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  2. THE BANK ASKED FOR £4,000,000.

    The Loan Council decided to-day to ask the Commonwealth Bank Board to provide a sum of £4,000,000 to carry on the present loan works programme until June 30. The Bank Board spent several hours in conference this evening ...

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  3. MT. ISA MINE IDLE.

    At a meeting of employees of the Mt. Isa Mines to-day all hands decided to come out on strike, and the mine is now idle. ...

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  4. STAGE BOTH MATCHES.

    Preparations are going ahead for the staging of the Queensland match against the English cricket team and the Test match on ...

    Article : 132 words
  5. PLEA FOR RELIEF.

    An appeal for assistance in the way of reduced railway freights, land and property taxes, harbourage dues, and tariff was made by ...

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  6. MARKED FOR DEATH.

    It has been disclosed that the Blood Brotherhood that assassinated the Japanese Premier last February had planned many other ...

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  7. THOUSANDS OF DEAD.

    BUENOS AIRES (Argentine), February 1. "More thousands of men have been killed in the undeclared war ...

    Article : 99 words
  8. LOWER TARIFF WALLS.

    The details of a plan for a worldwide lowering of tariff walls and the stabilisation of currencies, in exchange for war debts ...

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  9. Lord Londonderry's Tour.

    The Secretary of State for Air (Lord Londonderry), who has been visiting the Royal Air Force units in Egypt, Palestine, and Iraq, returned ...

    Article : 38 words
  10. Price of Gold.

    Gold is quoted to-day at £6/l/3½ per oz. fine, compared with £6/1/2½ yesterday. ...

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  11. HEAVY RAINS IN NORTH.

    Ten inches at Tully, 4in. at Innisfail, 7½in. at Macknade—these are only a few of the heavy falls that are being experienced in the North ...

    Article : 228 words
  12. ASSESS AVERAGE VALUE.

    An amendment of the law is being sought by life assurance offices in order that the stamp duty payable on certain policies ...

    Article : 260 words
  13. FOR TRIAL.

    The City Coronel (Mr. Farrington) committed Eric Roland Craig (aged 25 years, salesman) for trial to-day, on a charge of having murdered Elizabeth ...

    Article : 159 words
  14. BOLD ESCAPEE.

    Ilton Barclay, one of the two prisoners who escaped from a prison van while they were being conveyed to the metropolitan gaol at Coburg ...

    Article : 136 words
  15. CREDIT, £349,914.

    At the end of December the railway superannuation account had a credit balance of £349,914, compared with £237,233 at ...

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  16. KAFFIR SHARES.

    A new boom in Kaffir shares, reminiscent of that of 1895, has developed on the London Stock Exchange. ...

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  17. OIL DISPUTE.

    The Secretary of the League of Nations announces that a provisional agreement has been reached in the Anglo-Persian oil ...

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  18. EMDEN'S BELL.

    The bell of the German raider Emden, which was stolen from the naval station at Garden Islard on August 10 last year, was found buried ...

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  19. POLICY TO-DAY.

    The new Government will announce its policy in the Chamber of Deputies on Friday. The various parties are awaiting the ...

    Article : 49 words
  20. TRADE WITH FRANCE.

    A conference dealing with trade with France took place to-day between the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Stewart), the Assistant Minister for Customs ...

    Article : 75 words
  21. NECK BROKEN.

    At Stuart Town to-day, John Stewart, 60, was killed instantly When he was struck by the buffer of the engine of the local passenger train. ...

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  22. EMPIRE WINES.

    At a meeting of wine exporters the chairman voiced the general uneasiness at the growing popularity of Empire wines in Great Britain. He deplored ...

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  23. SIX MONTHS' LEAVE.

    The Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Latham) announced to-day that leave of absence for six months, from March 1 to September 30, had been granted ...

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  24. "ALIVE AND WELL."

    Mr. Geo. Hinkler, brother of the mission avaiator, passed through to Tully by this afternoon's train on his return from Bundaberg. Mr. Hinkler ...

    Article : 102 words
  25. KRONER STABILISED.

    The Government has stabilised the exchange value of the kroner at 22½ to the pound sterling. ...

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  26. FOODLESS WEEK.

    An amazing story of a daring escapade was told by William Scott Munday (18) on his return in custody by the Matson liner Monterey this ...

    Article : 293 words
  27. MOVE DEFEATED.

    General Smuts's motion in favour of the formation of a National Government was defeated in the Legislative Assembly by 20 votes, while a motion ...

    Article : 156 words
  28. WAGE CUTS.

    Representatives of the Federal unions decided, at a conference at the Trades Hall to-day, to adopt the report of a committee which ...

    Article : 122 words
  29. TO HELP THE NATION.

    Lower taxation, tariff revision, freedom of exchange from political control, and a Commonwealth minimum wage and maximum ...

    Article : 342 words
  30. TARIFF BALANCE UPSET.

    A suggestion that the Customs Act should be amended so as to counteract the effect of the increased exchange and primage ...

    Article : 458 words
  31. LOOKING AHEAD.

    Representatives of the Navy and the War Council, headed by Prince Fushimi, held a conference to-day to decide on the measures necessary ...

    Article : 60 words
  32. EXCHANGE RATE.

    The Federation of British Industries has received many protests from members throughout the country against the increase in the New Zealand rate ...

    Article : 120 words
  33. BURIED MINERS.

    Searchers for the bodies of Larry Nuciforo and Luiggi Cirillo, two Italian miners, who were buried in a fall at the North Mt. Lyell mine at ...

    Article : 103 words
  34. BY ½d. PER LB.

    The Queensland Butter Board advises that commencing from to-day the price of butter in Queensland will be reduced by one halfpenny per lb., ...

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  35. SATURDAY'S "COURIER."

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 114 words
  36. TOTAL £71,731,297.

    The total main Estimates for the fiscal year 1933-34, which were tabled in the House of Commons to-day by the Minister for Finance (Mr. Rhodes), ...

    Article : 81 words
  37. SEAMEN'S UNION.

    The militants received a rebuff at the poll for the election of officers of the Seamen's. Union. All the retiring officers were re-elected, in many cases ...

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  38. BIRD 'PLANE DESIGNER.

    The death is announced of Herr Gustav Lilienthal, from heart failure, while he was working on a new type of glider. The deceased, who visited ...

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  39. STATE CONFERENCE.

    At a meeting to-night the central executive of the Federal A.L.P. decided to hold the annual State conference on April 22 and subsequent days The ...

    Article : 57 words
  40. BE PAID IN STERLING.

    In a case in the Chancery Division to-day Mr. Justice Farwell decided that the holders on the English register of A and C preference stocks in ...

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  41. TWO ARRESTS.

    With the arrest of two men by detectives attached to the Criminal Investigation Branch yesterday a long list of suburban house and shop ...

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  42. Bank Clerk Shot.

    Hearing a shot fired in a vault at the Commonwealth Bank, Collins Street, this morning, officials went there, and found Victor William ...

    Article : 79 words
  43. GARDEN NOMINEES WIN.

    The ballot for the election of officers of the Labour Council resulted in a sweeping victory for nominees of the secretary, Mr. J. S. Garden, who ...

    Article : 53 words
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