CANBERRA, March 1.—"A" very grave disservice is being done to the nation both at home and abroad by those people who, mainly for political reasons, declare that ...
Article : 797 wordsLONDON, Feb. 27.—The Governor of Fiji, in a telegram to the Secretary of State for the Colonies concerning the hurricane which struck Viti Levu at the ...
Article : 162 wordsSYDNEY, March 1.—Extraordinary demonstrations against the Federal and State Governments took place yesterday at Wagga and Armidale. At the Wagga ...
Article : 1,694 wordsLONDON, Feb. 28.—Discussions between representatives of the British Government and the Italian Government were continued in Rome yesterday and to-day ...
Article : 348 wordsOTTAWA, Feb. 27.—The importation into Canada from Soviet Russia of coal, wood pulp, pulp wood, lumber, timber of all kinds, asbestos and furs was prohibited ...
Article : 270 wordsLONDON, Feb. 28.—Sir Oswald Mosley, M.P., who resigned from the British Cabinet following his criticism of its unemployment relief policy, has announced ...
Article : 238 wordsCANBERRA, March 1.—Momentous decisions will have to be reached at the presessional meetings of the Federal Labour Caucus to-morrow and on Tuesday. A ...
Article : 548 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 28.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) has sent the following cable message to the Governor of Fiji: "The Commonwealth Government ...
Article : 74 wordsSupplementary to the interview he gave at Kalgoorlie on Friday, the Federal and State president of the Australian Labour Party (Mr. J. J. Kenneally, M.L.A.), ...
Article : 656 wordsLONDON, March 1.—The General Council of the Trade Union Congress has written to the Prime Minister (Mr. MacDonold) stating that the alteration of the ...
Article : 213 wordsCHICAGO, Feb. 27.—Al. Capone, the notorious Chicago gang-leader, who first came into prominence as a lieutenant of "Bier Bill" Thompson (Mayor of Chicago), ...
Article : 152 wordsMELBOURNE, March 1.—While en gaged in a training flight at Laverton on Friday last, Flying Officer H. E. Sharp, of Point Cook, was injured. A Moth ...
Article : 78 wordsLONDON, Feb. 28.—Information from Paris and Rome indicates that the necessity for economy in view of the prevailing depression was a factor in inducing, both ...
Article : 125 wordsBERLIN, Feb. 28.—"I'II box Al Capone's ears for all his machine guns, if I get hold of him," declared a venerable old man living in Hungary. He claims that he ...
Article : 182 wordsLONDON, Feb. 28.—A curious situation has arisen over the by-elections at St. George's, Westminster, caused by the death of Sir Laming. Worthington-Evans. St. ...
Article : 233 wordsMELBOURNE, March 1.—It is expected that the Air Accidents Inquiry Board will submit a report to the Minister for Defence (Senator Daly) this week upon the ...
Article : 137 wordsSYDNEY, March 1.—Federal members from New South Wales constituencies who left Sydney for Canberra to-night to attend the Caucus meeting to-morrow were ...
Article : 227 wordsCALCUTTA, March 1.—The Viceroy (Lord Irwin), and Mr. M. K. Gandhi, spokesman of the National Congress Party, discussed the Indian situation for three ...
Article : 281 wordsGeorge Barsby (30), labourer, Frederick William Hill (38), electrician, and Robert Eldred Skipper (25), labourer, all of whom, it is alleged, were concerned in the robbery ...
Article : 372 wordsCAPE TOWN, Feb. 27.—A question asked in the House of Assembly elicited to-day that 1,000, 3001b, of Australian flour in bond are liable to the extra duty on ...
Article : 139 wordsCALCUTTA, Feb. 27.—A scene savouring of life in Chicago occurred at Allahabad this morning, when a party of armed police and detectives engaged for nearly ...
Article : 216 wordsCALCUTTA, Mar. 1.—To meet the estimated Indian deficit of about £10,882,000 in the coming year, Sir George Schuster. Finance Member, who ...
Article : 275 wordsCANBERRA, March 1.—The Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Blakeley) stated yesterday that he had just received an application for permission to introduce into ...
Article : 120 wordsHOBART, March 1.—The futility of the premiers' Conferences because of the vacillating policy of the Federal Government was stressed by the Premier of Tasmania ...
Article : 324 wordsCANBERRA, March 1.—The number of additional notes that will be issued if the proposals of the Federal. Treasurer (Mr.Theodore) for a special fiduciary issue, are ...
Article : 227 wordsNEW YORK, Feb. 28.—With the wheat market responding by lowered prices yesterday and a protest from European houses that the step savours of Russian dumping, ...
Article : 221 wordsNEW YORK, Feb. 27.—In a leading article the "New York Times" states:—"Melba was one of the great singers 'by the grace of God.' She had one of those ...
Article : 111 wordsCAIRO, Feb. 28.—The police discovered that for months 30 dock labourers had been paid in heroin, while the overseers pocketed the wages. The overseers were ...
Article : 88 wordsMELBOURNE, March 1.—Early this morning, Mr. Campbell Douglas, solicitor, who lived in Mitchell-street, Brunswick, was found dead in the strongroom of his ...
Article : 141 wordsSYDNEY, March 1.—All mid-week racing in New South Wales is to be abolished by the Government, and race meetings, both horse and pony, will be confined to ...
Article : 189 wordsADELAIDE, March 1.—"Mr. Theodore hopes to carry inflation on the backs of the farmers," said Mr. Gabb, M.H.R., at the Angaston Show yesterday. "There ...
Article : 93 wordsCONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 28.—A large contingent of peasants was visiting another village in the Malatia district when it was overwhelmed by a severe snowstorm, ...
Article : 61 wordsSYDNEY, March 1.—The Federal Treasurer (Mr. Theodore) denied last night the statement of the Premier (Mr. Lang) that the Loan Council had repudiated its ...
Article : 324 wordsLONDON, Feb. 27.—In the first few days of March, County Council elections will be field all over the country. Campaigns are in progress. On Thursday next ...
Article : 107 wordsLONDON, Feb. 28.—The New Zealand earthquake relief fund now amounts to £39,504. The latest subscriptions include £263 from the English, Scottish and ...
Article : 76 wordsSOUTHERN CROSS, Feb. 28.—When picking up after a burn-off on the farm of Mr. Richardson at Garratt, seven miles west of Southern Cross, on Thursday. ...
Article : 91 wordsLONDON, Feb. 27.—To-morrow, the great telegraph line known as the Indo Loop will be closed down. The line ran 6,000 miles from London through ...
Article : 239 wordsLONDON, Feb 28.—There is a relative dull in the discussion of Australia's financial maze. Well-informed people confess that it is due to the bewilderment of ...
Article : 385 wordsSYDNEY, March 1.—Racing men who were acquainted with Mr. Lang's decision to-night expressed the view that the curtailment of meetings would mean ...
Article : 52 wordsLONDON, Feb. 28.—A former schoolfellow of Francis Ellis (19), the Cambridge University freshman whose tightly bound body was found in his bedroom at ...
Article : 72 wordsMELBOURNE, March 1.—The Director of Postal Services (Mr. H. P. Brown) announced yesterday that, in consequence of the decision to curtail passenger ...
Article : 86 wordsLONDON, Feb. 27.—The Irish National Sweepstake on the Grand National exceeds £500,000. The directors announce that even if the prize money reaches £1,000,000, ...
Article : 78 wordsSHANGHAI, Feb. 28.—It is reported that an agreement has been reached for the abolition of extra-territorial rights in China this year. Details are lacking, but ...
Article : 103 wordsALBANY, Feb. 28.—The "Golden Eagle" nugget has been on exhibition in Albany for two days and residents of the town and district have flocked in ...
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