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  2. STATE PARLIAMENT OPENED. Governor's Speech.

    The Governor formally opened Parliament yesterday with the customary ceremonial. In the Speech it was announced that income tax exemption would be raised from £250 to £300. ...

    Article : 74 words
  3. LORD FORSTER.

    When responding to the toast of his health at the official luncheon of the Royal National Association at the Show Ground to-day, Lord Forster, after expressing his and ...

    Article : 556 words
  4. FEDERAL SESSION.

    When the Federal Parliament resumed its sittings this afternoon, after an adlournment of three weeks, reference was made to the death of Senator E. J. Russell (Victoria), ...

    Article : 295 words
  5. LAWN TENNIS.

    The Australian Davis Cup players, J. O. Anderson, J. B. Hawkes, G. L. Patterson, and A. R. Taylor, are indulging in solid practice for the match against Canada, a zone ...

    Article : 293 words
  6. OIL REWARD.

    The Federal Government bas decided to withdraw its offer of a reward, or bonus, of £50,000 for the discovery of oil in commercial quantities in Australia, and ...

    Article : 615 words
  7. EMPIRE GOODS.

    Inquiries among handlers of dominions' produce have failed to discover any great enthusiasm about the recommondations made by the Imperial Economic Committee. ...

    Article : 792 words
  8. SECURITY. PROPOSED PACT.

    After a most cordial audience with the King at Buckingham Palace this morning M. Brland, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, accompanied by M. de Fleurlau, the ...

    Article : 527 words
  9. THE CEREMONY.

    Although rain had been falling almost incessantly all the morning, a large crowd gathered outside of Parliament House yesterday to witness the ceremonial connected with ...

    Article : 1,454 words
  10. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

    Immediately the Legislative Assembly resumed after lunch there was a large attendance of members. The public galleries were packed to the doors, and many late-comers ...

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  11. POLICE FORCE.

    In the Victorian Legislative Council. Mr. Smith moved the adjournment of the Council to discuss the question of the maladministration of the Police Department, and he made ...

    Article : 307 words
  12. AUSTRALIA v CANADA.

    At Montreal to-day Australia and Canada will begin their tie in the semi-final round for nations entered in the American zone of the Davis Cup contest. Neither has yet ...

    Article : 347 words
  13. THE GUESTS.

    The frocking of the women who attended the opening of Parliament did not contribute to the pageantry associated with these official functions, for it was drab and colourless. ...

    Article : 345 words
  14. FARMERS' DELEGATES

    Two delegates to the conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association were run down and injured by a tram at Rawson-place, city, last night. ...

    Article : 216 words
  15. JAPANESE NAVY.

    According to Press reports the Navy Department contemplates building during the next five years four cruisers of 10,000 tons each, 20 first-class destroyers, 10 large submarines, ...

    Article : 63 words
  16. ENGLISH CRICKET.

    M. W. Tate, the Sussex bowler, denies a report that he is worn out and in need of rest. He does not agree with the proposal that he should be rested until the ...

    Article : 289 words
  17. LORD YPRES' WILL.

    The late Field Marshal the Earl of Ypres left an estate valued at £25,101. By his will which contains eight lines only, the testator devises the whole of his estate to Mr. ...

    Article : 183 words
  18. TENNIS ABROAD.

    Mrs. H. S. Utz, who reached Melbourne by the Chitral to-day, is the first to arrive of the Australian women's tennis team which visited England. She was accompanied by her ...

    Article : 314 words
  19. AMERICAN BUDGET.

    The "big guns" of the army and navy are trained upon part of President Coolldge's economy programme. The Director of the Budget favours a cut for 1926 of approximately ...

    Article : 168 words
  20. COALMINES. THREAT OF STRIKE.

    An unexpected and sinister development in the mining position on the Northern coalfield occurred to-day, when it was learned that the Top Hands' Association, which ...

    Article : 293 words
  21. REDUCTION BOARD.

    The report of the Licenses Reduction Board concerning its operations for the year 1924 was made available yesterday. It showed that the compensation fees assessed during the ...

    Article : 192 words
  22. SEVERE STORMS.

    The correspondent of the "Daily Express" at Amsterdam telegraphs that the number of deaths caused by Monday's tornado in Holland is still unknown, but at least 300 were ...

    Article : 145 words
  23. WAR IN MOROCCO.

    The Madrid correspondent of the Paris "Journal" learns that landing operations at Alhucemas will begin as soon as a French offensive is launched. ...

    Article : 137 words
  24. BOY MIGRANTS.

    The Big Brother movement is favourably progressing in England. Mr. Linton, the organiser, has already received a large number of applications from the right type of boys, ...

    Article : 99 words
  25. METAL TRADES.

    Mr. Napier Thomson, president of the Metal Tradei Employers' Association, declared yesteday that the strikes affecting the industry at present are of a very serious character ...

    Article : 373 words
  26. MINISTER'S RESIGNATION

    Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, President of the Board of Trade, has handed Mr. Baldwin his resignation as a member of the Ministry, because his wife holds a considerable number ...

    Article : 78 words
  27. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Sir Mark Sheldon, who is spending a holiday in Scotland will return to Australia next month. Sir Reginald Stubbs, Governor of Hongkong ...

    Article : 349 words
  28. THE CHANNEL SWIM.

    Lillian Harrison, in an attempt to swim the Channel, covered 10 miles after leaving Cape Gris Nez. Then a stormy sea forced her to signal for help. When a man, who dived ...

    Article : 95 words
  29. GOOD GRANITE.

    That granite would be the best material for the construction of the first permanent administrative building erected at the Federal capital was the opinion of Mr. W. ...

    Article : 106 words
  30. POLES AND GERMANS.

    It appears from an exchange of Notes between the German and Polish Governments that 3000 out of 20,000 Germans who opted for Germany still remain in Poland, and 11,000 out ...

    Article : 72 words
  31. COMPULSORY CONFERENCE CALLED.

    The chairman of the Coal Industry Special Tribunal (Mr. Hibble) has summoned a compulsory conference to meet at the Commonwealth Bank Buildings at 2.30 p.m. on Monday ...

    Article : 147 words
  32. SEEKING CREDITS.

    Four delegates from the Russian Textile Syndicate, who have arrived in England, declare that if satisfactory terms are offered they mean to buy £4,000,000 or £5,000,000 ...

    Article : 109 words
  33. CAPTAIN WILKINS.

    The correspondent of the Australian Press Association at Oslo reports that Captain Wilkins states that be is negotiating with Captain Amundsen for the use of his aeroplane ...

    Article : 109 words
  34. DE PINEDO.

    A message from Cooktown states that De Pinedo, the Italian aviator, arrived at Cooktown this morning. He will leave for Thursday Island to-morrow ...

    Article : 32 words
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