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  2. LORD NORTHCLIFFE.

    Lord Northcliffe left for Melbourne last night. It was a quiet departure, there being only a small knot of,people at the train to see the distinguished visitor off. Lord ...

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  3. IRISH HOPES.

    It is generally believed among Dublin Sinn Meiners that the British Cabinet's invitation to a conference at inverness will be accepted It is rumoured in Dublin that Mr. de Valora ...

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  4. THE MANDATES.

    The Washington correspondent of the New York "Times, reports that as the result of direct exchanges of opinion between M. Shidehara (Japanese Ambassador) and Mr. ...

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  5. CROWDED BRIDGE. COLLAPSES.

    A message from Chester (Pennsylvania) states-that 20 men, women, and children are known to have been drowned, and at least 20 more are believed to be at the bottom of ...

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  6. THE NATIONALISTS.

    The leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly (Sir George Fuller) on Saturday indicated some important planks which have been decided upon for inclusion in the ...

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  7. LATE CABLE NEWS

    A religious procession was forbidden at Cochin. Two Moplah gangs are operating at Ernad, whence persistent reports come regarding large rebel bands, which are said ...

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  8. DIGGERS' LOAN.

    It was stated by the Acting Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Cook, on Saturday that about £8,700,000 had been subscribed to the Diggers' Loan. This leaves £1,300,000 still to be ...

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  9. TENNIS IN AMERICA.

    A message from Philadelphia says the Australians met a varied fate in the first round of the national singles. Their opponents were not prominent players, all being medium. ...

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  10. CLOUDBURST.

    A message from San Antonio (Texas) states that a cloudburst caused considerable loss of life and damage to properly. The cloudburst was most violent over the ...

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  11. STATE BANKRUPTCY.

    Speaking at the annual reunion of Katoomba and Leura Chambers of Commerce on Friday, night, Mr. Dooley, deputy leader of the State Government, referred to the local objections ...

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  12. WAR DEBTS.

    A message from Geneva states that Senator La Fontaine made a remarkable proposal to the League of Nations, which he himself characterised as audacipus. He said the world ...

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  13. DISARMAMENT.

    A report from Geneva states that Mr. Balfour, replying to Lord Robert Cecil's speech, said disarmament was the most important and difficult question before the League. Though ...

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  14. FLOOD IN RIVERINA.

    Some anxiety is felt by settlers on the low-lying country along the Murrumbidgee River owing to the rapid rise in the river following the recent heavy rain storms. Reports from ...

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  15. THE MIDDLE EAST.

    Djemal Pasha and M. Suritz, late Russian envoy to Kabul, have left the Afghan capital. The former is going to Herat, and thence to Russia and Turkey. The latter is being ...

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  16. TRADE WITH PAPUA.

    A telegram from Melbourne last week stated that approval had been given to Papua being regarded as an integral part of the Commonwealth so fur as the export from ...

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  17. KING OF MIRTH.

    Charlie Chaplin, the famous cinema comedian, has returned to England on a visit. He arrived by the Olympic to-day. He was accorded a municipal welcome at ...

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  18. BACK TO THE PEOPLE.

    Speaking at the unvelling of the cricketers' memorial fountain in Moore Park on Saturday, Alderman M'Guiness, of the City Council, said that more room for cricket and other sports ...

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  19. WAGE DETERMINATION.

    Mr. W. L. Hichens (chairman of Cammell, Laird, and Co., Ltd.) president of the economic section of the British Association, discussed the principles of wage determination ...

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  20. SAVE THE CHILDREN.

    Lord Weardale, chairman of the Save-the-Children Fund, has sent a wireless message to Mr. W. M. Hughes asking him to make a special appeal to Australia for the children ...

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  21. MR. DUNN'S STATEMENT.

    Mr. Dunn, Minister for Agriculture, who returned to Sydney on,Saturday, stated to a "Herald" representative that in his statement to the, Wellington Labour League, as ...

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  22. SHEARERS' DISPUTE.

    Mr. Lee Steere, president of the Pastoralists' Association, to-day explained the position with regard to the shearers' dispute. He said that when the Trades Hall disputes committee ...

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  23. DAMAGE IN MURRAY VALLEY.

    Owing to exceptionally heavy rains having fallen along the Upper Murray Valley and in the north-eastern districts of Victoria, the Murray, Kiewa, and Mitta Mitta rivers are in ...

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  24. HYDRo-ELECTRIC POWER

    The first stage in the development of the Great Gorge scheme of hydro-electrical development, the most potential source of power in the Commonwealth is now in sight. Dr. ...

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  25. EIGHT-HOUR DAY.

    The Government announce that it has been decided to discontinue the universal Eighthour Day in the railway service from the 12th inst., experience having proved that the cost ...

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  26. THE GULF TRADE.

    In the Legislative Assembly Mr. Forde moved that it was desirable the Premier should make representations to Sir Joseph Cook to arrange for some of the ...

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  27. MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION

    Three engineers were killed and three injured by an explosion on the German submarine Deutschland, which crossed the Atlantic during the war, and is now being ...

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  28. VALUABLE VIOLONCELLO

    Although Grove's Dictionary of Music states that no violoncello made by Joseph Del Gesu, the most famous of the celebrated Guarnerius family of violin makers, has ever been known ...

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  29. WORLD PROBLEMS.

    Members of the Federal Ministry during the past week have given consideration to the questions now being discussed by the Assembly of the League of Nations. Many of the ...

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  30. CASUALTIES.

    A motor cycle with a side car attached skidded and overturned in Allison-road, Kensington, yesterday morning, and two men were injured. The driver, Mr. George Scahil, when ...

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  31. BILLS, OF LADING.

    Mr. Ashbolt (Agent-General for Tasmania) has informed the Australian Press Association that the general adoption by the Hague Conference of a common form of bill of lading ...

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  32. COUNCILS AT LAW.

    The cases in which the East Maitland Municipal Council-proceeded against the Cessnock Shire Council and the West Maitland Municipal Council for refusing to cancel the ...

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  33. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. Ralph Segnit, a South Australian, who accompanied the Oxford University expedition to Spitzbergen as chief geologist, has returned to England. ...

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  34. BANANA INDUSTRY.

    In the Legislative Assembly last night. in moving the second reading of the Banana Industry Preservation Bill, Mr. Gillies, Minister for Agriculture, said, the object was to ...

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  35. UNEMPLOYED RIOTS.

    Serious unemployed rioting was renewed in Dundee on Thursday. Shop windows were smashed for a distance of three-quarters of a mile. The police made baton charges, and ...

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  36. CARPENTER INJURED.

    Shortly after half-past 8 o'clock last night John Baxter.'aged 65, a carpenter, living at 4 Edward-street, Summer Hill, fell from a tram in Central-square. The Civil ...

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  37. FELL DOWN STAIRS.

    Clement Hunt, aged 37, a coal-lumper, fell down the stairs in his home at 25 Regent-street, city, yesterday morning. He was removed to Sydney Hospital by the Civil ...

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  38. CONGESTED COURTS.

    In order to cope with several cases of more than usual Urgency, the third term of the Supreme Court wns extended for a week, and if the programme for the remainder of ...

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  39. STRIKE POLICY.

    The Trade Union. Congress debated a resolution from the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation deploring the present' conduct of industrial disputes, and demanding machinery ...

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  40. MAILBOAT THEFT.

    Two charges were laid against Dudley Blake Prior, aged 20 years, formerly assistant purser of the Orient liner Orsova, at the city watch-house on Saturday afternoon. On August 31, ...

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  41. BICYCLE ACCIDENT.

    Leonard Connolly, aged 17, a store boy. fell from a bicycle in Cleveland-street, city, yesterday morning. He was taken to Sydney Hospital by the Civil Ambulance, suffering ...

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  42. THE CATTLE MARKET.

    Sir,—It cannot be too generally known"that one result of the collapse of the cattle mar ket, both for fat and Btore stock, is that countless thousands of calves are killed as soon ...

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  43. ALBURY WATER WORKS.

    The Albury Council has for some years been occasioned some concern regarding the position of the water works, owing to the threatened diversion of the Murray along Ryan's ...

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  44. POLITICS IN VICTORIA.

    There were no developments in the State political situation during the week-end. Members of the Farmers' Union will return to Melbourne to-morrow, and a meeting of the ...

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  45. WESTERN HUNGARY.

    A message from Vienna states that regular Hungarian troops, supported by cavalry, attacked the village of Agendorf in force. The Austrians withdrew. Apparently the attack ...

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  46. DEATH FROM BULLET WOUND.

    The body of Henry Rochester was,found at Warrangunyah on Thursday with a bullet wound in the head. ...

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  47. THROWN,FROM A HORSE.

    A sad fatality occurred three miles from town last evening. Mrs. Jas. McCormack rode from Merlin, their home, to see her mother at Oak Hill. Her husband, returning, found ...

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  48. FIGHTING IN MOROCCO.

    A message from Madrid says it is officially| announced that the Spanish troops have been entirely successful in overcoming the fierce resistance of the native, troops, who have ...

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  49. CANBERRA-JERVIS BAY LINE.

    The Milton Progress Assocatlon is approaching the Federal Minister for Works to ask for a resurvey of the Canberra-Jervis Bay line with the object of securing a deviation via the ...

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  50. DARLINGHURST GAOL.

    The State Government, which has resumed possession of Darlinghurst Gaol, which will be converted into a technical training school, has submitted an account for over £11,000 to the ...

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  51. PERSIA AND EUROPEANS.

    The Persian newspapers. are attacking European officials in Government employ. There is an increasing tendency in all departments to employ only Persians. ...

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  52. BARQUE BURNED AT SEA.

    The Auckland harbour tug, which was sent in search of the barque Cecilia Sudden, found her ashore on the Great Barrier. Only a shell wat left. Inside the vessel was a raging ...

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  53. SOUTH AFRICAN BLIZZARD.

    The worst blizzard for many years is raging over the greater part of Natal and the Orange Free State. Trains are snowed up, a most unusual occurrence. Maritzburg has ...

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  54. TWO BOYS DROWNED.

    Two boys, George Clay, aged 10 yenrs, and Herbert Clay, aged 8 years, were drowned in the Merri Creek this afternoon, ...

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