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  2. GOVERNMENT DEFEATED.

    In the Legislative Council yesterday the Government was defeated on the report of the committee appointed to draw up the reasons for the attitude of the Legislative Council towards the Elections Bill. Sir Joseph Carruthers' motion, that the report he adopted, was ...

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  3. AUSTRALIAN TEAM.

    Mr. Syd. Smith, jun., hon. secretary of the Australian Board of Control, thinks it is unlikely that the Australian team for England will be completed until after the Sheffield ...

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  4. SOVIET RUSSIA.

    The Russian correspondent of the "Daily Express" says: "The new slogan of Russia is: 'State capitalism of mines, industry, and railways. Commerce is expected to make ...

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  5. LORD ALLENBY.

    Lord and Lady Allenby had their first real view of Sydney Harbour yesterday, the trip including a visit to the Zoo. During the morning Lord Allenby inspected ...

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  6. TEST CRICKET.

    The Australian Press Association understands that tha general assumption in English cricketing circles that A. W. Carr (Notts) will captain England in the tests is ...

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  7. JOB CONTROL.

    Another railway crisis has developed at the Ipswich railway station, in consequence of the employees objecting to the appointment of a certain foreman as yard ...

    Article : 157 words
  8. DOMINIONS.

    The High Commissioners, including Sir Joseph Cook (Australia) and Sir James Allen (New Zealand), are almost unanimously opposed to the proposals originating in ...

    Article : 380 words
  9. MAIN ROADS.

    At a meeting of the executive of the Shires Association of New South Wales yesterday the president (Councillor H. J. Bate) submitted a special report ...

    Article : 399 words
  10. TOLL OF HURRICANE.

    Several persons were seriously injured and 100 rendered homeless by a hurricane breaking over the Canary Islands. Messages from Las Palmas state that a deluge of rain swelled ...

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  11. MR. LANG'S INTENTIONS.

    "I will win in the end. My plans have been so arranged that I do not intend to take any notice of defeat at this juncture. I have determined that the Upper House shall go, and ...

    Article : 755 words
  12. ARCTIC FLIGHT.

    At a conference held during the past few days at Oslo a contract was agreed to under which Colonel Nobile, of the Italian Air Force, will command the airship Norge, invented and ...

    Article : 154 words
  13. AUSTRALIAN TRADE.

    At the annual meeting of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in London, the High Commissioner (Sir Joseph Cook) said that last year was almost a record for prosperity ...

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  14. NEW WARSHIPS.

    In a speech at Ludlow, reviewing the Government's record, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. W. Bridgeman, said that it was not generally known that other great ...

    Article : 99 words
  15. IRISH OUTRAGE.

    While a country folk dance was in progress at Kilfenora, County Clare, a party of armed men forced their way into the ballroom. They fired shots into the air, and ordered the women ...

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  16. SHEFFIELD CRICKET.

    When the New South Wales Cricket Association meets next month the conditions governing Sheffield Shield matches will receive attention. At the interstate ...

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  17. HEAVY RAIN.

    An extensive disturbance, which was operating over a large portion of the continent yesterday has been responsible for very heavy rain, and unsettled conditions have ...

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  18. SHIPPING MERGER.

    The directors of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha (Japan Mail Steamship Co.) and the Toyo Kisen Kaisha (Oriental Steamship Co.), to-day separately discussed definite plans for a ...

    Article : 77 words
  19. CANADA.

    The Conservative party on Monday brought down the expected motion against the Ministry. The Conservative leader (Mr. Melghen), in closing his speech, made reference to the ...

    Article : 119 words
  20. FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

    Rates of foreign exchange on London of Monday, our London correspondent cables compared with rates previously quoted as follows: ...

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  21. MR. T. WALSH.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) said to-night that preliminary steps had been taken by the Crown Solicitor to enforce the payment of the fine of £100 imposed on the president ...

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  22. TALLEST BUILDING.

    Work has begun on what is to be the tallest building in the world. It will be the 65stories Christian Missionary Building on Broadway, being 800 feet high-eight feet ...

    Article : 149 words
  23. FRENCH FINANCE.

    The finance committee of the Chamber of Deputies has adopted a proposal concerning reform of the succession duties. This contemplates the State being allotted portion of ...

    Article : 53 words
  24. PRICE OF RUBBER.

    Crude rubber prices dropped 8 cents in New York on Monday. Traders look for lower levels in consequence of the increase of stocks in London and New York. The complete ...

    Article : 66 words
  25. SPORT ABROAD.

    "Rugby like a street brawl" is the description of Saturday's drawn match between England and Wales at Cardiff, attributed to an unnamed well-known international in the ...

    Article : 215 words
  26. THE WIRELESS JOKE.

    There has been considerable comment in the Press and shoals of letters to the Broadcasting Company concerning Father Ronald Knox's "burlesque revolution." The majority of the ...

    Article : 81 words
  27. GOLD PASSES BILL.

    The Attorney-General took charge of the bill to make provision for the retention of the railway passes by the members of the Council after that. Chamber has been ...

    Article : 4,659 words
  28. BRITISH INDUSTRY.

    "The people in England have just awakened to the fact that they must have cheaper power, and their factories must be brought up to date," said the Agent-General for Victoria ...

    Article : 288 words
  29. SINGLE SEATS.

    As soon an the President (Mr. Flowers) took the chair, Sir Joseph Carruthers presented the report of the select committee appointed to draw up reasons why the ...

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  30. GERMANT.

    It is learnt that the British Government is at present giving attention to Germany's representations regarding the number of Allied troops in the Rhineland, with a view of ...

    Article : 126 words
  31. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    H.M.A.S. Melbourne will be at Portsmouth between March 30 and May 1, for the purpose of giving the crew leave. For this purpose the vessel will be temporarily transferred to ...

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  32. GIRAFFE AT ZOO.

    The White Star linor Medic arrived in Sydney Harbour yesterday with a number of additions for the Zoo at Taronga Park. Hopefully a pair of giraffes had been placed on ...

    Article : 258 words
  33. BANKNOTE [?]RGERIES.

    Router's Budapest correspondent says:— The Public Prosecutor has asked the examining magistrate to arrest Bishop Zadravees, Chaplain-General of the Hungarian Army, on ...

    Article : 123 words
  34. NO COMPROMISE.

    A meeting of the Milk, Ice, and Dairy Employees' Union yesterday afternoon decided to stand by the original determination of the union in favour of a 44-hour week to be ...

    Article : 183 words
  35. SHIPPING SERVICES.

    A welcome was extended by the Tasmanian Shipping Committee to Mr. W. T. Appleton, managing director of Huddart, Parker, Limited. Among other matters discussed ...

    Article : 217 words
  36. FACTIONAL FIGHT.

    The factional fight between A.L.P. supporters and the "Reds" for the control of the Miscellaneous Workers' Union was decided at the Trades Hall last night, when the annual ...

    Article : 133 words
  37. CHINESE.

    Confirmation of the reports which have been made unofficially from time to time that an organised plan for smuggling Chinese into the north of Australia is in operation, has ...

    Article : 138 words
  38. THEFT OF MINIATURE.

    A curious story of the alleged theft of a miniature valued at £500, belonging to Sir Archibald Hamilton, was told at the hearing of a charge of theft against Baron and ...

    Article : 144 words
  39. TOWN HALL.

    Alderman Courtenay asked the Lord Mayor (Alderman Stokes) at the City Council meeting last evening whether the Town Hall was now closed definitely on Saturday mornings; ...

    Article : 102 words
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