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  2. FEDERAL SESSION.

    Further efforts to postpone the operation of the States Grants Bill were made in the House of Representatives to-day, when consideration of the measure in committee was ...

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  3. AIR FORCES.

    The Secretary of State for Air (Sir Samuel [?]), in presenting the Estimates of Air Ministry, pointed out that they provided far 10 per cent. increase in the personnel of ...

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  4. THE LEAGUE.

    An outspoken speech by Dr. Stresemann was the feature of the day's news relating to the meeting of the Council of the League of Nations at Geneva. ...

    Article : 343 words
  5. SHANGHAI.

    Theren were further assassinations of loyal workers by hired gunmen yesterday. The Chinese foreman of a Japanese cotton mill was shot dead on his way to work. A Chinese ...

    Article : 363 words
  6. THE CAUCUS.

    The serious internal dissension in the Cabinet and the development of numerous factions within the Parliamentary Labour party during the past few weeks are causing the ...

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  7. HEAVY STORM

    An exceptionally heavy thunderstorm broke over the city and suburbs shortly before 7 8 o'clock last night. Suburban train services, both electric and ...

    Article : 480 words
  8. LABOUR SPLIT.

    The A.L.P. executive last night reaffirmed its decision to hold the annual conference of the Australian Labour party in June, and made it clear that the conference convened by the ...

    Article : 682 words
  9. LARGE ESTATES.

    The Large Estates (Taxation Management) Bill, the second reading of which was moved by Mr. Willis, in the Legislative Council yesterday, was trenchantly criticised by ...

    Article : 341 words
  10. THE ROYAL TOUR.

    To-day's bulletin says that the Duchess of York passed a good night, and this morning her temperature was normal. It was expected that she would be able to embark ...

    Article : 378 words
  11. PACIFIC CABLE BOARD.

    The "Daily Express" states that agreement has been reached between the Governments of Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, to offer the chairmanship of the Pacific Cable ...

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  12. THE MONEY MARKET.

    The "Financial News" says:—Humours of a new Commonwealth loan have caused various Australian scrips to weaken. It would not be a surprise if both the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 149 words
  13. JAPANESE LOSSES.

    Returns from the earthquake area are slow to arrive, but the official compilation shows up to the present 2301 deaths, 4252 injured, and 6103 houses destroyed. ...

    Article : 68 words
  14. ARCHITECT'S CLAIM.

    At the beginning of the present month Mr. William Martin, retired architect, wrote to Mr. Layton, Town Clerk, stating that he had made a claim on Mr. Cooper, superintendent ...

    Article : 200 words
  15. AUSTRALIA'S SYMPATHY.

    His Excellency, the Governor-General, Lord Stonehaven, has despatched the following message to the Government of Japan through his Majesty's ambassador at Tokio:— ...

    Article : 94 words
  16. FLYING ACCIDENTS.

    During the debate on the Air Ministry Estimates in the House of Commons, Mr. Baldwin intervened to make a statement upon accidents in the Royal Air Force. ...

    Article : 481 words
  17. NAVAL LIMITATION.

    The British Government has instructed the British Ambassador here (Sir Esme Howard) to accept the United States' invitation to a three-Power naval limitation conference at ...

    Article : 129 words
  18. CANBERRA.

    Arrangements for the accommodation of visitors, and particularly of motorists, at Canberra during the visit of the Duke of York from May 8 to May 11 have been completed ...

    Article : 735 words
  19. JEWS IN PALESTINE.

    It is officially stated that 13,056 Jews, comprising 5942 men 4580 women, and 2554 children entered Palestine as immigrants during the twe[?]e months ending December 31 ...

    Article : 61 words
  20. CIVIC CARS.

    The Lord Mayor stated yesterday that Labour aldermen had used a City Council motor car on the occasions referred to by Alderman Walder in the statement in ...

    Article : 377 words
  21. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    On charges of victimising women and confessing to four bigamous marriages, Stanley Roberts, 45, whose wife is in New Zealand was to-day sentenced to five years' penal ...

    Article : 711 words
  22. COAL TRADE.

    The Railway Commissioners, in a letter to the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, state that the coal export trade of the port shows a marked falling off. ...

    Article : 108 words
  23. CANADA.

    It is the intention of the Canadian Government to be represented by a Minister of the Crown at the opening of the Australian Federal Parliament at Canberra. ...

    Article : 206 words
  24. 40-HOUR STRIKE.

    After two months' hold-up of the building trade in Brisbane, the strike of employees, who are attempting to enforce a 40-hour week, remains unsettled. ...

    Article : 126 words
  25. PREMIER'S CHARGE.

    The Premier (Mr. Collier), speaking at Subiaco last night in support of a Labour candidate, said that the defeat of the Redistribution of Seats Bill when Sir James ...

    Article : 117 words
  26. MAJOR BORGES

    Major Borges, the Uruguayan airman, who came to grief on the coast of north-west Africa, and was subsequently in the hands of Moors, has arrived at Cape Juby. With his ...

    Article : 94 words
  27. YOUNG NURSE'S DEATH.

    The mystery associated with the death of Nurse Daniels seems to have been brought no nearer solution by the Boulogne inquiry Nurse McCarthy states that she has no ...

    Article : 232 words
  28. WHARF WORKERS.

    A demand by the Lyttelton watersiders that the gang at each hold should be increased from four to six, on the ground that gangs of six were used at Wellington, caused ...

    Article : 96 words
  29. BESSARABIA.

    Signor Mussolini, in presenting to the Italian Chamber of Deputies a bill for ratification of the Bessarabian treaty, asked for an Immediate decision. ...

    Article : 71 words
  30. GOLDFIELDS CRIME.

    In the Supreme Court yesterday Evan Clarke claimed the reward of £1000 offered by the Crown for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons who ...

    Article : 155 words
  31. UNCHARTED ROCK.

    The captain and officers of the steamer Northumberland, which was believed to have struck an uncharted rock on January 25, while travelling from Auckland to Napier, ...

    Article : 171 words
  32. FOXES AT AUBURN.

    A large fox was trapped by a resident of Edcar-street, Auburn, this week. For several weeks a local poultry breeder has lost a hen each night. He set a trap, and the following ...

    Article : 99 words
  33. ALIENS IN BRITAIN.

    In the House of Commons to-day the Home Secretary (Sir William Joynson-Hicks), in answer to a question, said that for two years all alien's residing to England who were ...

    Article : 106 words
  34. PREVENTING A STRIKE.

    The Greek Government adopted a drastic method of combating the greatest general Strike in the history of Greece. The trouble was due to heavy taxation, against which even ...

    Article : 81 words
  35. THE RENOWN.

    The Renown will he open to the public for inspection on the afternoons of March 28 and 30, and on April 1, 2, and 6. Visits for special parties have been ...

    Article : 50 words
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