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  2. HEAT WAVE.

    A heat wave covered the whole State yesterday. Sydney experienced the second hottest day of the current summer. ...

    Article : 322 words
  3. MINISTER ATTACK. CONSTITUTION DEFECTS.

    The Minister for the Interior, Mr. McEwen, referred to the "inefficiency of our hopeless Federal system," in a statement to-day strongly ...

    Article : 600 words
  4. MANUFACTURE OF GUNS.

    Thirty members of the Federal Parliament, eager to inform themseives on defence topics, travelled from Canberra yesterday to inspect the Lithgow ...

    Article : 1,106 words
  5. HOMES FOR JEWS.

    The Prime Minister, Mr. Chamherlain, referring in the House of Commons to-day to the problem of finding homes for Jewish refugees, ...

    Article : 734 words
  6. DRIVE FOR RECRUITS. DEFENCE PLANS.

    Reports from several States show that many employers are prepared to make substantial concessions to their employees, to assist the Defence ...

    Article : 613 words
  7. SYMPATHIES OF U.S.A. Britain Gains.

    It is becoming increasingly evident that the Nazi excesses against the Jews are bringing the United States closer to Great Britain. ...

    Article : 661 words
  8. CONTROL OF AVIATION. PLANS READY.

    The Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr. Thorby, has already prepared plans for separating civil aviation control from the Defence ...

    Article : 251 words
  9. BRITAIN AND FRANCE.

    Political commentators express the view that defence will be one of the most important subjects of the AngloErehch discussions. ...

    Article : 1,237 words
  10. AIR MAIL CHANGES.

    Allocation of subsidies and mail payments amounting to more than £300,000 and the reorganisation of Australian internal air services will be announced shortly, the Minister ...

    Article : 171 words
  11. FLOUR PRICE FALLS.

    The price of flour will be decreased by 5/ to £7/10/ a ton from this morning. This will make a total price decline of £1 a ton since the end of ...

    Article : 331 words
  12. INQUIRY INTO CRASH.

    After consultation with the Federal Attorney-General, Mr. Menzies, and Commonwealth legal advisers, the Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr. Thorby. ...

    Article : 575 words
  13. DEFENCE COUNCIL PLAN.

    A deputation from the Australian Federated Housewives' Associations suggested to the Minister for Defence. Mr. Street, yesterday that a war ...

    Article : 163 words
  14. CABINET DISCUSSIONS.

    The Federal Cabinet will probably discuss the constitutional question to-morrow morning, and the Atrorney-General, Mr. Monzies, will make a speech later in Parliament. He ...

    Article : 201 words
  15. DEATH OF QUEEN MAUD.

    Queen Maud's death, which occurred on the same date as that of her mother, Queen Alexandra, who died 13 years aqo, was so sudden that King Haakon, ...

    Article : 620 words
  16. MR. STEVENS'S HELP.

    The Premier, Mr. Stevens, is anxious to co-operate to the fullest extent with the Commonwealth Government in the development of its defence plans. ...

    Article : 96 words
  17. JAPAN GAINS TRADE.

    In the first nine months of 1938 Japan's exports to China were twice what they were in the first nine months of 1937, and she was China's chief ...

    Article : 340 words
  18. DICTAPHONE RECORDS OF EVIDENCE.

    The system of recording court evidence by shorthand notes may become obsolete as the result of an experiment in the recording of evidence by a ...

    Article : 111 words
  19. SERIOUS OBSTACLES.

    Serious obstacles will have to be overcome if suggestions that the powers of the Commonwealth Parliament should be extended are to produce results. Two courses are open. ...

    Article : 125 words
  20. LEAVE WITH PAY.

    Mr. C. K. Gamble, managing director of the Vacuum Oil Co. Pty., Ltd., announced on his arrival in Perth from Melbourne to-day that the company had informed its 3,000 employees ...

    Article : 80 words
  21. TUG'S NARROW ESCAPE.

    A severe westerly wind and a strong ebb tide made the task of berthing the liner Awatea, which arrived from Sydney to-day a difficult one ...

    Article : 119 words
  22. MR. OGILVIE'S VIEW.

    The Premier. Mr. Ogilvie, said to-day that he agreed with Mr. Scullin on the need for constitutional reform, but he said that he would not support a unified system of ...

    Article : 69 words
  23. FLIGHT ROUND AUSTRALIA.

    Three Avro-Anson bombers of the R.A.A.F. took-off from Point Cook at sunrise to-day on a flight of 6,487 miles round Australia. They are expected to ...

    Article : 196 words
  24. CUCUMBER SUPPLIES.

    The works committee of the City Council yesterday refused a request from the Committee of Direction of Fruit Marketing for permission for the sale of cucumbers from ...

    Article : 133 words
  25. A.N.A. CAMPAIGN.

    Mr. S. W. Griffith, chief president of the Australian Natives' Association, said yesterday that his organisation believed that the Federal Parliament should be supreme instead of being ...

    Article : 130 words
  26. MAN CRUSHED BY MACHINE.

    William Yates. 26. of [?] High Street, Harris Park, died yesterday morning as the result of the injuries he suffered when a steet hopper fell on him at the Clyde Engineerine ...

    Article : 196 words
  27. FEDERAL SERVICE UNIONS.

    Representatives from all States yesterday attended the Federal conference of the Postal Workers' Union£the largest Federal service union in the Commonwealth. ...

    Article : 166 words
  28. ACQUITTED ON MURDER CHARGE.

    After an hour's retircment a jury in the Criminal Court to-day returned a verdlet of not guilty in the ease in which Robert Norman Saunter, 26. prospector was charged with ...

    Article : 98 words
  29. MR. JENNINGS'S SUPPORT.

    Supporting Mr. Scullin's suggestion for a special session of the Federal Parliament to discuss Constitutional reform. Mr. J. T. Jennings. M.P., told the Watson U.A.P. ...

    Article : 66 words
  30. BOMBS ON MADRID.

    During an air raid a bomb sealed the chtrance to a dug-out at Pozoblanco and buried alive 14 people. mostly women and children. The raiders then machine-gunned ...

    Article : 153 words
  31. AID FOR BRITAIN.

    Mr. Chamberlain Informed Mr. F. Lee in the House of Commons to-day that none of the Dominions or colonies had given a written or implied pledge or guarantee to come to ...

    Article : 57 words
  32. SPEECH BY MR. MACKAY.

    The Chief Secretary. Mr. Gollan, said yesterday that he had called for a report from the Commissioner of Police. Mr. MacKay, on statements he had made in an address to ...

    Article : 77 words
  33. TWO MINES IDLE.

    Aberdare and Aberdare Central collieries, which were idle to-day because of an enginedrivers' dispute, will not work again to-morrow. A union official said to-night that the ...

    Article : 58 words
  34. MAN CRITICALLY INJURED.

    Regmaid Alfred Thomas, 49, of Locke Street Harbord, was critically injured yesterday when he stepped off the footpath in Sydney Road Monly, and was knocked down by a motor car ...

    Article : 59 words
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