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  2. TERRIFIC SMASH.

    Another terrific crash in wheat has occurred in Britain and America, that at Chicago being one of the most sensational falls in the history of the ...

    Article : 197 words
  3. A FRESH MOVE.

    There was a fresh development today in the dispute concerning the Australian Commonwealth Line's chartered steamer Volumnia, the ...

    Article : 669 words
  4. A CLIMB DOWN.

    President Coolidge on Tuesday ended his conflict with the American Senate hy nominating Mr. John Sargent to be Attorney-General, in place ...

    Article : 431 words
  5. THE GAMBLING EVIL.

    A visit by a "Courier" representative last evening to two so-called "fairs"—one at Petrie's Bight and the other at Woolloongabba—disclosed that games of chance, generally regarded as gambling, were in ...

    Article : 904 words
  6. GRAVE PROBLEM.

    There was a time when Queensland had a surplus of softwoods for export, said Mr. E. H. Swain (Chairman of the Queensland Provisional Forestry ...

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  7. LIKE AN INLAND SEA.

    In consequence of Tuesday's heavy rain the Tweed River rose rapidly that evening, and a serious flood at Murwillumbah was only averted by the cessation of the rain. Residents of low-lying localities left ...

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  8. GOLDEN CASKET.

    Dr. Sharp (Archbishop of Brisbane), in voicing his appreciation of the amount received from street collections on behalf of the Mothers' Union. ...

    Article : 315 words
  9. PRECIPITOUS BREAK.

    Stock prices broke precipitously, coinciding with the drastic decline in grain prices here and at Chicago and Winnipeg. ...

    Article : 34 words
  10. LONDON MARKET.

    Wheat cargoes to-day suffered a dramatic slump, following on the American decline. Quotations were probably from 2/ to 3/ per quarter down. ...

    Article : 80 words
  11. AMERICAN FLEET.

    Rear-Admiral David Potter [?]aymasterGeneral of the Navy) to-day gave the Australian Press Association some interesting details concerning the provisioning and ...

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  12. AMAZING CASE.

    The most amazing case for many years was opened to-day, before Mr. Justice Shearman and a special jury, and it was preceded by a most strange prologue. When ...

    Article : 763 words
  13. HERBERT SPENCER ON GAMBLING.

    Sir,—This is what that great thinker, Herbert Spencer, wrote more than 50 years ago in his "Study of Sociology" dealing with the theological bias:— ...

    Article : 232 words
  14. VOLUMNIA'S MASTER.

    Detective-Sergeant L. O'Brien left by the Great Western express last night for Sydney with the original warrant issued at Fremantle for the arrest of Captain ...

    Article : 96 words
  15. SHOWERS IN BRISBANE.

    Yesterday morning broke with cloudless blue sky, and appearances pointed to a fine day. The respite from the wet weather, however, was brief, and, by ...

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  16. STARVING MILLIONS.

    Soviet newspapers speak of serious famine conditions in parts of Russia, which have been accentuated by the ...

    Article : 113 words
  17. PRICE OF SUGAR.

    The Piras Minister (Mr. Bruce), speaking at Narrogin, said that he had been assured by the processors that the price of sugar counted for little in the price ...

    Article : 267 words
  18. ALLEGED THREAT.

    During the hearing in the Central Police Court yesterday of a case in which a man was charged with having committed a serious offence at Kedron on ...

    Article : 187 words
  19. QUITE FEASIBLE.

    Air Vice-Mrtshal Sir. W. Sefton Brancker (Director of Civil Aviation), accompanied by Messrs. Alan Cobham (pilot) and Elliott, (engineer), arrived at ...

    Article : 549 words
  20. LEDGER SQUARED.

    The Exchequer returns to March 14 show that the deficit has at last disappeared, and there is now a surplus of £1,000,000 over expenditure. The ...

    Article : 64 words
  21. EMPIRE DEVELOPMENT.

    The Imperial Economic Committee held its first meeting at the Bond of Trade to-day. The President of the Board of Trade (Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister), in ...

    Article : 171 words
  22. THE KING'S CRUISE.

    His Majesty the King this morning held a Privy Council for the appointment of a Commission to exercise, if neeessary, certain functions of the Crown during ...

    Article : 120 words
  23. MINE EXPLOSION.

    An explosion in the mine of the Bethlehem Company, near here, resulted in the death of 33 men. The explosion, which was caused by the ...

    Article : 55 words
  24. A NARROW ESCAPE.

    Though in excellent spirits, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Austen Chamberlain) declined to be interviewed by newspaper representatives on ...

    Article : 98 words
  25. FLEET PERSONNEL.

    Additional changes in the senior officer personnel of the fleet are: Captain Thomas Hart, detached from Army War College to the command of the ...

    Article : 68 words
  26. SINGAPORE BASE.

    In the House of Commons, replying to Commander J. Mr. Kenworthy, the Secretary of State for War (Sir Laming Worthington-Evans) said that the question ...

    Article : 131 words
  27. RECOVERY LIKELY.

    The medical advisers in attendance on Miss Nellie Stewart, the famous Australian actress, who has been critically ill at her home at Clifton Gardens, ...

    Article : 87 words
  28. ANOTHER BURGLARY.

    Burglars on Tuesday evening broke and entered the store of Mr. Edward E. Maher, of Sherwood-road, Sherwood. Entrance was gained by forcing the front ...

    Article : 113 words
  29. WERE THEY SPYING?

    A. Czecho-Slovakian military aeroplane, observing a German balloon over Pilsen, gave chase. The balloon, owing to a defect, was compelled to descend, when ...

    Article : 73 words
  30. EGYPTIAN ELECTIONS.

    One Zaghlulist and four candidates of other parties were returned as the result of to-day's election figures, thus strengthening Ziwar Pasha's position. ...

    Article : 61 words
  31. SOUTH AFRICA CONSULTED.

    Replying to a question in the House of Assembly, the Prime Minister (General Hertzog) admitted that he was consulted by the British Government regarding the ...

    Article : 61 words
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