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  2. FEDERAL BUDGET.

    The Commonwealth revenue for 1922-3 was £64,720,635, and the expenditure was £63,700,485, leaving a surplus of £1,020,150. Postage rates on letters will be reduced from 2d. for [?] to 1½d. for letters up to [?]. Letter cards will be reduced from 2d. to 13d. ...

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  3. TREVESSA'S CREW.

    A passenger from Mauritius by the Goorkha, which brought the crew of the lost steamer Traverssa, gives some sidelights on the adventure. One member of the crew ...

    Article : 199 words
  4. IMPERIAL TRADE ROUTES.

    The naval correspondent of the "Morning Post" says:—"A fierce controversy is raging around the battle-ship question, and tends to obscure the equally vital problem ...

    Article : 225 words
  5. UNREST IN GERMANY.

    After touching 3,000,000 marks to the £1 sterling to-day the Berlin rate of exchange recovered to 2,800,000 marks to the £1. ...

    Article : 1,172 words
  6. PITH OF THE BUDGET.

    Last year's Commonwealth revenue amounted to £64,720,635, compared with the revenue for the last year preceding the war of £21,741,775. ...

    Article : 875 words
  7. BUDGET ANALYSED.

    Two records were established by the Federal Treasurer (Dr. Early Page) yesterday. He delivered his Budget statement earlier in the financial year than any of his ...

    Article : 1,219 words
  8. HOME TOWN WELCOME.

    CASTLEMAINE, Thursday.—For more than an hour to-night the Premier (Mr. Lawson) entertained a crowded audience in the Castlemaine Town Hall with ...

    Article : 1,235 words
  9. COALFIELDS DEADLOCK.

    SYDNEY, Thursday. — The representatives of the coalowners and miners have again appealed to the Chief Secretary (Mr. Oakes—on this occasion to help them in ...

    Article : 1,157 words
  10. CURE FOR DIABETES.

    Dr. Banting, of Canada, maintained his reputation for modesty when the British Medical Association discussed his insulin cure for diabetes. He took a seat at the ...

    Article : 256 words
  11. SINGAPORE BASE.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin), replying to Mr. G. Lambert (Liberal), in the House of Commons, said that the Singapore naval base had been recommended by ...

    Article : 169 words
  12. STOLEN JEWELS.

    Great quantities of Russian jewels are coming into France, Italy, and Holland clandestinely. They include over £250,000 worth from a Franco-Jewish pearl merchant ...

    Article : 304 words
  13. Strike of Dockers.

    Eight hundred strikers have resumed work at Tilbury Docks, despite strong pickets. This is an increase of 400 since yesterday. The position at other docks ...

    Article : 171 words
  14. Divorce Cases.

    The Select Committee which has been considering the restriction of reports in divorce cases has concluded its evidence. It is understood that the committee in ...

    Article : 100 words
  15. Making Mother Shiver.

    Doctors, discussing naughty children at the Congress of the British Medical Association at Portsmouth, described how some revel in naughtiness for the sheer ...

    Article : 180 words
  16. Aeroplane Flight.

    The first long journey by aeroplane controlled by wireless was made to-day. The machine flew from Paris to Tours, a return distance of 280 miles. The ...

    Article : 48 words
  17. Legalising of Betting.

    Sir John Pedder, principal assistant secretary to the Colonial Office, before the select committee on betting, to-day outlined a scheme prepared at the committee's ...

    Article : 285 words
  18. GENERAL CABLES.

    Advice received in Cape Town from London announce that the Conference lines are considernig a proposal to allow excursion fares to the Empire Exhibition, tickets to ...

    Article : 519 words
  19. TO COMBAT DROUGHT.

    SYDNEY, Thursday. — Representatives of the pastoral industry to-day impressed upon the Minister for Railways (Mr. Ball) the seriousness of the losses sustained by ...

    Article : 180 words
  20. Near East Treaty.

    The Under Secretary for the Colonies (Mr. Ormsby-Gore), speaking on the Colonial Office estimates in the House of Commons, said that with the signing of the ...

    Article : 226 words
  21. FEDERAL LOAN CAMPAIGN.

    SYDNEY, Thursday. — The Commonwealth loan organiser, Mr. Dash, announced to-day that a decided movement was noticeable in the loan campaign. Cash application ...

    Article : 267 words
  22. NEW PROFESSORSHIP.

    A Chair of Metallurgy will be established in the Melbourne University shortly. On the death of the previous lecturer in metallurgy (Mr. A. J. Higgins), in ...

    Article : 267 words
  23. PERMANENT PROHIBITION.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Two Sydney business men, Mr. W. B. Larke and Mr. A. C. Berk, both native-born Americans, who have returned from a visit to the United ...

    Article : 147 words
  24. British Ministers.

    Mr. Leslie Wilson, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, who was aide-de-camp to the Governor of New South Wales in 1908-9, has been appointed Governor ...

    Article : 151 words
  25. CENTRAL AUSTRALIA.

    The following message, sent by Mr. Edward Cooke, leader of the party walking across Australia to Darwin, has been received from Barrow Creek (S.A.):—"We ...

    Article : 121 words
  26. Bulgarian Railway Accident.

    Latest [?] of the railway accident which occurred in Bulgaria, between Solin and Varna, show that 200 persons were killed and 300 were injured. To date 160 ...

    Article : 68 words
  27. French Multi-Millionaire.

    Joseph Gillet, a silk merchant of Lyons in France, died leaving £16,000,000, to be shared by his daughter and three sons. M. Gillet also had mills in Italy, Austria, ...

    Article : 39 words
  28. KILMANY PARK BOYS' HOME.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 97 words
  29. SUBURBAN ACTIVITIES.

    The Lord Mayor's appeal for the Broadmeadows Foundling Hospital has closed, but the committee has decided to retain its title of the Broadmeadows Welfare Committee, and to work on ...

    Article : 55 words
  30. Wool Sales.

    Auction sales of Bawra wool have been fixed to take place at Liverpool on October [?] and at Hull on October 12. ...

    Article : 27 words
  31. Classified Advertising

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    Advertising : 180 words
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