Lawn-tennis enthusiasts will regret to learn that the proposed visit to Australia of W. T. Tilden (U.S.A.) who is regarded as the best living exponent of the game, ...
Article : 392 wordsCANBERRA, Friday. — An attempt to force the Sculling Ministry to abandon its present economy plan and to appeal to the electors on the question of the Fiduciary ...
Article : 1,999 wordsThe situation that will arise next week in the House of Commons, when the Liberal amendment of the land tax proposals contained in the Government's Finance Bill ...
Article : 591 wordsIt is stated in the Stockholm newspaper "Aftonbladet" that serious riots have taken place in Leni[?]grad, where the starving population stormed and demolished a great ...
Article : 181 wordsThe first fact which thrusts itself upon the attention in almost any investigation into Australian economic conditions is the overwhelming importance of overseas trade. ...
Article : 953 wordsAlthough hope for his rescue has not yet been abandoned, and search operations will be continued for several days longer, the likelihood that Mr. J. H. Ekins, an ...
Article : 1,257 wordsFurther rain over almost the whole of Victoria and a large section of western Riverina has intensified the dangers from swollen rivers. Serious floods have been ...
Article : 460 wordsRUPANYUP, Friday.—The Richardson River and Burrum [?]reek are in flood, causing the inundation of a number of properties, over which water is lying 18 inches ...
Article : 242 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day Mr. A. W. Neill (Independent) said that the five cent (2½d.) bounty on export wheat contained in the Budget would simply ...
Article : 478 wordsHORSHAM, Friday.—Following advice from the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission that flood waters are coming down the Wimmera, residents living on the ...
Article : 173 wordsCANBERRA, Friday. — For the sixth time the Scullin Ministry has caused waterside regulations under the Transport Workers Act to be issued. They were issued ...
Article : 138 wordsSYDNEY, Friday. — Three fa[?]alities are reported from the flooded central and southern areas of the State. Andrew Peck, [?] 43 years, manager of Ganarrin Station, ...
Article : 324 wordsECHUCA, Friday. — The Campaspe River is running a banker, and threatens to flood the lower portion of Campaspe West to a slight extent. The golf links ...
Article : 64 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—Noisy scenes marked an extraordinary meeting on shareholders in Associated Newspapers Limited, which was held to-day to consider the recent ...
Article : 411 wordsORBOST, Frdiay. — Reports of heavy rains at Charlotte Pass caused people to believe that there would be a heavy flood in the Snowy River, but half that water ...
Article : 383 wordsThe view of the Prime Minister of Italy (Signor Mussolini) on woman's place in society is revealed in an interview with a French woman journalist published in ...
Article : 142 wordsALBURY (N.S.W.), Friday. — The Murray River is now in flood, and to-day water was covering the flats in South Albury. This morning the Union bridge ...
Article : 275 wordsThe Pope has issued a Note through the "Osservatore Romano," the official organ of the Vatican, explaining that as a result of his utterances having been ...
Article : 267 wordsDriven out by the drought from farms where they have not had a crop since 1928, many farmers are leaving Saskat[?]n (Saskatchewan), and are trekking northwards. ...
Article : 72 wordsThe of[?]-quoted statement that the next decade will [?] the air full of private aeroplanes is challenged by M. Louis Bleriot, the first man to fly the English Channel. ...
Article : 214 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Hogan) said last night that i[?] the loan of £8,500,000 proposed by the Loan Council were successful Victoria would receive £517,000 for assistance to ...
Article : 299 wordsADELAIDE, Friday. — As a result of the tornado yesterday about 200 men, many of whom have been unemployed for two years, were busy to-day clearing away ...
Article : 284 wordsThere were ten starters for the Newbury Summer Cup, which was run to-day. Details:— NEW[?]RY SUMMER CUP. ...
Article : 100 wordsWODONGA, Friday. — The heavy rain of Wednesday is being felt by all district streams, which have risen again. All day there has been a gradual rise in the ...
Article : 245 wordsMiss Barbara Hoffe, the actress, has been awarded £[?]00 damages against Mr. Gordon Harbord, theatrical producer, for breach of contract. Miss Hoffe, played the leading ...
Article : 145 wordsThe Orient Steamship Co. is converting the Ormonde and Orsova to one-class ships, on which the fares to Sydney will range from £39 to £100 for a stateroom with a ...
Article : 123 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph" states that the Civil Guards at Dublin have raided the Republican headquarters in the recesses of the Dublin mountains. In addition to ...
Article : 277 wordsSYDNEY, Friday. — A passenger who reached Sydney from Wellington (N.Z.) by the Makura reported to the police that he had met a man on board and had agreed ...
Article : 112 wordsSYDNEY, Friday. — As a result of a disturbance by unemployed men outside Parliament House yesterday a deputation of unemployed waited on the Minister for ...
Article : 134 wordsThe proposal to increase the price of petrol supplied by the major oil companies by [?]d. a gallon was confirmed by a special committee which met at the rooms of the ...
Article : 246 wordsOfficial returns for April reveal an unusual drop in new private motor-car registrations in Britain, the decrease being 2,400 less than in April, 1930, the fall being 50 ...
Article : 66 wordsThe Admiralty in a communique issued this afternoon states:"Information has now been received from the commander-in-chief, China (Admiral Kelly), that there ...
Article : 122 wordsWANGARATTA, Friday. — The Ovens and King rivers rose stendily last night, but the rise during the day has been slight, owing to the water spreading over the ...
Article : 190 wordsSYDNEY, Friday. — The New South Wales Treasury has discovered that an instalment of approximately £2,000, which should have been paid by the Goulbur[?] ...
Article : 101 wordsH.M.S. Queen Elizabeth and part of the Third Cruiser Squadron will visit Jugoslavian waters in July and August. The visiting vessels will include three cruisers, ...
Article : 54 wordsA wireless message from Sir Hubert Wilkins states that the submarine Nautailus, in which he intends to try to reach the North Pole, encountered turbulent seas on ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 13 Jun 1931, Page 17
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