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  2. "CRUX OF THE CASE."

    The technical definition of "dismantling" as opposed to "overhauling" was argued before Mr. President Webb in the Arbitration Court to-day. The point arose ...

    Article : 749 words
  3. ENTRANCE EXAMINATION.

    The Public Service Commissioner (Mr. J. D. Story) issued a statement to-day referring to the circular which yesterday was distributed among officers of the ...

    Article : 638 words
  4. AGRICULTURE.

    The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. Forgan Smith) returned by mail train last night from the South, where he had attended the Conference of Ministers for ...

    Article : 698 words
  5. THE BUDGET.

    The "Daily Express" asserts that the Budget proposals are creating alarm in industries, such as mining and ship building, which will be unable to bear the ...

    Article : 221 words
  6. A HEARTY WELCOME.

    After a day's continuous sunshine, H.M.S. Repulse early this morning, in a dense fog, erept into Table Bay, which is notoriously dangerous under such ...

    Article : 239 words
  7. SCENE IN COMMONS.

    While the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Winston Churchill) was speaking in the House of Commons he was interrupted by members of ...

    Article : 322 words
  8. AEROPLANE SMASH.

    The inquest was opened at Orange today concerning the death of Thomas Linn and Mrs. Harriet Hickey as the result of the aeroplane smash. Thomas Blewett, ...

    Article : 334 words
  9. NOT FOR SALE.

    The Australian Commonwealth Line, which is calling for tenders for the purchase of the steamers of the line, makes it clear that Cockaloo Island dockyard ...

    Article : 60 words
  10. "NOTHING TO FEAR."

    The Rev. S. Heaslett, Bishop of South Tokio (Japan), who reached Sydney this morning, said he did not think Australia had anything to fear from Japan. He ...

    Article : 88 words
  11. COLD STOKES FIRE.

    A fire was discovcred this morning in the evaporation room of the Ranwood cool store, 15 miles from the city. The stores cover half an acre of ground, and ...

    Article : 65 words
  12. BOXING.

    Bombardier (Billy) Wells was knocked out in the third round of a 15-round contest by Jack Stanley. The spectators "booed" Wells. ...

    Article : 105 words
  13. IMMIGRATION.

    With the Church Assembly's approval, an Overseas Settlement Council has been, formed in order that all the moral and material forces of the Church of England ...

    Article : 107 words
  14. THE MOERAKI.

    Nine men were missing when the steamer Moeraki was ready for sea this morning. As a result, the vessel's departure has been seriously delayed. ...

    Article : 35 words
  15. LAW REPORT.

    The action in which Fred, James O'Keeffe, merchant, claimed specific performance of an agreement, or, in the alternative, £250 damages, from James ...

    Article : 705 words
  16. CHILD LABOUR.

    The council is calling a special Liecting of ratepayers on June 2, for the purpose of reattempting the adoption of the child labour resolution. ...

    Article : 125 words
  17. THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

    A message from Mossvale states that, while the National Anthem was being sung at a meeting being addressed by Sir George Fuller, a young man, who ...

    Article : 59 words
  18. SHARE PRICES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 379 words
  19. RAID ON POLE.

    The news that Commander MacMillan, the American airman, and Captain Algarsson are both preparing for their respective air expeditions to the North ...

    Article : 299 words
  20. THEATRICAL EMPLOYEES.

    The High Court sittings held in Sydney to-day decided that under the Federal Arbitration Act an employer who employs no union labour whatever, ...

    Article : 128 words
  21. DRUGS SEIZED.

    The police seized 200,000 guilders (about £10,660) worth of heroin and morphia when they arrested two Canadians and a Swiss, allegedly concerned in a big ...

    Article : 49 words
  22. AUSTRALIAN FRUIT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 87 words
  23. "MOST GRATIFYING."

    Mr. J. Bain, secretary of the Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland, in a report presented to a meeting of the association ...

    Article : 765 words
  24. HOMESTEAD DESTROYED

    The Burrangon homestead has been completely destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £10,000. The cry of a baby during the night awakened the inmates, ...

    Article : 49 words
  25. MOVEMENTS OF GOLD.

    Interest has been aroused by the first gold movements recorded in the Bank of England since 1916. The bullion purchased amounted to £207,000, and sovereigns to ...

    Article : 78 words
  26. TOOWOOMBA RACES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 29 words
  27. SUBMARINE CABLES.

    The Pacific Cable Board notifies that contracts for the Vancouver, Fanning Island, and Fiji cable have been placed with the Telegraph Construction ...

    Article : 69 words
  28. MOTOR CAR BURNT.

    While H. Timmins, a garage proprictor, of Tambo, was travelling front Tambo to Charleville on Wednesday night, his motor car caught fire four miles from ...

    Article : 38 words
  29. FOOD COMMISSION.

    The "Daily Express" understands that the report of the Food Prices Commission to be issued on Thursday will recommend the addition of the Food Council ...

    Article : 121 words
  30. PARKIN MEMORIAL.

    Lord Milner, Mr. L. C. M. S. Amery, Lord Rosebery, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and 12 others, including Professor G. Elliot Smith, of Australia, Sir ...

    Article : 81 words
  31. LEAGUE OF NATIONS UNION.

    It was announced at the League of Nations Union meeting in London that Colonel David Davies, M.P., had promised £6500, spread over six find a half years, ...

    Article : 54 words
  32. THAT SCURRILOUS PAMPHLET.

    As the result of certain information now in the hands of detectives, they are confident of running to earth the author of the seurrilous pamphlet which is being ...

    Article : 48 words
  33. GERMAN FINANCE.

    Germany's nett budgetary surplus last year amounted to 334,000,000 marks. The Minister for Finance (Herr von Schlieben) in his Budget speech in the ...

    Article : 67 words
  34. GIRLS ATTACKED.

    Shortly after midnight the city police patrol was informed that a girl, aged 13, employed as a domestic at a house in Homebush, had been attacked while ...

    Article : 171 words
  35. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 292 words
  36. DEFAMATION ALLEGED.

    In the Magistrate's Court to-day, before Mr. H. L. Archdall, C.P.M., Vera Mabel Kichards, wife of Herbert Polkington Richards. of Bald Hills, sued Edward J. ...

    Article : 130 words
  37. WAR CEMETERIES.

    The Official Secretory at Australia House (Mr. M. L. Shepherd) has returned from Paris, where he attended a meeting of the Anglo-France War Graves ...

    Article : 94 words
  38. DRUGS DISCOVERED.

    It has now been learned that the trunk containing drugs, which was seized in London yesterday, had been in a furniture depository for four years, and the storage ...

    Article : 131 words
  39. IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.

    Ernest Bennett, dairy farmer, was charged with having assaulted Lin Tai, market gardener, on March 15, at Bunya, and inflicted bodily harm upon him. He ...

    Article : 181 words
  40. WEATHER FORECASTS.

    The following weather forecasts were issued at noon to-day for the ensuing 24 hours:—QUEENSLAND.—Showers here and there along the coast; becoming unsettled in ...

    Article : 71 words
  41. WHEAT MARKET.

    CHICAGO, April 30.—Wheat for May delivery it quoted at I doller 53¼ cents; July, 1.42; September, 1.34¼. ...

    Article : 20 words
  42. LONDON MARKETS.

    LONDON, April 30.—Wheat cargoes are steadier on the North American firmness, but are unchanged, grain by the Bradclyde being at 57/9. Parcels are stronger ...

    Article : 95 words
  43. Advertising

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    Advertising : 72 words
  44. FISH MARKET.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 71 words
  45. BRADFORD TOPS MARKET.

    LONDON, April 30.—The Bradford wool tops market is stagnant, and in the absence of business it is impossible to give quotations. ...

    Article : 25 words
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