Dominions and Britain clash over Ottawa agreement import quotas
The Little Ottawa Conference features sharp exchanges as Dominions resist Ottawa import quotas. Australian and New Zealand ministers push for restricting foreign supplies first, citing empire trade figures. New Zealand leaders warn quotas could harm a developing economy with heavy Britain loans while seeking prior limits on foreign suppliers.
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London
Australian Press Association
Ottawa
House of Commons
New Zealand
Biliot
Zeland
Mu MaslTs
Euiibott
Australia
Neville Chamberlain
Hones of Commons
Bennett
Broad
Hants
Forbes
Spitalfeld
Thomas ‘Wilford
McMattern
Britain
Pirates Seize British Ship Officers in Newchang
Reports from Dairen indicate pirates seized three British officers during a raid on the steamer Nanchaong near Newchang on January 29. A Japanese Manchukuo assault and a punitive strike destroyed the bandit village, but captives remain beyond reach and the captors may have killed them.
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Bhanghail
Dairen
Blue
Non
Hargraves
Newchang
Plr
Nanchaong
Panshan
Hwarda
Pritiah&s
Anglo Soviet Treaty Prospects Questioned in Commons
In the House of Commons the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs Captain Anthony Eden said no permanent treaty or separate trade agreement is in place with the Soviet Government. He noted discussions are under way but conditions include debt and other issues, with no firm agreement yet.
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London
of Commons
Foreign Affairs
Thony Eden
Britain
Crisis in Empire Relations
London reports a developing Empire crisis amid sensational coverage by the Daily Herald. British ministers accuse Dominions of disloyalty while Dominion ministers resist subordinating economic interests to Britain. Tariff and monetary policy bickerings strain imperial ties since the American declaration of independence.
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London
The
Daily Herald
Britain
Thomas
Cage Crashes With Miners In Wallis Mine Incident
In Auckland a cage with 17 miners plunged about 1000 feet in Wallis shaft before a miraculous stop. Most suffered fractured legs. several were unhurt. Rescue scenes drew crowds of relatives as another cage nearby reported seeing the fall at high speed. A metal fragment struck a miner in the second cage.
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Auckland
Wallis
Minera
INO NEGOTIATIONS DISPUTE AND BUMPER BUTTER DUTIES
Well informed quarters discount rumours of an early resumption of Anglo Irish negotiations. The Daily Telegraph correspondent says mediation by General Smuts failed. An editorial claims Mr da Valera granted a high bounty on Irish Free State butter and urges Britain to match the duty to stop penalising loyal Dominions.
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London
Daily Telegraph
New Zealand
Education Committee forms sub committees to review system
Education by Dyson says the Education Committee established a general committee and six sub committees to study technical trade and commerce pastoral domestic arts health land and matriculation. They aim to finish by September and publish recommendations by November 1.
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Bydney
Export Mutton and Dairy Outlook at Hawkeebury College
At the Agricultural Bureau Conference J M Coleman warns only 25 percent of lambs sent to Homebush meet export quality. He blames poor organisation and small flocks. Dairying director M Innes notes rain boosts spring production and inland butter output rising from 3000 to 15000 tons annually. He warns butter quality declines threaten the British market and marketing stability without standards.
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Bydney
Agricultural Bureau
Hawkeebury Agricultural College
J. M. Coleman
Department of Agriculture
Coleman
MacInnes
Solicitor Kenneth Dean Struck Off Roll
The Full Court ordered Kenneth Cecil Dean to be struck off the roll for professional misconduct. He allegedly filed an affidavit in Margaret McCormack’s mortgage case and refused to reveal the mortgagor, with £400 involved. admitted to practice in 1908.
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Sydney
Kenneth Cecil Dean
Margaret McCormack
Waverley
Dean
Leases Ordinance Enforces Land Rental Reductions
The amending Leases Ordinance and Land Commissioner Ordinance become operative after ratification in the Commonwealth Gazette. The Leases Ordinance enforces reduced land rentals in the Federal Territory while the Land Commissioner advises the Minister for the Interior on lease matters. The Land Commissioner replaces the former Land Advisory Board and may announce decisions in open sittings but must forward them to the Minister. Objections arise among lessees over public disclosure and ministerial direction.
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F.C.T
No Action After Investigation Into Egg Pool
Detective-Sergeant Clifford and Detectives A and Corby report no grounds for police action regarding aspects of the Egg Pool investigated prior to the current operation.
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Egg Pool
Sydney
Clifford
A and Corby
Final Session of World Economic Conference in London Ends
The World Economic Conference closes in London after seven weeks with dashed hopes for quick panaceas but an optimistic tone for future efforts. Attendance was high but many seats remained empty as expectations faded. M Bonnet of France, head of the Monetary Sub-committee, urged that discussions were valuable and future work could broaden agreement.
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London
M. Bonnet
France
Currency problems stall World Conference in London debate
In the House of Commons the Chancellor Neville Chamberlain rejected claims the World Currency Conference adjournment was secret. He said circumstances forced an early break, prevented tackling key issues, and favoured a return when conditions allow calm discussions. He noted U S currency instability hinders a timely reassembly and outlined Empire currency union challenges.
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London
House of Commons
Neville Chamberlain
United States
Chamberlain
France Fears Davis Cup Defeat in Paris Match
Paris reports anxiety that France may lose the Davis Cup after six straight wins. Sources say Mlle Lenglen urged M Lacoste to pick Merlin, a soldier not sent to Wimbledon due to training gaps. The Americans, en route to New York, forecast a British victory.
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Paris
France
Las
Mlle. Lenglen
M. Lacoste
Merlin
New York
Draw for Davis Cup Challenge Round in Paris Dates
The draw lists matches for the Paris Davis Cup Challenge Round from Friday to Sunday. Merlin vs Austin Cochet vs Perry on Friday, Saturday doubles teams to be selected likely Borotra and Brugnon against Hughes and Perry, and Sunday Cochet versus Merlin and Perry in singles.
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Paris
Merlin Vy
Austin
Cochet
Perry
Borotra
Brugnon
Hughes
Cochety
AlBtin
Merlin v
Ulm's Flight Postponed After Port Marnock Accident
Australian airman Mr. C. T. P. Ulm saw his trans Atlantic hop delayed by an accident at the last moment as his plane slipped while being wheeled off the planks at Port Marnock Sands. A strut was broken and the deserted port witnessed the landing this morning. Refueling occurred from a petrol lorry under dull weather with a westerly wind and heavy rain just before the planned takeoff.
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Dublin
Port Marnock
Ulm
Ulm Flew From Heston Toward Atlantic Crossing
Mr C T Pf Ulm arrived in Dublin and prepared to begin an Atlantic crossing flight. Favourable weather prompted a rapid departure despite last minute hurdles. Friends camped on the ground to bid him farewell as Ulm assured safety and checked ship positions for the next 36 hours.
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London
C. T. Pf. Ulm
Dublin
Atlantic
Heston
Ulm
Sydney
Lithuanian Probe Into Flyers Death Near Soldan Camp
The Lithuanian government orders a searching inquiry into the deaths of Darius and Garenas. Reports say Nazi guards at a concentration camp near Soldan fired on rescue aircraft, with bullets striking the flyers as they swept low over the camp after a planned rescue attempt.
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Kuvno
Darius
Garenas
Soldan
Canberra FCT railway shows gradual financial improvement
The four point nine four mile Federal Capital Territory line reports a loss of 1581 pounds in the last financial year with receipts 4868 and expenditure 6429, a better position than prior years. Loss per mile drops toward 316 pounds for the FCT line compared with higher losses on the rest of Commonwealth Railways.
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Federal Capital Territory
Commonwealth Railway
Canberra
F.C.T
Commonwealth Railwaya
Commonwealth Railways
Federal Capital Railways
Railroad Fare Reductions Proposed by Railways Commissioner
Commissioner Hartigan recommends to the Government a 10 percent cut in first class rail fares and a 7 percent cut in second class fares. It is expected that fare and freight remissions will total £350.
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Bydney
Empire currency policy and the sterling debate
The piece discusses Britain's stance on currency linkage with gold and the dollar and argues for independent Empire interests. It cites Lloyd George and Ramsay MacDonald, critiques the Ottawa agreements, and warns of damaging effects on agriculture and plans to settle half a million families on the land.
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Empire
Lloyd George
Ramsay MacDonald
Resson
Ottawa
Shriieh
Mr. Elliott
New Citrus Trade Tension Affects Prices in Melbourne
Cables report that Australian citrus import ban boosts American fruit prices. Australian oranges once sold at 10 shillings per case now fetch 40 to 60 shillings. lemons reach up to 4 pounds, fueling calls to lift the embargo.
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Melbourne
Editorial backs Empire Marketing Board funding shift
The Times urges the government to maintain Empire Marketing Board services with a small supplementary vote as it transfers to the Dominions Office. It argues for continued imperial and national publicity use by both Colonial and Dominions ministers.
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London
the Times
Empire Marketing Board
Mominions
Heat Roils London as England Sees Record Temperatures
England endures the hottest day of the year with London recording a new high. Crowds at the Goodwood races suffer heat distress as temperatures soar and people collapse from the heat.
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London
England
Latham Amused At Early Election Idea
The Attorney General said he was amused by a Sydney report that the Labour Party expected a federal election in April next year. He believed there was no likelihood of an election before Parliament expired by time.
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Melbourne
Sydney
Labour Party
State subsidies to hospitals rise in year end figures
RYDNEY Thursday the Government subsidies to the hospitals amounted to £710 000 for the year ended June 0, compared with £619 902 the previous year, signaling increased support for health services.
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Rydney
British employment rises half a million since January
The President of the Board of Trade Mr Walter Runciman said Britain's employment had increased by about half a million since January. He believed that the current internal improvement was set to continue.
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Ted Agriculture
The
Board of Trade
Walter Runciman
Britain
Man slayings convict sentenced for manslaughter
Bolom Mackeod, an Assyrian, convicted of manslaughter in the death of Richard Joseph Hupple, was sentenced at the Central Criminal Court to fourteen years hard labour.
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Adelaide
Bolom Mackeod
Richard Joseph Hupple
Central Criminal Court
Refuge for Jews proposal sparks Commons debate
In a Commons debate Commander Lacker Lampson unveiled the Nationality of Jews bill to extend citizenship in Palestine to persecuted Jews. He warned that educated Germans were forced to flee and condemned bullying of minorities as un-English and cowardly.
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London
Einstein
House of Commons
Lacker Lampson
Palestine
Lampson
Germany
Guaorda
Financial Times favors Australia US loan conversion
The Financial Times suggests that Britain should convert its dollar bond scheme and argues there would be no objection to Australia following suit with its United States loan. The piece frames a broader move toward currency bond conversions.
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Financial Times
Britain
Australia
Sen
United States
England Shields Einstein as Jewry Is Not Forgotten
The passage notes outrage at Hun thefts of Professor Einstein’s savings and property, praising England for offering him shelter at Oxford. It argues for a League of Nations inquiry into Germany or, failing that, for the British Empire to act in defense of Jewish people.
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Professor Einstein
Huns
Europe
England
Oxford
League of Nations
Germany
British Empire
Jewish refugees in Britain face remittance limits and poverty
German policy allows 11 a month transfers to Jewish refugees, risking 1500 in Britain becoming penniless as the Jewish Refugees Committee pledges not to let any become a public charge and to assist them through government support.
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London
Britain
Jewish Refugees Committee
Britiah
Nazi Kidnapping in the Saar District
The Saar Governing Commission protests to the German government over alleged Nazi raids. Armed men in Nazi uniforms supposedly entered a house near the frontier, abducted three men, bound them, and drove them to Germany in a car.
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Paris
Saar District
Germany
Girl Stowaways In Custody At Children’s Court
Agnes Towler 12 and Lena Delaney 9 were brought ashore from Melbourne on the Orsova and placed in the Institution after appearing at the Children's Court. They said they were drawn by the ship’s white bathrooms and wanted to travel on the liner.
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Adelaide
Agnes Towler
Lena Delaney
Melbourne
Areos
Children’s Court
Orsova
Racketeers Busy in Sydney
Reported to police a gang operates in King's Cross area forcing victims to pay protection under threat of exposure of illegal liquor. An armed man allegedly uses violence to obtain money and immunity from further molestation.
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Sydney
Poticn
King’s Crome
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