The Federal Treasurer (Dr. Earle Page) delivered his Budget speech in the House of Representatives at Canberra yesterday. The surplus for the year 1926-27 amounted to £2,635,597. The estimated revenue for the financial year 1927-28 ...
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Article : 681 wordsUpon the undoubted success of the mission of the Secretary of State for the Dominions (Mr. L. S. Amery) in South Africa, official circles in London are building high hopes for ...
Article : 288 wordsMembers spent some time this afternoon questioning Ministers on a variety of matters, and it was not until a late hour that Dr. Page was able to commence his Budget speech, ...
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Article : 1,707 wordsThe Orient Line's steamer Orford, of 20,000 tons, was launched to-day at the yards of Vickers, Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness. A bottle of Australian wine was sprinkled on her bows ...
Article : 391 words"On July 11 last," said the Treasurer, "an approximate statement of the consolidated revenue fund for the year 1926-27 disclosed a surplus of £2,623,686 in the year's ...
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Article : 178 wordsThe advance of Northern troops south continues unresisted. Foreign observers at Pukow anticipate that Northern soldiers will reoccupy that city within a couple of days. ...
Article : 96 wordsA proposal was submitted to the finance committee of the City Council yesterday for the use of resumed land at Dowling-street, Woolloomooloo, for workers' homes, but ...
Article : 312 wordsHaving completed an investigation into the affairs of the Cockatoo Island (New South Wales) Dockyard, the Joint Parliamentary Committee of Public Accounts, in a report ...
Article : 308 wordsThe British Government is telegraphing for a full report of the finding of a United States Federal grand Jury, which, according to reports from New York, refused to indict one ...
Article : 141 wordsSevere sentences have been passed on French Communists for inciting French troops to riot. A Deputy named Duclos was sentenced to five years' imprisonment and fined 3000 francs on ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Commonwealth Solicitor-General (Sir Robert Garran) gave further evidence to-day before the Royal Commission on the Federal Constitution. ...
Article : 304 wordsThe Senior British Trade Commissioner in Australia (Mr. R. W. Dalton) is making an official tour of the industrial districts of the United Kingdom, to make inquiries into trade ...
Article : 324 wordsThe resource and courage of FlightLieutenant Staton, of the Royal Air Force, saved an airmnn who crashed at Southampton. A Fairey seaplane, with two men ...
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Article : 100 wordsA deputation, representing the Public school teachers, waited on the Minister for Education (Mr. Davies) yesterday, and suggested that the Education Department should be ...
Article : 67 wordsThe results of the pre[?]tural council elections indicate that Government supporters did not secure a decisive win. The Opposition Party claims a victory, but Government ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 29 Sep 1927, Page 11
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