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  2. COAL INDUSTRY BEEBY AWARD.

    Argument was concluded in the High Court to-day concerning the validity of Judge Beeby's second interim award for the coal industry, and Mr. Justice Isaacs said that the ...

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  3. FEDERAL CAUCUS.

    A cave composed of five members, representing constituencies in New South Wales has been formed within the Federal Labour caucus against the Federal Treasurer (Mr. ...

    Article : 402 words
  4. PRISON LABOUR. For Road Construction.

    The Minister for Justice (Mr. Lee) proposes to use prison labour for the construction of a 25-mile roadway along the foreshores of Kuring-gai Chase. This scheme ...

    Article : 315 words
  5. MIGRATION.

    In a statement issued to-day the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) announced his proposals in regard to migration, which will be placed before the conference of ...

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  6. INDUSTRIES FAIR.

    Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by the Duke of York and Princess Mary paid a visit to-day to the British Industries Fair at Olympia. Her Majesty made purchases at ...

    Article : 611 words
  7. TARIFF TRUCE.

    At the International Tariff Truce Conference at Geneva, Mr. W. Graham (President of the Board of Trade) urged that a truce should be arranged which would prevent the signatory ...

    Article : 429 words
  8. MARKING TIME. Naval Conference.

    The Five-Power Naval Conference is now marking time until France is again officially represented. The defeat of the French Ministry ...

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  9. BROADCASTING.

    The Director of Postal Services (Mr. H. P. Brown) last night replied to criticism of the broadcasting services. Unfortunately, it had been felt in some ...

    Article : 528 words
  10. MR. J. BAILEY'S COMMENTS.

    "The scheme suggests a return to the convict days," said the State president of the Australian Workers' Union (Mr. J. Bailey) last night. "The idea of using prison labour in ...

    Article : 136 words
  11. INTERNATIONAL REDS.

    An effort to have the next congress of the Pan-Pacific Secretariat in Australia will be made at the special conference of the All-Australian Council of Trade Unions, which ...

    Article : 426 words
  12. UNITED STATES TARIFF.

    President Hoover gathered half a dozen of the Senate House leaders around him at the White House breakfast table to-day, and put squarely to them the necessity for ...

    Article : 206 words
  13. MARRIAGE AGE. May be Raised. '

    It is understood that the State Government intends to introduce legislation to raise the age of marriage to 16 for both sexes. The present age is 14 for boys and 12 for girls. ...

    Article : 525 words
  14. BREAD AND MEAT.

    Questions about the price of bread and meat were raised in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. Mr. Gosling asked the Minister for ...

    Article : 415 words
  15. RUSSIA'S BLACK WEEK.

    "A very successful week on the anti-God front" is the official Soviet summing-up of activities during the past week, when a record number of churches were closed. ...

    Article : 302 words
  16. UNITED EMPIRE PARTY.

    "Finding himself in complete agreement with 90 per cent, of Lord Beaverbrook's Empire free-trade scheme, as outlined in the manifesto issued on Monday, Lord ...

    Article : 157 words
  17. DISARMAMENT.

    An explanation of the attitude of the United States to disarmament was given yesterday to members of the League of Nations' Union by Dr. C. E. Martin, Professor of History and ...

    Article : 430 words
  18. GENERAL STRIKE MOTION.

    At a meeting of the Workers' Industrial Union a motion demanding general cessation of production of coal throughout the Commonwealth was defeated. ...

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  19. REPEATED STOPPAGES.

    It is possible that Wallerawang Colliery, at Lidsale, will close down as repeated stoppages have compelled customers to look elsewhere for continuity of supplies. ...

    Article : 125 words
  20. EMPIRE TRADE.

    The Federation of British Industries' first contribution to the Economic Preparatory Committee consists of a report containing a large number of recommendations for the ...

    Article : 179 words
  21. MISSING PROSPECTORS.

    Norman Job and Walter Case, the two young prospectors from Windsor, who were lost in the mountains near yetholme and located yesterday by aeroplanes, were brought to ...

    Article : 324 words
  22. SMALLPOX.

    The P. and O. liner Naidera is expected at Sydney about 7.30 o'clock this morning. She will anchor in Watson's Bay, where quarantine officers will go aboard to make an ...

    Article : 458 words
  23. TRAFFIC BILL.

    The Minister for Transport (Mr. Morrison), in the House of Commons, moved the second reading of the Traffic Bill, and described read regulations as out of date. The speed ...

    Article : 265 words
  24. LABOUR MEMBER'S REQUEST.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday Mr. O'Hearn, Labour member for Maitland, asked the Acting-Premier (Mr. Ball) whether he would place before the Premier (Mr. Bavin) ...

    Article : 79 words
  25. KIDNAPPED GENERAL.

    Whenever the French police are baffled by a crime they carry out a realistic reconstruetion. Thus the kidnapping of General Koutepoff, head of the Russian White Crusaders in ...

    Article : 271 words
  26. CARE OF THE CHILD.

    An extra-judicial statement by Mr. Acting Justice Maxwell in a divorce proceeding yesterday cleared up a point about which there has been a good deal of controversy at all ...

    Article : 122 words
  27. SCHOONER WRECKED.

    The schooner Eleanor, laden with a cargo of wheat, was wrecked last night near Kirkby Island, one of the Sir Joseph Banks Group, off the Eyre Peninsula, whilst en route from ...

    Article : 123 words
  28. DAME JANET CAMPBELL.

    When Lady Birkenhead called upon Sir Granville Ryrie to make a speech welcoming Dame Janet Campbell at a reception at Lambeth Hospital, the silence was broken ...

    Article : 191 words
  29. WINE EXPORT.

    An increase of 50 per cent, in the export bounty on wine will be provided for in a bill to be introduced by the Federal Ministry during the coming session of Parliament. ...

    Article : 284 words
  30. METAL TRADE WORKERS.

    Proposals for averting an interstate strike in the metal trades will be discussed at the special congress of the All-Australian Council of Trade Unions in Melbourne next week. ...

    Article : 185 words
  31. ROADS AGREEMENT.

    It is understood that at the Premiers' conference to-morrow, the States' representatives will seek either the repeal of the Federal aid Roads Agreement or an amendment which will ...

    Article : 114 words
  32. WOMAN MURDERED.

    A tragedy resulting in the death of the wife of John Frederick Beesley, of Mount Eden, formerly a hotel porter, occurred to-day. ...

    Article : 146 words
  33. AUSTRALIAN BUTTER.

    In the House of Commons, Mr. Mander, the Liberal member for Wolverhampton, asked whether Australia was dumping butter on which a bounty of /4 was paid, and, ...

    Article : 117 words
  34. FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA.

    Flying-Officers Piper and Kaye, who are flying from [?]roydon to Darwin, arrived here this morning, and resumed their [?]lght a few hours later. ...

    Article : 92 words
  35. FOUR WORKMEN KILLED.

    Four workmen were killed and 64 seriously injured by a scries of terrific explosions at the alcohol plant of the Standard Oil Company at Elizabeth, New Jersey, to-day. ...

    Article : 79 words
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