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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 83 words
  3. Y.M.C.A. IN DISFAVOUR.

    Marked hostility to the Young Mens Christian. Association was displayed by members of the executive council of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League, who ...

    Article : 594 words
  4. LATE SHARES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 384 words
  5. WAR COSTS AND WEALTH.

    Mr. Edgar Crammond, a well-known authority on high finance, lecturing before the Bankers' Institute, said he estimated the real cost of the war to the various ...

    Article : 143 words
  6. CABINET SPLIT.

    The Commonwealth Treasurer (Mr. Watt) has intimated that he has resigned his seat in the Federal Cabinet, as cablegrams exchanged since his arrival in ...

    Article : 61 words
  7. Advertising

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    Advertising : 9 words
  8. BRITAIN'S TRADE.

    The Board of Trade returns for May show:—Exports, £119,319,000, compared to £61,314,000 in the corresponding month of last year, and £43,853,262 in May, 1913. The ...

    Article : 163 words
  9. BRITAIN'S RECOVERY.

    The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Chamberlain), in the House of Commons to-day, said that no other country had attempted a financial effort that was ...

    Article : 174 words
  10. HOW MUCH WORK IN DONE?

    The London newspapers give prominence to Mr. Watt's resignation. The Daily Chronicle describes it as a surprise resignation, and adds that Mr. Watt wanted to ...

    Article : 709 words
  11. LABOUR CABLES.

    Viscount Haig, addressing the National Association for the Employment of ex-soldiers, attacked the trade unions for the selfish obstinacy which prevented ...

    Article : 50 words
  12. GERMAN CABINET RESIGNED.

    The German Cabinet has resigned, but will continue to conduct the business of the country until the elections are completed. ...

    Article : 27 words
  13. SPORTING CABLES.

    In the eliminating round of the English Ladies' Golf Championship content, at Sheringham Norfolk, Miss Mollie Griffiths (83) was placed first, after superb play ...

    Article : 79 words
  14. AMERICAN PROHIBITION.

    The Washington correspondent of The New York Times says:—The Federal Supreme Court to-day swept aside every contention raised against the ...

    Article : 114 words
  15. LATE COMMERCIAL

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 104 words
  16. BOOMERANG DOCKERS' AWARD.

    A contributor to the Labour Press states that as a sequel to the dockers' award an army of youthful and unskilled men nave been lured by the high pay to quit the ...

    Article : 87 words
  17. BURNS-BECKETT FIGHT.

    The Daily Chronicle says that the fight between Burns and Beckett will take place in July at the Albert Hall. ...

    Article : 26 words
  18. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 163 words
  19. TENNIS VICTORY.

    An Australian team—Messrs. G. L. Patterson (Aim.), F. M. B. Fisher (N.Z.), R. Lycett (Aus.), and Major Brown—yesterday defeated Cambridge University my five ...

    Article : 34 words
  20. A SCHOONER WRECKED.

    The Iregard, an American schooner of 614 tons, was wrecked on June 3 on a reef near Ngelelevu, Ringold Group, Fiji. The captain end crew arrived at Lcvuka ...

    Article : 48 words
  21. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 174 words
  22. WHEAT SUPPLIES.

    Replying to a statement by Mr. Dunn (Minister for Agriculture in New South Wales), that that State had received 3,000,000 bushels of wheat in about five ...

    Article : 666 words
  23. GERMAN POLITICS.

    The prospects of the maintenance of the Coalition are small unless a reconciliation shall be effected between the Socialist wings. This the Socialist paper ...

    Article : 71 words
  24. PRINCE OF WALES.

    At a meeting of tramway employes at the Trades Hall on Wednesday morning, Mr. W. H. Marshall (Vice-Preaident) occupied the chair. A report was submitted ...

    Article : 120 words
  25. GENERAL CABLES.

    Sir Larkin (general manager of the Commonwealth Government Line) will represent Australia on the Imperial Shipping Committee, which is preparing for the ...

    Article : 41 words
  26. A PRESSING PROBLEM.

    In the House of Commons to-day Col. J. Gretton (Coalition Unionist, Burton, Staffordshire) moved the adjournment of the House to enable him to ask the meaning of ...

    Article : 570 words
  27. THE SOLDIERS' CLOTHES.

    The Secretary for War (Mr. Churchill), replying in the House of Commons to-day to questions in regard to the decision to re-uniform the army similarly to the ...

    Article : 217 words
  28. LATE MINING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 45 words
  29. DOUBLE PAY FOR THEATRICAL EMPLOYES.

    Mr. Southwood, M.P. (secretary of the S.A. branch of the Theatrical Employes' Association), has received notice from the general secretary of the association that the ...

    Article : 84 words
  30. EMPIRE PREFERENCE.

    In the House of Commons to-day, replying to Capt. Wedgwood Benn, Col. Leslie Wilton stated that an invitation to consider practically Imperial preference had ...

    Article : 103 words
  31. TOPLISS AND UNTRACED CRIMES.

    The murderer Topliss, who was shot after an existing encounter, has been definitely identified. It is suggested that he is also the perpetrator of three recent ...

    Article : 74 words
  32. LATE SHIPPING

    MELBOURNE.—Arrived: June 9.—Alshama and Monaro, Newcastle. Sailed; June 9—Zealandia. Fremantle; Loongana, Launceston; Cooma, Sydney; Three Cheers and Awaroa, Tasmania. ...

    Article : 151 words
  33. STIPENDS OF CLERGY.

    At a meeting of laymen attending the Anglican Synod at the Albert Hall, this morning, a discussion took place on the subject of clergymen's stipends. Bishop ...

    Article : 111 words
  34. WEALTH LEVY ABANDONED.

    Daring question time in the House of Commons to-day, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Austen Chamberlain) stated that, after carefully considering the ...

    Article : 74 words
  35. RECORD MEAT PRICES.

    Just when the price of that most necessary commodity—meat—will cease to advance and display a tendency to return to normal and more equitable values is a ...

    Article : 838 words
  36. AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

    Afc Chicago the Republican National Convention for the selection of a Presidential candidate opened under unique circumstances, and it is impossible to indicate ...

    Article : 191 words
  37. JAPANESE IMMIGRATION.

    The Washington correspondent of The New York Times says that an investigation of the question of Japanese immigration into the United States will be made ...

    Article : 94 words
  38. SIR JOSEPH COOK "SURPRISED."

    When asked this evening whether he had anything to say about Mr. Watt's resignation. Sir Joseph Cook said he was much surprised, and that he knew nothing of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 430 words
  39. RADIO MESSAGES FROM VESSELS.

    The Radio Station advised on Wednesday night that it had been in communication with the following vessels:—Australplane, Indarra, Wandilla, Macedon, E Kantara ...

    Article : 29 words
  40. THE BALLARAT BY-ELECTION.

    In connection with the Ballarat by-election it was stated authoritatively to-night that Major Kerby would be nominated by the National Federation, and would have ...

    Article : 41 words
  41. LATE SPORTING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 169 words
  42. WOMEN WHO SELL BY AUCTION.

    The preliminary decision of the Auctioneers and Estate Agents' Institute of the United Kingdom to admit women members upon the tunic sooting as men arouses ...

    Article : 481 words
  43. QUEENSLAND'S ACTIONS.

    Professor Berriedale Keith, in reply to the Queensland Premier (Mr. Theodore') says:—"The Constitution reste upon rage, and that in swamping the Upper House ...

    Article : 78 words
  44. RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    A deputation, representating the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League, presented to the Minister for Defence (Mr. Pearce) to-day resolutions ...

    Article : 155 words
  45. DEVONSHIRE HOUSE.

    The idea of transforming Devonshire House—until recently the London residence of the Duke of Devonshire—into a cinema theatre, restaurant, and ballroom ...

    Article : 32 words
  46. PIRIE NOMINATIONS.

    Nominations for the Port Pine Racing Club's Mooting on June 28 and 30 are:—First Hurdles.—Portiaform, Grace Watson, Roberval, Pinballie, Boucaut Boy, Rothlemay. ...

    Article : 401 words
  47. AIR POSITION SERIOUS.

    The Lord Mayor of London (Sir Edward Cooper) presided over a meeting to inaugurate the Air League of the British Empire held to-day at the Mansion House. A ...

    Article : 111 words
  48. SECOND COMMONWEALTH LINER.

    The keel of the second Commonwealth Government liner was laid to-day in the shipbuilding; yards of William Beardmore and Co-, Limited, Glasgow. ...

    Article : 28 words
  49. PILFERING OF CARGO.

    The subcommittee of the London Chamber of Commerce reports that it is impossible to obtain a simplification of the bill of lading owing to the diversity of ...

    Article : 116 words
  50. RAILWAYMEN'S WANTS.

    The railway-men are asking for a working weak of 40 hours, to consist of six shifts of six hours and 40 minutes each, or, alternatively, five shifts of eight hours ...

    Article : 109 words
  51. QUEENSLAND MINIMUM PRICE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 50 words
  52. M. KRASSIN EXAMINED.

    There was a second meeting between British Ministers and M. Krassin to-day. It lasted two hours, and the Russian trade delegate gave various answers to Ministers ...

    Article : 65 words
  53. INDUSTRIAL UPHEAVAL THREATENED.

    A strike of engine drivers, which would have a paralysing effect upon an important section of the industrial life of Victoria within the nest few days, is threatened ...

    Article : 104 words
  54. FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE.

    It is the intention of the federal Ministry to bring in a Bill during the present' session to provide a scheme of superannution for the Commonwealth Civil Service. ...

    Article : 250 words
  55. POLES AND RUSSIANS.

    The Polish communique, says that the Russian Bolshevik retreat between the Dwina and the Beresina has now become a rout. The Poles broke the enemy's ...

    Article : 39 words
  56. IRELAND.

    The Chicago correspondent of The New York Tines says that De Valera (the so-cailed "President ct the Irish Republic") and Mr. Walsh have finished tentatively ...

    Article : 359 words
  57. GOLD RESTRICTIONS.

    A further limitation has been placed upon the amount of gold which travellers may take out of the Commonwealth. In the case of Europeans the sum is £10 for ...

    Article : 69 words
  58. QUEER TALE OF A GIPSY.

    A gipsy, Mary Jane Davies, in a Welsh "bewitching" case and her husband were committee for trial at Merthry. She was charged with obtaining by false ...

    Article : 283 words
  59. A GRUESOME DISCOVERY.

    Japanese troops entered the Siberian town of Nikolaevsk. They found the town in ashes, and there was no trace of Japanese prisoners. There was evidence ...

    Article : 50 words
  60. BOLSHEVISTS AND LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    In the House of Commons to-day, replying to Lord Robert Cecil and Capt. Wedgwood Benn, the Prime Minister (Mr. Lloyd George) sated that a special ...

    Article : 87 words
  61. AN ILLICIT STILL.

    John Michael Whelan, formerly an hotel keeper was at the K[?] Police Court to-day fined £500 which is the maximum allowed by the law on a charge ...

    Article : 90 words
  62. AMERICA'S MARRIAGE LAWS.

    "The marriage laws are fast becoming meaningless, because the more divorces a woman has to her credit—or, rather, discredit—the more men she is able to get." ...

    Article : 181 words
  63. RIFLE SHOOTING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 174 words
  64. GOVERNMENT OFFICER TO BE RECALLED.

    The Government his deeded to recall immedistely Mr. J. G. R. Bryant from his pose of Immigration and Publicity Officer in London. Meanwhile the Public ...

    Article : 60 words
  65. Advertising

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    Advertising : 51 words
  66. CHEAPER RICE.

    The Chairman of the Pricefixing Commission (Mr. Ferryt) said to-day that it was proposed to reduce the price of rice to 8½d 1b retail, and 6¾ 1b wholesale. ...

    Article : 43 words
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