SHANGHAI, Sept. 28.—The first shock resulting from the attitude of the League of Nations to the Manchurian trouble, which is described as failure to ...
Article : 630 wordsSHANGHAI, Sept. 27.—The most dastardly outrage since the wrecking of the "Blue Express," eight years ago, ia reported from Peiping, in the shape of an ...
Article : 183 wordsKARACHI, Sept. 28.—Pressing on with his flight from Australia to England in an effort to regain the time lost in forced landings in the Malay Peninsula, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 495 wordsLONDON, Sept. 27.—Norway and Sweden have announced suspension of the gold standard. The City Editor of the "Daily Telegraph" states that other Continental ...
Article : 144 wordsCALCUTTA, Sept. 28.—Public floggings are among the drastic measures adopted by the Kashmir Government to quell the Moslem revolt, which is assuming serious ...
Article : 127 wordsIn an important statement yesterday, the Minister for Works (Mr. Lindsay) detailed the means by which the Government intends to absorb 6,000 men on ...
Article : 1,074 wordsMELBOURNE, Sept. 28.—Although a tentative agreement had been reached among members of a sub-committee of the Federal Cabinet by which £3,000,000 ...
Article : 247 wordsSYDNEY, Sept. 28.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) to-day interviewed the chairman of the Commonwealth Bank Board (Sir Robert Gibson) and the Governor of ...
Article : 188 wordsPARIS, Sept. 27.—"Despite the stability of the franc and considerable gold reserves, the French economic situation might become tragic if Great Britain's ...
Article : 126 wordsLONDON, Sept. 28.—The belief that there will soon be a general election was supported by a speech made to railwaymen at Derby yesterday by Mr. J. H. ...
Article : 844 words"Of course it is a Federal matter, but the approval of the Loan Council was sought for the raising of £3,000,000 for assistance to wheatgrowers, and the matter ...
Article : 433 wordsAn extraordinary meeting of the West Australian Wheat Growers' Union was held yesterday to receive a report from the local delegates to the recent council ...
Article : 284 wordsWASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—Senator Reed, of Pennsylvania, after again advocating to President Hoover his proposal for a sales tax, said to-day that he ...
Article : 67 wordsLONDON, Sept. 27.—Romantic details of the rapid development in the workshop test-house of the Rolls-Royce engine with which Great Britain created the new world ...
Article : 310 wordsAir Commodore Kingsford Smith's own account of his flight, from his departure from Calcutta at noon on Sunday to 9.15 a.m. yesterday, when he was well on the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 609 wordsHARBIN, Sept. 28.—The Soviet Consul in constant touch with the Chinese special representative. Japanese military aeroplanes are dropping handbills in Harbin ...
Article : 85 wordsBERLIN, Sept- 27.—Making the first official French visit since the Congress at Berlin in 1878, the Prime Minister (M. Layal) and Foreign Minister (M. Briand), ...
Article : 263 wordsGENEVA, Sept. 27.—The League of Nations' financial embarrassments, which have caused a curtailment of its activities for the remainder of 1931, are due to 14 ...
Article : 179 wordsADELAIDE, Sept. 28.—On his return from Melbourne to-day, the Chief Secretary (Mr. Whitford) said that the proposed change in the payment of the wheat ...
Article : 106 wordsSYDNEY, Sept. 28.—The body of a woman was seen on the rocks at Cronulla late to-night, but it has not yet been recovered. It is believed to be that of ...
Article : 125 wordsLONDON, Sept. 25.—The large volume of business transacted on the Manchester Royal Exchange during the week has led to the belief that the Lancashire cotton ...
Article : 92 wordsLONDON, Sept. 27.—On his visit to Lancashire during the week-end, Mr. M. K. Gandhi, the Indian Congress leader, who is in England for the resumed Round ...
Article : 157 wordsCommenting on the report telegraphed from Canberra to "The West Australian" on Friday, indicating a likelihood that the proposed wheat bounty will be based on ...
Article : 212 wordsGENEVA, Sept. 27.—The sittings of the Assembly of the League of Nations are expected to close on September 29. All attempts to find a formula acceptable to ...
Article : 80 wordsLONDON, Sept. 27.—The sudden fall of the Labour Government largely nullifies the National Executive's report for the Labour Party conference, to begin at ...
Article : 169 wordsBERLIN, Sept. 28.—Herr Hitler, leader of the Hitlerites or Nazis, has warned his followers not to allow themselves to be enticed into demonstrations against the ...
Article : 54 wordsGENEVA, Sept. 27.—The Assembly of the League of Nations has invited Australia, Canada, India, China, Japan, Chile, Uruguay, and the United States to join ...
Article : 53 wordsMELBOURNE, Sept. 28.—Following the discovery by the police in a bungalow at Mordialloc on September 19 of the bodies of Mariorie Light (22) and Fred Garness ...
Article : 135 wordsVIENNA, Sept. 27.—Overcome by gales and torrential rains during their annual flight southwards, 25,000 swallows were collected here and in surrounding villages ...
Article : 114 wordsADELAIDE, Sept. 28.—"I have been tramping for the past twelve months, looking for work. There is nothing doing, so I have decided to finish up here. I am fed ...
Article : 118 wordsPARIS, Sept. 27.—The Press is bewildered at the friendly reception given to Mr. M. K. Gandhi, in Lancashire. "Le Journal" says: "One would have expected ...
Article : 87 wordsLONDON, Sept. 28.—The Australian Press Association understands that the only course open to the Commonwealth with regard to the £5,000,000 worth of bills ...
Article : 101 wordsLUCERNE, Sept. 27.—Nose-diving 150 feet, an aeroplane crashed among the spectators at an aviation meeting to-day, killing three and injuring 21. The crowd was ...
Article : 57 wordsA conference convened by the Adelaide Chamber of Commerce recently, attended by representatives of farmers' suppliers and merchants connected with the wheat ...
Article : 576 wordsPARIS, Sept. 28.—Watchers covered their eyes as two fighter aeroplanes collided head-on in mid-air at Strasbourg to-day. One pilot parachuted to safety as his ...
Article : 55 wordsIf Air-Commodore Kingsford Smith reached Jask last night (the fifth from Wyndham), as was his intention, he would have increased his lead over Mr. J. A. ...
Article : 779 wordsMILAN, Sept. 27.—At least one fifth of the 25,000 swallows taken by aeroplane to Venice from Vienna died en route as a result of their earlier exposure. The first ...
Article : 87 wordsWASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—Terms have been announced for the sale of 15,000,000 bushels of wheat to China. Payment will be made by obligations undertaken by the ...
Article : 68 wordsLONDON, Sept. 27.—Mr. Edgar Wallace, novelist and playwright, has signed a contract under which he will spend three or four months at Hollywood each year, ...
Article : 52 wordsOHIO, Sept. 26.—The United States Navy's new dirigible Akron, said to be the largest airship of its kind in the world, completed its maiden trip of 125 miles ...
Article : 40 wordsLONDON, Sept. 28.—By buying dollars to-day at 3.75, instead of on Friday, New South Wales saved 25 cents per dollar in exchange on the 700,000 dollars ...
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