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  2. SHOULD THE EXCHANGE BE INCREASED? PROBLEM FOR PREMIERS.

    ALTHOUGH not a specific item on the agenda, the exchange question will be discussed at the Premiers' Conference under the general heading of finance. The New South Wales Premier (Mr. B. S. B. Stevens) is advocating a substantial ...

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  3. MYSTERY OF PIRATE LOOT.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—"While the world is agog over the reported finding of 12 million pounds worth of treasure by a Canadian expedition, led by Colonel J. ...

    Article : 547 words
  4. TASMANIAN VESSEL FIGURES IN COLLISION WITH MELBOURNE BRIDGE

    When the Holyman steamer Laranah crashed into a section of the iron parapet of the Spencer-street Bridge, Melbourne, on Friday, the light standard (left) was tilted over the roadway. The steamer was driven against the bridge by a high wind. Her anchor was dropped just before the crash, and the vessel escaped damage. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. N.S. WALES' HUGE DEFICIT. £12,000,000 For Year.

    SYDNEY, Saturday.—Eleven bills were put through the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council last night and early this morning. A ...

    Article : 177 words
  6. TRIPLE MURDER ALLEGED.

    When Harold James Russell (27) mechanic, was charged at the City Court yesterday with the murder of his wife and two children at ...

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  7. SUGAR AGREEMENT. Federal Move for Revision

    MELBOURNE, Sunday. — Action taken recently in the Senate by Senator Sir Hal Colebatch, who moved that all proclamations and regulations ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. LOST AT SEA.

    John Gustavson (27), of Finnish nationality, an able-bodied seaman on the auxiliary schooner Coomonderry, was lost overboard early on ...

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  9. PROSPECTS BETTER IN W.A.

    Gradual but steady improvement in business and industry in West Australia was reported by the Premier of West Australia (Sir James ...

    Article : 461 words
  10. SEEKING BIGGER GRANT.

    The acting-Premier of Tasmania (Sir Walter Lee), who arrived in Melbourne yesterday on his way to Canberra, where he will confer ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  11. DEFICITS MUST BE REDUCED.

    Although the Premiers' Plan has cut budget deficits in half, and thus reduced them to controllable limits, it is clear that the position of the ...

    Article : 892 words
  12. Plan Deficit Exceeded.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—The serious financial position of N.S.W. was emphasised by the Premier and Treasurer (Mr. Stevens) when he revealed in ...

    Article : 170 words
  13. KNOCKED DOWN BY VAN. Then Run Over by Taxi.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—After she had been knocked down at South Melbourne to-night by a motor van, which is alleged to have driven on, Miss Rita ...

    Article : 107 words
  14. BIG PRODUCE BUYER.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday. — Mr. P. J. Lassen, representative of the Associated British Produce Importers Ltd., will presently be touring the country ...

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  15. Other Deputationists Leave for Canberra.

    Mr. Tasman Shields, M.L.C., the second member of the Tasmanian delegation which will wait on the Prime Minister (Hon. J. A. Lyons) and urge on ...

    Article : 228 words
  16. Woman Killed by Car.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Mrs. Florence May Miller (51), of Carlton, was knocked down and killed by a car in Rathdown street, Carlton, to-night. ...

    Article : 43 words
  17. Shackles Removed.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Farmers, vegetable growers and orchardists in districts not far from Sydney are overjoyed at the exemptions from the ...

    Article : 120 words
  18. SURPLUS TOBACCO.

    MELBOURNE, Saturday. — Fears of some tobacco growers that there will be an unsold surplus of nearly 3,000,000 lbs. of the season's crop were ...

    Article : 156 words
  19. Germany's Deficit.

    BERLIN, Saturday.—The accounts of the Reich for 1931 show a deficit of £84.500,000. The 1931 accounts are double the 1930 figures, and the ...

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  20. FIRE ON STEAMER.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Prompt action by a nightwatchman prevented serious damage by fire in the steamer Mataram yesterday morning. ...

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  21. IS THIS THE GREAT LAKE "BUNYIP"?

    The discoverey that a brown front weighing within a few ounces of 40 lbs. exists at the Great Lake has aroused considerable interest ...

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  22. Mr. Stevens Prays for Divine Help.

    SYDNEY, Sunday — Rev. Grimwade, at Trinity Congregational Church to-day, declared that three days after the New South Wales election the ...

    Article : 58 words
  23. N.Z. AND OTTAWA.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday.— New Zealand's attitude towards the Ottatwa Conference, as expressed by the Prime Minister (Mr. Forbes), is based ...

    Article : 158 words
  24. Ministers' Mission to Queensland.

    CANBERRA, Sunday. — On his mission to Queensland to negotiate for voluntary modifications of the sugar agreement, the Acting Federal ...

    Article : 338 words
  25. Thieves Raid Cars and Dressing Room.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Overcoats, gloves, suitcases, felt hats, and other articles, worth in all £75, were stolen by thieves who raided a dressing-room ...

    Article : 69 words
  26. Man Found Dead in Shed.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—George Edward Shepherd (73), a noted field naturalist, of Somerville, was found dead with a gunshot wound in his head by ...

    Article : 45 words
  27. FELL DOWN SHAFT.

    CRESWICK (V.), Sunday.—While panning at the top of an old mining shaft in bush country, a few miles out of Creswick, last night, Alex. Caldwell ...

    Article : 163 words
  28. INACCURATE CHARTS.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday.—The Court of Inquiry into the wreck of the Kaponga at Greymouth, on May 27, found it was entirely due to inaccurate ...

    Article : 122 words
  29. Empty Trunk Mystery.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Mrs. M. Heffernan, of Cleveland street. Launceston, has reported to the police the theft of a large quantity of clothing, ...

    Article : 92 words
  30. Schooner Shows the Way.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday — While steamers; both overseas and inter-State, representing thousands of tons, have been battling their way to ...

    Article : 52 words
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