Kingsford Smith Attacks Air Mail Pace
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith labels the London to Melbourne air mail plan as extraordinarily stupid and urges faster aircraft. He criticizes the 16 day schedule, cites American speeds, and calls for removal of import bans on U S planes while praising aviation progress in the region.
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Sydney
Charles Kingsford Smith
London
Australia
America
Melbourne
Abe
International Convention Air Navigation
Charles Kingaford Smith
Ulm
New Zealand
Peversity
Charles Kingsford Gelth
Arthur Rickard
Air Mail Delayed Three Days From Darwin
London reports an air mail from Darwin arrived three days late due to bad weather over the Mediterranean. The delay is noted as an unusual incident in imperial mail service and may affect subsequent schedules.
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London
Darwin
Medierranean
Leghend
Labour Wins London by Election in Wavertree Contest
Randolph Churchill finished third as Independent Conservative in Wavertree by election. Labour candidate won after Conservative votes split between J Platt and J Churchill, with A R Hall Cain elevated to peerage triggering the by election. Platt blamed press interference for defeat. Churchill plans a new Conservative association to fight next election.
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London
Randolph Churchill
Winston Churchill
Wavertree
Messrs
J. Platt
J Churchill
A. R. Hall-Cain
Labour
J. Clearly
National Cone
Frandolph Churchill
Independent
Conservator
A. Morris
Liberal
Morris
Platt
Interventio Ean Seurabii
Newses
Ghurehill
Cabinet approves free import of galvanised iron to June
The Federal Cabinet decided to admit 1000 tons of galvanised iron free under the British preferential tariff and 16 percent plus import duty under the general tariff. The Minister for Customs Mr White said the import is needed to support industry and expansion and must be admitted before June.
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Melbourne
Mr. White
Aeaus
Recognition Moves: U S Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Moscow
Washington reports the United States has closed the American diplomatic legation in Moscow and abolished consular relations with Soviet Russia. Secretary of State Cordell Hull cites the collapse of debt talks and reduced embassy staffing as the step to sever or greatly relax diplomatic contact. The move foreshadows the dissolution of the Ancan export and import bank created in 1933 to handle trade with Russia.
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Washington
United States
Moscow
Cordell Hull
Russia
Ancan Export and Import Bank
Weaver Attacks Young Doctors In Hospital Board Debate
The Minister for Health Mr Weaver told the Legislative Assembly he would not shift his stance on doctors serving on Hospital Boards. He criticized Dr Collins of the BMA for seeking jobs for new permit holders lacking hospital experience. Weaver prioritized community life and warned returning officers not to accept medical applicants for board positions.
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Bydney
Weaver
Legislative Assembly
Bennett
U-A.p
BMA
Collins
Sydney
British Medical Association
S.M.A
Quacks and duds in health reform clash
Minister for Health Mr. Weaver attacked Dr. Collins and the BMA over young practitioners. He accused them of clouding the issue with quacks and duds while urging amendments to the practitioners Act in the public interest.
Bread Inquiry To Open Next Week
Sir Herbert Gepp announced the bread price inquiry will open Monday at the Commonwealth Bank Building. The procedure aims to assess bread costs and related factors in the question of public prices.
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Bread Inquiry
Sydney
Herbert Gepp
Commonwealth Bank
Thames Floods Threaten London Banks Amid High Tide
The Thames rises four feet above normal levels along the Victorian embankment due to a north east gale from Norway. Somerset House grounds flood as an underground line between Westminster and Blackburn is saved only by a pump gang. Police monitor danger and warn the press for a possible repeat of the 1928 disaster where families drowned in their beds.
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London
Thames
Agee
Somerset House
Westminster
Blackburn
Norway
India's Future Dominion Status Speech on Reform Bill in Commons
Sir Samuel Hoare defended the Government of India Bill amid a four day Commons debate. He warned that irresponsibility in the Indian legislature risks hindering progress and argued for provincial autonomy with careful reciprocity for British and Indian traders. Major Attlee urged explicit recognition of dominion rights and broader enfranchisement, condemning provisions favoring land capital over labour.
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London
India
Congress
Commissions
Samuel Hoare
Houses of Commons
Samuel
Csee
Hill
Major Attlee
Labour Party
Indian House of Lords
Britain
Bank of Eng
Melbourne birth rate hits record low amid rising death rate
Government Statistician Mr. O Gawler reports Melbourne birth rate at 13.18 per 1000, the lowest on record, while the death rate climbs to 10.75 per 1000, the highest since 1923. Infant mortality stands at 48.19, with details truncated.
Rioters in Sheffield Clash Over Unemployment Relief Outside Town Hall
Six thousand demonstrators protested outside the Town Hall as the council refused to meet their representatives. Police charged the crowd with batons to quell the unrest. Nine constables were injured and many demonstrators were hurt amid humorous arrests.
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London
Japanese Navy Defense Claims Boosted by Minister Osumi
In Tokyo Parliament Minister Osumi says Japanese warships are superior to British and American ships in defense and offense due to better crew accommodations. He warns Japan would build more vessels if no new treaty emerges and expects current shipbuilding to finish in 1697.
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Tokio
Osumi
Japan
America
Ship Returns With 70 Children After Pirate Capture
In Shanghai a crowd greeted the Tungehow as it carried 70 foreign children home after piracy. Parents knelt in prayer, and children celebrated with hymns and tales of their adventure. The case has China offering rewards and dispatching expeditions to Bias Bay to clear the area.
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Shanghai
Tungehow
Joy Hayman
New Zealand
Kwelchow
Theodore
Andrew
Bank of China
China
Chefoo Mission
Bias Bay
Serious threat to empire relations raised at New Zealand dinner
New Zealand High Commissioner Sir James Parr warned that drastic policy against the Dominions could ruin Britain’s links with them. He cited grave responsibility on Mr. Thomas and Major Elliott and noted ongoing negotiations while maintaining formal kinship. Viscount Galway urged easing farmers' distress by influencing consumption trends.
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London
James Parr
New Zealand
New Zealand Society
Thomas
Major Hilcott
Dominions
Britain
Viscount Galway
Meat Producers push direct representation for London delegation
A special meeting of the Meat Committee and the Cattle Council of Australia urged a direct representative of Australian meat producers on the London delegation. They call for a federal producers organisation with licensing of slaughtering and export on producers’ account. They oppose the Victorian Association’s plan for a purely advisory policy committee.
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Sydney
Meat Committee
Cattle Council
the For
Australia
Meat Producers of
London
New Zealand
Victorian Association
Pirate bands clash in Hong Kong dispatch despatch
Reported clash of pirate bands in Hong Kong on Thursday with the junk they inhabit ashore captured. no news on the eee DUPE.
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Hong Kong
Murder trial recounts shooting at Tennant Creek camp
In Alice Springs a trial heard Renfrey claim he acted after O'Brien threatened him at Tennant's Creek. Witnesses described the scuffle, Renfrey obtaining a revolver, and Potts being struck as O'Brien aimed a rifle and the dispute escalated into violence.
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Alice Springs
Mick E O'Brien
Tennant
Inco
Renfrey
James Wesley Tiarless
Potts
O’brien
Ren- Je
Asod Satabancs
Ena
George Rowe
O'Brien
Morgan Wilson
Tennant's Creek
Ranfrey
Teene
Meateey
Hauptmann Trial In Lindbergh Kidnapping Continues
In Flemington New Jersey Hauptmann’s defense fails to produce witnesses linking his brother in law to the ransom box. The judge suppresses evidence suggesting the shoe contained money unless proven as ransom funds, narrowing the case and altering the defense strategy.
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Flemington
N.J
Bruno Hauptmann
Lind
Hauptmann
Reilly
Fred
Fischl
Parer Flies On Arrival at Koepang
Australian airmen Ray Parer and Geoffrey Hemaworth were reported missing and then traced to Ranbeng near Darwin where they spent last night. Messages showed anxiety for their safety as engine trouble has followed them since leaving England in the Melbourne air race.
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Darwin
Ray Parer
Geoffrey Hemaworth
Melbourne
Indian hotelier's son barred from landing at Sydney Harbour
Netm Shah, an Indian hotelier from Kara chi, was refused entry aboard the Moldavia in Sydney Harbour due to immigration rule misunderstandings. His father Yaknot Shah, an 80 year old farmer from Georgica Lismore, had traveled to Australia to see him. Shah said he had never met his father who was in failing health.
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Sydney
Netm Shah
Karachi
Moldavia
Sydney Harbour
Yaknot Shah
Georgica
Lismore
Neim Shah
Australia
Shah
Soviet Congress Adopts Reforms for Democracy and Secret Ballot
The Soviet congress today endorsed reforms aiming to merge parliamentary features with collectivization policies. Molotov said the system of open ballots ends to introduce secret ballots ensuring universal suffrage and equal peasant and worker representation at the next election.
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Moscow
Congress of the Soviet
M. Molitov
Balzac Droll Stories book sale judge says indecent
A bookseller in Auckland New South Wales was convicted today of offering Balzac Droll Stories for sale. The magistrate found the book aimed to glorify immorality and deceit and ridicule Bunty and virtue, and judged that selling such a book would prejudice public morals.
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Auckland
N.S
Balzac
Publisher Fisher Unwin Dies at End of Day
The death occurred today at Fisher Unwin, a renowned publisher who first recognized Joseph Conrad’s greatness and was the initial publisher for John Galsworthy.
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London
Fisher Unwin
Unwin
Joseph Conrad
John Galsworthy
Mission Station Saved From Bush Fire
The Duke Beston disasoa mation five miles from Coonabarabran was threat. local crews protected Mission Station from advancing bush fire. No injuries reported as flames were contained and containment lines held through afternoon.
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Coonabarabran
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