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  2. PONY RACING.

    Giving evidence before the select committee inquiring into pony racing yesterday, Alfred Morton, a horse owner and bookmaker, laid charges of unfairness against the ...

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  3. LATE CABLE NEWS

    The special service squadron of British warships, comprising the battle-cruisers Hood and Repulse, and several light cruisers, left Devonport this morning on its world cruise, ...

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  4. STATE SESSION.

    As a rule Tuesday afternoon's usual questi[?]ns in the Legislative Assembly during formal business are not productive of any definite statement of the Government's ...

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  5. BRITISH ELECTIONS.

    A feature of the campaign has been the appearance on platform of Lord Birkenhead, whose inclusion in the Ministry was resisted lately by a number of Mr. Baldwin's colleagues. Lord Birkenhead has entered upon a very ...

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  6. WAGES LOST.

    From 1918 to 1922 there were in Australia 2381 industrial disputes, involving 651,029 workpeople, and the estimated loss in wages was £7,056,331. ...

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  7. PROHIBITION.

    At the American-Canadian Conference on liquor smuggling on Tuesday at Ottawa, says advice from Washington, the United States' Government will propose that the clearance of ...

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  8. HEAT WAVE.

    Aided by yesterday's peculiar atmospheric change, fires and wind gusts did considerable damage in Sydney. The wall of a church was blown in, a ...

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  9. DISCUSSED RUGBY PLAYER.

    For the second season T. Lawton, a Queensland Rhodes scholar, is the most discussed Rugby player in England. Since the season bogan, there has been considerable ...

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  10. SINGAPORE OIL STORES.

    Mr. T. M. Wilford, a former New Zealand Minister for Justice and for Marine, visited the site of the naval base in Johore Strait. He inspected the aerodrome site on the ...

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  11. FACTORY GUTTED.

    A spectacular fire gutted a building of three floors, used as a chocolata factory, in Mary-place, Paddington, last night. The narrowest of laneways separated the ...

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  12. STATE CABINET.

    The greater part of yesterday's Cabinet meeting was devoted to the consideration of the Meat Industry Encouragement Bill. The object of the monsure is to give power to ...

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  13. RINDERPEST.

    Mr. Weir, Chief Inspector of Stock, says that during Sunday between 40 and 50 animals had been destroyed, practically clearing the quarantined area of cattle ...

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  14. LAWYER'S. BIG FEE.

    The eminent Spanish lawyer, Senor Juan Lac[?]erva, has received a fee of 5,000,000 dollars, the result of a famous law suit, says the "Daily Express." He was counsel for the ...

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  15. THE PHILIPPINES.

    President Cool[?]dge has received a concurrent resolution from both Houses of the Philippine legislature, asking him to include in his message to Congress on December 3 a ...

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  16. TEST CRICKET.

    The Queensland Cricket Association has asked the Australian Board of Control to play a test match on the Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, during the visit of the English Cricket ...

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  17. WHALING.

    The Norwegian vessel Sir James Clark Ross, which is to be the parent ship to the five small Star whalers on their whale-hunting expedition to the Ross Sea, has arrived here. ...

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  18. GERMANY.

    The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that Dr. Albert, who has been entrusted with the task of forming a Ministry, in succession to the Stresemann ...

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  19. THE CONFERENCE.

    The "Round Table" in a survey of the Imperial Conference insists on the importance of the fact that the dominion delegates reaffirmed their loyalty to the League of Nations ...

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  20. RUSSIAN TARIFE.

    Reports from Moscow have rea[?] Stockh[?]m that the Soviet is drawing up a new tariff. It is removing all export duties from agricultural produce, and imposing import ...

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  21. VIGILANCE IN QUENSLAND.

    "We want to prevent the importation from Western Australia of anything likely to carry the rinderpest germ," said the Acting Premier (Mr. Gillies) to-day. The Minister ...

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  22. MEN OF THE LAW.

    In an address delivered before the members of the Royal Historical Society last evening, Mr. Aubrey Halloran drew some interesting word pictures of legal celebrities in the ...

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  23. TUTANKHAMEN'S TOMB.

    The Luxor correspondent of the "Morning Post" says: Mr. Howard Cartor found a bouquet of flowers against the back of the outer shrine intertwined into what must have ...

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  24. BOILER EXPLOSION.

    An explosion occurred at the State metal quarries at Martin's Creek, near Paterson, just as the men were assembling for work at 7.15 this morning. ...

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  25. MR. BRUCE.

    Mr. Bruce, in visiting Leicester, was entertained at a private luncheon by the Chambor of Commerce, and at a private dinner in the evening, at which leading civic and business ...

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  26. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The King granted a special audience to Mr. Massey this afternoon. Mr. Seymour Hicks, actor and author, will leave by the Ormuz on January 7 under ...

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  27. "EAT MORE FRUIT."

    Referring to a cinematograph film which the Acting Premier, Dr. Page, and himself had witnessed at the Paramount headquarters yesterday morning, Mr. Austin Chapman, ...

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  28. GREEK MONARCHY.

    The Athens' correspondent of the "Morning Post" says:—A public meeting at the Temple of Zeus adopted a resolution, advocating d[?]position of the present dynasty and the ...

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  29. UNEMPLOYED.

    The City Council last night unanimously approvod of £1000 being expanded in relief employment during the Christmas season. The money is to be allocated in 26 sums, ...

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  30. STILL NOT SATISFIED.

    It was stated in the lobbies of Parliament last night that further trouble was browing between the Government and the Progressives regarding the loan estimates. ...

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  31. GAP MYSTERY.

    A letter addrossed to Mrs. J. B. M'Lean, Medina Hall, Woolcott-street, Darlinghurst, was found near the Gap early yesterday morning. ...

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  32. COAL STRIKES.

    In accordance with the decision reached the previous day, the miners who were on strike at Cardiff-Borehole and South Wallsend resumed work yesterday morning. Otherwise, ...

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  33. A STORY OF SUCCESS.

    Ernest Idiens, formerly of Staffordshire, who arrived in Australia during 1912 with a capital of £30. and now owns farming property worth £14,000, lectured at Australia House in ...

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  34. ANTHRAX.

    A considerable number of Filipinos and more than 7000 working animals have died through an outbreak of anthrax. Troops are endeavouring to check the spread of the ...

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  35. BAT CAFE RAIDED.

    A detachment of police under Sergeants Russell and M'Kay carried out a raid at the Bat Cafe in Pitt-street last night. A quantity of liquor was siezed, and the manager of the ...

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