State Election Set For April 8 Nominations Close March 9
Adelaide reports that the State election will be held Saturday April 8 with writs issued March 1 and returns due May 5. Nominations close March 9 as parties set campaign machinery in motion. The list of candidates includes ALP PLP and other parties for districts such as ADELAIDE ALBERT ALEXANDRA BAROSS MURRAY NEWCASTLE NORTH ADELAIDE PORT PIRIE STANLEY WEST TORRENS WALLAROO WOOROORA and others. Denotes sitting members.
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Adelaide
Abinet
LCL
S. W. Jeffries
W. M. New
Gold and Silver Quotations From London Market Notes
London metal quotations for Sentry 23 show silver standards with cash and forward tin changes and a fall in the open market price for gold. The text notes prices such as 1/4 7-8 and 1/64 ounce, with references to falls and market movement. A closing proverb remarks that a man who lies on high taxes forbearance in others.
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London
Sultry Weather in Pirie Brings Record Heat
Oppressive conditions prevailed in Pine yesterday with a maximum shade temperature of 45 degrees. The day was one of the most trying of the season, marking unusually hot weather for the area.
Busmen Strike Over Speed-Up Order Warned Spread
An unofficial strike by bus workers against a speeding up order has spread to 26 London Company's garages, involving 13,000 workers. Many districts lack buses as strikers seek support from train tram and tube workers in the labour dispute.
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London Company
Tax Problems Commission Opens in Melbourne
Melbourne tax reform discussion opens with Justice Ferguson chairing the Taxation Commission session. Calls to simplify federal and state tax law aim to reduce costs for the department and taxpayers, with support for removing ambiguity in company taxation and repealing Section 21 to limit discretionary tax on undistributed profits.
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Melbourne
Taxation Commission
Justice Ferguson
Mroa
SH. Gifford
Council of Taxpayers' Association
Taxation Department
Ue Commission
Driver's Narrow Escape On Norton's Summit Road
A motor lorry loaded with pine logs narrowly escaped collapse at Norton's Summit road near Magill. Driver Cearte G. Feist of Norton's Summit was hospitalized with concussion after steering failure at a sharp bend. The vehicle toppled onto a concrete post, the load swept the cabin away, and Feist was hurled across a creek. the lorry sustained severe damage.
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Adelaide
Norton
Magill
Cearte G. Feist
Feist
Seven Die as Dam Bursts in Cyclone Scourge NSW
A terrific storm and dam burst at Stanwell Park in New South Wales results in seven deaths including Vincent and Mrs. Davis and two Davis children. Rescue efforts save Miss Laurence Davis as families and campers are swept away. Bulga Beach disaster adds to the destruction with Roy Burns among the injured. Flooding overwhelms Botany Bay Canterbury Nepean River and Georges River, with Liverpool campers left homeless and rail lines damaged but repair underway.
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Sydney
Stanwell Park
Vincent Davis
Leichhardt
Davis
Leslie Davis
Clifford Davis
Jack Phyllis
Annandale
Allen Phyllis
Laurence Davis
Marchell
Nepean
Penrith
Georges River
Liverpool
Heporta
More Trouble Brewing in China Amid Rising Tensions
From Shanghai to Peiping, reports warn of renewed Japanese pressure as the League of Nations fails to constrain Tokyo. Chinese mobilization near the Great Wall grows while Britain faces anti-Japanese sentiment. Observers fear aerial attack though many doubt bombs on Peiping.
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Britain
Japan
Great Wall
China
Peiping
Capt Hope Returns Claims on Hinkler Alps Passage
Captain Hope told The Daily Telegraph in London that climbers near the Diablerets saw a machine about 500 feet above peaks 9,000 feet high and that Hinkler carried 400 gallons of petrol, arguing the Alps crossing was impossible without a forced landing as ice formed on the carburettor.
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London
Evan Hope
Daily Telegraph
Diablerete
Hinkler
Nis
Alps
Sydney Cyclone Ravages City and Suburbs
A cyclone of severe intensity struck Sydney and surrounding areas on Monday bringing widespread damage. The storm caused many homes to be ruined and prompted emergency responses across the metropolitan region.
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Sydney
Suburbs
Trains Held Up at Werris Creek in Brisbane Mall Route
A mall train and the Gien Indes mall were held up at Werris Creek due to wasteways causing a block. Passengers were transshipped as repairs to the Jawarra line were expected to take three to four days.
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Brisbane
Mond
Man's mad act ends in murder suicide at Lilydale
John Barber, 24, of Wandin North, died in Melbourne Hospital from two gunshot wounds after buying a pea rifle and shooting at his wife on a verandah in Lilydale where she fled. He then shot himself, delivering a grim exit remark about judgment by appearance.
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Melbourne
Ohn Barber
Wandin North
Barber
Lilydale
New Railway Project Proposed From Bourke to Birdumi
Minister of the Interior Jr Perkins announced a plan to build a railway from Bourke in New South Wales to Birdumi in the northwest Australia linkage. Senator Massy Greene would meet Northern Territory Development Company representatives in Sydney within eight to ten days to discuss funding and formation details under a NSW act. London cables suggested money would not be available, but Perkins asserted initial government talks indicated financial support could be found.
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Melbourne
Bourke
Ns.w
Birdumi
Darwine
North Austtalia
Perkins
Massy Greene
Northern Territory Development Company
Sydney
Perking
New South Wales
London
Election eve in Free State as supporters predict wins
London report says both sides claim 82 to 85 seats as voters prepare for the ballot. At Cosgrave rally in Tralee a clash broke into baton charges and stone throwing leaving several injured, with civic guards restoring order.
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London
Free State
de Valera
Cosgrave
Afraid of Gunmen claim sparks Irish settlement dispute
In Dublin on Monday Dr Davitt, a Cosgrave candidate, accused Hyan and O'Kelly of returning from Ottawa with a draft settlement with Britain that De Valera refused to reveal. He asked why De Valera would not produce it and asserted that fear of gunmen drove the refusal.
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Dublin
Dr. Davitt
Cosgrave
Hyan and
O'Kelly
Otawa
Britain
de Valera
Perth Wool Sales Show Marked Improvement
Perth reports a 3 percent higher price level than December, with almost total clearance of 22,000 bales. Top price reached 4s 24d today, reflecting a notable uplift in market demand for wool.
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Perth
Berlin clash leaves one dead as Nazis and Communists riot
In Berlin today Nazis and Communists clashed in city streets as police used armored cars and machine guns to disperse belligerents. One demonstrator was shot dead, two policemen were knifed, and a woman wounded amid barricades of dustbins and mattresses.
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Berlin
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