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  2. RAILWAYS.

    The ballot of the permanent way raliway employees in the northern district has resulted in favour of rationing of work, the majority being very large. ...

    Article : 72 words
  3. PREFERENCE.

    Trenchant criticism of the Ministry's action in abandoning the policy of absolute preference to returned soldiers was heard in both Houses of the Federal Parliament this ...

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  4. HEAD OF THE RIVER.

    Close contests are expected in to-day's finals at the Great Public Schools 38th annual regatta on the Parramatta River. Finishing touches have been added to each of the Eights ...

    Article : 472 words
  5. CITY ELECTIONS.

    Supporters of the Civic Reform party yesterday expressed satisfaction with the selection of candidates for the forthcoming City Council election. ...

    Article : 143 words
  6. DAVIS CUP.

    In the Davis Cup match at Zurich to-day Moon (Australia) defeated Chiesa (Switzerland), 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-1. May 1. ...

    Article : 173 words
  7. THE CRICKET.

    Australia defeated Worcestershire by an innings and 165 runs. The correspondent of the Australian Press Association at Worcester, ...

    Article : 969 words
  8. WAGES LEVY.

    The joint meeting of members of the Nationalist and Country parties yesterday accepted the Government policy measures to be submitted to Parliament, which reassembles ...

    Article : 630 words
  9. GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

    Many organisations were represented at a meeting held at Anzac House to-day to protest against a reported proposal by the Federal Ministry that an Australian should ...

    Article : 145 words
  10. MR. L. T. COURTENAY.

    Mr. L. T. Courtenay, deputy leader of the Reform aldermen in the last City Council who was selected as a candidate for the Phillip ward, and who stated on Thursday night that ...

    Article : 560 words
  11. MATCH AGAINST SWITZERLAND.

    The decision of the Australian selectors (Crawford, Moon, and Willard) to nominate Crawford and Moon for the singles, and Hopman and Willard for the doubles, in the Davis ...

    Article : 207 words
  12. COAL DISPUTE.

    The colliery proprietors may reach a decision next week on whether they will re-open the mines with free labour. The chairman of the Northern Collieries' ...

    Article : 146 words
  13. MAY DAY QUIET.

    The most startling May Day report came from Australia. "Red Flag raised in Australian city. Unemployed seize Government residence Demand £5 weekly." ...

    Article : 315 words
  14. CONSUMERS' COUNCIL.

    The text is issued of a Government bill for the creation of a Consumers' Council. The council is to consist of seven members of whom two at least must be women, but ...

    Article : 226 words
  15. GRAFTON-KYOGLE.

    Unless more money is made available all work on the reconstruction of the railway line between Grafton and Kyogle will cease on Friday next. About 350 men will be ...

    Article : 221 words
  16. PALM ISLAND TRAGEDY

    The charge against Dr. Charles Maitland Pattison, of procuring Peter Prior, a halfcaste, to murder Robert Curry, was heard at the Townsville Police Court to-day. ...

    Article : 299 words
  17. EX-ALDERMAN THOMPSON.

    Ex-Alderman S. Lindsay Thompson yesterday expressed dissatisfaction with the Civic Reform Association in its selections. "It appears that I have been tricked," he ...

    Article : 418 words
  18. PADDINGTON HOTEL.

    A curious anomaly has occurred in the redistribution of the City Council boundaries. In the Fitzroy Ward the alignment runs through the centre of the Albury Hotel, at ...

    Article : 187 words
  19. LIBERAL CRITICISM.

    The Government has shown another Socialistic tooth in the bill proposing a Consumers' Council. It is considered one of the most controversial pieces of legislation ...

    Article : 763 words
  20. THE BRIDGE.

    A stoppage occurred on the Sydney Harbour Bridge yesterday following a dispute regarding the weather. It appears that on Thursday a number of ...

    Article : 118 words
  21. RED FLAG FLOWN.

    Quite close to Government House and within a few feet of the soldiers' monument in Liberty-square is the unemployed leader's tent, with a red flag flying outside. ...

    Article : 73 words
  22. CANADA'S BUDGET.

    At Ottawa, the Minister for Finance (Mr. C. A. Dunning), in his Budget speech, announced an estimated surplus of 40,507,000 dollars for the fiscal year. He announced ...

    Article : 347 words
  23. JURYMAN RELUCTANT.

    The reluctance of a juryman to give a verdict of guilty against an accused in the No. 2 Court of Quarter Sessions embarrassed his fellow jurors yesterday. The recalcitrant ...

    Article : 431 words
  24. TELEPHONE CALL.

    The first country radio-telephony call from Australia to England was made last night from Katoomba. At 7.6 p.m. Sister Cantwell, matron of the Glenferrie private ...

    Article : 463 words
  25. METAL TRADES.

    Unsuccessful attempts were made yesterday to induce the employees at the Clyde Engineering Works to go on strike against the terms of Judge Beeby's award. ...

    Article : 169 words
  26. LABOUR CANDIDATES.

    The A.L.P. executive last night decided to select the candidates to contest the City Council elections at a special meeting to be held to-monow night. ...

    Article : 226 words
  27. BRICKS FOR ROAD-MAKING.

    Speaking before the Goulburn Rotary Club, Mr. A. F. Gulson advocated the use of brick loads in Australia. They were about half the price of concrete and lasted 35 to 40 years, ...

    Article : 283 words
  28. TRIBUTES TO BRADMAN.

    Bradman's feat in scoring a double century in his first match in England is acclaimed everywhere. Combined with Hobbs' 137 at the Oval, the season is regarded as ...

    Article : 172 words
  29. TORNADOES.

    At Sioux City (Iowa) 18 persons were killed by a tornado which swept the Central and Western States of Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, and Missouri. ...

    Article : 118 words
  30. NOMINATIONS BY JUNE 13.

    Nominations for the five wards in the City Council will close at noon on June 13, though they may be lodged with the returning officer between June 9 and that date. ...

    Article : 46 words
  31. FULLERS' THEATRES.

    An important announcement affecting Fullers' New Zealand interests was made by Sir Benjamin Fuller, who is at present at Wellington. The new arrangements provide ...

    Article : 78 words
  32. AUSTRALIAN BIRDS.

    In an address from station 2GB last night the president of the Rangers' League (Mr J. D. Tipper) stressed the economic value of birds. He said that there were 700 species ...

    Article : 69 words
  33. TO-DAY'S MATCH.

    The second match of the tour will begin to-day at Leicester, one of the counties against which the Australian Eleven of 1878 played. The East Midland centre has never been a ...

    Article : 623 words
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