 216 words
  14. NEW JAPANESE DRIVE.

    The Japanese have launched a new drive in China 50 miles to the west of Hankow, accoiding to reports from Shanghai. ...

    Article : 361 words
  15. U.S.A. PRESIDENCY.

    "Twenty-one States are now unquestionably Republican and, if the party carries New York State in 1940, it will put its candidate in the White House." ...

    Article : 169 words
  16. QUEENSLAND DROUGHT BROKEN.

    South-west Queensland and portions of the central and northern divisions have benefited by heavy rain during the week-end. The Charleville district has received up to 3¼ ...

    Article : 89 words
  17. "REPEAL BETTER THAN POSTPONEMENT."

    The leader of the Federal Opposition, Mr. Curtin, commenting to-day on the decision of the Federal Government to abandon its national insurance scheme, said that during ...

    Article : 250 words
  18. HOTEL NEAR FLATS.

    The Minister for Social Services, Mr. Richardson, is considering action to prevent the erection of hotels near Government housing schemes. ...

    Article : 188 words
  19. CHINESE AIR MAIL.

    Chinese planes will begin a weekly mail and passenger service to-morrow between Chungking the present seat of the Chinese Government, and ...

    Article : 176 words
  20. FRENCH NORTH AFRICA.

    The "Petit Journal" states that French Air Force units which are at present at Chartres are going to Algeria to-morrow as reinforcements. ...

    Article : 165 words
  21. MR. THORBY'S FUTURE.

    Although the activities of the Minister for Civil Aviation and Works, Mr. Thorby, have caused the Federal Ministry embarrassment, no move is to be ...

    Article : 172 words
  22. FISHING BOATS DAMAGED.

    When a fierce south-westerly gale swept the Victorian coastline from Cape Otway to Gabo Island to-day, many ships in Bass Strait and the Tasman Sea ...

    Article : 290 words
  23. APPLAUSE IN MOSCOW COURT.

    For the first time in an[?] treason trial in Moscow the spectators applauded the defence This occuned when M. Kommodoff, counsel for Mikhail Vosnissensky, the chief wireless ...

    Article : 205 words
  24. ANTI-SUBMARINE TRAINING.

    The submaiine Phoenix and the New Zealand naval sloops Leith and Wellington will to-day begin a series of anti-submarine training exercises, ...

    Article : 188 words
  25. "BREACH OF TRUST."

    The consultative committee of the Friendly Societies of Australia, representing friendly societies with a total membership throughout the ...

    Article : 351 words
  26. DIVING SPEED OF PLANE.

    In testing the terminal velocity stresses, test pilots, who developed Spitfire fighters for the Royal Air Force, reached speeds of 520 and 530 miles an hour. ...

    Article : 328 words
  27. PAPAL CONCLAVE.

    A film of the Papal Conclave will be taken, but not during, the actual proceedings. It is intended that the Vatican station should broadcast in the chief languages twice ...

    Article : 140 words
  28. LAYING-IN FOOD.

    A suggestion that the Government of the Straits Settlements should lay in two months' supply of foodstuffs, especially rice, in view of a possible ...

    Article : 91 words
  29. CIVIL AVIATION PLANS.

    The plans for the reorganisation of the Civil Aviation Department were not considered by the Cabinet yesterday, and it is unlikely that they will be considered before ...

    Article : 97 words
  30. PUBLIC SERVANTS' HOMES.

    It is estimated that £300,000 will be used by three co-operative building societies which have been formed to serve the needs of State Public servants. ...

    Article : 137 words
  31. MR. PERKINS ILL.

    The Minister for Customs, Mr. Perkins, who became suddenly ill during the Federal Cabinet meetings in Hobart, will enter a private hospital on Thursday to undergo a major ...

    Article : 128 words
  32. "JAPAN NOT BANNING JEWS."

    The Foreign Minister, Mr. Arita, said today: "Japan has never discriminated against aliens. She will not emulate her partners in the anti-Comintern pact by excluding Jews, ...

    Article : 100 words
  33. FREAK THUNDERSTORM.

    A solitary lightning flash during a thunderstorm struck a winch ran up a steel cable and brought down in flames one of the six balloons of the Stanmore barrage. ...

    Article : 97 words
  34. OVERSEA NEWS.

    Such of the overseas news in the issue as is headed "From Our Own Correspondent" or "Herald Exclusive Service." is from a service owned and controlled entirely by the "Sydney Morning Herald," ...

    Article : 158 words
  35. LOCKHEEDS FOR R.A.A.F.

    The first batch of the 5u Lockheed-Hudson fighting planes that the Federal Government has ordered from the United States will arrive in Australia in June. ...

    Article : 59 words
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