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  2. LOWER WAGES.

    A recovery to normal conditions of trade and employment is expected by manufacturers and exployers as a result of the judgment of the Arbitration Court ordering ...

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  3. TRADES DISPUTES BILL.

    In the House of Commons to-day the second leading debate on the Trades Disputes Bill was begun. For some months this bill has been the subject of acute ...

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  4. FEDERAL CABINET.

    For the first time since his return from the Imperial Conference, the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) met the Cabinet formally in Melbourne yesterday. Though the ...

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  5. MADAME PAVLOVA.

    Madame Pavlova, the famous dancer, died here to-day from pleurisy, which she contracted as the result of a chill cautht last week. Madame Pavlova had to alight on ...

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  6. WORLD'S UNEMPLOYED.

    The International Labour Office has compiled figures showing that the number of unemployed throughout the world is approximately 20,000,000, of whom 11,000,000 ...

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  7. MR. LANG SEEKS LOAN.

    SYDNEY, Friday.—the seriousness of the plight of the wheatgrowers has led the Parliamentary Labour party to alter its polity towards the Federal Laon Council. ...

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  8. EASY MONEY.

    The increase of prices in Australia is the avowed object of the advocates of either "controlled" or unlimited inflation. The difference between the two policies is one ...

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  9. CHIEF JUSTICE.

    After a meeting of the Federal Cabinet yesterday the Attorney-General (Mr. Brennan) announced that the senior judge of the High Court of Australia (Sir Frank Gavan ...

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  10. FRENCH CABINET.

    The Steeg Cabinet, which took office on December 13, has been defeated in the Chamber of Deputies follwing criticism of the decision announced a few days ago ...

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  11. SPIRITUAL HEALING.

    The Convocation of Canterbury, with only three dissentients, passed a resolution in favour of spiritual healing. The resolution petitions the Primate to appoint a ...

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  12. BRITISH NAVY.

    The Navy League, ina statement signed by Lord Lloyd (former High Commissioner in Egypt) and Sir Cyril Cobb, M.P., (former chairman of the Lonon County Council), ...

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  13. BRITISH SETTLERS.

    The Royal commission which has been appointed to investigate the grievances of British settlers in Victoria will begin its inquiry on February 4. The commission, ...

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  14. GALE IN SYDNEY.

    SYDNEY, Friday.—A fierce southerly wind, travelling at 50 miles an hour, swept the metropolitan area this afternoon. A wall was blown down at Camperdown, ...

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  15. SCHNEIDER TROPHY.

    A large section of the press is indignant at the Government's refusal to reconsider its decision to do nothing to assist British aviators to compete in the Schneider Cup ...

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  16. AUSTRALIA'S DEBTS.

    At question time in the House of Commons to-day Mr. Wardlaw-Milne (Conservative) inquired if the Treasury intended to portest British trustees and others against ...

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  17. WHEAT CROP.

    The Bureau of Statistics at Ottawa has issued an estimate of the Canadian wheat crop for 1930 of 397,872,000 bushels, of which 374,500,000 bushels were produced in ...

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  18. AEROPLANE CRASHES.

    WAGGA (N.S.W.), Friday.—A Gipsy Moth aeroplane piloted by L. Shaw, with Mr. Howard Jolly, interestate manager for the Queensland Probate Insuranve ...

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  19. COAL MERGER RUMOURED.

    SYDNEY, Friday.—It is believed in the north that there will soon be at least one amalgamation among colliery companies. Rumours are current that thenew company ...

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  20. Testing Racing Motor-boat.

    Mr. Kaye Don, in achieving a speed of 100 miles an hour in the motor-boat Miss England II. on Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland, yesterday, ran with the throttle only ...

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  21. BOY RECEIVES SHOCK.

    Philip Johnson, aged 14 years, schoolboy, of Asling street. Preston, was admitted to the Melbourne Hospital yesterday suffering from the effects of an electric shock. His ...

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  22. Paris Fashions.

    Longer skirts are indicated in the Paris summer fashion displays. The models in the salons on the Rue De La Paix disclose skirts 13in. from the heels for day wear, ...

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  23. Gold Standard.

    Broadcasting a series of lectures on the gold position, Mr. Dennis Robertson, lecturer in economics at teh Cambridge University, said:—"It is not surprising that ...

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  24. Cardiff's Millionaires.

    At the end of the World War the Lord Mayor of Cardiff boasted that there were 10 millionaires in the city, mostly shipowners. To-day there are only two, the ...

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  25. STORM IN THE WEST.

    PERTH, Friday.—A heavy storm occurred along the north-west coast yesterday. More than 12in. of rain fell at Derby, and 5in. at Broome. The mail aeroplane, ...

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  26. On Rails and On Road.

    A demonstration ran of a road tram built by the London, Midland, and Scottish railway to co-ordinate road and rail transport was conducted to-day. The new ...

    Article : 155 words
  27. ELECTRICITY SUPPLY PROFIT.

    In the three months ended December 31 the State Electricity Commission made a profit of £1,389 on its electricity supply and briquetting activities. The total revenue ...

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  28. WOMEN OFFER CO-OPERATION.

    HOBART, Friday.—The conference of the Federal council of the National Councils of Women of Australia agreed to send the following message to the Prime ...

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  29. Winchester Arms Co.

    Although the directors assert that the firm is solvent, the Winchester Arms Company, which has taken a leading part in the manufacture of weapons and munitions ...

    Article : 99 words
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  31. STEAMER BREAKS RECORD.

    The [?] Oil Comapny Pty. Ltd. has received news that the new Ward liner, the Morrow Castle, has reduced by 12 hours the record for the trip from New York to ...

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