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  2. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    Opinions vary on the question whether the speech of the Prime Minister at Bendigo last night can be taken to indicate an intention to make an early appeal to the people, but ...

    Article : 142 words
  3. BASIC WAGE.

    During the past few months, according to the figures of the State Statistician, the cost of living has steadily increased, and last month the cost of ...

    Article : 283 words
  4. SOLDIER SETTLERS. MINISTRY'S SCHEME.

    Addressing a gathering of soldier settlers on the Bective settlement, a few miles out of Tamworth, the Minister for Lands (Mr. Wearne) made an important announcement ...

    Article : 610 words
  5. RAGE IN THE AIR.

    Twenty-one aeroplanes left Croydon Aerodrome at 9 o'clock this morning in the air race round Great Britain, for which the King had donated a cup, About a dozen ...

    Article : 530 words
  6. MEETING OF THE DAIL

    The Dail Eireann met at Dublin to-day. The only anti-Treatyite present was Mr. L. Giunell, who was Sinn Fein member of the Biitish House of Commons for Westmeath, ...

    Article : 625 words
  7. GREEK DEBACLE.

    A message from Paris says that three army corps belonging to the Greek Northern Army in Asia Minor nave been annihilated. The commanding officer was ...

    Article : 427 words
  8. LEAGUE OF NATIONS. SPEECH BY EARL BALFOUR.

    In a speech at the League of Nations Assembly on Friday Earl Balfour, while advocating an increase in power being given to the League, warned crities of the League's activities that progress must be slow. It would, he said, ...

    Article : 1,379 words
  9. CITIZEN FORCES.

    The bulk of the trainees who returned to Sydney on Saturday night bronzed and happy after a week in Liverpool camp, appeared to have only one complaint to ranke regarding. ...

    Article : 273 words
  10. EDUCATION.

    In formally opening two now wings to the infants' department at the Dubbo District School to-day, Mr. Bruntnell said that when he took office as Minister there wera many ...

    Article : 521 words
  11. ATTEMPTED MURDER.

    Thomas Edward McMahon, a young man, was convicted at Hamilton of the attempted murder of Beryl Ethel Cooper, aged 17 years, at Te Awamutu, on June 10. As the girl was ...

    Article : 135 words
  12. EMPIRE WIRELESS.

    Commenting on the South African Government's action regarding Empire wireless, Mr. Fiske (Amalgamated Wireless, Australasia, Ltd.) points out that South Africa has followed ...

    Article : 150 words
  13. DOLLAR VALUES.

    Canada has wrested from the United States first place for currency stability. American dollars were quoted at Montreal on Thursday at [?] per cent, discount, compared with 25 to ...

    Article : 134 words
  14. REMEDYING GRIEVANCES.

    "I'm going to settle this thing one way or another and have done with it," said Mr. Wearne, Minister for Lands, to a meeting of soldiers at Bective yesterday afternoon. He ...

    Article : 875 words
  15. VESSEL IN DISTRESS.

    Lloyds' agent at Oporto reports that the S.O.S. signal was being sent out from the German steamer Hammonia, bound from Hamburg to Havana, at latitude 41deg. 50min. north, ...

    Article : 76 words
  16. THE PACIFIC.

    "Australia and the Pacific" was the subject of an address delivered by Sir James Barrett, of Adelaide, in the Lyceum Theatre yesterday at the "Pleasant Sunday Afternoon," ...

    Article : 388 words
  17. UNION CONGRESS.

    The Trade Union Congress discussed an amendment to the General Council's standing orders to enable the council to assist financially or otherwise any union attacked by ...

    Article : 213 words
  18. A NEWSPAPER'S VIEW.

    The "Sunday Times" says: We gave the Greeks our blessing and encouragement, while the French gave the Turks guns and tanks. The result is a broken Greece and a ...

    Article : 111 words
  19. CRISIS IN CHINA:

    Messages received from Peking show that China faces another civil war. The country is on the verge of another change of Government, threatening to give the militarists complete ...

    Article : 107 words
  20. LITTLE BOY'S AGONY

    A boy, 7 years old, when alighting from a tramcar at Norwood was knocked down by a taxi cab, and one of his legs caught between the chassis-bar and the ongine-drum. ...

    Article : 89 words
  21. WALSH ISLAND.

    The Government has placed an order with the Walsh Island dockyard for the construction of a dredge, which wil cost £65,000. The dredge is intended for use on the Bellinger and ...

    Article : 107 words
  22. M. CLEMENCEAU.

    An announcement from Paris that M. Clemenceau intends to tour America explaining "the rights and duties in the world crisis of each nation where the same victory made all ...

    Article : 119 words
  23. CHILD'S STRANGE DEATH.

    An inquest has been opened in Portsmouth on the mummified body of George Smith, aged three years, found in a box in an attic after being missing from home for six weeks. ...

    Article : 146 words
  24. AMERICA'S STRIKES.

    The executive council of the American Federation of Lnbour is said to have abandoned the idea of a general strike as a protest against the Daugherty injunction, ...

    Article : 221 words
  25. CHANNEL SWIM.

    There are still many aspirants to swim the English Channel, the chief stimulus for the attempt being a prize of £1000, offered by a London paper. ...

    Article : 169 words
  26. BREAK OF GAUGE.

    Professor T. H. Beare (Professor of Engineering, Edinburgh University), president of the engineering section, read a paper at the annual meeting of the British Association on ...

    Article : 250 words
  27. THE ESTIMATES.

    On Thursday next the Treasurer (Mr. A. A. C. Cocks) will bring forward the Estimates and deliver his Budget speech. As has already been stated the super tax ...

    Article : 91 words
  28. ATTACK ON POLICE.

    An attack was made on two constables in Quarry-street, Ultimo, on Saturday night by a party of men snid to have numbered about 300. Bottles and other missiles were thrown. ...

    Article : 187 words
  29. REVOLT IN RUSSIA.

    Messages received in Copenhagen from Holsingfors state that a rebellion has broken out in South Russia The Workmen's Council in Odessa has declared South Russia and the ...

    Article : 69 words
  30. REPARATIONS.

    A message from Berlin says that no progress has been made at the Belgian-German Conference regarding guarantees. The German Government has nothing more to offer ...

    Article : 138 words
  31. SPORT ABROAD.

    The "Sunday Express" says:—"McConachy, the New Zealand billiard player, is better than George Gray, but is far below the standard of our first-class performers. He could ...

    Article : 263 words
  32. NAURU MANDATE.

    Mr. Massey, questioned in the House regarding the cablegrams referring to the Nauru administration, said a commission was appointed to look after the mining and ...

    Article : 154 words
  33. MRS. HARDING.

    News comes from Washington that grave concern is felt over the illness of Mrs. Harding, She is suffering from hydronephrosis. While this morning her physician announced ...

    Article : 192 words
  34. FARMERS' LOSSES.

    Owing to heavy crops of plums, potatoes, and vegetables, growors are obtaining exi tremely low priees. Some are allowing plums to rot on the trees, and potatoes to rot in ...

    Article : 105 words
  35. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The steamer Ophir, in which King George travelled to Australia, has been towed to Troon from her anchorage at Holyloch, where she has been laid up several years, and will ...

    Article : 211 words
  36. SYMBOLS ON TREE.

    An interesting specimen of a cypress pine tree from Gilgandra was exhibited by Mr. Geo. Hooper, F.T.C., Curator of the Technological muscum, at the last meeting of the ...

    Article : 199 words
  37. THE EX-KAISER.

    A message from Berlin says it is stated that the Kaiser has abandoned his intention to marry Princess Hermione, in consequence of influential opposition in Monarchist ...

    Article : 50 words
  38. 44-HOUR WEEK.

    The Full Court of the Federal Arbitration Couit will give judgment to-morrow on the question whether the hours in the engineering; and the timber trades are to be 44 or 48. In ...

    Article : 106 words
  39. ANOTHER STORY.

    It is now reported that the-Obercassel affair has taken a new and sensational turn, as it appears the Germans were wrongly accused of a double crime. ...

    Article : 119 words
  40. PROBLEMS AT MAITLAND.

    Arriving at West Maitland early this morning, Mr. Wearne, accompanied by Mr. Fleming left soon after breakfast for Weston Soldiers' Settlement, where 41 men are raising poultry. ...

    Article : 92 words
  41. TREATMENT OF INSANE.

    A proposal to ease the economic situation in Germany by killing the incurably insanr is made in an article in the leading criminal law Journal "Strafrecht's Zeitung." This states ...

    Article : 87 words
  42. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Mr. Commissioner Lawley, of the Salvation Army, who accompanled General William Booth to Australia and on other tours. ...

    Article : 33 words
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