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  2. DISSOLUTION.

    It is the present intention of Ministers that Parliament shall be dissolved on September 19, and election writs issued three or four days later. ...

    Article : 107 words
  3. RATIONALISATION.

    Important decisions, having as their objects the rationalisation of shipping in the handling of Australian exports, the stabilisation of freights at present levels, and an eventual ...

    Article : 774 words
  4. THUNDERSTORM.

    One of the worst thunderstorms experienced in Ireland broke over Dublin and continued without cessation for 13 hours. Fork lightning, which lit up the city ...

    Article : 88 words
  5. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    The Federal Parliament is to be called together in October, to enact, at the special economy session, legislation to deal with unemployment, to impose a special interest tax, to reduce Ministerial, Parliamentary, and Public servants' salaries, to readjust the maternity allowance and pensions ...

    Article : 225 words
  6. QUARANTINE.

    Quarantined Nieuw Zeeland passengers resent reports making, what they term, wholly unjustified reflections on the arrangements made for their accommodation at the ...

    Article : 760 words
  7. H[?]RRICANE.

    Sc[?] of horror exceeding anything witne[?] for 10 years were caused by the [?]icane which devastated the city [?] Santo Domingo and swept ...

    Article : 542 words
  8. FOLKESTONE.

    The last day's play in the match between Australia and a South of England eleven began to-day at Folkestone in fine weather. The wicket was in ...

    Article : 708 words
  9. GOVERNMENT'S REASONS

    "We are going to the country for the definite purpose of obtaining authority to carry out the pledges given at the Melbourne Conference," said Mr. Bavin last night. ...

    Article : 268 words
  10. FRENCH MANOEUVRES.

    The Berlin newspaper,' "Germania," which generally expresses the views of the Chancellor (Dr. Bruening), describes the French army manoeuvres as a political demonstration and ...

    Article : 81 words
  11. BOMBAY COTTON MILLS.

    A scheme is under consideration for the amalgamation of the principal cotton mills in Bombay. The object is to put the industry on a firm foundation through the control of ...

    Article : 174 words
  12. THE BRIDGE.

    Unless a subsequent Government decides on a reversal of policy, there will be no provision for tramway traffic on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, which, however, will, in all ...

    Article : 983 words
  13. PROLONGED DEBATE.

    Proposals submitted to the Cabinet included drastic reductions in expenditure and increased taxation, the agenda comp[?]ng the following subjects: ...

    Article : 1,111 words
  14. BROADCASTING EXTENSION.

    By an extension of the relay system British listeners to wireless broadcasts will in a few months be connected direct with three big European music centres, Vienna, Budapest, ...

    Article : 153 words
  15. MOTOR SHOW.

    The International Motor Show will open at Olympia next month, and manufacturers, who are well advanced with their preparations, are unanimously optimistic about trade prospects. ...

    Article : 226 words
  16. ATTACHMENT AGAINST SHIP.

    Four American students have obtained a Supreme Court attachment, order against the ship Lltopia or the captain's security for £300 to cover their passage to the United States. ...

    Article : 155 words
  17. PUBLIC SAFETY.

    The Preservation of Public Safety Bill, which is designed to give the Government power to maintain law and order and to protect the public, was passed by both Houses ...

    Article : 355 words
  18. HARBOUR TRUST.

    Referring last night to the retrenchment in the last few months of employees in the service of the Harbour Trust, the Treasurer (Mr. Stevens) said that it was hoped to find ...

    Article : 514 words
  19. AVIATION.

    The French airmen, Costes and Bellonte, departed at 7.45 a.m. (local time) to-day on a non-stop flight to Dallas, Texas, with Mr. W. E. Easterwood, a millionaire chewing-gum ...

    Article : 289 words
  20. TRADE UNION CONGRESS.

    The three outstanding recommendations of the Trade Union Congress at Nottingham favoured State pensions at 60, shorter hours of labour, and compensation for employees ...

    Article : 117 words
  21. 48 HOURS

    It was announced last night on behalf [?] the Railway Commissioners that a 48-hour week would operate generally in the Railway Service from Monday. ...

    Article : 81 words
  22. WILL OF A "BOOTS."

    Three men were arrested immediately following a judgment delivered by the Chief Justice (Sir William Irvine) to-day in the case in which Joseph McKane, factory worker, of ...

    Article : 248 words
  23. PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

    Lord Eustace Percy, a former president of tne Board of Education, addressing members of the British Association, strongly criticised British public and secondary schools' ideals, ...

    Article : 170 words
  24. AUSTRALIA'S FINANCES.

    "There is a distinctly uneasy feeling in the London market as a result of the latest advices from Australia," says the "Financial News." ...

    Article : 82 words
  25. OUTER DOMAIN.

    The New South Wales Cricket Association has been granted a licence giving it the control and supervision of the Outer Domain— the portion bounded by the Botanic Gardens, ...

    Article : 149 words
  26. TRAM LOSSES.

    Further conferences took place throughout yesterday between the Transport Trust and the Board of Management. It was reported that the tramway losses ...

    Article : 186 words
  27. FLOODS IN INDIA.

    [?] than 100,000 villagers have been rende[?] homeless by the overflowing of the river B[?]hmaputra in the district of Nowgong (Assam). ...

    Article : 63 words
  28. BREAD PRICES.

    The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby) said yesterday that he still thought the price of bread for cash over the counter was too high at 5d a loaf. ...

    Article : 133 words
  29. MONEY LEAVING GERMANY.

    The correspondent of the British United Press at Berlin says that the uncertainty [?] Germany s political and economic future [?] causing an alarming flight of capital, notably ...

    Article : 100 words
  30. BATHURST HOSPITAL.

    The Bathurst District Hospital Board, by 11 votes to 3, adopted a motion submitted by Mr. D. A. McKenzie, requesting the permission of the Attorney-General to conduct an art ...

    Article : 117 words
  31. MINISTER'S EXPLANATION.

    The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby), interviewed last night, said that the use of the word "control" concerning the Cricket Association and the Domain would probably ...

    Article : 109 words
  32. PRIVATE AERODROME.

    The "Daily Herald" says that plans are awaiting his Majesty's approval for a private aerodrome at Sandringham, including a hangar capable of accommodating four or five ...

    Article : 72 words
  33. ALLEGED POISONING.

    At the second trial of Archibald Derwent Bellette, motor salesman, on a charge of attempted wife murder by poisoning, the jury failed to agree. Accused was remanded until ...

    Article : 42 words
  34. VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN JAPAN.

    Asama-yama, an active volcano abou[?] 80 miles north-west of Tokio, is again in violent eruption. Showers of ashes are felling in towns and ...

    Article : 43 words
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