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  2. THE NEW ZEALAND CATASTROPHE.

    Owing to chaos prevailing at Hawkes Bay it was quite impossible even at a late hour last night to learn how many people had been killed at Napier. Travellers who reached Wellington last night from the stricken area all agree that the dead number hundreds. Some of them fear that the total may exceed 1000. The complete evacuation of the city within two days has been ordered by the Government, there being fears ...

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  3. MR. C. J. GOODE.

    The State Railway Commissioners have decided to dismiss from the railway service Mr. C. J. Goode, Goulburn Area Commissioner. This action has been taken as the result of a ...

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  4. COAL INDUSTRY.

    A bill which will make vital changes in the conduct and control of the coalmining industry has been prepared by the State Cabinet, and will be submitted to Parliament in ...

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  5. SEAPLANE CRASHES.

    A seaplane with 12 persons on board crashed in Plymouth Sound. The machine floated for some time with the cabin below water, and then turned turtle and sank. Eight ...

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  6. WAGE RATES.

    The Full Court of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day reserved judgment upon an application by the Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Brennan) for setting aside or ...

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  7. ARMY MEAT.

    Despite a substantial preference and the benefit of the exchange Australian tenderers did not obtain a share of the annual War Office contract for 1,500,000 ...

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  8. GENERAL DAWES.

    "Some truths about America's part in the Great War" were told by General Dawes, the American Ambassador, when he was entertained by members of the American Legion ...

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  9. HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    In the House of Commons, the Secretary for the Dominions (Mr. Thomas) informed Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Assheton Pownall (C.), that he was carefully considering the ...

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  10. FEAR OF DISEASE.

    A general order was issued to-night ordering the evacuation of Napier within two days. There has been a breakdown of ...

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  11. VISIT TO NAPIER.

    The special representative of the "Manawatu Daily Times" (Mr. Bradfield), in recounting last night the scenes he had witnessed in Napier and ...

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  12. WIRELESS TELEPHONE.

    A message from Vatican City states that experimental radio telephonic conversations have been carried on between Vatican City, Australia, Canada, and other countries. ...

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  13. FRAUD ALLEGED.

    Detectives Keogh and Lawrence visited offices in Hunter-street, city, yesterday, and arrested four men and a woman on charges of fraud. Two of the men were arrested last ...

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  14. NEW BROADCASTING STATION.

    Maestro Fossatl, the well-known Sydney teacher of singing, in a letter written from Italy, where he is at present spending a holiday, states that Vatican City is to have ...

    Article : 117 words
  15. MR. LANG INTERVIEWED.

    The Premier (Mr. Lang), interviewed last night, said that he had received that afternoon a massive bulk of documents from the Railway Commissioners concerning Mr. Goode. ...

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  16. INDIA'S FUTURE.

    Congress leaders completed their discussions st Allahabad and formulated three demands as a preliminary to calling off the civil disobedience campaign. They are: Submission ...

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  17. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The Government is planning drastic retrenchment in the Public Service in view of the mounting up of deficits. The Railway Conciliation Board has been ...

    Article : 190 words
  18. ARBITRATION BILL.

    The amending Arbitration Bill will be submitted to the Labour caucus by the State Cabinet for approval to-morrow. Details of the measure have already been forecast in ...

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  19. DENTIST KILLED.

    Mr. Frederick Williamson, 40, was killed in a motor accident near here this evening. He was a member of a party that set out at 6 p.m. for a run in a motor lorry, driven by ...

    Article : 330 words
  20. THE DEATH-ROLLS.

    ALFRED BONOR, 55, married. Mrs. T. BARRY, burned to death at St. John's Cathedral. VAL. HARRISON, l8. ...

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  21. LABOUR'S POLICY.

    Addressing the Parliamentary Labour party to-day, the Prime Minister (Mr. MacDonald) said that the Government had decided that its duty was to continue to do its best to secure ...

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  22. WILD SCENES.

    Under the impression that a financier's agent and a bailiff were to hold a sale in a house of an unemployed man living at Lavnoo-avenue, Brunswick, who, it was stated, had failed ...

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  23. PRINCES' TOUR.

    Jamaica to-day extended one of the great[?] welcomes in its history to the Prince of Wales and Prince George, who arrived at Kingston at noon. Thousands of people ...

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  24. LOYALIST UNION

    The secretary of the Railway Service Association (Mr. W. Fletcher) said yesterday that if the Government persisted in its intention to deregister loyalist unions, his ...

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  25. SEMINARY WRECKED.

    The famous Roman Catholic Seminary of the Marist Order at Greenmeadows, four miles from Napier has been wrecked. Two of the fathers were ...

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  26. CAPTAIN CAMPBELL.

    A message from Daytona states that poor visibility and a strang wind to-day prevented Captain Malcolm Campbell from making an attempt to lower the world's speed record. ...

    Article : 118 words
  27. HASTINGS VICTIMS.

    Following is the list of Hastings dead, compiled by the Hastings police:- J. H. COLEBOURNE, Hastings. EDWARD HOLLAND, address ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  28. SKELETON AND COINS.

    A human skeleton and a number of ancient coins found near the mouth of the Moore River, 50 miles north of Perth, are believed to be relics of the Duch treasure ship Der ...

    Article : 181 words
  29. EXPLOSION ON SUBMARINE.

    The Admiralty announces that an accident occurred in Submarine 11 to-day In the Thames Estuary. An explosion occurred in the crankcase of the port main engine, caused ...

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  30. PRINCESS BEATRICE.

    The following bulletin was issued to-night from Kensington Palace:—"Princess Beatrice has passed a restful day." ...

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  31. RATE OF EXCHANGE.

    The South African Ctlckct Bonrd or control is said to be seriously considering the position created by the Australian rate of exchange in view of the forthcoming ...

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  32. HOSPITALS APPEAL.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday the Premier (Mr. Lang), in leply to a question asked by Sir Daniel Levy last week gave the House details of receipts and expenditure of ...

    Article : 229 words
  33. BILLIARDS.

    Scores in the Empire billiards championship match are:—Newman (receives 7000), 11,123, including breaks of 512, 920 (unfinished): Lindrum, 3724, including breaks of 702, 589, ...

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  34. SHOCKS CONTINUE.

    A message sent by Mr A B Dawson, technical manager for Philips' Radio, who arrived at Napier yesterday morning aboard the cruiser Dunedin, was "picked up" by Mr. ...

    Article : 217 words
  35. LARGE COAL SHIPMENTS.

    A cargo of 9747 tons of coal left Newcastle for Java by the Narbada to-day, and the Shirala will take a cargo of 7150 tons to Singapore next week. ...

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  36. ELECTORAL REFORM BILL.

    The second reading of the Electoral Reform Bill was agreed to in the House of Commons by 295 votes to 230. The Prime Minister (Mr. MacDonnld), in ...

    Article : 189 words
  37. LIABILITIES £13,500,000.

    A message from Paris states that the Oustric Bank, whose failure caused a political as well as a financial crisis in France, was formally declared bankrupt to-day. ...

    Article : 64 words
  38. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Air Ministry announces that Royal Air Force planes engaged on the Cairo to Cape flight arrived it Pretoria to-day.—British Official Wireless. ...

    Article : 173 words
  39. FARMER'S WOOL "CHEQUE."

    A record low price for wool was received by a Condobolin farmer. He was paid 10 twopenny postage stamps by his brokers. This was his net return after the reduction ...

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  40. FLIGHT OF DORNIER DO.X.

    A message from Las Palmas states that the German flylng-boat Dornier Do.X was taken to Gando Bny, on the south side of the island, and look oil at 9 o'clock (G.M.T.), for Cape ...

    Article : 50 words
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