About 120 delegates, representing 80 Federal unions and branches and a few State unions, attended the opening session of the All-Australian Trade Union Congress at the ...
Article : 626 wordsSpeaking at the first annual conference of the United Australia Organisation, at Kelvin Hall yesterday, the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) reviewed the task which the ...
Article : 2,666 wordsAccumulated deficits in the maintenance funds of nine public hospitals in Melbourne, aggregating £203,251, are shown in the annual report of the Charities Board of ...
Article : 692 wordsReferring to the British Note on the German claim for equality in armaments, in which Britain rebuked Germany for raising an "unfortunate political controversy" ...
Article : 435 wordsA message from Asuncion states that the Minister for War of Paraguay has charged the Bolivian troops at Fort Boqueron, in the Gran Chaco, with having decupitated ...
Article : 313 wordsAs the final stages in the negotiations for the reduction in the price of sugar have now been completed, the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) announced yesterday that ...
Article : 521 wordsBENALLA, Tuesday.—Benalla residents were startled shortly after 1 o'clock this morning by an earth tremor, which shook the town. Heavy atmospherie conditions ...
Article : 330 wordsImprovement in the methods of administering unemployment relief will, it is hoped, be achieved by a measure which was explained in the Legislative Assembly ...
Article : 1,059 wordsADELAIDE, Tuesday.—Writhing and moaning in agony from pains caused by smoke fumes, six firemen were removed for medical treatment from a fire on the ...
Article : 335 wordsThe wool sales opened to strong competition. Prices for merino wool advanced 10 to 15 per cent, and for crossbreds 10 to 20 per cent. ...
Article : 41 wordsThe "Evening Standard" states that the Marquess of Clydesdale, Conservative member of the House of Commons for East Renfrew (Scotland), will shortly attempt ...
Article : 235 wordsThe League of Nations London Loans Committee, of which Mr. Austen Chamberlain, M.P., is chairman, has sent a memorial to the British ...
Article : 206 wordsTwo major problems to which the State Ministry is giving attention are those involved in transport co-ordination and control land the bulk handling of wheat. ...
Article : 275 wordsAlthough only a small number of slaughtermen obeyed yesterday the decision of the Victorian branch executive of the Meat Industry Employees' Union that ...
Article : 487 wordsAlthough the profit made by the State Electricity Commission in 1931-32 on electricity supply was £237,942, exchange payments, provident fund payments, losses on ...
Article : 608 wordsBy amendment of the Police Offences Act (section 104) the State Ministry proposes to suppress illegal betting by providing for imprisonment for 12 months ...
Article : 228 wordsThe Secretary for the Colomies (Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister) has received a telegram from the Governor of the Bahamas (the Hon. B. E. H. Clifford) reporting that ...
Article : 132 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—"Members who have earned the gratitude of the people deserve a better fate than to be kicked downstairs," said Sir Joseph Carruthers during ...
Article : 208 wordsMaurice Tate, the Sussex bowler, who suffered a nervous breakdown a few days ago, was examined by a specialist yesterday and was passed as "sound." The ...
Article : 137 wordsThe following minor measures, which had been received from the Legislative Assembly, were passed by the Legislative Council last night. ...
Article : 130 wordsA meeting of the British Cabinet to begin fi[?]al consideration of legislation arising out of the Ottawa Conference agreements has been summoned for September ...
Article : 110 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.—The attitude of the Country party with respect to the question of exchange will be dealt with by the leader of the party (Dr. Earle Page), in his ...
Article : 161 wordsGandhi, the Hindu leader, to-day began his "fast unto death" as a protest against the British Government's proposal to grant special electorates for the depressed classes. ...
Article : 401 wordsDebate on the motion for the second reading of the Pensions Reduction Bill was resumed in the Legislative Assembly last night. In accordance with the spirit of the ...
Article : 222 wordsThe Resident Australian Minister in London (Mr. Bruce) will leave on September 24 to attend the meeting of the Assembly of the League of Nations on September ...
Article : 85 wordsThe Secretariat of the League of Nations has published the text of a Note to the President of of the Extraordinary Assembly received from the Chinese ...
Article : 108 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—The bodies of Captain Leslie Holden and Dr. George Hamilton, who, with Mr. Ralph Virtue, were killed in the aeroplane disaster near ...
Article : 167 wordsPolice are investigating the mysterious murder at Maison Laf[?]itte, the racing centre, of Mr. Donald Ross, who was a wealthy Paris representative of a Belfast thread ...
Article : 163 wordsThe Lord Mayor of London (Sir Maurice Jenks) gave a reception to-day to 1,500 Methodists at the Guild Hall to inaugurate celebrations, lasting a week, of the reunion ...
Article : 109 wordsThe amending Treasury Overdrafts Bill was further considered in the Legislative Assembly last night on the motion for the second reading by the Treasurer (Sir ...
Article : 76 wordsImportant measures explained by Ministers on motions for the second reading in the Legislative Assembly yesterday evening were the Unemployment Relief ...
Article : 107 wordsWheat cargoes are steadier, and sellers are occasionally asking 3d. a quarter ([?]d. a bushel) more. Buyers are not responding. There is some inquiry from the Orient for ...
Article : 173 wordsSir,—One wonders when the Postmaster-General will see the folly of charging private subscribers £5/10/ a year rental for their telephones. It is no wonder that ...
Article : 166 wordsDARWIN (N.A.), Tuesday. — Mr. Richard Allen arrived from Wy[?]dham (W.A.) at a quarter to 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. As his arrival was unexpected, ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Lawn Tennis Association has decided to support the European scheme for the Davis Cup matches. Under this plan provision is made for a preliminary competition between European ...
Article : 143 wordsA number of lambs entered by the South Australian Meat Board which gained first prize in the monthly compet[?]tion are being displayed at Smithfield. They are ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wed 21 Sep 1932, Page 7
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