Two persons were killed and one was seriously injured in a shooting tragedy at Prahran this morning. It is believed that the tragedy arose from a series of quarrels about business ...
Article : 307 wordsAs a result of a sharp rise of 3/2 to £6/9/4 in the London price of fine gold, the Stock Exchange yesterday experienced a record turnover in gold shares. ...
Article : 181 wordsThere was a wonderful increase in prices at the opening wool sales in Sydney yesterday of the 1933-34 season, the basis of values being approximately 50 per cent, above the average of last season. The average price was at least 45 per cent, above that at the ...
Article : 254 wordsProfessor Raymond Moley, chief of President Roosevelt's "brain trust," resigned to-day from the position of Assistant Secretary of State to become editor of a new magazine founded ...
Article : 179 wordsA striking revelation concerning famine conditions is made by the special expert observer in the Northern Cau[?]sus of the "Daily Telegraph." ...
Article : 302 wordsThe State Government has decided to sell, if it can obtain suitable prices, three large State industrial undertakings—the brickworks, the metal quarries, and the monier pipeworks. Tenders for the undertakings will be invited throughout Australia at an early date. ...
Article : 174 wordsWith a turnover of 150,000 shares in the gold section, records of many years' standing were broken on the Adelaide stock exchange to-day. Not since the days of the Bullfinch ...
Article : 72 wordsThe Sunday newspapers, without roasting the Australian Rugby League players, the Kangaroos, pick out the weakness of the slow-moving wingers compared with sprinters ...
Article : 616 words"Because we recognise the damaging effects of Government trading upon industry and employment, we are prepared to allow private enterprise an opportunity to acquire the ...
Article : 1,073 wordsA vigorous campaign against dole impostors, with a view to making an example of offenders that will be a deterrent to others, is being carried on, according to officials of the Chief ...
Article : 354 words"My suggestion is that Mr. Thorby's occupation should be fighting windmills," said the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) to-day, when he was shown the statement made at Cowra by ...
Article : 122 wordsThe former Minister for Finance in New [?]land (Mr. Downie Stewart) startled mem[?] of the Institute of Pacific Relations at a [?]well dinner, by declaring that the institute ...
Article : 155 wordsCompetition at the sales was brisk and general. The Continent, particularly France, bought keenly and in large volume. Yorkshire was a strong operator, taking bulky quantities. ...
Article : 797 words"It is very cheering news," said the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons), commenting to-night on the result of the sales. "It is most gratifying, not only for the grower, but for the whole of ...
Article : 59 words"The increased price for wool means increased spending power to the whole community," said the Premier (Mr. Stevens) last night. "That in turn means more employment and ...
Article : 34 wordsA fisherman was drowned and his companion was gallantly rescued near Bondi yesterday, when their boat was swamped in a treacherous sea. ...
Article : 314 words"This morning's Press announced with great acclaim the fact that Australia had won another round of the American doubles tournament," said the Minister for ...
Article : 177 wordsThe German Chancellor (Herr Hitler) and [?] Vice-Chancellor (Herr von Papen) flew [?] Tannenberg to attend a great demonstra[?]n by the Saar League at Ruedeshelm. ...
Article : 338 wordsEvidently in the hope of suppressing the rebellious socialisation forces, the ruling faction of the Lang Labour executive, at its last meeting, took steps virtually to prevent the ...
Article : 329 wordsThe president of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales (Mr. James Walker) said lost night that yesterday's auctions constituted the most heartening opening for the past four ...
Article : 290 words"As for the previous ten years, Sydney again has the lowest death rate of any city in the world with a population of over half a million," said the city health officer (Dr. ...
Article : 270 wordsIn one of the most thrilling golf matches ever seen in Melbourne, Miss Susie Tolhurst (Vic.), in her match against Miss Odette Lefebvre (N.S.W.), took the lead for the first ...
Article : 409 wordsAt a meeting of the Council of the New South Wales Rugby Union last night, it was revealed by the hon. treasurer (Mr. J. W. Breckenridge) that for the first time since the ...
Article : 421 wordsIt has been definitely established that Carl Nauer, the Swiss airman who recently visited Australia, has been drowned in the Congo River while on a flight from Capetown to ...
Article : 127 wordsNarcotic drugs, which the police believe may find their way to Sydney's underworld, were stolen from a city warehouse during the weekend. ...
Article : 268 wordsReferring to the currency confusion, the "Daily Telegraph" says: "The pound and the dollar last week were each left to find their own level, the Exchange Equalisation Fund ...
Article : 216 wordsMr. Kenneth Cudmore, chairman of the Sydney wool-selling brokers, said that though a substantial rise in the price of wool had been obtained, there must be no losing sight of the ...
Article : 143 wordsThe Lismore Diggers and Citizens' Choir has decided, if necessary, to obtain an injunction to restrain the Eisteddfod committee from handing the disputed prize in the male ...
Article : 286 wordsThe "Daily Express" says that a "pilgrimage of chivalry" is being arranged for the spring of 1934, when 500 ex-soldiers of the British and Anzac forces will be entertained in Turkey, ...
Article : 124 words"This is wonderful news for the pastoral industiy," said Mr. F. H. Tout, ex-president of the Graziers' Association, when informed last nigth of the rise in the price of wool. ...
Article : 139 wordsAbout 10,000 bales were sold yesterday, and in two and one-half hours buyers from all parts of the world gave, it is estimated, about £170,000 for them. In June last they would ...
Article : 266 wordsWallabies are destroying the growing crops of numerous farmers in the district, and licences to shoot a certain number have been granted by the Chief Secretary's Department. ...
Article : 192 wordsRioting by the populace on the island of St. Pierre, in protest against the imposition of taxes by the Governor of the French colony, has resulted in two warships being rushed to ...
Article : 84 wordsAn exploration of the Woy Woy district was made on Saturday by a number of scientists interested in rock carvings. Some of the carvings discovered were pronounced by Mr. ...
Article : 121 wordsCanadian and United States newspapers were recently publishing circumstantial particulars of "The Quinn Millions," which awaited claimants at Sydney. According to ...
Article : 112 wordsThe "Daily Express" says that a nationwide campaign for better wages will be a critical issue at the Trade Union Congress at Brighton next week. Two million workers, ...
Article : 106 wordsAt Rotterdam, Italy, by three matches to one, eliminated Holland in the 1934 Davis Cup contests. NEW YORK, Aug. 27. ...
Article : 60 wordsNews of the rise in wool prices was received with enthusiasm on the Stock Exchange. The investment market, always sensitive to the course of the wool market, was firmer on a ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 29 Aug 1933, Page 9
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