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  2. MR. BRUCE.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) was received with great enthusiasm when he made his first speech following his re-election to the House of Representatives, at the luncheon ...

    Article : 321 words
  3. CANBERRA.

    Though steady progress is being made with the works at Canberra, there is little hope of Parliament meeting there for many months. It has been announced officially that when the ...

    Article : 493 words
  4. STATE POLITICS.

    It is the desire of the Government to complete the present session of Parliament on December 18. This leaves exactly 15 sitting days to carry ...

    Article : 395 words
  5. LOCARNO TREATY.

    A Berlin message states that the Reichstag, by 291 votes to 174, agreed to the third reading of the Locarno Bill, embracing the security pact, arbitration treaties, ...

    Article : 391 words
  6. MINERS' STRIKE.

    The country generally is beginning to feel the pinch of the coal strike, which commenced on September 1. Hitherto the anthracite miners have been chiefly affected. Anxiety ...

    Article : 308 words
  7. QUEEN MOTHER

    London, already white from 16 hours of frost, drew a hope at broakfast time yesterday from a radiant sun, but the funeral of Queen Alexandra was not to be a sun-bathed ...

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  8. SEAMEN'S STRIKE DECLARED OFF. Ships to be Manned at Once.

    After a duration of slightly over three months, the strike of British seamen in Australian ports against a reduction in wages of £1 a month was officially declared off on Saturday. The strike, which was unduly protracted by the activities of ...

    Article : 154 words
  9. THE TERMS.

    The strike broke out in Sydney on August 20 as a protest against a reduction in wages agreed to in the United Kingdom during July and operative from August 1. After serious ...

    Article : 825 words
  10. MORE THAN £2,000,000.

    The shipowners, in announcing the end of the strike in Australia, declare: The strikers' loss in wages aggregates a very large figure. The dislocation of services must be reflected ...

    Article : 78 words
  11. IMPORTS TO BRITAIN.

    A Board of Trade committee has concluded its inquiry into five applications under the Safeguarding of Industries Act. It has recommended a duty of 17½ per cent. ...

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  12. YACHTING DISASTERS. THREE DROWNED.

    Thrown into the water when the Commodore's yacht, the Worane, heeled over after being struck by the first squall of a terrific windstorm, three people were drowned at the ...

    Article : 290 words
  13. MAN SHOT.

    News has been received from Ingham of a tragedy which occurred at a selector's home at Mount Fox on Friday morning, when Cecil Charles Perry, age 23, was shot dead. ...

    Article : 220 words
  14. FRENCH MINISTRY.

    M. Briand (says Reuter's correspondent at Paris) has formed a Ministry, in which, in addition to the Premiership, he will take the portfolio of Foreign Affairs. His principal ...

    Article : 180 words
  15. A WARNING FULFILLED.

    The original offer made by the shipowners to the seamen, which expired on September 4, was that in the event of the men returning to their ships before noon on that date, the ...

    Article : 257 words
  16. JOB CONTROL.

    The holding-up of the Karoola, Ulimaroa, Barwon, and Werribee, which the Commonwealth steamship owners had complained was a breach of the agreement, was referred to ...

    Article : 266 words
  17. IRISH BOUNDARY.

    News comes from Dublin that Mr. Cosgrave, President of the Executive, reported to the Irish Free State Executive that the discussion on Thursday between himself, Mr. ...

    Article : 176 words
  18. FARM TRAGEDY.

    A message from Rockhampton says: Two men lost their lives at Alton Downs this afternoon. George Cook, aged 51, a wellknown farmer, descended a well which had ...

    Article : 118 words
  19. MILITANT OFFICIAL.

    Notwithstanding that it was admitted that the strikewas practically at an end, the usual Sunday afternoon demonstration was held on the Yarra bank to-day. The chairman of ...

    Article : 374 words
  20. SWEPT OVERBOARD.

    Richard Whittington, aged 49, of Hobart, a prominant member of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, and a skilled rifle shot, was swept overboard from the yacht Sao in a ...

    Article : 165 words
  21. WHEAT PRICES.

    The "London Grain, Seed, and Oil Reporter" says:—Several causes have contributed to a sharp advance in wheat prices since the beginning of October. These include Russia's ...

    Article : 87 words
  22. CRICKET TEAM.

    The team of New Zealand cricketers, fourteen in number, to tour Australia arrived at Sidney by the R.M.S. Makura on Saturday. It is a team of young players, the average ...

    Article : 426 words
  23. BRITISH NAVY.

    The Dominion Chambers of Commerce, in conference at Dunedin, carried a resolution affirming the vital necessity to New Zealand of the protection and maintenance of British ...

    Article : 135 words
  24. THE JAVA MURDER.

    The Attorney-General has ordered the tramsportation to Weltevreden of the four natives arrested on suspicion of having been concerned in the murder of Mrs. Macfie. They ...

    Article : 52 words
  25. DARING RAID.

    A Dublin message says that armed raiders, wearing the uniform of the Civil Guard, last night obtained admittance to Mountjoy Prison by presenting themselves with pretended ...

    Article : 106 words
  26. RED ISSUE. MR. LOUGHLIN'S STATEMENT.

    The Minister for Lands, Mr. Loughlin, said on Saturday that there was not the slightest possibility of a split between the unions and the A.L.P. over the "Red" issue. ...

    Article : 232 words
  27. SENTENCED COMMUNISTS

    The executive of the Minors' Federation is unanimously protesting against the "altogether unwarrantable and severe" sentences passed on the Communist officials. It alleges ...

    Article : 55 words
  28. NEW ZEALAND MADE.

    The Governor-General, after visiting the Secondary Industries Pavilion at the Dunedin Exhibition, declared that the Quality and variety of goods produced in the Dominion ...

    Article : 149 words
  29. RADIO OPERATORS.

    The strike of ships' wireless operators, to come into effect on December 1, will not involve land stations. The Association of Wireless and Cubic Telegraphists, which called ...

    Article : 273 words
  30. SEA TRAGEDY.

    A message from Amsterdam says that the Union Cold Storage liner Milton Star, which had been docked at Vlaardinger, reported that she collided during a storm with a ship, which ...

    Article : 63 words
  31. THE COMMUNISTS.

    The Communist party held its usual meeting in the Domain yesterday, and from its platform Mr. J. Howie, one of its leading members, and the ex-president of the Trades ...

    Article : 285 words
  32. RAILWAYS.

    An improved financial position in regard to the working of the railways controlled by the Commonwealth Railway Commissioner (Mr. N. M. Bell) is revealed in the annual report of ...

    Article : 225 words
  33. GENERAL CABLES.

    Flight-Lieutenant Slater and Pilot-Officer Early crashed at the Upavon aerodrome and were killed. The former brought down 20 German machines during the war. ...

    Article : 387 words
  34. BOMB OUTRAGES.

    The existence in Chicago of a sinister bomb syndicate offering a bomb for any building for from 500 to 1000 dollars, which has operated for many months, is revealed by the ...

    Article : 204 words
  35. REPUDIATED BY RAILWAY WORKERS.

    At a largely-attended meeting of the Eveleigh Railway Branch of the Amalgamated Engineering Union, held at the Trades Hall on November 26, a resolution was carried ...

    Article : 68 words
  36. EARTHQUAKE.

    A sharp earthquake awakened many people in Wellington shortly before 2 o'clock on Saturday morning. At Blenheim four shocks were felt, lasting ...

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  37. LABOUR DEFEAT.

    A by-election in the East Torrens electorate for the State House of Assembly, caused through the resignation of Mr. H. Kneebone, the unsuccessful Labour contestant for the ...

    Article : 73 words
  38. POULTRY FARMERS.

    At a meeting of poultry farmers, held at the School of Arts Hall. Pitt-street, on Saturday night, the Poultry Farmers' Association of New South Wales was launched. The ...

    Article : 161 words
  39. FIRE AT WALGETT.

    A fore broke out at the rear of Tattersall's Hotel at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, and completely demolished the laundry and stabling attached. ...

    Article : 113 words
  40. MISSING WOMAN.

    While several boys were swimming at a favourite bathing spot near the racecourse yesterday afternoon they saw portions of a woman's dress. Removing the sand they ...

    Article : 122 words
  41. CANON'S DEATH.

    There was a tragic sequel to the funeral of Queen Alexandra, Canon Herbert Francis Westlake, custodian of Wetminster Abbey, who participated in the funeral service, died ...

    Article : 117 words
  42. WHARF RIOT.

    Constable Barter, who suffered a fractured jaw and concussion of the brain when a seaman struck him on the head with a piece of wood in the Fremantle wharf riot a month ago, ...

    Article : 92 words
  43. TANAMI GOLDFIELD.

    A report from Hall's Creek states that Messrs. Beckett, Laurie, and party have arrived there with stores and tools to open the Tanami Gold Mines. Fifty tons of plant and ...

    Article : 105 words
  44. TUBERCULOSIS.

    Details of the results of experiments made through tuberculous baboons at Hagenbecks "Zoo," at Hamburg, with Friedmann's turtle serum have been published in the Munich ...

    Article : 85 words
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