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  2. A CITY CONTRACT.

    Alderman Stephen, chairman of the Citizens' Reform aldermen of the City Council has for his party, asked for further reports, or an investigation, regarding the recent decisions ...

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  3. THE BRIDGE.

    No new developments regarding the bridge tenders are expected until the Cabinet meeting next week. Of the Ministers who were in the city yesterday the majority, although ...

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  4. A.L.P.

    Startling allegations regarding the ballot for the election of officials of the King branch of the A.L.P. were made last evening at a meeting of the A.L.P. executive, held ...

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  5. REPARATIONS.

    Reuter's correspondent at Paris reports that the "Intransigeant" published a statement to the effect that a member of the export committee on reparations, who preferred to ...

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  6. WHEAT POOL.

    The Auditor-General (Mr. F. A. Coghlan) yesterday issued his report on the payment of £549,214 to the funds of the 1916.17 wheat pool. It will be ...

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  7. INCINERATION.

    A telegram received from Morristown (New Jersey) says:- The "Fundamentalist" controversy arising out of certain threatened inquiries by the ...

    Article : 239 words
  8. THE DOCKERS.

    Later developments show a more unfavourable outlook for the endorsement of the strike settlement in view of the fact that the dockers in Manchester, Salford, and ...

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  9. NEW CRUISERS.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon a volley of criticising questions followed an announcement by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty (Mr. C. G. Ammon) that ...

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  10. DEATH SENTENCE.

    Angus Murray was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Mann in the Criminal Court this evening. Murray was charged with the murder, "in company with some man to the ...

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  11. PRICE OF COTTON.

    News of a settlement of the British dockers' strike exercised a cheering effect upon cotton, checking the week's steady decline at the 30 cents level. March cotton is selling at 30 ...

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  12. TARIFF BOARD.

    Further action has been taken by the Minister for Customs (Mr. Chapman) in regard to the remission of duties on certain articles that may be used in the construction of the ...

    Article : 162 words
  13. RUM-RUNNING.

    Reuter's correspondent at Washington says:—Liquor smuggling has increased greatly during recent months. The rum-running fleets operating on the American coast ...

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  14. TASMANIAN TRAGEDY

    Further developments occurred yesterday regarding the supposed murder of Mrs. Ma[?]d Downs at Scottsdale. Following the discovery the previous day of a body, which is ...

    Article : 226 words
  15. RUSSIAN LOAN.

    About £800 has been subscribed to date in Australia towards the loan being raised for the assistance of workers in Soviet Russia by the Workers' International Russian Relief ...

    Article : 376 words
  16. FRUIT INDUSTRY.

    At a public meeting in the Town Hall to-day the Acting Prime Minister (Dr. Earle Page), dealt at length with the fruit industry. ...

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  17. JAPANESE SNUBBED.

    Reuter's correspondent at Tokio states that Russia apparently is impatient at the Japanese attitude regarding the renewal of negotiations for recognition. This seems to be ...

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  18. TASMANIAN MINES.

    Mr. Chas. Hibble (chairman of the Coal Tribunal) to-day received a cable message from the Premier of Tasmania (Mr. Lyons) urgently requesting him to proceed ...

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  19. FROZEN MEAT.

    "Weddel's Annual Review" of the frozen meat trade, says: "From an Empire viewpoint, it is disconcerting to find our supplies of meat from British dominions shrinking, ...

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  20. OIL SCANDAL.

    Failing to induce the President immediately to remove Mr. H. M. Daugherty from the office of United States Attorney-General, Mr. Daugherty's critics to-day laid out a plan of ...

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  21. CHURCH ROBBERIES.

    Three robberies from churches in the city and suburbs have been reported to the police during the last few days. The police at Burwood are inquiring into ...

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  22. M. POINCARE.

    Reuter's Paris correspondent announces that the Senate, by 150 votes to 134, rejected the proposal to revert to the system of singlemember constituencies. ...

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  23. FERRY ACCIDENT.

    Crowded with passengers, the ferry steamer Kuramia crashed bow first into the Milson's Point wharf at about 5.50 p.m. yesterday. The anchor box and part of the gunwale right at ...

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  24. PRISONER' ESCAPES.

    A prisoner, Benjamin Metcalf, alias C. Mitchell, aged 40, who is serving an indeterminate sentence as an habitual criminal, escaped from Boggo-road Gaol on Thursday, and up to ...

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  25. CIVIC OFFICERS.

    Mr. Mackay, general manager of the electricity supply department, followed upon the recent report of the independent investigation into the administration of his department, ...

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  26. A POOR JOKE.

    When interviewed by the Australian Press Association regarding the alleged instructions issued by Mr. Ramsay MacDonald to the British fleet visiting the dominions, Mr. ...

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  27. TRAIN WRECKING.

    Reuter's correspondent in Tokio says:— With the arrest and confession of Tannajiro Naruse, a farmer, residing in the neighbourhood of Nagoya, the mystery has been solved ...

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  28. A CONSULAR DISPUTE.

    The State Department at Washington has announced that the Newcastle (England) consulate dispute can be settled as soon as Britain withdraws the charges against Messrs. ...

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  29. EDUCATION.

    Mr. Fitzpatrick, Minister for Local Government, said to-day that he did not believe in too much education. Speaking at the opening of additions to the ...

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  30. LOADING TIMBER.

    Last week the departure of the small trading steamer Wookata from Port Adelaide for the West Coast and Spencer Gulf ports was marked by an unusual incident. On the ...

    Article : 266 words
  31. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The "Daily Telegraph's" lobbyist says that Mr. Robert Donald's committee handed its report on Imperial wireless to Mr. Vernon Hartsho[?], on Friday. The Cabinet, ...

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  32. KURING-GAI SHIRE.

    The Kuring-gai Shire Council, at its meeting on Thursday night, approved a report of Messrs. Smith and Johnston, accountants, Sydney, into the administration of the council. ...

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  33. METALLURGY.

    The Institute of Mining and Metallurgy has awarded its highest honour, a gold medal, conjointly to two of its members—Mr. Hubert William Gepp and Mr. Gilbert Rigg, F.C.S., ...

    Article : 187 words
  34. THE AUSTRALIA.

    It is now proposed that the Australia shall be sunk off Sydney Heads on or before April 15. Mr. Bowden, Minister for Defence, will consult the Admiral of the British Squadron at ...

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  35. COPPER WIRE ORDERS.

    The High Commissioner for Australia has placed orders in England for copper wire amounting to £250,000 notwithstanding that such wire is obtainable on the Continent ...

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  36. A LABOUR CRITIC.

    Mr. M. M. Flannery, a member for Murrum bidgee, addressed a well-attended meeting here last night. He scathingly referred to the present Government's non-Australian policy, ...

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  37. ENGINEER'S DEATH.

    Any suggestion that Charles Hurford, fourth engineer of the carge steamer Time, committed suicide is scouted by his relatives. Mr. W. King, uncle, is so convinced that there ...

    Article : 166 words
  38. ALLEGED DOPING.

    Criticising the management of the Albury Coursing Club at a meeting last night. Father Porey said there was considerable laxity in some directions. Last year there was one man ...

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  39. SETTLEMENT SCHEME.

    Sir Joseph Cook has personally addressed 2179 local authorities throughout the country, particularising Australian settlement schemes with the special idea of bringing the projects ...

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  40. NEW SCHOOLS.

    Mr. Bruntnell, when opening additions to the local High School, referred to the increasing demand upon the education vot[?]. Expenditure during 1924 would exceed ...

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  41. FORSTER CUP.

    On account of an exceptionally hard blow and heavy seas running at 1 p.m. to-day, it was decided by the officials controlling the race for the Forster Cup to postpone the first ...

    Article : 155 words
  42. THE PRINCE'S TITLES.

    Queen Mary was present at the inaugural lecture of the lectureship on Scottish history at London University College, and was much interested in a suggestion by Dr. [?] W. ...

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  43. ACCIDENT AT BATHS.

    Right beside a notice warning bathers not to divo at the spot, William Beddows, a sailor, dived into shallow water at the Domain baths last night. He evidently did not observe the ...

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  44. MYSTERIOUS ROBBERIES.

    A number of robberies that occurred some time ago in Sydney have baff[?]d the investigations of the police. They have come to the conclusion that the robberies were ...

    Article : 86 words
  45. FEDERAL SESSION.

    Subject to Mr. Bruce's confirmation of the date, the Federal Parliament will meet on March 26. There will be an adjournment for two or three weeks over Easter. ...

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  46. COST OF FINE WOOL.

    Mr. Noel Buxton (Minister of Agriculture) stated in the House of Commons that, in view of the high cost of imported fine wool, the Ministry was making grants to promote a ...

    Article : 58 words
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