BRISBANE, Aug. 3.—When the Mungana case was resumed to-day, before the Chief Justice (Sir James Blair) and a jury of four a large number of exhibits ...
Article : 1,778 wordsCANBERRA, Aug. 3.—A deputation representing the United Bank Officers' Association and comprising Messrs. S. O. McKenna, J. Norton and S. Smith (the ...
Article : 96 wordsThe Minister for Public Works (Mr. J. Lindsay), who since Westralian Farmers Ltd. submitted their scheme for the bulk handling of wheat has been very actively ...
Article : 317 wordsSEATTLE, Aug. 2.—Messrs. R. L. Robbins and H. S. Jones, flying the monoplane Fort Worth, took off at 7 o'clock this morning on an attempt to make a ...
Article : 99 wordsONSLOW, Aug. 3.—A Spartan aeroplane, belonging to Wings, Ltd., of Perth, and carrying Captain C. W. Snook and Mr. Arthur Blake as co-pilota. Las not been ...
Article : 243 wordsPersons who possess free passes for the Government railways, or who are privileged to travel at concession rates, are distinguished by their infinite variety. Six ...
Article : 1,565 wordsIVIGTUT (Greenland), Aug. 2.—How Mr. J. M. Scott, Mr. A. Stephenson and Lieut. M. Lindsay,' members of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition in Greenland, ...
Article : 261 wordsMELBOURNE. Aug. 3.—Reasons for the decision of the United Australia Party to attempt to limit supply granted to the Federal Ministry are contained in an ...
Article : 514 wordsKARACHI, Aug. 3.—Mr. J. A. Mollison, the Australian airman, who is attempting to break the record for a flight from Australia to England, arrived from Allahabad ...
Article : 119 wordsLONDON, Aug. 3.-A vast scheme for dividing Britain into six units, each with only one colliery undertaking, is outlined in a report by the Coal Mines ...
Article : 204 wordsMOSCOW, Aug. 3.—Although forced down soon after entering Siberia on Saturday, Messrs. Hugh Herndon and Clyde Pangborn, the American airmen who are ...
Article : 139 wordsThe secretary of Wings Ltd. (Mrs. W. S. Halliday) stated last night that the company's agent at Onslow had advised her of the fact that the Sparton plane ...
Article : 322 wordsLONDON, Aug. 2.—Commenting on the announcement that the Bank of France and Federal Reserve Bank of New York will grant the Bank of England credits ...
Article : 293 wordsIn a statement on the bulk handling proposal yesterday, the general manager of the Midland Railway Company (Mr. J. J. Poynton) said that he was reluctant to ...
Article : 1,029 wordsSYDNEY, Aug. 3.—Thousands of fami-lies in the suburbs were to-day without bread as the bakers refused to accept the dole tickets offered in exchange for ...
Article : 163 wordsMOSCOW, Aug. 3.—Miss Amy Johnson, who, with Mr. J. Humphries, is flying from England to Japan, arrived at Chita (Siberia) to-day, and left again soon ...
Article : 31 wordsMANILA, Aug. 3.—Mr. F. E. Chichester, the New Zealand airman who is attempting a flight from Australia to England by way of Japan and Alaska, took off for Appari ...
Article : 85 wordsCANBERRA, Aug. 3.—Customs revenue fell short by £8,976 of the estimate for July, which was £2,383,333. The actual revenue was £2,374,357. ...
Article : 175 wordsCONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 2.—Messrs. Russell Boardman and John Polando, who arrived on Thursday after a non-stop flight from New fork in less than 50 hours. ...
Article : 110 wordsLONDON, Aug. 2.—"The Soviet is going to be a great success," is the verdict of Mr. G. Bernard Shaw, expressed on his return from Russia to-day. "Russia is ...
Article : 271 wordsLONDON, Aug. 1.—The Australian Press Association learns that the result of the City of Sydney's maturing debenture issue of £1,000,000, carrying 6½ per cent. ...
Article : 82 wordsLONDON. Aug. 2.—In a letter to 'The Times," urging that the Empire Marketing Board should not be abolished, as is recommended in the report of the ...
Article : 106 wordsCHURCHILL (Manitoba), Aug. 2.— Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh arrived from Moose Factory (Ontario) this afternoon in the course of their holiday flight to ...
Article : 28 wordsROME, Aug. 2.—Flight-Captain Monti, who participated in the Schneider Trophy race in 1929, and has recently been engaged in high-speed tests, was killed to-day when ...
Article : 47 wordsKALGOORLIE, Aug. 3.—Referring to the report of the spearing of white men by natives in the Rawlinson Ranges recently Dr. C. W. Laver, of Kalgoorlie, said ...
Article : 259 wordsLONDON, Aug. 2.—A serious warning as to the nation's position was uttered by the Primate (Dr. Lang) to-day, when preaching at Dover. , "We have always ...
Article : 99 wordsMr. James Mullins (65), living in one of the large water pipes stacked at the west end of the Causeway, received a fractured skull and a lacerated right wrist when he ...
Article : 90 wordsHOBART, Aug. 3.—The consolidated revenue collections for July, compared with those for July of last year, show a fallingoff of £5.056. hut in view of the fact that ...
Article : 111 wordsMOSCOW, Aug. 2.—A decree (has been issued improving the living conditions of engineering and technical workers, who have been given equality with industrial ...
Article : 110 wordsNear the junction of George, Wellington and Marquis streets, West Perth, yesterday morning Mr. Benjamin Darlington (54), traveller, of Hay-street, was knocked ...
Article : 141 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug. 3.—After four weeks of intensive investigation, the special committee appointed to inquire into certain classes of war pensions has made ...
Article : 115 wordsBRISBANE, Aug. 3.—Revenue returns issued to-day for the first month of the financial year show that the returns amounted to £879,104 as against £958,943 ...
Article : 54 wordsPARIS, Aug. 2.—There was an outbreak of criminal madness during the week-end filling the newspapers with accounts of murders and suicides. In a fit of insane ...
Article : 182 wordsPARIS, Aug. 2.—His doctors have ordered M. Briand, the famous French statesman, at present Foreign Minister, who has lately been suffering from great fatigue. ...
Article : 80 wordsBRISBANE, Aug. 3—"There would have been no lock-out if you had not gone on strike that day," said Mr. Justice Webb in the Industrial Court to-day, when an ...
Article : 346 wordsWhen riding a push bicycle towards the city yesterday morning, Charles Cummings (14), of Cowle-street, West Perth, came into collision with a tram car at the corner ...
Article : 57 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug. 3.—A quarrel between several men occurred in a hotel in South Melbourne this 'afternoon, and it was continued in the street outside Conrad ...
Article : 71 wordsAdvice was received yesterday by Mr. A. D. Clackson (secretary of the Shearers and Shed Workers' Union) that Mr. Gordon Magor (13), single, of London-street, ...
Article : 120 wordsBUNBURY, Aug. 3—In the early hours of yesterday morning fire completely gutted the front of the Railway Cafe, Stephen-street which was occupied by ...
Article : 124 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug. 3.—Thieves ransacked the home of Mr. M. J. Ryan, the Victorian amateur golf champion, in Kendall-street. East St. Kilda, on Saturday ...
Article : 89 wordsLONDON, Aug. 2.—When, on her return from her expedition to the Antaretic, the Discovery berthed at the East India Dock, Captain Mackenzie called for ...
Article : 84 wordsMr. James O. Thomas (65), of Pang-bourne-street, Wembley, became thirsty when chopping wood yesterday afternoon, and entered his home to take a drink from ...
Article : 72 wordsSir,—Superficially at any rate, the case for bulk handling seems strong. It is important, however, before a radical change is made in the recognised system ...
Article : 1,374 wordsBERLIN, Aug. 3.—The offer by the United States to sell 1,250,000 tons of the surplus wheat held by the Federal Farm Board to Germany on long credit is sharply ...
Article : 95 wordsWELLINGTON, Aug. 3.—A thief snatched a bag containing £100 from a woman in Wellington and escaped. The woman was the cashier of a butcher's shop and the ...
Article : 39 wordsIn front of Constable Kelleher, who was on points duty at the corner of Barrack-street and Wellington-street yesterday morning, a motor car ran into the rear of ...
Article : 103 wordsLONDON, Aug. 2.—Miss Mercedes Gleitze abandoned her attempt to swim to the Aran Islands from Galway (Ireland), a distance of 26 miles, after covering 16 ...
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