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  2. STATE GOVERNMENT.

    The State Government was defeated in Committee, when the Estimates were under consideration yesterday morning. The Minister for Local Government (Mr. Fitzpatrick) moved that progress be reported, and that leave be given to sit again. The motion was negatived by 32 ...

    Article : 105 words
  3. LABOUR SCANDAL.

    The A.L.P. executive last night adopted a report of a committee which inquired into the allegations made against Mr. Bailey regarding fraudulent ballot boxes. ...

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  4. BAKERS' DISPUTE.

    There was a further development yesterday in regard to the long-standing dispute between the Operative Bakers' Union and the Broad Carters' Union respecting the hours of work ...

    Article : 230 words
  5. LATE CABLE NEWS

    The British Parliament was prorogued to-day. Parliament will re-assemble on December 20. ...

    Article : 183 words
  6. STATE OF EUROPE.

    Speaking in the House of Commons this evening, the Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin) said:- "It is impossible to accelerate the day ...

    Article : 141 words
  7. CENSURE MOTION DEFEATED.

    The motion of censure upon the Baldwin Ministry submitted by Labour to the House of Commons was defeated by 285 votes to 190. Mr. Lloyd George, who led for the Liberals, said that the Prime Minister had succeeded in ...

    Article : 1,399 words
  8. THE DEBATE.

    In the course of the debate on the estimates of the department of the Local Government in the Legislative Assembly early yesterday morning, the Government suffered defeat on a ...

    Article : 1,906 words
  9. DEBTS TO BRITAIN.

    Mr. Neville Chamberlain (Chancellor of the Exchequer), replying in the House of Commons to questions, said that France's debt to Britain with, accrued interest ...

    Article : 135 words
  10. GERMANY.

    News comes from Paris that the Ambassadors' Conference yesterday sat for two hours, but without reaching a decision. France is believed to have demanded, firstly, the ...

    Article : 595 words
  11. COAL STRIKES.

    Work was resumed yesterday morning at two of the nine mines on the northern coalfields idle on account of strikes. The two at which operations were resumed were New ...

    Article : 116 words
  12. LOST TREVESSA.

    The Board of Trade inquiry into the loss of the steamer Trevessa was opened to-day. Mr. Butler Aspinall, K.C., explained that the brief inquiry held in Mauritius threw no light ...

    Article : 80 words
  13. TRADE OF THE PORT.

    Although 105 fewer vessels visited Port Jackson in the year ended June 30 than in the previous year, the increasing size of vessels, as well as of the steady ...

    Article : 256 words
  14. MINISTERIAL INTENTIONS

    Referring to unemployment during his speech in the House of Commons Mr. Baldwin said that he proposed a radical, drastic measure for dealing with a period of emergency, ...

    Article : 533 words
  15. THE APPLE TRADE.

    The steamship companies carrying apples from the Pacific Coast to England via the Panama Canal have agreed to accept freight here, provided they receive a banker's ...

    Article : 131 words
  16. STATUS OF INDIANS.

    The close of the Imperial Conference was marked by an acrimonious controversy between Dr. Sapru and General Smuts, interviewed by Reuter's on the eve of his departure ...

    Article : 160 words
  17. PARTY STATEMENTS.

    Cabinet Ministers take a serious view of the adverse vote recorded against the Government on Friday morning, and in consequence it was decided yesterday by the Premier (Sir ...

    Article : 922 words
  18. FOOTBALL MATCHES.

    Mr. H. M. Somer, secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society, denied a report that the Rugby League was endeavouring to secure a lease of the Showground for five years at the ...

    Article : 387 words
  19. A WAVE OF CRIME.

    Acts of banditry continue unabated all over the country. Masked robbers seized 20,000 dollars from bank messengers at Kansas City. ...

    Article : 113 words
  20. MURDERS IN DUBLIN.

    A message from Dublin says that uneasiness has been caused among the Jewish community by mysterious murders. Two young Jews were stopped in the street by two strangers, ...

    Article : 84 words
  21. SPORT ABROAD.

    The championships committee of the Royal and Ancient has decided that only golfers with national handicaps of four or less will be eligible to compete in the amateur ...

    Article : 93 words
  22. ITALY AND SPAIN.

    Signor Schanzer, a former Foreign Minister (says a message from Rome), commenting on the approaching visit of the King and Queen of Spain, said:—The time must come when the ...

    Article : 141 words
  23. MANDATED ISLANDS.

    The State Department at Washington has sent to the British Government for consideration the draft of two conventions, giving the United States full equality and commercial ...

    Article : 116 words
  24. JAPAN.

    A Tokio message says:—Yesterday Baron [?] in his capacity of president of the Reconstruction Board submitted to the adviser council the board's final draft plan for the ...

    Article : 120 words
  25. INCOME TAX.

    The Commissioner of Taxation directs the attention of taxpayers to the fact that Wednesday, December 12, will be the last day for furnishing Federal and State income tax ...

    Article : 113 words
  26. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A story of suicide after seeing the play "Outward Bound," in which two of the characters committed suicide in a similar fashion, was revealed at an inquest on the body of ...

    Article : 305 words
  27. A.W.U. DEPUTATION.

    A deputation from the central branch of the A.W.U. waited upon the A.L.P. executive at its meeting at the Trades Hall last evening, and requested that the Federal executive ...

    Article : 217 words
  28. MR. W. M. HUGHES.

    The Keedick Bureau announces a series of six lectures in America by Mr. W. M. Hughes early in 1924 upon the international and labour problems of Australia. ...

    Article : 35 words
  29. AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

    Two announcements of aspirations for the Presidency of the United States were made to-day. Mr. McAdoo stated that he will seek the Domocratic nomination, and Senator ...

    Article : 49 words
  30. BETTING TAX INQUIRY.

    The select committee of the House of Commons appointed to consider the question of [?] betting tax sat for three hours to-day and gave a majority decision that a betting tax ...

    Article : 75 words
  31. MURDER IN A TAXI.

    A taxi-cab murder was revealed last night when a man drove to the Fulham police station and made a statement, following which police found a woman inside the taxi-cab ...

    Article : 158 words
  32. LABOUR COUNCILS.

    The New South Wales Labour Council has received from the Adelaide Labour Council a letter suggesting that a conference of representatives of the Trades and Labour Councils ...

    Article : 97 words
  33. ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL.

    Rumours which were recently circulated that the Royal Dutch-Shell group was negotiating for the purchase of the British Government's extensive holding in Anglo-Persian oil shares, ...

    Article : 95 words
  34. LATE GREEK REVOLT.

    [?] correspondent in Athens states that Court, which has been sitting a Eleusis, condemned to death Generals Leonardo Poulos and Gargalldes and Majors Avrambos and ...

    Article : 63 words
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