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  2. LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

    An opinion strongly favouring the commission form of civic government was expressed by the secretary of the Town Clerks' Association (Mr. Morrison) at the annual dinner of ...

    Article : 385 words
  3. IRON CHIEF.

    In recounting the anxious experiences of the crew of the steamer Iron Chief, from the time of tho grounding on the middle knoll of Mermaid Reef until she came to rest on the ...

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  4. JOB CONTROL.

    A few minutes before the passenger steamer Zealandia was to leave for Hobart yesterday the cooks walked off the ship and declared that they would not sall. An attempt will be ...

    Article : 445 words
  5. COLLAPSES.

    The union delegates to the non-rural section of the unemployment conference, at the direction of the Labour Council withdrew yesterday from the conference and terminated ...

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  6. BITTER CAMPAIGN.

    Until each of the major parties decides upon its Presidential candidate, there [?] often most vicious blows struck between various aspirants for this honour in the same ...

    Article : 465 words
  7. GREAT FIRE.

    A great fire has broken out among the cotton and wheat stocks accumulated in the railway yards at Karachi, and threatens the city. The damage already done is estimated at ...

    Article : 234 words
  8. COURT-MARTIAL

    Commander Daniel was found guilty on all charges as a result of a trial by Court-martial, [?]ld at Gibraltar. The Court recommended he be dismissed ...

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  9. STRANDED.

    The coastal steamer Gosford ran ashore on Ettalong Beach about 6 o'clock yesterday morning, while en route from Sydney to Gosford. ...

    Article : 312 words
  10. LABOUR PARTY.

    According to the Parliamentary correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" the Labour party is much concerned about the party's finance. The normal annual income has ...

    Article : 110 words
  11. "SPOONFEEDING."

    Giving evidence before the Child Endowment Commission in Melbourne yesterday, Mr. T. R. Ashworth, representing the Victorian Employers Federation and the Victorian ...

    Article : 472 words
  12. SCOTS DEPART.

    No. 5 wharf, Walsh Bay, presented a gay scene at noon yesterday, when the Hobsons Bay, with the New South Wales and Queensland contingents of the Scottish Delegation, ...

    Article : 288 words
  13. DARWIN UNIONS.

    A Darwin message says that the hotel boycott has been declared off the manager of the Club Hotel having withdrawn certain remarkes reflecting on the union. ...

    Article : 132 words
  14. BRITAIN AND EGYPT.

    The Cabinet is considering Nahas Pasha's Note regarding Angle-Egyptian relations. It is understood that the Foreign and Dominion Officers are not anxious, [?]asmuch as the [?] ...

    Article : 126 words
  15. LAWN TENNIS.

    In the matches between the French team and South Africa at Durban, Raymond and Condon (S.A.) beat Rousaus and Landry (France), 7-5, 6-1. In the singles Condon (S.A.) [?]eat ...

    Article : 220 words
  16. RELIEF WORK.

    A prosecution of an unusual order was dealt with in the Industrial Magistrate's Court yesterday, when an information was laid by Randolph Baverstock and James Manning ...

    Article : 269 words
  17. BOOKMAKER FINED.

    Archibald Scouiller, trading as Scotland and Company, bookmakers, of Regent-street, was fined £1600, with £80 costs, at Mariborough-street, on 14 summonses of failing to ...

    Article : 86 words
  18. AVIATION.

    A report from Dublin says that it is likely that the German [?]iers will be forestalled in their Transatlantic flight. Spindler, Captain Koehl's relief, returned to Germany to-day. ...

    Article : 178 words
  19. TRADING IN SHARES.

    The governors of the Stock Exchange agreed to suspend trading from the afternoon of April 5 until the morning of April 9, making a triple holiday over Easter. Traders had ...

    Article : 90 words
  20. PARLIAMENT.

    The forthcoming session of Parliament will be opened by commission on April 17. This decision was arrived at by Cabinet yesterday. ...

    Article : 356 words
  21. SEX CRIMES.

    A deputation which waited on the Attorney-General (Mr. Boyee) yesterday expressed the opinion that the Judges were not inflicting sufficient punishment on offenders who ...

    Article : 426 words
  22. ARMISTICE DAY.

    "Few Australians know that Edward George Honey, an Australian, was creator of the two minutes' silence which is observed on Armistice Day throughout the British Empire," said ...

    Article : 222 words
  23. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The conference of Polish and Lithuanian representatives resolved to appoint commissions relating to trade communications, security and frontier traffic, sitting ...

    Article : 519 words
  24. THE NORTH.

    Speaking to-day at a luncheon to Captain Lancaster and Mrs. Miller, the Minister for Home and Territories (Sir Neville Howse) said that he intended shortly to employ ...

    Article : 267 words
  25. A FAMILY VAULT.

    A remarkable d[?]ute between the Palg[?]ton Council (Devonshire) and Miss Gertrade Renira Hoskyns, who claimed the right, in accordance with an ancient Greek rite, to ...

    Article : 227 words
  26. COTTON INDUSTRY.

    In the House of Commons Mr. T. Shaw, Labour member for Preston, moved in favour of a Governmental inquiry into the cotton trade, which, he said, had been ...

    Article : 159 words
  27. VALUABLE ESTATE.

    The will of Mr. Joseph Gill, of Melbourne shipping agent and woolbroker, and also of Winderadeen station, Goulburn, who left estate in Victoria valued for probate ...

    Article : 208 words
  28. SUDDEN DEATH.

    The very Rev. Dr. Michael J. 0'Farrell, Roman Catholic Bishop of Bathurst for the past seven years, dropped dead while talking to the Mayor of Orange (Dr. Colvin) at the ...

    Article : 273 words
  29. SEQUEL TO DREAM.

    Dreaming that someone had shouted out "The train has bolted. Jump for your life," Thomas Alder, 33 years of age, a resident of Canberra, opened the door of a carriage and ...

    Article : 220 words
  30. SEARCH FOR CANE.

    Three sugar experts have planned an aeroplane expedition to New Guinea under the [?]usplees of the Department of Agriculture. They will seek a sugar cane hardier than ...

    Article : 100 words
  31. ROUND THE WORLD.

    Much interest is being taken in a worldgirdling race which started to-day, sponsored by the [?] Shimto." The race is restricted to ordinary means of transportation, the object ...

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  32. MRS. HINKLER ARRIVES.

    Mrs. Hinkler arrived by the Orama this morning. A large crowd had gathered on the wharf, and cheered Hinkler as he scrambled aboard the liner. There was a great ...

    Article : 257 words
  33. COMPENSATION.

    The duty of employers to notify insurers of injuries received by employees who come within the scope of the Workers' Compensation Act Was emphasised by Judge P[?]rdriau ...

    Article : 200 words
  34. MIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.

    "Stick to a good boss. Let him teach you thoroughly. Win the confidence of your Big Brother, who will help to pull you through," said Mr. Richard Li[?]ton, who, with Sir ...

    Article : 128 words
  35. "ALICE IN WONDERLAND."

    At S[?]theby's to-day the manuscript of "Alice in Wonderland" was sold for £15,400 to Doctor Roscnbach. Bidding commenced at £5000. ...

    Article : 104 words
  36. MISSING KETCH.

    After an unsuccessful search for wreckage of the missing ketch Ariel, the Harbour Board [?]g Conquer[?] has been ordered to return to Port Adelaide. ...

    Article : 51 words
  37. GIRL ASSAULTED.

    A gardener employed at a private hospital at Ryde reported to the police on Monday that his daughter, a child 10 years of age, had been assaulted by a man. ...

    Article : 65 words
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