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  2. TRAGIC SCENE In the Legislative Assembly.

    There was a tragic scene in the Legislative Assembly last, night, when Mr. W. F. Foster, U.A.P. member for Vaucluse, collapsed and fell across the table unconscious as he was delivering an address on the subject of the treatment of feeder bus ...

    Article : 134 words
  3. HOSPITALS

    Application having been made by Sydney Hospital and others for suspension, pending appeal, of the Hospital Nurses' (State) Award, Mr. ...

    Article : 386 words
  4. BRITISH DEFENCE.

    In the House of Commons, the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence (Sir Thomas Inskip) spoke of the rapid expansion of the British fighting ...

    Article : 774 words
  5. CLOSER SETTLEMENT.

    Country members of the United Australia party, al a meeting at Parliament House last night, carried a resolution regretting the absence of ...

    Article : 385 words
  6. TAXI FARES.

    A new regulation was tabled in Parliament recently which provided that every taxi-cab proprietor must advertise his scale of fares on the windscreen, ...

    Article : 428 words
  7. CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN. Rebels Marching on Madrid.

    A battle that may decide the destiny of Spain is expected hourly in the mountains north of Madrid. In the city itself, the Government forces appear to be in control, but a rebel Monarchist force under General Mola is marching ...

    Article : 209 words
  8. HOUSE ADJOURNS IN SORROW.

    During Mr. Foster's speech some interjections came from behind him. Mr. Bruxner also had something to say. Mr. Foster complained to the Acting Speaker ...

    Article : 824 words
  9. DOCTOR'S REPORT.

    Dr. C. Fleck, M.L.A., in a medical report to the Government, stated:— "About 11.30 p.m. Mr. William Foster. M.L.A., while addressing the House, collapsed ...

    Article : 150 words
  10. INSURGENTS ATTACKED BY BOMBERS.

    That the Spanish Government is lighting for its life is apparent from the fact that it [?] ordering the mobilisation of all Loyalists under 30 years of age. ...

    Article : 680 words
  11. BUILDING.

    Building operations in the metropolitan area will be suspended from to-morrow until Monday, as a dispute has arisen about the holding of ...

    Article : 291 words
  12. NEW BRIDGE

    The Department of Main Roads has decided upon a design for a reinforced concrete arch bridge to replace the North Sydney Suspension Bridge. Plans are in course of ...

    Article : 235 words
  13. PENAL REFORM

    The opening of a new block of buildings at Long Bay gaol at an early date promises to mark an important development in penal reform for women who ...

    Article : 405 words
  14. PLANNED TRIP TO CAIRNS.

    Mr. H. C. Foster, a son of Mr. W; F. Foster and an alderman of the Woollahra Council, stated early this morning that when he drove his father to Parliament House last night after ...

    Article : 107 words
  15. MR. FOSTER'S CAREER.

    The late Mr. Foster was a member of the Legislative Assembly for an uninterrupted period of 10 years. He was first elected for Parliament for the Eastern Suburbs ...

    Article : 349 words
  16. ANCIENT TREE

    The present deep excavation in the foundations of the old Royal Exchange Building, between Pitt and Hamilton streets, has already awakened a great deal of interest in ...

    Article : 248 words
  17. REBELS STRONGEST IN THE SOUTH.

    Admissions by the Government show that provinces hitherto deemed to be immune from invasion or insurrection have been plunged into the general whirlpool. ...

    Article : 830 words
  18. BRITISH IMPORTS.

    Major R. H. Dorman-Smith (C[?]u., Harts, Petersfield) asked the president of the Board of Trade (Mr. Walter Runciman) in the House of Commons to-day whether be was ...

    Article : 149 words
  19. RECORD PRICES.

    Record prices are being paid for shops and shop sites in the suburbs. Yesterday the sale of a shop with a frontage of l8 feet to Railway-parade, Kogarah, was ...

    Article : 286 words
  20. FIRST-CLASS PASSAGE.

    Theodore Walker Kleinig, 46, motor engineer, appeared in the police court on charges of having stowed away in Sydney on the Niagara, and with being a prohibited ...

    Article : 260 words
  21. DAIRYMEN

    There were several incidents at this afternoon's session of the milk inquiry at Newcastle Courthouse that will probably not be mentioned in Mr. Swift's report. ...

    Article : 204 words
  22. LOCARNO POWERS.

    Arrangements for the three-Power meeting of representatives of Britain, France, and Belgium, which it is hoped to hold in London later this week, are still under discussion. ...

    Article : 106 words
  23. R.M.S. ORSOVA.

    The Royal Mail steamer Orsova, the last of the coal burners in the Orient Company's fleet and veteran of 27 years' service in the Australian trade, is now making her last ...

    Article : 173 words
  24. GOLD EXPEDITION.

    An expedition [?] leave Fort Moresby on Friday for a two years' prospecting campaign in Papua, and will be joined by Mr. J. Ward Williams, the leader of the expedition, towards ...

    Article : 322 words
  25. REVOLT EXPECTED TO FAIL.

    In a leading article, "The Times" says:— "The Spanish revolt may succeed, but it is hardly likely, unless the civilian population of the Right-wing takes a strong hand ...

    Article : 584 words
  26. PETROL IGNITES.

    Two men were burned to-night, one of them seriously, when petrol burst into flames as it was being poured into a car in the yard of the Public Works Department storeyard at ...

    Article : 207 words
  27. GOVERNMENT OF FIJI.

    In the House of Commons to-day, the Secretary for the Colonies (Mr. W. G. A. Ormsby-Gore) said that, as a result of representations concerning changes in the Constitution of ...

    Article : 162 words
  28. NEW HALL

    To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the settlement of New South Wales, the State Cabinet has decided to erect a memorial on the Royal Agricultural Society's Showground ...

    Article : 115 words
  29. TRADE WITH BELGIUM.

    Satisfactory progress is reported in tne negotiations for a new trade treaty between Australia and Belgium, which is to replace the existing agreement which will expire on ...

    Article : 118 words
  30. ABOLITION OF STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    The Central Illawarra Council decided last night to request the Government to conduct a referendum on the question of the abolition of State Parliaments, and the widening of ...

    Article : 54 words
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