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  2. FINANCE. "HALT CALLED"

    London newspapers attach great Importance to Sir Robert Gibson's warning to the Federal Government with regard to the national overdraft, and to the formation of ...

    Article : 1,199 words
  3. SCOTT ARRIVES.

    Flying-Officer C. W. A. Scott, who has broken Air-Commodore Kingsford-Smith's record from England to Australia, made a perfect landing in his glistening silver Gipsy ...

    Article : 1,110 words
  4. LONG FLIGHT From England.

    Messrs. G. P. Fairbairn and K. Shenstone arrived at Darwin on their flight from England at 3.27 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The 'plane, a light machine, with ...

    Article : 243 words
  5. DISSOLUTION Will Probably be Deferred.

    Intense interest attaches to a special message to Australia which will be broadcast to-night by the Prime Minister, Mr. Scullin, but a dramatic announcement of an immediate ...

    Article : 857 words
  6. NICARAGUA.

    The State Department's insistence on carrying out its plan for the withdrawal of American marines from Nicaragua has led to spirited discussion, following the ...

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  7. AIR LINER CRASHES On Timor Island.

    The British air liner City of Cairo, which is carrying the first official air mail from England to Australia, crashed yesterday afternoon near Koepang, in the Island of Timor. The occupants of the 'plane and the mails are safe. ...

    Article : 111 words
  8. THE SCHEDULE.

    According to schedule the air liner should have arrived at Darwin yesterday. A report from Batavia on Saturday said that the 'plane had left for Koepang, via Sourabaya, and ...

    Article : 138 words
  9. A FORMER FLIGHT.

    Messrs. Fairbairn and Shenstone, in September last year, organised a flight in a light aeroplane from England to Keny. Colony, Africa. This flight resulted in minor ...

    Article : 267 words
  10. THE FLIGHT.

    The mail left London at 8.30 a.m. on April 4. It comprised the usual mails for India and Central Africa, and the consignment of 15,000 letters for Australia. ...

    Article : 380 words
  11. QANTAS PLANE.

    Mr. Hudson Fysh, managing director of Qantas, interviewed to-night, expressed keen disappointment at the mishap to the first air mail from Britain. ...

    Article : 137 words
  12. TRADE REVIEW.

    The cheerfulness which prevailed on the Stock Exchange before Easter has unfortunately not been maintained. During the past 10 days there has been a succession of ...

    Article : 713 words
  13. SHIPPING CONTRACTS.

    Since the recent announcement by oversea shipowners that they intended to terminate, on June 30 next, contracts with shippers for the stabilisation of freight and the ...

    Article : 371 words
  14. CHEMICAL EXPLOSION.

    In the Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice Ferguson and a jury of four, Charles Stewart Perrin, 13, through his father, Charles Ernest Perrin, sued the Education Department and ...

    Article : 356 words
  15. FIDUCIARY BILL.

    A resolution favouring the Fiduciary Notes Bill approved by district wheatgrowers was reversed yesterday when a motion was carried unanimously amid cheers protesting against ...

    Article : 156 words
  16. LORD IRWIN.

    His Majesty the King has sent a message to Lord Irwin on his 50th birthday, expressing high appreciation of the returning Viceroy's great services. ...

    Article : 276 words
  17. LOCAL LOAN

    The Water Board is launching a local loan of £350,000. The interest rate will be 6¼ per cent., and the term of the loan two years. ...

    Article : 189 words
  18. MR. LYONS'S POLICY.

    Mr. Lyons has made a statement that it was he who last month drew up the policy he enunciated. It was subsequently shown to Messrs. Latham and Paterson, who ...

    Article : 42 words
  19. SAFE ROBBED.

    One hundred sovereigns, £23 in notes, and £71 in silver coins were stolen from a safe in a house in James-street, Richmond, at the week-end. ...

    Article : 188 words
  20. MR. LATHAM'S ACTION.

    "Mr. Latham's action in stepping down is characteristic of the man," said the deputy leader of the Opposition (Mr. Gullett) at the week-end. "His career has always ...

    Article : 474 words
  21. FISHING TRAGEDY.

    A fishing tragedy occurred about two miles off Rottnest Island this morning. William Reuben Gibson, 63, hairdresser, of North Perth, was drowned, and Stanley Ernest Gibson, 18. ...

    Article : 195 words
  22. EAST AFRICA.

    A Joint select committee, which is considering the question of closer union in East Africa, will shortly take evidence from native witnesses selected to represent the various ...

    Article : 179 words
  23. YACHT OIMARA

    After a voyage of 5000 miles, during which she competed in the race across the Tasman Sea, from Auckland to Sydney, and thence to Melbourne, the yawl rigged yacht Olmara, ...

    Article : 156 words
  24. GALLIPOLI.

    Strong criticism of the unpreparedness of attacking forces at the Gallipoli landing was made by Lieutenant-General Sir Talbot Hobbs, who commanded the Australian artillery, ...

    Article : 311 words
  25. RIVER MURRAY.

    The potentialities of the River Murray, both as a highway and for irrigation, were stressed by the Commonwealth Director General of Works (Mr. T. Hill), in an address on Friday ...

    Article : 243 words
  26. AUSTRALIA HOUSE.

    The High Commissioner for Australia (Sir Granville Ryrie), referring to Mr. Coleman's reported proposal to sell the High Commissioner's house, stated that the Prime Minister ...

    Article : 109 words
  27. CREDITS STRAINED.

    The chairman of the Associated Banks of Victoria (Mr. C. H. Tranter), replying to Mr. Theodore's communication to the Commonwealth Bank, said that the credit of the ...

    Article : 818 words
  28. NAVAL ACCORD.

    The Diplomatic Correspondent of the London "Observer" affirms that although the drafting committee will meet again, the Franco-Italian naval agreement is dead. The question will ...

    Article : 82 words
  29. DRANK POISON

    On Thursday night, Charles Alfred Meyers. 49 years, light housekeeper of Cliffy Island, Wilson's Promontory, died from the effects of poison. According to the official report, a ...

    Article : 127 words
  30. MR. LANG INDISPOSED.

    The Premier of New South Wales (Mr. Lang) yesterday disappointed 1500 people from Gippsland who had gone to Moe to hear him speak at a sports meeting. Three special trains, ...

    Article : 88 words
  31. WORLD UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES.

    Figures collected here and abroad indicate that there are perhaps 20,000,000 people in the world who are willing to work but have no jobs. It came as a shock to the people ...

    Article : 65 words
  32. MR. ARNOLD BENNETT'S ESTATE.

    The late Mr. Arnold Bennett's estate is estimated to exceed £200,000. It is one of the largest literary fortunes in history. His will was written on a scrap of notepaper. ...

    Article : 46 words
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