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  2. SUGAR AND DEFENCE

    Brigadier-General E.M. Ralph, D.S.O., A.D.C., Commandant of the First District Base, who is visiting Cairns in connection with military training in the North, was tendered an official welcome at the City Council Chambers yesterday ...

    Article : 428 words
  3. STATE CIVIL SERVICE

    As the result of the judgment of a judge of the Industrial Court—Mr. Justice Webb—on the application of the Crown for substantial salary reductions, delivered this afternoon, a reduction of six per cent all round, with the exception of those ...

    Article : 224 words
  4. SELF-CONFESSED.

    Cringing, weeping and floundering desperately under the sharp cross-examination, John MacDonald, the recanting witness in the Mooney-Billings ...

    Article : 210 words
  5. NORTHERN FORESTS.

    The Australia House cinema was crowded with business men and officials when Sir Granville Ryrie introduced a special screen. ...

    Article : 73 words
  6. BY AN INNINGS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 267 words
  7. BOY MURDERER.

    "Le Petit Journal" describes a dramatic interrogation of Le Loutre. After a battery of questions, the assistant commissioner jerked out, "Le ...

    Article : 144 words
  8. FOUND DEAD.

    Samuel Wilson, single, aged 64, was burned to death when a four-roomed cottage was destroyed by fire at Sefton. A large knife blade, stained with ...

    Article : 79 words
  9. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    Replying to Mr. R. Green. (Nat) in the House of Representatives to-day, the Minister for Markets (Mr. Parker Moloney) said that while Mr. Wigan ...

    Article : 759 words
  10. OFFICERS AFFECTED.

    The Public Service Commissioner (Mr. J. D. Story) stated to-day that the Industrial Court's decision affected officers of the ...

    Article : 212 words
  11. JACKSON IN FAVOR,

    jackson seemed to establish himself by excellent batsmanship in the mind of the English cricket world to-day He outbatted Bradman-technically ...

    Article : 255 words
  12. CHILDREN ENGULFED.

    While children were playing in a sandpit at St Helen's (Lancashire), thousands of tons of sand fell, killing three and injuring 10. Those rescued ...

    Article : 67 words
  13. SENTENCED TO DEATH.

    After a retirement of four and a half hours, the jury found Arthur Skeritt (48); the colored laborer, guilty of the murder of John Alfred Taylor. an ...

    Article : 176 words
  14. TO GREET AMY.

    The Minister for Industry (Miss Margaret Bondfield) will make her first flight on August 4 when she accompanies Lord Thomson, the ...

    Article : 66 words
  15. R1OO.

    Fabric trouble aboard the R109 necessitated a reduction of the speed, so it is possible that it will not arrive till Friday morning. ...

    Article : 64 words
  16. SHIRE CHAIRMAN.

    Councillor W. H. Simmonds (chairman, Cairns Shire Council) welcomed Brigadier-General Ralph on behalf of the Shire of Cairns, ...

    Article : 569 words
  17. ROUND EUROPE.

    Barnard's time for the, Round Europe air race was 776 mininutes for 1,250 miles. It is unofficial but it just beat Hinkler's non-stop record of ...

    Article : 55 words
  18. THE REAL PERCENTAGE.

    Mr. J. Francis (Moreton, Q.) said that hitherto he nad thought that Mr. Hughes had some regard for the sugar industry of Queensland. He ...

    Article : 98 words
  19. LABOR LEADERS COMMENTS.

    Commenting on the Federal Government's decisicn regarding the sugar cmbargo to-night, the Leader of the State Opposition (Mr. W. Forgan, ...

    Article : 194 words
  20. SIR OTTO NIEMEYER

    Sir Otto Niemeyer and party arrived to-day. They have not yet interviwed Mr. Scullin, but spent considerable time in consultation with ...

    Article : 77 words
  21. SHAKING HANDS.

    Indianapolis has produced thc week's best endurance story. Two friends, one short and fat and the other tall and slender, started shaking hands at ...

    Article : 62 words
  22. WORKERS' HOMES.

    Replying to-day to a complaint that applications were not now being received for workers' homes, the Minister for Public Works said that it ...

    Article : 77 words
  23. THE SELECT- COMMITTEE.

    In the House of Representatives today answering Mr. Gullet, the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) said that facilities, would be afforded for the ...

    Article : 197 words
  24. "I DONT CARE."

    Things are not so good in Gloria Swanson's family where a divorce was recently hinted at. Her French titled husband, on his arrival from Paris. ...

    Article : 67 words
  25. DIRECT TELEPHONE.

    "News-Chronicle" says that a private telephone linc is being constructed from Glamis Castle, where the Duchess of York is staying, to Glamis ...

    Article : 70 words
  26. "WRONG BABY."

    Mrs. Watkins, who thinks that she still may have the wrong baby, has sued the Englewood Hospital for £20,000 for "agony, doubt and "fear." ...

    Article : 38 words
  27. GROCERS' REQUEST.

    The Federated Retail Grocers' Association has asked Mr. Scu[?] to grant the association representation on the committee of inquiry into the sugar ...

    Article : 75 words
  28. EXPLORER'S SON FINED.

    Peter Markham Scott, the 20 year old son of Captain Scott, the Polar explorer, was fined £5 to-day for leaving his car on a narrow bridge at ...

    Article : 77 words
  29. PROTRACTED CASE

    Mr. Sandham, of Mace fame, appeared before the Committee of Privileges which had to meet twice yesterday owing to Mr. Sandharn's ...

    Article : 121 words
  30. THE WEATHER

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 118 words
  31. VIEWS OF MR HUGHES.

    Dealing with the estimates for the Department" of Home Affairs Mr Hughes said that there was an alarming growth of foreign labor in the ...

    Article : 180 words
  32. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN OPPOSITION.

    The following resolution, was carried at a large meeting held at Newmarket last night: "This meeting of fruit growers and others interested in ...

    Article : 143 words
  33. CHEAPER GAS?

    "To investigate thoroughly the question of cheaper gas in view of the reduced price of coal, the Minister for Labor (Mr. Farrar) will examine the ...

    Article : 35 words
  34. BEET SUGAR

    Beet growing in England has been taken up with a vigor that gives promise of very, successful. results The acreage has increased since 1924 from ...

    Article : 99 words
  35. CALIFORNIA'S GASOLINE TAX.

    During April, May and June, Califorma coolected a gasoline tax of the [?] ...

    Article : 28 words
  36. FIRE IN BOILER ROOM.

    Owing to a fire occurring in the boiler room on her trial trip, the Sumatra is unable to proceed to ...

    Article : 38 words
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