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  2. WAGES FOR RELIEF WORKS.

    Although the Trades Hall unemployment relief committee, in spite of the expressed wish to the contrary of officials of organisations mostly concerned, ...

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  3. RETURN OF MR. SCULLIN.

    On their arrival in Melbourne on Saturday, the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) and the Attorney-General (Mr. Bennan) will be met at Spencer-street railway atation ...

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  4. LATE MARSHAL JOFFRE.

    Before daylight mourners commenced to line the route of the late Marshal Joffre's funeral, between Notre Dame and the Invalides. The Marshal's flag-draped ...

    Article : 334 words
  5. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    A joint lunch, at which the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister and the Attorney-General of New Zealand will be entertained, will be given in the State ...

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  6. SEARCH FOR MORE REVENUE.

    The announcement that the Government is contemplating a change in the method of levying customs duties by making the rate chargeable on the value of the goods ...

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  7. A TROPICAL DOWNPOUR.

    A short storm of remarkable intensity struck the city at 6.45 p.m. yesterday. Ushered in by peals of thunder, rain and hail suddenly fell in sheets and in a few ...

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  8. THE ATLANTIC CROSSED.

    Eleven Italian planes landed at Natal harbor (Brazil) this afternoon. The first four completed the flight from Bolama (West Africa) in 17 hours 15 minutes. The ...

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  9. AUSTRALIAN FINANCE.

    Considerable anxiety exists in Australian circles owing to the persistent marking down of Australian securities, some of which dropped fifteen points during the ...

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  10. A MOTOR SHIP LOST.

    The Norwegian motor ship Tricolor came to grief off Bentota on Monday afternoon, and sank within five minutes of an explosion, following an outbreak ...

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  11. KALGOORLIE DEPUTATION INTERVIEWED.

    KALGOORLIE, Wednesday.--The Prime Minister and party passed through Kalgoorlie this afternoon, and a deputation from the goldfields district council ...

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  12. STORM AT WEDDERBURN.

    WEDDERBURN, Wednesday.--A terrific thunder storm occurred this afternoon, causing widespread damage. A violent wind uprooted trees, which were strewn ...

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  13. AN AUSTRALIAN TRADER.

    The Tricolor, which blow up while on a voyage from Dunkirk to Singapore and Hong Kong, was well known in the Australian trade. She was built for this ...

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  14. BUSINESS FOR PRIME MINISTER.

    Mr. Scullin will not be allowed much leisure when he returns to Melbourne. On Monday he will have a preliminary Cabinet meeting to attend, on Tuesday a ...

    Article : 154 words
  15. TRADE FRICTION.

    The visit of Mr. Moloney, which has completely eradicated the trade friction between Canada and Australia, which was so apparent a few months ago, is ...

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  16. THE SHRINE.

    Evidence appears to be accumulating that the Shrine of Remembrance, which surely ought to be a distinctively patriotic memorial regarded from every aspect, is ...

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  17. SLAVERY IN LIBERIA.

    The State department, in a scathing note, recently threatened to break off United States relations with Liberia unless the latter country abolished slavery ...

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  18. SEVERE FLASH OF LIGHTNING.

    GEELONG, Wednesday.--This afternoon was close and oppressive. A few drops of rain soon after 6 o'clock were followed by an extraordinary vivid flash of ...

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  19. FRIGHTENED BY BURGLARS.

    A terrifying experience fell to the lot of two small boys, Henry Levy, 10 years, and Keith Levy, 8 years, the little sons, of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Levy, of Brighton-road, ...

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  20. RATIONING OF WORK.

    One of the provisions of the Unemployed Relief Act is that the work shall be rationed, so that married men, who are given preference and who are sent to the ...

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  21. A Dust Storm at Bendigo.

    BENDIGO, Wednesday.--An unusual storm occurred this afternoon. About 2.30 the modern horizon was obscured by clouds of dust which because denser as it ...

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  22. WILLS AND ESTATES.

    Mr. Sydney Wreyford Blacker, pastoralist, of Retreat road, Bendigo, who died on 12th September last, by will made on 21st June, 1930, left personal property valued at £16,270 to his window ...

    Article : 141 words
  23. Heavy Rain But 10 Damage at Sea Lake.

    SEA LAKE, Wednesday.--A heavy thunder storm broke over this district about 4 p.m. to-day. Within three minutes 17 points of rain fell, and there was ...

    Article : 98 words
  24. NICARAGUA EPISODE.

    Possibly the sombre aftermath of the Nicaragua episode is reflected in a letter made public from the rehel leader, General Sandino, by his representatives. He ...

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  25. LEATHER WAREHOUSE ENTERED.

    By climbing through a rear fanlight thieves entered the leather warehouse of A. E. Kane, Little Lonsdale-street, on Tuesday night. Securing the office keys ...

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  26. Hail at Ballarat.

    BALLARAT, Wednesday.--A heavy thunder storm occurred this evening, with a sharp fall of hail. ...

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  27. A LINK WITH THE PAST.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The death has occurred at the age of 95 of Mr. Edward J. H. Knapp, surveyor, of Dedervale, near Braidwood. ...

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  28. Damage at Pyramid Hill.

    PYRAMID HILL, Wednesday.--Sultry weather culminated about 4 p.m. to-day in a violent thunder storm, accompanied by a gale. Much damage to property was ...

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  29. WORK FOR SINGLE GIRLS.

    Up to the present the really urgent claims of unemployed single girls, many of whom reside with their parents, have not received official consideration, through ...

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  30. SHEEP-SKIN DUTY.

    To the clamor of the fellmongers for retaliation against the Australian sheep-skin export duty is added that of the French lace manufacturers, who are ...

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  31. THE DOLE IN GERMANY.

    It is theoretically practically impossible to continue spending 3,000,000,000 marks yearly to support an army of workless without return, declared the German ...

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  32. COUNTRY ROBBERIES.

    Following on the arrest of throe men at Foster on Tuesday and three more men in Melbourne in the early hours of yesterday morning the police hope to clear ...

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  33. ST. KILDA CARNIVAL.

    In connection with the forthcoming bench carnival at St. Kilda a departure will be made in regard to location. Instead of being staged on the beach itself as ...

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  34. Other Reports.

    WODONGA, Wednesday.--Accompanied by severe thunder and lightning, heavy rain fell here to-night. Incompleted harvesting operations will be considerably ...

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  35. ECONOMIC READJUSTMENT.

    After a nine months business trip through Great Britain, Canada and the United States, Mr. F. Goldberg, governing director of Goldberg Advertising Agency ...

    Article : 222 words
  36. ATLANTIC MANŒUVRES.

    The scheme of Atlantic fleet manœuvres has been considerably upset, following the cancelling, of the sailing of the Lucia and the submarines attached to it. The ...

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  37. WORK AT DRYSDALE.

    GEELONG, Wednesday.--The announcement that the officer in charge of Geelong Government Labor Bureau would select some men for Government work at ...

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  38. OUR ELUSIVE SUMMER.

    The recent indications of the approach of summer weather have again proved illusory. The Commonwealth Metcorologist, Mr. ...

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  39. EXHIBITION BY AUSTRALIAN ARTIST.

    An exhibition of nudes and water color landscapes near Marseilles by Miss Inez Abbott, daughter of Mr. R. H. S. Abbott, of Bendigo, is attrating attention at ...

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  40. EMPIRE DAY.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.--As Empire day, 24th May, falls in the autumn school vacation, Mr. Davies, Minister of Education, has decided that it shall be ...

    Article : 184 words
  41. A WIFE'S LETTERS.

    The question, "Is a man entitled to open his wife's letters?" was settles in the affirmative by a Bordeaux tribunal, which rules that the husband, in his ...

    Article : 118 words
  42. FILM PRODUCTIONS.

    An impending fight by British talking picture producers to wrest a large share of the Canadian theatrical business from the Paramount Public Corporation is ...

    Article : 81 words
  43. MINERS HELP RAILWAYS.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The miners as Lithgow colliery have decided to black list all storekeepers who get their goods by motor lorry instead of by train. ...

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  44. Advertising

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  45. PARKES BY-ELECTION.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Makin, to-day signed the writ for the Parkies by-election to fill the vacancy in ...

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  46. RAILWAY FETTLER KILLED

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--A railway fettler named Thomas Hayes was fatally injured at Rockhampton in an extraordinary accident to-day. He was returning ...

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  47. STRUCK BY TRAM.

    Rex O'Flaherty, nine years, of Beach-street, Port Melbourne, who was run over by a cable tram at Port Melbourne on Monday, died in Melbourne Hospital ...

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  48. UNEMPLOYED DEMONSTRATION.

    In connection with the demonstration of the unemployed to be held on Monday next it is requested that all bodies working in the interests of the unemployed ...

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  49. Mr. Marr Selected by Nationalists

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Mr. C. W. C. Marr, who held Cabinet rank in the Bruce-Page Government, was selected by the Nationalists to-night to contest the ...

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