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  2. WEATHER REPORTS

    Although the Minister for Home and Territories (Senator Pearce) had explained yesterday that the decision to cut out the weather reports in order to economise had been ...

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  3. PARLIAMENT. STATE SESSION.

    The State Parliament yesterday entered upon the discussion of what is one of the most important matters in the Government's policy— the reintroduction of the 48-hour week as the ...

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  4. AMERICA'S STRIKES.

    It is reported from Washington that the Interstate Commerce' Commission has declarad that in view of the national emergency due to the railway and coal strikes it is vesting ...

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  5. LATE CABLE NEWS

    At the eighth tea sale of the series 16,911 packages were offered, the principal districts represented being Assam, 5152 packages; Dooars, 3974: Cachar, 3535. The total number of ...

    Article : 166 words
  6. ANGRY SCENE.

    A sensation was caused at the meeting of the Coal Tribunal yesterday afternoon, when the chairman (Mr. Hibble) threatened Mr. T. R. Morgan, representative of ...

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  7. CITY COUNCIL CRISIS. Lord Mayor Will Resign.

    Alderman W. F. McElhone has decided that in face of the adverse criticism of his minute regarding the reorganisation of the city surveyor's department and the vote of the City Council on Tuesday evening he can no longer usefully occupy the position of Lord Mayor, and an intimation to that effect has already been given to the ...

    Article : 117 words
  8. REOPENED. [?]AN OLD QUARREL.

    The controversy between General Sir Frederick Maurice, formerly Director of Military Operations, and Mr. Lloyd George regarding the latter's assertions at the time of the ...

    Article : 357 words
  9. PEACE CONGRESS.

    The King, in a message to delegates to the 22nd International Peace Congress welcoming them to English soil, said: "I assure you my sympathy is with the great ideal they have in ...

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  10. POSITION REVIEWED.

    The Lord Mayor informed the "Herald" representative last evening that he regarded as most serious the decision of the City Council on Tuesday evening. The result of that ...

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  11. TERROR AT WRECK.

    On the resumption of the inquiry into the loss of the P. and O. liner Egypt recently off Ushant, and the behaviour of the crew, Captain Collier related a graphic story of ...

    Article : 363 words
  12. SUPERANNUATION. MR. LEY'S REPORT.

    The drastic recommendations of the Minister for Justice (Mr. Ley) in regard to the State Superannuation Fund, and which were announced in yesterday's "Herald," came as a ...

    Article : 539 words
  13. IRISH CIVIL WAR.

    Fifty Irregulars at Lillurin, Wexford, ambushed a train containing prisoners escorted by National troops during the afternoon. Two coaches contained the Natior is, the ...

    Article : 378 words
  14. SPORT ABROAD.

    The King and Queen attended the Goodwood races, which were favoured by fine weather. A feature of the opening day was the ...

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  15. STEEL WORKS.

    The proposal made by the Railway Workers' branch of the A.W.U. to the Broken Hill Proprietary Company and Rylands' Wire-netting Works for a resumption of operations at the ...

    Article : 342 words
  16. COMMONWEALTH BANK.

    Two foundation-stones of the new Commonwealth Bank in Collins-street were set to-day by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) and the Governor of the bank (Sir Denison Miller). ...

    Article : 342 words
  17. PAN-PACIFIC.

    The Pan-Pacific Science Congress is to be held in Sydney and Melbourne in August of next year, and will be the occasion for the assembly here of many distinguished scientists from ...

    Article : 532 words
  18. DUTIES ON WOOL.

    Information from Washington shows that all day long the Senate has continued the battle over the wool tariff. Senator Wadsworth said it was not complained that there ...

    Article : 179 words
  19. LAND VALUATIONS.

    A deputation which waited on Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, Minister for Local Government, yesterday, urged the abolition of the Valuer-General's Department and the repeal of the ...

    Article : 683 words
  20. BAVARIA DEFIANT.

    The Bavarian Government has carried out its threat to set aside the Central Government's new law for defence of the Republic, and has substituted therefor a special police ...

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  21. HOUSE OF LORDS.

    During to-day's discussion by the House of the reform scheme, Viscount Long said the hereditary principle ought not to be lightly abandoned. There was no choice between it ...

    Article : 142 words
  22. OFFICIAL REPLY.

    A statement was made last night by Mr. E. Dash (president of the Teachers' Federation, and also president of the State Services' Confederation of New South Wales), ...

    Article : 443 words
  23. COMPANY'S LOSSES.

    Crosse and Blackwell, Ltd., show a loss on the year of £1,072,000. The chairman stated at the annual meeting of shareholders that the loss was largely owing to the duty on ...

    Article : 67 words
  24. RAILWAYS.

    Replying to the criticism of the Victorian Raliway Standing Committee regarding the uniform railway gauge scheme, the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) to-day said: "Unification will ...

    Article : 215 words
  25. WASHINGTON.

    In the House of Representatives to-night the Prime Minister moved a series of resolutions expressing approval of the treaties arrived at by the Washington Conference. He said, ...

    Article : 373 words
  26. ANTHRAX IN WOOL.

    The Home Office announces that it has carried out at Liverpool successful experiments with a new process for disinfecting wool and hair infected by anthrax, consisting of a ...

    Article : 50 words
  27. EX-KAISER IN DRAMA.

    Newis comes from Berlin that the ex-Kaiser and the widow of Herr Boetticher, a former Home Secretary, are seeking an injunction to forbid performance of a new drama dealing ...

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  28. MAJOR BLAKE'S FLIGHT.

    Major Blake has reached Quetta, in continuation of his flight round the world. ...

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  29. DRUSES ON WARPATH.

    Although the Palestine and Syrian maniates, as confirmed by the League of Nations, offered no surprise in either country, an antimandate outbreak has occurred at Sonada, ...

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  30. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Moreton Bay's shipment of oranges, including Queensland mandarins, is turning out excellently. The steamer Remuera is proceeding to ...

    Article : 244 words
  31. FEMALE EMPLOYEES.

    The inquiry into the living wage for adult female employees was resumed by the Board of Trade yesterday. Mr. M. Connington said that although he was ...

    Article : 171 words
  32. SAVING MONEY.

    Recently the Treasurer (Mr. Cocks) was appointed chairman of a committee to supervise the printing done by the State, and effect whatever savings were possible. ...

    Article : 114 words
  33. HORATIO BOTTOMLEY.

    Mr. Austen Chamberlain moved in the House of Commons this afternoon that the Speaker Mould issue a warrant to the Governor of Wormwood Scrubbs prison to bring Horatio ...

    Article : 49 words
  34. MARKETING.

    The Minister for Agriculture, Captain Chaffey, stated yesterday that the question of the establishment of a marketing branch of the Agricultural Department had been ...

    Article : 103 words
  35. MIGRATION.

    Sir James Allen (High Commissioner for New Zealand) has arranged for the despatch of the Remuera's emigrants by the Dorset, Corintic, and Paparoa within three weeks. ...

    Article : 71 words
  36. COST OF LIVING.

    According to figures issued by the Commonwealth Statistician the cost of food and groceries in Sydney for the quarter ended June last, as compared with the previous quarter ...

    Article : 68 words
  37. QUANTITY SURVEYORS.

    At the annual meeting of the Institute of Quantity Surveyors of New South Wales, held on Tuesday at the Royal Society's House, Mr. W. Jeffries was unanimously elected president, ...

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  38. BRISBANE RAT DRIVE.

    Making reasonable allowance for rats and mice destroyed but not accounted for over 131,000 rodents have been killed in the metropolitan area since the inception campaign last ...

    Article : 35 words
  39. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    A movement is on foot to demand that the territory shall revert back to the control of the South Australian Government, which, it is claimed, was always more satisfactory than ...

    Article : 41 words
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