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  2. MOUNT LYELL.

    An official notice, signed by Mr. R. Murray, assistant general manager, has been issued at the mines and works, Queenstown, notifying all employees that in regard to the decision ...

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  3. LATE CABLE NEWS GERMANY'S LOSSES.

    A message from Paris says.—German documents state that Germany lost during the war 199 submarines, with 376 officers and 5600 others, and 30 Zeppelins. with 36 officers and ...

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  4. PRINCE IN INDIA.

    The Prince's one day wait to the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir brings him no nearer than the outskirts of the host's winter capital in Jammu, for the recent outbreak of plague ...

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  5. TAILORESSES. "Irritation Tactics."

    A strike of tailoresses occurred yesterday at the worke of one of the large clothing manufacturing firms in the city. The employees concerned intimated on ...

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  6. CONFERENCE ENDS. Employers Decline to Continue.

    At yesterday's sitting of the Economic Conference the employers' representatives declined to proceed with discussion of the proposals submitted on the previous day by the workers delegation. The conference therefore came to a close. ...

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  7. WAR MEMORIES.

    The exhibition of official war photographs, which is now open to the public in the welllit basement of the Town Hall. tells a graphie story of the deeds of the Australians at the ...

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  8. IRISH TREATY. BITTER DEBATE IN COMMONS.

    In the consideration in Committee of the Irish Bill in the House of Commonn. Colonel Grefton (Unionist) moved to omit the word "treaty" from the bill, on the ground that a ...

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  9. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE.

    Mr. Edmund Jowett, M.P., in the course of a long interview with the "Yorkshire Observer." said he desired to put before the industrial classes of Yorkshire and elsewhere the ...

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  10. PREFERENCE.

    "In certain quarters there seems to be a misunderstanding as to the attitude of returned soldiers towards the Preference Act." said the Minister for Minses, Mr. Cann, ...

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  11. SEVERE COMMENT.

    Mr. J. W. H. T. Douglas, speaking at a cricket meeting to-day, said:—"Too much nonsense had been spoken about umpires and betting. The Australians were a very clever ...

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  12. EMPLOYERS' STATEMENT.

    At yesterday's sitting of the Economic Conference, under the charimanship of Mr. Hughes, the proposals made on the previous day by the employers' and employees' ...

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  13. EMPIRE IDEALS.

    The High Commissioner for Australia (Sir Joseph Cook), addressing the British and Australian Universities' Association on common citizenship and its consequences, said that, ...

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  14. U.S. ARMY.

    A message from Washington states that in the House of Representatives the Army Appropriations Committee agreed to the reduction of the army from I137,000 to 115,000. ...

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  15. JAPAN AND SIBERIA.

    A message from Washington states that the special trade delegation of a Far Eastern republic to-day denied the reports from Tokio stating that the Chite Government had ...

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  16. PLAGUE RATS.

    Yesterday two plague infested rats were found under Pyrmont Bridge, on the city side, near the rat depot. It is not known wheather the rats died where they were found. ...

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  17. THE GOVERNOR. RUMOURED EXTENSION OF TIME.

    Referring to Sir George Fuller's statement. as reported in the Press, in regard to his Excellency Sir Walter Davidson's term of office, a communication was yesterday ...

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  18. U.S. SOLDIERS' BONUS.

    A Washington message says:—The Republican members of the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee unanimously reported the Bonus Bill to-day. The bill ...

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  19. MINERS RESUMING.

    A report from [?]haunesburg states that more, men are said to be returning to work, and the lighting of the town is gradually approaching normal. ...

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  20. BOXING.

    Harry Wills knocked out "Kid" Norfolk in the second round to-night, thus demonstrating that he is the logical contender for Dempsey's title. There has been much talk ...

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  21. OUR UNIVERSITIES.

    Dr. Grafton Elliott Smith (Professor of Anatomy in the University of London), in presiding at the lecture by the High Commissioner for Australia (Sir Joseph Cook), ...

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  22. LAKE EYRE.

    Mr. G. H. Halligan, hydrographer, of Sydney, set out by aeroplane from Adelaide on February 17 to investigate the secrets of Lake Eyre, about which so little is known in ...

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  23. TRADE RECIPROCITY.

    Mr. W. S. Fielding (Canadian Minister for Finance), who has been negotiating a loan in New York, conferred with President Harding to-day. ...

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  24. COALITION CRISIS. LIBERAL MINISTERS.

    Lieut.-Colonel Amery (Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty), speaking at Mr. Edmund Jowett's luncheon, referrod to rumours of a prospective divorce between the two ...

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  25. SIR GEO. FULLER'S STATEMENT.

    Mr. Dooley's reply to Sir George Fuller's statement, published in the "Herald," in which he said it was believed that there was an understanding that the Government would extend ...

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  26. IMMIGRATION.

    The Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, proposes, as soon as he returns to Melbourne, to decide on the appointment of a successor to Mr. H. S. Gullett as superintendent or immigration ...

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  27. PACIFIC TREATY.

    A Washington message says:—Senator Hitchcock, addressing the Senate, attacked the Four-Power Pacific Treatry, declaring that, unless it is amended with reservations, he ...

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  28. EGYPT.

    A message from Cairo states that a serious disturbance occurred in Tanta. Three rioters were killed and twenty-four were injured. Native soldiers quelled the trouble. ...

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  29. MR. HUGHES THANKED.

    At the half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the S. A. Farmers' Co-operative Union last night, a motion was carried thanking the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) for the ...

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  30. WHEAT CORNER.

    In a statement regarding information cabled from London to the effect that efforts are being made to bring about a corner in wheat, the Acting Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Forgan ...

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  31. THE WHEAT CORNER.

    The "Daily Chronicle" states: "While rumours are still afloat concerning the attemped wheat corner. inquiries show that the recent increases in wheat prices are due to ...

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  32. TO COMBAT PROHIBITION.

    A message from Berlin states that the brewers have formed a powerful league, with almost unlimited capital, to combat the prohibition movement which, lately, has made ...

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  33. ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

    At the annual conference of the Methodist Church of Victoria and Tasmania to-day, a motion supporting the action of the City Council in prohibiting St. Patrick's Day procession ...

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  34. CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND.

    Baron Trevethin (the Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred Tristram Lawrence), Lord Chief Justice of England since 1921 has resigned. The Rt Hon. Sir Gordon Rewart, ...

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  35. WATERSPOUT.

    The steamer Rioazul, which arrived this morning from the south, landed five Japanese and three aboriginals, who comprised the crew of the lugger Upton, which was struck by a ...

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  36. THE GOLD STANDARD.

    In the House of Commons, Sir Robert Horne (Chancellor of the Exchequer), replying to a question, said he could not prophesy how soon the state of exchanges would ...

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  37. PROPORTIONAL VOTING.

    The Parliamentary Committee for proportional representation entertained at lunch Mr. Edmund Jowett, M.P., nnd Mrs. Jowett in the House of Commons. Lord Robert ...

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  38. TRADE ENTERPRISE.

    At the inaugural, lunebeon of the British Industries Fair at the White City. Sir Joseph Cook (High Commissioner for Australia) said be was glad to learn the Overseas Trade ...

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  39. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The committee on privlleges has granted Lady Rhondda's petition claiming the right to sit in the House of Lords. This decision confers the same privilege on nineteen other ...

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  40. A WRECKED CUTTER.

    The Brisbane Mariae Board has received a message from the harbour master at Thursday Island satting that a wrecked cutter has been found on the beach at Bishop's Point, near ...

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  41. LONDON COUNCIL ELECTIONS.

    The municipal reformers, who are Conservatives, gained a sweeping victory in the London County Council elections. The Progressives, so far, hare lost ton ...

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  42. ITALIAN POLITICS.

    A message from Home states that the Ministry, recently formed by Signor Facta, is already faced with the difficulty of harmonising the Domocrats and the Catholics. The ...

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  43. HOVELL-HUME CENTENARY.

    The secretary of the South Sydney Medel Brass Band wrote to the Albury Council suggesting that a feature of the Hovell-Hume centenary in Albury in 1924, which is ...

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  44. MR. HUGH WARD.

    It was announced by Mr. Hugh J. Ward this evening that he had officially resigned from J. C. Williamson, Ltd. Mr. Ward stated that he had taken the ...

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  45. FAMINE IN RUSSIA.

    Mr. Lloyd George, replying to a question in the Houge of Commons, said it had not been possible to reach a final decision regarding the relief of famino sufferers in ...

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  46. MR. BARWELL IN LONDON.

    The Premier of South Australia, Mr. Barwell, arrived in London to-day. He is well. Interviewed by the Australian Press Association, Mr. Barwell said he had primarily come ...

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  47. PRICE OF BUTTER.

    A deputation of the members of the Butter Vendors' Association waited on the Prices Commissioner. Mr. Ferry, in regard to butter priees. It was stated that butter ...

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  48. GENOA CONFERENCE.

    The Geneva correspondent of the "New York Times" learns that the Genoa Conference will be convened for April 25, instead of April 10. because the holding of the conference during ...

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  49. FIGHT BETWEEN SEAMEN.

    Shortly after 11 o'clock last night a dispute arose between a party of seamen from the Italian warship Libia and members of the Australian naval forces at the intersection of ...

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