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  2. STATE'S REHABILITATION PROPOSALS.

    MANY members of the House of Assembly took part to-day in the debate on the Government's rehabilitation proposals. It was expected that the debate would have concluded to-night in order that Ministers on Tuesday evening next would have dealt ...

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  3. DETERMINED SUICIDE.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Amazing was the determination of William Beadmore (43) to commit suicide at Marrickville. After cutting his throat ...

    Article : 155 words
  4. AVIATION. Matthews Meets Mrs. Hook.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Jock Matthews, the ill-fated Eric Hook's companion, met Mrs. Hook in London, and told her the full story of her husband's ...

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  5. CANT BALANCE.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday. — Grave doubt as to whether it would be possible for Victoria and the Commonwealth to balance their Budgets was ...

    Article : 148 words
  6. DETAILED REVIEW OF FEDERAL BUDGET. Sub-committee at Work.

    A DETAILED review of the Federal Budget now in force, to ascertain which proposals are producing the estimated revenue and which are not, was made at to-day's meeting of the sub-committee of the Federal Cabinet. The acting-Treasurer (Hon. ...

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  7. THE RAILWAYS. Squaring Finances.

    THREE alternatives to enable the railways to square their finances were put forward by Chief Judge Dethridge to-day, ...

    Article : 455 words
  8. P.S. Economy.

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Commonwealth Public Service Board has cancelled the provisional appointment of Mr. W. F. Merrell, official receiver ...

    Article : 184 words
  9. GRAVE THEFT.

    GENEVA, Wednesday.—It is learned on good authority that a burglary at the room of Mr. Noel Baker, of the League Secretariat, last night, has ...

    Article : 250 words
  10. Kenya and Back.

    LONDON, Wednesday. — A Cambridge undergraduate, Kenneth Shenstone, and a Brightonian, Pat Fairbairn, of Australia, a nephew of Mr. ...

    Article : 77 words
  11. Captain Matthews.

    BELGRADE, Wednesday. — Captain F. R. Matthews, who set out to beat Hinkler's solo record to Australia, landed here last night from Croydon. ...

    Article : 69 words
  12. Yesterday's Capital Temperatures.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 31 words
  13. TACOMA FLIGHT.

    TOKIO, Wednesday.—Lieut. Harold Bromley's flight to Tacoma has been definitely abandoned for this year. The vernacular press acclaims the gallant ...

    Article : 99 words
  14. INTEREST TAX.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Is there any difference, fundamentally, between repudiation of debts and a special tax on interest from Government bonds? ...

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  15. N.S.W. FINANCES.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Although the N.S.W. financial returns for July and August show a decrease in revenue amounting to £1,196,185, compared with ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 264 words
  16. Wages Reduction.

    BRUSSELS, Wednesday.—The trade unions have agreed to wage reduction to assist in meeting the industrial crisis. The first reduction will affect ...

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  17. GOLD FINDS.

    SYDNEY, Thursday. — Gold finds reported at Orange and in the Mt. Forbes district have aroused keen interest. Near the Bulga Mountain, J. ...

    Article : 96 words
  18. Animal Health Laboratory.

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Commonwealth Gazette announces the acceptance of the tender of Beat Bros., of Waverley (Sydney) for the erection ...

    Article : 38 words
  19. Professor Hytten to Give Evidence.

    HOBART, Thursday.—Professor T. Hytten, of the University, will leave to-morrow for Melbourne. He has been called as a witness to give evidence ...

    Article : 59 words
  20. SHOW CONCESSIONS.

    HOBART, Thursday. — Agricultural show societies were perturbed recently on learning that the Commissioner of Railways had decided to withdraw all ...

    Article : 117 words
  21. Train Kills 630 Sheep.

    NEW YORK, Wednesday. — John Camvers, a sheep herder, committed suicide after he had turned his flock on to the Santa Fe railway tracks. A ...

    Article : 36 words
  22. DISTRESS SIGNALS.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday. — Signals of distress from the Cliffy Island lighthouse, on Wilson's Promontory, at 5 a.m. to-day were picked up at Port ...

    Article : 139 words
  23. Figures in Yesterday's Assembly Debate.

    Mr. W. A. Woods Mr. B. J. Pearsa[?] Mr. F. M. Medwin Mr. J. Belton ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 21 words
  24. Newmarket Stock Sales.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday. — Prices for prime local cows and heifers at the Newmarket sales to-day were slightly easier. All other grades sold at lower ...

    Article : 106 words
  25. £10,000,000.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.—The value of the season's Queensland sugar crop is expected to be £10,000,000. This mighty fortune from one primary ...

    Article : 57 words
  26. PIRATES.

    SHANGHAI, Wednesday.—The story of how a British destroyer visited swift retribution upon Red bandits who fired on the British steamer ...

    Article : 148 words
  27. LIQUOR LAWS.

    BRISBANE, Thursday. — Instances of alleged corruption in the administration of the liquor laws were given to-day by the State president of the ...

    Article : 99 words
  28. Bread Carters Wage.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday. — The Bread Carters' Wages Board decided yesterday to reduce the wages of bread carters by 6/ a week from October ...

    Article : 389 words
  29. BOXING.

    LONDON, Thursday.—Desmond Jeans, who travelled Australia with Dion Bouei-, cault in 1927, and who, while playing in Sydney, competed in the amateur ...

    Article : 102 words
  30. LABOR REDUCING WAGES?

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — "The jockey who mounts his horse at the wrong end of the course and runs the race back to front, may get to the ...

    Article : 343 words
  31. HUMAN SKELETON.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—What has become known as the redhead skeleton inquest was opened to-day at Newcastle. The skeleton was identified as ...

    Article : 213 words
  32. BANDIT CRIMES.

    MURMANSK, Wednesday.—A series of shocking crimes has been brought to an end by the capture and summary execution, after a long hunt, of three ...

    Article : 89 words
  33. DISLOYALTY.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.—For having said "To hell with the King; to hell with the Union Jack; the red flag is what we want to see flying here," ...

    Article : 88 words
  34. AMUSEMENTS.

    Riding his wildest—flighting his fiercest—loving his hardest! With the colorful background of one of the original "wild-west" shows, snapping with ...

    Article : 242 words
  35. MELBOURNE SHOW.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday. — The Royal Show, the best for years, opened to-day. Sunshine, which gave a finishing touch to a display that is not ...

    Article : 127 words
  36. RECORD WHEAT AREA.

    FORBES (N.S.W.), Thursday.—"We have advanced £1,500,000 to farmers to put this season's crop in the ground," said the Minister for ...

    Article : 130 words
  37. DOUBLE MURDER.

    VANCOUVER, Wed. — There are indications that Cozens Spencer, a former Australian film producer, and lately a British Columbia rancher, ...

    Article : 57 words
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