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  2. FOREIGN IMPORTS.

    Action has been taken by the Commonwealth Government to cancel the payment of currency dumping duties under the Industries Preservation Act on goods imported from countries ...

    Article : 335 words
  3. SOUTHERN CROSS.

    The Southern Cross arrived at Narromine to-night, and will fly to the Richmond aerodrome in the morning. The crew were accompanied on the flight ...

    Article : 974 words
  4. TO INDIA.

    The Air Ministry has received an official report that the Royal Air Force Fairey monoplane, which is attempting to fly non stop to India, passed over Bushire, on ...

    Article : 376 words
  5. PARRAMATTA.

    Charges made in the Legislative Assembly by the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Lang) of malpractice at the Parramatta by-election are to be investigated by the Royal ...

    Article : 342 words
  6. INCREASED WAGE.

    At yesterday's meeting of Cabinet the Treasurer (Mr. Stevens) presented figures showing the effect of the recent increase in the Federal basic wage upon the New South Wales ...

    Article : 553 words
  7. GALLIPOLI LANDING.

    Sir Ian Hamilton, in proposing the toast of the 29th Division at the Gallipoli Day dinner, said that he hoped that the evidence taken by the Dardanelles Commission would ...

    Article : 331 words
  8. BRITISH SUPPORT.

    In his speech broadcast from Bristol, the Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin) said: "You have heard the important declaration made by Mr. Gibson (the United States delegate to the ...

    Article : 412 words
  9. ULTIMATUM.

    The Master Builder's Association to-day served an ultimatum to the union involved in the timber strike warning them that unless members of the building trade unions were ...

    Article : 256 words
  10. STRIKERS' PLANS.

    Further reprisals against the volunteers employed in place of the strikers are planned by the members of the disputes committee who are directing the timber-workers' strike. ...

    Article : 273 words
  11. CANCER.

    In order to inform the public, and in particular the subscribers to the Cancer Fund, how it has spent the money at its disposal, the Cancer Research Committee has decided to ...

    Article : 472 words
  12. OIL MERGER.

    A merger of the Standnrd Oil Company of New York with the Vacuum Oil Company is believed to be near completion. The announcement of the terms is expected in a few days, ...

    Article : 80 words
  13. TASTE OF WINTER.

    After being spoiled by a fortnight of magnificent weather Sydney reacted violently to the bitterly cold south and south-westerly winds that worked up on Thursday night and ...

    Article : 471 words
  14. MASE'S FLIGHT BEGINS.

    The New Zealand aviator, Frank Mase, began his flight to Christchurch (N.Z.) from Lympne Aerodrome in the All Black at 6.15 a.m. ...

    Article : 66 words
  15. NEW SPEED RECORD.

    After 24 hours' isolation from the track due to electrical storms, Mr. Malcolm Campbell broke the world's five miles and five kilometres records at Verneuk Pan at dawn ...

    Article : 182 words
  16. SOVIET SCHEME.

    According to a Moscow message, a secret conference Is being held at the Kremlin, at which the Communist leaders are discussing a five-year plan for the industrialisation ...

    Article : 140 words
  17. ZEPPELIN'S LONG TOUR.

    A message from Berlin states thnt the Graf Zeppelin landed at Friedrichshafen at 10.21 p.m. yesterday, after being in the air for 57 hours. ...

    Article : 31 words
  18. WAR HISTORY.

    Vivid chapters from the unwritten history of Australia's part in the war were disclosed for the first time by Captain C. E. Bean, Commonwealth war historian, in his address ...

    Article : 619 words
  19. GERMAN CREDIT.

    A message from Paris states that articles are appearing in the French Press attacking the Reichsbank policy, and suggesting that Germany is endeavouring to make impossible ...

    Article : 339 words
  20. COURT'S ORDER.

    The order of the Court against the 38 strikera in the timber trade, who had been cited before the Court last Wednesday, was signed by Judge Lukin yesterday, and the timber ...

    Article : 181 words
  21. EMBARGO ON ARMS.

    The China arms embargo ends to-day, By an agreement made in 1919 the Governments of Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, the United States, Tsarist Russia, Brazil, France, and ...

    Article : 198 words
  22. JEWELS STOLEN.

    A sensational Jewel robbery was discovered in a fashionable West End hotel in London. The thieves scaled a fire escape at the rear of the premises, and entered the window of a ...

    Article : 71 words
  23. DENMARK ACTS.

    While the great Powers are arguing about disarmament, Denmark has made it an election issue on which the Socialists, in combination with the Radical-Liberal party, ...

    Article : 121 words
  24. SCHOOLBOY'S DEATH.

    A mysterious illness suddenly attacked three members of a family living at Astor-street, Rosehill, yesterday. Alan Charles McCren died, and Edith McCrea, aged 20 years, and ...

    Article : 289 words
  25. ALLEGED BRIBERY.

    The Acting Premier (Mr. Buttenshaw) yesterday stated that on the terms of reference to the Royal Commission (Mr. Justice Davidson) appointed to report upon the alleged ...

    Article : 180 words
  26. DR. F. C. MADDEN.

    A message from Cairo says that the English colony tins been greatly shocked by news of the death of Dr. Frank Cole Madden, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine in the Egyptian ...

    Article : 143 words
  27. NOTABLE GOLFERS.

    The "Daily Express" describes as "a semiState secret" the revelation that the Prince of Wales, whose golf handicap 1s 16, returned a net 77 in the Household Brigade ...

    Article : 240 words
  28. FAST LIFEBOAT.

    The news of a fast motor lifeboat, capable of a speed of 17 or 18 knots, for use in the English Channel, is announced by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The lifeboat ...

    Article : 183 words
  29. GERMANS WORKING HARD.

    "The German nation is trying to forget about the war, and is making stupendous industrial and commercial efforts. There are very few unemployed—only about 100,000 ...

    Article : 211 words
  30. THE GOULBURN 'PLANE.

    The Moth aeroplane belonging to the Goulburn Aero Club, piloted by Captain Matheson, which was flown north to join in the search for the Southern Cross, landed at Narromine ...

    Article : 277 words
  31. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Dr. Goorge Wright, of the Stow Memorial Church, Adelaide (S.A.), has been invited to gave the 1930 Drew lecture on immortality. It is the first time an Australian has been ...

    Article : 374 words
  32. LOSS OF CONTRACTS.

    During the hearing in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court yesterday of the application for variation of award in the metal trades, Mr. T. B. Ward, organiser for the ...

    Article : 339 words
  33. STOLEN MOTOR.

    After being pursued by a police wireless patrol, a stolen motor car crashed into an electric light pole in Bridge-road, Richmond, early this morning. The driver was about to ...

    Article : 280 words
  34. CHICAGO'S WELCOME.

    The Young Australia League boys arrived to-day in Chicago, and marched through the city during the busiest hour with Union Jacks and the Stars and Stripes carried side ...

    Article : 118 words
  35. I'M ALONE DISPUTE.

    Canada and the United States have agreed to submit to arbitration the dispute over the sinking of the Canadian schooner I'm Alone, by an American coastguard vessel. The case ...

    Article : 72 words
  36. HOSPITAL FUNDS.

    The annual appeal to citizens to subscribe to Hospital Saturday funds was commenced with collections in the suburbs yesterday Unfortunately the weather was bad, and ...

    Article : 163 words
  37. THE PREMIERS.

    The Premiers' Conference, presided over by the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce), is to open in Canberra on May 28. A preliminary conference of Premiers will be held in Sydney on ...

    Article : 146 words
  38. DERRY SWEEPS.

    Asked in the House of Commons whether in view of the illegality of lotteries, it was proposed to take action against the Stock Exchange Derby sweep, for which £1,000 000 worth ...

    Article : 131 words
  39. GRAND DUKE MICHAEL DEAD.

    The Grand Duke Michael of Russia died this morning at his residence, Regents Park, from influenza. His daughter, the Marchioness of Malford Haven, and other relatives were ...

    Article : 98 words
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