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  2. MR. LANG

    The Premier (Mr. Lang) made an attack upon the Federal Government in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. He accused it of legalising ...

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  3. DAVIS CUP.

    The council of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia to-night decided to send a Davis Cup team abroad. The selectors chose ...

    Article : 723 words
  4. GAS COMPANIES.

    The Lang Government has drafted a bill to provide for a restriction of the profits of gas and electricity companies. The measure was lead the first time in Parliament yesterday, ...

    Article : 218 words
  5. IMPORT DUTIES.

    In committee in the House of Commons, Mr. H. L. Nathan (Lib.) moved an amendment to the Import Duties Bill to provide that no preferences should apply to any Empire ...

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  6. UNIVERSITY.

    The State Government has decided to introduce legislation to reduce the endowment to the Sydney University and other educational institutions. ...

    Article : 116 words
  7. PUBLIC SERVICE. Board's Protest.

    The Public Service Board, in its annual report, refers to the appointment of the Registrar-General, and the ignoring of the board's recommendation by the ex-Minister for Justice ...

    Article : 338 words
  8. CHINESE OFFENSIVE. Japanese Troops Driven Back.

    The fiercest engagement in the Chapei area since the Japanese first ' launched their campaign on January 28 occurred last night when the Chinese took the offensive and drove back the Japanese. Shortly after dark the Chinese threw the whole weight of their Chapei ...

    Article : 159 words
  9. McGRATH AGAIN.

    Before one of the greatest crowds to watch a tennis match in Brisbane, E. F. Moon scored a spectacular victory over the Japanese champion, J. Satoh, at Milton to-day. Moon was ...

    Article : 518 words
  10. STRANDED VESSELS. Northern Firth.

    Although a strong southerly wind was blowing and the sea was fresh to rough off Brush Island, where the wrecked steamer Northern Firth is Iving on the rocks, the master, ...

    Article : 436 words
  11. FOUR HOURS' BATTLE.

    The signal for the Chinese offensive came while Shanghai was sitting at dinner. Five rockets fiared over Chapel. Immediately the guns thundered and the Settlement rocked with ...

    Article : 696 words
  12. BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE.

    Reviewing the week-end developments at Shanghai, the Foreign Secretary (Sir John Simon), in the House of Commons, expressed deep regret that, despite all efforts to ...

    Article : 375 words
  13. EMPLOYEES 23,365.

    The annual report of the Public Service Board, tabled in Parliament yesterday, showed that at June 30 last the personnel of the service numbered 23,365. ...

    Article : 229 words
  14. MUNGANA CASE.

    The defendants' costs in the Mungana civil action have been delivered for taxing purposes at £12,570/18/5. William McCormack claims £940 as the amount which he lost as ...

    Article : 338 words
  15. NIMBIN REFLOATED.

    After being aground on the beach about three miles south of Ballina Heads for 24 hours, the motorship Nimbin, owned by the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, Ltd., was ...

    Article : 338 words
  16. CHINESE OFFICIAL

    Following Admiral Taylor's advice to the Navy Department that portions of General Chiang Kai-shek's forces appeared for the first time in action against the Japanese, it ...

    Article : 150 words
  17. FARMER CHARGED

    At the Tweed Heads Police Court to-day, before Mr. Mahoney, P.M., Edward Thomas Green, 44, farmer, was charged with having shot John Thorpe, 35, banana-grower, with ...

    Article : 452 words
  18. AUSTRALIAN PREPARATIONS.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) stated to-day that considerable progress had been made by the sub-committee of the Cabinet which is preparing the case for the Australian ...

    Article : 115 words
  19. COUNTRY PARTY.

    Senator Hardy met a large number of district delegates of the United Country Movement at the Town Hall to-day and to-night to discuss means of organising the State ...

    Article : 286 words
  20. MANCHURIA.

    The Foreign Secretary (Sir John Simon), said, in the House of Commons, that the British Ambassador at Tokio (Sir Francis Lindley) had been officially informed that if, as ...

    Article : 66 words
  21. IRISH ELECTIONS.

    The state of the parties in the Irish Free State election, with returns for the seven Sligo-Leitrim seats to come, is as follows:— Government....... 53 ...

    Article : 275 words
  22. SUNKEN YACHT.

    An unsuccessful attempt was made yesterday afternoon to locate the restricted class yacht N.S.W. II., owned by Mr. A. A. Wedderburn, of Sydney Ferries, Ltd., and which sank ...

    Article : 181 words
  23. BRITISH INDUSTRY.

    The British Industries Fair, which opened in London and Birmingham to-day, covers an area well over six times that occupied by the first fair in 1915. The frontage of the ...

    Article : 451 words
  24. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Twelve days' debate in the House of Assembly on the motion of the Prime Minister (General Hertzog), to appoint a select committee to investigate the gold standard, concluded ...

    Article : 317 words
  25. COATES PARTY.

    Many of the extreme clauses in the State Government's Arbitration Amendment Bill, now before the Upper House, will be opposed by the Federal Labour Party, led by Mr. Coates ...

    Article : 323 words
  26. CAR ACCIDENT.

    Mr. Leslie Winchcombe Gregory, a member of the famous cricketing family, and Mr. Fowler Fitzhenry, hotelkeeper, of Mallanganee, were killed when a motor car capsized ...

    Article : 338 words
  27. AUDITOR-GENERAL.

    The Federal Auditor-General (Mr. C. J. Cerutty) to-day replied in strong terms to the complaint of the Premier of South Australia (Mr. Hill) that he had exceeded his ...

    Article : 197 words
  28. MURDER CHARGE.

    In the Police Court to-day the hearing was, continued of the charge against Frederick Emanuel Lewis, 24, shop proprietor, and John Wilson, 21, labourer, of having murdered ...

    Article : 243 words
  29. POST-WAR CHILDREN.

    Lord Baden-powell, interviewed on his 75th birthday, said that the boys born since the war were of a more nervous type than their fathers, and they had not the sense of romance ...

    Article : 126 words
  30. INFANTILE PARALYSIS.

    "The Infantile paralysis epidemic has now probably reached its peak," said the Director-General of Public Health (Dr. Dick) yesterday. "The fact that the opidemic seems to have ...

    Article : 98 words
  31. AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC LIFE

    Bishop Crotty, in an address, said that the public life of Australia was becoming positively septic. Australians had amazing faith in the power of political action to do anything ...

    Article : 80 words
  32. GERMAN PRESIDENCY.

    A message from Berlin says that negotiations for a joint Opposition candidate in the Presidential elections have failed. Amid thunderous applause, Dr. Goebbels announced to a ...

    Article : 67 words
  33. HUGE MAJORITY.

    The general election resulted in a huge majority for the Government. The state of the parties appears to be:—Seiyu-kai, 303; Minsel-to, 146; other parties, 17. ...

    Article : 33 words
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