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  2. THE SYDNEY CUP.

    If anyone has yet evolved an entirely satisfactory explanation of the fascination horse-racing has for Australians that person has kept it a secret. Why do so many thousands ...

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  3. NEAR EAST.

    The Foreign Office has issued the text of the Allied reply to the Turkish counter-proposals. The Note expresses surprise that Ismet Pasha should have reopened various questions which ...

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  4. FIVE DEOWNED.

    Five men were drowned at Talma Bar, near Mercury Bay. One fell overboard from a launch, and was drowned. Another launch attempted a rescue, but ...

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  5. MOTOR FATALITY.

    When travelling to Geelong from Melbourne at noon to-day a motor car overturned, causing the vleath of two persons and injuries to others. Those killed were:— ...

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  6. A TRAGIC ERROR.

    The Dusseldorf correspondent of the "Daily Express" telegraphs that the Sunday Easter calm was broken by a grievous calamity at Essen. The French sent a handful of soldiers ...

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  7. LABOUR POLITICS.

    The delegates to the Victorian Labour Party Conference resumed their sittings at the Trades Hall to-day. It was decided that the executive should ...

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  8. BULGARIA.

    A message from Sofia says that M. Radosla-voff, ex-Premier, and six of his Ministers in the war-time Buigarian Cabinet have been sentenced to imprisonment for life for ...

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  9. BILHARZIASIS.

    Bill[?]arzlasis is a parasitic disease which was discovered in Cairo by Bilharz about 70 years ago, but it was not until 1915 that Leiper made the complete life-history of the parasite clear. ...

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  10. COLLISION AT CAMPERDOWN.

    A collision between two motor cars occurred yesterday morning at the intersection on Australia and University streets, Camperdown, as a result of which three persons were injured, ...

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  11. NEW DANCING RECORD.

    Miss Alma Cummings has set a new world's non-stop dancing record of 27 hours, exceeding Victor Hindmarch's record of 25 hours, made in England. She fox-trotted, ...

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  12. COMMONWEALTH LINE.

    "The services lnaugurated by the Commonwealth Government line of steamers are very much appreciated by business men in South Australia, and the vessels are receiving ...

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  13. RUSSIAN PRELATES.

    Cardinal Bourne, preaching in Westminster Cathedral, protested against the sentence imposed on the Russian Archbishop. "The whole world," he said, "has shuddered at the news. ...

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  14. GOOD TEMPLARS.

    The 50th annual session of the Grand Lodge of New South Wales of the International Order of Good Templars was opened by Bro. W. H. W. Jack, Grand Chief Templar, in ...

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  15. CAPSIZE OF A CAR.

    A motor car. driven by Mr. Joseph Meline, of Forest Lodge, capsized on the Woodville-road yesterday afternoon, and the five occupants were injured. Mr. Mellno, who was ...

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  16. THE RACING.

    It was a lively throng in the betting ring an hour or so before the first race started; and the betting on the Sydney Cup was almost as wide as that on Saturday in ...

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  17. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.

    Sir Alfred Yarrow, founder of the world-famous shipbuilding firm which bears his name, recently gave £100,000 to the Royal Society for the endowment of scientific ...

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  18. BRITISH FINANCE.

    The fact that the Treasury returns have revealed an unexpected surplus of £101,000,000 has raised a controversy an to whether it should go to the debt reduction as the law ...

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  19. CURIOUS CASE.

    Inquiries were made to-day by Detective O'Keefe into the cause of the injuries sustained by a man who was found by Mr. Andrew Holmes, of Castlebar-street, East Malvern, ...

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  20. POLICE RAID ON ESPERANTO HALL.

    Regarding a paragraph cabled from Wellington (N.Z.), and published in the "Herald" yesterday, stating that owing to suspected gambling at the Esperanto Hall there the ...

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  21. TRAGIC OCCURRENCE AT SEA.

    While the Commonwealth Government steamer Largs Bay, which reached Sydney yesterday, was passing through the Mediterranean on her voyage to Australia from England, a ...

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  22. NEW ZEALAND SURPLUS.

    It is estimated that the public accounts for the financial year, which closed on Saturday, will disclose a surplus of £500,000 of revenue over expenditure. The estimate is made up as ...

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  23. CROWN LANDS AT BONDI.

    Over 1500 people attended the sale of Crown lands at Bondi yesterday afternoon. Twenty-two lets were originally offered, bur the five allotments bounded by Military-road. ...

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  24. EGYPTAIN AFFAIRS.

    A message from Cairo says the Zaghioulist Committee, while welcoming the release of Zaghloul Pasha, demands the release of other Egyptain political prisoners. ...

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  25. NEW FLYING CRAFT.

    Experiments have been carried out at the aerodrome of Getape (Madrid) with an entirely new model of flying craft, which is a kind of cross between an aeroplane and a ...

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  26. FIRE AT FARMER'S.

    The efficient working of the automatic sprinklers and fire alarms at the premises of Fanner and Co., Ltd., at the cornor of Pitt and Market streets, yesterday morning ...

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  27. FUND FOR INJURED BOY.

    A public meeting has been called at Newtown. and a fund has been established, for the purpose of financially assisting the case of Robert Moore, aged about 11 years, and ...

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  28. WIRELESS ON TRAINS.

    The possibilities of wireless telephony for the entertainment of passengers on an express train were demonstrated in England recently by exports of the Marconi Company. ...

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  29. CAPSIZE OF A BOAT.

    Mr. D. J. Williams, head teacher of Pambula Public School, and Mr. John Severs, an oysterman, were crossing Pambula River early on Friday morning, when the boat ...

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  30. JAPANESE PRINCE KILLED.

    A message from Paris states that Prince Kiticharakava, the Mikado's brother-in-law, was killed through a motor car colliding with a tree on the Paris-Cherbourg road. ...

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  31. WIRELESS TELEPHONY.

    Some highly successful experiments in "two-way" wireless telephony have been conducted by Mr. Charles Maclurcan, of Strathfield, and the Burwood Radio Club (Mr. J. ...

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  32. TASMANIAN FRUIT SEASON.

    The departure of the Jervis Bay yesterday made 14 vessels to call this season to load fruit, two more than for the same period last year. She lifted 47,000 cases, which brings ...

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  33. SALVATION ARMY SERVICES.

    The Salvation Army Lent campaign was concluded last night. The congregations throughout aggregated well over 15,000. Commissioner Whatmore delivered the ...

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  34. ESPERANTO CONGRESS.

    Delegates from all the States and New Zealand will be present at the official opening of the fourth Australasian Esperanto Congress this morning, at the assembly hall, Department ...

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  35. SOVIET'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST ENGLAND.

    In the eyes of the Soviet, England is the arch enemy of Russia. A correspondent to the London "Morning Post," commenting upon the Bolshevik's unceasing campaign against ...

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  36. RHONDDA MINERS.

    The Rhondda miners have ordered a strike, involving 46,000 workers, to commence on Monday, to force all miners in the district to join the Miners' Federation. ...

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  37. THE LATE MRS. SHEARSTON.

    The remains of the late Mrs. Jane Shearston, widow of the late John Samuel Shearston, who was superintendent of the Royal Naval House from its establishment in 1890 to his death in ...

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  38. PARRAMATTA NATIONALISTS.

    At the annual meeting of the Parramatta branch of the Nationalist Association of New South Wales the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:—President, Mr. John ...

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  39. BAND OF HOPE CONFERENCE.

    The workers' conference of the Band of Hope was resumed yesterday, at the offices of the N.S.W. Alliance. The president of the South Australian Band ...

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  40. WOMEN IN GAOL.

    The Dublin correspondent of the "Morning Post" telegraphs that a deplorable state of affairs exists in the women's gaol at Kilmainham, where women are confined for taking ...

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  41. TASMAN AT BRISBANE.

    The Dutch steamer Tasman arrived unexpectedly to-day from Singapore. The vessel had been expected to go straight to Sydney. She was delayed north of Thursday ...

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  42. MAN ATTACKED.

    When Mr. Lang returned to his place of residence in Wharf-road, Gladesville, yesterday he found a strange man ransacking it. The man rushed at Mr. Lang, and struck him on ...

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  43. ON THE LAWN.

    The frocking at yesterday's meeting was far better than it was on Saturday, though the effectiveness of the dresses was lost in the crowd. Every stand was filled, and among ...

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  44. UNSOUND FINANCE.

    Sir,—Two large public companies have within the last week declared their intention of issuing "bonus" shares as a means of getting rid of surplus profits. This after paying ...

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  45. "THE REINE PEDAUQUE."

    Sir,—May I beg the favour of space in which to reply to your correspondent, "H.A.J.," in to-days' issue, since he uses my short note, published last Saturday, as a text for a ...

    Article : 261 words
  46. MOTOR CAR STOLEN.

    A Buick motor car, the property of Mr. Alan Fozzard, of Dupray-street, Haberfield, was stolen yesterday afternoon, while it was standing outside the Randwick Racecourse. ...

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  47. CONDOBOLIN TO BROKEN HILL RAILWAY.

    Sir,—I have read with great interest Mr. E. M. Horsington's letter re the uncompleted portion of the Condobolin-Broken Hill raliway line in your issue of the 16th inst. ...

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  48. SPORT ABROAD.

    A Pinehurst message states that Hagen and Kirkwood to-day defeated the amateur players Ross and French in a best ball match by 3 up and 2 to play. Kirkwood played the round ...

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  49. TREATMENT OF YOUNG HORSES

    Sir,—During the next fortnight some hundreds of the beat yearlings ever produced in Australia will be offered for sale in Sydney. Hundreds of thousands of pounds have been ...

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  50. H.M.S. CHATHAM.

    The New Zealand flagship, H.M.S. Chatham, left Port Melbourne Pier this morning for Hobart, whence she will return to New Zealand Station. Before the vessel sailed ...

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  51. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    At Brussels a congress of Belgian Socialists, by 389,000 votes to 238,000, decided against granting a vote to women for the provincial elections. ...

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  52. FIELD AMBULANCE.

    The annual re-union dinner of the 9th Field Ambulance (A.I.F.) Club will be held in Raynor's Pavilion Cafe, Circular Quay, on Saturday evening, April 2. ...

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