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  2. PARLIAMENT.

    There was no further Labour attack in the House of Representatives to-day. Taking advantage of the Labour party's desire to have the bill providing for a subsidy of ...

    Article : 2,887 words
  3. GLUT OF FISH.

    During the past week the Municipal Fish Market has received very larg[?] supplies of fish daily, and not only have prices fallen to a low level, but it has been necessary to ...

    Article : 302 words
  4. THE COMMUNISTS.

    "The unrestricted freedom of speech is taken advantage of by Communist leaders to preach revolution, but they intend their dupes, and not themselves to do the fighting and suffer ...

    Article : 520 words
  5. COAL STRIKE.

    At the invitation of the Acting Premier (Mr. Oakes) representatives of the mineowners and the miners met in conference in Sydney yesterday to discuss a ...

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  6. LATE CABLE NEWS

    It is understood that the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (Sir Thomas Watt) is resigning from the Ministry on account of ill-health. ...

    Article : 30 words
  7. WHARF WORKERS.

    Mr. Justice Powers gave judgment to-day in the Arbitration Court upon an application by the Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia for preference to members of their ...

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  8. BRITAIN'S DEFENCES.

    The British Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin) will probably make known the Ministry's decision regarding air power next week. It is reported that the Royal Air Force has been ...

    Article : 436 words
  9. FURY OF ETNA.

    A message from London states that there has been only partial fulfilment of the hope that the eruption of Mount Etna was dying down. ...

    Article : 397 words
  10. IDLE SHIPS.

    Two more additions have been made this week to the idle shipping fleet in Sydney Harbour, which now amount to about 90,000 tons. Strewn about the bays and ...

    Article : 513 words
  11. MINIMUM WAGE.

    The House of Commons last night fully debated the position of the mining industry, which has been the subject of considerable agitation lately. ...

    Article : 226 words
  12. ENGLAND'S FRUIT.

    Striking evidence of the influence of the middleman upon the retail price of British fruit is disclosed in a report by a departmental committee upon fruit and vegetables. ...

    Article : 249 words
  13. THEATRE STARS.

    The New South Wales Institute of Journalists entertained at luncheon yesterday in Farmer's Miss Nellie Stewart and Mrs. Brough. More than 120 members were present. Mr. ...

    Article : 406 words
  14. AMERICAN FARMERS.

    The Wheat Conference at Chicago by a 2 to 1 vote rejected a resolution providing for the establishment of a grain corporation for the purpose of buying all the American ...

    Article : 99 words
  15. DIVORCE REFUSED.

    Judgment has been given in the Divorce Court on the suit of Engineer-Commander Campbell v Marie Campbell. The petitioner sought a dissolution of marriage on the ground ...

    Article : 168 words
  16. WORLD COURT.

    At St. Louis, President Harding, while en route for Alaska, made a speech, suggesting that there should be three changes in the World Court, designed to sever it from the ...

    Article : 317 words
  17. MINERS AND INCOME TAX.

    Before the House of Representatives adjourned this afternoon the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Char[?]ton) said that, owing to the lookout, many of his constituents were ...

    Article : 106 words
  18. MIGRATION.

    Lieut.-Colonel A. Buckley, one of the Junior Lord[?] of the Treasury, [?] reply toau question in the House of Commons, said the number of immigrants accepted for Australia ...

    Article : 317 words
  19. REDHEAD COLLIERY.

    Despite the declared policy of the Miners' Federation to confine the mining dispute to the Maitland field, the miners employed at Redhead colliery came out on strike this ...

    Article : 358 words
  20. SPORT ABROAD.

    There was racing to-day at Ascot in brilliant weather. Following is the result of the Gold Cup of 500 sovs., with 3500 sovs. added:— Mr. Fred. Hardy's b h Happy Man, by ...

    Article : 465 words
  21. BOY'S BODY FOUND.

    Police officers at Glasgow discovered the body of a murdered boy, aged 12, which was being wheeled in a perambulator through a busy street by a young married woman, who ...

    Article : 114 words
  22. IMMIGRATION.

    "The scheme to settlo 6000 families of British origin on the land has been well thought out, and can be carried through. This is not the time to go into details, as Sir George Fuller ...

    Article : 553 words
  23. BOLD SCHEME.

    Major-General W. L'Estrange Eames, addressing the Royal Society of St. George, expounded a scheme for settling the Northern Territory with 100,000 ...

    Article : 288 words
  24. ELECTION IN ENGLAND.

    Polling took place yesterday in connection with the election at Morpeth to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. John Cairns. The voting was:— ...

    Article : 62 words
  25. A NEW EXPLOSIVE.

    The War Department at Washington has announced the successful development of a [?] powder. It is flashless, smokeless, waterProof, and adaptable to heavy artillery or ...

    Article : 38 words
  26. GENERAL CABLES.

    Many people stood for 12 hours in a queue at Covent Gardens to hear Dame Nellie Melba as Marguerite. Her impersonation is characterised as having been a revelation and a ...

    Article : 330 words
  27. AN INDIAN GANG.

    The murderers of Mrs. Ellis are still in Afghan territory, about four miles across the border. Measures are being considered to secure the gang, who number seven. ...

    Article : 82 words
  28. CANADA'S LOSSES.

    In confirmation of the report published in the "Herald" some weeks ago, actual figures of the operations of the Canadian Government Merchant Marine have been received in ...

    Article : 124 words
  29. DISASTER AT SEA.

    The inquiry into the loss of the steamer Okara in the Bay of Bengal has been oponed with the evidence of the pilot. He admitted that he had some little trouble ...

    Article : 159 words
  30. FRENCH POLITICS.

    A message from Paris states that, following a no-confidence debate on home affairs during the last week-end, in which the Radical Socialists refused to participate, three ...

    Article : 107 words
  31. SPENCER-STREET RAILWAY ROBBERY.

    Before Mr. Justice Schutt, in the Criminal Court to-day the trial was concluded of Frederick Charles Daniels, who was charged with having "in company with two other ...

    Article : 85 words
  32. MISSING PROSPECTORS.

    The police at Zeehan conclude that the missing prospectors[?] Fraser and Mills, had some mishap about the second or third week in April. Their abandoned camp on the Henty ...

    Article : 61 words
  33. PROTEST AGAINST COMMUNISM.

    The Citizens' Democratic Association has arranged two protest meetings, the first of which will be held in the Domain on Sunday afternoon. The second meeting will take place ...

    Article : 61 words
  34. JAPAN AND THE SOVIET.

    The Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs. Count Uchida, has stated that Japan will not grant recognition to the Russian Soviet as a Government unless Russia settles for the ...

    Article : 54 words
  35. SMALLPOX IN ENGLAND.

    Of 210 cases of chickenpox notified within 18 days at Gloucester, 100 have been re-diagnosed as smallpox of mild type. In all 148 cases have now been reported; ...

    Article : 41 words
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