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  2. "NOT POSSIBLE."

    Speaking in the House of Commons to an amendment to the Air estimates, seeking to reduce the Air Force by 32,000 men, the Minister for Air ...

    Article : 444 words
  3. URGED TO REBEL.

    An attempt to create disaffection among Indian troops stationed in Shanghai has been discovered by the military and police, who to-day ...

    Article : 167 words
  4. FARMERS ANGRY.

    When the farmers and others on the land ascertained the provisions of the new Water Act, which means further taxation, there was great indignation. The first ...

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  5. ROYAL TOUR.

    An organ solo by the Duke was one of the first things on to-day's programme. Certainly the organ was one of the earliest instruments imported to New ...

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  6. P.M.'S APPEAL.

    In the adjourned Sullivan appeal case, which was this morning again before his Honour Mr. Justice Macrossan, Sergeant Price gave evidence that Sullivan was ...

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  7. RAIL MOTORS.

    The first of six rail motor cars which the Railway Department is constructing at the Ipswich Workshops for use on country branch lines yet to be selected was ...

    Article : 244 words
  8. WORK ON MONDAY

    A conference of master builders and representatives of the building trades unions yesterday resulted in an agreement that the men would ...

    Article : 301 words
  9. SERIOUS FIRE.

    Between 80,000 and 100,000 super[?] of New Zealand white pine was destroyed in a fire which broke out about 10.30 o'clock last night on the ...

    Article : 142 words
  10. FORD'S DEFENCE.

    The hearing of the action in which Aaron Sapiro, a noted attorney, of Jewish extraction, and organiser of the most important group of Agricultural Co-operative ...

    Article : 373 words
  11. SEIZURE OF SOVIET VESSEL.

    Reuter's Agency has received from a Chinese official source a written statement of the Chinese case for the seizure of the Russian steamer Pamiat Lenina. The ...

    Article : 337 words
  12. WIFE SHOT.

    Robert Henry Hunter, formerly superintendent of the Sailors' Home, Port adelaide, seriously wounded his wife with a revolver shot at Semaphore this ...

    Article : 186 words
  13. CHILD ENDOWMENT.

    When the conference of members of both Houses of Parliament, which is endeavouring to evolve a child endowment plan and basic wage scheme, met to-day, ...

    Article : 377 words
  14. PUBLIC WORKS.

    Now that the building trades dispute is over the authorities of the Department of Public Works are making every effort to resume all their construction work ...

    Article : 225 words
  15. ROYAL KINDNESS AND COURTESY.

    One of those acts of special consideration which have always been shown by the Duke took place to-day. Having received a ...

    Article : 97 words
  16. SEAGULL'S FLIGHT.

    In anticipation of witnes[?] the Seagull 'planes alight on the Burnett River, at 1 p.m., a large crowd lined the banks, but shortly before the appointed hour ...

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  17. CASE RETRIED.

    An action was tried by Mr. Justice Ferguson and a jury in September last, in which Eden George, formerly a member of the State Legislative for Ashburnham, ...

    Article : 277 words
  18. AFRAID OF POLICE.

    The Royal Commissioner (Mr. G. T. Wood, s.M.) continued his inquiry to-day at Wyndham into the alleged atrocities against aborigines, when Constable ...

    Article : 713 words
  19. CHINESE OUTRAGE

    Pour armed Chinese yesterday entered the house of an old man, Mr. C. E. Geddes, a former head of a well-known English firm here. They locked the ...

    Article : 128 words
  20. FACTION FIGHT.

    The faction dispute in the A.L.P. Executive is causing considerable perturbation to the members of the Parliamentary Labour Caucus, and it is feared that ...

    Article : 176 words
  21. ARRIVAL IN BRISBANE.

    The British Imperial Oil Company states that it is expected that the three seaplanes will depart from the Styx River early this morning, arriving at Bundaberg ...

    Article : 65 words
  22. "NOT GROWING."

    The Australian industrial mission is spending a busy week in Chicago. Dividing into several parties, the members are investigating various industries, and ...

    Article : 580 words
  23. COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY.

    Alarming evidence was given to-day before the Select Committee on family endowment. It was stated that if the Bill became law Mort's Dock would probably ...

    Article : 351 words
  24. DARING EXPERIMENT.

    A daring experiment was carried out by Herr[?] Espenlaub, one of the pioneers of gliding. When seated in a motorless glider attached to an aeroplane, which ...

    Article : 58 words
  25. STRIKE DECLARED

    The General Labour Union has called a general strike, beginning to-morrow, and lasting until the Nationalist army [?]uters Shanghai. The Union states that the ...

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  26. RELIEF NEEDED.

    The "Courier" Fund for the relief of sufferers in the recent cyclonic disturbance in the North is now well over the £1000 mark. Yesterday the total of ...

    Article : 295 words
  27. GREAT FLIGHT.

    Major De Bieres, the Portuguese aviator, who is engaged on a world flight, left Bissagos amidst scenes of tense excitement. The natives of the island evinced ...

    Article : 98 words
  28. HABEAS CORPUS.

    By a majority judgment, the Full Court of the High Court to-day determined that Judge Roberts, of the Northern Territory, constituted a ...

    Article : 423 words
  29. "MUCH IS GOOD."

    Sir Joynson Hicks, who is leader of the Evangelical Party, apart from his Home Secretaryship, in addressing a meeting on prayer book revision at Tunbridge-Wells, ...

    Article : 193 words
  30. DUCHESS TO REJOIN RENOWN.

    It has been officially announced that the Duchess of York will embark on the Renown late on Sunday night, and proceed direct to Stewart Island, where the ...

    Article : 63 words
  31. THE SPEAKER'S CHAIR.

    The room adjoining the histori[?] Westminster Hall was converted into a cinema for the first time in the history of the Houses of Parliament for the purpose of ...

    Article : 169 words
  32. "COMMON ROBBERS."

    The under-secretary to the Foreign Office (Mr. G. Locker-Lampson) told a questioner in the House of Commons to-day that the value of industrial ...

    Article : 126 words
  33. SERIOUS CHARGE.

    Lieutenant-Commander Mayers, until recently the holder of an important post in the submarine service at Portsmouth, was charged at Bow-street, at the instance of ...

    Article : 128 words
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