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  2. LABOUR'S TASK

    Signs of the difficulties ahead of the MacDonald Government have not taken long to show themselves. The first evidence of internal differences ...

    Article : 596 words
  3. GAS SUPPLY FAILS.

    The city and suburbs were again serious[?] affected yesterday by the shortage of gas fo[?] cooking purposes Many householders an[?] restaurants had to resort to fuel and o[?] ...

    Article : 122 words
  4. MURDERED.

    Margaret Lawrence, one of the most noted actresses in America, was murdered in her mid-town apartment by Louis Bennison, the well-known actor, who subsequently committed ...

    Article : 297 words
  5. GERMAN ANNUITIES

    The full text is now available of the report of the committee of experts on reparations. The main effect of the committee's work, which has been achieved with unanimous ...

    Article : 677 words
  6. WARRING PARTIES.

    A discussion on the crisis in the coal industry formed the greater part of the charge of the Bishop of Newcastle (Dr. Long) to members of Synod at the Newcastle Cathedral ...

    Article : 541 words
  7. MEN'S OFFER.

    Before the Royal Commission yesterday, Mr. Browne, K.C., who with Mr. W. J. McKell appeared for the combined mining unions, said that he would be glad if something could be ...

    Article : 1,192 words
  8. CRITICAL SITUATION.

    Three thousand miners marched three miles from Kurri Kurri to Richmond Main colliery yesterday. A demonstration outside the gates of the colliery passed off without riotous scenes. A general coal strike, if it is brought about, will close down the ...

    Article : 282 words
  9. RESTAURANTS.

    Those responsible for the cooking of food and the heating of water in city restaurants and hotels were inconvenienced, but not non[?] plussed by the gas stoppage. Managers an[?] ...

    Article : 573 words
  10. RAIDED.

    An international issue is likely to result from a raid on the Soviet Consulate at Harbin, the arrest of 40 persons, including the Consul-General, and the seizure of a quantity ...

    Article : 161 words
  11. DEMONSTRATION.

    Three thousand miners marched three miles from Kurri Kurri to Mr. John Brown's Richmond Main colliery before dawn this morning with the intention of mass picketing to ...

    Article : 1,242 words
  12. SERIOUS DROUGHT.

    An unprecedented drought in Hongkong is resulting in the most serious water supply crisis in the colony's history. The Government states that there is less than three weeks' ...

    Article : 129 words
  13. CESSNOCK BUSINESS MEN.

    After the Coal Commission adjourned yesterday, the chairman of the Northern Collieries Association (Mr. C. M. McDonald) had an informal conference with officials of the Miners ...

    Article : 128 words
  14. THE KING'S HEALTH.

    It is stated officially that the King is making progress. The abscess is diminishing in size, and his Majesty's general health is good. ...

    Article : 30 words
  15. GENERAL STOPPAGE.

    Enginedrivers were emphatic yesterday that the State council of the Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association would give effect to their plans for a general cessation of work in the ...

    Article : 169 words
  16. ELECTRIC TRAIN.

    Five workmen were injured and train services between Elsternwick and Brighton were entirely suspended during the peak traffic period this morning, when an empty electric ...

    Article : 186 words
  17. ATLANTIC FLIGHT.

    Captain Ahrenberg, the Swedish airman, who set out yesterday in a seaplane from Stockholm to Iceland on the first stag of a flight to New York, was forced to land on the ...

    Article : 238 words
  18. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    In the Sligo by-election for the Dail E[?]rann, General Sean Mackeo[?]n (Ministerialist), formerly a blacksmith of Ballinalee, secured 28,598 votes, and Mr. Eamon Donnelly (De ...

    Article : 192 words
  19. LEADER'S STATEMENT.

    Mr. MacDonald issued the following statement from the London station of the British Broadcasting Corporation yesterday evening:— "My colleagues and I have just returned from ...

    Article : 630 words
  20. OFFICIAL STATEMENT.

    In an official statement issued by the Australian Gas Light Company, regret was expressed that "owing to the poor quality of coal at present available for gas-making ...

    Article : 162 words
  21. SAFETY MEN.

    It was announced this morning that enginedrivers, deputies, and colliery mechanics had been withdrawn from Richmond Main and Hebburn No. 1 and 2 pits for the period of ...

    Article : 142 words
  22. ARBITRATION.

    The Federal Liquor and Allied Traders' Employees' Union has protested to the Attorney-General against the proposed abolition of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court. The union ...

    Article : 249 words
  23. NORTH SHORE SUPPLIES.

    "We will keep up full supplies of gas as long as we can," said Mr. E. Foster, chief engineer to the North Shore Gas Light Co., Ltd., yesterday, "but how long that will last ...

    Article : 420 words
  24. FAREWELLS.

    Interesting cable messages which have passed between the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) the retiring Prime Minister of Great Britain (Mr. Baldwin), and his successor, Mr. ...

    Article : 461 words
  25. ALONE IN A 'PLANE.

    A French officer who had never piloted an aeroplane had a terrifying experience at Le Bourget aerodrome. He was alone in the machine, when the pilot was thrown ...

    Article : 207 words
  26. HEBBURN NO. 1.

    A meeting of Hebburn No 2 miners' lodge decided this morning to picket Hebburn No 1 colliery at 6 o'clock each morning until the end of the week. The picket will consist of ...

    Article : 273 words
  27. THE STEELWORKS.

    It is believed that if the enginedrivers succeed in precipitating the general strike towards which they are now working, the plight of Newcastle will become desperate. ...

    Article : 301 words
  28. STATE DOCUMENT.

    Following the publication in a Canberra newspaper of certain information relating to the future administiatlon of the Federal Capital Territory a visit was paid by officers of ...

    Article : 204 words
  29. DAVIS CUP.

    Germany defeated Italy in the Davis Cup match. De Morpurgo (Italy) beat Laudmann (Germany), 6-4, 6-0, 7-5; Moldenhauer (Germany) beat De Stefany (Italy), 6-3, 3-6, 5-7, ...

    Article : 170 words
  30. WESTERN MINERS.

    Referring to the coal position, this morning, Mr. Campbell Roy, president of the Western miners, said that he would by no means countenance a general strike. The trouble, ...

    Article : 126 words
  31. MESSAGE TO AUSTRALIA.

    The Governer (Sir Dudley de Chair) has received the following cable, dated June 8, from the new Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs (Mr. Sidney Webb):— ...

    Article : 93 words
  32. COLLIERY REOPENS.

    Millfield Greta Colliery, one of the small pits which reopened after the associated pits were closed, and subsequently ceased operations over disputes relating to employment of non-union ...

    Article : 91 words
  33. ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ASSURED

    There is no danger of a failure of electricity owing to a short of coal supply. The City Commissioners continued the practice followed by the City Council for years ...

    Article : 101 words
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