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  2. THE AMERICAN STRIKES.

    The demand of the railway unions for the re-employment of strikers, and their refusal to submit the soniority question to the Labour Board, threaten ...

    Article : 108 words
  3. IRISH CIVIL WAR.

    De Valera, the Irish rebel leader, is reported to have been dangerously wounded in the throat, and to be sheltering in a lonely house somewhere in ...

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  4. AVIATION.

    In pursuance of the attempted flight round the world commenced by Major W. T. Blake, who has undergone an operation for appendicitis. Captain ...

    Article : 151 words
  5. TRAGIC END TO HOLIDAY.

    As a char-a-bane containing a party of 25 holiday-makers was returning from Hastings to Ashford, Kent, today, the ve[?]lo [?]verturned, and was ...

    Article : 70 words
  6. ELECTRIC TRAIN BOLTS.

    Without a driver in charge an electric train of six cars on the Mordialloc line last night dashed through the station [?]tes at Highett, then on to ...

    Article : 363 words
  7. WOMEN IN PUBLIC POSITIONS

    The desirability of the appointment, in the best interests of the State, of women to public positions and as members of public bodies, such as the City ...

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  8. THE NEW LOCOMOTIVES.

    One of the many disadvantages Tasmania suffered through the war conditions was her lack of rolling stock. In common with other countries she had ...

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  9. SHOCKING TRAGEDY IN N.S.W.

    Dela Ferguson, his wife, and three daughters have been discovered dead in their burnt-down home at Nullo Mountain, 27 miles from Rylstone. It is a ...

    Article : 144 words
  10. ATTEMPT TO KILL MR. COLLINS.

    As an empty motor-car belonging to Mr. Michacl Collins, the Minister of Finance in the Southern Irish Government, was entering Dublin to-day a ...

    Article : 60 words
  11. THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    The Bishop of Tasmania (Dr. Hay) gave an interesting address before a meeting of the National Homen's Federation, at the Lyeeum Club, Hobart; ...

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  12. TRAIN WRECKERS.

    A train was wrecked on the Michigan Central Railway to-day, and the officials declare ti was due to the withdrawal of spikes, permitting the rails ...

    Article : 88 words
  13. THE SUGAR INQUIRY.

    Interesting revolations concerning the purchase overseas of sugar by the Commonwealth Government were made today by Benjamin Joseph Lee, merchant ...

    Article : 1,210 words
  14. GEEVESTON LABOUR TROUBLE.

    At about 4 o'clock this afternoon a trades union man, who has several times figured largely in news of recent G[?]veston happenings, walked unaccompanied ...

    Article : 247 words
  15. LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    Sir George Paish, who in 1914-16 was adviser to the British Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Treasury on financial and economic questions, speaking ...

    Article : 114 words
  16. REPARATIONS.

    The Prime Minister (M. Poincare), unveiling a war memorial at Triancourt, Lorraine, to-day, said; You who have suffered so much from the ...

    Article : 90 words
  17. TRAGEDIES IN SYDNEY.

    Herbert George Johnson, of Darghanstreet, Glebe, who narrowly escaped drowning in Darling Harbour a few days ago, has died in Sydney Hospital. ...

    Article : 298 words
  18. THE PLIGHT OF AUSTRIA.

    The Chancellor (Dr. Si[?]pel) and the Minister of Finance, who left Vienna on Saturday on a visit to Prague, with the intention of continuing their ...

    Article : 152 words
  19. GERMAN CURRENCY NOTES.

    Sir John Bradbury, the principal British representative on the Reparations Commission, and [?] Manclcre, the president of the Committee of ...

    Article : 58 words
  20. RETIRING AGE OF CIVIL SEMANTS.

    In South Australia the retiring age for civil servants is 70 years, but when the Commonwealth took over the control of the Postal Department in 1[?]1 ...

    Article : 169 words
  21. REMITTANCES TO GERMANY.

    Owing to the depreciation of the Gorman mark remittances to Germany were to-day forbidden. ...

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  22. THE UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM.

    Mr. J. H. Thomas, Labour member of the House of Commons for Derby addressing a gathering of railwaymen to-day at Chester, said that the ...

    Article : 74 words
  23. CRICKET.

    The batting averages in connection with county cricket are as follows:— Hobbs, 64.26; Hendren, 62.40: Mead, 61.87; Hardinge, 60,00; Russell, 59.00; ...

    Article : 63 words
  24. BAG SNATCHING.

    Bag snatching is almost of daily occurrence in Sydney. An offender was Caught in Elizabeth-street to-day, after a short chase by the police. ...

    Article : 147 words
  25. WAGES REDUCTIONS.

    Consequent on alteration in the basic wage, several appluations for variations of awards were granted in the Industrial Court to-day. ...

    Article : 135 words
  26. RHODESIA.

    The Prime Minister (General Smuts) to-day concluded a tour of Rhodesia, which has extended over three weeks. He was accorded an enthusiastic ...

    Article : 357 words
  27. SWIM THROUGH PARIS.

    Nearly a million people witnessed the five-mile swim in the Seine through Paris to-day. The event was won by Reyber[?]l, of Bord[?]aux, who covered ...

    Article : 51 words
  28. N.S.W. FARMERS' CONFERENCE.

    The 20th annual conference of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association of New South Wales was opened to-day at King's-hall. Mr. W. W. Killen ...

    Article : 318 words
  29. SHIPBUILDING WORK AT PORT ADELAIDE.

    A deputaion waited upon the Minister of Marine (Mr. J. R. Bi[?]) to-day and asked the Government to give a coutract for building certain dredges to ...

    Article : 182 words
  30. CZAR'S ELDEST DAUGHTER.

    According to a statement made by Madame Vanara Kossovskaia, Princess Olga, the eldest daughter of the late Tsar of Russia, is not dead, as had been ...

    Article : 231 words
  31. BANKRUPTCY LAWS.

    A Bill, which was tramed for the purpose of establishing a incasure of uniformity in Australian bankruptey legislation, was introduced into the Senato ...

    Article : 223 words
  32. PRODUCTION OF COTTON.

    Federal members generaly refrain from discussing the question of cottongrowing in Australia until the members of the Cotton Growing Commission who ...

    Article : 235 words
  33. GOLF.

    The English professional golfers, dunean and Mitch[?]ll, defeated J. H Kirkwood (Australia) and Hagen today by three up and two to to over a ...

    Article : 69 words
  34. IMMIGRANTS FOR W.A.

    The Premier (Sir James Mitchell), speaking at the annual re[?]nion of the Commercial Travellers' Association today, stated that if West Australia could ...

    Article : 241 words
  35. HOCKEY.

    This morning at Subir[?] Oval the South Australian bockey team defeated No. 2 West Australian team by seven goals to nil. This afternoon New South ...

    Article : 47 words
  36. JOURNALISTS AND PRINTERS.

    The President of the Arbitration Court (Mr. Justice Draper) called to-day a compulsory conference of the Perth daily and weekly papers, and of the West ...

    Article : 115 words
  37. AVIATION.

    A [?]anoverian [?]gineering student named Martens, who had flown for an hour and six minutes at a height of 300 feet, in an acroplane without a ...

    Article : 56 words
  38. WOMEN'S OLYMPIAD IN PARIS.

    As a result of the women's Olympiad here. Britain has secured 50 points, American 31, France 29, Czeeho-Slovakia 12, and Switzerland 12. Several ...

    Article : 49 words
  39. THE SOLAR ECLIPSE.

    The Government Austronomer (Mr. G. F. Dodwell) and his assistant (Mr. A. [?] Thrum) left to-day for Cordill[?] Dow[?]to make observations of the total ...

    Article : 47 words
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