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  2. LOXTON'S LOYALTY

    Further evidence was taken yesterday by Commissioner T. Hewrtson, S.M., with regard to allegations of disloyalty at Loxton. ...

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  3. REFERENDUM

    Final returns for all the States, will the exception of Queensland were received in connection with the referendum voting on the question of altering the ...

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  4. MARINE DISPUTE SHIPPING CONGESTED

    There are now about 25,000 tons of cargo in Sydney awaiting shipment to the interstate ports, the total being added to as the strike drags on. ...

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  5. THE RAILWAY CRISIS IN ENGLAND NEGOTIATIONS FAIL TO EFFECT SETTLEMENT

    LONDON, January 14. The meeting of the railway men and Sir Eric Geddes this afternoon lasted two and a half hours. It is reliably stated that ...

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  6. BOLSHEVISM JAPAN AND SIBERIA

    An important Cabinet meeting in Tokio threshed out the Siberian question. No decision was announced, but opponents to intervention are increasingly strong. ...

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  7. PEACE PROBLEMS

    Officials say that the ratification of the Peace Treaty in Paris on Saturday will not affect the United States. While, technically, a state of war ...

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  8. LEAGUE OF NATIONS

    The opinion held by the reading press is that the League of Nations will not attempt to define the details of the Dominion mandates, preferring to wa[?] until ...

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  9. BOLSHEVIK CAPTURES.

    No further new has been received in London regarding Koltchak. A Bolshevik wireless claims a rapid Advance of the Reds towards Irkutsk, with ...

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  10. WARWICK CASTLE SOLD

    A syndicate is purchasing Warwick Castle, in Warwick, the home of the Earl and Countess of Warwick, as an hotel, intended for the use of American ...

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  11. MEN REJECT OFFER.

    The meeting of railway men resolved to demand standardised wages, based on the highest rate of wages, plus the war wage in each grade concerned. It ...

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  12. BOXING

    Jack Dempsey, boxing champion of the world, and Jack Kearns, his manager, are endeavoring to induce Georges Carpentier, the French champion, to accept the offer ...

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  13. SURRENDERED WARSHIPS

    Tugs were sent to Cattaro to take the surrendered Austrian warships, notably three battleships, four destroyers, and 12 torpedoers, and it was found that they ...

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  14. EXECUTIVE FAILS TO RETURN.

    Contrary to expectations in Sydney, members of the executive of the marine engineers did not return from Melbourne on Thursday. ...

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  15. IRKUTSK IN FLAMES

    News has been received that Irkutsk is in flames, and that the revolutionaries are in possession of the town. ...

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  16. POSITION HOPEFUL.

    Although the railway position was indefinite at the adjournment of the discusion upon the Government's reply, it is regarded as a hopeful sign that the ...

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  17. SUNDAY BAKING

    Although the police in some country towns in New South Wales have warned the bakers that they will be prosecuted if they bake on Sunday, it is understood ...

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  18. MEETING WITH MR. HUGHES.

    The marine engineers' conference is to be resumed, the executive of the institute having accepted Mr. Hughes' invitation to meet him again. It is believed that a ...

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  19. THE FIUME TROUBLE

    A Jugo-Slav delegation had submitted its views concerning the Adriatic to the Supreme Council. To-day the delegation adheres to the claim of Fiume. Two ...

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  20. SOCIALISTS CHEER LENIN.

    Describing a Socialists' demonstration in London, the "Daily Telegraph" says:—A mass meeting which, organised by the "Daily Herald," filled the Albert Hall ...

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  21. COLLIERY CLOSES.

    As the direct result of the marine engineers' strike the Hebburn colliery, employing 1000 men, has not turned a wheel. Hebburn produces some of the ...

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  22. 'LOYALIST' WORKERS

    "Loyalist" wharf workers waited on the secretary to the Prime Minister's Department in Melbourne on Thursday and complained bitterly of the shabby ...

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  23. FOOTBALL CROWDS

    Football enthusiasm in England has reached unprecedented heights. Three matches in Birmingham on Saturday drew 95,000 spectators, and two in London ...

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  24. NEW FOREIGN DEPARTMENT.

    London newspapers comment upon the report that the Commonwealth is establishing a Foreign Affairs Department. "The Daily Express" remarks that this ...

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  25. KOLCHAK'S ATROCITIES IN SIBERIA

    Mrs. Gregory Yarros has recently returned to New York from Siberia. We reprint below her account of her experiences, taken from the "New York ...

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  26. WATERSIDE WORKERS IDLE.

    The tying up of so many vessels has thrown many waterside workers idle. Recognising this the State Government of New South Wales decided to extend ...

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  27. STEAMER BARAMBAH.

    The steamer Barambah, is fully loaded at Sydney ready for sea, but it is unknown whether she will sail for Brisbane to-day, owing to a rumor that the ...

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  28. SIR ROSE SMITH

    A telegram from Ipswich states that repairs to Sir Ross Smith's engine are progressing satisfactorily. Both connecting rods have been finished, and the ...

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  29. LABORER'S NINE LIVES

    A laborer, 52 years of age, has been fined for the fifth time for attempting to commit suicide. He admitted that he had tried nine times. ...

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  30. FEDERAL ELECTIONS

    "Centralisation is going to get a swipe from a big mallee root," was the comment of Mr. W. J. Clement, president of the Bendigo branch of the Farmers' ...

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  31. GALE SWEEPS BRITAIN

    Britain was swept last week by a wild gale—the most severe for several years. A wind of 68 miles an hour was recorded at the Scilly Isles. ...

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  32. VISIT OF GENERAL BIRDWOOD

    A (Fearby, secretary of the S.A. branch of the R.S. and S.I.L., writes:—This association of returned men has been in communication with various commercial ...

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  33. FARM MACHINERY

    The Minister of Agriculture (Hon. W. H. Harvey) returned on Thursday from Paskeville, where on Thursday he witnessed a working demonstration of farm ...

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  34. ART AND PHYSICAL EXERCISE

    Monsieur Jacques Daleroze, of Geneva, the founder of eurythmies, is interesting large audiences by demonstrations of physical exercises in which rhythm, ...

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  35. RESTORING SHANTUNG

    The "New World," a Japanese newspaper here, publishes a cable message from Tokio stating that Japan and China have begun negotiations on the question ...

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  36. CONFERENCE OF PREMIERS

    It proposed to hold the next conference of Premiers at Hobart but owing to the approach of the New South Wales general election for the ...

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  37. PRINCE'S TOUR

    Arrangements for the Prince of Wales' tour are practically completed. An official announcement of the date, route, staff, and duration of the tour is expected ...

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  38. MORE MEXICAN EARTHQUAKES

    A hundred persons are reported to have been killed in new earthquake shocks in Mexico on Sunday. ...

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  39. UNEMPLOYED IN QUEENSLAND

    A meeting of unemployed at Mackay held a demonstration on Saturday in connection with the trip to England of Mr. Theodore, the Premier, which would ...

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  40. DEMPSEY CARPENTIER FIGHT

    Owing to opposition the chances of holding the Dempsev-Carpentier fight in America have dwindled. Dempsey's manager states that the fight may go to London or ...

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  41. HOME SERVICE ASSOCIATION

    A largely attended meeting of members and intending members of the Home Service Association (S.A. branch), was held on Thursday eveninng at Bricknells Cafe, ...

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  42. ANOTHER WALLAROO BLAZE

    Another destructive fire took place [?] Wallaroo on Thursday, when the Olympic Picture Theatre was completely gutted. It was impossible to save the building, ...

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  43. FLYING

    Lieutenant Parer, who is flying to Australia, telegraphs that he held up by bad weather at Paris. Caproni, the scout mentioned on ...

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  44. SURRENDER OF EX-KAISER

    "The Times" correspondent in Paris says that the Allies are demanding the surrender of the ex-Kaiser and Von Tirpitz. They are not asking for the Crown ...

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  45. REVISING TARIFF

    That the new Federal Parliament is the strongest Protectionist Parliament that has yet been elected by the people of Australia, was the view expresed to-day ...

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  46. COMPULSORY SHEEP DIPPING

    Between September, 1918, and January, 1919, the provisions of the amending Stock Diseases Act of 1915 were in force in certain areas, which were gazetted. On ...

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  47. THE LAST TROOPSHIP

    An A.I.F. census shows that the personnel in Great Britain is now 3700 soldiers and 2200 dependents. The Friedrichsruhe will embark 1000 soldiers and ...

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  48. CONSUMPTION OF LIQUOR

    It is estimated by the Government Statistician of New South Wales that during the year ended June, 1919, £7,277,000 was expended in the consumption of ...

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  49. BRITISH ELECTIONS

    Laborites everywhere are speeding up preparations for the general elections in England. They expect to nominate over 500 candidates. ...

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  50. FAREWELL TO GOVERNOR

    Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams, the retiring Governor, was entertained at a farewell Parliamentary dinner on Monday at Parliament House, Brisbane. ...

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  51. THE WRECKED AFRIQUE

    The steamer Afrique was wrecked midway between Ushant and Bayonne. "Le Matin" publishes graphic details of the wreck. It appears that the captains ...

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  52. ENEMY DEBTS

    In regard to enemy debts the clearing houses have notified British firms, requiring the immediate payment of debt owing to German firms at the beginning ...

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  53. ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY

    A new factor is likely to arise in Sydney in the electrical industry. It is stated that the Electrical Trades Union is formulating a scheme for a ...

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  54. AUSTRIAN WARSHIPS

    A Toulon advice says that tugs sent to Cattaro, on the Adriatic, to take the surrendered Austrian warships, notably, three battleships, four destroyers, and ...

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  55. WAR SERVICE HOMES

    The attention of estate agents builders, and other advertisers is drawn to Section [?] [?] the War Service Homes Act, 1918-1919, which is being infringed in various ways. ...

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  56. TRADE WITH GERMANY

    There is still a natural hesitation in English commercial circles to resume trade with Germany, and the same thing applies to France (says the [?] ...

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  57. DOMINION MANDATES

    The "Journal de Debates" opines that the League of Nations will not attempt to define the details of the dominion mandates, preferring to await American ...

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  58. JUGO-SLAV DELEGATION

    The Jugo-Slavs delegation has submitted its views on the Adriatic to the Supreme Council. The delegation adheres to the claim to Fiume. Representatives from ...

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  59. BANISHED MARXIAN APOSTLE.

    Moses Baritz, who was ordered to leave New Zealand under the provisions of the Undesirable Immigrants Exclusion Act, returned to Sydney on Monday ...

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  60. FODDER PLANT POISONOUS

    Several dairymen in Chiltern district have lost valuable dairy cows through feeding with a recommended summer fodder, a species of amber cane. ...

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  61. BURGLARS TRAPPED.

    The police patrol, hearing suspicious sounds in Brown's tobacconist shop at Burwood, on Saturday morning, made investigation, and saw two burglars ...

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  62. A TRAIL OF WRECKAGE.

    A storm in England left an extraordinary trail of wreckage throughout the country. Gables of houses were blown away and minefields flooded. Giant trees ...

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  63. HOLE IN THE WALL

    A thrilling experience befel Mrs. Fryer and her two children, of Casino, N.S.W. While a storm was approaching Mr. Fryer left his dairy to close the doors ...

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  64. WEARING APPAREL MAKERS.

    A wages board has been appointed for persons engaged in the preparation and manufacture of wearing apparel. Following are its members:—Representative of ...

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  67. BONUS FOR TRAM EMPLOYES.

    The late Melbourne Tramway Board granted a bonus to gripmen and conductors to be based upon the traffic receipts for the four months ended December 2, ...

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  68. "A PITIABLE CREATURE."

    Mr. James, the member of Parliament who recently quitted the Labor Party in Queensland, is being constantly heckled in Parliament. On Thursday, during the ...

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  69. DOMINION VICTORY LOAN.

    The Minister of Finance in New Zealand states that the amount raised for the Dominion Victory Loan has been increased to £8,800,000 while there are other ...

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