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  2. SAFEGUARDING POWER.

    Recommendations for the maintenance of the State's electricity power supply in time of war are contained in an expert report to the Minister for ...

    Article : 461 words
  3. CONGESTION OF TELEPHONES.

    The Postmaster-General, Mr. Harrison, replying yesterday to complaints published in the "Herald" about deficiencies in the telephone service, said that ...

    Article : 519 words
  4. HERR HITLER ADDRESSING REICHSTAG.

    Herr Hitler addressing the Reichstag last January, on the sixth anniversary of Nazi accession to power. Seated behind him is Field-Marshal Goering, newly re-elected President of the Reichstag. On the right is a typical speaking attitude of Herr Hitler. A similar scene was enacted last night, when Herr Hitler, in his long-awaited speech to the Reichstag, denounced the Anglo-German Naval Treaty, but said he still believed an Anglo-German war was impossible, despite British policy, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 92 words
  5. COMPULSORY SERVICE.

    By 376 votes to 145, the House of Commons endorsed yesterday the Government's proposal to introduce conscription, affecting men in their 21st ...

    Article : 1,363 words
  6. PACT WITH RUSSIA.

    The consultations between Britain and Russia will enter their most important stage with the return to London from Moscow to-day of the Russian ...

    Article : 374 words
  7. FIRE RAGING IN WHEAT SILO.

    Damage estimated at £15,000 has been caused to wheat stacked in the big silo at the western end of the Young flour mill by a disastrous fire, ...

    Article : 202 words
  8. QUEENSLAND C.P.

    Two important points emerged at to-day's meeting of the central conncil of the Queensland Country Party, attended by Sir Earle Page. ...

    Article : 378 words
  9. CHINESE ENTER NANCHANG.

    The Chinese claim that their vanguard has broken into Nanchang, the important city in Kiangsi Province, south of the Yangtse River. ...

    Article : 84 words
  10. WORLD'S FAIR

    On the eve of the opening of the World's Fair, the Australian pavilion is probably further advanced than any other exhibit. ...

    Article : 332 words
  11. U.S. ACTION.

    The Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Key Pittman, introduced in the Senate yesterday a measure permitting the ...

    Article : 497 words
  12. WEEKLY PAYMENT OF INCOME TAX.

    Pressure will probably be applied to the Federal Ministry by private members to make provision for the payment of Federal income tax by weekly ...

    Article : 159 words
  13. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment is announced to-day. Details are published on page 36, column 1. ...

    Article : 17 words
  14. CONFLICTING REPORTS.

    Because there are no foreign observers within 200 miles of Nanchang, it is difficult to assess contradictory Chinese and Japanese reports, but the Japanese are hurrying ...

    Article : 112 words
  15. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 256 words
  16. PACIFIC POWERS

    The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, said, in an address to the Canterbury branch of the Australian National League to-day, that two of his earliest ...

    Article : 239 words
  17. HOME DEFENCE.

    The British Legion estimates that it has 300,000 members already trained and fit to respond to the Government's latest appeal to ex-service men, aged ...

    Article : 83 words
  18. WIRELESS MAST FALLS.

    When a 228-foot mast was being raised at the new wireless station, 2LT, to-day, a pulley failed, and the mast buckled and fell to the ground. The mast was considerably ...

    Article : 72 words
  19. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 342 words
  20. NAVY MOVES.

    The British decision to retain H.M.S. Repulse in European waters reduces, but does not remove, the embarrassment which, from a strictly naval ...

    Article : 477 words
  21. MOSCOW TO NEW YORK.

    The Greek-born Soviet pilot, Vladimir Kokkinaki, and his navigator, Michael Jordienko, started at 2.19 a.m. (British summer time) to-day on an attempted ...

    Article : 62 words
  22. YOUNG VOLUNTEERS.

    The Secretary of State for War, Mr. HoreBelisha, announced to-day that youths under the age of 20 who join the Territorials now will not be exempt from conscript training, ...

    Article : 79 words
  23. MR. ABBOTT'S DECLARATION.

    Relations between the Federal Ministry and the Federal Parliamentary Country Party will be strongly influenced by the outspoken declaration yesterday by the chairman of the ...

    Article : 188 words
  24. WOMAN'S DEATH HASTENED.

    An admission that he had once taken action to end a woman friend's suffering by death was made by Sir James Purves-Stewart, the eminent physician, ...

    Article : 127 words
  25. DR. PAO'S APPROVAL.

    The Consul-General for China, Dr. C. J. Pao, addressing the China Society in Australia last night, said that the policy of the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, to exchange ...

    Article : 154 words
  26. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Gold was quoted to-day at £7/8/6 an ounce fine, unchanged from yesterday. ANTWERP WOOL FUTURES. Quotations on the Antwerp futures market ...

    Article : 59 words
  27. GERMAN LISTENERS EMBARRASSED.

    After complaints from German listeners, the British Broadcasting Corporation took out the chimes from the German language news broadcasts because they revealed the source ...

    Article : 67 words
  28. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 312 words
  29. KILLED IN BOMBER CRASH.

    Pilot-Officers L. G. Harness (left) and M. L. Hickson, who with two aircraftsmen, were killed when an R.A.A.F. Avro Anson bomber crashed near Riverstone yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 29 words
  30. OXFORD UNION VOTE.

    Reversing its famous decision of 1933, the Oxford Union yesterday, by 423 votes to 326, carried a motion welcoming conscription, in view of the country's commitments and the ...

    Article : 60 words
  31. CHIEF STEWARD'S DEATH.

    Mr. M. McFadyen, chief steward of the Canadian-Australasian liner Niagara, died while the vessel was in port at Suva last night. The Niagara, which was en route from ...

    Article : 103 words
  32. UNEMPLOYMENT IN UNITED STATES.

    A large appropriation for unemployment relief is being sought from Congress by President Roosevelt. In his message to Congress, President ...

    Article : 108 words
  33. CROWN LANDS FOR BRITONS ONLY.

    By ten votes to five the south-West African Legislative Assembly approved an amendment to the land settlement law, making Crown lands available to British subjects only. ...

    Article : 37 words
  34. MUSHROOMS PLENTIFUL.

    Mushrooms are very plentiful at present around Riverstone, Mulgoa, Windsor, Camden, and Penrith, nnd many people have secured large hauls from the paddocks. ...

    Article : 50 words
  35. SPEEDY WORLD TRIP.

    Mr. Colin Scott, of Omeo, Victoria, who has been urgently recalled to Australia, flew from Los Angeles to New York, where he caught the Queen Mary. He transferred at ...

    Article : 62 words
  36. AUSTRALIAN DOCTORS HONOURED.

    Sir Charles Blackburn, of Sydney, and Dr. S. V. Sewell, of Melbourne, have been elected Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians. ...

    Article : 30 words
  37. MORE BRITISH SHIPS.

    The Board of Trade States that 150 tramp steamers and 40 cargo [?]ers, aggregating [?]0,000 tons, are to be built under the subsidy scheme. ...

    Article : 33 words
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