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  2. SINGAPORE BASE.

    Malaya, whose idols are tin and rubber, may show little excitement over Australia's wool and wheat, but defence is another matter. Though ...

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  3. MILK PRICES.

    Higher prices for dairymen, reduced profits for vendors, but no increase in the selling price to the Sydney public are entailed in the ...

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  4. KNITTING CLUB FOR MEN.

    A men's knitting club, consisting of 50 members, some of them business and professional men, has been formed in Czechoslokavia with the object of "propagating and teaching the art of knitting among men." Two of the knitters are seen engrossed in their work. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. ELECTION CAMPAIGN SPEECHES.

    In his country policy speech, which he delivered at Dubbo to-night, the leader of the State Labour Party, Mr. Lang, disclosed his plans to "smash the large estates" which, he said, were owned by a ring of wealthy local and oversea interests. ...

    Article : 167 words
  6. WHAT MR. LANG FORGOT.

    The Premier, Mr. stevens, said last night that Mr. Lang's policy speech revealed that he was as full of promises and soft words as he had ...

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  7. BASIC WAGE OF £4/2/6.

    The announcement by Mr. J. T. Lang, in his policy speech on Tuesday night, that he would fix by legislation a basic wage of not less than £4/2/6, met with ...

    Article : 363 words
  8. FACILITIES FOR PLANES.

    Action to establish new aerodromes or to improve the standard of existing aerodromes is being taken in a number of country centres in New South ...

    Article : 432 words
  9. SWEDISH AIR FLEET.

    "In the quiet and efficient manner characteristic of her race, Sweden is building up the first sizeable air fleet in Scandinavia. Swedish industry, ...

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  10. COMPULSION TO SUBDIVIDE.

    "In my measure," said Mr. Lang, "land under cultivation for crop during the previous five years will be exempt. Land with an unimproved value of ...

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  11. MR. BRUXNER'S POLICY SPEECH.

    Political history will be made by the Deputy Premier and leader of the Country Party, Mr. Bruxner, when he delivers his policy speech from the ...

    Article : 345 words
  12. MINISTER CRITICISES MR. LANG'S POLITICS.

    Mr. Gollan, Assistant Minister, said yesterday that the typical nature of Mr. Lang's policy speech had recalled the frank statements made by one of Mr. Lang's former ...

    Article : 270 words
  13. DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOLS.

    A questionnaire prepared by the committee appointed by the Protestant denominations opposing State aid to denominational schools, and issued with the approval of the ...

    Article : 120 words
  14. ESTATE AGENTS.

    Mr. L. G. Neill, of Queensland, in a paper read at the Conference of Associated Real Estate Institutes and Agents Associations of Australia, urged that registration as real ...

    Article : 239 words
  15. MR. STEVENS'S POLICY SPEECH.

    The Premier, Mr. Stevens, will begin his election campaign to-night, when he delivers his policy speech in the Masonic Hall, Croydon, at 8 o'clock. ...

    Article : 302 words
  16. "ALL BLANKS."

    Speaking at Petersham last night, the U.A.P. candidate, Mr. E. Solomon, M.L.A., said that Mr. Lang's promise of larger lotteries was unnecessary, because by bitter experience ...

    Article : 204 words
  17. HARTLEY A.L.P. ASSEMBLY.

    At the Hartley A.L.P. assembly, a motion that Messrs. W. Evans, organising secretary of the provisional State executive, and J. Hughes, president of Sydney Trades and ...

    Article : 210 words
  18. DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS.

    Speaking at Goulburn, the Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, said there were countries in Europe where, if two men dared to discuss or express views hostile to the ...

    Article : 221 words
  19. INCREASED WAGES.

    Increases in pay which, it is understood will date from February 4 will be made to men handling sulphur and pyrites. This decision followed inquiries made by the ...

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  20. MILK VENDOR'S PROTEST.

    The council of the Amalgamated Milk Vendors of New South Wales, in a statement last night, said that it was amazed that, notwithstanding the great increase in costs, the Milk ...

    Article : 246 words
  21. MISERY OF LANG RULE.

    Speaking at Concord last night, Mr. S. A. Lloyd, M.L.A., U.A.P. candidate for Concord, said that the sure way to continue the State's prosperity was to return the Stevens ...

    Article : 203 words
  22. MAN SHOT DEAD.

    Frederick Sewell, 35, who was employed on Mr. W. G. Minnett's farm at Upper Lansdowne, near Taree, was accidentally shot dead yesterday morning. ...

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  23. "INNER GROUP" ATTACKED

    There was barely standing room in the Town Hall, Glebe, last night, when Dr. Foley, the Heffron Labour candidate, officially opened his campaign. A fair crowd in the streets ...

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  24. ALFRED DEAKIN MEMORIAL.

    The University of Melbourne has received from the estate of the late Miss C. S. Deakin £1,000 in memory of her brother, the late Mr. Alfred Deakin. ...

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  25. RATING EXEMPTIONS.

    The Local Government Association has asked the metropolitan councils to urge that their respective local members be asked to endeavour to have the Rating Exemptions ...

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  26. £ 2,000 REMITTANCE.

    The leader of the Opposition, Mr. Lang, referring yesterday to the reply of the Premier, Mr. Stevens, to his charge concerning a remittance of £2,000, said: ...

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  27. BEXLEY STORM DAMAGE.

    The Bexley council has decided to try to assist property owners who suffered severe damage as a result of a heavy thunderstorm at the end of January. ...

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  28. PARENTS AND CITIZENS' ASSOCIATION.

    The Lithgow Parents and Citizens' Association has decided that a separate association should not be formed for the new Lithgow Technical High School. A suggestion that ...

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  29. WAGES TAX ABOLITION. INDUSTRIALIST VIEW.

    Mr. J. Hooke, the industrialists' candidate, who is opposing Mr. Lang in the Auburn electorate, said last night that Mr. Lang, when he made abolition of the wages ...

    Article : 106 words
  30. YOUNG MAN'S SUDDEN DEATH.

    John Edward Wheatley, 28, a mail sorter at the G.P.O., collapsed outside his home in Fern Street, Randwick, yesterday, and died within a few minutes. The ...

    Article : 72 words
  31. BLAST FURNACE BLOW-OUT.

    When a blow-out occurred in a blast furnace at the steelworks this afternoon, three men who were working in the vicinity were burned. Lloyd Hamilton, of Allen Street, ...

    Article : 88 words
  32. N.Z. OVERSEA TRADE.

    New Zealand oversea trade figures for January, 1938, show that exports were £7,493,000, compared with £7,040,000 in January, 1937, and imports were [?]5,584,000, ...

    Article : 32 words
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