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  2. SHIPPING STRIKE. In All the States.

    There was virtually no work on the wharves throughout the Commonwealth yesterday. Thousands of men and scores of ships were idle, involving a colossal loss to industry and a loss of wages estimated at £30,000 a day. ...

    Article : 167 words
  3. WAGE PROBLEM.

    In a report to the Minister for Trade and Customs (Mr. Pratten) on the Australian iron and steel industry, the Tariff Board, after recommending increases in duties on imported ...

    Article : 524 words
  4. RESIGNED.

    The receipt of the resignation of Sir Hugh Denison from the office of Commissioner for Australia in the United States was announced in the House of Representatives this ...

    Article : 558 words
  5. FEDERAL SESSION. Long Sittings.

    Consideration of the amendments to the tariff schedule was commenced in the House of Representatives to-day, and apart from the answering of questions and the making of ...

    Article : 663 words
  6. STEELWORKS.

    To-morrow additional sections of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's steelworks at Newcastle will be shut down, and a further 600 men will be dismissed. This latest ...

    Article : 334 words
  7. BRITAIN'S TRADE.

    In an answer to a question in the House of Commons to-day the Under-Secretary [?] the Department of Oversea Trade (Mr. D. M. Hacking) gave particulars of the aggregate ...

    Article : 137 words
  8. GENEVA. Security Problems

    At to-day's sitting of the Security Committee of the preparatory disarmament com mission at Geneva Dr. Edouard Benes (CzechoSlovakia) was elected president. ...

    Article : 929 words
  9. HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    In the House of Commons to-day the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Winston Churchill) was questioned regarding the total liabilities of Britain in guaranteeing loans passed by ...

    Article : 468 words
  10. COMMERCE CEASES.

    The cessation of interstate and oversea commerce was felt acutely throughout the Commonwealth yesterday. The shipowners, in a statement, said that ...

    Article : 389 words
  11. CATHEDRAL SITE.

    The Premier (Mr. Bavin) yesterday told a deputation that he did not consider the Government bound to submit to Parliament for ratification the agreement made between the ...

    Article : 691 words
  12. NORTHERN COALFIELDS.

    The waterside workers' strike has assumed grave proportions in the northern districts, and to-morrow 10,000 miners will be thrown out of employment as a direct outcome of ...

    Article : 157 words
  13. TRAM INCREASES.

    Municipal councils, real estate agents, and building contractors in the outer suburbs, are united in the opinion that the increase in the tram rates will directly and ...

    Article : 273 words
  14. MURRUMBIDGEE.

    The petition lodged by William James Adams, Country party candidate for the Murrumbidgee seat, objecting to the return to Parliament of Martin Matthew Flannery, ...

    Article : 446 words
  15. LOSS IN WAGES.

    Officials at the Trades Hall estimated yesterday that the daily loss in wages of the men who had been rendered idle by the strike would exceed £30,000. ...

    Article : 81 words
  16. THE SENATE.

    In the Senate the leader of the Government (Sir Geo. Pearce) moved that until December 7, unless otherwise ordered, Government business should take precedence. ...

    Article : 207 words
  17. WON BY DUNTROON.

    The Australian Military College at Duntroon has won the Lafferty Cup, which had hitherto been won six years in succession by Sandhurst. ...

    Article : 110 words
  18. IDLE.

    As a result of the strike, there are fifteen oversea liners, with an aggregate tonnage of 94,065, idle at Sydney. They are as follow:— ...

    Article : 165 words
  19. IN PARLIAMENT.

    A further statement of the attitude of the Commonwealth Ministry towards the waterside dispute was made by the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) in the House of Representatives ...

    Article : 734 words
  20. MINER STABBED.

    Following an argument at the Junction North Mine this afternoon a trucker named Mick Borg stabbed L. H. Tiller with a "spider," a candle holder made of twisted ...

    Article : 88 words
  21. ANGRY REBUKE.

    Supporting Lord Harris' motion in the House of Lords, that the Landlord and Tenant Bill should be referred to a select committee, Lord Carson angrily attacked the ...

    Article : 176 words
  22. BRITISH VESSEL.

    Bandits attacked a British steamer at S[?]angtan and in the Yang[?] gorges. The vessel was anchored owing to engine trouble. Using sampans, the ba[?]dits, 100 strong, surrounded ...

    Article : 83 words
  23. CHURCH DOCTRINE.

    Bishop Barnes has published a book: "Should Such a Faith Offend," in which he answers his critics. In this he dissociates himself from modernists of the Left typified by ...

    Article : 150 words
  24. Interstate Steamers.

    The crews of many interstate steamers have already been paid off. If the dispute is not settled within the next few days practically the whole of Australian coastal shipping will be ...

    Article : 272 words
  25. MURDER OF FOOTBALLER.

    John Rowlands. Edward Rowlands, and Daniel Briscoll were sentenced to death for the murder of David Lewis, a Cardiff footballer. All the accused declared that they ...

    Article : 80 words
  26. NEW EXCHANGE.

    At 1 o'clock this afternoon the new automatic telephone exchange in Castlereagh-street, known as "City South," will come into operation. Synchronising with the ...

    Article : 107 words
  27. WINE TRADE.

    In the House of Representatives this afternoon Sir Elliot Johnson (N.S.W.) asked whether any sales of liquor arising out of a circular sent to residents of Canberra by a ...

    Article : 173 words
  28. EMPIRE PUDDING.

    The spectacle of two men wearing red shirts and riding breeches in an open car placarded with posters advertising Australian dried fruits was witnessed in London streets, ...

    Article : 108 words
  29. BEAM AND CABLE.

    The newspapers are paying increased attention to the beam-cable controversy. An expert, interviewed by the "Financial Times," stressed the view that Mr. Bruce's ...

    Article : 179 words
  30. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The aeronautical contributor to the "Morning Post" says that the Air Ministry being averse to publicity and looking with disfavour on popular enthusiasm for pilots, wils ...

    Article : 306 words
  31. CUSTOMS REVENUE.

    Returns prepared by the Commonwealth Treasury show that for the first five months of the present financial year the Customs revenue of Australia exceeded the Treasurer's ...

    Article : 174 words
  32. RAILWAYS.

    The State Government proposes to review the question of the railways and tramways, particularly from the financial viewpoint, when Parliament goes into recess. ...

    Article : 130 words
  33. POLAND AND LITHUANIA.

    Warsaw newspapers publish an interview with Marshal P[?]sudski which is presumed to be authentic in view of the Government's control of the Press, in which he said, "When ...

    Article : 111 words
  34. MURDER CHARGE.

    The police arrested a man at Attunga, and charged him with the murder of Stuart Green, who died after being hit by a stone when he had quarrelled with a man he met on the road. ...

    Article : 97 words
  35. THE NEW FORD CAR.

    Publication of the new Ford price list re[?] on motor stocks, and caused sharp declines in many important issues. General Motors suffered the heaviest losses during ...

    Article : 98 words
  36. MR. HARRY BURRELL.

    Mr. Harry Burrell, the well-known naturalist, and author of "The Platypus," collapsed in the Namo[?] River, near Manilla, yesterday, while engaged in obtaining a platypus's nest. ...

    Article : 42 words
  37. PEA PICKERS' WAGES.

    Large consignments of peas are being despatched daily from Moss Vale to Sydney. In some cases consignors have had to forward cheques to defray expenses owing to the low ...

    Article : 54 words
  38. PROFESSIONAL TENNIS.

    The doom of Professional tennis is regarded as certain by the application of Paul Feret to the French Lawn Tennis Association for reinstatement as an amateur. Feret, who ...

    Article : 76 words
  39. IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS.

    In Australian waters at present are about 64 oversea steamers, with an aggregate of approximately 444,000 tons gross register. Nearly all of the vessels are affected by the ...

    Article : 112 words
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