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  2. TRADE UNIONS.

    For the final day of the debate on the Trade Unions and Trade Disputes Bill the galleries of the House of Commons were packed, and long queues in the lobbies vainly tried to ...

    Article : 735 words
  3. WAR DEBTS.

    The newspapers, which were completely surprised by the Government's Note to Washington in relation to the British-American war debt, unanimously approve its contents. ...

    Article : 455 words
  4. WATER STORAGE.

    By regulations under the Water Act, which recently came into force, it is laid down that all classes of water storage must be licensed. This provision had led to an ...

    Article : 509 words
  5. WHEAT POOLS.

    Direct control by farmers of the world's grain markets through co-operative selling organisations, with resultant curtailment of speculation, was advocated by Mr. Burnell, ...

    Article : 597 words
  6. 44 HOURS.

    Reserved judgment was delivered by Chief Judge Dethridge, Judge Lukin, and Judge Beeby in the Full Court of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day, on the ...

    Article : 1,297 words
  7. CANBERRA.

    Few have noticed the remarkable parallelism between the Federal Capital of Washington just before Congress was transferred to that "City in the Wilderness" in the year 1800 ...

    Article : 1,439 words
  8. NEW PARTY.

    The prime movers in the scheme to launch a new Industrial Political Labour party as opposed to the A.L.P. intended that the plan should not have been divulged until after ...

    Article : 130 words
  9. WATERSIDERS.

    In the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day, Judge Beeby delivered his reserved judgment on the appeal by the Waterside Workers' Federation and the Federated Storemen and ...

    Article : 381 words
  10. "A PURE CANARD."

    Mr. S. Bird, who was appointed general secretary of the A.L.P. by the recent Seale conference yesterday, denied the suggestion that the supporters of Mr. Seale had decided ...

    Article : 215 words
  11. LABOUR SPLIT.

    The two rival executives of the Australian Labour party held meetings at the Trades Hall last night. It was the first occasion since the ...

    Article : 252 words
  12. ECONOMICS.

    At the international economic conference at Geneva to-day, Dr. von Siemens (Germany) and Frau Freundlich (Austria) urged that consideration for the amelioration of Europe's ...

    Article : 453 words
  13. UPPER HOUSE.

    The record of attendance of members of the Upper House in division during the last session were made available yesterday. An interesting feature of the record is the ...

    Article : 256 words
  14. TRADES UNIONS.

    At to-day's session of the all-Australian Trade Union Congress, delegates discussed the report of a sub-committee appointed to draw up a proposed constitution of the ...

    Article : 448 words
  15. THE MISSISSIPPI.

    The crest of the flood is moving southward at the rate of 50 miles a day, leaving an increasingly large expanse of inundated territory in its wake The water is pouring through ...

    Article : 243 words
  16. LABOUR MEMBERS.

    The Labour faction fight has been transferred to the league branches of the A.L.P. A prominent member of the Parliamentary Labour party stated yesterday that at the ...

    Article : 84 words
  17. FUGITIVE'S REVELS.

    For weeks the police had been on the lookout for a man named Rennie, who was suspected of having committed several robberies, but not finding him supposed that he had ...

    Article : 244 words
  18. INDUSTRIAL MISSION.

    Members of the Australian Industrial Mission to-day discussed their itinerary. The difficulties were intensified owing to inspections, which members individually desired to ...

    Article : 292 words
  19. SEALE EXECUTIVE.

    Mr. A. J. Macpherson presided at the meeting of the Seale executive owing to the absence in Melbourne of Mr. W. H. Seale. It was decided to call nominations for ...

    Article : 171 words
  20. THE SOVIET.

    In reply to a question in the House of Commons, to-day the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Mr. G. Locker-Lampson) said that the Soviet had made no offer, as stated ...

    Article : 102 words
  21. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. Philip Snowden, M.P. (Labour), writing in "The Banker," says that the Bank of England, under Mr. Montagu Norman, has been the instrument by which bankrupt Europe ...

    Article : 511 words
  22. ROUGH SEAS.

    Another cyclonic disturbance developed off the New South Wales coast yesterday, causing southerly gales and high sons, south of Port Stephens. Shipping is being hampered, ...

    Article : 313 words
  23. AVIATION.

    Captain St. Romain left the African coast to-day on a flight to Brazil. A wireless message received later stated that he was far out at sea and going well. ...

    Article : 161 words
  24. NO CREW.

    At a meeting of the Australian Amateur Rowing Council it was decided that no Australian eight-oar crew should be sent to the Olympic Games at Amsterdam next year. ...

    Article : 225 words
  25. MAN DROWNED.

    An anonymous letter was produced at the inquest held by the City Coroner, Mr. Fletcher, yesterday, into the death of Edward King, aged 69, whose dead body was found in the ...

    Article : 206 words
  26. MASS TELEPATHY.

    The results were published to-day of the experiment in "mass telepathy" entered into by the Society of Psychical Research in February with the assistance of Sir Oliver Lodge ...

    Article : 162 words
  27. QUEST FOR OIL.

    Further encouragement is to be given by the Commonwealth to private exploration for oil in Australia. The Minister for Home and Territories (Mr. Marr) announced to-day that ...

    Article : 99 words
  28. POLICY IN CHINA.

    Officials of the Department of State to-day declared that the Government understands that Britain, France, Italy, and Japan have ac[?] cepted the United States' view that no drastic ...

    Article : 66 words
  29. AUSTRALIAN GIRL.

    The wedding took place to-day of Lieutenant the Viscount Mandeville, R.N., heir of the Duke of Manchester, and Miss Nell Vere Stead, of Melbourne, at Kimbolton Church, St. Neots. ...

    Article : 183 words
  30. PENDULUM CANNONS.

    Reeco to-day increased his break, made by Pendulum cannons, from 4873 to 6177, still unfinished, making his total 12,394. His opponent, Peall, is 4648. Newman, playing Davis, made ...

    Article : 117 words
  31. FLOOD RAINS IN THE NORTH

    Since midnight rain has fallen steadily, and at 6 p.m four inches had been registered. Low-lying parts of the town are under water, and rain is still falling. ...

    Article : 113 words
  32. SALVAGE AWARD.

    In the Admiralty Division of the High Court to-day the master and crew of the steamer Devon were awarded £10,250, of which £7850 goes to the owners, for salvage services in ...

    Article : 123 words
  33. THEFT OF £167.

    The theft of £167 in notes, from a table in the office of Mulleus and Company, stock brokers, on the third floor of No. 115 Pitt-street, was reported to the police ...

    Article : 121 words
  34. COPPER AND TIN.

    Mr. Mackay, general manager of the electricity department of the City Council, has reported to the Town Clerk that thefts of tin valued at £25, and of copper valued at ...

    Article : 78 words
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