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  2. GOLD STANDARD.

    The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Walter Guinness), when moving the second reading of the Gold Standard Bill in the House of Commons this afternoon, ...

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  3. POLICE BARRACKS SITE.

    An opportunity presents itself to the Chief Secretary (Dr. Argyle), as representative for the time being of the Government of Victoria, to set a worthy example ...

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  4. WOOL POSITION.

    The Brisbane selling brokers at the last moment decided to postpone the sales which were to have been held in that centre yesterday until Thursday. Meantime the ...

    Article : 265 words
  5. ATTACK ON CHRISTIANITY.

    Mr. George Whale, when presiding at the Rationalist Press Association dinner in connection with the Huxley centenary, fell dead after a speech in which he attacked ...

    Article : 252 words
  6. SCOUT WEEK APPEAL

    From the Lord Mayor (Connrillor Brirnton) has been received the following message in connection with the appeal being made this week by the Rotary Club for ...

    Article : 209 words
  7. WELCOME FOR THE PRINCE

    The Prince of wales to-day began his 5.000 miles tour of the Union of South Africa and Rhodesia in most auspicious circumstances. His visit to Cape Town has ...

    Article : 222 words
  8. NORTH POLE FLIGHT.

    Another wireless message has been received from Captain Amundsen, who is at King's Bay, Spitzbergen, ready for the dash by air to the North Pole. He ...

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  9. BRITAIN AND AMERICA.

    The United states Ambassador (Mr. A. B. Houghton) was the guest at a Pilgrim Club banquet in London last night. There was a large gathering of ambassadors ...

    Article : 223 words
  10. Memorable Speech.

    The Prime minister (Mr. Hertzog), in supporting the toast of the Prince of Wales at the dinner, assured him that he would he welcomed on the lonely plains of the ...

    Article : 377 words
  11. Brisbane Sales Postponed.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.— The wool sales which were to have been opened to-day were postponed until Thursday. In making the announcement the president of the ...

    Article : 92 words
  12. FAMILY DROWNED.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.— A shocking tragedy was discovered at Beackom to-day. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parker and their two children, a boy and a girl, aged 11 and 9 years ...

    Article : 133 words
  13. "THE ARGUS" FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 95 words
  14. Bradford Market.

    There is no business in the Bradford market for shops, everyone awaiting the opening of the London sales. ...

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  15. UNITED STATES MARKET.

    In recent months the technical journals of the United States connected with the woollen, textile, and allied industries have been contending that Australian pastoralists ...

    Article : 516 words
  16. A COMPANY'S DONATION.

    Sir,—The appeal being made by the Rotary Club was considered by the directors of this company at the board meeting yesterday, when it ...

    Article : 219 words
  17. FRENCH AND RIFFIS.

    Advices from Rabat (Morocco) state that native troops with French support have checked the progress of the Riffi tribesmen who crossed the frontier between the ...

    Article : 175 words
  18. FISHING BOAT WRECKED.

    PORT FAIRY, Tuesday.—A drowning accident occurred here early this morning. James, John, and Donald McDonald, all brothers, fishermen, left the wharf about ...

    Article : 165 words
  19. Part Woman Can Play.

    The seventh quinquennial session of the International Council of Women was opened to-day. The president (the Countess of ...

    Article : 154 words
  20. Appearance of St. Kilda Road.

    "I am as anxious as anyone else to preserve the beauty of St. kilda road," said the Chief Secretary (Dr. Argyle) yesterday, referring to criticism of his plans for ...

    Article : 178 words
  21. IDEAL OF SERVICE.

    What the ideals influencing the boy scout movement are, and their siginificance, constituted the subject of an address given by Mr.C.A. Hoadley, commissioner of ...

    Article : 338 words
  22. Killing All Secession Talk.

    The Prince's speech aroused the enthusiasm of all parties, and Labour members were equally pleased with the Nationalists. ...

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  23. FLOWER DAY TO-DAY.

    To-day the streets of the city will be patrolled by workers who are striving by the sale of followers to increase the Lord Mayor's Fund for Hospitals and Charities. ...

    Article : 156 words
  24. Damaged Butter.

    Last month a shipment of 33,000 boxes of Australian butter in the steamer Surrey was seriously damaged through impregnation with petrol, apparently due to the ...

    Article : 133 words
  25. Traffic in Arms.

    The Belgian ex-Premier (Dr. Carton de Wiart) this afternoon opened the League of Nations Conference on traffic in arms and munitions, at which 43 nations were ...

    Article : 237 words
  26. NEW TRAMWAYS.

    Authority was given by the State Executive Council yesterday to the Tramways Board to construct an electric tramway along Hanna and Park streets, South ...

    Article : 266 words
  27. Better Trade Facilities.

    The Australian Commissioner (Mr. J. A. M. Elder) has returned from a trip in the west and the south. He investigated the woollen textile industry in Los Angeles, ...

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  28. HAWKER NUISANCE.

    For some time members of the State Parliament, particularly those representing metropolitan constituencies, have been urging a tightening up of the ...

    Article : 158 words
  29. South African Tariff.

    In the House of Assembly the Minister for Finance (Mr. Havenga) announced that Great Britain would receive most-favoured-nation treatment under the new tariff. He ...

    Article : 119 words
  30. RESTRICTIONS ON EXPORT.

    Sir,— A graph showing the rise and fall of wool values since the post-war opening of wool sales in London, in 1919, makes clear the fact that the waves with ...

    Article : 418 words
  31. Enforcing Prohibition.

    More than 60 vessels, mostly motor craft capable of great speed and equipped as for battle, have been mobilised at Staten island base (in New York harbour) for ...

    Article : 97 words
  32. HOW AID MAT BE GIVEN.

    The Rotart Club appeal for £ 10,000 or more is not intended to aid the Boy Scout troops. There are hundreds of these in Victoria and they a are largely self ...

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  33. Victory for the Opposition.

    Mr. Havenga's decision to modify the trade policy by giving Britain most favoured nation treatment is regarded as an important tactical Victory for the ...

    Article : 132 words
  34. SEAMEN'S STRIKE.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Owing to the illness of the magistrate (Mr. Laidlaw), the case against Jacob Johannsen, assistant secretary of the Seamen's Union in ...

    Article : 179 words
  35. GENERAL CABLES.

    A soldier in Italy ran amok in the barracks. He seized a rifle and killed four of his sleeping comrades and wounded three others before he was arrested. ...

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  36. Claims of Hull.

    A meeting of the Chamber of Commerce at Hull discussed plans for increasing direct shipments from Australia. Mr. H. Jarman, a merchant, said that the big merchants in ...

    Article : 81 words
  37. Transport Strike in Paris.

    Transport workers in Paris including those employed on trams, omnibuses and the eletric railways, have dutned a general strike as a protest against the refusal ...

    Article : 62 words
  38. EXCHANGE ON LONDON.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The banks in New South Wales and Victoria, acting in conjunction with the Commonwealth Bank, to-day fixed the rates of exchange on London. ...

    Article : 117 words
  39. Farm Products.

    The Overseas Farmers' Co-operative Federation a few days ago signed an agreement for the display and sale of butter in the Australian pavilion at Wembley. The ...

    Article : 184 words
  40. WAR ON CAPITAL.

    Advices received in Higa from Moscow state that at the meeting of the Supreme Economic Council, M. Djerzhinsky (Commissar of Industry), stated that the Soviet ...

    Article : 97 words
  41. Services Maintained.

    All of the transport workers belonging to the non-Communist union reported for duty to-day, and the absence ot the Comminist unionists and not prevent the ...

    Article : 37 words
  42. ST. PAUL'S, LONDON.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 123 words
  43. SERIOUS MISTAKES.

    Sir,—The wool selling firms made two serious mistakes. When the first drop of 10 to 15 per cent, took place they continued sales, whereas they should have ...

    Article : 515 words
  44. H.M.A.S. Brisbane.

    Preparations are being made for a reception to H.M.A.S. Brisbane the first Austration warship to visit Japan. She will arrive of Yokohuma on May 13, and ...

    Article : 107 words
  45. Elections in France.

    A message from paris states that final results of the municipal elections have not been revealed, but the fact emerges that the Left cartel gained advantages while ...

    Article : 126 words
  46. Australian Boys' Tour.

    The Young Australia League boys, who have been touring in Britain by road, had a ceremonious entry to Scotland. After a delightful stay at Windermere they reached ...

    Article : 216 words
  47. STRICKEN FAMILY.

    The mayor of South Melbourne (Councillor Murray Jones) has brought to special notice the sad plight of the widow and children of one of the workmen Killed ...

    Article : 133 words
  48. Japan and Soviet.

    The Prince Regent and the Empress of Japan to-day received the Russian Soviet Ambassador and his staff at the Palace and received the Ambassador's credentials. ...

    Article : 43 words
  49. Classified Advertising

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  50. Classified Advertising

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    Advertising : 138 words
  51. Immodesty in Dress.

    A remarkable Jewish msnifesto against the so called dictatorship of Paris fashions, has been issued. It states:—" Before this dictatorship Jewish daughters are bowing ...

    Article : 110 words
  52. Sun Yat-sen's Successor.

    The question of a successor to the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen as president of the Southern Republic in Kwangtung, it is claimed, has been settled to the ...

    Article : 95 words
  53. Dollar Sterling Quotation.

    The dollar sterling demand rate is unaltered at 4.84¾ dollars to the £1. ...

    Article : 23 words
  54. Classified Advertising

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    Advertising : 65 words
  55. Classified Advertising

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    Advertising : 28 words
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