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  2. FOREIGN POLICY.

    In the House of Commons to-day Mr. A. Ponsonby (Lab.) moved to reduce the Foreign Office vote to discuss conditions in Europe. He asked what was the Government's policy ...

    Article : 679 words
  3. MOTOR VEHICLES.

    At the end of 1920 there were 40,091 motor vehicles, comprising 26,199 motor cars, 2901 motor lorries, and 10,991 motor cycles, in New South Wales. At the end of last year, ...

    Article : 509 words
  4. BRICK CONTRACT.

    Serious allegations were made by Reform aldermen against the Labour caucus at the meeting of the City Council last night. The debate arose out of a decision at a previous ...

    Article : 370 words
  5. CRUISERS.

    Authoritative people in London refuse to consider that the Naval Limitation Conference has reached a hopeless deadlock, and believe that the postponement of the plenary session ...

    Article : 563 words
  6. CITY FIRE.

    A fire which broke out in Brown's Building, Chalmers-street, opposite the Central Railway Station, shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday morning caused damage to the amount of ...

    Article : 763 words
  7. ENGINEERS.

    The award of Judge Beeby, providing for piecework and the daily hiring system with the elimination of holiday and sick pay, becomes operative in the metal trades ...

    Article : 271 words
  8. SUGAR MILL STRIKE

    A message from Innisfail states that the position at South Johnstone to-day is unchanged. The mill continues to crush, and sufficient cane is being received to enable a ...

    Article : 429 words
  9. EARTHQUAKE.

    An earthquake in Palestine cracked the small dome of the Holy Sepulchre Other buildings in the Old City collapsed. A hotel was demolished at Jericho, burying three ...

    Article : 255 words
  10. VICTORIAN UNIONISTS.

    Further hostility to the piecework provisions of the new award of Judge Beeby covering the employment of engineers and blacksmiths was expressed at a conference of ...

    Article : 263 words
  11. IRISH MURDER.

    The Dublin police have arrested nine youths on suspicion of firing the shots which caused the death of Mr. Kevin O'Higgins, Vice-President of the Executive Council in the Irish ...

    Article : 202 words
  12. PLAGUE.

    The Health Department was advised this morning by Dr. Mason (Government Medical Officer at Townsville) that though cats which died there had succumbed to a pueumonic ...

    Article : 171 words
  13. HOUSE WRECKED.

    An unoccupied eight-roomed house in Blanche-street, Elsternwick, was wrecked by an explosion shortly after 1.30 o'clock this morning. It is believed that the rooms ...

    Article : 595 words
  14. SCHOONER ARRESTED

    On two separate warrants the American schooner Anelura was arrested this morning at South Wharf, Melbourne. The first warrant, on behalf of the Victorian Timber ...

    Article : 446 words
  15. CHINESE LOAN.

    Foreign financial and diplomatic circles are seriously perturbod at the projected flotation of a 60,000,000 dollars loan by the Nanking (Communist) Government, with a proposal for ...

    Article : 242 words
  16. SAMOA.

    Mr. O. F. Nelson, leader of the Samoan Citizens' Committee, interviewed, said that, although he was born in Samoa and had lived there, he had left the group with the ...

    Article : 342 words
  17. CANCER RESEARCH.

    The belief was expressed at a meeting of the Empire Cancer Research Campaign that the discovory of the cause of cancer could not be long delayed. Sir Thomas Horder ...

    Article : 165 words
  18. PREVENTIVE MEASURES.

    No official communication was received in Sydney yesterday concerning the outbreak at Townsville. Public health officers in Sydney however, view the position with equanimity, ...

    Article : 397 words
  19. RUSSIA'S DEFENCE.

    A message from Moscow states: As "Russia's reply to Chamberlain," funds are being collected to build an air flotilla. Clubs and associations have organised meetings, ...

    Article : 68 words
  20. EMPIRE MARKETING.

    "Publicity should be regarded as the last stage of scientific organisation, production, and economic marketing," says the Empire Marketing Board's annual report. ...

    Article : 168 words
  21. SHIPBUILDING.

    A gradual improvement in the tonnage under construction throughout the world and progress by leaps and bounds in motorship construction are the outstanding features ...

    Article : 219 words
  22. SERIOUS CHARGE.

    Serious allegations against the police were made by Councillor Lindon at a meeting of the Mitchell Shire Council this afternoon. He said that complaints were made that ...

    Article : 319 words
  23. FILM CENSORSHIP.

    In an address to the Oversea League on film censorship in Australia, the Commonwealth Minister for Trade and Customs (Mr H. E. Pratten) said that the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 187 words
  24. FLOATING MINE.

    It has not yet been ascertained whether the object which was sighted seven miles to the south of Twofold Bay at 5 p.m. on Thursday last was a floating mine. The object has ...

    Article : 140 words
  25. MR. McTIERNAN.

    Mr. E. A. McTiernan (ex-Attorney-General) has decided to retire from politics, and to resume practice at the Bar. He will not seek re-election to the State Parliament. ...

    Article : 245 words
  26. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Secretary of State for the Dominions (Mr. L. S. Amery) informed Mr. W. J. J. Fraser in the House of Commons to-day that the experimental Empire broadcasting scheme ...

    Article : 502 words
  27. WAR ON RATS.

    The City Health Department has no official information of the outbreak of plague at Townsville. The City Council has no jurisdiction in regard to plague other than to ...

    Article : 325 words
  28. EMPIRE MIGRATION.

    In the House of Commons to-day, the Secretary of State for the Dominion[?] (Mr. L. S. Amery), replying to Mr. C. Stephen (Lab.), said that there were no separate figures of ...

    Article : 119 words
  29. MEAT PRICES.

    In the House of Commons to-day, Sir Robert Thomas (Lib.) asked whether the Government would appoint a committee to investigate the meat trade, in view of a report that eight ...

    Article : 143 words
  30. REMARKABLE FRAUD

    A remarkable case of fraud, as a result of which furniture valued at about £500, comprising most of the household effects of a resident of Queensland was sold at auction in ...

    Article : 339 words
  31. PUBLIC SERVANTS.

    The State Cabinet, yesterday decided that, wherever practicable, a five-day working week should operate in the State Public Service. It was subsequently explained that the matter ...

    Article : 159 words
  32. IDLE WATERFRONT.

    No work was done on the waterfront to-day as the result of a dispute concerning the picking-up place for waterside workers. Representatives of shipping companies went ...

    Article : 104 words
  33. COLONIAL OFFICIALS.

    In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. H. G. Williams (Con.) asked whether it was the practice for Colonial Office officials to serve for a period in some administrative post ...

    Article : 221 words
  34. SPORT ABROAD.

    The qualifying rounds of the British open golf championship began to-day at St Andrew's. The only Australian entrants—R. Nettlefold and L. Nettlefold—are in jeopardy. ...

    Article : 241 words
  35. FEDERAL POLICY.

    Referring to the Federal financial returns, the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) to-day dealt with the maternity bonus, and said that there were few people who did not approve of the ...

    Article : 152 words
  36. PRICE OF FOOTWEAR.

    At a special meeting of the New South Wales Shoe Manufacturers' Association yesterday, it was decided to notify retailors that the price of footwear would be increased as ...

    Article : 113 words
  37. FOOTBALL MELEE.

    Bad feeling was displayed in a Rugby League match between Molong and Yeoval, when the latter succeeded in winning the Cox Challenge Cup. During the progress of the game a ...

    Article : 107 words
  38. ROYAL VISIT.

    Celebrations during the visit of the Duk[?] and Duchess of York cost the City Counci[?] £5066. Wages accounted for £1423. ...

    Article : 40 words
  39. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.

    Florence May Jenkins was committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter arising from the death of an infant. Evidence was given that the child had been suffocated as ...

    Article : 39 words
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