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  2. THE JERVIS BAY.

    A second warship has been ordered to junction with the Jervis Bay in case more aid than could he given by the marine guard on H.M.S. Slavol is needed. During yesterday morning the messages received from ...

    Article : 638 words
  3. WIRELESS.

    For more than eighteen months the Jervis Bay was equipped with a short wave transmitter, maintained and operated by Amalgamated Wireless (A'sia), Ltd. By means of ...

    Article : 543 words
  4. GOVERNOR SMITH.

    Governor Smith's ascendancy as an aspirant for Democratic nomination hag now reached a stage where every indication points to his victory. Mr. W. G. McAdoo, who at the last ...

    Article : 224 words
  5. COOKS' STRIKE.

    At a special meeting yesterday the Cooks' Union in Sydney decided that it was prepared to rescind its previous decision to fine members who accepted employment away from ...

    Article : 464 words
  6. FEDERAL DEFICIT.

    The Federal Cabinet during the week gave consideration to the departmental estimates. The Ministry is faced with the problem of dealing with a deficit of £3,000,000, the first ...

    Article : 194 words
  7. GRAFT COMMISSION.

    The findings of Mr. Justice Harvey (Royal Commissioner), on his investigations into the letting of a contract for £603,447 by the former Labour Council regime to Babcock and Wilcox Ltd., for steam-raising plant at the Bunnorong Povrer Station, was handed to the Premier (Mr, Bavin), yesterday afternoon. ...

    Article : 79 words
  8. THE FINDINGS.

    In the course of his findings the Royal Commissioner said:- "There can be, in my opinion, no question that at some time between March 19 and ...

    Article : 378 words
  9. CONTEMPT OF COURT.

    The Attorney-General (Mr. Baker) moved in the Full Court to-day for a rule nisi calling upon Albert George Ogilvie, K.C., a practitioner of the Supreme Court, and a former ...

    Article : 558 words
  10. POINCARE'S VICTORY.

    A repon from Paris says that a crowded Chamber assembled to fnce one of the surprises so frequent in the political life of France. It was reliably reported that M. ...

    Article : 220 words
  11. YUGOSLAVIA.

    Standing beside the dead body of her husband, who was shot by a Montenegrin deputy in the Skupshtina at Belgrade, Madame Paul Raditch exclaimed, "Let Paul's head be the ...

    Article : 232 words
  12. COPYRIGHT.

    Professor Harrison Moore, of Melbourne, who has returned to London, explains that the Rome Copyright Convention decisions will supersede those of the 1908 convention. The ...

    Article : 292 words
  13. NON-UNION LABOUR.

    The chairman of the Commonwealth Steamship Owners' Association (Mr. Appleton) said to-day that it was certain there were sufficient volunteer cooks to man all interstate ...

    Article : 131 words
  14. THE REPORT.

    The only direct sworn evidence with regard to Mr. Hutchinsons offer is that of Mr. Charles Bridges. He says that Mr. Hutchinson employed him as an agent to discuss the ...

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  15. KATOORA'S CREW.

    Resentment is felt at Port Adelaide over the demand of the Sydney branch of the Seamen's Union that the crew which took the Katoora from Port Adelaide to Sydney shall cease ...

    Article : 150 words
  16. BRITAIN'S FUTURE.

    Sir Donald Maclean, a former Liberal Whip in the British House of Commons, speaking at a British Umpire dinner at Minneapolis, said: "Britain has not only maintained her ...

    Article : 94 words
  17. 100,000 VISITORS.

    It is estimated that 100,000 or 150,000 people, instead of the quarter of a million optimistic promoters imagined, will attend the ceremonies and discussions of the Eucharistic ...

    Article : 292 words
  18. RAILWAY DISASTER.

    A shocking railway disaster occurred last night in Sweden. When an express train was passing Bollnaes, 200 miles north of Stockholm, a wrong signal was given, and the ...

    Article : 87 words
  19. INVITED TO LONDON.

    The Royal Aero Club has invited the crew of the Bremen, which recently made the westward crossing to Canada, to be its guests in London. ...

    Article : 182 words
  20. SAILINGS INDEFINITE.

    Preparations to despatch the Ulimaroa for Wellington yesterday were abandoned owing to a recurrence of the dispute. The Zealandia was to have sailed to-day for Melbourne, ...

    Article : 45 words
  21. ADRIFT.

    Passengers on the ferry steamer Bronzewing had a mild thrill last night when the vessel broke down and drifted helplessly for about three-quarters of an hour. ...

    Article : 136 words
  22. SEARCH FOR AMUNDSEN.

    News comes from Oslo that practically the whole of the relief expeditions organised on behalf of Count Nobile have now turned to the search for Amundsen. The French ...

    Article : 160 words
  23. QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT.

    Replying to a question in the House of Commons to-day, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty (Mr. C. M. Headiam) said: "At present wireless ...

    Article : 60 words
  24. "ENJOYING THE VOYAGE."

    The Rev. H. J, Noble, of Pymble, bas received a message from Dr. Ralph Noble, who is on the Jervis Bay, The message was sent at 7.40 a.m. on Thursday, and was received in ...

    Article : 55 words
  25. ASSAULT AT MILAN.

    Answering a question in the House of Commons relating to the assault upon a King's Messenger at Milan, Sir Austen Chamberlain said that the incident occurred on April 24. ...

    Article : 117 words
  26. INSURANCE RATES.

    Underwriters, reinsuring Jervis Bay cargo, advanced, their rates, but the reassuring news overnight brought down the rates again, Insurance men contend that the risk covered ...

    Article : 49 words
  27. NATIONAL PARTY.

    At a conference of the National Association for the Robertson electorate, the local Nationalists formed what will be known as the Robertson Electorate National Executive, its ...

    Article : 68 words
  28. CHINESE CAPITAL.

    All doubts regarding the intention of the Nationalists to make Nanking the capital of the country are set aside by an important decision of the Nationalist Political ...

    Article : 116 words
  29. "POSITIVELY RDICULOUS."

    The Marine Superintendent of the Australian Commonwealth line (Captain Innes) does not view seriously the reports that have been received. ...

    Article : 119 words
  30. MAILBAG RIFLED.

    A mailbag was rifled either on Tuesday or Wednesday while en route from the Sydney G.P.O. to Worris Creek, and all the registered matter. Including £300 in £5 notes, was ...

    Article : 194 words
  31. ENGLAND EXCITED.

    The Jervis Bay drama has thrilled England. Euch scrap of information is eagerly seized. Wednesday's message. in which the master asked if there was a warship in the track of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 656 words
  32. MANDATES COMMISSION.

    The Mandates Commission has not yet concluded its investigation into the administration of Samoa. One of the questions put yesterday to Sir James Parr, High Commissioner ...

    Article : 151 words
  33. LARGS BAY.

    Showing a green hull and an English crew as evidence of her change in ownership, the former Australian Commonwealth line steamer Largs Bay berthed at Victoria Dock last night, ...

    Article : 117 words
  34. MASKED THIEVES.

    Entering the all-night garage of the Australian Conveyance Co., Ltd., in Old South Head-road, Rose Bay, about 2.15 this morning, two masked men threatened Herbert ...

    Article : 153 words
  35. VESSEL'S SPEED.

    The Jervis Bay has a spcod or 15 knots, and yesterday morning it was estimated that she was 1100 miles from Colombo. Although the vessel wns built In 1922, her ...

    Article : 94 words
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