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  2. COAL DISPUTE. ENGINEDRIVERS.

    There was an unexpected development in the coal dispute yesterday, when the State secretary of the Federated Enginedrlvers' and Firemen's Association (Mr. J. Atkins) ...

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  3. WORLD NAVIES. French Scheme.

    There are indications that this week's discussions on elastic tonnages at the Naval Conference will produce the most difficult problem of the whole agenda ...

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  4. THREE DEAD. Palm Island Tragedy.

    The outrages perpetrated at the Palm Island aboriginal settlement were far more serious that the flrst reports conveyed. Three persons are dead, and ...

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  5. POLITICAL CRISIS.

    After the decision of the House of Lords to insist on a time limit to the Unemployed Insurance Bill, making it effective for only a year, pending further consideration, a Cabinet ...

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  6. THE DISCOVERY.

    "During the last few days we have been busy in running [?] marine section in full detail as we proceeded northward from the Enderby Land coast into the deep basin of ...

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  7. THE CONSTITUTION.

    Representatives of nearly a score of political and non-poliltcal associations met at the Chamber of Commerce hall yesterday afternoon, at the invitation of the Sydney branch ...

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  8. CRIME IN CHICAGO.

    The correspondent of the British United Press says that a series of crimes in Chicago, almost unparalleled even in Chicago, was augmented to-day by a gang murder, the ...

    Article : 272 words
  9. FLYING BOATS.

    The aeronautical correspondent of the "Morning Post" expresses the belief that before the end of the year Britain will have an overwhelming supremacy in military flying ...

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  10. GAS IN WARFARE.

    "Dreadful as it is, gas is far more humane than high explosives, and caused less temporary and permanent suffering in proportion to its military results during the war" ...

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  11. TEST CRICKET.

    Mr. Syd. Southerton, who visited Australia last year with the English team as the representative of Wisden's Almanack, describing the English tour of Australia in Wisden's, ...

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  12. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    At the annual meeting of the New South Wales division of the Federal Institute of Accountants, the chairman (Mr. H. C. Brierley) referred to the large amount of unemployment ...

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  13. SERIOUS POSITION.

    During the third reading of the Consolidated Fund Bill in the House of Commons, Sir Arthur Steel-Maltland, the former Minister for Labour, raised the unemployment ...

    Article : 170 words
  14. BACHELORS IN IRELAND.

    A summary of the census returns for the Irish Free State has Just been issued. It reveals that the Irish Free State has the world's highest percentage of bachelors. There ...

    Article : 125 words
  15. ASSISTANCE FOR MINERS.

    As the result of an appeal made to Victorian unions at a conference of executives by delegates representing the Coal Miners' Federation, each separate union will now ...

    Article : 108 words
  16. BEAM WIRELESS.

    In the House of Commons the Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald), in reply to a question said that the Postmaster-General (Mr. Lees-Smith) had not refused to use ...

    Article : 142 words
  17. AMERICAN CHIEF JUSTICE.

    The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Mr. William Howard Taft, a former President of the United States, resigned on Monday. The condition of his ...

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  18. GOVERNMENT DOLE.

    Because the "black" ban has not been lifted from hotels and stores in Branxton, the Government dole has been refused to members of the Rothbury miners' lodge. ...

    Article : 265 words
  19. SEARCH FOR OIL.

    The Federal Government has decided to discontinue the search for oil in Papua, which has been conducted by the Commonwealth, in conjunction with the Anglo-Persian Oil ...

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  20. SCENE OF THE TRAGEDY.

    A sense of complete isolation overwhelms a visitor to Palm Island. Set amidst a typical group of tropical islands, Palm Island is about six hours' run ...

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  21. HUGH TRIMBLE'S REGRETS.

    On his arrival at Sydney from New Zealand yesterday, Mr. Hugh Trumble, the former international player and secretary to the Melbourne Cricket Club, deplored Ryder's ...

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  22. GIRL'S ORDEAL.

    A lighterman rescued Betty Grayson, aged 17, of Kilmore, from the Yarra River at midnight on Monday, after she had been in the water for nearly two hours. The girl was ...

    Article : 244 words
  23. LINDBERGH CRASHES.

    Colonel Charles Lindbergh, the Transatlantic airman, escaped uninjured when a glider, which he was testing on the mountains near Sandberg (California), crashed on landing. ...

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  24. MOTOR CAR INDUSTRY.

    There has boen a decided improvement in the motor industry, and the Society of Motor Traders says that production is now 20 per cent. higher than for the same period last ...

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  25. SOVIET'S PLEDGES.

    A number of questions were put to the Foreign Secretary (Mr. Henderson) in the House of Commons this afternoon, relating to Communist propaganda in Great Britain. ...

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  26. DAVIS CUP.

    Australia will play Switzerland in the first round of the Davis Cup. The President of the French Republic (M. Doumergue) made the draw. Australia, if ...

    Article : 187 words
  27. AEROPLANE CRASHES.

    Swerving to avoid another aeroplane at Mascot yesterday morning, a Mark II. Moth. piloted by George Hetherington, aged 27 years, of Manly, crashed, and Hetherington was ...

    Article : 249 words
  28. UNION OFFICIALS' HOPES.

    Hopes are held in certain union circles that a settlement of the coal dispute is imminent. It was stated yesterday that as a result of negotiations conducted by Mr. Scullin and ...

    Article : 112 words
  29. MARKETING SCHEME.

    Mr. E. F. Wise, Labour member for East Leicester, who is understood to have drafted a scheme for the bulk handling of Empire products, speaking at the Royal United ...

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  30. TRAGIC EXPERIMENT.

    While experimenting with some explosive chemicals at the rear of his home to-night, Leslie Frank Aitken, 17, of Preston-street, Preston, was killed by an explosion. Aitken ...

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  31. EMPIRE GAMES.

    A strong committee was formed at a lunchcon at the Savoy Hotel to ensure adequate British representation at the Empire Games in Canada in August. Sir George McLaren ...

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  32. ASHTONFIELDS COLLIERY.

    The Ashtonfields colliery on the Maitland field resumed work to-day with the 40 men who were recently picketed off the Job by the Miners' Federation. ...

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  33. WORK CURTAILED.

    The Stateo Government's works programme has been seriously curtailed in consequence of the difficulty of obtaining loan money. Railway and Harbour Trust employees are working ...

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  34. FLOGGING ORDERED.

    Albert Hooker, a middle-aged man, was charged at the General Sessions to-day with having wounded Constable Malone with a razor. ...

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  35. MONUMENT AT SUEZ.

    A distinguished gathering, representative of the former Allies, attended the unveiling of a monument erected by the Suez Canal Company at Ismalla, in commemoration of the ...

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  36. AUSTRALIAN TEAM.

    It was learnt yesterday that the selectors have chosen Australia's Davis Cup team, and that they have recommended that four players should be sent. It is understood that the ...

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  37. RUSSIAN OFFICERS.

    The greatest massacre of officers since the early days of the Russian revolution is reported in a message from Riga. The O.G.P.U. (secret police) carried ...

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  38. SPANISH GOVERNMENT.

    "The spiritual peace and material tranquillity of all Spaniards, by the complete welding of the post and the future without any abrupt changes, and by retaining everything ...

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  39. NEW GRETA MINE.

    The manager of New Greta colliery (Mr. Moon) stated to-night that negotiations which have been proceeding between the directors of Excelsior collieries and the northern ...

    Article : 205 words
  40. DENTIST'S NAME-PLATE.

    The Registrar of the Dental Board of New South Wales stated yesterday that the board, sitting as an open court, inquired into a complaint made against Claude Walter Miner, ...

    Article : 164 words
  41. SAMOAN DISORDERS.

    The Government has decided to prepare a sufficient force of military police for despatch to Western Samoa should circumstances require it. ...

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  42. JAPANESE PRINCE MARRIED.

    A salute of 21 guns celebrated the conclusion of a stately ceremony with ancient rites in the sanctuary of the Imperial Palace, when Prince Takamatsu, the Emperor's ...

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  43. COMPANY'S CAPITAL LOST.

    At a meeting on Saturday of the creditors of A. M. Brodzlak, Ltd., of Suva, it was reported that the capital had been lost. Second debenture holders lose about £8000. ...

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  44. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At yesterdny's wool sales, 2477 bales were sold from New South Wales 1248 from Queensland, 710 from Victoria, 35 from South Australia, 1091 from Western Australia, and ...

    Article : 38 words
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