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  2. FEDERAL SESSION.

    The changes that are proposed by the Ministry in the working of the Tariff Board were responsible for further debate to-day in the House of Representatives. The few ...

    Article : 1,768 words
  3. THE CRUISERS.

    A combined meeting of representatives of employers and trades unions was hold in the Town Hall last night, when a motion, protesting against the proposal to construct ...

    Article : 585 words
  4. SHIPPING.

    Much interest was manifested to-day in the announcement that the Federal Ministry was considering proposals for the establishment of a fortnightly fast mail, passenger, ...

    Article : 1,014 words
  5. DOUGLAS MAWSON.

    The Administrator of the Northern Territory has received the following official report from Elcho Island:— "The manager of the Elcho Oil ...

    Article : 408 words
  6. LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    It is reported that Mr. Ramsay MacDonald lifted the veil at Geneva on his proposals for preventing future wars by securing international disarmament. Mr. MacDonald's plan turns upon the establishment of a Court of Arbitration. ...

    Article : 736 words
  7. LATE CABLE NEWS.

    Opening the debate on the reduction of armaments question at the Assembly of the League of Nations to-day, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald was given an ovation for five minutes. ...

    Article : 104 words
  8. CITY COUNCIL.

    The Lord Mayor (Alderman Gilpin) yesterday, commenting on the decisions of the Legislative Council in regard to the Sydney Corporation Amending Bill, said he was pleased ...

    Article : 566 words
  9. RAPID PROGRESS.

    The two United States army aviators arrived at Pictou (Nova Scotia) to-day from Hawkes Harbour (Newfoundland). The city was gaily decorated in honour of ...

    Article : 131 words
  10. CHINA'S CIVIL WAR.

    Fighting commenced to-day between forces of the Governor of Chekiang and Klangsu at Hwangtu, 20 miles from Shanghai, on the railway from Shanghai to Nanking. ...

    Article : 309 words
  11. A STORY OF 1859.

    The announcement that both of the white women from the lost steamer Douglas Mawson are held prisoners by the blacks recalls the case in 1859, when, of a family of ...

    Article : 658 words
  12. THE PRINCE.

    After taking part in the polo matches at [?]sset yesterday the Prince of Wales drove [?] the lang Islaud home of Mr. Henry Rogers [?]throp,, where he dined. Forty guests ...

    Article : 284 words
  13. TRADE UNIONISM.

    The Trades Union Congress, sitting at Hull, to-day rejected a recommendation from the general purposes committee in favour of allowing an emergency resolution ...

    Article : 327 words
  14. DRAGGED BY HORSE.

    A 13 years old boy, thrown from his pony, had the terrifying experience of being dragged along a hard metal road yesterday. The animal was mad with fright, and it ...

    Article : 241 words
  15. REDUCTIONS.

    The Government Taxation Bill introduced in the House of Ropresentatives proposes a reduction of the land tax by 10 per cent., and the income tax by 13 1-3 per cent. ...

    Article : 110 words
  16. BRITISH POLITICS.

    "There are no young Liberals being born in Britain to-day. Things have changed since the days of Gilbert and Sullivan, when every young Briton was either a 'little Liberal[?] ...

    Article : 154 words
  17. OVERCROWDING.

    The question of overcrowding on omnibuses was brought before the Chief Secretary (Mr. Onkes) yesterday by a deputation representative of all the sections engaged in the motor ...

    Article : 398 words
  18. HOUSEBREAKERS.

    Shortly after 1 o'clook on Wednesday afternoon Mr. Joseph Shakespeare, of Virginia-street, Kensington, saw two men trying to force a back window of his residence with an axe. ...

    Article : 90 words
  19. DAVIS CUP.

    Following is the draw for the singles batches of the final eliminating round, between Australia and France, of the Davis Cup concil:— ...

    Article : 213 words
  20. THE JOINT LOAN.

    Further details of the 6 per cent. loan of £10,300,000, which the Commonwealth proposes to raise on behalf of the States, are contained in the loan prospectus made ...

    Article : 252 words
  21. GOLDEN CASKET.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day, during the consideration of the estimates for Home Secretary's Department, Mr. W. H. Barnes alleged that two officers of the Golden Casket ...

    Article : 193 words
  22. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The South African cricketers began a match against the South of England at Hastings to-day. When stumps were drawn for the day, South of England had lost nine wickets ...

    Article : 529 words
  23. MOTOR FATALITY.

    To lie pinned down by an overturnod motor oar throughout the night, side by side by his dead companion (Morvyn Herlihy, aged 19 years), was the distressing experience of ...

    Article : 124 words
  24. GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

    The Governor-General (Lord Forster) and his party, accompanied by the Administrator and Mrs. "Wisdom, arrived by the Mataram last Friday afternoon at Lorenzau, which is ...

    Article : 180 words
  25. WAR IN MOROCCO.

    The latest official report from Madrid speaks [?] slight improvement in the situation in Morocco, but the fact that the situation is [?] most serious is indicated by ...

    Article : 97 words
  26. STEAMER ASHORE.

    The Norwegian steamer Mesan, en route for Europe, ran ashore at midnight yesterday on Haurafrnn Reef, south-west of Tokulu Island, in the Haapai group. ...

    Article : 121 words
  27. THIEF REPENTS.

    An unusual case of a repenting thief returning his loot to its rightful owner has been reported to plain clothos Constable Robinson, of No. 4 City Police Division. ...

    Article : 196 words
  28. ANZAC DAY.

    In order to safeguard the spirit of Anzac Day, as an occasion of memorial observance, as distinct from a holiday without any restrictions on races or hotels, the Anzac ...

    Article : 136 words
  29. MANLY.

    The 16 days' shopping fair organised by the Manly and District Chamber of Commerce was continued yesterday, and large crowds througed the Corso and other ...

    Article : 153 words
  30. REPARATIONS.

    Reuter's correspondent at Dusseldorf says that in accordance with the London agreement General Degoutte has issued an order restoring from midnight on September 10 ...

    Article : 99 words
  31. MOTOR CAR THIEF SENTENCED.

    Alfred Neill, 23, who was receutly the central figure in an exciting motor car chase by police officers at Broken Hill, was sentenced to two years and nine months' imprisonment ...

    Article : 134 words
  32. WHARF LUMPERS.

    Lumpers engaged to discharge 3000 tons of sulphur from the steamer Myrmidon, which arrived from European ports on Tuesday, refused to commence work yesterday unless ...

    Article : 92 words
  33. CHORUS GIRL FATALLY BURNED

    A tragedy occurred during the performance of "The Gay Parisienne," by amateurs, at Wanganui. The hat of Lil[?] Dorby, a member of the chorus, becoming ignited by contact ...

    Article : 97 words
  34. LABOUR PLATFORM.

    The Labour Council decided last night to urge that the reinstatement of all employees victimised as a result of the 1917 strike, should be one of the foremost planks of the ...

    Article : 45 words
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