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STATE PARLIAMENT. Opened By The Governor,
The Governor's Speech, which was read at the opening of the third session of the present Parliament yesterday, mentions a comprehensive programme of bills relating to Empire migration, land settlement, industrial arbitration, the housing problem, and the Ne Temere decree, besides a number of measures for country ...
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SUGAR. FEDERAL PURCHASES.
Sensation followed a statement in the House of Representatives to-day by the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) regarding certain sugar transactions by the Commonwealth in 1920. ...
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LESS CRIME.
The annual report of the Inspector-General of Police, which was tabled in the Legislative Assembly last night, stated that 1922 was the first year since the Armistice that there had ...
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GOVERNMENT SHIPS.
On the motion for the adjournment of the House of Representatives to-night, Mr. Marks (N.S.W.) said that an offer from one of the largest Australian steamship companies had ...
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LATE CABLE NEWS PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT.
A Lisbon message sn[?] that Reixeira Gomez, Portuguese Minister in London, has been elected President of the Republic. ...
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS PLAN. World Disarmament.
A commission of the League of Nations at Paris is considering a plan for disarmament. The scheme proposes that all members of the league should reduce armaments, conditional upon mutual guarantees against unprovoked ...
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RUGBY LEAGUE.
Dr. Thacker, formerly Mayor of Christchurch (N.Z.), was entertained by the Rugby League Council. He advocated that prominent English players should periodically visit ...
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CYCLING.
Paris advices state that Cugnot, the French amateur champion, beat Spears by a wheel, in the 3000-metre cycle match. ...
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OFFICIAL CEREMONY.
The weather was far from propitious for the official ceremony, rain falling intermittently, with only occasional bursts of sunshine. Yet it is probable there was never a more crowded ...
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THE SCHEME OUTLINED
The Paris correspondent of the "Morning Post" says that while the Allied Governments are disunited over the reparations problem a commission of the League of Nations has ...
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LATE SHIPPING.
Arr: At Suez, Westfalen, s; at Vancouver, Canadian Skirmisher, s; at Colon, Sussex, s. Mahana, s. Dep: From New York, Tregonnell, s, from ...
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NATIONAL DEFENCE.
The Social Democratic Federation Conference, with a few dissentients passed the following resolutions:—"National defence is among the most important problems that ...
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MEAT INDUSTRY.
A very encouraging measure of success has been reported to the Australian Meat Council by their delegation at present in Japan for the purpose of inquiring ...
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GERMANY.
The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Express" says that a director of Krupps' emphatically denies the "Daily Herald" report that an Anglo-French combine had bought ...
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CHINESE TEAM.
The visiting Chinese Universities British Association football team had its first practice in New South "Wales, at the Agricultural Ground, yesterday morning. The team was ...
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PREFERENCE.
The "Daily Telegraph,." in a leader dealing with the Economic Conference and preference, says: "It would be discourteous and foolish to meet the dominions' proposals with ...
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AERIAL DERBY.
Twelve started in the Aerial Derby. The course was a double circuit round London, aggregating 200 miles. Carter, on a 400-h.p. machine, won in 62 minutes 23 seconds, ...
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THE TRANSACTIONS.
The decision to appoint a Royal Commission was reached at a meeting of the Cabinet this morning and it was communicated in the ordinary way to the official secretary to the ...
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CHANNEL SWIM.
Henry Sullivan, the American, swam the Channel from Dover to Calais in 26[?] hours. Sullivan began his swim from Dover at 5.20 p.m. yesterday. He was reported six miles ...
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IRISH FREE STATE.
A memorial to Michael Collins, which was erected on the scene of his death, near Macroom, has been torn from the sockets, and moved some distance away. ...
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STARR-BOWKETT.
The Registrar of Friendly Societies, in his annual report for the preceding twelve months, which was tabled in the Legislative Assembly last night said that many ...
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WOMEN'S DRESS.
A report from Rome states that the Papal Major Domo has issued regulations for the dress of women desirous of obtaining audiences with the Pope. ...
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COASTAL RAINS.
With the passing eastward of the cyclonic disturbance there was a marked improvement yesterday in weather conditions over the whole State, and except for further showers which ...
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GENERAL CABLE NEWS.
Copenhagen advices state that a military aeroplane of British make crashed near Christiania, the pilot and mechanic being killed. A tower, 64 feet high, at Ambergate ...
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STREET BEGGING.
Glebe Council has agreed to co-operate with Purramatta Council in forming a deputation to the Minister for Defence to urge the finding of means to remove the necessity for returned ...
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BROADCASTING.
The "Daily Express" understands that the report of the committee appointed by the Postmaster-General (Sir William Joynson Hicks) to deal with the whole question of ...
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EXPORT OF FRUIT.
An emphatic pronouncement that the Federal Ministry had determined to leave business affairs to business men was made to-day by the Minister for Customs (Mr. ...
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FEDERAL LOAN.
Referring to the new Commonwealth loan the Federal Treasurer, Dr. Earle Page stated last night that 100,000 persons had not yet applied for the conversion of their holdings in ...
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POWERS IN CONFERENCE.
The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that the Powers are progressing in the negotiations be[?] held with a view to the delivery of a joint Note to Chi[?] The ...
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SUGAR POOL.
The Premier (Mr. Theodore) states that there appears to be some misunderstanding, particularly by the Southern Press, as to the precise nature ot the proposals of the ...
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QUEENSLAND.
"Although defeated at recent elections, we are certainly by no means discouraged, and the task before us during the next few years is so to consolidate our forces and perfect our ...
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ARBITRATION.
Mr. Bavin (Attorney-General) returned from Melbourne yesterday, after having conferred with the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce), the Victorian Attorney-General (Sir Arthur ...
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SPORT ABROAD.
Sussex, 232, and one wicket for 94, defeated Middlesex, 170 and 155. BOXING. NEW YORK, Aug. 6. ...
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POPULATION.
According to the annual report of the Government Statistician, issued yesterday, the estimated population of the metropolis was 955,900 on December 31, 1922, of which the ...
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MELBOURNE'S WATER RATES.
At a meeting of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works to-day a recommendation was submitted by the chairman of the finance committee (Alderman Cabena), that ...
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