The Treasurer (Mr. Stevens), in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, introduced the Budget and Estimates for the current financial year. He forecast a surplus of £ 21,386, made up as follows:— Estimated receipts (Consolidated revenue).... £ 20,283,803 ...
Article : 274 wordsThe coastal areas of New South Wales did not come within the scope of the heat-wave, which again raged in the interior of the State yesterday. ...
Article : 261 wordsThe conference of delegates from the northern miners' lodges with members of the Miners' Federation executive, convened in accordance with the resolutions adopted at ...
Article : 248 wordsAt dawn of the sixth day the gale was still raging with unprecedented severity. Whole tracts of the countryside are flooded, and the Thames is becoming a series of great ...
Article : 951 wordsThe State Cabinet intends to man Rothbury mine forthwith, and expects that coal-hewing will start at the beginning of next week. Departmental officers at the conclusion of yesterday's Cabinet had a long interview with the Minister for Mines (Mr. Weaver), who instructed ...
Article : 126 wordsIn view of the pending resumption of diplomatic relations with Russia, and the imminent arrival of the Soviet Ambassador in London, there is widespread interest in a movement ...
Article : 637 wordsThe Kurri Kurri colliery mechanics at a meeting this evening decided to accept the coal peace terms in accordance with the resolution carried by the Delegate Board of the ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Minister for Mines (Mr. Weaver), in the course of an interview yesterday, said that as soon as the camp was fully equipped miners and labourers ...
Article : 148 wordsMonday was one of the worst days known at Dubbo for a long time. The temperature of 101 degrees was accompanied by heavy dust storms, and violent wind. ...
Article : 44 wordsA storm in the north-west, it is believed, will strike Fiji. The glass is at 29.50, and falling. The hurricane signal has been hoisted. ...
Article : 56 wordsA renewed attempt is being made at Kurri Kurri to prevent production of "black" electric light at Stanford Merthyr No. 1 colliery, which supplies the light to the town. ...
Article : 199 wordsTwenty or twenty-five years ago, when the system of Industrial Arbitration Courts was introduced in Sydney, it was not uncommon to find one chairman at least with advocates ...
Article : 333 wordsIn the House of Representatives to-day, the member for Hunter (Mr. James) made further reference to his recent motion for the adjournment of the House to discuss the ...
Article : 195 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly yesterday the Premier (Mr. Bavin), in replying to a question, said that preparations are practically complete for the opening of Rothbury mine ...
Article : 906 wordsThe Treasurer, in an exhaustive review of the economic position of the State, said he believed that the future would be faced with confidence, but the first essential was a vivid ...
Article : 4,891 wordsAt a recent meeting of the metropolitan members of the Militant Minority Movement, the action of the officiais in accepting the terms of settlement was described as an act ...
Article : 47 wordsThe disturbed situation in China was the subject of a statement in the House of Commons by the Foreign Secretary (Mr. Arthur Henderson). He said that, following on a ...
Article : 481 wordsA meeting of the enginedrivers of the Cessnock district, held to-day, decided to endorse the action of the officials in withdrawing from the combined unions' committee, and ...
Article : 518 wordsA mass meeting of western miners, to consider the coal position, was to have been held to-day, but owing to the inability of the federation and northern executive officers to ...
Article : 81 wordsDuring a strong north-west gale this afternoon the Orient liner Oronsay broke from her mooring at Prince's Pier, Port Melbourne, The liner snapped one of the bollards on the ...
Article : 178 wordsMr. C. M. McDonald, chairman of the Northern Coal Owners' Association, said yesterday that his attention had been directed to a statement in the Press by Mr. Hoare ...
Article : 119 wordsThe Lawn Tennis Association has approved the plan permitting an open championship. The council proposed as an amendment to the American suggestion that the British ...
Article : 110 wordsWhen "swinging the lead" was superseded in the navy a picturesque part of the sailor's work ceased; but the modern methods of plumbing the depths of the ocean gain ...
Article : 476 wordsThe thank-offering fund for the King's recovery closed at £680,697, of which £187,012 was handed over to the Radium Fund, enabling it to claim the Government ...
Article : 420 wordsAn extraordinary difficulty arose in regard to the presentation of the Budget in the Legislative Assembly last night. Before commencing his Budget speech, the ...
Article : 264 wordsA meeting of the miners' delegate board was held to-day, when it was decided to finish work on Christmas Eve and to resume on January 6. A letter was received from the ...
Article : 175 wordsWriting in the "Berliner Tageblatt,'" Professor Oswald Flamm warns Sir Hubert Wilkins of the folly of attempting Polar exploration in a submarine. He descubes the whole ...
Article : 115 wordsThe failure of the brakes while descending a steep bank near the railway station at Namur caused the derailment of a passenger train. Four carriages were telescoped. ...
Article : 85 wordsIn the House ot Representatives to-day Mr. R. Green (N.S.W.) asked the Assistant Minister for Industry (Mr. Beasley) whether he had ever given publicly the same advice to ...
Article : 269 wordsThe State Cabinet yesterday dealt with the case of Frank Nolan, who had been sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Rogers, at Wagga in October last. ...
Article : 51 wordsAt the fortnightly meeting of the local branch of the A.L.P. last night, the following motion was carried:—"That this assembly write to Mr. Arthur Blakeley, Minister for ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 11 Dec 1929, Page 17
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