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  2. THE SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    Important proposals concerning, the sugar industry were put forward by the Premier (Mr. Forgan Smith) at a civic reception here on Saturday. ...

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  3. ELECTION PLANS.

    Drastic changes in plans for the Federal general election and for the Parliamentary session which is to open in Canberra next month follow the ...

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  4. LOST GRIP ON ROPE.

    Thomas Harrison (33) of Liechardt, fell about 80 feet and was killed instantly when he lost his grip of a rope with which he was climbing the sheer ...

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  5. DIVORCE LAW REFORM.

    Without division the Home of Commons to-day approved the House of Lords' amendments to the matrimonial clauses of the Marriage Bill ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. SCOTTSBORO CASE.

    Four years battle for the life of negroes, involved in the Scottsboro case, ended dramatically to-day when the State Attorney announced the ...

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  7. SLAYING OF CHILDREN.

    Two extraordinary killings or children by their parents occurred in Western United States to-day. Dr. Guy Peterkin, one of the most ...

    Article : 119 words
  8. LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    The Cabinet has decided that Salvador resign from the League of Nations. This decision is attributed to Italo-German influence. ...

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  9. NORTH-SOUTH ROAD.

    The Minister for Works (Mr. H. A., Bruce) opening an interior road from Mt. Garnet to The Lynd, 150 miles from Hughenden yesterday, said he ...

    Article : 191 words
  10. ROCKHAMPTON BUILDERS.

    To help solve the dispute here between bricklayers and master builders, an informal conference was held in the chambers of the Industrial ...

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  11. HOSPITAL WING

    The Premier (Mr. W. Forgan Smith) to-day officially opened the new wing of the district hospital, which is being completed at a cost of ...

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  12. FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

    Criticism of the Federal Government for falling to take take people into its confidence on matters concerning the relations of Australia with other ...

    Article : 102 words
  13. "PURE POLITICAL HUMBUG."

    "Pure political humbug," was how Mr. R. G. Meuzles characterised the Labor Party's demand for a 40 hour week, in a speech at Wynnum on ...

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  14. OWNERS OF TRAMP SHIPS.

    British owners of tramp ships have reached a decision to continue, on a voluntary basis, measures of co-operation which originated as a ...

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  15. KING LEOPOLD.

    King Leopold has written a letter to M. Van Zealand, suggesting an independent economic association, based on world-wide research among trade, ...

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  16. BRITISH LABOR.

    The decision of the Parliamentary Labor Party not to vote against the Estimates for the fighting services was reached after a heated ...

    Article : 144 words
  17. THE INTERNAL LOAN.

    The Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Menzies), told a fairly large audience in the Wynnum School of Arts last night, that £75,000,000 of the 1931 ...

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  18. DARWIN— MELBOURNE.

    Covering 3000 miles in 4 days 31 hours 25 minutes, Mr. D. J. Sutherland and Flight-Leutenant J. R Balmer broke the Darwin— Melbourne ...

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  19. IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

    Though be declined to discuss the imperial Conference in detail till he had made a statement to Parliament Mr. J. A. Lyons on his arrival on ...

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  20. "POINTING THE BONE."

    Death sentence by pointing the bone, a well-known aboriginal system of ridding the tribe of an unwanted member, has more behind it than appears ...

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  21. BOXER'S DEATH.

    Ten days after his admittance to the Calms Hospital, Jack Glendon, a boxer, who was injured in a bout on June 11, died without having regained ...

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  22. THE WORKING WEEK.

    "The five-day week in the Public Service of Queensland is now well overdue," said the president of the Government Professional Officers' ...

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  23. LATE MARCHESE MARCONI.

    Two hundred thousand persons lined the streets of Bologna when the funeral cortege of the Marchese Marconi, the city's famous son, traversed ...

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  24. CRASHED INTO WALL.

    The Australian, Miss Joan Richard's motor racing partner. M. K. Bilney, was killed in a 70 mile an hour crash into a stone all at Donnington ...

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  25. FOREIGN DOCTORS.

    The State Government has not yet considered whether it will allow German and Austrian doctors to practice their profession in New South Wales, ...

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  26. PRICE OF EGGS.

    Eggs will be cheaper in Brisbane to-morrow, when prices will be First grade 1/5 per dozen, second grade 1/4, and third grade 1/3. This is a drop of ...

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  27. MAGISTRATE ASSAULTED.

    The Police Magistrate (Mr. T. Kenedy), was the victim of an assault while attending Mass in the Catholic Church at 8 o'clock this morning. ...

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  28. WELCOMED BY CROWD.

    An enthusiastic crowd, which had to be controlled by a police cordon, met the prime Minister (Mr. Lyons), who accompanied by Dame Enid Lyons ...

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  29. DEFENCE 'PLANES.

    Earlier delivery of planes from England for the Roval Australian Air Force is likely to result from negotiations between Sir Archdale Parkhill ...

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  30. A ONE TREE BRIDGE.

    A one-tree bridge, with a span of 75 feet, built on a single karri log over the Donnelly River, 15 miles west of Manjimun, has carried traffic of all ...

    Article : 261 words
  31. KING OF THE BELGIANS.

    Leopold, King of the Belgians, will be invited by the State Government to visit New South Wales next year as guest for the 150th Anniversary ...

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  32. TENNANT CREEK MINERS.

    It is advised now that the Government battery promised by the Minister for the Interior (Mr. Paterson), last year after threat of a camel corps ...

    Article : 295 words
  33. FIRE AT GRAFTON.

    Damage, estimated at £1,500, was caused by a fire early this morning at Fraser's Mill on the bank of the Clarence River. The engine room ...

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  34. WHITE KANGAROOS.

    Among hundreds of privately-owing game skins branded by the Burnie police yesterday were two white kangaroo skins taken near Black Bluff in ...

    Article : 99 words
  35. LESS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.

    The Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. E. M. Hanlon) said to-day that though complete details were not vel available, there had been fewer ...

    Article : 135 words
  36. BOMBER CRASHES.

    Six men were killed in the Royal Air Force's worst accident of the year when a bomber crashed in flames in the Derbyshire hills. ...

    Article : 107 words
  37. INNISFAIL ITEMS.

    With the passing of unsettled weather conditions, another cold snap has come, and thermometers this morning took a sudden dip. A ...

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  38. RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

    The Journal "Water Transport" discloses after four years' work and the expenditure of 15,000,000 roubles, plans for the Don-Volga Canal must be ...

    Article : 82 words
  39. A VILLAGE DESTROYED.

    A tremendous explosion is report to have destroyed the village of Stragars. Many were killed and injured. The people in a village 20 miles ...

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    Garrison troops pushing a truck loaded with food and other materials unloaded from the Marella during the strike at Darwin last week. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  41. BARRIER DEVELOPMENT.

    There was another sensational advance in the market for Barrier Development on the Stock Exchange to—day. After opening at £50 they were ...

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  42. VILLERS BRETONNEUX.

    The Gallipoli Legion of Anzaes, hopes that the King will unveil the memorial to missing Australian soldiers at Villers Bretonneux while a ...

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  43. BASQUE REFUGEES.

    Baaqno refugee children at Brechfa, in Carmarthenshire, armed with table knives and sticks, barricaded a road with barrels of tar, left by road ...

    Article : 71 words
  44. 'PLANE EXPLODES

    After an explosion in mid-air a military plane crashed in pieces in Lake Vettern. The pilot was drowned but the observer was rescued. The ...

    Article : 53 words
  45. GERMAN AFFAIRS.

    Herr Hitler has decreed a special defence tax. Every man is liable for active servcie and income over £4 a month will have to pay a proportion ...

    Article : 56 words
  46. MACKAY NEWS.

    A case which attracted unusual interest in town was that in which the Police Magistrates (Mr. T. R. Kennedy), gave his reserved decision in ...

    Article : 53 words
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