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  2. ROYAL COMMISSION INTO MR. LANG'S CHARGES.

    The Premier (Mr. Stevens) announced in the Legislative Assembly yesterday that Mr. Justice Halse Rogers had been appointed a Royal Commissioner to inquire into the truth of the allegations and suggestions made in the House by the leader of ...

    Article : 202 words
  3. CAR SPEEDS.

    A definite speed limit of 30 miles an hour in built-up areas, a prima facie speed limit of 50 miles an hour in streets not in a built-up area, and ...

    Article : 484 words
  4. STRONG U.S.A. NOTE TO JAPAN.

    President Roosevelt has demanded from Japan full compensation and an apology for the sinking of the American gunboat Panay by Japanese bombers on the Yangtse Kiang. He has requested that the Japanese Emperor be personally informed ...

    Article : 315 words
  5. MAN HUNT.

    Detectives yesterday intensified their search for the man who shot dead John Dickins, 54, owner of Green Valley Farm, near Oaklands, ...

    Article : 602 words
  6. ITALY'S EXIT FROM LEAGUE.

    Germany is delightedly acclaiming Italy's abandonment of the League as yet further proof of her contention that bilateral agreements alone are the ...

    Article : 466 words
  7. NEW REGIME AT PEIPING.

    With the old Chinese Republican flag flying on public buildings, the Japanese proclaimed at Peiping to-day a new Chinese Government, ...

    Article : 887 words
  8. TERMS OF REFERENCE ANNOUNCED.

    Mr. Stevens said that the terms of reference would be:- "To inquire into the truth of the allegations and suggestions made by the ...

    Article : 609 words
  9. DECOY SYSTEM ON TRAMS.

    The abolition of the decoy system in the Tramway Department is recommended by the Parliamentary Select Committee which inquired into ...

    Article : 216 words
  10. "NO NEED TO FEAR DEPRESSION."

    The Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence (Sir Thomas Inskip) told manufacturers at a luncheon in London to-day that there was no reason for the slightest fear of ...

    Article : 87 words
  11. PRESIDENT AND EMPEROR.

    President Roosevelt's request that the protest should be referred to the Emperor has not been disclosed in the Tokyo newspapers beenuse of the ...

    Article : 487 words
  12. COUNSEL TO ASSIST; NOT ADVISE.

    The Premier said that he understood that, earlier in the day, while he (the Premier) was out of the House, Mr. Lang had given notice of his intention ...

    Article : 298 words
  13. PARTY COUNCIL ATTACKED.

    "Radical members" of the central council of the Victorian Country party were attacked in a statement made to-day by the Minister for the Interior ...

    Article : 255 words
  14. RECORD COST OF ARMS.

    Expenditure on armaments throughout the world in 1937 reached the record total of £2,400,000 000 sterling, according to the League of Nations Armaments Year Book. ...

    Article : 95 words
  15. LINER ON REEF.

    The steamer President McKinley has advised the Dollar Line that she has picked up most of the remaining passengers of the American liner President Hoover, which is stranded on ...

    Article : 161 words
  16. COROWA COUNT.

    Since counting ceased yesterday further absentee votes have come to hand and an additional 339 votes were counted to-day. Of these Mr. Lethbridge ...

    Article : 135 words
  17. SALE OF BRICKWORKS.

    In the Legislative Council last night, during the debate on the Housing Bill, Mr. P. M. McGirr said that the disposal by the Government of the State brickworks had the effect ...

    Article : 126 words
  18. CONFLICTING COMMENT IN U.S.A.

    Some American newspapers condemn Japan bitterly and demand sterner measures by the American Government; others say that the Japanese ...

    Article : 778 words
  19. NO SPECIAL COUNSEL.

    It was stated in Government circles last night that the Cabinet would not pay the fees of special counsel for Mr. Lang. Ministers said that the counsel who assist the ...

    Article : 246 words
  20. WOOL PRICES.

    At the wool sales yesterday prices advanced a, further 5 per cent. on the higher values which ruled on Monday. Prices have advanced 10 per cent. in ...

    Article : 169 words
  21. FACTION FIGHT.

    Executive officeis of the State A.L.P. have now summoned three prominent members of Labour leagues to show cause why they should not be dealt ...

    Article : 345 words
  22. INSURANCE ON WOOL.

    The High Court, in a judgment delivered yesterday, allowed with costs the appeal of Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Ltd., from a decision of the State ...

    Article : 230 words
  23. PRESS BAN SOUGHT.

    The Minister for Propaganda, Dr. Goebbels, had a two hours' talk to-day with M riandin the Picnch political leader, who arrived from Copenhagen on a private visit. ...

    Article : 95 words
  24. COSTLY RECEIPT

    It was stated at to-day's meeting of the Tick Control Board, that to collect a receipt for a shilling, the rental on the hire of a cattle dip site in Urbenville district, the ...

    Article : 142 words
  25. JAPANESE LOSSES.

    Cable news received yesterday from Hankow by the Chinese Consulate-General in Sydney is as follows:- "Five miles east of Chinkiang, downstream ...

    Article : 153 words
  26. FOUR KILLED WHEN BOMBER CRASHES.

    Four men were killed when a Royal Air Force bomber crashed in flames at Stopham Bridge, Sussex. The bodies were s. charred that identification was impossible. ...

    Article : 142 words
  27. SEARCH FOR REFUGEES GOES ON.

    The British gunboat Bee is still searching for the survivors from the sunken American gunboat Panay and the sunken American oil tankers. ...

    Article : 600 words
  28. NO BROAD ARROWS.

    Although convicts will be represented in definite historical scenes in the 150th Anniversary celebrations pageant, people will find it hard to tell who are supposed to be convicts ...

    Article : 94 words
  29. OLD MAN'S DEATH.

    Ernest Albert McIlveen, 76, of Per[?]ival Road, Stanmore, shot himself at Rookwood Cemetery yesterday on the grave of his wife, who died about 18 months ago. ...

    Article : 129 words
  30. PRIME MINISTER'S FAMILY.

    Because of the infantile paralysis epidemic restrictions on j[?]iles passing through Victoria, the Prime Minister and Dame Enid Lyons and their children will not go to their ...

    Article : 66 words
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