SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Allegations that the proprietors of "fruit machines," in their determination to get them into hotels, had resorted to bribery and corruption ...
Article : 1,752 wordsThe floor and the galleries of the House of Commons were crowded to-day when the Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald) made his statement on the ...
Article : 2,788 wordsM. Thomas Bata, the Czechoslovakian millionaire shoe manufacturer, was killed when his private aeroplane crashed near Zlin (Moravia) to-day. ...
Article : 303 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—It was officially announced to-night that the Federal Parliament will be called together on August 17. The chief business of the ...
Article : 150 wordsUnder the Irish Free State Special Duties Bill, which was passed to enable the British Treasury to reco[?]p itself for the loss of the Irish land annuities, the Treasury has ...
Article : 1,182 wordsIn leading articles many of the newspapers wish "God-speed" to the members of the Cabiner who will leave to-day for the Ottawa Conference. ...
Article : 268 wordsExplosives concealed in a Mallee root which was left in the front garden of the home of Mr. John Francis Williams, senior inspector of the Metropolitan Tramways ...
Article : 577 wordsAdmitting that in previous years the department had exceeded in generosity the intentions of Parliament when it passed the Maintenance Act in 1919, Mr. J. R. ...
Article : 628 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.— A tentative plan of the subdivision of New South Wales to provide for new States was discussed at a conference of the United Country ...
Article : 299 wordsWhen the King left his yacht Victoria and Albert in Weymouth Bay to-day to visit H.M.S. Nelson, the flagship of the HOme Fleet, the Royal barge was lowered ...
Article : 141 wordsThe death has occurred ot Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson. He was aged [?] years. Sir Reginald Henderson had a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 330 wordsAn outline of Australia's economic difficulties was given by Mr. Hogan, M.L.A., in an address to Labour members of the House of Commons to-day. Australian ...
Article : 277 wordsPERTH, Wednesday.—A case was part heard in the police court to-day in which Theodore Ernest Cooke, aged 64 years, of Inglewood, formerly chief electoral ...
Article : 254 wordsInvestors made purchasers at rising prices with great confidence on the Stock Exchange of Melbourne yesterday. They were influenced by the series of favourable ...
Article : 236 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—Statistics relating to the payment of pensions in Australia shows that an extraordinary high percentage of the population receives some ...
Article : 312 wordsThe Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Neville Chamberlain) said in the House of Commons to-night that the resolution passed yesterday by the Bank for ...
Article : 140 wordsA father opposition to his daughter's marriage was the cause of a double tragedy at a hospital at Ealing. John Armstrong, a retired army captain, living at St. ...
Article : 180 wordsThe chief engineer of the Ports and Harbours brance (Mr. G. Kermode) said yesterday that the question of the removal of the wreck was under consideration. No ...
Article : 574 wordsADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Wine exports from South Australia for the year ended June 30 were 1,183,532 gallous in excess of those of the previous year, and were valued ...
Article : 107 wordsPlans are being completed for the most extensive broadcast in the Empire yet undertaken. The ceremony to be broadcast will be the unveiling of the Somma ...
Article : 69 wordsThe policy of the Taxation department in the collection of overdue land tax was defined by the State Treasurer (Sir Stanley Argyle) in the Legislative Assembly ...
Article : 217 wordsReviewing the banking year, the "Daily Telegraph" comments upon the striking recovery of Australian credit. "It is safe to say, however." it adds, "that the task of ...
Article : 135 wordsAddressing the Catholic Stage Guild to-day the Rev. Father Francis Woodlock, preacher at the Jesuit Church, Farm street, Berkeley Square, expressed regret at the ...
Article : 133 wordsThe master of the steamer Karetu, which went aground at Suva (Fiji) this week, has been exonerated of all blame by a board of inquiry. The Karetu has left Suva for ...
Article : 241 wordsShooting at the annual matches of the National Rifle Association at Bisley to-day. Canada, with 1,123 points, won the Kolapore Cup with the highest score on the ...
Article : 145 wordsThe Unemployment Relief Bill, which provided for the expenditure of 2,100,000,000 dollars (about £420,000,000), and which was v[?]d yesterday by President Hoover on ...
Article : 100 wordsFigures issued by the British Board of Trade show that imports of goods in June were valued at £57,504,000. a decrease of £11,078,000 in comparison with imports ...
Article : 144 wordsThe first of a series of five lectures in aid of the funds of St. Hilda's House, for the training of missionaries, deaco[?]esses, and other church workers, was delivered in ...
Article : 233 wordsSir,—Anyone who uses a gun is already heavily taxed. Cartridges now carry more than 3/ a 100 in sales tax and duty on component parts. The shooter using 800 ...
Article : 99 wordsIn the Legislative Council last night many speeches were made in opposition to the Country Roads Board Fund Bill, which had been passed with amendment carlier in the ...
Article : 120 wordsMr. [?]. R. Darling, head master of Geelong Grammar School, will deliver a lecture at the Kelvin Hall on Friday, July 15, on "Robert Bridges, Late Poet Laureate." He ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 14 Jul 1932, Page 7
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