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  2. HAWKING OF SHARES.

    Amending legislation has been prepared in the Department of Justice to restrict further the activities of share hawkers. ...

    Article : 410 words
  3. NEW INDUSTRY PARALYSED.

    About 300 engineers, sheet-metal workers, and other tradesmen employed by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation at its factory at ...

    Article : 421 words
  4. AIR MAILS.

    The inauguration this week of the new flying-boat air mail scheme, under which letters will be carried from England without surcharge and outward ...

    Article : 415 words
  5. RAIN CROSSES TASMAN.

    The disturbed conditions which caused widespread rain in New South Wales have now passed, and the weather yesterday was fine, except ...

    Article : 258 words
  6. POSSIET BAY CLASH.

    The latest clash between Japanese and Soviet troops near Changkufeng, the disputed territory at Possiet Bay, near Vladivostok, in which ...

    Article : 460 words
  7. JAPAN'S DRIVE SOUTH.

    It is believed that the Japanese advance southwards from Kiukiang is aimed at Nanchang to facilitate the cutting of the Hankow-Canton ...

    Article : 323 words
  8. CZECH FLAG.

    The Breslau correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that, seeing the approach of the Cz[?]choslovakian flag borne by three Sudeten Germans ...

    Article : 393 words
  9. NEW BALKAN TREATY.

    The treaty of friendship between Bulgaria and the Balkan Entente, which grants Bulgaria equality of rights with the entente States ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 285 words
  10. COLD AT BRISBANE.

    With a ground reading of 29.8 degrees at the Observatory this morning, Brisbane experienced the coldest August morning since 1899, when the registration was 27.1 degrees. ...

    Article : 64 words
  11. STORMS IN N.Z.

    Storms swept the North Island at the weekend, doing damage estimated at thousands of pounds. Bridges were washed away and roads blocked by slips. ...

    Article : 100 words
  12. DARWIN READY.

    Arrangements have now been completed here for the expeditious handling and distribution of incoming mail from overseas and for the rapid despatch of ...

    Article : 434 words
  13. RIOTS IN BURMA.

    The Mohammedan author of the book which Buddhists considered insulting, and which has led to widespread religious rioting in several districts, has ...

    Article : 183 words
  14. FORTIFICATIONS.

    A decree proclaiming the left bank of the Rhine inaccessible to any foreign soldier or military attache directs attention to the extent and the speed of ...

    Article : 305 words
  15. AUSTRALIANS AS MUSICIANS.

    Mr. Frank Hutchens, the pianist, in an address to the Musical Association of New South Wales last night, said that British artists' attitude to ...

    Article : 226 words
  16. YALLOURN STRIKE ENDS.

    By 62 votes to 38 engineers employed by the State Electricity Commission at Yallourn decided to accept the terms of settlement proposed to end their strike, which had lasted ...

    Article : 66 words
  17. CLIPPER SEARCH.

    Twelve naval vessels and five aeroplanes yesterday converged on the oil spot, which is believed to mark where the Hawaii Clipper crashed into the ...

    Article : 154 words
  18. CHEMICALS FOR EXPLOSIVES.

    Production of synthetic ammonia and nitric acid—chemicals which play an important part in the manufacture of explosives—will be undertaken by ...

    Article : 294 words
  19. TRADE WITH JAPAN.

    Australia, in her trade with Japan, was £stg9,700,000 worse off last year than she was two years before. In 1935-36, she had a favourable balance ...

    Article : 248 words
  20. INSURANCE PLAN.

    A Roman Catholic Society, which will seek registration as an approved society under the national insurance scheme, will be formed in New South Wales, and ...

    Article : 370 words
  21. JAPAN'S EYES ON NEAR EAST.

    The correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" at Istanbul says that considerable interest attaches to a conference at the week-end of Japanese Diplomatie epresentatives to Russia, ...

    Article : 77 words
  22. TECHNICIAN SOLDIERS.

    Lieut.-General Ernest Ker Squires, D.S.O., M.C., who assumed duty to-day as Inspector-General of the Australian Military Forces, said in an interview ...

    Article : 269 words
  23. ESPERANTO CONGRESS.

    Seventeen hundred delegates from 30 countries cheered when Sudeten followed Czechoslovakian delegates to the platform for the thirteenth annual Esperanto Congress. ...

    Article : 145 words
  24. SHORT-STAMPED LETTERS.

    The Postm[?]r-General's Department anno[?] yesterday that apparently confusion existed regarding the postage on air mail letters, and that numerous air mail letters ...

    Article : 147 words
  25. PITCHED BATTLE.

    Eight rebels were killed and 15 wounded in a pitched battle with troops at the foot of Mount Gilboa, near Nazareth. ...

    Article : 119 words
  26. AMERICAN TRADE.

    The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, said to-day that the policy of reciprocal trade agreements with other nations had not benefited American industry at the expense of ...

    Article : 95 words
  27. CUSTOMS REVENUE DECREASES.

    Another indication that the Federal Ministiy will face difficulties in framing this year's Budget was provided to-day, when details of Customs collections for ...

    Article : 132 words
  28. ALIEN MIGRANTS' MONEY.

    The Federal Government will welcome any evidence that will support charges that "dummying" occurs in the production of landing money by alien ...

    Article : 218 words
  29. "GONE WITH THE WIND."

    One of the most important roles in the cinema, that of Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind," was offered to Norma Shearer, but she declined it because of the ...

    Article : 84 words
  30. BUILDING IRON IN JAPAN.

    The Government will shortly buy for the manufacture of munitions 20,000 tons of iron, which has been rendered surplus through the Government's order to stop building 17 ...

    Article : 77 words
  31. DOCTORS' FEES.

    The Royal Commission to report On the remuneration to be paid to doctors under the national insurance scheme will commence its public sittings on ...

    Article : 79 words
  32. INTER-CITY SERVICES.

    Australian National Airways yesterday began its new Douglas and D.H. 86 air liner services on the direct route between Sydney and Melbourne and ...

    Article : 285 words
  33. SLACK MONTH AT SALEYARDS.

    Sales of sheep and cattle at Flemington saleyards for July showed a falling-off of 100 000 sheep and lambs, and nearly 14,000 head of cattle, ...

    Article : 280 words
  34. ARYAN MAIDS LACK JOBS.

    The decree that Aryan maids under 48 years of age must quit Jewish employment to-day is proving difficult to fulfil. There are 20,000 maids employed by Jews ...

    Article : 138 words
  35. GERMAN COMPANIES.

    The tax on companies whose income exceeds £8,300 a year has been raised from 30 to 35 per cent, for 1038 and 40 per cent. for 1939-40. The tax is expected to vield ...

    Article : 47 words
  36. LESS FEDERAL HELP FOR INDUSTRY.

    A warning that the Commonwealth would not be able to continue to find money for assisting industries, as it had done in the past, was given by the ...

    Article : 226 words
  37. ENGINEERS' STRIKE.

    No settlement has been reached in the strike at the Electricity Meter and Manufacturing Company, Rosebery. A mass meeting of the strikers, who total ...

    Article : 195 words
  38. LANGUAGE QUESTION IN MALTA.

    Commenting on the veto on discussion and control of the language question by the new Maltese Council, the newspaper, "Tribuna." says: "The guns of the British cruisers will ...

    Article : 61 words
  39. CONQUEST OF EVEREST.

    Captain N. E. Odell, a member of the Everest party, said in an interview, that the conquest of the peak was definitely possible. Only the last 900 feet defeated the climbers, ...

    Article : 62 words
  40. 150,000 LETTERS FOR DELIVERY.

    The Sydney postal authorities were [?]nable to effect delivery yesterday of approximately 150,000 letters to one address in the city— the Taxation Office which was closed because ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 127 words
  41. DOROTHY LAMOUR HAS OPERATION.

    Dorothy Lamour, the cinema star, has been operated on for acute appendicitis, and is reported to be resting comfortab' Such of the cable news in this issue as is ...

    Article : 112 words
  42. DUTCH AIR LINER.

    A spare part for the flaps of the Royal Netherlands Indies' Airways (K.N.I.L.M.) Lockheed, whose departure from Sydney for Batavia was delayed on Sunday morning ...

    Article : 86 words
  43. REVOLT IN CRETE.

    The abortive revolt in Crete proved to be the isolated action of a few hundred hotheaded malcontents. The Government has received a great number of messages from all ...

    Article : 59 words
  44. BIG RAILWAY SMASH.

    Sixty people were killed and 72 seriously injured in a railway smash. A locomotive telescoped passenger coaches from a derailed train in its path. ...

    Article : 35 words
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