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  2. LABOUR METHODS.

    It was stated yesterday that prominent members of the A.L.P. executive were waiting with keen interest the decision of the Labour caucus, which meets to-day, to consider the ...

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  3. WAR PENSIONS.

    There was a considerable amount of discussion at the Returned Soldiers' congress yesterday with regard to the refusal of pensions to soldiers on the grounds that their ...

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  4. AMERICA'S STRIKES.

    The strike situation grows more serious, Bitterness of feeling is increasing on both sides. The danger of other railway unions ...

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  5. WILSON'S 'ASSASSINS.

    Mr. H. W. Massingham, editor of the "Nation," writes in the "Westminster Gazette" as follows:— "I have seen the actual document Dunn ...

    Article : 280 words
  6. WAGES CLAIMS. THE STEELWORKS.

    A conference between representatives of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Limited, and unions whose members are interested in the Newcastle steelworks was held in Sydney ...

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  7. SPIRIT OF ANZAC.

    Wollongong was an fete to-day, the occasion being the offical visit of his Excellency the Coverner and Dame Margaret Davidson. The vice-regal party, which was accompanied by ...

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  8. LORD MAYOR.

    "I am not worrying about the fate of my minute to-morrow night," said the Lord Mayor last evening, "as I have more important matters to place before the City Council, and ...

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  9. GERMAN DEBT. ALLIES CONFER.

    M. Poincare (Premier of France), Signor Schanger (Italian Foreign Minister), and other representatives of the Allies arrived at Victoria Station this evening. They were met by ...

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  10. HORNSBY MURDER.

    In the Archbishop's letter, published in the last issue of the Sydney "Diocesan Magazine," reference is made to the Hornsby murder. Archbishop Wright montions that it is a shock ...

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  11. TRAINS WRECKED.

    A message from Sulphur Springs (Missouri) reports that 40 to 60 people were killed and 100 injured in a railway collision. The St. Louis express crashed into a local ...

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  12. ENGINEERS TO GET MORE.

    The members of the Australasian Society of Engineers, who are governed by a Federel award, are to receive an increase in wages. The employees on the basic wage will get 1/4½ ...

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  13. THREE MURDERS.

    A report from Berlin says that Wilhelm Blume, a man of wide culture and considerable literary gifts, whose translations of English plays were produced in Dresden with ...

    Article : 264 words
  14. RIOTS IN ITALY.

    A message from Rome states that 5000 Fascists attacked San Giorgio Palace, where the Genoa Conference was held. They overcame the guards and took the municipal officials ...

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  15. TYPISTE ATTACKED.

    A daring attack by two men on a typiste employed by a Arm of manufacturers' agents in Newcastle was carried out shortly after noon to-day, the men afterwards decamping ...

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  16. YOSHINO MARU.

    The latest addition to the Australian service of the N.y.K. line, the Yoshlno Maru, arrived in Sydney yesterday morning. She visited Australia before the war, but was then flying ...

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  17. MOULDERS' STRIKE.

    The moulders who went on strike on Saturday held a mass meeting at the Trades Hall yesterday, and decided that they would not resume work until the company gave a ...

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  18. CASUALTIES. MAN BADLY BURNT.

    Early yesterday morning Arthur Rodgers, an engineer living at 254 West-street, North Sydney, was working in the engine-room of the Dairy Farmers' North Sydney milk depot, ...

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  19. MURRUMBIDGEE FLOOD.

    The Murrumbidgee. flood waters reached the maximum height of 26 feet on Saturday night, which is five inches higher than the 1916 flood. A large area of low-lying country is under ...

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  20. COST OF LIVING.

    In the annual report of the Labour and Industrial Branch of the Bureau of Census and Statistics, which will be issued shortly, is a table showing the comparative cost of ...

    Article : 211 words
  21. BLAKE'S FLIGHT.

    Major Blake telegraphs from Delhi:—"Our machine is working badly. We reached Delhi, but directly after the engine began to splutter, and eventually stopped entirely before we ...

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  22. SLIPPED ON STEPS.

    Mrs. Francis Cameron, living in Edgocliffroad, Woollahra, slipped and fell while walking down the front steps of her residence about midday yesterday She was taken to ...

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  23. MARTIN-PLACE EXTENSION.

    The suh-committee which is considering the details of the estimates for the extension of Martin-place to Macquarie-street last evening went into the valuations of the city ...

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  24. FLOUR MILL EMPLOYEES.

    Mr. Justice Powers, in the Arbitration Court, gave judgment to-day on an application by the Federated Mill Employees' Association to vary an award between the ...

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  25. INJURED BY FALL OF STONE.

    While E. M'Mahon was working on the breakwater a heavy stone, weighing about four hundredweight, fell on him. The unfortunate man received a fractured skull, ...

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  26. BARRIERS TO PROSPERITY.

    In a lecture under the auspices of the Workers' Educational Association on Saturday night, Mr. E. S. Jerdan, lecturer at the Sydney Teachers' Training College, dealt with ...

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  27. CUT BY BRUSH HOOK.

    While brushing at Blue Knob Ambrose Burns received a severe cut from a brush hook. It appears he was brushing overhead vines, when the book slipped from his grasp, and the ...

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  28. HIGH SCHOOL FEES.

    A meeting of the Public School Teachers' Federation unanimously carried a resolution protesting against the proposal to charge fees for high schools. Mr. M. McKlnnon, ...

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  29. THROWN FROM A SULKY.

    A fatal accident occurred on the TamworthDuri road on Saturday afternoon, when a horse attached to a sulky containing Thomas Mundy and his son took fright and bolted. Both were ...

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  30. FIRE AT RYLSTONE.

    A four-story stone building owned by Mr. E. H. Nash was destroyed by fire this morning. Two floors were occupied with general merchandise by Mr. Nash and the other ...

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  31. RECIPROCAL TARIFF.

    Regret at the delay in ratifying the proposed reciprocal trade treaty between Australia and New Zealand was expressed by the Minister for Customs (Mr. Rodgers) to-day. ...

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  32. BOY FATALLY SCALDED.

    A boy named Hoffman, aged 10 years, whilst being shown over the local veneer factory, in company with several schoolmates, for the purpose of writing an essay on the works, ...

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  33. ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT.

    The machine in which Captains Macintosh, Tymms. and McCloughtry (the latter is an Australian D.S.O.) propose to make a round-the-world flight, will be a ...

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  34. CHASE OF BREELONG BLACKS RECALLED.

    Mr. John Wilkinson, a very old resident, has passed away, aged 80 years. He was a native of Paterson, but resided in the Singleton district practically all his life. He was ...

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  35. ACTORS' WAGES.

    A meeting of the Actors' Federation of Australasia was held in the Southern Cross Hall on Sunday night to discuss new award rates and conditions which are to be brought ...

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  36. FARMER ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.

    Peter Lockery, a farmer, of Brodies Plains, was accidentally shot while shooting at Newstead, the bullet striking the chest below the heart. Lockery galloped to Newstead station, ...

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  37. DISPUTE BETWEEN SHIRES.

    The long-standing dispute between the Mitchell Shire, whose headquarters are at Wagga and Coolamon, has been settled in a manner unwelcome to the Mitchell Shire. ...

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  38. FIGHT EST DUBLIN.

    Attacks were launched throughout the night upon outposts of the Fres Staters in Dublin and suburbs. As a result several civilians were wounded and one was killed by the ...

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  39. FIRE AT MOUNT MORGAN.

    Early yesterday morning an outbreak ot fire resulted in the destruction of T. Kelly and Sons' warehouse, with a large stock of groceries and hardware, and Messrs Duffy ...

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  40. SCHOOLBOY DROWNED.

    Ronald Bannon, aged 9, the eldest son of Mr. P. J. Bannon, a farmer, at Belmore River, was coming to school on Thursday on a cream launch, when he slipped and fell overboard in ...

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  41. THROWN FROM A HORSE.

    On Saturday Miss A. Jackson, a school teacher, died in the hospital about 11 p.m., as a result of being thrown from a horse near the corner of Crystal and Sulphide streets. It ...

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  42. BRITISH INDIA STEAMSHIP SERVICE.

    Roferring to the new British India service from England to North Queensland ports, via Brisbane, the Premier of Queensland (Mr. Theodore) states that since 1916, when owing ...

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  43. MAN FOUND DEAD.

    A man named Sid Stewart, a stranger to the district, who is supposed to have come from Queensland, was found dead on a sand dump near the mine on Friday evening. He ...

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  44. QUEENSLAND'S WHEAT CROP.

    The Minister for Agriculture states that, although it is rather early yet to attempt to prodict what the crop would be, he had house that it would reach 5,000,000 [?]. The ...

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  45. WAR CANTEEN PROFITS

    Sir Laming Worthington Evans (Minister of War) states that interim payments on account of war canteen profits paid the Australian Imperial Forces amounted to ...

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  46. STRIKERS FINED.

    At Christchurch 11 men were fined £5 each for taking part in an illegal strike of slaughtermen. The twellth man was fined £2. ...

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  47. SOCIAL DEMOCRATS.

    The Social Democratic Federation held a two days' conference in London, which debated a resolution in favour of the German debt being fixed at an amount Germany could pay ...

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  48. STRUCK BY FALLING LIMB.

    As the result of being struck by the falling limb of a tree while searching for wild honey in the bush, several miles from his farm at Coolgardie, near Ballina, Levi Vidler received ...

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  49. DEFENCE ADVISER.

    With headquarters at the War Office, London, Brigadler-General T. A. Blamey, who has been acting for several months as DeputyChief of the General Staff. Australian ...

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  50. FIJI TRADE.

    The present direct service supplied by the Commonwealth Line of steamers between Fiji aud London, via Panama, is subsidised to the extent of £13,000 per annum. The ...

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  51. LLOYD GEORGE'S BOOK.

    The "Dally Telegraph" says it is reported that Mr. Lloyd George has been offered £80,000 for a book dealing with the war. The Premier has been turning over the ...

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  52. PEA RIFLE FATALITY.

    Two little boys, both aged 11, named Keith John Lesjardine and Douglas Croft, sons of farmers at Oakwood, Inverell, were playing in a room at Croft's fatber's place on Saturday. ...

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  53. MAN SHOT IN THE LEGS.

    On Saturday night the police inspector received a telephone message from Yanco Glen that John Swanson, licensee of the hotel at that place, bad a quarrel with another man, ...

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  54. SHEARER'S SUDDEN DEATH.

    A shearer, Michael Gibbons, who has been waiting in town for several days for the arrival of his mates before proceeding to a shed, dropped dead in the vicinity of the ...

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  55. CYCLE RACING.

    Remarkable incidents occurred in the preliminary heats of the professional sprint event for the world's championship at New Brighton. ...

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  56. CEMENT WORKERS ON STRIKE.

    The whole of the activities at the works of the Portland Cement Company have been suspended owing to the refusal of the men to go into work this morning. The trouble has ...

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  57. G.P.O. WAYS.

    Sir,—In the course of business I had occasion to make an inquiry about a registered letter at the G.P.O., Sydney. The inquiry has to be made upon a very bewildering ...

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  58. THEFT, OF SUGAR.

    To try to detect the whereabouts of bags of sugar which were being missed from their warehouse, Henry Berry and Co, Ltd, enlisted the assistance of Detective Dayman and ...

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  59. GERMAN EXPERTS.

    Seven German experts for superintending the erection and operation of the briquette plant at Morwell are travelling to Melbourne by the Commonwealth steamer Hobson'a Bay, which ...

    Article : 63 words
  60. GOLF IN AMERICA.

    At Rye links (New York) Sarazen and Armour defeated Hagen and Kirkwood over two rounds 1 up and 3 and 2 to go. ...

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