Once again the result of the Melbourne Cup was shouted from thousands of throats at Flemington this afternoon as the horses flashed past the post. It was a great finish ...
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Article : 379 wordsMr. Winston Churchill and other "Constitutionalist" members of the House of Commons were entertained at dinner at the Constitutional Club by pro[?]inent ...
Article : 112 wordsExcepting those in Melbourne, all branches of the Waterside Workers' Federation had come into line yesterday in following the overtime strike ...
Article : 298 wordsKing George to-day received Mr. Matthew Charlton, Mr. James O'Grady (the new Governor of Tasmania), and Sir Littleton Groom, who was invested with the K.C.M.G.— ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Australian Commonwealth liner Moreton Bay will probably be held up in Sydney as a result of the decision of the Marino Stewards' Union not to allow any ...
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Article : 437 wordsThe All Blacks will be met on arrival at Belfast by the Duke of Abercorn (Governor-General of Northern Ireland), Sir James Craig (the Premier), and Lord Ranfurly, who ...
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Article : 244 wordsThe Shipping Labour Bureau, which prior to the outbreak of the present trouble had about one thousand returned soldiers on its register, yesterday received many ...
Article : 352 wordsProceedings commenced with the Cup Hurdle Race, for which 11 final acceptors went to the post, Dunwil being a very firm favourite, and backers commenced ...
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Article : 187 wordsThe report of "Lloyd's Register" for the shipping year, which ended on June 30 last, records a continuance of depression in the shipbuilding industry. It says that the ...
Article : 183 wordsFollowing the dismissal by the management of the Australian Commonwealth Line of 17 stewards, who refused duty during the last homeward voyage of the Moreton Bay, the ...
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Article : 571 wordsThe Combined English Univerasities (Dur[?]ham, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, Birmingham, and Bristol) have again returned Sir Martin Conway and Dr. H. A. L. Fisher, ...
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Article : 52 wordsMembers of the Brisbane branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation again refused to-day to commence work before 8 o'clock. The secretary (Mr. Dawson) said that he had ...
Article : 45 wordsNews comes from Pekin that representatives of General Feng Yu-h[?]ang, who is now in control, yesterday demanded the President (Mr. Tsao Kun) to hand over the seals. This ...
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Article : 323 wordsAfter the steamer Mahana had left Wellington wharf, bound for Lyttelton, yesterday, the firemen and trimmers refused to work on finding that three of their number were ...
Article : 208 wordsAs Christmas Day and Boxing Day fall on a Thursday and Friday respectively this year, the council of the Rectail Traders' Association of New South Wales has decided to recommend ...
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Article : 89 wordsThe estate of the late Sir William Loton is valued at about £200,000. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 5 Nov 1924, Page 13
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