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WHARF WORK.
PRODUCERS APPEAL TO SENATE AGAINST PREFERENCE.
At a meeting of the Producers' Associations' Central Council held on Monday the following resolution, to be brought under the notice of Senators, was adopted.—"Producers' ...
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LABOUR CONFERENCE.
Mr. Scullin a Victorian Delegate. MELBOURNE, Tuesday.
The Victorian delegates to the special conference of the Australian Labour party in Sydney on March 27 will be the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin), Mr. McNamara, M.L.C., the ...
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Mrs. Ada Howe, of the refreshment rooms, Yarra Bay, was seated on the glassed-in verandah of her premises late on Monday night, when she heard a shot fired. Some time later ...
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Mass meetings of employees in the railway service will be held on Friday to discuss proposals for a general strike as a protest against the 10 per cent, reduction in the Federal ...
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A telegram from the Governor of Mauritius to the Secretary for the Colonies (Lord Passfield) says that a preliminary inspection shows the hurricane damage to have been ...
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MOSCOW TRIAL.
Sentences of Imprisonment. LONDON, March 9.
A message from Moscow states that Croman, Sher, Petunin, Sukhanoff, Ginsburg, Yakubovich, and Finnenotsovsky have been sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment each. The ...
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BRITISH SPORTSMEN.
Proposed Australian Tour. LONDON, March 9.
The Agent-General for Tasmania (Mr. Addison) states that he is disappointed to have to announce that the proposed tour of British sportsmen is being held in abeyance ...
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On arrival at Berlin Charles Chaplin was reported to have said that he refused an offer of several thousands for a three-minute telephone conversation with Australia for fear that it ...
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The Premier of Tasmania (Mr. Mcphee) has cabled the Agent-General (Mr. D'Arcy Addison) extending his term for three months from March 31, when it was previously ...
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TRADE DISPUTES ACT.
(British Official Wireless.) LONDON, March 9.
In the House of Commons the Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald) said that he did not at present propose to introduce any further proposals relating to the repeal ...
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In the House of Commons several questions were put as to the progress of the Anglo-Soviet Debts and Claims Committee. Dr. Dalton (the Under-Secretory for Foreign Affairs) ...
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Boat race history will be made on March 21, when British air liners, equipped with special receivers on the front of the machines, will pick up and transmit to the British ...
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PARKES FARMERS
Obtain Food Relief. PARKES, Tuesday.
Some local farmers, who have reached the end of their resources, have obtained food orders at the local police station. They are receiving orders for a month's supply instead ...
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Nellie Tack, aged about 45, of Searl-street, Leichhardt, was fatally injured lost evening when she was knocked down by a car in Parramatta-road, Leichhardt. She was taken ...
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Brigadier-General W. L. H. Sinclair-Burgess, Chief of the General Staff, will succeed Major-General R. Young as General Officer Commanding the Defence forces, ...
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WIRELESS SERVICE.
Direct to Papua. FIRST MESSAGE SENT.
With the inauguration yesterday of a new high-speed direct wireless telegraph service to Port Moresby by Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia), Ltd., a further link was completed in ...
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UNEMPLOYMENT.
DEMAND FOR FUNDS. YASS, Tuesday.
At last night's council meeting the following motion was unanimously carried:—"That this council enters a strong protest to the State Parliament against delay in providing ...
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Shipping traffic to Napier, which has been suspended since the recent earthquake disaster, has now been resumed. Both the Union steam Shin Co. of New Zealand, Ltd., and ...
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The Australian Forest League informed the Pararmatta Council at its last meeting that it proposed to plant an avenue of Australian trees between Sydney and Newcastle, to be ...
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Part of the platform with its many small pagodas from which the famous Shwe Dagon, reported in yesterday's cables to be badly damaged, arises. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The convention of the Advertising Association of Australia was continued at Farmer's Blaxland Galleries yesterday. The morning session was devoted to official business. ...
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VICTORIAN MINISTRY.
Labour Executive's Demand FOR GREATER RELIEF. MELBOURNE, Tuesday.
After having held five meetings to investigate charges made against the State Ministry by different unions of having failed to observe the decisions of the September Labour ...
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A sensation was caused at a well-attended public meeting of the All for Australia League at Manly last night, when Mr. S. E. Wilson, referring to Trades Hall tyranny, read a letter ...
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HOSPITAL LOTTERY.
Victorian Premier's Statement. MELBOURNE, Tuesday.
Proposals for the nationalisation of hospital services and the establishment of a State lottery to raise money for the maintenance of charitable institutions were made to the Pre ...
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LATE MR. CHANTER.
Prime Minister's Tribute. CANBERRA, Tuesday.
The Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) to-day sent a telegram of sympathy to Miss Chanter, daughter of the late Mr. J. M. Chanter, formerly the member of Riverina in the House of ...
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When the Shell oil tanker Trivia reached Sydney yesterday from Singapore, with a cargo of fuel oil. she had in tow the 305-ton oil barge Shell II. The barge had been towed all ...
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A police departmental inquiry into matters arising out of the case of Constable H. Roche, who was recently acquitted of a charge of having assaulted a retired grazier, Joseph Lillie, ...
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The military authorities announce that artillery practice will take place in the Holdsworthy and Liverpool areas to-morrow and on Friday. Traffic will be prohibited between 9 ...
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The body of John Christian Smith, 51, a watchman, of Macquarie Terrace, Balmain, was found floating in Waterview Bay yesterday. ...
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COUNTRY MOVE.
Convention Proposed at Young. YOUNG, Tuesday.
For some weeks a committee of public men has been inquiring into the various Government reform movements, and a policy has now been laid down. It aims at the ...
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NATIVE RACES.
PROTECTIVE MEASURES. ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL MEETING.
The report which the hon. secretary (Mr. W. Morley) read at yesterday's annual meeting of the Association for the Protection of Native Races stated that in Papua, under the ...
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REHABILITATION.
N.Z. EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE. GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS. WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.
Outlining the Government's proposals for financing earthquake rehabilitation,[?] the Premier (Mr. Forbes) said that £1,250,000 would be made available to give assistance to ...
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VAGRANCY CHARGE.
MAN WITH £840 IN NOTES SEWN IN COAT LINING. WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.
Robert Cresley, a middle-aged man, was charged at Gisborne with having insufficient lawful means of support. About three months ago he appeared on a similar charge, and ...
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CLARENCE.
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VICTORIAN WHEAT.
Yield Expected to Exceed Estimate. MELBOURNE, Tuesday.
Deliveries of wheat to railway sidings in Victoria suggest that the yield of the present wheat season will he considerably larger than was estimated earlier. About 40,000,000 ...
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A call-up for employment will be made to-day as follows:— Plpelayers, manhole builders, powder monkeys, and tool sharpeners.—Those married men ...
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A delegation from the Lismore Municipal Council conferred with the Clarence County Council, [?]which: controls the Nymboida hydro-electric scheme, regarding the supply of ...
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Mrs. Geale, 97, died this morning, after a brief illness Last Wednesday she won an award on the "Back to Temora Week" procession as the oldest resident of Temora. She ...
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Early this morning thieves entered the shire council chambers and the offices of Mackenzie and Biddulph, solicitors, and of T. E. Sole. auctioneer without securing a ...
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It is probable that Forbes Municipal Council, instead of rebuilding the dressing sheds, which were recently destroyed by fire at the weir, will construct concrete baths near the ...
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At a meeting of the Gunning Amateur Swimming Club the president (Mr. T. D. Roche), who had made a loan of £200 to the committee towards the cost of crecting a ...
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On a charge of being the owner of premises used for illegal betting on horseracing, John Meise, a tobacconist, of Armidale, was fined £20, with £3/5/ costs. Harold Meise pleaded ...
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An open verdict was returned by the Maitland District Court yesterday afternoon at an inquiry into a fire which occurred on premises in Trevor-street. Telarah, early on the ...
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