CALCUTTA, April 30.—Only 24 of the 250 passengers and crew of the Bengal river steamer Condor, which foundered in a cyclone, on the River Jamuna, in the ...
Article : 162 wordsSitting at No. 10 Downing-street, yesterday the British Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald) carried on a telephone conversation with the Australian Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin), who was at Canberra. ...
Article : 333 wordsLONDON, April 29.—The Lord Chancellor (Lord Sankey) moved the second reading of the Coal Mines Bill in the House of Lords to-day. With the support of ...
Article : 654 wordsBurglars ransacked and set on fire the fine seven-roomed home of Mr. Stephen Earle, secretary of Amalgamated Collieries, Ltd., in Vale-road, Mount Lawley. ...
Article : 812 wordsThe 1930 English tour of the Australian Test team opened yesterday with a three-day match against Worcestershire. The county team had first use of the wicket, and was dismissed for 131, Grimmett and ...
Article : 1,029 wordsLONDON, April 29.—With characteristic Oriental mystery the special courier from Cairo with the instructions of the Egyptian Government for its delegation ...
Article : 276 wordsWASHINGTON, April 29.—The United States delegations to the London Naval Conference arrived to-day and were welcomed by officials on leaving the steamer. ...
Article : 178 wordsLONDON, April 29.—"Punch's" main cartoon this week by Raven Hill is entitled, "In Strict Training," and depicts a kangaroo as a batsman intercepted by a ...
Article : 74 wordsCANBERRA, April 30.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) said in the House of Representatives to-day that the Anglo-Egyptian treaty negotiations were now ...
Article : 83 wordsLONDON, April 29.—A representative of the Australian Press Association learns that the Australian Board of Control might take a serious view of the matter ...
Article : 80 wordsAt a meeting of the State executive of the Returned Soldiers' League last night the secretary (Mr. D. M. Benson) read copies of correspondence which had ...
Article : 204 wordsWASHINGTON, April 29.—It is announced that it is President Hoover's in-tention to send the naval treaty to the Senate requesting immediate ratification, ...
Article : 185 wordsFollowing is the programme of matches for the Australian team in England:— April 30, May 1, 2, v. Worcestershire, at Worcestershire. ...
Article : 334 wordsLONDON, April 30.—Mr. Scullin was heard so clearly at No. 10 Downing-street that a dozen privileged journalists who were assembled there did not miss a ...
Article : 279 wordsNEW YORK, April 29.—The Ohio State prison, at Columbus, where 322 convicts were burned to death or suffocated in the trade fire of April 22, was the scene of ...
Article : 133 wordsLONDON, April 29.—In the House of Commons to-day, the Prime Minister (Mr. MacDonald) was asked whether he could make any further statement in connection ...
Article : 98 wordsCALCUTTA, April 30.—The Government of India announces that during the recent serious rioting at Peshawar the conduct of two platoons of the Second ...
Article : 142 wordsSYDNEY, April 30.—The Council of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, at a spe-cial meeting to-day, unanimously passed the following resolution regarding the Bill now ...
Article : 423 wordsCANBERRA, April 30.—In moving the second reading of the Wine Export Bounty Bill, in the House of Representatives to-day, the Acting Minister for Trade and ...
Article : 534 wordsMELBOURNE, April 30.—Serious allegations were made by a deputation representing the Society for the Welfare of the Mentally Afflicted which waited on the ...
Article : 134 wordsSYDNEY, April 30.—In a dense fog on the harbour at 7.30 o'clock this morning, two ferry steamers collided at the entrance to Circular Quay. The sharp ...
Article : 265 wordsCANBERRA, April 30.—The Federal Parliament adjourned an hour earlier for dinner to-day to enable members to hear the historic conversations between the two ...
Article : 242 wordsLONDON, April 29.—The Secretary for India (Mr. Wedgwood Benn) was asked by Mr. Baldwin (Conservative Leader) in the House of Commons to-day whether he ...
Article : 309 wordsLONDON, April 29.—It is learned that £8,000,000 will be spent by American companies upon film productions in England during the coming year, in addition to ...
Article : 108 wordsCANBERRA, April 30.—The text of Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's message was:— "It is a great pleasure to me to establish personal contact with you, Mr. Scullin, ...
Article : 2,017 wordsLONDON, April 29.—Questioned about the Anglo-Russian negotiations in the House of Commons to day, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ...
Article : 153 wordsNEW YORK, April 29.—A psychological reaction, caused by many unfavourable company reports for the first quarter of the year, has brought about a sharp recession ...
Article : 139 wordsLONDON, April 29.—In the course of the debate in the House of Commons on the Estimates for his department, the Minister for Health (Mr. Greenwood) said ...
Article : 78 wordsLONDON, April 29.—A graceful tribute to the Australian youngsters is made by A. C. MacLaren in the "Evening Standard." After watching them at practice, ...
Article : 294 wordsLONDON, April 29.—There were fren-zied scenes on the North Shields quayside to-day, when a fight broke out between Arabs and unemployed seamen, who are ...
Article : 83 wordsPARIS, April 29.—As Madame Albize (20) had not been seen for some days, her mother went to her flat and was horrified to find the mangled body of the young ...
Article : 133 wordsSYDNEY, April 30.—Messrs. MacDonald, Hamilton and Co., agents for the P. and O. Company, stated to-day that the master of the R.M.S. Mooltan (Captain Townsend) ...
Article : 147 wordsWILLIAMS, April 29.—The local branch of the Narrogin Trading and Agency Co. was broken into on Monday night. The thieves cut a large hole in one of the lower ...
Article : 96 wordsBERLIN, April 29.—A Munich engineer has invented an automatic travel insurance machine which will shortly be installed on the leading railway stations in ...
Article : 94 wordsLONDON, April 29.—Practically the whole of Ben Lomond, including the peak and all approaches from Loch Lomond, is about to be auctioned. The historic spot ...
Article : 71 wordsBy special arrangement, Reuter's world service, in addition to other special sources of information, is used in the compilation of the oversea intelligence published in ...
Article : 39 wordsSuch of the cable news on this page as is so headed has appeared in "The Times" and is cabled to Australia by special permission. It should be understood that the ...
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