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  2. EIGHT HOURS DAY.

    Four thousand eight hundred and eleven unionists took part in the Eight Hours Day procession yesterday. This was 700 more than the number who marched last ...

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  3. KOOKABURRA CHUCKLES.

    The "Morning Post," in a leading article, says:—"Nobody can grudge the Australians the consolation of their single victory, for which their young players must be thanked. ...

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  4. COUNCIL OF STATE.

    The "Daily Chronicle" states that it has been revealed in Dublin that the Free State has challenged the constitution of the Council of State which has been acting ...

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  5. FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA.

    Pilot-Officer Moir and Flying-Officer Owens have left the Lympne aerodrome for Australia. They are heading either for Marseilles or ...

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  6. TIMBER STRIKE.

    Because all the timber mills were closed yesterday owing to the observance of Eight Hours' Day, there were no developments in the strike of timber-workers. No efforts ...

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  7. COUNTRY PARTY.

    Decisions of far[?]reaching consequence in State politics are expected from the annual conference of the Victorian Country party, which will begin in the Temperance Hall ...

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  8. CANBERRA COMMISSION.

    CANBERRA, Monday.—Following upon the disputes which he has had with the chief commissioner (Sir John Butters) and the second member (Mr. Crosbie Goold), ...

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  9. "TRADER" HORN.

    Thirty years ago Alired Aloysius Smith, third mate on a sailing ship, landed at Fremantle and saw Australia for the first time. Early yesterday morning the same ...

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  10. LARGE AEROPLANE CRASHES

    A large Ford aeroplane used for sightseeing over New York city and its environs crashed. Twelve men and one woman were killed, and a boy and the two ...

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  11. FLOODS IN ALABAMA.

    Twenty thousand persons are homeless in Alabama and Florida as the result of the floods. It is feared that 15 lives have been lost, and that there will be further ...

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  12. LABOUR SENATE PETITIONS.

    CANBERRA, Monday.—A further question concerning the judgment of the Court of Disputed Returns dismissing the petitions of Mr. Blakey and Senator Findley ...

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  13. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR.

    In a discussion of the Budget of the International Labour Office, which included the expenditure of £348,000, Mr. Wolf, a British Government delegate ...

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  14. SPANISH STUDENTS.

    Central Prime de Rivera issued yesterday a communique stating that demonstrations by students must cease, that all university colleges must be closed ...

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  15. MOTORING ACCIDENTS.

    Skidding in White Horse road near Doneaster yesterday afternoon a small motorcar overturned. The driver—a woman— and a man passenger were injured. Their ...

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  16. CLOSING THE COALMINES.

    CANBERRA, Monday. — Opposition members again pressed Mr. Latham (Attorney-General) to-day for a statement of his intentions regarding the proposal to ...

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  17. Boys for Australia.

    The High Commissioner for Australia (Sir Granville Rurie) said farewell to 68 boys who will travel to Australia in the Orsova. Forty will go to New South ...

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  18. WOMAN'S BODY FOUND.

    Detectives from Scotland Yard are seeking a young man of whom they have a description but no name, in connection with the discovery of the decapitated body ...

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  19. Vice-Admiral Hall Retiring.

    Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald Hall, Conservative member for Eastbourne, will not contest that division at the general election owing to his continued ill-health. ...

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  20. SALVATION ARMY.

    FREMANTLE (W.A.), Monday.—"The decision of the High Council established that the Army is not the property of any family," said Commissioner Hay, territorial ...

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  21. WHARFWORKING CONDITIONS

    SYDNEY, Monday.—A prosecution relating to the working conditions of the Waterside Workers' Award was heard in the Commonwealth ...

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  22. The Flood of the Bible.

    Professor Stephen, professor of assyriology at Oxford, writing in the "Daily Telegraph," reveals that the Kish excavations show that the city was ...

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  23. Wireless Telephony.

    The Trans-radio Company of Berlin in recent experiments established wireless telephone communication with Sydney. ...

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  24. Woman Masquerader.

    The Marylebone Bench has issued a summons at the instance of the director of the public prosecutors against Colonel" Barker, the woman who masqueraded as a man, ...

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  25. Young Australians.

    The members of the Young Australia League attended services at St. Thomas's Church, where the rector, the Rev. R. Brooks, told them that the troubles of ...

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  26. REPORTERS AS WITNESSES.

    A resolution has been passed by the Manufacturing Grocers' Union urging that the executive of the Trades Hall Council make a vigorous protest against the ...

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  27. Mr. Frank Varley Dead.

    Mr. Frank Varley, Labour member of the House of Commons for the Mansfield division of Nottingbamshire, is dead. Mr. Varley was a leader of the Nottinghamshire ...

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  28. Polo in California.

    At San Malee, by hard riding, the Australian and Hawaiian team decisively defeated a picked combination from Burlingham and San Mateo in the first of an ...

    Article : 138 words
  29. DUTY ON BANANAS.

    CANBERRA, Monday.—Replying to Mr. Corser (Q.) in the House of Representatives this afternoon, Mr. Bruce (Prime Minister) said that no question of altering ...

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  30. CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.

    Leaders of the Mexican rebellion claim that 200 of the enemy were killed in a battle with the Federal troops at San Pedro, and that 300 Federals were ...

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  31. FRANKSTON LINE STOPPAGE.

    Train services were suspended on the line between Carrun and Frankston last evening between half-past 5 o'clock and 7 o'clock owing to a derangement of the ...

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  32. Lightship Cut in Half.

    When steaming slowly through a "soupy" fog near the Goodwin Sands, the steamer City of York cut in halves and sank the Gull lightship, the master of which, ...

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  33. Motor-car Record.

    Driving Chrysler two-seater car, E. Eldridge, assisted by Kaye Don and G. Eyston, taking turns at the wheel, broke the 24-hour record for cars of the 3 to 5 ...

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  34. WOMEN'S SWIMMING RECORDS.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—Miss Edna Davey, of the Northern [?]bs club, at the [?]omain Baths tonight lowered the record for the mile previously held by Miss Funny Duraek. Miss [?]avey's time was ...

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  35. STEAMER PASSENGER INJURED.

    AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Monday. —The steamer To[?] arrived to-day from Fiji after a rough voyage, during which a woman passenger sustained broken ribs ...

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