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  2. LATE CABLE NEWS

    Mr. Charles Barbour, a resident of Perth, who is revisiting Leeds after 34 years, was interviewed by the "Yorkshire Post," and warmly approved of the scheme of Major ...

    Article : 162 words
  3. THE KING'S.

    S. N. Watson, of Portland (Victoria), who scored 373 points out of a possible 400, is the winner of The King's match, the final stage of which—the Le ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,920 words
  4. DEFENCE.

    The coast defences of Australia are in a deplorable condition. The loss of efficiency in the Australian float is staggering. ...

    Article : 820 words
  5. THE COMMUNISTS.

    "No Communist who is a member of the Communist party may remain a member of the A.L.P." The above resolution was carried at a ...

    Article : 148 words
  6. GERMANY.

    Remarkable scenes took place in the Diet of Saxony (says Reuter's correspondent at Berlin) when the Premier, Herr Zeigner, declared it to be a fact ...

    Article : 429 words
  7. STATE POLITICS.

    One of the chief objects of the State Nationalist Parliamentary meeting, which has been called for Tuesday morning next, is to attempt to bring about discipline amongst ...

    Article : 385 words
  8. ECONOMIC CONFERENCE.

    Consequent upon Mr. Bruce's protest against the non-issue of the speeches on Imperial communications other than Sir Laming Worthington-Evans', the conference authorities ...

    Article : 1,235 words
  9. CHINA.

    Reuter's Peking correspondent says: The Tien Chung Yu incident, in which the President issued a mandate accepting his resignation and then promoted him, and which caused ...

    Article : 92 words
  10. CAR IN FLAMES.

    Mrs. J. L. Ridgeway was injured, and Mr. Ridgeway, merchant, of 7 Barlow-street, city, had a remarkable escape, in a sensational accident, which occurred in Phillip-street, near ...

    Article : 364 words
  11. SOUTH AFRICAN LOAN.

    The underwriting is proceeding of the Union of South Africa, loan of £9,000,000. The loan is being issued at 99½, bearing interest at the rate of 5 por cent., and is redeemable in ...

    Article : 41 words
  12. SOUTH AFRICAN WINES.

    Mr. Chiappini, the biggest exporter of wines, in the course of an interview stated: "South African wines are beginning to oust Australian wines on the Lo[?]on market, despite the ...

    Article : 60 words
  13. AEROPLANE CRASHES.

    During a demonstration night over the Gurikhel area an aeroplane was compelled to make a forced landing on the 16th last owing to engine trouble. The machine crashed, and ...

    Article : 40 words
  14. BAKING DISPUTE.

    The disputes committee of the New South Wales Labour Council, which has been inquiring into the dispute between the Bread-carters' Union and the Operative Bakers' Union ...

    Article : 430 words
  15. SHAKESPEARE.

    Hitherto the only known specimens of Shakespeare's handwriting have been six signatures; It is now however, affirmed that 147 lines of manuscript, which have lain in the ...

    Article : 138 words
  16. INTERNATIONAL HORSERACE.

    The selection committee has examined Zev (who is to race Papyrus to-morrow), and found him unsatisfactory, but reserved their decision until the arrival of My Own. ...

    Article : 32 words
  17. BRUCE MINISTRY.

    Dr. Earle Page and Mr. Chapman addressed a well-attended meeting in the Centennial Hall last night. Dr. Page vigorously defended the policy of the Government, and expressed ...

    Article : 346 words
  18. SCHOOL TRAGEDY.

    The school at Wa[?]no mining township, near Waihi, was the scene of a sensational tragedy to-day. Before the school opened J. E. Higgins, an ...

    Article : 241 words
  19. ARMISTICE DAY.

    A considerable body of public opinion, especially among non-Churchmen and Catholics, deplores the abandonment of the religious ceremony at the Cenotaph, because Armistice ...

    Article : 76 words
  20. PROHIBITION.

    The United States Government has commenced another, "drive" against brewers and bootleggers in the States of New York and New Jersey. ...

    Article : 233 words
  21. EMPIRE'S PRESTIGE.

    In the course of a speech at a dinner at the Canada Club to the Canadian members of the Imperial Conference, the Canadian Premier (Mr. Mackenzie King) contended that ...

    Article : 135 words
  22. CENTRAL MINE.

    The manager of the Central Mine states that there are no fresh developments regarding the fire. It is stated that the men working in the ...

    Article : 79 words
  23. RUSSIAN WHEAT.

    The "Evening Standard" says that influential quarters in the city regard the Russian wheat agreement as the most far-reaching commercial arrangement since the signature ...

    Article : 138 words
  24. COST OF LIVING.

    Inquiries made by the Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. C. H. Wickens) into the prices of food and groceries (46 commodities) for the month of September, show that compared with ...

    Article : 178 words
  25. CURRENCY INFLATION.

    Mr. Frederick Goodenough, chairman of Barclay's Bank, speaking at Colchester, said the commercial prosperity of the Umpire would not be secured through a policy ...

    Article : 133 words
  26. WOMEN'S WAGES.

    The Public Service Arbitrator (Mr. Atlee Hunt) yesterday opened an inquiry into an application to vary a previous determination dated August 17, 1923, made on behalf of the ...

    Article : 178 words
  27. BRITISH MANUFACTURES.

    The council of the Midland Manufacturers' Association has passed a resolution in favour of Imperial preference, and expressing the opinion that a scientific tariff would increase ...

    Article : 73 words
  28. THE UNEMPLOYED.

    A report issued by the Department of Labour and Industry yesterday showed that at the beginning of this month the number of unemployed in the State was estimated at 8000, ...

    Article : 90 words
  29. BROKEN HILL MINES.

    Great dissatisfaction is being exhibited at Broken Hill among shareholders of the North mine concerning the proposed purchase of the British mine. Forty-two shareholders, ...

    Article : 191 words
  30. MR. LLOYD GEORGE.

    Reuter's Springfield representative telegraphs; Mr. Lloyd George visited President Lincoln's old home to-day. He said that President Lincoln had been an inspiration to ...

    Article : 88 words
  31. THE OLD INDARRA.

    It is reported that the Osaka Shosen Kalsha has purchased the steamer Pays de Waes, of 9735 tons gross register. [The vessel was formerly known as the ...

    Article : 81 words
  32. MELBOURNE SOLICITOR.

    Mr. Justice Weigall to-day gave his reserved judgment in the action taken by the Law Institute of Victoria against Reginald George Green[?], a Melbourne solicitor, for alleged ...

    Article : 159 words
  33. MEDICAL INSURANCE.

    A crisis has developed in the State medical insurance system. The Minister for Health's rejection of the panel doctors' request for arbitration on his offer to reduce their fee by ...

    Article : 122 words
  34. LIVING WAGE.

    The Board of Industry has declared 13/1 to be the living wage for adult male employees in the metropolitan area. This declaration will come into force on the 14th day after ...

    Article : 56 words
  35. SPORT ABROAD.

    A feature of the Oxford University Rugby trial matches is the number of dominion players participating. Ten are being tried to-day, including A. C. Wallace and V. Wesche ...

    Article : 180 words
  36. CLAIM FOR DAMAGES.

    A message from Rome says that Signor Puccini, on the grounds that the themes in his operas are being put artistically and morally to degrading uses, has commenced ...

    Article : 87 words
  37. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    During the first week of the Australian art exhibition 12,000 people paid an admission fee of 1/, the total attendance, including the opening day, being 14,000. Such of Norman ...

    Article : 180 words
  38. POSTAGE STAMPS.

    Owing to the similarity in colour of the 1½d and the ½d stamp, it has been decided by the Postal Department to make a new issue of each stamp. ...

    Article : 113 words
  39. AMERICAN NAVY.

    The convention of the American League passed resolutions favouring the maintenance by the United States of a navy, a military force, and an air force equal to the world's ...

    Article : 77 words
  40. MINERS' FEDERATION.

    The general secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. A. C. Willis), who has returned to Sydney after spending several weeks in Queensland on union business, said that ...

    Article : 163 words
  41. JURY'S FEES.

    At the close of the divorce suit Armstrong v Armstrong yesterday afternoon, which occupied the attention of Mr. Justice Owen for four days, the foreman of the jury protested ...

    Article : 154 words
  42. EMPIRE EXHIBITION.

    The Empire Exhibition Stadium season for 1924 opens on April 12 with an England v Scotland Rugby match. A fortnight later the Association Cup final will be played. ...

    Article : 102 words
  43. REDDING PIT DISASTER.

    All hope of rescuing alive any of the miners entombed in Redding pit vanished to-day, when the company announced that, on gaining entry into No. 2 section, two men, David ...

    Article : 74 words
  44. SALE OF CITY PROPERTY.

    The National Bank of Australasia, Limited, has purchased from the National Mutual Life Association of Australasia the annex building to the Equitable-building in George-street, ...

    Article : 62 words
  45. WINDOW-SMASHERS.

    Thieves broke a window at Hardy Bros., jewellers. In Hunter-street, city, at about 10 o'clock last night and stole a number of binoculars. They were seen to run in the ...

    Article : 63 words
  46. BOXING.

    In a twenty-round contest Fred Archer outpointed Frankie Burns (Australia), after a fast even fight, in which both men showed considerable skill. The Australian floored ...

    Article : 46 words
  47. THE VALUELESS MARK.

    The mark exchange rate (reports Reuter) has reached from 28 to 42 milliards to the £1. ...

    Article : 21 words
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