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  2. LABOUR PARTY.

    The Labour party's fiscal committee, of which Mr. Phillp Snowden is chairman, and which includes Messrs. Henderson, Wheatley, Sidney Webb, Shaw, and Lord Arnold, has ...

    Article : 206 words
  3. COLLISION.

    About 6.30 p.m. on Thursday five people, including four women, were slightly injured as the result of a railway collision at Kyogle. ...

    Article : 236 words
  4. CARRIED.

    The House of Commons was crowded to-day when Mr. Baldwin moved supplementary estimates of £10,000,000 for "a subvention in aid of wages in the coalmining industry" ...

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  5. PEACE OF EUROPE.

    It is understood to have been definitely arranged that M. Brland (French Minister for Foreign Affairs), accompanied by M. Berthelot (Secretary-General of his Department), and ...

    Article : 273 words
  6. JOIN THE UNION.

    State Ministers have circularised officers of the Government departments, notifying them that employees must be members of their ...

    Article : 117 words
  7. GREAT SCIENTIST.

    Sydney will be given the opportunity shortly of seeing and hearing one of the greatest living physicists, and of learning at firsthand, in his accounts of his own wonderful ...

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  8. SIGNING ON.

    Activity prevailed at the Shipping Master's Office yesterday, when seamen, after weeks of idleness, presented themselves for employment. ...

    Article : 265 words
  9. DE PINEDO.

    Wing-Commander de Pinedo had a mishap in the river this morning. When prepari[?] to continue his [?]ght to Tokie the seaplan[?] collided with a ferry punt. The propel[?]er ...

    Article : 153 words
  10. CIVIC EMPLOYEES.

    Discontent is said to exist in some of the City Council departments, especially in the electricity supply department, over the decision of the Labour caucus, afterwards ...

    Article : 329 words
  11. ADMIRAL COONTZ.

    The Governor-General has received the following message from Admiral R. E. Cooniz (Commander-in-Chief of the United States flect), in answer to his message of ...

    Article : 67 words
  12. GOLD POSITION.

    The reduction in the Bank [?] England discount rate to 4½ per cent., due to the satisfactory gold position, was quite unexpected on the Stock Exchange. Markets all round ...

    Article : 138 words
  13. MANY SHIPS MANNED.

    At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the first vessel manned since the termination of the strike cleared Sydney Hends. It was the consial collier Galava, of JOnes Brothers' [?] ...

    Article : 555 words
  14. SWIMMING BUREAU.

    The question whether New Zealand would be prepared to support Great Britain in the proposal to sever connection with the international Swimming Federation was considered ...

    Article : 176 words
  15. CRUISERS LEAVE HOBART.

    The United States light cruiser division— Richmond (flagship), Marblehead, Memphis, and Trenton—left Hobart at 4 o'click this afternoon, bound for Wellington (N.Z.), amidst ...

    Article : 138 words
  16. CAPTAIN WILKINS.

    Captain Wilkins informed the Australian Press Association that he visited the Dornier aircraft factory in Pisa, and inspected allmetal machines of the type used by Captain ...

    Article : 157 words
  17. LAWN TENNIS.

    The tentative selection of four players for America's Davis Cup team has been announced by the chairman of the United States Tennis Association. The players named are ...

    Article : 205 words
  18. OUT OF CONTROL.

    A fatal accident occurred at the corn[?] of Main and Cupro streets, Lighgow, last night. A schoolboy was killed, and two others injured. A motor car, out of control of its ...

    Article : 191 words
  19. CHILD ENDOWMENT.

    Both the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce (Mr. Jas. Allan) and the chairman of the Manufacturers' Association (Mr. A. Watson), in interviews to-day, stated that in their ...

    Article : 171 words
  20. MOTOR FUEL.

    A message from Los Angeles says:—It is unofficially reported that a combine, with a capital of 5,000,000 dollars, is backing the production of an automobile of revolutionary ...

    Article : 97 words
  21. SUNDAY CONCERTS.

    The Chief Secretary (Mr. Lazzarini) stated yesterday that the rules governing Sunday entertainments needed tightening up, and he thought that the Government would be able ...

    Article : 281 words
  22. FRENCH IN SYRIA.

    It is reported from Amman (says a Reuter message from Jerusalem) that during a recent engagement in Syria the Druses captured several guns from the French. This ...

    Article : 132 words
  23. PRISON CONGRESS.

    The International Prison Congress, which is meeting at the Imperial Institute, was addressed to-day by the Lord Chief Justice, Lord[?] Hewart, who emphasised the value of ...

    Article : 161 words
  24. THE A.J.C.

    The report which the committee of the A.J.C. will submit to members at the annual meeting on August 19 shows the magnitude of the financial operations involved in the ...

    Article : 429 words
  25. RETURN CRUISE.

    Mr. Norman L. Anderson, United States Consul in charge in Melbourne, said to-day that he thought that it would be an excellent idea for Australia to return the call ...

    Article : 263 words
  26. BRISBANE SEAMEN.

    Complements were secured to-day for the Wyandra, Yarra, Macumba, and Baralba. Torow crows will be picked up for the Mallina and Mackarra. The first vessel to move since ...

    Article : 203 words
  27. PRODUCTION.

    "Means must be devised whereby the weight of the exportable surplus will be taken off the portion of Australian production which is consumed in Australia, if the standard of ...

    Article : 593 words
  28. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Sir Arthur Steel Maitland, Minister for Labour, replying in the House of Commons to Mr. Philip Snowden (Labour), announced that a meeting had been called of a joint ...

    Article : 405 words
  29. WAR IN MOROCCO.

    The war correspondent of the Paris "Temps" says:—France does not realise that she is in danger of losing Morocco. The Government is well meaning, but fearing ...

    Article : 75 words
  30. WHEAT.

    An influential section of the Parliamentary Labour party favours the establishment by the Government of a compulsory pool for the 1925-26 wheat harvest. ...

    Article : 148 words
  31. BOWLS.

    The British bowling team to compete in Australia has been completed. Thirty-eight players and 12 ladies will sall in the R.M.S. Naldera on September 25. They will leave ...

    Article : 132 words
  32. AUSTRALIAN FLEET.

    Unostentatiously but with that precision which is a feature in the British navy, the Australian fleet slipped its moorings in Farm Cove yesterday and departed to carry out ...

    Article : 218 words
  33. DUAL CONTROL.

    Dr. Purdy, city hoalth officer, in a long report to the City Councel health committee, states that the health inspections in the city do not ensure absolute purity of the food ...

    Article : 160 words
  34. PRESS CABLE RATES.

    The Pacific Cable Board announces a further reduction in the rate on Press messages from Canada to Australia. As from August 10 the rate will be reduced from /4 to /3[?] ...

    Article : 52 words
  35. MOULDERS' STRIKE.

    Renewed efforts were made yesterday by the management of the Clyde Engineering Works to reach a settlement of the moulders' strike, which has now been in progress for ...

    Article : 207 words
  36. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    The engine of a goods train from Gymple to Brisbane jumped the rails when taking the crossover into the yards at Mayne Junction, on the outskirts of the metropolis, early this ...

    Article : 175 words
  37. DESERTERS.

    Although no definite word has been received from the U.S. Fleet in respect of the desertion of sailors in Sydney, it is believed that the number is comparatively small. ...

    Article : 154 words
  38. BARRACKERS AND CRICKET.

    The protest made by Mr. J. Sharp, the Lancashire captain, who has announced his refusal to play at Old Trafford, has raised the whole problem of "barracking," especially ...

    Article : 180 words
  39. STATE HOUSING.

    The State Government was urged yesterday afternoon to [?]uter into the industry of erecting houses for the workers. A deputation from the Trades Hall waited ...

    Article : 98 words
  40. ELECTRICITY.

    Mr. Forbes Mackay, general manager of the City Council's electricity department, said yesterday that an analysis had been made of the effect of the flat rate for light and power ...

    Article : 112 words
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