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  2. THE PREMIERS.

    Definite proposals for making a start with the work of unifying the raliway gauges in Australia were submitted by the Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, and the Minister for ...

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  3. A REBUFF.

    It was learned last night that the Board of Trade had unanimously rejected the suggestion made to it by the Government, through the Minister for Labour ...

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  4. HIGH COMMISSION.

    Although no definite announcement has yet been made of the appointment of Sir Joseph Cook as High Commissioner, it is common knowledge that his departure for ...

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  5. WASHINGTON.

    The correspondent of the "New York Times" in Washington learns on authority that the Disarmament Conference will open at 10.30 on the morning of November 12. After Mr. C. ...

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  6. LATE CABLE NEWS

    The Conference Lines and the Commonwealth Line have reduced most of tue freights for Australia approximately 10 per cent. ...

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  7. STATE SESSION.

    There was an atmosphere of repentance in the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon— a somewhat inevitable result of the gross disorderliness of the previous night. ...

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  8. THE PRINCE.

    The Prince inaugurated an era of home rule in Malta yesterday, when he opened the new Parliament in the ancient palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of St. John. ...

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  9. WAGE REDUCTION.

    The Railway Commissioners applied to Judge Curlewis in the State Arbitration Court yesterday to reduce the wages of certain employees by 3/ per week in ...

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  10. INDIAN REBELS.

    Judgment was given in the case in which All Musaliar and 37 others were charged before a special tribunal at Calicut with waging war against the King-Emperor and murdering. ...

    Article : 117 words
  11. BUSH FIRES.

    Mr. A. W. Cleaver, a large landholder, whose interests are mainly in the Girilambone and Brewarrina districts, but who has his home in Dubbo, has just returned after ...

    Article : 411 words
  12. BANK RATE.

    The Bank of England rate of discount has been reduced to 5 per cent. ...

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  13. ULSTER COUNTIES.

    The Cabinet has invited Ulster to consent to a plebiscite in Fermanagh and Tyrone, the two counties which the Sinn Fein claims should be excluded from Ulster. ...

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  14. POLICE FORCE.

    A largely-attended meeting last night, under the auspices of the Protestant Federation, dealt with the reported suspension of Constable C. W. Pedler, and on the motion ...

    Article : 542 words
  15. THE BARRIER.

    Before proceeding to the Premiers' Conference to-day the Premier of New South Wales, Mr. Dooley, had an interviow with representatives of the Broken Hill mining companies, ...

    Article : 76 words
  16. SOVIET RUSSIA.

    Replying to the Soviet Government's Note offering to recognise the Czarist Government's debts prior to 1914, provided the Powers conclude a definite peace treaty with Russia, Earl ...

    Article : 219 words
  17. SOLDIER SETTLERS BURNT OUT

    The bush fires are extending with great rapidity. Several soldier settlers have been, burnt out. No loss of stock is reported, but miles of fencing have been burnt. ...

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  18. THE TARIFF.

    The consideration[?] of the requests of the Senate for amendments to the tariff was resumed in the House of Representatives to-day. The House bas dealt with 32 ...

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  19. COUNCILS OF EMPIRE.

    Mr. Winston Churchill (Secretary of State for the Colonies), speaking at a meeting of the Empire Parliamentary Association, paid a tribute to the services of the dominions, not ...

    Article : 429 words
  20. ARMAGEDDON.

    A remarkable speech was made in the House of Representatives to-day by Mr. Marks (N.S.W.). He urged earnest consideration of the trend of world affairs, and reminded ...

    Article : 464 words
  21. RUSSIA'S CHILDREN.

    A message from Washington says that Mr. H. C. Hoover testified before the House of Representatives' Military Committee that American relief workers were now caring for ...

    Article : 63 words
  22. ARMS FOR IRELAND.

    A Berlin message says the German Government announce that on October 6 they confiscated a shipment of arms and ammunition intended for Ireland, and arrested the captain ...

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  23. FEDERAL CAPITAL.

    The debate was resumed in the Senate on the motion of Senator Thomas (N.S.W.), "That in the opinion of the Senate the Ministry should after the prorogation of the present ...

    Article : 273 words
  24. LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    Sir James Mills presided at the Australian and New Zealand Club luncheon to Lord Robert Cecil, who delivered an address on the League of Nations. He said the League of Nations, ...

    Article : 244 words
  25. THE HAPSBURGS.

    A message from Paris states that Hungary has agreed to comply with the request of the Allied Council of Ambassadors to proclaim the deposition of Karl and the whole Hapsburg ...

    Article : 108 words
  26. FEDERAL REVENUE.

    Although for the first four months of the financial year Customs and excise receipts have not reached the estimates recently submitted by the Federal Treasurer to ...

    Article : 137 words
  27. THE KANGAROOS.

    The Australasian Rugby League team played York to-day. The weather was dull, and there was little or no wind. The attendance numbered 3000. Lady Todd started the game for ...

    Article : 383 words
  28. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    The Legislative Council yesterday resumed consideration of the Architects' Bill at clause 13, where it had left off on the previous evening. The subject of consideration was the ...

    Article : 465 words
  29. ASIATIC IMMIGRANTS.

    A message from Victoria (British Columbia) states that the Legislature has carried a resolution asking the Dominion Government so to [?]mend the Canadian immigration law as to ...

    Article : 72 words
  30. WAGES IN BRITAIN.

    In the House of Commons the Minister for Labour (Mr. Macnamara) admitted that the abolition of the bonus would reduce wages in the engineering trades below the wages of ...

    Article : 57 words
  31. TRADE WITH GERMANY.

    In the House of Representatives yesterday Mr. Gregory (W.A.) asked the Prime Minister a series of questions relating to trade between Australia and Germany. In reply, Mr. ...

    Article : 283 words
  32. LEPROSY PATIENTS.

    The Health authorities are hopeful that five persons at present patients at the Peel Island lazaret will be discharged before Christmas, their cure being regarded as complete. They ...

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  33. W.A. SYNOD.

    The Anglican Synod passed on the voices the second reading of the bill to admit women to membership of the synod. The bill passed through committee after some opposition ...

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  34. GREEK CONSCRIPTS.

    The Consul-General for Greece in Sydney has received the following cablegram:- Press Bulletin, Nov. 1.—Conscripts of the [?] class whose call to the colours was ...

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  35. U.S. MINERS' STRIKE.

    Thirty thousand miners in Indiana and Ohio have struck work as a protest against Judge Anderson's injunction against union organisers entering a State. ...

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  36. PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

    All the States were represented at a meeting of the Federal executive of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League to-day, at which the following motion was agreed to:—"That ...

    Article : 145 words
  37. ENGLISH MAILS.

    For the future, when a British mail steamer arrives at Fremantle on the Thursday, a special train will leave on the same day for the eastern States. By this means the delays ...

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  38. NEW FERRY.

    Prospective invostors in the proposed Northern Suburbs Co-operative Ferry Company will be present at the meeting of the sub-committee to be held this afternoon. It is expected ...

    Article : 129 words
  39. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The House of Lords carried the second reading of Lord Muir Mackenzie's Cheque Betting Bill, which repeals section 2 of the 1835 Act, and disallows any actions under it after the ...

    Article : 152 words
  40. COLONIAL WINE AWARDS.

    In the Colonial competitions for wines, [?]ottled in the country of origin, the following [?]ards are announced: Hock, Gramp and [?]ns, South Australia, second prize; claret. ...

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  41. LORD SANDHURST DEAD.

    The death is announced of Viscount Sandhurst who was Lord Chamberlain since 1912. Lord Sandhurst was created Viscount in 1916. He was born in August, 1855, and at ...

    Article : 86 words
  42. UPPER HOUSE ABOLITION.

    It is understood that the bill to abolish the Legislative Council has been reserved for Royal assent. ...

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