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  2. TARIFF CHANGES.

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Reassembling to-day after the Easter recess the House of Representatives resumed consideration of group six of the consolidated tariff schedule, ...

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  3. MARKETING BOARDS.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Legislation will be framed before Parliament meets to counteract the effect of the High Court judgment in the peanut appeal case on ...

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  4. WORLD AFFAIRS.

    June 12 has been agreed upon by the Prime Minister of Britain (Mr. R. MacDonald). President Roosevelt, and M. Herriot (France) as the opening date of ...

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  5. COMMONWEALTH BANK.

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—An indication that the Federal Ministry does not intend to introduce the proposed bill to amend the Commonwealth Bank Act until ...

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  6. BRITISH BUDGET.

    The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Neville Chamberlain) presented the British Budget to a crowded House of Commons to-day. The main alterations in taxation ...

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  7. CLEANSING LIBRARIES.

    A Nazi decree orders a committee to examine the public libraries of Berlin, and to cleanse them of "Marxist, anti-national, and rubbishy literature," including the ...

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  8. RELIEF WORKS.

    For the establishment of a boys' training farm at Bendigo on the lines suggested by the mayor (Councillor F. C. Niemann), the State Cabinet yesterday approved a grant ...

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  9. NEW BASIC WAGE.

    Further decreases in the basic wage under awards of the Federal Arbitration Court, based upon the cost of living figures of food, groceries, and rent for the quarter ...

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  10. MRS. BONNEY AT RANGOON.

    Mrs. H. Bonney, the Australian, who is flying to England, arrived at Rangoon this afternoon. She admitted ruefully that she cannot now excel Mrs. J. Mollison's (Miss ...

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  11. SOVIET TRIAL.

    Answering a question asked in the House of Commons regarding the Moscow trial, the Foreign Secretary (Sir John Simon) said that the four Metropolitan Vickers' ...

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  12. NAVIGATION ACT.

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—By a special proclamation published in a special issue of the Commonwealth Gazette to-day, a number of exemptions under the ...

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  13. JAPANESE TROOPS.

    Sporadic fighting continues in North China along the Luan River, beyond which the Japanese and Manchukuo forces drove the Chinese in an endeavour to remove any ...

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  14. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The President of the Board of Trade (the Hon. Walter Runciman) hopes to be in a position to make a statement in the House of Commons on Thursday on the ...

    Article : 356 words
  15. ASCENT OF MT. EVEREST.

    Abnormally stormy weather has prevented the wireless staif at Darjeeling from establishing contact with the party, led by Mr. Hugh Ruttledge, ...

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  16. STATE DISABILITIES.

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) informed Mr. Makin (Fed. Lab., S.A.) in the House of Representatives to-day that he had not yet ...

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  17. MOTOR REGISTRATIONS.

    "It is regrettable that a body which represents such a large number of motorists should be so inaccurate in its public statements. If it does not take the trouble to ...

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  18. TRAGIC EARTHQUAKE.

    A tragic loss of the life has attended an earthquake on the Island of Kos. Latest reports state that 119 persons are dead and 500 injured. ...

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  19. BODY-LINE BOWLING.

    Messrs. R. Hartigan, M. A. Noble, W. M. Woodfull, and V. y. Richardson, all of whom have played Test cricket, will meet in Melbourne to-day to discuss ...

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  20. Leaving Australia House.

    The New South Wales Agency-General will be transferred on June 1 from Australia House to a building in the Strand near the West Australian offices. It is ...

    Article : 131 words
  21. PETROL COMMISSION.

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—In the House of Representatives to-day the Attorney-General (Mr. Latham) gave notice of two bills which will be introduced ...

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  22. Suez Canal Dues.

    In the House of Commons Captain P. MacDonald (Cons.) inquired whether the Government would refund to shipping companies from its revenue from the Suez ...

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  23. Price of Gold.

    The price of gold to-day is £6/1/. ...

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