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  2. PORT ELLIOT.

    Fifty-nine members of the crew of the Port Elliot, which was stranded near East Cape on Saturday night, arrived in Wellington by the Port Victor to-day. ...

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  3. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Parliament will be opened to-day by the King. The threat of mining trouble and the possibility of a railway strike are disquieting ...

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  4. GERMANY.

    Reuter's Paris correspondent says:—The first expert committee dealing with the German currency met at 11 o'clock this morning, in the presence of the Reparations Commission ...

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  5. FRANCE.

    The catastrophic fall of the franc hns been the only topic of conversation in Paris (says the Paris correspondent of the "Morning Post"). Alarm and distress were the ...

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  6. UPPER HOUSE.

    The official figures of the attendance of members of the Upper Chamber during the session just concluded were made available yesterday. ...

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  7. BAKERS' STRIKE.

    The bakers' strike continued yesterday, but the supply of broad continued ample. Indeed, there was a large surplus. Each part, to the dispute stated that its ...

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  8. CITY STREETS.

    At a meeting of the Works Committee of the City Council yesterday afternoon Alderman Bridges (Labour) said the aldermen had been attacked by Mr. Mackay for delay ...

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  9. LATE CABLES.

    A direct message from Tokio says that the centre of the earthquake is believed to have been near Tanzawa, in the province of Sagami, according to officials of the Central ...

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  10. PARLIAMENT

    In opening Parliament to-day, his Majesty the King said:- "Relations with foreign Powers have been friendly. I am glad to record definite ...

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  11. EARTHQUAKE.

    A wireless message to the Radio Corporation of America, from Tomiokia, in Japan, has been received at San Francisco (says Reuter's correspondent), as follows: ...

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  12. HEAT WAVE.

    Heat-wave conditions, with a northerly breeze, are expected to operate over New South Wales to-day, but these conditions are expected to culminate in some scattered ...

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  13. AUSTRALMEAD.

    After a long period of idleness the Australian Commonwealth Line's steamer Australmead has been recommissioned. The Australmead has been lying idle since she arrived in ...

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  14. EXCHANGE RATES.

    The London exchange market was wild to-day with extraordinary movements in leading currencies. Sterling exchange on New York fell to 4.23, ...

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  15. MINERS' BALLOT.

    The ballot taken by the Yorkshire and Northumberland miners overwhelmingly favours the termination of the national wages agreement. The result of the ballot all over ...

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  16. SPEED TESTS.

    At a meeting of the executive of the Shires' Association yesterday a letter was received from the Local Government Department advising that the councils had not power to ...

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  17. CARTERS' HOLIDAY.

    Had there been no strike on the part of the operative bakers the breadcarters would have received their usual holiday to-day. It was stated last night on the part of the employers ...

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  18. THRICE BURIED.

    To be buried beneath three successive falls of sand and be rescued in a state of semi-suffocation was the experience of a lad named V. Mathieson, who on Saturday last visited ...

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  19. SERVICE SQUADRON.

    A message from Zanzibar says:—The Sultan and crowds of Europeans and natives watched the arrival of the special service squadron of British cruisers on an Empire voyage. ...

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  20. IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

    The Association of British Chambers of Commerce has sent letters to Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Asquith, and Mr. Ramsay Macdonald expressing grave concern in regard to any ...

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  21. TRAINS HELD UP.

    Shortly after half-past 6 o'clock this morning residents of houses facing the Clifton Hill railway station and members of the station staff were started by a man shouting, "I'll ...

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  22. THE L24.

    A diver examined the object believed to have been the sunken submarine L24, but found it covered with seaweed and barnacles. It evidently had lain there a long time. ...

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  23. CRIME IN CALCUTTA.

    The murder of Mr. Ernest Day, on Saturday, which is generally accepted as the work of a member of the revolutionary party, has deeply stirred Europeans in Calcutta. A ...

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  24. ROLLING STOCK.

    Although the contract for the supply of 1200 freight railway cars has been lot to Messrs. Pool and Steel, the material will probably be imported, the construction ...

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  25. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Ernest Hayes, the former Surrey cricketer, is leaving Winchester College owing to his appointment as coach to the Leicester County Club. ...

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  26. PRISONERS.

    According to the official returns supplied by the Department of prisons to the Minister for Justice yesterday, there were 1433 prisoners confined in New South Wales gaols at ...

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  27. COLLIERY DISPUTES.

    Wallarah and Cessnock collier[?]es resumed yesterday, leaving East Greta, Duckenfield No. 2, Northern Extended, Aberdare, Central, and Wallsend still idle. The met game out at ...

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  28. SOVIET POLITICS.

    A message from Petrograd says the Soviet newspaper "Pravda" is moved to bitter contempt over the opening of the House of Commons session, particularly by such episode's ...

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  29. THE CALCUTTA MURDER.

    Gopinat Hsaha, who was arrested on a charge of shooting Mr. Ernest Day on Saturday, was produced in court to-day. He made a statement, in which he said that he had ...

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  30. CHRISTMAS BUSH.

    Mr. Fitzpatrick (Minister for Local Government) stated yesterday that ow the holiday season had passed it was necessary to call the attention of the public to the fact ...

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  31. BRAVE RESCUE.

    Only the prompt notion of a strong and brave swimmer saved the life of George Young, 13 years of age, at Tom Ugly's Point yesterday. ...

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  32. BUILDING TRADES.

    The Carpenters and Joiners' Union is applying to the Federal Arbitration Court for a new award. At present the union is working under a State award; but in the, claim before the ...

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  33. THE BRIDGE.

    The tenders for the North Shore bridge will close at noon to-day. As pointed out in those columns yesterday, the Minister for Works and Railways (Mr. Ball) ...

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  34. SPORT ABROAD.

    Owing to heated arguments between members of opposing Rugby teams at Toulon (France), a Police Commissioner attempted to walk to the middle of the field and separate ...

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  35. SAFE-BLOWERS.

    Safe-blowers made a determined attempt to reach the strongroom of the Church of England Cemetery Trust at Rookwood on Monday night, but failed to gain entrance to it. They ...

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  36. ELECTIONS IN EGYPT.

    Final results of the elections to the Egyptian Assembly (says a message from Cairo) show that Zagloulists won 152 out of the 211 seats. ...

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  37. WALKING TOUR.

    Mr. Daley, Inspector of Police, stated to-day that there is no doubt the two skeletons found near the Coleman River on December 10 were the remains of two adventurous ...

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  38. UNSETTLED.

    It is reported that, after considering for three hours the dispute between the railway companies and the Associated Locomotive Engineers and Firemen's Society, the general ...

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  39. WOOL SALES.

    Competition at the wool sales in Sydney yesterday was of the keenest, and the market was excited. Values ruled at the highest point of the season for all good wools. Buyers from ...

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  40. SHIPOWNERS' CLAIM.

    Mr. Justice Avory sitting in the King's Bench Division, uphold a claim by T. and J. Brocklebank, Ltd., shipowners, for return by the Crown of £34,920, paid in 1919 to ...

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  41. LAUNCH TRAGEDY.

    A launch returning from the Sounds to Wellington was caught in Cook Strait by a bad southerly and driven ashore at Island Bay, and smashed to matchwood on the rocks. ...

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  42. COMMONWEALTH BANK.

    The Acting Prime Minister (Dr. Page) said to-day that he was formulating plans for submission to the Federal Parliament of his measure for the appointment of a board of ...

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  43. A NEW BISHOP.

    The Ven. Leonard Jauncey WhiteThomson, Archdeacon and Canon of Canterbury since 1918, has been appointed Bishop of Ely, in succession to the Right Rev. Frederic H. ...

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