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  2. STRIKE AT GAS WORKS.

    About 40 engineers employed at the Mortlake works of the Australian Gas Light Co. yesterday staged a short "sit-down" strike on the premises. ...

    Article : 353 words
  3. AIR, EXPANSION. Fears of British Lag.

    The progress of Great Britain's air expansion will be the subject of a keen debate in the House of Commons next Thursday, when the Prime Minister, Mr. ...

    Article : 329 words
  4. SIDELIGHTS OF SPECIAL TRAINING BY FLEET.

    Variety has been added to the seagoing training of the crew of H.M.A.S. Canberra with the Australian squadron at Jervis Bay. Left: Instructing members of the diving class in the correct dressing of a diver. A rating is buckling on the dagger, while the diver takes his helmet for final fitting. Right: Loading the Seagull amphibian with smoke bombs, to be used during scouting operations. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 72 words
  5. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT. DEFENCE LOAN BILL PASSED.

    Labour Party efforts to have the Defence Loan Bill, which authorises the raising of £10,000,000 for defence purposes, referred to a select committee for examination and to have the amount of the authorised loan reduced to £7,500,000 were ...

    Article : 150 words
  6. PREVENTING EXTRAVAGANCE.

    After the second reading of the Defence Loan Bill, the deputy leader of the Opposition, Mr. Forde, moved for a select committee to ensure that waste, ...

    Article : 662 words
  7. BENZOL SUPPLY.

    The Minister for Mines and Forests, Mr. Vincen[?] said last night that he had been confe[?]ing with the Australian Gas Light Company during the last l8 ...

    Article : 160 words
  8. STORAGE OF CANNED FOODS.

    Sir Thomas Inskip, indicated in the House of Commons that the Government had considered the storage of canned foods in case of a war emeraency, but said that he was not ...

    Article : 51 words
  9. JOCKEY'S CLAIM.

    James Maxwell, 43, a hurdle Jockey, claimed from the Australian Jockey Club, in the Workers' Compensation Court, yesterday, compensation for ...

    Article : 455 words
  10. HOLLYWOOD STARS CRITICISED. "Box Office Poison."

    The Independent Theatre Owners' Association of New York has advertised in Hollywood that it is "tired of losing money on such stars as Mae West, Greta Garbo, and Joan ...

    Article : 233 words
  11. SENTENCE ON YOUTH.

    The Minister of Justice, Mr. Martin, yesterday promised a deputation that he would call for a report from the police regarding all the circumstances ...

    Article : 328 words
  12. FRENCH LUXURY LINER. Lafayette Destroyed by Fire.

    The French auxiliary liner Lafayette, 25,178 tons, was completely destroyed by fire at midnight, while she was in dry dock at Le Havre. ...

    Article : 218 words
  13. COMMUNISTS IN GREECE.

    The police claim to have uncovered a vast Communist organisation throughout Greece. It is announced that 74 persons have been arrested. ...

    Article : 53 words
  14. SIR HENRY GULLETT'S SPEECH.

    In Committee, Sir Henry Gullett (U.A.P., Vic.), said that Parliament was only "passing the buck" to insubstantial millions in the future. ...

    Article : 992 words
  15. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment is announced today. Details will be [?]ound on page 20, column 5. ...

    Article : 20 words
  16. BORROWED FOR HIS BROTHER.

    Debts contracted to fellow employees, who, as a sideline, lent money at interest, were given by Patrick James Prior, meter reader, as the cause of ...

    Article : 279 words
  17. INDEX. NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 216 words
  18. PRE-WAR SPLENDOUR.

    The Grand Duchess Kyra, second daughter of the Grand Duke Cyril, heir to the throne of the Czars, and Prince Louis Ferdinand, the ex-Kaiser's favourite ...

    Article : 203 words
  19. "CLIVENDEN SET."

    Viscountess Astor, M.P., is disturbed at the continued publication of suggestions that her parties at Cllvenden, which is the country home of herself and husband, "exercise a ...

    Article : 218 words
  20. FURTHER FLOODS IN NEW ZEALAND.

    The worst flood in the history of the Hauraki plains occurred when a stopbank broke on the river. Large areas of farm land are under water and numbers of sheep and cattle ...

    Article : 71 words
  21. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 288 words
  22. READY FOR TOW TO CHINA.

    Ready for a long tow to China, th[?] Frosty Moller, formerly the N.Z. tug Southland, and the Melbourne tug J. A. Boyd, which were expected to leave Melbourne last night for Sydney. The Frosty Moller will tow the J. A. Boyd, and in Sydney will pick ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 70 words
  23. BABY AIR TRAVELLER JUST IN TIME.

    A ten-months-old baby, who was taken by air from Melbourne to Brisbane yesterday, was a late passenger at Mascot yesterday. The child, another aged a year and 10 ...

    Article : 165 words
  24. EMPIRE EXHIBITION.

    Members of the Australian delegation who met the King and Queen at the Empire Exhibition at Glasgow were most impressed by the King's speech, which was regarded as one ...

    Article : 119 words
  25. TROOPS STARVING IN PYRENEES.

    Two thousand five hundred Spanish Government troops are reported to be starving in the Pyrenees. They were promised relief after their separation from the main body last ...

    Article : 58 words
  26. CO-ORDINATION OF ALL SERVICES.

    During the second reading debate,, Mr. Spender (Ind. U.A.P., N.S.W.) urged the need for co-ordinating all branches of defence in order to obtain ...

    Article : 641 words
  27. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 285 words
  28. DEFAMATION CLAIM FAILS.

    Before the case in which Gaston Renard claimed £1,000 for defamation from Kenneth E. Murray, proprietor of "Man," and the Land Newspaper Co., had proceeded far ...

    Article : 200 words
  29. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 147 words
  30. PILOT FORCED BACK.

    Mr. Fairbairn, M.P., had trouble with one of the engines of his plane this afternoon, and had to put back to Canberra. Alter he had made adjustments, he took off again for ...

    Article : 134 words
  31. SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of Suburban and Country Picture Theatres will be found in the Amusement Advertisement Columns. ...

    Article : 22 words
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