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  2. EGYPT. Labour Policy.

    The Government's policy regarding Egypt was debated in the House of Lords this evening on a motion of Lord Salisbury, regretting the precipitation ...

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  3. FREE LABOUR. Engaged for Rothbury Mine.

    An abundance of labour was available at the Labour Bureau in George-street North yesterday when men were signed on to work in the Rothbury mine. Sufficient labour was engaged for Rothbury, and it is intended to ...

    Article : 156 words
  4. IN THE SHOPS.

    This is the time in which we celebrate the carnival of shopping. Every store is decorated with emblems of the festive season, and is displaying its wares ...

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  5. WORLD PEACE.

    A White Paper is issued setting forth the considerations which led the British Government to sign the optional clause of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International ...

    Article : 351 words
  6. THE PHILHARMONIC.

    This year, the time-honoured custom of the Royal Sydney Philharmonic Society, in giving a performance of Handel's "Messiah" on Christmas Night, will be abandoned. ...

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  7. NORWICH CITY.

    (By radio from the master of the Norwegian motor tanker Lincoln Ellsworth, which assisted in the rescue of the survivors of the wrecked steamer Norwich City.) ...

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  8. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    "The unemployment figures are the writing on the wall not only for the Government, but also for the nation, unless they can be scaled down," says the "Daily Express" in ...

    Article : 183 words
  9. AUSTRALIA WINS.

    The Australian Rugby League team defeated Glamorgan and Monmouth by 39 points to 9. The Australians played in a Rugby Union stronghold when they visited Cardiff, but the ...

    Article : 476 words
  10. FREE LABOUR.

    There was an excellent response yesterday to the State Government's call for men to work the Rothbury Mine, which the Government proposes to reopen next week. ...

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  11. MR. THEODORE.

    The Treasurer (Mr. Theodore) replied in the House of Representatives to-day to charges made against him in the Senate by Senator Reid (Q.). These charges, said Mr. Theodore, ...

    Article : 517 words
  12. ART TREASURES.

    The Italian steamer Leonardo Da Vincifreighted with the greatest treasure in works of art ever carried in one vessel, berthed safely in London after a great battle with ...

    Article : 118 words
  13. THE CARNEGIE.

    Two days before the research yacht Carnegie blue up in Apia Harbour (Western Samoa), on November 29, with the loss of two lives, valuable records of observations made by the ...

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  14. AUSTRALIAN TRADE.

    At the P. and O. Company's meeting, Lord Inchape, who presided, said that the branch line to Australia via the Cape had for some, years past resulted in losses, owing to more ...

    Article : 216 words
  15. NAVAL UNITS.

    Captain Dewar, formerly of H.M.S. Royal Oak, who recently Joined the Labour party, urges in the "Daily Herald" the abolition of the battleship, battle cruiser, and giant ...

    Article : 181 words
  16. SINGAPORE BASE.

    In an interview to-day, Lord Hallsham dedared that the Singapore Naval Base was an essential condition of naval security. Without it the difficulties of the Admiralty in providing ...

    Article : 182 words
  17. MR. BAVIN'S STATEMENT.

    "I regret very much," said the Premier (Mr. Bavin) last night, "the threat of an all-in general coal strike by the Newcastle union conference. Members of the conference, which ...

    Article : 395 words
  18. ARMED MAN.

    To be confronted at her own front door at midnight by an unknown man levelling a loaded and cocked rifle at her head, and threatening to "drill" her, was the startling ...

    Article : 196 words
  19. ROYAL MAIL COMPANY.

    The directors of the Royal wall Steam Packet Company have decided not[?]o pay halfyearly preference dividends or an interim ordinary dividend. ...

    Article : 265 words
  20. POLICE INQUIRY.

    The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) said yesterday that he had the report of the Police Commissioner (Mr. Childs) concerning the serious allegations made by two girl, against a ...

    Article : 565 words
  21. SEVERE FLOODS.

    A serious situation has arisen in the Athelney district, Some[?] where a wide area of flooded waters is being lashed into huge waves by high winds, the whole resembling an ...

    Article : 163 words
  22. PRISONERS RIOT.

    Another riot among prisoners in the Auburn penitentiary broke out, when 15 convicts attacked their guards in the dining hall, overpowered and captured them, took their arms ...

    Article : 200 words
  23. PASSES WITHDRAWN.

    It was announced yesterday that no further periodical passes would be made available to ex-soldiers who attend at the military hospital at Randwick for treatment. Hitherto. ...

    Article : 172 words
  24. CENTRAL AUSTRALIA.

    The report of the Government Resident for Central Australia (Mr. J. C. Cawood), which was tabled in the House of Representatives to-day, states that the realisation of ...

    Article : 323 words
  25. WHOLESALE MURDERS.

    The correspondent of the British United Press at Budapest says that the intense land hunger of simple peasants who will do anything to obtain a small plot on which to ...

    Article : 220 words
  26. DOMESTIC MIGRANTS.

    Replying to a question in the House of Commons, the Under-Secretary for the Dominions (Mr. Lunn) said that the number of single women and domestics assisted ...

    Article : 200 words
  27. "NO DELAY."

    "In no circumstances will the Government delay action in regard to opening the Rothbury coal mine," declared the Premier (Mr. Bavin) in the Legislative Assembly ...

    Article : 275 words
  28. BANK RATE.

    The Bank of England rate of discount was to-day declared to be 5 per cent., a fall of one half per cent. ...

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  29. HIGH COMMISSIONERS.

    The Under-Secretary for the Dominions (Mr. Lunn) was asked in the House of Commons whether any change in the status of dominion High Commissioners in London was ...

    Article : 145 words
  30. COWARDLY ASSAULT.

    While leaving Prince's Pier this morning Sydney Howard Bertiam Stewart, 31, a volunteer wharf labouier, was the victim of a cowardly attack. He is now in hospital with a ...

    Article : 142 words
  31. CONFERENCE OF MINERS' LODGES.

    A resolution adopted by the conference of northern miners' lodges at Newcastle this afternoon urged the extension of the coal dlspute beyond New South Wales. It was also ...

    Article : 577 words
  32. AMERICAN DUTIES.

    The Senate, by a vote of 46 to 32, decided to make the duty on wool rag 18 cents a lb. The House of Representatives asked for 8 cents. The present rate is 7½ cents. The ...

    Article : 82 words
  33. NEW LOCOMOTIVE.

    A new all-British locomotive, the largesland most powerful in Britain, has been constr[?]cted in secrecy at Darlington, and is now read for trials. Later it will run between King's cross ...

    Article : 83 words
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