Britain Faces End of Collective Security After Ethiopian War
The article reports on Britain's view that collective security and the League of Nations are dead after Italy's failure in Abyssinia. It notes hopes for minimal continental commitments, possible early occupation of Addis Ababa, and debates on sanctions reform, with ministers like Baldwin and Eden seeking stocktaking and possible League Covenant changes.
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League of Nations
Britain
Europe
Addis Ababa
Manchester Guardian
France
Fe League
Bignor Mussolini
Mediterranean
News-Chronicle
Ate League
Daily Herald
Labour Party
League of Nations Union
Baldwin
Eden
League
Gilbert Murray
League of Nations’Union
Oxford
Abyssinia
House of Commons
Defeat in Both Houses Shocks Australian Parliament
In Canberra on Tuesday the Federal Government suffered defeats in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The lower house loss came on an income tax amendment moved by Hawker to remove federal tax on Crown leasehold sales. Fourteen government members crossed the floor to join the opposition, endorsing Groom Cameron and Francis. In the Senate, Tarnish duties on cotton apparel were postponed to the end of the schedule by Payne, 16 to 12.
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Canberra
Senate
House of Representatives
Hawker
Littleton Groom
Donald Cameron
Francis
Payne
Compromise Over Cement Issue Seeks Ottawa Style Deal
A UAP delegation pressed Prime Minister Lyons for a cement compromise linking a quota and duty terms. Talks anticipated with a potential 7.6 a ton duty, 26 percent reduction, and exchange adjustment for 12 months as a pathway to a Ottawa style agreement.
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Canberra
United Australia Party
Lyons
U.A.P
Ottawa
Glut of cattle hits Brisbane meat trade backlog
A Brisbane meat trade representative says exporters and butchers face a three to four day glut with about 4000 cattle awaiting slaughter at the Abattoir. Seasonal factors and bad regional seasons push supply, while lack of board coordination and inability to regulate prices aggravate the congestion.
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Brisbane
Burnett
Upper
Logan River
FE. F. Sumners
Neat Industry Board
Sai Tast
Queensland
Suners
Abyssinia crisis tests League and Italian aims
The Daily Telegraph dispatch notes Cabinet indecision ahead of the League Council meeting on Abyssinia. It cites doubts over sanctions, possible Italian-German moves, and Mussolini's aims after victory. Reports from London and Washington describe Ras NasI and Wehib Pasha arriving in Djibouti, a grand Italian entry into Addis Ababa, and mixed editorial reaction in U.S. papers.
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Daily Telegraph
League Council
Italy
Abyssinia
Pst
Signor Mussaini
Abyssinis
Morocco
Graziani
Marshal Badogile
Rome
Mussolini
Britain
London
League
Bultan
Washington
Ethiopia
United States
Gome
York Herald-Tribune
New York Times
the Times
Ras Nasi
Wehib Pasha
Djibouti
Ogaden
Askeris
Addis Ababa
Marsha Badoglio
Adais Ababa
Toowoomba groups send aid cheque for Abyssinians
Mr J A C Wilson of Toowoomba Technical College received a letter from R E Horton of Maroochydore. Palmwoods staff and pupils of the Toowoomba State High School enclose a cheque for £1 1s to aid Abyssinians following the Princess appeal. The cheque will be forwarded to the proper quarters.
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Toowoomba
J. A. C. Wilson
City Council seeks 880000 loan for next financial year
The Lord Mayor reports the City Council's loan requirements for the year ending June 30 1537 must not exceed 880000. Departments submitted figures, with drastic cuts in electricity and power house, and a large share for works and water supply. The council notes no drainage subsidy was forthcoming and plans to maintain sewerage progress at about 500000 annually. Aldermen warn of rising indebtedness and potential rate increases, while a 100000 loan brokered in Melbourne was arranged with guaranteed Queenland Government support and a 5 percent brokerage fee.
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North Coast
South Coast
Taft
Brisbane
Tait
Melbourne
W. N. Potter
Queenaliand
Captain Wienholt Reaches Djibouti After Abyssinia Visit
Captain Arnold Wienholt, Australian politician and adventurer, reports from Brisbane agent he has reached Djibouti in the Gulf of Aden from Addis Ababa. He plans an early return to Australia and has joined the Abyssinian Red Cross. An earlier report of his capture by Italians is false.
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Sible
Rome
the Times
Biroli
Arnold Wienholt
Courier-Mall
Abyssinia
Brisbane
A. J. Thompson
Djibouti
Gulf of Aden
Addis Ababa
Australia
Wienholt
Red Cross
Djiboutis
Queensland
Price of Gold and Currency Quotes Snapshot
The report shows gold at £7 0/4 today, with the dollar at 4.86 to the pound and the franc at 75 7-19. Previous quotations listed gold at £7 0/4, the dollar at 4.96, and the franc at 75 3-8.
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London
Reprieve for Jones in Australian death row case
Sydney Tuesday report that Justice Minister announced the Cabinet has reprieved Frank Howard Carpenter Jones, 20, a labourer, who faced execution at Long Bay Gaol for firing at and wounding railway employee Alan Joseph Jones Clark at North Strathfield. Hickey’s death sentence remains fixed for next Thursday. Jones’s sentence reduced to imprisonment. Council of Churches urged not to hang them.
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Sydney
Mr. Martin
Legio- Native Assembly
Frank Howard Carpenter Jones
Long Bay
Alan Joseph Jones Clark
North Strathfield
Martin
Edwin John Hickey
Montague Henwood
Hickey
Jones
Central Criminal Court
Salvaging the Herzogin Cecile Offer Rejected
The Admiralty refused Lady Houston's plan to salvage the wrecked barque Herzogin Cecile for use as a Navy training ship. She has offered to pay salvage costs if the vessel can be refitted to sail again for training with the British mercantile marine.
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Admiralty
Lady Houston
Navy
Mercante Marina
Queensland public works plan aims at four million expenditure
The State Government outlines a comprehensive public works programme for the coming year costing over £4,000,000. Much of the funding will depend on a new loan approved by the Loan Council. Local authorities have received loans and subsidies totalling about £7,000,000 since June 1932, with water, sewerage, housing, forestry, irrigation, railways, and main roads among the major projects.
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Queensland
Severe Earth Shock Reported Across Nullarbor Plain
Adelaide dispatch records a 60 second severe earth shock last night with shocks reaching 7 50 p m at Eucla and spreading SW to ENE at 30 miles per second. Station managers describe windows rattling in eight roomed stone homesteads as 20 natives nearby faced terror while Natrona two fishermen survived a violent sea disturbance off Smoky Bay.
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Adelaide
Nullarbor Plain
Phil Simon
Eucla
Cedune
J. Carlyle
Eyre
Natrona
A. R. Coulter
Smoky Bay
Tragic Record in Crime History of NSSW
The Council of Churches at its annual meeting urged the State Parliament to appoint a Select Committee to investigate NSW crime causes and propose remedies. They noted 14 young men, ages 17 to 23, in state prisons on capital sentences as “the most tragic record.” Rev. A E West blamed parental neglect and harmful films. Mr. T E Rose cited unemployment.
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Council of Churches
Jones
Hickey
W. H. Jones
C. P. Brown
Council
Sydney
New South Wales
A E. West
T. E. Rose
Japanese Butter in London Predicts Stable Australian Market
An Australian dairy expert examined a recent Japanese butter shipment in London and found its flavor resembles Australian and New Zealand butter. The assessment says Japanese butter will not threaten Australian output for years. Australian butter will now be sold in British markets year round, with shipments controlled for a steady supply, and experts expect rising popularity and consumption.
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London
New Zealand
Australia
Night aviators name likely winners of Brisbane races
Pilot C J Melrose arrived from Adelaide and named J Broadbent and H C Miller as likely winners of the handicap and speed races. He discussed future flying boats, a route across Australia, and safety provisions for flying during the December events beginning December 14 and 18 in Adelaide as part of the centenary celebrations.
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C. J. Melrose
Adelaide
J. Broadbent
H. C. Miller
Brisbane
Melrose
Scott and Black
H. Plumeridge
Plumridge
Aero Club
Broadbent
Sydney
H.C. Miller
Perth
Coff's Harbour
Cootamundra
Melbourne
Nhill
Messrs
Melrose and
Hobart
Tasmania
Hamilton
Victoria
Mt. Gambler
Heston Phoenix
England
Australia
Ching
G. W. Watson
H. B. Bonney
W. Bird
Queensland Aero Club
Australis
Bay of Bengal
Kingsford Smith
Asteners
Big plans for Air Force to tour Europe and America
Wing-Commander A Hepburn director of works and buildings will depart Brisbane today by Qantas for a six month world tour. He will survey RAF developments, visit England, Germany, Holland, France, and then proceed to the United States as part of the Royal Australian Air Force expansion.
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Royal Australian Air Force
A. Hepburn
Brisbane
Qantas Empire Airways
R.mla
England
Royal Air Force
Germany
Holland
France
America
Flying Boats for Air Mail Proposed Route Survey
Squadron-Leader A. E. Hempel of the Royal Australian Air Force will leave Brisbane by air for Darwin where he will meet Major H. G. Brackley of Imperial Airways to discuss an acting survey of a flying boat air mail route. A. R. McComb of the Civil Aviation Board will join as the Australian representative. The route would run from Darwin to Karumba on the Norman River and then to Bowes along the eastern coast, Cairns not being part of the plan.
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Gulf
Bowen
Leacer
A. E. Hempel
Royal Australian Air Force
Brisbane
Darwin
H. G. Brackley
Imperial Airways
Singapore
Royal Air Force
Commonwealth
Hempel
Brackley
Civil Aviation Board
A. R. McComb
Ying Boute
Karumbin
Norman River
Bowe
Cairns
Flyer Returns by Boat From Tasman Sea Flight
Mr W M O'Hara, who crossed the Tasman Sea solo to New Zealand, arrived in Sydney aboard the Monowai. He plans a week in Sydney then a flight to Melbourne and onward to Java via Adelaide, Perth, and Darwin. He aims to complete the journey in stages by air.
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Sydney
W. M. O'Hara
Tasman Sea
New Zealand
Monowai
O'Hara
Melbourne
Java
Adelaide
Perth
Darwin
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