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  2. A NEW INDUSTRY

    Without any form of ceremony importan. new works, built at Camellin for the Asbestos Slate and Sheet Manufacturing Co., Ltd., were started last week. This will not only be the ...

    Article : 454 words
  3. AN ECHO FROM GWYDIR

    The Times recently gave some attention to Mr. Webster and the Post and Telegraph Department he is assumed to control. Enough was said to brine upon us an avalanche of ...

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  4. FOR THE EMPIRE

    In his Budget speech at the end of March Sir William Meyer expressed the hope thai the special war loan would reach ten millions sterling. Over eighteen millions have already been ...

    Article : 214 words
  5. LARGE AREAS INUNDATED

    Miles of fencing in Euroa Shirt and many culverts in Euroa town have been washed away in the Moods, and numbers of houses were surrounded by water ...

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  6. A SILENT BOYCOTT

    The boycott of the Broken Hill Jockey Club and its secretary (R. H. Calder) has seemingly taken a further step. Calder is one of two hon, secretaries of the annual Hospital Benefit race ...

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  7. COMPLETING THE GAINS

    Correspondents at British Headquarters state that the Australians made a small local attack in Battlewood on Friday morning, rounding off Thursday's gains. The whole operation was ...

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  8. UNEASY RUSSIA

    A Petrograd message states that the problems of labor and finance continue serious. The systematic hoarding of paper money is creating great difficulties. The Ministry of Finance is ...

    Article : 153 words
  9. FLOUR MILLS CLOSING

    It is feared that a number of city and country flour millers will have to curtail their output. SO people have beer, thrown out of employment owing to a Kensington firm suspending ...

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  10. SHIPBUILDING IN N.S. WALES

    W.A.W. writes : "As we need ships to transport our products to European markets, and we cannot build steamers, there remains the only alternative—we must have vessels, and the only ...

    Article : 259 words
  11. COUNTING HER CHICKENS

    It is reported from Amsterdam that Dr. Solf, the German Colonial Secretary, has made a statement in reply to Great Britain's policy in connection with the captured German colonial ...

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  12. SAVING THE ANZAC BUFFET

    Magnificent and gratifying success aptly describes Miss Ada Reeve's special matinee yesterday, to augment the Anzac Buffet Fund. The show started at two and finished at six ...

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  13. COUNCIL COAL MINE

    The City Council has long since had before it a proposal to purchase a coal-bearing property. The Electric Lighting Committee has been definitely instructed to consider a report ...

    Article : 206 words
  14. RABBIT SKINS

    Referring to-day to the contention of the hat manufacturers that they were entitled to further consideration in respect to the supply of rabbitskins, the Minister controlling prices said ...

    Article : 176 words
  15. THE ZEEBRUGGE AIR RAW

    The Amsterdam newspaper, Dc Telegraaf, gives evidence of the effectiveness of the recent naval bombardment and air raids against the German naval base of Zeebrugge It says ...

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  16. ENROLLING THE RESERVE

    Colonel Kenneth MacKay Has had continued success in his personal talks to returned men in the various departments. Most, if not all the men have joined, and in no case has he ...

    Article : 384 words
  17. FINNS' INDEPENDENCE

    The demand of the Finnish diet for an immediate grant of total independence will trouble the Government. Finland demands that the Great Powers shall guarantee her independence ...

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  18. COKEWORKERS' AWARD

    The coal tribunal has heard the claims of the N.S.W. Cokcworkers' Association for the extension of the South Coast award to the Broken Hill steelworks ovens, and also the Eskbank ...

    Article : 145 words
  19. RACING TO BE RESUMED

    A resumption of racing is practically certain. It is expected that it will be limited to Newmarket on two days weekly, probably on Fridays and Saturdays, which will be ...

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  20. TO VISIT THE FRONT

    Mr.Holman, Premier of New South Wales has arrived at Paris. He interviewed M. Ribot, the French Premier, who invited i him to visit the French ...

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  21. MELBOURNE SLUMS

    The Lord Mayor, Sir David Hennessy, when referring to allegations of overcrowding in Melbourne slum areas, said that conditions in Melbourne had shown improvement during the ...

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  22. ORDER OF BRITISH EMPIRE

    The King has approved of the .first list of recipients of the Order of the British Empire which will be issued next week ...

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  23. RUSSIA AND THE SEPARATE PEACE

    A conference representing the commercial, industrial. and banking institutions has resolved to declare to the Allies the impossibility of a separate Russian peace ...

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  24. FEDERAL POLL FOR ILLAWARRA

    The result of the poll in connection with the Federal election for Illawarra was declared by the returning officer this afternoon. Messrs. Lamond and Burns were present, and the poll ...

    Article : 150 words
  25. FINED MOTORISTS COMPLAIN

    Eleven motorists were fined from, 10/ to £2 at Flemington Court for excessive, speed. Counsel for the defendants declared his clients, who were plying for hire to ...

    Article : 52 words
  26. THE WHEAT MARKET

    Fair business was done in Australian wheat. Parcels of 1000 quarters and 10,000 quarters on passage were sold at 83/. NEW YORK, Saturday Morning ...

    Article : 71 words
  27. THRIFT IN VICTORIA

    A thrift campaign organised by the women societies of Victoria was opened to-day by an advertising appeal arranged by a publicity committee. A number of clergymen will speak ...

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  28. THE CHINESE REVOLUTION

    The situation in Chint has improved. The militarists disclaim their intention of overthrowing the Republic, and say that they do not desire the resignation of the President ...

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  29. A DEMAND FOR WORK

    A meeting of the Miners' Delegate Board was held yesterday. Among matters considered was that of members of the Association unable to get employment in the district. The ...

    Article : 79 words
  30. TRAINING SHIPS' OFFICERS

    Mr. Boyd, M.H.R., formerly chairman of the Committee of Management of the training ship John Murray, is in receipt of an interesting letter from Captain C. Suffern. Inspector ...

    Article : 160 words
  31. UNSKILLED MUNITIONERS

    A report has been received from the High Commissioner urging that unskilled women, desirous of doing war work, should not leave Australia with that object in view, as there ...

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  32. CABLE BREVITIES

    It is announced that the Duke Albrecht of Wurtemberg has been deprived of his command since the last Somme and Ancre offensive, and sent to the Alsace front ...

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  33. BROKEN HILL-MENINDIE LINE

    Messrs. J. Spence and J. F. Alexander "(representing Norton Griffiths) and J. J. Davis and W. Hutchison (representing the N.S.W. Government), reached Adelaide on Saturday ...

    Article : 69 words
  34. WHEAT BAGGERS' WAGES

    The Victorian, organiser of the A.W.U. states that the offer to carry on the remainder of the season's work in handling wheat in mouse-infected districts is meeting with a ...

    Article : 91 words
  35. KILLED BY CART WHEEL

    ernest Tucker, eight years old, was caught in the wheel of a moving dray on Packington-street, Prahran. He was taken to Alfred ...

    Article : 37 words
  36. AMERICA'S SPRING WHEAT

    Attention is drawn to the significance of the wheat estimates. The Spring wheat is estimated at 283 millions of bushels, against 158 millions last year, which is an offset against the Winter ...

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  37. RAILWAY IMPROVEMENT REFUSED

    A deputation from Berrigan, Finley and Tocumwal waited on the Railway Commissioners during their tour of inspection, urging improvement of the service on the ...

    Article : 125 words
  38. FORMER CHAMPION ENLISTS

    John Henry Kane, of Korrumburra, formerly a champion amateur middleweight boxer, of Victoria, has been accepted for active service. The recruiting officers described him as being ...

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  39. SMART CAPTURE BY DETECTIVES

    Two detectives, having ascertained that Robert Reynolds, an absconder from bail on a charge of housebreaking, would be coming into the city by a certain tram, mounted a ...

    Article : 76 words
  40. MACQUARIE SEAT

    The P.L.L. candidate for the Macquarie seat in the House of Representatives (Mr. Nichoils) has been declared elected by a majority of nine votes; but the supporters of the Nationalist ...

    Article : 326 words
  41. CUT TO PIECES

    Joseph Leach, employed on Mt. Pleasant Colliery's incline, was, yesterday afternoon, run over by a truck loaded/with coal. He was practically cut to pieces. Leach was ...

    Article : 49 words
  42. RAILWAY FIREMEN'S DEATH

    An eleven-year-old boy, Edward Kirchner, has been arrested on a charge of displacing points,' which caused the death of Fireman William Moncss, whose engine was derailed ...

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  43. VICTORIAN STATE COAL

    Mr. Livingston, Minister for Mines, stated the publis is responding well to the Government's invitation to use brown coal from the State mine at Morwell. Coal will be on the ...

    Article : 59 words
  44. PAVING THE WAY

    It is announced from Washington that great quantities of supplies preceded General Pershing to Europe. Camps for a large army have been selected ...

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  45. CONSCRIPTION A LIVE QUESTION

    Conscription will be the burning question of the day when the big meeting of the Victorian P.L.C. and its branches, and the unions affiliated with the Trades Hall, assembles on ...

    Article : 70 words
  46. WASHAWAY DERAILS TRAIN

    Owing to washaways, six goods trucks left the line near Goomalling, and were piled up. A passenger train passed the spot two hours previously ...

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  47. POLITICAL POSITION IN W.A.

    There are no fresh developments in connection with the political situation. A Cabinet meeting was held this morning, but Ministers refused to make any statements. The Premier ...

    Article : 54 words
  48. A DOCTOR POISONED

    Dr. Robert Harding was removed from Bray'r. Hotel. City, to the Melbourne Hospital, suffering from the effects of poisoning. He died shortly afterwards from the effects of ...

    Article : 128 words
  49. FATHER FOLLOWS SON

    Paul Macgarvey, of Carlton, who gave his age at 44 years 11 months, at the Town Hall recruiting depot, to-day, declared that his wife considered it an honor for her husband and ...

    Article : 113 words
  50. U.S.A.. INSURES HER SAILORS

    The Senate at Washington has passed the War Risk Insurance Bill. This provides fifty million dollars for insuring the officers and jailors of the United States merchantmen ...

    Article : 72 words
  51. FOR REPATRIATION.

    A meeting will be held in the vestibule of the Town Hall at 3.30 p.m. to-morrow, to make arrangements for the formation of a local committee to act in concert with the ...

    Article : 83 words
  52. AFTER FISH AND CHIPS

    Lee On a Chinese grocer of Goulburn-street, died under unusual circumstances at his home yesterday morning. He became suddenly ill on Friday night after eating a supper ...

    Article : 89 words
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