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  2. STATE SESSION.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday the second-reading debate on the Wheat Bill, which occupied the greater part of the sitting, was concluded. The Dangerous Drugs ...

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  3. THE GOVERNOR.

    "Mr. Lang has surely inflicted enough hardships on the people of New South Wales, without treating them to a daily half-column of hate against the Governor and the Legislative ...

    Article : 383 words
  4. 44 HOURS.

    When the hearing of the application by the Amalgamated Engineering Union to provide for a 44-hour, instead of a 48-hour week, was resumed to-day, Mr. James Thomas Sutcliffe, ...

    Article : 389 words
  5. EDIE CREEK.

    Serious discontent exists amongst the miners on the Edie Creek goldfields. In New Guinea, owing, it is staled, to the fact that big leases have been granted, with the result ...

    Article : 566 words
  6. REGULATION.

    Members of the Amalgamated Engineering Union employed at the Enfield railway sheds have decided to inaugurate a regulation strike because they alleged that a number of ...

    Article : 460 words
  7. DISTURBED CHINA.

    Kufkiang is in complete possession of the Reds, who have been welcomed by the residents. General Sun Chuan-fang, commander of the anti-Red forces, has retreated by a ...

    Article : 433 words
  8. DUKE OF YORK.

    General Sir Brudenell White, who is the Commonwealth director of arrangements for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York, is at present in Sydney conferring with the ...

    Article : 357 words
  9. CONFERENCE.

    By means of another day of committee work the Imperial Conference to-day brought to fruition some of the preliminary work of the past fortnight, though much is still ...

    Article : 631 words
  10. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day, in moving the second reading of the Government Loan Bill, the Premier (Mr. McCormack) said that the Government proposed to seek the ...

    Article : 281 words
  11. DAY LABOUR.

    Labour aldermen at the City Council last night voted unanimously against inviting tenders from cartage contractors for the removal of a spoil dump from Hyde Park to Moore ...

    Article : 251 words
  12. DEFENCE FORCES.

    What promises to be one of the most imposing displays of naval, military, and air forces in Australia since the inauguration of the Commonwealth is to take place at ...

    Article : 472 words
  13. MIGRATION.

    In an interview on migration, Major Bryan Cooper, a member of the Empire delegation, said that it appeared that Australia did not desire migrants from the Irish Free State, ...

    Article : 254 words
  14. BRUNNER TRAGEDY.

    At the Coroner's inquiry into the death of Mr. Roscoe Brunner, formerly chairman of Brunner, Mond, and Co, Ltd, and his wife at Green Cottage, Putney a verdict of murder ...

    Article : 255 words
  15. ADMINISTRATOR TO REPORT.

    The Minister for Home and Territories (Sir Wm. Glasgow) stated to-day that he had received a copy of the message sent by the Edie Creek miners to the Prime Minister. ...

    Article : 56 words
  16. BRITISH MINERS.

    Negotiations for a settlement of the coal strike continue. Though the Trade Union Congress mediators definitely gave the Government to understand that a seven-hour day ...

    Article : 282 words
  17. ENGINEERS' STRIKE.

    A temporary settlement was effected yesterday of the strike of engineers at the workshops of Dobson, Wormald, Ltd., Waterloo. The terms of the settlement provide that ...

    Article : 269 words
  18. CITY COMMITMENTS.

    Comments were made at the City Council last night on the commitments of the council, which amount to over £12,000,000. Further huge expenditure in the near future was ...

    Article : 310 words
  19. DRY WEATHER.

    Although fine weather is now desired in most inland divisions of New South Wales, in view of harvesting operations, good soaking rain is badly needed along the coast, but ...

    Article : 555 words
  20. TRAINING CAMPS PROPOSED.

    In an informal consultation with the Overseas' Settlement Committee, Mr. Bernard Tripp, of Canterbury, New Zealand, suggested the establishment in Australia and New ...

    Article : 89 words
  21. ITALIAN FASCISM.

    The Italian Chamber of Deputies opens to-morrow in unique fashion. By Signor Mussolini's desire there will be no speeches. The chamber will simply begin the process of ...

    Article : 227 words
  22. TAX ON GIFTS.

    The Gift Duty Bill was read a second time in the Legislative Assembly to-day. The Premier said that there was only one principle in the bill, and that was whether it ...

    Article : 291 words
  23. EFFICIENT NAVY.

    In an address to the Women's Patriotic League on the need for an efficient navy, Commander A. Marsden said that the loss of H.M.S. Valerian last month during a ...

    Article : 179 words
  24. TARIFF EFFECTS.

    The Minister for Customs (Mr. Pratten) said yesterday that he had set inquiries going as to the effect on the consumer of the main protective tariff duties, and evidence ...

    Article : 249 words
  25. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Lieut. Bernard, of the French Air Force, who left Marseilles on October 12 for Madagascar (a flight of 7500 miles), has reached Garua, in the Cameroons. He had an arduous ...

    Article : 504 words
  26. PACIFIC SURVEY.

    According to advice received by the secretary to the Air Board (Major P. E. Coleman) to-day, the chief of the air staff (Group Captain R. Williams) will remain at Tulugi ...

    Article : 178 words
  27. ROYAL WEDDING.

    There was a gorgeous scene when Princess Astrid of Sweden arrived at Antwerp by a Swedish cruiser for the religious celebration of her marriage with Prince Leopold of ...

    Article : 157 words
  28. M. TROTSKY.

    The Moscow correspondent of the "Daily Express" says:—To-day M. Trotsky at the end of the celebrations in Red Square visited Lenin's mausoleum, under the Kremlin Wall. ...

    Article : 107 words
  29. ELECTORAL LAW.

    Further evidence was taken in Melbourne to-day by the Joint Federal Parliamentary Committee, which is inquiring into the working of the Commonwealth electoral system. ...

    Article : 196 words
  30. Q.V. BUILDING.

    The City Council last night unanimously agreed that the city solicitor should report whether the council could legally lease the Queen Victoria Building for 50 years as ...

    Article : 159 words
  31. RIO CLARO.

    An examination of the steamer Rio Claro, which is now in dry-dock at Balmain, has revealed that the damage sustained after being aground on Scott Reef, off the ...

    Article : 143 words
  32. COTTON GROWING.

    Further anxiety in regard to the situation in the cotton industry has been created by the Department of Agriculture increasing its forecast of the crop to 17,918,000 bales, from ...

    Article : 147 words
  33. NEW GUINEA.

    It is understood that a big tender for New Guinea leased properties is again being considered in London, but will not be decided till to-morrow. One of the prime movers in ...

    Article : 140 words
  34. FREEZING WORKS.

    A satisfactory start is reported to have been made with volunteer labour at the Hawkes Bay freezing works. It is anticipated that there will be sufficient labour ...

    Article : 87 words
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