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  2. MR. BRUCE ARRIVES AT SYDNEY. SUCCESS OF MISSION ABROAD.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce), after an absence abroad of more cthan five months, returned to Australia yesterday. The welcome he received—in fact, the series of welcomes, commencing in the morning and ending with a great public reception in ...

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  3. BUSH FIRES. HOUSES-THREATENED.

    Several houses were threatened by an extensive grass are which broke out [?]t McLeod to-day. Among them was that of the chairman of ...

    Article : 230 words
  4. GOODS TRAIN.

    Travelling, it is stated, at 30 miles an hour, a goods train crashed into a dead-end at North Goulburn at 1 o'clock this morning and broke down the buffers. ...

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  5. MOTORS.

    Farm produce agents have decided, praetically unanimously, that in future horsedrawn vehicles shall be used exclusively in the conveyance of hav, straw, and chaff from ...

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  6. CHINA. BRITISH TROOPS.

    The Chinese situation continues to engage the closo attention of the Government. A Cabinet meeting has been postponed until to-morrow, when the position created by Mr ...

    Article : 531 words
  7. SHEFFIELD SHIELD.

    The Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and Queensland' will be commenced at Brisbane to-day. The result will be eagerly awaited, as it will have a decisive bearing ...

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  8. CLAIM DISMISSED.

    In the action for libel brought by Captain Peter Wright against Lord Gladstone, arising from a letter written by the defendant to the committee of the Bath Club, following attacks ...

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  9. FINANCE.

    Following the lead of some of the other States, the South Australian Government has appointed a commission to inquire into the financial position between South Australia ...

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  10. OFFICIAL WELCOME.

    The spontaneity of the welcome was indicative of the esteem in which Mr. Bruce is held, and of appreciation of the ability with which he represented the Commonwealth at ...

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  11. RIVERINA SUFFERS.

    An outbreak of fire occurred yesterday on the Upper Murray, 25 miles from Corryong, on the New South Wales side of the Murray River. Fanned by a hot northerly wind the ...

    Article : 546 words
  12. QUEENSLAND COTTON

    Arrangements were completed yesterday for Australian cotton-spinners to take over the whole of the season's Queensland crop. This is the first time in the history of Australian ...

    Article : 298 words
  13. EMPIRE TRADE.

    The Australian wine trade is greatly concerned at the action of the Customs Department in restricting clearances of wine in February. March, and April to the quantity ...

    Article : 433 words
  14. CIVIC SALARIES.

    The City Council yesterday, at a special meeting, spent two and a half hours discussing the increase of salary to he granted Mr. H. Mackay and Mr. Maling, manager and ...

    Article : 375 words
  15. CHURCH LANDS.

    The State Government intends to bring down a bill in Parliament this session to exempt from taxation all lands connected with churches, schools, and orphanages. ...

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  16. COALMINERS.

    At the last meeting of the North Illawarra Municipal Council the health Inspector reported that a number of miners ran motor cars between Corrimal and Wollongong at ...

    Article : 136 words
  17. JAPAN WAITING.

    The Foreign Office is now considering a new draft treaty with China, but the final decision depends upon the outcome of the Anglo-Chinese situation. ...

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  18. CIVIC RECEPTION.

    The Prime Minister was received by the Lord Mayor, members of the Federal Parliament, of the State Parliament, of the City Council, and representatives of the commercial ...

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  19. BRITISH CABINET.

    To-morrow's Cabinet meeting will decide what measures of legislation are to be included in the King's speech at the opening of Parliament next Tuesday. It is understood that ...

    Article : 235 words
  20. WORKMAN KILLED.

    Run down by [?]ome empty trucks on a siding near Artarmon Railway Station early yesterday afternoon, William Cassell, cement worker, of Ocean-street, Woollahra, was ...

    Article : 304 words
  21. LAY-BY SYSTEM.

    An unusual case was continued in the Insoivency Court to-day, when the application of Edward Thomas Price, a draper by profession, trading under the name of "Beavers," ...

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  22. MONTHS OF SEARCH.

    After a hunt lasting seven months for a pianoia and a person whom it was supposed could explain certain aspects of a transaction by which the instrument had been spirited ...

    Article : 329 words
  23. EMPIRE RELATIONS.

    "While in one sense it is true that in respect to the constitutional position of Britain and the dominions the recent Imperial Conference established nothing new," said ...

    Article : 279 words
  24. WAGES, COSTS, AND PRICES.

    Sir,— I have just read Mr A. B. Piddington's pamphlet, "The Next Step," written in support of a Commonwealth scheme of child endowment. There are two or three points ...

    Article : 529 words
  25. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Sir Samuel Hoare (Secretary of State for Air) and Lady Maud Hoare, who [?]ew from London to India in one of the Empire air- liners, are now flying home from India. They left ...

    Article : 380 words
  26. GERMANY.

    In a statement at the opening of the Reichstag the German Chancellor (Dr. Marx) declared that the new Government recognised the republican constitution. The ...

    Article : 150 words
  27. MIGRATION.

    Mr. Bruce announced yesterday that British mission would visit Australia with regard to the establishment of development schemes to increase the absorption power [?] ...

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  28. THIEVES DISTURBED.

    Thieves who were disturbed in two suburban buildings early yesterday morning made their escape before the arrival of the police in each case. Nothing was stolen. ...

    Article : 179 words
  29. HENDREN.

    Hendren is definitely finishing his Association football career, and so is free to act as a cricket coach in South Australia during the English winter, while still representing the ...

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  30. MR. JOHN McCORMACK.

    Mr. John McCormack, the singer, returned to England to-day for concerts. He said that he is determined to retire when he is 50. seven years hence. He would probably enter ...

    Article : 127 words
  31. DAVIS CUP.

    All the State tennis associations except that of Tasmania were represented to-night at a meeting of the council of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia. ...

    Article : 91 words
  32. BEAM WIRELESS.

    The Marconi Company will begin next week exhaustive testing of the Australian beam wireless service. The Post Office Will not participate till the company advises that a ...

    Article : 50 words
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