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  2. EXPLOSION IN AN OIL SHIP

    The steamer, City of Singapore (6567 tons), owned by Messrs. Ellerman and Bucknall, which was berthed at No. 2 Quay, Birkenhead, Fort Adelaide, with 700 tons of undischarged petrol and other oils from New York, caught fire at 8 o'clock on Saturday night. At 11 o'clock, there was an explosion on board which resulted ...

    Article : 85 words
  3. NEW ZEALAND.

    An important development in the raliway strike situation occurred yesterday when the executive of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants submitted to the ...

    Article : 674 words
  4. TRADE REVIEW.

    The Stock Exchange resumed work after the Easter holidays in a cheerful frame of mind, and though the volume of business transacted has been only moderate, the undertone ...

    Article : 956 words
  5. WEMBLEY.

    Australia's pavilion at Wembley has concentrated attention on the Commonwealth's Great output of foodstuffs, but whether Australia is in a position to follow up her ...

    Article : 403 words
  6. NAVAL POWER.

    Officials of the Navy Department in Washington have confirmed statements contained in an analysis of the naval power of the United States, Britain, and Japan made by Mr. ...

    Article : 310 words
  7. collision in a tunnel.

    An electric train this morning crashed into the rear of a special excursion train which was standing in a tunnel about a mile outside Euston terminal station (London.) Four people were killed and 50 injured. ...

    Article : 385 words
  8. KILLED AND MISSING.

    James Hickey, fireman, native of Ballarat, aged 22 years, single. George James Alexander Anderson, fireman, native of Semaphore, aged 23 years, single. ...

    Article : 1,118 words
  9. REPARATIONS.

    The British Government's reply accepting the experts' report in its entirety was handed to the Reparations Commission in Paris to-day. It is stated that the delay in forwarding ...

    Article : 610 words
  10. WORLD FLIGHT.

    The British airmen attempting to fly round the world, under command of Squadron-leader Maclaren, have been forced to land at Parlu, about 172 miles ...

    Article : 202 words
  11. TARIFF IN IRELAND.

    The Minister for Finance (Mr. E. Blythe), in introducing his Budget into the Dail Eireann, announced the adoption of a protective tariff on imported bottles, boots, ...

    Article : 71 words
  12. THE SOVIET.

    The All-Rusian Council of Trade Unions in Moscow has issued a protest against the British bankers' memorandum concerning Russia's indebtedness to Britain. The council ...

    Article : 274 words
  13. BRITAIN'S DRINK BILL.

    The United Kingdom Alliance reports that in Britain people spent £307,500,000 on intoxicants in 1923 compared with £330,000,000 in 1922. The consumption of beer increased by ...

    Article : 73 words
  14. SENTENCED TO DEATH.

    Alexey Stetsenko, a former captain in the Czarist army, has been sentenced to death at Kharkoff for counter-revolutionary activities. The trial revealed that Stetsenko once held ...

    Article : 78 words
  15. CHINESE REPUBLIC.

    Mr. E. R. Dovey, Government Analyst at Hongkong, who is at present in Sydney, en route to England, said, in the course of an interview that the Chinese Republic ...

    Article : 239 words
  16. EXCLUSION.

    Viscount Kaneko, a former Ambassador to the United States, and president of the America's Friends Society, has written to the United States Secretary of State (Mr. Hughes) ...

    Article : 477 words
  17. THE EIGHTS.

    The report of the gun at the end of the Commercial Wharf at Port Adelaide on Saturday afternoon signalled the end of a "King's Cup" eight oar race for the championship of ...

    Article : 643 words
  18. SPORT ABROAD.

    In the final of the singles of the British hard-court championships at Torquuy Lycett beat van Lennep (Holland), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. In the ladies' singles Miss Ryan (California) ...

    Article : 257 words
  19. LEAKING VESSEL.

    After ten days at sea, when tempestuous weather baffled the seamanship of crow, and the severe strain of the buffeting caused a serious leak to develop, the American ...

    Article : 404 words
  20. DAVIS CUP.

    The United States Lawn Tennis Association Davis Cup committee has accepted the resignation of W. T. Tilden as a member of the American team.—Reuter. ...

    Article : 104 words
  21. WIRE NETTING.

    The decision of the Minister for Customs (Mr. Chapman), acting on a recommendation of the Tariff Board to impose a dumping duty on British wire-netting on the alleged ground ...

    Article : 245 words
  22. EDUCATION.

    The tenth annual demonstration of the Workers' Educational Association was held in St. James's Hall on Saturday evening, the president (Mr. P. C. Jones) presiding. Mr. ...

    Article : 320 words
  23. MR. MACDONALD.

    The King had hoped to witness the football cup final to-day, but later he arranged to remain at Windsor Castle to receive the Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald) and ...

    Article : 82 words
  24. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The "Daily Express" understands that the Prince of Wales may again visit his ranch in Canada early in the autumn. The Allies' Ambassadors have jointly ...

    Article : 271 words
  25. BRITISH BUDGET.

    The lobbyist of the "Daily Telegraph" understands that Mr. Philip Snowden (Chancellor of the Exchequer) has definitely decided to reduce the duty on sugar by a penny per lb, ...

    Article : 136 words
  26. IRISH BOUNDARIES.

    The newspapers regard the deadlock over the Irish boundary question as the most serious crisis since the treaty. The Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. Thomas) ...

    Article : 202 words
  27. ROUND AUSTRALIA.

    The Australian airmen who are flying round the Australian coast worked in intense heat throughout yesterday, and on to midnight, endeavouring to locate a fault, and renewed ...

    Article : 123 words
  28. FOOTBALL CUP.

    At the Wembley Stadium, the British Football Association Cup final was played in fine weather, following rain in the morning and afternoon. The ground was heavy. There ...

    Article : 119 words
  29. DEFENCE LEAGUE.

    The executive committee of the Australian National Defence League (New South Wales division), at its monthly meeting decided to urge upon the Federal Government to work ...

    Article : 199 words
  30. AMERICAN SHIPPING.

    The House of Representatives Committee on the merchant marine has recommended postponement until May 1, 1925, of the operation of section 28 of the Jones Act, providing ...

    Article : 163 words
  31. OLD MAN KILLED.

    An old man was knocked down and killed by a motor car in King-street, Newtown, last night. The body, which was taken to the morgue, is that of a man about 75 years old. ...

    Article : 76 words
  32. HEROES OF THE SEA.

    The Prince of Wales unveiled, at Chatham, one of three memorials erected at British ports in memory of 25,363 men and women who perished on the naval service during ...

    Article : 111 words
  33. SOLDIERS' REUNION.

    About seventy members of the Ninth Field Ambulance Corps attended the Highland Society's rooms on Saturday evening for the fifth annual reunion. Col. F. A. Maguire ...

    Article : 112 words
  34. FIRE AT MARRICKVILLE.

    A fire broke out in a joinery works situated in Javez-street, Marrickville, on Saturday afternoon, and damage was done to the promises amounting to the extent of about £2000. ...

    Article : 108 words
  35. FOUND DEAD ON RAILWAY.

    The dead body of Gavin Whitelaw, married, of Kintore-street, Wahroonga, was found on Saturday night by the night officer at Wahroonga railway station, lying alongside the ...

    Article : 64 words
  36. FEDERAL COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION.

    The Federal Commissioner of Taxation (Mr. R. Ewing) is at present in Sydney. Mr. Ewing has arranged a number of conferences with taxpayers who desire to discuss their ...

    Article : 51 words
  37. A STRANGER AT CHERBOURG.

    The Paris correspondent of the "Morning Post" says.—For the first time since July 1914, a German liner called at Cherbourg. This was the Stuttgart, from New York to Hamburg ...

    Article : 43 words
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