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  2. EARTHQUAKE.

    Two earthquake shocks were rocorder at the Riverview Observatory yesterday. The first, which wns very slight, occurred about 6.15 a.m. The second took place about 11 o'clock, ...

    Article : 185 words
  3. STATE SESSION.

    Immediately the Legislative Assembly met yesterday the leader of the Opposition sprang on the Government a surprise motion dealing with the refusal of the Premier and ...

    Article : 3,649 words
  4. CIVIC WORK.

    Alarming increases have taken place in the costs of carrying out City Council work under day labour. Compared with work of a similar ...

    Article : 739 words
  5. REDISTRIBUTION.

    The State Parliamentary Country party (formerly known as the Progressives) intends to submit candidates for the whole of the 39 country seats at the next State general ...

    Article : 630 words
  6. NATIONALISTS.

    The sittings of the fourth annual conference of the Australian National Federation were concluded to-day, when several important alterations were made to the platform. The ...

    Article : 835 words
  7. THE EMPIRE.

    Though the Imperial Conferences did not meet to-day, useful nnd far-reaching work was accomplished by sub-committees:. At the sitting of the Research Committee ...

    Article : 810 words
  8. SOVIET RUSSIA.

    The Moscow correspondent of the "Da[?]y Express" says: "On Wednesday, the scene in the throne room of the Kremlin, with its s[?]ver and gold panelling and black wa[?]ut ...

    Article : 342 words
  9. MOTOR RECORD.

    Travel-stalned and weary, Messrs, Francis Birtles and A. Barlow, in a 14 h.p. racing Bean car, arrived at the G.P.O. at 10 minutes past 8 o'clock last night, having covered the ...

    Article : 367 words
  10. OIL COMPANIES.

    "I have noticed," said Dr. Earle Page, the Acting Prime Minister, to-day, "that Mr. Wagstaff, the Australian mouthpiece of the Royal Dutuh oil interests, has stated that it would ...

    Article : 826 words
  11. BEAN TRUCK.

    The Bean motor truck, on its return Journey from Darwin to Melbourne by way of Rockhampton and Brisbane, passed through the border fence of the Northern Territory ...

    Article : 172 words
  12. THE COAL STRIKE.

    Folloywing upon the interview with Mr. Baldwin yesterday, the general council of the Trade Union Congress decided to ask the executive of the Miners' Federation to meet ...

    Article : 185 words
  13. QUEENSLAND.

    Allegations that the Government had gerrymandered the electorates so as to retain office were made in the Legislative Assembly today by Mr. Kelso when the Estimates were ...

    Article : 158 words
  14. POSITION IN CHINA.

    Considerable apprehension is felt here as to the outcome of the present guerilla warfare being waged between Canton agents and Chinese soldiery. Police have been detailed ...

    Article : 375 words
  15. PETROL TAX.

    The Full Bench of the High Court to-day reserved judgment in the action in which the Taxation (Motor Spirit Vendors) Act, 1925, of the State of South Australia is being ...

    Article : 412 words
  16. EMPIRE DELEGATES.

    From the time at which the members of the Empire Parliamentary Delegation returned from Tasmania on Wednesday to the time at which they boardod the "Reso" train at ...

    Article : 411 words
  17. INCREASED COSTS.

    Mr. John Rankin, a dairyfarmor, of Colac, and a member of the Royal Commission appointed by the State Parliament to inquire into soldier settlement, gave evidence in the ...

    Article : 323 words
  18. SIGNALS TO MARS.

    Many clouds have prevented the earth re[?]eiving Martian signals, if any were directed to the earth. Nevertheless there is much scanning of the heavens. The giant 28-inch ...

    Article : 287 words
  19. COMMONWEALTH LINE.

    The Australian Commonwealth line has now a compact fleet of seven vessels, comprising the five "Bay" liners which carry passengers and cargo, and the cargo steamers Fordsdale ...

    Article : 197 words
  20. FULL PREFERENCE.

    The Bank Officers' Association is demanding full preforence for unionists, and, in effect, the dismissal of officers whose salary does not exceed £750 per annum unless they ...

    Article : 261 words
  21. SERIOUS PESTS.

    Dr. R. J. T[?]yard, of the Cawthron Institute, New Zealand, in the course of the Trueman-Wood lecture delivered before the Royal Society, declared that the losses owing to ...

    Article : 82 words
  22. LABOUR CAUCUS.

    A meeting of the Parliamentary Labour caucus has been convened for this morning. It was stated in the Parliamentary lobbies yesterday that a delegation, representative ...

    Article : 284 words
  23. FIRE AT REDFERN.

    Fire which broke out in the factory of the Sydney Bedding Company, Georgo-street, Redfern, at 1.25 p.m. yesterday, proved extremely difficult to extinguish when the flames spread ...

    Article : 214 words
  24. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    There was a brilliant gathering to-night at the reception given by the Speaker of the House of Commons to the dominion delegates to the Imperial Conference and visiting ...

    Article : 220 words
  25. SUGAR REFINERIES.

    Britain's largest cane sugar refinery, carried on by Tate and Lyle, at Plaistow Wharf, where 2600 workers were employed, is closing down owing to the dumping of 1[?],000 tons ...

    Article : 84 words
  26. CANADIAN RAILWAYS.

    The statement of accounts of the Canadian national railways, which was issued on Wednesday, shows the net oarnings for nine months in 1926 to have been 25,743,000 dollars, ...

    Article : 63 words
  27. BASIC WAGE.

    It is reported that bosides the Shop Assistants' Union and Ironworkers' Association, the following organisations have carried resolutions against participating in a stop-work ...

    Article : 101 words
  28. RUNNYMEDE.

    The Rey A Tranter, welface officer on board the Otranto, which arrived in Sydney yesterday, said he hoped during his stay in Australia to interest the people in ...

    Article : 126 words
  29. LORD STRADBROKE.

    As president of the governors of Framlingham College, the Earl of Stradbroke (formerly Governor of Victoria) had a hearty welcome on Speech Day. It was his first public ...

    Article : 91 words
  30. THE BELGIAN LOAN.

    Applications for Sweden's share of the loan (9,000,000 crowns) totalled 100,000,000 crowns. (By courtesy of Amalgamated Wireless). The sterling portion of the loan is £8,500,000, ...

    Article : 79 words
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