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  2. A FRIEND OF ENGLAND.

    At Versailles on Friday M. Doumergue was elected President of France in succession to M. Millerand, who had resigned, defeating M. Painleve by 206 votes. ...

    Article : 788 words
  3. SMUTS' WARNING.

    The reception accorded the Prime Minister (General Smuts) on the Rand last nignt was marked by the greatest enthusiasm. Six thousand persons were ...

    Article : 407 words
  4. DIRECT TAXATION

    The proposals of the Federal Government to eliminate the per capita payments, and to evacuate the field of direct individual taxation have apparently been ...

    Article : 131 words
  5. A CENTRAL BANK.

    In banking circles in Brisbane the Commonwealth Bank Bill is considered likely to cause a modification of exchange difficulties, and to tend to the easing of the general financial stringency. Managers have not had ...

    Article : 1,936 words
  6. A WILD NIGHT.

    Since Tuesday night, 10m. of rain has been recorded here. On Thursday night a gale caused considerable damage. Residents on the crest of Kirra Hill, Signal ...

    Article : 998 words
  7. THEATRE SCENE.

    There was an extraordinary occurrence at the King's Theatre last night at the final appearance of Oscar Asche in "The Skin Gime." When the curtain fell on ...

    Article : 243 words
  8. GREAT SUCCESS.

    Signor Marconi, using the new beam system, transmitted a message from Poldhu (Cornwall) direct to Buenos Ayres, a distance og 6333 ...

    Article : 185 words
  9. THE BABY BONUS.

    Some remarkable evidence was given before the Royal Commission on Insurance yesterday, Sir James Barrett paid a high compliment to the work carried out by ...

    Article : 322 words
  10. NARROW ESCAPE.

    Four passengers had a remarkable escape when a motor car skidded, crashed into a post, and overturned at Wynnum on Saturday night. ...

    Article : 169 words
  11. THE OTHER SIDE.

    A statement was made by Sir George Tallis to-day in connection with the remarkable scene witnessed at the King's Theatre on Friday night, when Oscar ...

    Article : 469 words
  12. BLONDE INDIANS.

    The centuries old theory of the existence of the so-called "blonde" Indians may be shortly established is the result of a report that the American expedition, ...

    Article : 204 words
  13. M. HERRIOT'S INTENTIONS.

    The Paris correspondent of the "Sunday Express" understands that M. Herriot's intentions in the Ruhr is economic evacuation as soon as Germany sets in ...

    Article : 65 words
  14. TWO CARS COLLIDE.

    A collision occurred at the intersection of Durong-street and Breakfast. Creek road on Saturday evening between a motor car driven by Mr. C. Bott, of ...

    Article : 70 words
  15. "NOT A GOOD OMEN."

    The newspapers consider the election of M. Doumergue a severe blow to M. Herriot and his supporters. It is not a very good omen for the prospects of the ...

    Article : 55 words
  16. CAR AND BICYCLE COLLIDE.

    A bicycle, ridden by Robert Brand (youth), of Lamington-avenue, Doomben, came into collision with a motor car at the intersection of Nudgee-road and ...

    Article : 81 words
  17. LABOUR'S CHANCE.

    The Sunday newspapers give prominence to the preference debate which will take place in the House of Commons this week. Speculating on the fate of the ...

    Article : 130 words
  18. FRIEND OF ENGLAND.

    The new President, M. Gaston Doumergue, is the first Protestant and the first bachelor to hold the Presidency in France. He has had a long political ...

    Article : 341 words
  19. FORMAL PROTEST.

    The American Embassy has formally protested against the boycott of American films, and has informed the Japanese Government concerning other ...

    Article : 215 words
  20. HOSPITAL FULL.

    Owing to the lack of accommodation victims, of accidents who were in urgent need of attention had to be refused admittance to the Melbourne Hospital last ...

    Article : 128 words
  21. ANGRY SINGERS.

    Demands from the Taxation Department for the payment of income tax have evoked indignant protests from the Italian opera singers at present in Melbourne, ...

    Article : 334 words
  22. THE NEW ZEALAND PROTEST.

    The protest of the Prime Minister of New Zealand (Mr. Massoy) against the issue of preference certificates for goods not wholly of British manufacture has ...

    Article : 93 words
  23. CHAMPION AT CHESS.

    On Saturday night at the Sydney School of Arts Chess Club, Boris Kostich faced 23 boards in simultaneous play. He won eighteen games and, drew five, losing ...

    Article : 39 words
  24. DEFINITE COURSE.

    Deputy Milroy moved a motion in the Dail Eireann, expressing dissatisfaction with the course pursued in dealing with the Ulster boundary, and calling on the ...

    Article : 160 words
  25. EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN.

    More than 8in. of rain has fallen since the weather broke on Tuesday. Of this 5in. was recorded from 8 p.m. on Thursday till 9 a.m. on Friday. All low-lying ...

    Article : 236 words
  26. FIRST RESULTS.

    The first tangible economic result of the Japanese exclusion is the prespective migration of labourers from Porto Rico to Hawaii as in offset to the ...

    Article : 151 words
  27. SIX ARRESTS.

    Five men and one woman have been arrested and charged by the police with being involved in the hold-up of the train on Thursday night. The robbers have ...

    Article : 76 words
  28. SILENT WAR.

    Mr. H. G. Greenwell, the special correspondent of the "Daily Express" on the Russo-Roumanian frontier, says that Russia is waging a silent war against ...

    Article : 98 words
  29. HUMILIATION DAY.

    July 1, Dominion Day, will be observed by the Chinese residents as Humiliation Day, in order to show then indignation at the new immigration regulations, ...

    Article : 115 words
  30. AUSTRALIAN BOY SCOUTS.

    The party of 100 Australian Boy Scouts arrived at Plymouth yesterday, on board the Largs Bay, bound for the Wembley "jamboree." Sea-sickness during the early ...

    Article : 216 words
  31. WORLD FLIGHT.

    The American Consul-General has received teh follwing radiogram from the distroyer Mart: "The time and departure of the 'plaucs from Tourane is ...

    Article : 66 words
  32. MAN SWALLOWS CHEQUE.

    When accused by officials of the Bank of New South Wales of having presented a forged cheque, a man at once snatched the cheque from the hand of one of the ...

    Article : 194 words
  33. YOUNG AUSTRALIANS.

    The Young Australians visiting Britain spent a busy day-inspecting the six largest woollen mills in the Leeds district. They were entertained at luncheon by the ...

    Article : 136 words
  34. LISMORE WHARVES SUBMERGED.

    On Saturday there was a cessation of the torrential downpours that have been experienced in some districts of the far North Coast. On some of the northern ...

    Article : 51 words
  35. THE DIGNITY OF MEXICO.

    The Foreign Office has issued a strongly worded statement, giving the reasons for the expulsion from Mexico of Mr. Herbert Cummins, the British Charge ...

    Article : 158 words
  36. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    In the House of Representatives to-day Mr. H. G. Nelson objected to differential rates for leases granted by the South Australian Government in different districts. ...

    Article : 266 words
  37. COMPOSITE MINISTRY.

    In reference to the conference of the Australian Farmers' Federal Organisation, which will be held to-morrow, the "Farmers' Advocate." the official organ ...

    Article : 91 words
  38. MOTOR FATALITY.

    Cecil Clifford George (21) was killed instantly and three others were injured when a motor car skidded: I overturned on the Dalton road. Other occupants of ...

    Article : 99 words
  39. AERIAL MAIL.

    The aerial mail will not leave for Adelaide to-day, owing to engine trouble, and it will probably not leave before Wednesday: Mails that have been posted ...

    Article : 53 words
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