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  2. THE LEAGUE.

    As expected, group voting dominated the election of nine non-permanent members of the League of Nations. The presence of Uruguay as a fourth Latin-American candidate ...

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  3. SPAIN.

    A special correspondent seut to Spain by the "Daily Express," telegraphing from Hendaye in order to avoid the Spanish censorship, says that he is able for the first time to tell the ...

    Article : 503 words
  4. COBHAM.

    A bad storm continues to rage in the Bay of Bengal, and the meteorological observers at Simla have warned us that it would be dangerous at present to proceed northwards ...

    Article : 141 words
  5. UPPER HOUSE.

    The Attorney-General (Mr. McTlernan), who proceeded to England some months ago on a special mission, arising out of the constitutional crisis which followed the efforts to ...

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  6. COAL STRIKE.

    Following a Cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin) has summoned officials of the Miners' Federation to a conference at No. 10 Downing-street to-morrow. He will ...

    Article : 120 words
  7. TRAIN MISHAPS.

    The Chief Railway Commissioner (Mr. Fraser) issued a statement yesterday in connection with reports published to the effect that another serious railway disaster was only ...

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  8. PARLIAMENTS OF THE EMPIRE.

    The vanguard of the delegations from the various branches of the Empire Parliamentary Association, comprising representatives of the Parliaments of the United Kingdom, the Irish Free State, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, and Malta, arrived at Sydney yesterday ...

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  9. M.C.C.'S NEXT TOUR.

    The captain of the Australian team (Mr. H. L. Collins), in a broadcast talk to-night, said that England had a wonderful chance of sending to Australia seven or eight batasmen of ...

    Article : 491 words
  10. CHINA.

    The Canton army has resumed its eastward advance from Hankow on two fronts, above and below the Yangtse River, and is leaving Hankow denuded of troops. The force below ...

    Article : 402 words
  11. THE ARRIVAL.

    Perfect spring weather greotod the delegates of the Empire Parliamentary Association upon their arrival at Sydney yesterday. There was an early morning mist as the Aorangl, ...

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  12. CIVIC RECEPTION.

    One of the most representative assemblages at any civic reception held in Sydney was present at the Town Hall yesterday morning to welcome the delegates of the Empire ...

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  13. TRADE ALLIANCE.

    The Senior British Trade Commissioner in Australia (Mr. R. W. Dalton), who is returning to Australia on Saturday, states that the representation of imperial trade in ...

    Article : 273 words
  14. TANGIER.

    Mr. Martin Donohoe, who is acting as special correspondent at Madrid for the "Daily Chronicle," telegraphs to that paper, saying:—The Tangier question is not dead. It is only ...

    Article : 163 words
  15. PRISONER ESCAPES.

    A prisoner named Strathmore escaped from the Tuncurry prison encampment in sensational circumstances yesterday afternoon. He had been brought to Tuncurry in May to ...

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  16. THE MURULLA DISASTER.

    The majority of the patients in the local hospital are improving, but the condition of Mrs. Williams and Messrs. Cochrane, Hunter, and Akhurst is still serious. Dr. Vance, of ...

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  17. LABOUR POLICY.

    The agenda for the Labour party conference at Margate on October 17, shows that the Communist issued, which was supposed to have been killed last year, will again arise. ...

    Article : 145 words
  18. LAWN TENNIS.

    In the semi-finals for the national singles championship at Forest Hills to-day, H. Cochet (France) defented W. T. Tilden (U.S.A.), 6-8, 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 3-6; V. Richards ...

    Article : 218 words
  19. PRIME MINISTER'S MESSAGE.

    Yesterday the Premier received the following wireless message from the Prime Minister:—"I desire to express deepest sympathy with your State and with the boreaved ...

    Article : 61 words
  20. THE ORVIETO.

    A report from Port Said states that a small quantity of the Orvieto's cargo was discharged and re-shipped, and the vessel proceeded on her voyage to Australia. ...

    Article : 55 words
  21. THE WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE.

    Regarding a report that the notion of the Westinghouse brake averted a disaster to a train between Dora Creek and Awaba stations, the Westinghouse Brake Company of ...

    Article : 78 words
  22. BRIBERY "PLOT."

    The A.L.P. executive last night decided to hold an inquiry into allegations of bribery made against certain members of the party. This was the outcome of an invitation ...

    Article : 148 words
  23. LONDON NEWSPAPERS.

    The "Daily Express" announces that negotiations are practically complete for the sale of Sir John Ellerman's weeklies—"The Sphere," "Illustrated London News," "Tatler," ...

    Article : 87 words
  24. JOB CONTROL.

    Further attempts were made to-day to secure a crew for the Howard Smith's steamer Saros, which was unable to obtain a complement yesterday on account of a disagreement ...

    Article : 350 words
  25. THE DYING HOUR.

    The "Lancet," in an article advocating greater attention to the dying hour and making death easier and less painful, points out that there has never been systematic ...

    Article : 176 words
  26. PHILOSOPHERS' APPEAL.

    The distinguished French philosopher, Colostin Bougie, addressing the iuternational Philosophic Congress at Cambridge (Mass.) to-day, made an eloquent plea for greater unity ...

    Article : 169 words
  27. FLOODS IN UNITED STATES.

    A message from Chicago states that drenching rains, bringing floods in many sections of the middle-west, causing damage to the extent of over 12,000,000 dollars have resulted ...

    Article : 82 words
  28. GOVERNOR'S POWERS.

    "The Canadian elections, as i predicted some time ago, have gone entirely in favour of the party which resented the assumption of autocratic power by Lord Byng, the ...

    Article : 411 words
  29. CANADA'S MESSAGE.

    Senator F. L. Schaffner, the lone Canadian delegate, comes with a message of friendship and sympathy to Australia. "At home in Canada," he said, "we regard Australia and ...

    Article : 257 words
  30. SAFE BLOWN.

    Safebreakers entered the office of Hollander and Govett, Grosvenor-street, city, before daylight yesterday, and blowing open the door of an iron safe decaped with £20 in notes ...

    Article : 79 words
  31. INDIA'S PHILOSOPHY.

    The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says:—Sir Rabindranath Tagore has met with an ovation at his lectures delivered in English before crowded audiences ...

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  32. THE SONOMA ROBBERY.

    Placide Joseph Ducrest, wanted by the San Francisco police for the theft of 125,000 dollars in Australian bullion from the steamer Sonoma in 1921, has been found guilty by the Federal ...

    Article : 87 words
  33. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Passages for 40 teachers for Victoria have been booked by the Runic, sailing in December. At Dijon (France) to-day the Maori Rugby ...

    Article : 239 words
  34. SYDNEY SNOW, LTD.

    The promises situated at the corner of Liverpool and Pitt streets and occupied by Sydney Snow, Ltd., have been purchased by that company for £187,500. The land has a ...

    Article : 94 words
  35. MURDEROUS BANDITS.

    The United States Embassy at Mexico City was officially Informed on Thursday that Jacob Rosenthal, a wealthy resident of New York, had been murdered on the previous ...

    Article : 65 words
  36. CITY FIRE.

    The automatic sprinkler alarm installed in Amico House, Parker-street, city, prevented the spread of fire last night. The damage [?] fire was only slight, but water caused ...

    Article : 102 words
  37. PHONOGRAPH INVENTION.

    A distinct scientific advance has been achieved by the Columbia Company in the production of a phonograph which renders posslble two ranges of vibration to emanate ...

    Article : 115 words
  38. TROUBLE ON LANENA.

    The Holyman steamer Lanena, due to leave Hobart at five o'clock this afternoon, was held up because the crow refused to work the vessel until one of their number, who ...

    Article : 128 words
  39. PROHIBITION.

    The State Convention of the Democratic party in Connecticut adopted [?] and declared for absolute repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. ...

    Article : 77 words
  40. TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

    This afternoon delegates will visit the Zoological Gardens at Taronga Park at the invitation of the chairman and trustees. The invitation, which does not iucluda ladies, is also ...

    Article : 123 words
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