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  2. MELBOURNE CRIME.

    That an early development in connection with the outrage committed at Caulfield some time on Saturday night may be expected [?]s the view held by the Chief of Police (Mr. ...

    Article : 1,112 words
  3. UNIFORM GAUGE.

    Mr. Ball (Minister for Works and Railways) is now in receipt of the agreement between the Commonwealth, Queensland, and New South Wales Governments for the ...

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  4. LATE CABLE NEWS.

    The German delegation to the Allies' Conference in London left Berlin this morning.— Reuter. ...

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  5. ADRIFT IN A GALE.

    Three survivors of the ketch Eliza Davies, which foundered off Wilson's Promontory on Saturday while being towed to safety, arrived in Sydney yesterday morning by the ...

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  6. PARTY PACT.

    Now that the Federal Treasurer (Dr. Earle Page) has presented his Budget statement, it is expected that the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) will be in a position shortly to ...

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  7. AMERICAN AIRMEN.

    After being forced to return to Kirkwall, in the Orkneys, through fog yesterday, two of the American aviators attempting a world night—Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith and ...

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  8. THE ALLIES.

    Reuter's correspondent in Paris says that M. Herriot, who was interviewed in London by the correspondent of the "Petit Parisien," said he attributed the success of the ...

    Article : 398 words
  9. MEXICAN CRIME

    A message from Mexico City reports that Mrs. Rosalie Evans, an Englishwoman, and the widow of the former president of the Bank of London in Mexico, was shot dead in ...

    Article : 870 words
  10. MILSON'S POINT.

    A little more than a week ago Milson's Point was a centre of constant activity. It could be likened to a bottle-neck through which travellers to and from the suburbs ...

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  11. BOY SCOUTS.

    The closing scenes last evening at the Scout sing-song were strikingly picturesque. When the flames of the camp fire were at their highest 100 klited Scots' Scouts, at ...

    Article : 161 words
  12. JOSEPH CONRAD.

    The death is announced of Joseph Conrad, the novelist, at Bishopsbourne, near Canterbury. He went for a motor drive on Saturday, and died suddenly at 8 o'clock on ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  13. TRUSTEE INVESTMENTS.

    Mr. J. M. Keynes, chairman of the National Mutual Life Assurance Society, and editor of the "Economic Journal," who was the principal representative of the Treasury at ...

    Article : 148 words
  14. MIGRATION.

    Mr. W. Austin, O.B.E., of the Migration Department, Y.M.C.A., London, who is at present in Sydney, came to Australia six months ago to investigate the practicability of the ...

    Article : 215 words
  15. ARMED ROBBERIES.

    Another case was added to the crime epidemic last night, when a woman was held up by an armed robber, who demanded money. The hold-up, which was reported to the police ...

    Article : 207 words
  16. FLOODS IN CHINA.

    A Reuter message from Tientsin says the Hsiho Dyke was burst this morning near Yangli Iu Ching, the water flooding the depression southward between the Grand Canal ...

    Article : 96 words
  17. POLITICAL ACTION.

    A message from Atlantic City states that officials of the American Federation of Labour have published a document, endorsing the platform of the Cleveland conference for ...

    Article : 105 words
  18. MOTOR TRANSPORT.

    The Bendigo branch of the Australian Railways Union, following on its decision to boycott those business firms and shopkeepers who consigned goods by road motor vehicles ...

    Article : 105 words
  19. THE CRUISERS.

    At a lunch hour mass meeting of the men employed at the Cockatoo dockyards yesterday it was decided to urge that the proposed new cruisers for the Australian Navy ...

    Article : 225 words
  20. IRISH DEADLOCK.

    The 'Belfast Telegraph," commenting on the Irish boundary crisis, says:—"If the British Government proceeds with its mad and wicked project, civil war is certain." ...

    Article : 106 words
  21. ENGINE-DRIVERS.

    The Federal council of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association, which is being attended by delegates from six States, continued its session at the Trades Hall ...

    Article : 166 words
  22. DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

    To discuss the marketing of dairy produce and the material improvement of the dairying industry, the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) has arranged for representatives of the industry ...

    Article : 149 words
  23. MAITLAND MINES.

    An aggregate meeting of deputies of the Maitland coalfield was held to-day at the Strand Theatre, Cessnock, to discuss the position which has arisen at the Bellbird and ...

    Article : 163 words
  24. MOTOR CAR THEFT.

    The police are considerably nonplussed by a daring hold-up, and the theft of a motor car, committed on the main road from Hobart to Launceston. On Sunday night, in response ...

    Article : 200 words
  25. WIND STORM.

    A severe windstorm was experienced at Ivanhoe and Dareebin on Saturday at 2 p.m. Half an hour before a performance was to commence a gust of wind caught a circus ...

    Article : 135 words
  26. DAVIS CUP.

    The European zone final of the Davis Cup, between France and Czecho-Slovakia, commenced to-day at Evian-les-Bains. Results of the first round of singles were:— ...

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  27. FIRE AT CESSNOCK.

    Fire broke out in weatherboard premises occupied by J. S. Hewett, saddler, and J. J. Gleeson, fruiterer and confectioner, Vincent-streeet, Cessnock, at 4 a.m. on Sunday. The ...

    Article : 90 words
  28. JEWELLERY STOLEN.

    Articles of Jewellery and money, of a total value of nearly £600, were stolen from the residence of Henry Phillips Goodall, in Gordon-road, Roseville, on Sunday night. ...

    Article : 110 words
  29. CESSNOCK TRAGEDY.

    No doubt exists in the minds of the police that the man whose body was found in a waterhole two miles from Cessnock was foully done to death. Apart from minor injuries ...

    Article : 251 words
  30. SWIMMING RECORD.

    A Reuter message from Copenhagen says that Arne Borg established a world's swimming record for 1000 yards by completing the distance in 12m 20 4-5s. ...

    Article : 147 words
  31. HOUSE IN FLAMES.

    Timothy Peter O'Rourke, aged 39, was burnt to death when his dwelling was destroyed by fire at 3 o'clock this morning. O'Rourke was a married man with four children. His wife ...

    Article : 130 words
  32. BOOKMAKER FINED.

    Mr. Freedman, the well-known racing man and owner of Gold T[?], made a complaint to the stewards at the Albion Park races on Saturday that a bookmaker, Donaldson, after ...

    Article : 167 words
  33. ELECTROCUTED.

    Henry Hammond, aged 17, was electrocuted yesterday through coming in contact with a high-power transmission line. The high westerly winds on Saturday night ...

    Article : 149 words
  34. FALL OF SIXTY FEET.

    On Saturday morning J. Carrell, employed at the local site construction works, overbalanced and fell 60 feet to the bottom of an unfinished grading bin. Local medical men, ...

    Article : 55 words
  35. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Thousands of pounds worth of damage resulted from a severe street explosion caused by the fusing of electric cables in Deansgate, Manchester. Six shop fronts were wrecked, ...

    Article : 216 words
  36. BASIC WAGE.

    An effort is to be made shortly by the Commonwealth Council of Federated Unions to induce the Arbitration Court to depart from the practice of fixing the basic wage upon the ...

    Article : 86 words
  37. TRAIN RUNS DOWN TROLLEY.

    At about 6.20 p.m. on Saturday a goods train, bound for the city, ran into a four-horse trolley at the crossing on the Adelaide side of the Blackwood railway station, on the ...

    Article : 71 words
  38. SAFE-BLOWERS.

    An unsuccessful attempt was made by safebreakers to open the safe at the Commonwealth Bank, 158 George-street West, on Sunday night. ...

    Article : 92 words
  39. PRICE OF SUGAR.

    The Colonial Sugar Company has announced a reduction of £3 a ton in all grades of sugar. ...

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  40. CAPETOWN'S WAR MEMORIAL.

    A gathering such as is rarely witnessed at Capetown assembled on Sunday at the unvelling of Capetown's war memorial, situated at the foot of Adderley-street. In ...

    Article : 97 words
  41. RAILWAY STATION ROBBERY.

    The raliway station at Tallangatta was broken into late on Friday night. A glass pane in the door was smashed in, and pools of blood showed that the thief, in breaking ...

    Article : 63 words
  42. THREE YEARS FOR RECEIVING.

    Edwin Esmond Rodbourne Luttrell has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment as the result of a conviction for receiving stolen money. The accused was tried on a charge ...

    Article : 60 words
  43. BOY SCOUTS.

    His Excellency the Governor-General has received the following message from Sir Robert Baden Powell, the Chief Scout:— "King inspected Australian Scouts. ...

    Article : 36 words
  44. THEFTS FROM TELEPHONE BUREAUX.

    During Sunday night two public telephone coin receptacles were stolen at Balmain. The bureaux were situated at the corner of Beattis and Darling streets and in Louisn-street. ...

    Article : 34 words
  45. SEAPLANE FLIGHT.

    Flight-lieutenant McIntyre arrived at Townsville by seaplane to-day after a good flight. He landed at 2.30 p.m. ...

    Article : 29 words
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