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  2. MINING COSTS.

    The Chairman of the Coal Commission (Mr. Justice Davidson) announced yesterday that the Commission had decided that it could not concede the request of the representative ...

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  3. TERMS REJECTED. By Miners at Cessnock.

    By a show of hands at the conclusion of a stormy meeting the Cessnock miners to-day rejected the proposed terms of settlement of the dispute with the mineowners. There was a considerable number of non-voters. Two hundred hands went up for acceptance. ...

    Article : 257 words
  4. MR. HUGHES.

    "Mr. Hughes seems quite angry. So angry, in fact, that he has quite forgotten to answer any of the questions I asked him in my comments on his Chatswood speech," said the ...

    Article : 575 words
  5. MR. BEASLEY.

    Mystery surrounds the reason for the hurried dash made to Sydney yesterday afternoon by the assistant Minister for Industry (Mr. Beasley), who attended a meeting of the ...

    Article : 365 words
  6. THE NEW TARIFF.

    The executive of the Associated Chambers of Commerce deplores the latest increases in the Australian tariff as injurious to many staple industries, and augmenting ...

    Article : 592 words
  7. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    The House of Commons devoted last evening to the committee stages of the Unemployment Insurance Bill, after a heated debate in connection with the ...

    Article : 375 words
  8. WILD STORM. Sweeps England.

    Several lives were lost and widespread damage was done to property on land and sea by the worst storm for many years, which swept over the ...

    Article : 423 words
  9. TALKIE OPERATORS.

    Movietone operators employed in metropolitan and suburban picture theatres to-day threatened to withdraw from the theatres on Saturday if their claims for higher wages ...

    Article : 231 words
  10. AGGREGATE MEETING.

    The crowd that gathered outside the Cessnock Railway Hotel—from the balcony of which the leaders were to speak—was almost as large as that at Kurri Kurri yesterday. ...

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  11. GRISLY CRIME.

    One of the most grisly stories in the history of insurance crimes was revealed as a result of the masterly tactics of Leipsig detectives. A burning car was found on the open ...

    Article : 360 words
  12. FISHERMAN SHOT.

    A fisherman named C. Carlson was shot dead on the cattle wharf at Auckland-street late last night. Carlson had arrived from the North Reef ...

    Article : 139 words
  13. COLLIER SINKS IN GALE.

    At the height of the gale the collier Frances Duncan bound from Cardiff to Rouen when two miles off shore, was caught by a veritable wall of water near Penzance heeled over like ...

    Article : 144 words
  14. FLYING BOAT'S TRIP.

    A Southampton flying boat, which left Point Cook at 9.50 o'clock this morning, arrived at Launceston at 3.20 p.m. Sauadron-Leader Scriven, who is in charge ...

    Article : 111 words
  15. LEGAL ANOMALY.

    In the Equity Court yesterday Mr. Justice Long Innes commented upon the necessity for amendment of the law relating to imprisonment of a bankrupt for non-payment of ...

    Article : 814 words
  16. DOCTRINE OF WORK.

    Addressing a business conference, called at his request by the United States Chamber of Commerce, President Hoover suggested work as the best prescription for the ...

    Article : 518 words
  17. THE GARTHPOOL.

    When the survivors of the Garthpool arrived at Plymouth from Cape Verde Islands in the Avalona Star, Mr. Alfred J. Pazolt graphically described the last moments of one ...

    Article : 190 words
  18. EXPRESS CARS DAMAGED.

    A collision occurred during shunting operations in the Wodonga station yards when the observation and several other cars of the Sydney express were damaged. ...

    Article : 159 words
  19. SHOCKING TRAGEDY.

    A shocking tragedy occurred at Surat to-day, as the result of which Mrs. Ruby Miller, a half-caste woman, and her two children, Bobby, 12, and Joyce, 1, are dead, and the ...

    Article : 133 words
  20. FUTURE OF EGYPT.

    Lord Lloyd, formerly High Commissioner at Cairo, speaking at an Empire Union luncheon, said that he had been sent to Egypt to guard certain vital interests and maintain the 1922 ...

    Article : 145 words
  21. INDUSTRIAL PEACE.

    Since the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) informed the management committee of the Industrial Peace Conference that he would be willing to co-operate in the calling ...

    Article : 160 words
  22. TRAFFIC BILL.

    Moving in the House of Lords the second reading of the Traffic Bill, Lord Russell declared that the legislation was 23 years overdue. Discussing details, he said that the ...

    Article : 491 words
  23. THE TARIFF.

    A report has been in circulation in Canberra that before Parliament adjourns, a supplementary tariff schedule will be presented to deal with certain items which have ...

    Article : 139 words
  24. MANCHURIA.

    The Chinese reply to the British Note regarding the Sino-Russian dispute in Manchuria has been received in London. It points out that China maintained a peaceful attitude, ...

    Article : 344 words
  25. BONDI FIRE.

    A fire which broke out in the premises of the Bondi Furniture Exchange, in Gould-street, yesterday, completely destroyed the building, with its contents, valued at about ...

    Article : 126 words
  26. TEACHING ENGLISH.

    "We are failing in our duty to the mother tongue." said Dr. C. J. Prescott, headmaster of Newington College, at the "speech day" yesterday. ...

    Article : 163 words
  27. FEUD AT AN END.

    A message from Rome says:—Signalising the end of the feud existing since 1870, when his grandfather seized Rome as the capital, King Victor and the Queen of Italy this ...

    Article : 187 words
  28. SPRINKLER BURSTS.

    Extensive damage was done to the country order department of Grace Bros. Ltd., on the second floor, in Francis-street, at about 11 o'clock last night by the bursting of an ...

    Article : 81 words
  29. FIERCE STORM IN NEW ZEALAND.

    A wind of cyclonic force struck Greymouth at 7 o'clock to-night and much minor damage was done. Several houses were unrocfed. ...

    Article : 31 words
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