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  2. MAINLY SEASONAL

    That the unemployment figures in Queensland would jump from 16,000 to 30,000 at the end of the present sugar season was the opinion expressed by Mr. W. J. Riordan, State secretary of the Australian Workers' Union, when giving evidence ...

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  3. ANOTHER MOVE.

    A new move by the Left Wing of the Federal Labor Party to bring into operation its financial policy will probably be attempted ...

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  4. WALLANGARRA GALE.

    Considerable damage was caused by a severe gale which swept the district this afternoon. The wind, which reached a velocity ...

    Article : 221 words
  5. DODGING THE COUNCIL.

    Mr. J. T. Lang's proposal to convert the New South Wales Works Department into a Board of Works so that it would be a ...

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  6. SABRE RATTLING

    While Litvinoff is discussing disarmament at Geneva, the Soviet has begun a monster agitation lasting ten days to make the masses "ready for war." Especial attention is being given to the necessity for military, naval, aerial and gas warfare in ...

    Article : 159 words
  7. BANKERS' CONFERENCE.

    A conference of managers of all the banks was attended to-day by the Acting Treasurer (Mr. J. Lyons). Consideration was given to the means ...

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  8. MR. RIORDAN'S EVIDENCE.

    The Federal Committee of Inquiry into the sugar, industry resumed its Brisbane sittings to-day. Answering questions by the ...

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  9. BRITISH FREE TRADE.

    Speaking at a Bedford Labor meeting last night, the Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald) expressed the view that it was absolutely ...

    Article : 232 words
  10. BASIC WAGE CASE.

    After it was announced in the Arbitration Court to-day that the Federal Attorney-General would intervene in the basic wage case there was a ...

    Article : 125 words
  11. COUNCIL INSUFFICIENT.

    On his return from the Loan Council, the Premier (Sir James Mitchell) said that something more was, necessary than the Loan Council. ...

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  12. BERLIN MEETING

    Brigadier-General Sir William Horwood was one of the principal speakers at a gigantic anti-Bolshevik demonstration organised by the German ...

    Article : 188 words
  13. COVENT GARDEN OPERA.

    Grand Opera for millions of radio listeners-in as well as the general public in London and the provinces is the subject of a plan arranged by Covent ...

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  14. MENACE TO SOCIETY.

    Stated, to have taken down thousands of persons for thousands of pounds and having the ruination of eight or nine solicitors to his discredit, Harry Fane ...

    Article : 238 words
  15. TRADE WITH THE EAST.

    Methods of improving trade with the East were discussed, at a conference of representative business men convened by the Chamber of ...

    Article : 265 words
  16. MR. S. M. BRUCE.

    Mr. S. M. Bruce, who returned to-day, said that he intended to reenter the political sphere /and if the electors of Flinders wished him to ...

    Article : 89 words
  17. AUSTRALIA LOSES.

    Australia's, action in endeavoring to bid for British goodwill just before the Imperial Conference by placing embargoes on foreign imports lost her a big ...

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  18. PEOPLES OF INDIA.

    Maharajah Gaekwar of Baroda, speaking at the reception given by the East India Association in honor of the Round Table Conference ...

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  19. IMPERIAL PREFERENCE.

    That the manufacturing industries in Australia should make arrangements with corresponding industries in Great Britain whereby British ...

    Article : 309 words
  20. GET RICH QUICK.

    A queue a mile long waited for hours in the rain at Dublin, pouring in subscriptions at the rate of £1000 an hour on the last day of the great Irish ...

    Article : 273 words
  21. GOLD HOARDING.

    Lord Dabernon, addressing the Liverpool Incorporated Chamber of Commerce last evening, suggested that the gold hoarding by the United ...

    Article : 122 words
  22. SUMMONS FOR DIRECTION.

    A summons of direction was yesterday taken out in the Supreme Court by the Crown Solicitor against Messrs. Theodore, McCormack, ...

    Article : 80 words
  23. MILLIONAIRES ON DOLE.

    The "News-Chronicle's" Berlin Correspondent states that the black flag was hoisted in Weisbaden and shops were closed for an hour to ...

    Article : 110 words
  24. GOOMERI FIRE.

    A fire this afternoon destroyed seven shops in Moore-street the premises being those of R. Smith (contractor), Mackelyar's Garage, H. ...

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  25. THE CONFERENCE.

    A further informal meeting of the British—India delegations to the Round Table Conference was held at Saint James yesterday and another was fixed ...

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  26. MORE TROUBLE.

    The South Australian Government has requested the other States to take a definite stand by refusing to pay the sales tax and the Queensland ...

    Article : 158 words
  27. SHEARERS' THREAT

    The decision to oppose the new shearing award was reached at a meeting here yesterday of over 100 employees in the industry by 76 to 23. ...

    Article : 65 words
  28. BIG CRICKET.

    Owing to heavy rain, no play took place in the Ryder testimonial match to-day. Receipts were £486 on Friday, which, it is estimated, will cover ...

    Article : 41 words
  29. CITY RAID.

    A sudden raid on premises in Elizabeth-street in the city, this afternoon resulted in the arrest of 44 men who were in the basement. None ...

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  30. WORTH MILLIONS.

    America's two richest heiresses have just made their debuts. Doris Duke, whose father heads the Tobacco Trust, already has five homes and is building ...

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  31. ABORIGINE'S CENTURY.

    The aborigine, Eddie Gilbert, who played for Queensland against South Australia in the first Sheffield Shield game of the season, demonstrated that ...

    Article : 83 words
  32. MORE PENSIONERS.

    A big increase in old age and invalid pensions has taken place recently owing to the depression. In October last year there were 147,073 ...

    Article : 63 words
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