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  2. ENDOWMENT.

    The Child Endowment Bill was strong[?] criticised in the Legislative Council last evening. Mr. Farrar said that with a measure of the ...

    Article : 879 words
  3. MR. CHARLTON.

    Speaking at Rozelle last night in support of Mr. E. G. Theodore, Mr. M. Charlton (leader of the Federal Labour party) criticised Mr. Brucc's statement that Australia should have ...

    Article : 155 words
  4. THE RENOWN.

    The people of the historic settlement of Russell, formerly known as Kororareka, where Lieutenant Hobson landed 87 years ago, and planted the British flag, were astir early this ...

    Article : 540 words
  5. 44-HOUR WEEK. PROBABLE EFFECTS.

    "The decision of the Federal Arbitration Court," said the president of the Chamber of Manufactures (Mr. R. A. Marks) yesterday, "will have far-reaching effects. One vital ...

    Article : 169 words
  6. SHANGHAI.

    It is reliably reported that General Sun Chuan-fang is handing over the defence of Shanghal to Chang Tsung-chang, Governor of Shantung. Several thousand "white" ...

    Article : 665 words
  7. LIQUOR BILL.

    In the Legislative Council last night Mr. Willis (Vice-President of the Executive Council) moved that the Liquor (Amendment) Bill be restored to the business paper, and that ...

    Article : 211 words
  8. WARNING TO RUSSIA. British Note.

    A Note from the British Foreign Office has been handed to the Soviet Charge d'Affaires in London, warning the Soviet Government that its hostile pro[?]paganda threatens the rupture of ordinary diplomatic relations with Britain. ...

    Article : 1,435 words
  9. RAILWAYS.

    For the quarter ended December 31 the railways and tramways expenditure shows a large increase. This was mainly due to an increase in the basic wage, and the introduction of the ...

    Article : 183 words
  10. STATE ACT.

    The Industrial Commission, in a judgment given yesterday, ruled that in certain cases where it is in the public interests to do so, a week of 48 hours, instead of 44, may be ...

    Article : 533 words
  11. EMERALD FINDS.

    Regarding a Press report of a statement concerning a sensational emerald production at Poona, on the Murchison goldfield, made by the chairman at a meeting of the Star ...

    Article : 260 words
  12. 40-HOUR WEEK.

    "We have adopted the slogan 'Fight On,' " said Mr. L. English, secretary of the Building Trade Group of unions to-day, after a mass meeting of men on strike for a 40-hour week ...

    Article : 176 words
  13. MODERN DISDAIN.

    In a lunch-hour address on "Training and Apprenticeship" at the Constitutional Club to-day, Archbishop Duhig deplored the tendency of present-day parents to look with disdain ...

    Article : 207 words
  14. PRESS COMMENT.

    Opinions regarding Sir Austen Chamberlain's Note are curiously mixed. The "Morning Post" favours stronger measures against the Soviet, but significantly says that it does not ...

    Article : 497 words
  15. MR. WILLIS.

    Mr. Willis, in a personal explanation in the Legislative Council yesterday, referred to a manifesto issued by the A.L.P. executive in which an accusation was made that he was ...

    Article : 371 words
  16. POPPY DAY.

    Interviewed yesterday by a deputation which comprised executive members of the Returned Soldiers' organisations, the Chief Secretary, Mr. Lazzarini, stated that he was satisfied ...

    Article : 303 words
  17. UNIONS WAITING.

    Now that the Court has declared in favour of a 44-hour week, the unions are asking what the employors are going to do about wages, that is, whether they are going to ...

    Article : 149 words
  18. WATER BOARD.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 202 words
  19. CHILD KILLED.

    As Miss Burkitt, daughter of the manager of the Yerong branch of the Bank of New South Wales, was engaged in household duties to-day, the five-year-old son of Mr. ...

    Article : 90 words
  20. STATE—OWNED SHIPS.

    Mr. J. Havelock Wilson, president of the Sailors and Firemen's Union, speaking at a luncheon at the Hotel Cecil, said that the British seamen in 1921 rejected ...

    Article : 66 words
  21. INCREASED BURDEN.

    "The effect of the decision," said Mr. Ball (deputy leader of the State Opposition), "means that it is going to add considerably to the cost of production in New South Wales, ...

    Article : 196 words
  22. DE PINEDO.

    News comes from Fernando Noronha that, owing to damage to one of the wings of his seaplane while being towed by the Brazilian gunboat Barrozzo, Commander de Pinedo ...

    Article : 60 words
  23. NICARAGUA.

    The State Department at Washington has been informed by the United States Minister at Managua that Britain is contemplating the despatch of a warship to the west coast ...

    Article : 111 words
  24. £9,800,000.

    An agreement has been entered into between the Commonwealth and the New South Wales Governments relating to the indebtedness of the State to the Commonwealth in respect of ...

    Article : 176 words
  25. TWO MEN ARRESTED.

    A fire in Winslow House, a five-story building, in City-road, late last night, led to the arrest of two men in the place in remarkable circumstances. It appeared, by a ...

    Article : 481 words
  26. INDIA'S FUTURE.

    Labour's bill "to constitute within the British Empire a Commonwealth of India" has been introduced by Mr. Rennie Smith. Its eight spons[?]rs include Dr. L. Haden Guest. ...

    Article : 162 words
  27. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The death of Sir Edward Marshall-Hall, K.C., is announced. He figured as counsel in many of the more sensational criminal trials of recent years. Sir Edward was in his 69th ...

    Article : 431 words
  28. ARMS FOR GERMANY.

    News comes from Berlin of a stormy secret session of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Reichstag, at which the Socialists again raised the question of importation of arms ...

    Article : 163 words
  29. MURULLA DISASTER.

    Replying to questions in the Legislative Assembly yesterday by Mr. Skelton concerning what action had been taken by the Raliway Commissioners in regard to the ...

    Article : 435 words
  30. PREMIER'S COMMENT.

    The Premier (Mr. Lang) expressed the view yesterday that the judgment of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court in granting the engineering trades a 44-hour week was a triumph ...

    Article : 126 words
  31. WAVE OF SUICIDES.

    A measage from Buenos Aires says that a wave of suicide is sweeping over Argentina. Fifteen people died of poison to-day. Over 300 people have poisoned themselves in the ...

    Article : 100 words
  32. OTHER STATES.

    The possible affect of the 44-hour week de cision has caused consternation in South Aus tralian employing circles. A statement has been made that the innovation will coat the ...

    Article : 281 words
  33. MUSICIAN'S TROUBLES.

    A sidelight on the home troubles of a famous musician was revealed by Sir Landon Ronald, the famous composer, when giving evidence in an action in which a ...

    Article : 168 words
  34. THE EXPLOSION.

    As a result of inquiries made by the Crimin Investigation Branch into the cause of the explosion in Elizabeth-street, Redfern, there is every possibility of an early arrest. ...

    Article : 160 words
  35. LABOUR AND ROYALTY.

    Mr. John Stevenson, M.P. (Labour), in a letter to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald drawing attention to the Glasgow municipal Labourites' boycott of their Majesties' visit to the ...

    Article : 152 words
  36. HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    In the House of Commons to-day Mr. J. M. Konworthy, referring to consultation with the dominions on Mr. Coolidge's proposals, asked why in the more serious case of the Locarno ...

    Article : 144 words
  37. THE DAVIS CUP.

    The United States Lawn Tennis Association in New York announced on Wednesday that France had entered for the 1927 Davie Cup play. ...

    Article : 29 words
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