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  2. THE FRANCE.

    The five-masted barque France, which ran on to Mara Reef, off the coast of New Caledonia, on Wednesday night, has become a total wreck, but according to a message ...

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  3. PARLIAMENT.

    The debate on the censure motion was continued in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. The" outstanding feature of the sitting was the candid criticism of certain ...

    Article : 3,218 words
  4. WEATHER REPORTS ANOTHER BOMBSHELL

    Further drastic curtailments of the important work of the Weather Bureau were announced yesterday and will operate from to-day. ...

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  5. SHEARING. TWENTY SHEDS AT WORK.

    Twenty sheds have now started shearing under the award terms. It is believed that some others have started in accordance with the policy of the Graziers' Association, but ...

    Article : 461 words
  6. DEADLOCK WITH RUSSIANS Bolsheviks' Demand for Capital

    So far as the proceedings at The Hague Conference relate to settlement with Russia regarding the restoration of private property of foreigners seized by Soviets are concerned the Conference appears to have failed. The ...

    Article : 635 words
  7. MURRAY LANDS.

    The failure of the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. F. A. Chaffey) to make available the report of Mr. M'Donald, the Chief Inspector of the Department of Agriculture on the ...

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  8. LATE CABLE NEWS THE DUNDEEE SEAT.

    Mr. Pilkington, of Western Australia, has been invited to address tbo Dundee Independent Liberals with a view to contesting the seat against Mr. Churchill. ...

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  9. GERARD BEVAN.

    An appeal by the Public Prosecutor at Vienna against the acquittal of Gerard Bevan, late chairman of the Equitable Fire Insurance Company, on charges of falsifying a passport ...

    Article : 41 words
  10. THE FIGHT IN IRELAND.

    A Republican communique issued at Cork states that a Free State post was captured near Clonmel, the prisoners including Brigadier-Generals Hayes and Connolly. ...

    Article : 28 words
  11. THE BANK RATE.

    The bank rate of discount to-day is 3 per cent. ...

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  12. AMERICAN STRIKES.

    Further outbreaks of violence by railway stilkers are reported, principally from Baltimore and Chicago. Sixty guards and deputy marshals were ...

    Article : 211 words
  13. UNION STATEMENT.

    "The claim that there are l8 sheds shearing on award terms with union labour, and with full boards," said Mr. G. Buckland (secretary to the Central Branch of the A.W.U.), "is ...

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  14. AFFAIRS IN IRELAND

    The reopening of the Free State Parliament has been postponed for 14 days owing to a number of members being on active service. Republicans officially claim to be in ...

    Article : 247 words
  15. POISON GAS.

    News comes from Washington that General Pershing has issued a War Department order, announcing discontinuance, of the manufacture of poison gas for the army, and the filling of ...

    Article : 71 words
  16. GERMANY'S CRISIS.

    The "Manchester Guardian" to-day publishes a communication from its correspondent at Berlin. The correspondent writes:— "At least 300 men and women, ...

    Article : 634 words
  17. EXTREMISTS.

    Mr. George Waite (assistant secretary to the United Labourers' Union) issued an appeal to the unions yesterday warning them against the influence of the extremists in ...

    Article : 444 words
  18. LAWN TENNIS.

    In the final of the doubles at Wimbledon to-day, Andeison and Lycett beat Patterson and O'Hara Wood, 3-6, 7-9, 6-4, 6-3, 11-9. The final of the men's doubles was the most ...

    Article : 449 words
  19. BAIL UP.

    When the Grenfell delegates to the hydroelectric water scheme at Cootamundra were returning home this morning at half-past 1 o'clock, the delegates, when, four miles from ...

    Article : 135 words
  20. TRACTION ENGINE.

    While travelling up a hill in Parramattaroad, near the intersection of Cooper-street, at about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a traction engine, the property of the Concord ...

    Article : 238 words
  21. ADMIRAL DUMARESQ.

    A message from the correspondent of the Australian Press Association at Manila states that Rear-Admiral Dumaresq, while en route from Australia to Hongkong, two months ago, ...

    Article : 199 words
  22. STOLEN YACHT.

    The three men, Westlake, Mills, and Smith, who are charged with stealing the yacht Raata, the property of William Standish, from New Zealand, early in May last, were ...

    Article : 314 words
  23. THE JANNA.

    Practically all hope has been given up of the safety of the Norwegian barque Janna, which left Sydney on December last with a cargo of wheat for Falmouth. ...

    Article : 96 words
  24. HUME RESERVOIR.

    Last night the electric power and lighting plant at the Hume Reservoir was started, and the new township was illuminated by electricity for the first time. The application ...

    Article : 72 words
  25. CIRCLING THE WORLD

    The Australian Press Association learns that a prominent English group of airmen are advancing arrangements for another world flight in the event of Major Blake's failure. The ...

    Article : 246 words
  26. CHILDREN KILLED.

    A 3in "dud" shell, fired at an artillery practice camp at Watertown (N.Y.) last summer exploded and killed four boys and four girls, the eldest 15 years old. ...

    Article : 130 words
  27. SHIPBUILDING.

    Mr. Matthews (V.), in the House of Representstives to-day, asked whether there was any truth in the rumour current at Williamstown to the effect that the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 73 words
  28. VALUER-GENERAL.

    Recently the Wallarobba Shire Council wrote asking for the co-operation of the Erskineville Council in urging the repeal of the Valuation of Lands Act. The latter declined ...

    Article : 174 words
  29. GAOL-BREAKERS.

    Three well-known criminals, Ernest Alexander Ryan, Edward Watts, and William Shaw, escaped mysteriously from Yatala Stockade last night, and nothing further has been ...

    Article : 211 words
  30. QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT.

    A more detailed answer was given in the Houso of Representatives to-day by the Assistant Minister for Defence (Sir Granville Ryrie) to a question by the leader of the ...

    Article : 161 words
  31. CASUAL VACANCIES.

    It has been decided by the Government to introduce legislation during the present session for the purpose of amending the Casual Vacancies Act. The Act as it at present ...

    Article : 91 words
  32. CANADIAN DESIRES.

    The Premier of Canada (Mr. M'Kenzie King) and the Minister for Defence (Mr. Graham) to-day called on Mr. Hughes, the Secretary or State, at Washington. They also met Mr. ...

    Article : 133 words
  33. SPORT ABROAD.

    A sensation has been caused in cricket circles by the selection of Mann as England's captain for the African tour. Mann became Middlesex captain after Warner's retirement. ...

    Article : 163 words
  34. FATHER DELORME.

    The Provincial Cabinet of Quebec has ordered that Father Delorme shall be interned in Beauport Asylum until such time as the Lieutenant-Governor may be advised that ...

    Article : 84 words
  35. RECORD MOTOR RUN.

    The automobile clubs of the United Suites give the credit of being the first Australians to motor from San Francisco to New York to Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Stacey, of Hobart, ...

    Article : 103 words
  36. ALBURY ANNOYED.

    The decision of the Federal Government to discontinue the distribution of weather forecasts and rainfall returns to country towns has aroused a storm of protests, and there ...

    Article : 141 words
  37. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Eric Harold McBride, who is wanted in Australia for an alleged fraudulent transaction in Commonwealth stock, is still held in custody, at New Orleans. His wife, who has been ...

    Article : 154 words
  38. OBITUARY.

    The death has occurred of Admiral John [?]aresby, explorer and author, the discoverer [?] Port Moresby, in New Guinea, Admiral [?]resby, who in 1873 discovered and surveyed ...

    Article : 91 words
  39. PACIFIC SERVICE.

    A French company has purchased the fourmasted two-funnelled steamer Nile, formerly owned by the P. and O. Company. It is proposed to utilise the vessel in a new service ...

    Article : 73 words
  40. EFFICACY OF EUCALYPTUS.

    Professor Carriere, of the Faculty of Medicine, Lille University, claims that be has cured 500 cases of whooping cough in a minimum of 10 days, few cases taking a maximum of ...

    Article : 88 words
  41. FOG ON HARBOUR.

    A fog gathered in the city last night, and on the harbour. At South Head, the fog began to thicken at about 11 o'clock, and becama dense shortly after midnight rendering ...

    Article : 41 words
  42. LATE SHIPPING.

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