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  2. CANADA.

    That the characteristics of the Canadians were thoroughly British was the point emphasised by Sir John Willison, the eminent Canadian journalist, when he was entertained ...

    Article : 907 words
  3. CIVIC REFORM.

    Alderman Stephen, chairman of the Citizens' Reform aldermen, stated yesterday that he wanted to explain the apparent differences in his statement and that of the acting ...

    Article : 551 words
  4. LATE CABLE NEWS

    The cricket match between the South Africans and Derbyshire, which bogan at Derby on Thursday, was continued to-day. The visitors had scored 101 for the loss of ...

    Article : 125 words
  5. OVERSEA MARKETS

    Mr. Donald Mackinnon, Commissioner to the United States for the Australian Commonwealth, has suggested that the Government should authorise the utilisation of Australian ...

    Article : 401 words
  6. MINORITY RULE.

    Mr. Ley (Minister for Justice) made the following statement yesterday:- "The outstanding fact at the South Australian elections last mouth was that a minority ...

    Article : 484 words
  7. FEDERAL SESSION.

    To-day was the birthday of the Federal Parliament, the first sitting having been held on May 9, 1901. Usually the occasion is not the subject of follcitations; but as members ...

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  8. THE WORLD'S PEACE.

    During the debate ia" the House, of Commons on the Navy Estimates, a member of the Ministry said that the Government desired to show its sympathy with the proposal to summon a limitation of armaments conference. ...

    Article : 458 words
  9. WORLD'S WALKING RECORD

    The South African Olympic team sailed this afternoon for England. It had been decided previously that McMastcr, the champion walker, should walk 10,000 metres to see ...

    Article : 93 words
  10. BRITAIN'S BUDGET.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. J. R. Clynea (Deputy Leader of the House) announced that Mr. Baldwin's motion challenging the Ministry on the removal of ...

    Article : 265 words
  11. LONDON AND MOSCOW

    Much speculation has arisen lately concerning the progress of the Anglo-Soviet Conference, which has been sitting in camera in London since April 14. ...

    Article : 212 words
  12. GUARDIAN COURT.

    Senator Lodge, the Republican loader, in the Senate, has introduced proposals providing a substitute for the late President Hardinge world Court plan. The resolution ...

    Article : 118 words
  13. EXCLUSION.

    News comes from Washington that the Senate to-day heatedly debated the Immigration Bill. Both Democratic and Republican spokesmen bitterly assailed the report from ...

    Article : 241 words
  14. PUBLIC SERVICE.

    Matters of importance to Public servante— the right of appeal on the ground of seniority, an interstate exchange of officers, compensation in the event of retrenchment, preference ...

    Article : 616 words
  15. SOCCER.

    The visting Canadian, "soccer" team will play the first match of the Australian tour at the Royal Agricultural Ground this afternoon. The Canadians will be opposed by a ...

    Article : 420 words
  16. WEMBLEY.

    Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, accompanied by Mr. J. H. Thomas (Secretary of State for the Colonies), made his first visit to the Empire Exhibition to-day, and in the ...

    Article : 248 words
  17. WORLD FLIGHTS.

    Lient, Pellitier d'Oisy, the French airman, who is attempting to fly from Paris to Tokio, has left Calcutta for Akyab (Burma).—Reuter. ...

    Article : 215 words
  18. FIGHTING DISEASE.

    The "Daily Express" in giving prominence to a reported now treatment of paralysis by malaria inoculation says:—The Healt Ministry is watching the experiments, which ...

    Article : 297 words
  19. PROHIBITION.

    The Federal Grand Jury has haned up indictments charging 31 individuals and corporations with conspiracy to violate the prohibition law and defraud the Government of ...

    Article : 288 words
  20. LICENSED CLUBS.

    Judge White, in the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court yesterday, in upholding appeals by Henry C. Holden, secretary of the Civic Club, on a charge of having sold liquor during ...

    Article : 300 words
  21. EXCHANGE RATES.

    Threats of industrial and political disturbance caused a day of disastrous decline in exchanges. Sterling closed at 4.36½, representing an over-night losss of nearly 2½ per ...

    Article : 190 words
  22. LAWN TENNIS.

    A message from Paris says "L'Auto" states that J. Borotra, L. La Coste, and J. Brugnon Will undertake a lawn tennis tour in Australia curing the autumn. The report does not ...

    Article : 163 words
  23. TRAIN TRAGEDY.

    An inquest regal ding the deaths ot the twin brothers, James Thornton Gillbert and John Lovell Gillbert, aged 16 years, in a railway accident on April 15, was held yesterday ...

    Article : 493 words
  24. RAVAGES OF FLU.

    The Registrar-General's return shows that influenza was the primary or contributory cause of 12,604 deaths in England and Wales during the first quarter ...

    Article : 36 words
  25. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Commonwealth and Dominion line has ordered a motor ship of 11,000 tons from a firm of Wallsend shipbuilders. It has now been discovered that Miss Kaye, ...

    Article : 336 words
  26. CHAEGES OF FRAUD.

    The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states:—Twenty-three doctors and chemists have been convicted at Marsellies on charges of defrauding the State to the extent ...

    Article : 92 words
  27. TRIAL OF ANARCHISTS.

    The Rome correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" reports that one of the biggest trials in the history of Italy has opened at Florence, where 138 anarchists and ...

    Article : 122 words
  28. EMPIRE WIRELESS.

    Reuter understands that the Cabinet has reached a decision in regard to the Empire wireless question, but the time and method of announcing the decision will be left to the ...

    Article : 167 words
  29. EMPIRE DAY.

    Mr. Oakes (Chief Secretary) said yessterday that he regretted he had been unable to approve of the Empire Day demonstration (with speeches) being held in lMartin-place on the ...

    Article : 212 words
  30. THE KATOOMBA.

    Mcllwraith, McEacharn's Line Proprietary, Ltd., owners of the interstate passenger liner Katoomba, has decided to place the vessel on the berth to sail for Fremantle, via ports, ...

    Article : 166 words
  31. LOCKOUTS IN GERMANY.

    From Berlin it is reported that the lockou[?] of miners in the Ruhr, Upper Silesia, and Saxony is affecting thousands of other work ers, and is precipitating a great industrial ...

    Article : 55 words
  32. ENGLISH CRICKET.

    Rain interfered with play in the county championship matches to-day. The scores at the conclusion of play were:—Middlesex, 243 (Mann 55), v Hampshire, 119 and two wickets ...

    Article : 101 words
  33. HOMICIDE IN AMERICA.

    Dr. Frederick Hoffman, statistician to the Prudential Life Insurance Company, commenting on the homicide records for 1923, says that while the country-wide murder trend is ...

    Article : 69 words
  34. FLIGHT AROUND AUSTRALIA.

    The seaplane in which Wing-Commander S. J. Goble and Flying-Officer I. E. M'lntyre are attempting to fly around Australia is still delayed at Carnarvon, and the time of its ...

    Article : 78 words
  35. MINERS' WAGES.

    The report of the Court of Inquiry into tue coul-mining industry (of which Lord Buckmaster was chairman), says that the profits of the industry are inadequate to meet ...

    Article : 61 words
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