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  2. INVITATION TO EARL HAIG.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) has despatched the following cable message to Field Marshal Earl Haig:—"On behalf of the Government and people of ...

    Article : 152 words
  3. SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTIONS.

    Polling throughout the South African Union was held on February 8. Though certain of a majority over all parties, the Prime Minister (Lieut.-General ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 199 words
  4. GENERAL CABLES.

    Dense crowds lined the route of the Royal procession to the opening of Parliament on February 15. His Majesty the King, the Prince of Wales, and the Duke of York ...

    Article : 160 words
  5. MISCELLANEOUS.

    By 396 votes to 125 the French Chamber of Deputies agreed to a motion of confidence in the Ministry. The deficit on the working of the French ...

    Article : 214 words
  6. INDIA'S NEW PARLIAMENT.

    The editor of a leading Moderate vernacular newspaper has stated:—"I am an Indian gentleman and a British subject," he said, "yet I cannot go to Australia. Do you ...

    Article : 102 words
  7. SEASONS FOR FISH PRICES.

    Stating that the high price of fish was due to a keen demand for a limited supply, the acting chief inspector of fisheries (Mr. F.Lewis), in a report to the Chief ...

    Article : 382 words
  8. COMPLAINT AGAINST AUSTRALLA UNFOUNDED.

    The Commonwealth Minister for Home and Territories (Mr. Poynton) has explained that both statements referred to in the above cable message are erroneous. ...

    Article : 157 words
  9. SHOOTINGS IN IRELAND.

    Mr.J. R. Thomas (Labour) raised the question of the shooting of railway-men at Mallow, County Cork, on February 1. He detailed the results of the inquiries made ...

    Article : 110 words
  10. FORTY-FOUR HOURS WEEK.

    Judge Beeby, of Sydney, intends to regard 44 hours a week as the declared policy of the State in respect to the hours of labour, and to throw upon employers the onus of ...

    Article : 132 words
  11. CLAIM FOR RACIAL EQUALITY.

    As was expected, the motion in the Legislative Assembly demanding the punishment of officers concerned in the Amritsar shooting in 1919 has been withdrawn as a result ...

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  12. BRITISH CABINET CHANGES.

    His Majesty the King has accepted the resignations of the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Viscount Milner) and the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Walter ...

    Article : 127 words
  13. IS UNIONISM A CURSE?

    "It certainly seems to me," said Archbishop Kelly, in an interview, at Lithgow (N.S.W.), "that in the interests of the workers—indeed, of the country—unions of ...

    Article : 163 words
  14. RAILWAYS MANAGEMENT.

    In reply to the circular recently issued by the railways commissioners, giving the reasons for the increases in fales and rates which came into operation on January 1, ...

    Article : 223 words
  15. DISTURBED IRELAND.

    A large party of Sinn Feiners ambushed a train at Inishannon, County Cork. Forty soldiers who were on the tram replied with rifle fire. A fierce battle followed. Six ...

    Article : 214 words
  16. GERMAN REPARATION.

    The "Yorkshire Observer" states that it is reported that 20,000,000 German workers in all trades have decided to contribute the proceeds of one hour's work daily toward ...

    Article : 39 words
  17. EMPIRE PARTNERSHIP.

    Presiding at a dinner given by the English-Speaking Union to Earl Reading, formerly British Ambassador to the United States, the new Secretary of State for the ...

    Article : 131 words
  18. COUNTER PROPOSALS.

    For the purpose of assisting the official committee to formulate counter-proposals for reparations, a committee of the most powerful financial industrial and ...

    Article : 87 words
  19. STATE MAIN ROADS.

    "I am loath to ask the Commonwealth to help in a matter which is peculiarly one for the State," replied Mr. Clarke, State Minister of Public Works, to a deputation ...

    Article : 107 words
  20. HANDLING CONSIGNMENTS.

    The Railways Commissioners, in the latest weekly notice to railway-men. appeal for the careful handling of goods delivered to the department for transport. The message ...

    Article : 102 words
  21. BOLSHEVIK PLOT.

    Investigations by the French police have revealed details or an organisation created for the purpose of infecting France, England, and other countries with Bolsheyik ...

    Article : 111 words
  22. BRITISH LABOUR PARTY.

    Mr. J. R. Clynes, member of the House of Commons for North-East Manchester, and president of the National Union of General Workers, has been elected leader of the ...

    Article : 47 words
  23. BRUTAL REVENGE AT CORK.

    Mr. Beale. manager for a firm of wine merchants at Cork, has been found shot. It is believed that he was kidnapped. His father-in-law and brother-in-law were ...

    Article : 81 words
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  25. QUEENSLAND LOAN.

    The Treasurer (Mr. Fihelly) has annouuced that the State loan has been fully subscribed. He was unable to give the exact figures, as money was still arming from ...

    Article : 35 words
  26. BRITISH WAR MEDALS.

    Of the first distribution of British war medals Victorians will receive 40,000, and the remander will go to other States in the following proportion:—New South Wales, ...

    Article : 132 words
  27. NEW GUINEA APPOINTMENTS.

    The following appointments have been made by the Commonwealth Government to the Government service in the mandated territory of former German New ...

    Article : 131 words
  28. BRITISH EMIGRATION.

    The annual report of the British Overseas Settlement Committee for 1920 says that the year witnessed an improvement in the shipping situation, but that special ...

    Article : 191 words
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  30. FATHER SLAYS HIS SON.

    In the Supreme Court at Auckland, N.Z, on Feb. 15 Thomas Needham, an elderly farmer, was charged with having murdered his son, William,.aged 17 years, on January ...

    Article : 75 words
  31. DISARMAMENT PROPOSAL.

    M. Yukio Ozuki, formerly Japanese Minister for Justice, introduced a resolution to the Diet, advocating a naval agreement between Great Britain, Japan, and the ...

    Article : 69 words
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  33. SET BACK IN UNITED STATES.

    Mr. E. B. Brooks, Republican member for [?] in the House of Representatives, introduced an amendment on the Naval Appropriation Bill providing that ...

    Article : 65 words
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