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  2. SHEFFIELD SHIELD Fine Scoring by N.S.W.

    New South Wales is in the very satisfactory position of having 358 runs on the book with seven good wickets in hand in the Sheffield Shield match against Victoria, which ...

    Article : 838 words
  3. TIMBER INDUSTRY. CONFERENCE FAILS.

    Representatives of the A.C.T.U., the Timber Workers' Union, the Carters and Drivers' Union, and the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, met to-day members of ...

    Article : 303 words
  4. NEW CRUISER. United States Navy

    The 10,000-ton light cruiser Sait Lake City, which is the first of such vessels to be constructed under the terms of the Washington Armaments Limitation ...

    Article : 454 words
  5. COAL TRADE. Critical Position.

    The position in the coal industry remains critical. A meeting of colliery proprietors will be held next week, when, it is expected, some ...

    Article : 84 words
  6. DROWNED.

    Yesterday afternoon three schoolboys sailed out to sea at Yowie Bay, near Miranda, in a derelict flat-bottomed boat. Ten minutes later one struggled ...

    Article : 360 words
  7. COMMUNISTS.

    A full dress debate on Communism occupied most of the time at the A.W.U. Convention to-day. The question was introduced by Mr. G. Buckland (secretary of the central ...

    Article : 949 words
  8. THE KING.

    The King's progress towards recovery has been continued. The doctors have not decided on the date of the next bulletin, but it is improbable that one will be issued ...

    Article : 218 words
  9. THE TUNNEL.

    The Parliamentary Labour party has passed a resolution favouring the Channel tunnel inquiry, and expressing the opinion that military considerations should not be allowed to ...

    Article : 240 words
  10. OWNERS' STATEMENT.

    "I cannot for the life of me understand why the miners refused to join with the Government in an attempt to solve the coal problem," said Mr. C. McDonald, chairman of ...

    Article : 487 words
  11. THE AFGHAN THRONE.

    Inayatullah has arrived at Kandahar and joined Amanuliah, who again has hoisted his standard at the Royal palace. He is daily gaining support from the Duranis, a ...

    Article : 374 words
  12. THE LATEST SCHEME.

    Many schemes for tunnelling the Channel have been put forward. The latest, based upon post-war costs and charges, is detailed in a book issued in London last month by ...

    Article : 302 words
  13. NEWCASTLE POSITION.

    The position in Newcastle became more clearly defined yesterday. Almost all firms fell into line in agreeing to allow the men to work a 44-hour week, it being stipulated, ...

    Article : 55 words
  14. HEAVY BURDENS.

    In the year 1926-27 (the last for which statistics were available), the Commonwealth had to provide nearly £18,000,000, and the States over £12,000,000—or a total of ...

    Article : 917 words
  15. COUNCIL OF ACTION.

    Approval was given at the meeting of the Labour Council last night for the formation of a Council of Action within the State, to work in conjunction with the A.C.T.U., ...

    Article : 87 words
  16. LORRY OVERTURNS.

    There were frantic scenes on a roadside near Singleton when a motor lorry containing 13 people, mostly women and their children, overturned while endeavouring to pass another ...

    Article : 230 words
  17. BRITISH RELATIONS.

    In this week's issue of the "Nation" there is an article by Mr. Ramsay MacDonald in in which he says:— "The relations between the United States ...

    Article : 210 words
  18. NEW MONOPLANE.

    Experts in aviation to-day viewed at Cranwell aerodrome an aeroplane which has been designed to beat the long-distance feats of any aircraft yet built, whether heavier or ...

    Article : 161 words
  19. PAGAN GODS.

    A report from Berlin says that General Ludendorff has completed arrangements for a "missionary campaign," in which he and his wife will tour Germany, calling on Germans ...

    Article : 154 words
  20. MR. BAVIN'S EFFORTS.

    Mr. Bavin, interviewed in Melbourne tonight, said:—"Before I left Sydney I saw the northern colliery owners for a few minutes regarding the South Australian contract. I ...

    Article : 277 words
  21. THE SOVIET.

    Coinciding with 150 arrests at Moscow and other places in Russia, the Communist party at Moscow has issued a statement declaring relentless war against the Trotsky forces, ...

    Article : 145 words
  22. BOY'S PRANK. May Cause Strike.

    Officially it is an offence, punishable by dismissal from the Public Works Department, to be the butt of a skylarking apprentice! ...

    Article : 232 words
  23. £100,000 FUND.

    The movement instituted by Australian business men to raise a minimum fund of £100,000 for "boosting" Australia overseas with the special purpose of attracting tourists, ...

    Article : 212 words
  24. THE PLAY.

    Andrews won the toss and opened the New South Wales innings with Jackson and Fairfax. Gamble and Ebeling opened the attack, the former operating from the Paddington ...

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  25. ATLANTIC GALE.

    The British freighter Tees Bridge, bound from Fowey to Philadelphia, which is believed to have foundered in the Atalantic, sent out a wireless message on Sunday that two of her ...

    Article : 191 words
  26. CANADA'S HARVEST.

    Canada's wheat yield in 1928 was 533,571,000 bushels. This is the first time that the halfbillion mark has been passed, according to the Bureau of Statistics. ...

    Article : 32 words
  27. APPEAL FOR INQUIRY.

    The Miners' Federation despatched a telegram to the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) yesterday, asking him to appoint a commission of inquiry into the coal industry. ...

    Article : 160 words
  28. ANGLICAN CHURCH.

    Dean Inge's new book, "Assessments and Anticipations" (Cassell), comments on the state of the Church of England as not encouraging. "Most leading churchmen are ...

    Article : 73 words
  29. WOMAN ATTACKED.

    An alleged assault on a woman in Prince Alfred Tark, city, last night is being investigated by the police. Constable Coggan was on duty near the park ...

    Article : 196 words
  30. BERRY COUNCIL'S ACTION.

    Aldermen of the Berry Municipal Council have expressed concern at the threatened strike at the Port Kembla power station, and have decided to send an urgent telegram ...

    Article : 59 words
  31. NO CONCESSIONS.

    The president of the A.L.P. (Mr. J. J. Graves), prior to leaving for the Orange conference yesterday, in a statement concerning the A.W.U. "peace overtures," said his ...

    Article : 158 words
  32. OLYMPIC CYCLIST.

    There was a stir in amateur cycling circles a few weeks ago, when the recently-returned Olympic cyclist, J. Standen, joined the professional ranks. ...

    Article : 280 words
  33. FOURTEEN DEATHS.

    Two Indian officers and twelve cavalrymen were killed, and one officer and fourteen men were injured, two precariously, in the Peshawar air tragedy. ...

    Article : 71 words
  34. ROYAL COMMISSION.

    Northern miners' delegates to-day returned from the Coal Conference in Sydney. The president of the northern branch of the Miner's Federation (Mr. B. Hoare) said that ...

    Article : 237 words
  35. WARMLY WELCOMED.

    The chief task confronting the leaders of the Young Australia League party now in San Francisco is to explain why further invitations to hospitality cannot be accepted. ...

    Article : 112 words
  36. WOMEN VOTERS.

    The names of 5,245.000 new women voters were added to the Parliamentary registers to-day. The Conservatives are organising a national recruiting campaign to enrol as many ...

    Article : 94 words
  37. WASTED MONEY.

    In court to-day William Frederick Thomas, 27, admitted guilt to six charges of theft, totalling £507 from the Commercial Bank of Australia, where he was employed as a bills ...

    Article : 145 words
  38. ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.

    The Vice-Mayor, Alderman Watson, stated to-day that nine tenders were received for the supply and erection of a turbo-alternator of 18,750 kilowatts for the New Farm ...

    Article : 115 words
  39. DIVING ACCIDENTS.

    Two bathing accidents, in which the victims both suffered injuries to the spine, occurred to-night. James Owen, 24, of Alfredcrescent, North Fitzroy, a clerk employed at ...

    Article : 105 words
  40. BRITAIN AND IRAQ.

    Once Iraq is admitted to the League of Nations all existing treaties and agreements with Britain automatically end under the Anglo-Iraq treaty of 1926. This is being ...

    Article : 128 words
  41. COST OF PROHIBITION.

    Unalterable hostility to acceptance of the Senate's vote of an additional 24,000,000 dollars for prohibition enforcement is expressed by the leaders of the House of ...

    Article : 93 words
  42. NO EXTENSION.

    The Premier (Mr. Butler) stated emphatically, to-day that the Government would not extend the time for the receipt of coal tenders beyond January 21. ...

    Article : 39 words
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