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  2. DECLARED OFF. TRANSPORT STRIKE.

    A meeting of the Transport Workers' Federation was held yesterday morning. No official information was disclosed, but it was gathered that an important decision ...

    Article : 178 words
  3. COAL MINES. NEARING NORMAL IN THE WEST.

    There has been a gradual restoration to normal conditions in the coal trade during the last couple of days, and the outlook, speaking generally, is hopeful. ...

    Article : 43 words
  4. LATE WAR NEWS. THE BIG ADVANCE.

    One saw the New Zealanders going up to the front greatly relieved that they had not been overlooked. Their greatest anxiety had been lest the show would be over ...

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  5. GAS RESTRICTIONS.

    After a special meeting of the Gas Emergency Board yesterday it was announced by the secretary. Mr. Spencer Woodham, that in view of the more hopeful outlook in ...

    Article : 427 words
  6. THE CRICKET GROUND

    The Loyalist Camp will soon be a thing of the past. The homesteads of Riverina and the Western plains will receive back their sons, the strike-breakers, and the Cricket ...

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  7. SHIPBUILDING.

    Questioned yesterday in regard to the shipbuilding scheme, the Minister for the Navy (Mr. Cook) said he was glad to see there was a possibility of the unions which, hitherto, ...

    Article : 342 words
  8. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The South African Nationalist Congress adopted a motion moved by General Hertzog, protesting against the efforts of Parliament and the South African Party Congress to ...

    Article : 104 words
  9. DISTRESS RELIEF FUND.

    Referring yesterday to the Lord Mayor's distress relief fund, of which he is chairman, the Lord Mayor (Alderman R. D. Meagher, M.L.C.), said:—"Since an early hour ...

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  10. NEWCASTLE COLLIERIES.

    All the collieries in the Newcastle district, with the exception of one or two small mines, were working to-day. The Dudley colliery is to start on Monday. ...

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  11. TIGHTER BLOCKADE.

    The British War-trade Department explains that the new order prohibiting exports to Holland and Scandinavia, does not totally prevent their shipment under licence, but a ...

    Article : 64 words
  12. LARGE COAL STACKS.

    It is estimated that the stacks in Newcastle other than those for naval purposes contained nearly 200,000 tons of coal. One alone consisted of over 62,000 tons, while another ...

    Article : 79 words
  13. RECRUITING.

    Captain W. Weston, who won the Military Cross, and who returned recently from the front, made a vigorous appeal, for recruits in Martin-place yesterday. Lieutenant ...

    Article : 214 words
  14. STEAMER HOPEWELL.

    The president of the Wharf Labourers' Union said yesterday that the steamer Hopewell could not sail from Sydney for Queensland because the wheat agents would not ...

    Article : 83 words
  15. COMMANDEERING SHIPS. MR. RYAN SEEKS LARGER POWERS.

    The Legislative Assembly sat till an early hour this morning discussing a bill to confer extensive powers on the Queensland Government regarding requisitioning the use of ...

    Article : 187 words
  16. POSITION AT KURRI KURRI.

    As a result of an interview between the Minister for Mines (Mr. Fitzpatrick) and representatives of the lodges, the Pelaw Main miners registered their names this afternoon. ...

    Article : 569 words
  17. AIRMEN'S EXPLOITS.

    The Admiralty records show that the squadron commander in the recent air raid attacked ten Gothas at a height of 12,000 feet oversea and fired a hundred rounds from ...

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  18. REINSTATED.

    A number of the railway men who were recently notified that their services would no longer be required lodged formal appeals against their dismissal. Mr. Heydon, of the ...

    Article : 86 words
  19. CASUALTIES.

    LISMORE.—The body of a man was found at Woodlawn, a few miles from Lismore, on Wednesday, in a very decomposed state with a pea rifle between the legs and a bullet in ...

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  20. TO-DAY'S TRAIN SERVICE.

    The time-table of the passenger train service for to-day is advertised on page. 2 of this issue. ...

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  21. RAILWAY AND TRAMWAY REINFORCEMENTS.

    Efforts are being made to obtain 150 recruits to join the Railway and Tramway men now in the Australian Imperial Force. The body will be known as the "Railways and ...

    Article : 125 words
  22. REDUCED TIME.

    Since yesterday morning 9506 employees in various industries have been placed on reduced time, thus making a total of over 13,900. On the water front 838 volunteers ...

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  23. CABINET SCHEME.

    A considerable amount of attention was given to the question of relieving the distress left in the aftermath of the strike by the State Cabinet yesterday. The supervision of ...

    Article : 285 words
  24. DELAYING THE BILL.

    At a special sitting of the Legislative Council this afternoon, the Minister moved for the suspension of the standing orders to permit of the passage of the Requisition ...

    Article : 195 words
  25. FOOD PRICES.

    Mr. Justice Edmunds presided at No. 4 Industrial Court, where three prosecutions too place for selling in excess of the prices recently declared under the Necessary ...

    Article : 271 words
  26. QUARTER SESSIONS.

    At the Quarter Sessions yesterday Mr. Herbert Harris, Crown Prosecutor, proceeded against Albert John Royce on a charge of robbery in company. Mr. C. R. Penny ...

    Article : 229 words
  27. MEETINGS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 112 words
  28. COMMONWEALTH ACTION.

    A special Commonwealth Gazette was issued this evening amending the War Precautions (Shipping) Regulations. After regulation 3, the following new regulation is added:—(1) No ...

    Article : 175 words
  29. WHARF WORK.

    Criticising the new scheme for constant labour on the wharfs, the president of the Wharf-labourers' Union, Mr. M'Cristal, is reported to have said that the men were ...

    Article : 533 words
  30. MANLY HOSPITAL.

    The Minister for the Navy (Mr. Cook) and the Minister for Customs (Mr. Jensen) yesterday inspected a site for the new hospital at Manly. The Minister for Customs, it is stated, ...

    Article : 49 words
  31. £50 FINES.

    Before Mr. Clark, S.M., at the Water Police Court yesterday, Vesey Rickard Gosche was proceeded against under the Commonwealth law on a charge of having failed to furnish an ...

    Article : 164 words
  32. VICTORIAN MINISTER'S VISIT.

    Mr. Hagelthorn, Minister for Agriculture in Victoria, and Mr. Fitzpatrick, Minister for Mines in this State, visited Messrs. J. and A. Brown's Pelaw Main and Richmond Main ...

    Article : 277 words
  33. LATE SHIPPING.

    NEWCASTLE.—Arr: Duckenfield, s, Rocklily, s, from Sydney. Dep: Queen Bee, s, for Sydney; Kiltobranks, s, Hillmeads, s, for North Coast. ...

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  34. WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES.

    The urgent and imperative need for funds with which to assist the Government to carry the war to a successful issue has been practically, recognised by employees in several ...

    Article : 345 words
  35. INDEX. NEWS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 197 words
  36. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Press Bureau announces that the Prince of Wales has been created Grand Master of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, and Lord Lansdowne, Chancellor of ...

    Article : 123 words
  37. TOLL OF THE TYPHOON.

    Latest reports from Tokio state that a thousand lives were lost in the typhoon. ...

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  38. MILK PROSECUTION.

    At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Payten, S.M., Inspector Kench, of the Health Department, proceeded against the Farmers and Dairymen's Milk Company, ...

    Article : 92 words
  39. NARRABRI COUNCIL.

    At the Local Government Department yesterday a report was supplied to the Press dealing with a recent special investigation into the affairs of the Narrabri Municipal Council ...

    Article : 304 words
  40. Advertising

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    Advertising : 252 words
  41. ASSAULTING A DEPUTY.

    At the Wollongong Police Court to-day, before Mr. O. A. Edwards, S.M., Edward Hollis, 30, was charged with assaulting Wm. Richards, a mine deputy, employed at the North Bulli ...

    Article : 80 words
  42. ALLEGED ESCAPEE FROM NEW CALEDONIA.

    At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Clark, S.M., Lucien Jessevel, or Josswell 44, was charged with having left New Caledonia illegally and without just cause, and ...

    Article : 298 words
  43. SUSSEX-STREET SHOOTING.

    At the Central Police Court yesterday, David Munro (or Cohen), whose age was given as 22, was charged before Mr. Payton, S.M., with shooting at Elijah Frederick Battle, with ...

    Article : 128 words
  44. QUEENSLAND RAILWAYS.

    The Railway Commissioners' report, which has been tabled in Parliament, states that the gross earnings for the year amounted t[?] £3,831,967 against £3,746,350 the previous ...

    Article : 66 words
  45. SOUTH COAST MINERS.

    It is estimated that the miners on the coast have lost in wages as a result of the strike over £100,000. Added to this are the cokeworkers, harbour employees, waterside ...

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  46. SEVERE HAILSTORMS.

    DUBBO.—Crops generally are very backward, but good showers this week and a heavy fall to-day will do much to improve the yield. Hailstorms in different parts of the district ...

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  47. NECESSARY COMMODITIES

    A regulation was published in the Commonwealth "Gazette" to-day declaring ice, bricks soda ash, fiannel, scrap tin, paper, and blankets to be necessary commodities ...

    Article : 39 words
  48. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 167 words
  49. THE TUNNEL FATALITY.

    The Coroner, Mr. H. W. Taylor, concluded the hearing of the inquiry into the Five Mile Tunnel accident in connection with the railway deviation works at Alpine, near ...

    Article : 124 words
  50. RAIN-MAKING EXPERIMENTS.

    At the final meeting of the Rain Precipitation Investigation Committee, appointed by the Premier towards the end of 1915, to investigate certain claims of Mr. Balsillie in ...

    Article : 94 words
  51. SAILING.

    The first of this season's 18-footers' races will be sailed to-day, the event being a handicap under the flag of the Sydney Flying Squadron over the three-mile triangular course, starting and finishing at Clark ...

    Article : 158 words
  52. FARCICAL BANK HOLIDAY.

    The farce attaching to the method pursued in granting holidays in country towns, under the provisions of the Bank Holidays Act, was again in evidence in Forbes on ...

    Article : 95 words
  53. RED CROSS V.A.D. PARADE.

    This afternoon the city and suburban Voluntary Aid Detachments of the Red Cross Society will attend the annual parade, which is to be held in the portion of the Botanic ...

    Article : 89 words
  54. BLACK STEEL SHEETS.

    Mr. Percy Whitton, Chief Prices Commissioner, points out that all persons, firms, or companies who have in their possession or control black steel sheets, must furnish ...

    Article : 38 words
  55. FLOOD IN THE MURRAY.

    Further heavy rain has fallen. The Murray is 12 feet 10 inches above summer level. The flats between Albury and Wodonga have now been covered for three months. The ...

    Article : 47 words
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