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  2. NEW DEFENCE PLAN

    CANBERRA, Aug. 25.—In a speech in the House of Representatives today, which is regarded as an announcement of Labour's defence policy, the Leader ...

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  4. STATUTE OF WESTMINSTER

    CANBERRA, Aug. 25.—Describing the measure as a "milestone in Australia's constitutional story," the Attorney-General (Mr. Menzies) explained in the ...

    Article : 685 words
  5. AUSTRALIAN AIRWAYS.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 25.—Mr. K. M. Frewin, an aviation adviser in Australia to American financial interests, discussed with the Minister for Defence (Sir ...

    Article : 148 words
  6. GASWORKS STRIKE.

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 25.—Terms of a settlement of the stay-in strike of gas-workers were agreed on late tonight after a series of protracted conferences ...

    Article : 285 words
  7. BODY UNDER BRIDGE.

    BRISBANE, Aug. 25.—The trial was continued at Goondiwindi today of Harold Thomas Mullen, shed-hand, who is charged with the wilful murder of ...

    Article : 358 words
  8. MEDICAL CONGRESS.

    ADELAIDE, Aug. 25.—There were echoes of the recent controversy concerning the immunisation of children against diphtheria at meetings of several sections ...

    Article : 166 words
  9. AERODROME CONTROL.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 25.—Details of a central control building which will be erected at the Kingsford Smith aerodrome. Mascot, at an estimated cost of £51,000, were ...

    Article : 149 words
  10. DISEASE CARRIED BY AIR.

    Precautions against disease being brought into Australia by air were discussed by Dr. F. W. A. Ponsford (South Australia). He said ...

    Article : 218 words
  11. STRUCK BY CAR.

    Struck by a motor car as she was crossing Beaufort-street, Mt. Lawley, last night, Frances Green (21), of McMaster-street, Victoria Park, was thrown ...

    Article : 225 words
  12. WHEAT COMPARISONS.

    West Australian wheats were discussed on Monday by Mr. Sten Abdon, a Swedish cereal chemist, from the point of view of baking quality of the flour ...

    Article : 713 words
  13. "BRANDED FOR LIFE."

    The establishment of a reformatory home or farm for youthful delinquents, administered by specially trained persons and free from rigid prison discipline, ...

    Article : 555 words
  14. ARRESTED BY FASCISTS

    LONDON, Aug. 24.—The "Daily Herald" states that a young Australian, Howard Daniel, who was spending a holiday in Italy, was subjected by Black ...

    Article : 124 words
  15. DAIRY EQUALISATION.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 25.—Argument was heard in the High Court before Mr. Justice Dixon today in the case Commonwealth Dairy Produce Equalisation ...

    Article : 392 words
  16. CONSUMPTION AND CANCER.

    "It must be urged that a general reduction in the incidence of tuberculosis will lead to marked reduction in that of cancer," said ...

    Article : 211 words
  17. Record at University.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 25.—Mr. Howard Daniel was a leader in Sydney University literary circles to which he arrived from the King's School. He graduated ...

    Article : 116 words
  18. £1,500,000 CONTRACT.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 25.—Mr. G. A. Lloyd, representative in Australia for Morris Industries Exports. Ltd., Oxford, England, announced today that a contract had been ...

    Article : 200 words
  19. "HAUNTED" WARDROBE.

    LONDON, Aug. 23.—The "haunted" wardrobe advertised for sale by Mrs. B. Barclay, of Carterton Manor, Oxford- shire, has been purchased for £50 by Mr. ...

    Article : 319 words
  20. SCARLET FEVER.

    Hospital treatment of scarlet fever would be made worth while if certain conditions could be realised, said Dr. F. W. Scholes, ...

    Article : 184 words
  21. AUSTRALIAN BLACKS.

    The Australian Aborigines' League of Victoria has prepared a petition for presentation to King George VI, signed by 2.000 natives from different parts of ...

    Article : 704 words
  22. EXPANSION OF INDUSTRY.

    LONDON, Aug. 25.—The "Daily Telegraph" today devotes a leading article to the references by the Australian Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) to the ...

    Article : 197 words
  23. AUSTRALIAN "WOWSERISM."

    SYDNEY, Aug. 25.—Mr. Roland Green, M.P., when he reached Sydney in the Otranto today, strongly supported the attacks made recently by the Premier of ...

    Article : 168 words
  24. JOCKEY'S DIVORCE SUIT.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 25.—In June last, David Hugh ("Darby") Munro, a jockey, obtained a decree nisi for the dissolution of his marriage with Iris Veronica ...

    Article : 256 words
  25. NEUROSIS IN MODERN LIFE.

    Neurotic conditions produced by modern life were the subject of a paper read by Dr. John Bostock (Queensland). "There is a distinct need for more ...

    Article : 197 words
  26. ESCAPE THROUGH SEWER PIPES

    SYDNEY, Aug. 25.—A man arrested on charges of having stolen portions of motor cars escaped from two detectives by jumping into an excavation 9ft. deep ...

    Article : 250 words
  27. N.Z. REORGANISATION.

    WELLINGTON, Aug. 25.—The strength of the reorganised territorial force under the plan recently announced by the Minister for Defence (Mr. Jones) will be ...

    Article : 154 words
  28. NEW BROADCAST STATIONS.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 25.—Following the acceptance by the Postal Department of a tender for the construction of a new national broadcasting station to serve ...

    Article : 241 words
  29. THE IDEAL SCHOOL.

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 25.—The theory that a complete revolution in education was the only thing to save democracy was advanced by Dr. Cyril Norwood in ...

    Article : 281 words
  30. MOTOR CYCLISTS INJURED.

    When they collided with a motor car at the intersection of Fitzgerald-street and Raglan-road, North Perth, last night, Jack Howat (21). of Norfolk-street, North ...

    Article : 174 words
  31. FALL FROM WINDOW.

    LONDON, Aug. 25.—The Coroner returned an open finding at an inquest to-day on Stephen Edward Staughton (29), sheep farmer, of Eenalla, Victoria, who ...

    Article : 226 words
  32. "TENNIS ELBOW."

    The cause of "tennis elbow" was explained at the Orthopaedic Surgery Section by Dr. E. P. West, of South Australia, who said that players ...

    Article : 143 words
  33. EXTRADITION CASE.

    NEW YORK, Aug. 24.—John Montague, a popular figure in Hollywood society, who is wanted on a stealing charge, arrived voluntarily from California today ...

    Article : 162 words
  34. OUT-OF-WORK YOUTH.

    "The plight of unemployed youth during the past few years has produced a problem full of sinister possibilities in character disintegration." This ...

    Article : 242 words
  35. JOURNALISTS' ASSOCIATION.

    The annual meeting of members of the Western Australian district of the Australian Journalists' Association will be held at 10.15 a.m. on Sunday next in ...

    Article : 163 words
  36. REARING OF CHILDREN.

    Two conditions in modern society that were rendering the upbringing of children increasingly difficult were the tendency to small families and the growth of ...

    Article : 108 words
  37. STRANGE ANIMALS SEEN.

    BRISBANE, Aug. 25.—Many years ago the aborigines in the Tiaro district declared with fear that "devils which ate piccaninies and native bears" existed in ...

    Article : 140 words
  38. COLLIERIES DISPUTE.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 25.—As a result of further negotiations today, the dispute between the colliery proprietors and the Federated Engine-drivers and Firemen's ...

    Article : 97 words
  39. HOLLYWOOD DIVORCE SUIT.

    LOS ANGELES. Aug. 24.—The answer of Miss Jocelyn Howarth, the Australian-born film actress, to the application of George Brent, the film actor, ...

    Article : 115 words
  40. LANDING PLANES IN FOG.

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.—Army authorities have announced the perfection of a device which will automatically land aeroplanes in fog or darkness ...

    Article : 41 words
  41. TENNIS STAR'S DIVORCE.

    CARSON CITY (Nevada), Aug. 24.—Mrs. Helen Wills Moody, the former American tennis champion, was granted a divorce yesterday from Mr. F. S. ...

    Article : 42 words
  42. STOLEN MOTOR CAR.

    A grey touring car, with black mudguards (No. 9217), owned by Leonard Hopkins, of Hay-street, was stolen from a garage at the rear of His Majesty's ...

    Article : 33 words
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