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  2. THE STATE FINANCES

    It was disclosed on Tuesday that the expenditure on the South' Australian Railways for the financial year ending June 30 will be very much higher than was at first anticipated. The Government will have to submit further supplementary estimates to Parliament beyond the suspense ...

    Article : 1,257 words
  3. USEFUL RAINS.

    The rains recorded on Monday have greatly encouraged cereal growers; although, like Oliver Twist, they are still "asking for ...

    Article : 628 words
  4. THE ENTENTE.

    Brilliant pageantry and an outburst of popular enthusiasm marked the arrival in London of the President of the French ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 397 words
  5. GLADSTONE FIRES.

    "It comes into my head to burn places down. I can't help it. and I Just have to go and do it," is a statement alleged to have ...

    Article : 1,192 words
  6. SOUTH AFRICA AROUSED.

    By a majority of 21 votes, the first reading of the South African Flag Bill was passed in the House of Assembly to-day. The Leader of the Opposition (Gen. ...

    Article : 471 words
  7. (Copyright reserved.) LETTERS FROM THE YANGTSZE VALLEY.

    Beyond Kiukiang the river seems pinned in Perceptibly narrower and easier to handle, dyking has certainly become more prevalent, a proof that man struggles ...

    Article : 1,192 words
  8. YESTERDAY THE COLDEST DAY.

    The Government Meteorologist reported at 9 p.m. on Tuesday:—The disturbance noted on Monday in the Bight has since moved rapidly eastward and increased ...

    Article : 303 words
  9. PARLIAMENT AT WORK.

    Members of the Lower House strolled to their seats in casual style, notwithstanding that the elections had resulted in a change of Government from Labour to ...

    Article : 535 words
  10. KILKENNY SHOOTING CASE.

    When the jury announced a verdict of "Not guilty" on Tuesday in the ease in which Ruby Myrtle Conner, of Kilkenny, was charged ...

    Article : 384 words
  11. "A GREAT EFFORT."

    When asked what he thought of prohibition in America, the Labour leader in the British House, of Commons (Mr. Ramsay McDonald) on the era of his departure ...

    Article : 53 words
  12. BURIED HERCULANEUM.

    The colossal task of excavating Herculaneum, 1,843 rears after the destruction of the city by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius, has been begun with all the ...

    Article : 131 words
  13. NEW VICTORIAN MINISTRY.

    A meeting of the Victorian Parliamentary Labour Party was held this afternoon when members of the new Cabinet were elected, by exhaustive ballot. All ...

    Article : 168 words
  14. READY FOR BUSINESS.

    The above smiling group of members of the House of Assembly, which was taken on the steps of Parliament House on Tuesday just prior to the opening ceremony, would not indicate that either the Premier (Hon. R. L. Butler) or the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Hill, M.P.)—who are in the middle of the picture—were regarding the impending session with misgiving. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 151 words
  15. CRUSHED TO DEATH.

    A miner, Mr. Roy Banks (21), of Harrietville, was killed by a fall of earth when he was working about 100 feet from the mouth of a tunnel at the Sambass ...

    Article : 121 words
  16. COPYRIGHT LAW.

    At a public meeting convened by the Western Australian Local Government Association last night it was resolved to support a movement for a royal ...

    Article : 150 words
  17. AIR DISASTER.

    Two more Royal Air Force crashes are reported—one at Henley and the other at Chester. One pilot is dead and the other seriously injured. Fire deaths of military ...

    Article : 135 words
  18. TRUNK MYSTERY.

    The Scotland Yard authorities are faced with a most difficult task in their investigation of the Charing Cross trunk murder. The scene of their enquiries has shifted ...

    Article : 105 words
  19. LOUISIANA FLOODS.

    Coastguard officials have rescued more than 3,000 flood refugees, who were in a desperate plight, huddled together on the weakened levee near Atchafalaya. It is ...

    Article : 155 words
  20. NEWSPAPER STRIKE.

    After protracted negotiations between the Newspaper Proprietors' Association and the Printing Industry Employes' Union, the latter refused an offer of ...

    Article : 80 words
  21. STEADY POLITICS.

    The Liberals, who have been in power in Quebec since 1897, swept the provincial election on Monday, capturing at least 72 out of 85 seats. The party held ...

    Article : 111 words
  22. WAR BOND REDEMPTION.

    The loan applications received by the Commonwealth Treasury on Monday totalled £183,060. The new cash subscriptions for the day amounted to ...

    Article : 215 words
  23. Advertising

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    Advertising : 466 words
  24. WOOL SALES.

    The sixth series of wool sales in Brisbane Market began to-day when 17,852 bales were offered. Catalogues were drawn from a wide range of districts ...

    Article : 174 words
  25. GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

    Mrs. Annie Parbury, of Sloane street, London, left estate valued at £61,408. She bequeathed £500 each to the Melbourne Children's Hospital and the Geelong ...

    Article : 149 words
  26. WORLD DISARMAMENT.

    The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Mr. G. L. T. Locker-Lampson) replying to a question in the House of Commons to-day, said it was not ...

    Article : 109 words
  27. BRAIN PRODUCTION.

    Speaking before the agricultural section of the League of Nations Economic Conference Professor Alonso Taylor, of Stanford University, U.S.A., predicted that ...

    Article : 64 words
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