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  2. MOVE FOR PEACE.

    The paralysis of interstate and coastal shipping services was accentuated yesterday. Unemployment both in the shipping and dependent industries increased. The idleness of the constal collier fleet and the dislocation ...

    Article : 168 words
  3. IMMIGRATON.

    The bill to amend the immigration Act passed through its final stagea in the House of Representatives this evening, when the third reading was agreed to by 38 votes to 25. ...

    Article : 1,105 words
  4. NAVIGATION.

    A feature of the debate in the Senate, which passed the Navigation Amendment Bill this morning, was the eloquent speech by Senator Ogden. ...

    Article : 1,169 words
  5. A MESSAGE.

    A radio message was received by the Premier (Mr. Lang) yesterday from Admiral Robison, of the U.S.S. California, expressing appreciation of the State's ...

    Article : 387 words
  6. NEARING SYDNEY.

    Shortly before noon yesterday we ran into heavy rain, which broke up the manoeuvres and gun-pointing practice. Strong winds continued throughout the day, and at night, ...

    Article : 449 words
  7. PRINCE OF WALES.

    The Prince of Wales reached the most northerly point of his tour on Wednesday when he visited Boma. There he was received by the Governor of Katanga and the British ...

    Article : 143 words
  8. WOOL.

    Advantage was taken of the presence of a large number of dominion woolgrowers in England to hold a conference at Bradford on the wool trade on similar lines to the 1924 ...

    Article : 1,330 words
  9. COAL INDUSTRY.

    The official report of the miners' delegate conference at Scarborough states that a resolution was unanimously adopted in favour of informing the Government that the Miners' ...

    Article : 324 words
  10. "BLACK" CARGO.

    At a largety attended meeting of the Seaman's Union held in the Communist Hall yesterday morning, it was decided to maintain the "black" embarge upon all companies ...

    Article : 466 words
  11. NEGOTIATIONS.

    The Commonwealth Steamship Owners' Association announced to-day that negotiations had been opened with the disputes committee of the Melbourne Trades Hall Council in an ...

    Article : 310 words
  12. PUBLIC SERVICE.

    For some weeks past the State Government has had under consideration a proposal to abolish the Public Service Board. This will necessitate the submission to ...

    Article : 167 words
  13. CRICKET.

    The M.C.C. for the first time in its history gave a dinner to a defeated side—namely, Gilligan's team. Admiral Sir John De Robeck, who presided, ...

    Article : 357 words
  14. LAWN TENNIS.

    The Australian women lawn tennis players began a match against Ireland to-day. Results:- Miss E. F. Boyd (Australia) beat Miss H. ...

    Article : 212 words
  15. STATE SHIPS.

    A special meeting of the State Cabinet was held yesterday morning to review the strike situation, and to discuss the proposal to charter ships that would be run and controlled by ...

    Article : 200 words
  16. SETTLEMENT NEAR.

    A more hopeful aspect of the trouble developed to-night, when Mr. E. J. Holloway, secretary of the disputes committee announced to the meeting of the Trades Hall Council ...

    Article : 140 words
  17. SUDDEN FAME.

    Dr. Gye, whose research work in relation to cancer, has suddenly made him famous all over the world, is only 40 years of age. He began life as a railway clerk, but spent every ...

    Article : 96 words
  18. OVER 90 VESSELS.

    There were many additions yesterday to the vessels thrown idle by the seamen's dispute, and additional steamers will be thrown idle again to-day, but already the idle steamers ...

    Article : 305 words
  19. BORROWING.

    Sir James Elder (Australian Commissioner in the United States) has arrived in London, partly to visit Wembley and partly to inquire into financial and commercial conditions. ...

    Article : 165 words
  20. VOLUNTEER CREWS.

    Despite the dislocation in coastal shipping forced upon shipowners by the action of the Seamen's Union, members of the New South Wales Coastal Steamship Owners' ...

    Article : 330 words
  21. ATLANTIC CURRENTS.

    A party of eminent German scientists, headed by Dr. Merz, arrived this morning aboard the survey ship Meteor, which left Wilhelmshaven on April 16 on a deep-sea research ...

    Article : 180 words
  22. WHEAT.

    It is more than probable that the forthcoming wheat harvest in New South Wales will be controlled by a compulsory wheat pool. The opinion was expressed yesterday that the ...

    Article : 193 words
  23. STATE GOVERNORS.

    In the Legislative Assembly of Victoria to-day Mr. Webber (Labour member for Abbotsford) moved that the office of State Governor of Victoria should be abolished. Speaking to ...

    Article : 65 words
  24. THE DAYTON TRIAL.

    The trial of Mr. John Scopes is practically over as far as the county Court, at Dayton, is concerned. The Judge to-day made a long statement, ...

    Article : 96 words
  25. VALUER—GENERAL.

    A request was made to the Minister for Local Government yesterday afternoon that the Act of 1916 creating the office of Valuor-General, but amended by the late ...

    Article : 204 words
  26. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Field-Marshal Sir William Birdwood is leaving for India to-morrow. Earl Reading (the Viceroy) is returning by the same steamer. The Pensions Bill has passed the committee ...

    Article : 308 words
  27. LOAN FOR GERMANY.

    The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Herald" is informed that Mr. Montagu Norman, Governer of the Bank of England, has been preparing the ground for a new £40,000,000 ...

    Article : 97 words
  28. MR. MITCHELL.

    Mr. James Mitchell, Inspector-General of the New South Wales Police, in a letter to the police headquarters in Sydney, states taht he was greatly impressed by the New York ...

    Article : 177 words
  29. STEEL WORKS.

    Should the shipping strike continue indefinttely, the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's steelworks at Port Waratah, Newcastle, will, it is reliably reported, be ...

    Article : 63 words
  30. GROUP SETTLEMENT.

    A Royal Commission has recommended the abandonment of the group settlement scheme in the south-west, conditions for wives being such as to drive men off the land. There ...

    Article : 70 words
  31. WHARF-LABOURERS.

    It was officially announced yesterday by the Waterside Workers' Federation that the committee of management had issued instructions to the members throughout Australia to ...

    Article : 163 words
  32. RESULT OF BY-ELECTION.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 127 words
  33. NAVIGATION ACT.

    Mr. J. S. Gardon, secretary of the Trades and Labour Council, commenting yesterday upon the action of the Federal Government in making preliminary arrangements for the ...

    Article : 230 words
  34. SINGAPORE.

    In the House of Commons, in reply to Mr. P. A. Harris, Mr. W. C. Bridgeman (First Lord of the Admiralty) said the estimated expenditure on works up to the present sanctioned ...

    Article : 62 words
  35. DECEASED CIVIL SERVANTS.

    It was officially announced on behalf of the Government yesterday that the monetary value of recreation leave outstanding at the date of the death of an officer in the service, ...

    Article : 70 words
  36. GOVERNMENT TRADESMEN.

    The State Government has decided that in cases where Government employees, such as tradesmen, do not receive the ruling rate of wages paid to employees by private ...

    Article : 51 words
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