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  2. BUBONIC, PLAGUE.

    It is practically certain that plague-infected rats have been found on the Wyreema. This discovery was brought about yesterday as a result of the special measures taken ...

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  3. CITY ELECTIONS.

    The Lord Mayor admitted at the City Council last evening that the Labour party hoped that the next municipal elections in Sydney would be carried out on adult suffrage, and ...

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  4. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    Speaking at a social organised by the St. Kilda branch of the A.N.A. last night, Mr. Watt, M.P., said that he was not, at all anxious to take on the load of ...

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  5. QUEENSLAND DISASTER.

    Latest advices from Mount Mulligan Colliery, in the Chillagoe district of North Queensland, which was wrecked by, explosions on Monday morning, confirm the fear expressed in earlier messages that practically no hope existed of there being any survivors. ...

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  6. LATE CABLE NFWS

    The Central News Agency states that wellinformed political circles consider that the fact that neither Lord Curzon nor the Premier are attending the Washington Conference is ...

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  7. IRISH ISSUE.

    Mr. do Va'era has telegraphed to Mr. Lloyd George: "We have not thought at any time of asking you to accept any condition precedent to a conference. We would have thought ...

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  8. FAR EAST.

    The "Chicago Tribune's" correspondent in Tokio says there is an apparently well-founded report in official circles that the Japanese Government has accepted all he American ...

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  9. LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    A Geneva message states that M. Take Jonescu has arrived to represent Roumania in the League of Nations Assembly. It is reported that he intends to combat Hungary's ...

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  10. ULSTER PARLIAMENT.

    The Uister Parliament adopted Sir James Craig's motion approving of the purchase of Stormont House as a site for the erection of a new Parliament House and seat ...

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  11. LORD NORTHCLIFFE.

    Lord Northcliffe was the guest of the Hobart Marine Board yesterday morning at an excursion on the barbour. He spent an hour on the water and described the harbour as one ...

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  12. CEASELESS EFFORTS.

    A message which the Commissioner of Police received this morning from Inspector Daley, of Cairns, states that rescue parties which ontered Mount Mulligan mine were driven back ...

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  13. BALLOON RACE.

    Fifteen balloons started on a race from Brussels. Eight landed in England and Wales. The rest are not yet reported. Possibly they landed in lonely spots in Ireland. ...

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  14. SERIOUSNESS OF DISCOVERY.

    Referring to-day to the discovery of plague rats on the Wyreema, the Director of the Federal Health Department (Dr. Cumpston[?] said that the state of decomposition of the ...

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  15. SUPPLY BILL.

    A somewhat extraordinary position has arisen in the State Parliament over the question of Supply for public services for next month. ...

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  16. VESSEL ON FIRE.

    Lloyds reports that the Port Augusta, bound from New York for Fremantle, is afire in latitude 27 south and longitude 9 east. Other steamers are in communication with her. ...

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  17. SOCIAL EVIL.

    The special correspondent of the "Daily News" at Geneva says a controversy of first constitutional importance arose to-day, when the League debated the proposed ...

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  18. BAWRA WOOL SALE.

    A Bawra wool sale will be held at Antwern on October 6-7, when 20,100 bales will be offered. ...

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  19. MR. LLOYD GEORGE.

    It is practically certain that Mr. Lloyd George, in view of the heavy calls on him, in connection with home affairs, will be unable to attend the Washington Conference. It is ...

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  20. THE CRICKETERS.

    Mr. F. Toone, secretary of the Yorkshire Club, strongly repudiates Armstrong's statement that the professionals in test matches play cricket for themselves and ...

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  21. WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S WISH.

    At a meeting of the Northern Australia Railway and Development League, the chairman, Mr. Miles, M.L.C., emphasised the fact that a great opportunity to secure publicity of the ...

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  22. GREEK CAMPAIGN.

    A Constantinople message says Kemalist successes compelled the Greeks to withdraw from the western bank of the Sakarla, leaving a large quantity of war material and ...

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  23. PRECAUTIONS AT NEWCASTLE.

    The steamer Tarcoola, which arrived from Townsville to-day, was examined by Dr. Tooth, the quarantine officer, who did not find any indications of illness on board. The vessel ...

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  24. HEROIC WORKERS.

    All through Monday night picks and shovels were plied, whilst other gangs cleared away the debris. At about 11 o'clock a body, recognised as that of R. Thompson, was brought ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  25. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    "I notice that Sir George Fuller to-day again trots out his assertion that the unemployed position is more acute than ever before,' but as usual without any facts to back it up," ...

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  26. COTTON-GROWING.

    A representative of the Australian Press Association interviewed Messrs. Crawford Vaughan and H. C. Armstrong, directors of the Australian Cotton Growers' Association, who ...

    Article : 315 words
  27. COCKATOO ISLAND.

    Mr. Poynton, Minister in Charge of Shipbuilding, states that work on the cruiser Adelaide at the Commonwealth shipbuilding yard at Cockatoo Island is once again in full swing. ...

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  28. TWENTY RECOVERED.

    The special representative of the "Cain[?] Post," telegraphing from Mount Mulligan, states that the traffic manager, Mr. Hooper, reported early this morning that the rescue ...

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  29. LAWN TENNIS.

    At Philadelphia, in the finals of the United States championship, W. T. Tilden defeated W. Johnson, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1. In the first set the champion played ...

    Article : 264 words
  30. SALE OF HOUSES.

    The Master Builders' Association last evening discussed the cost of transfer, mortgages, etc., of a property under the recent amended scale of fees and legal costs; also the ...

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  31. STATE REVENUE FROM GAMBLING.

    The evil consequcncos to the well-being o[?] the people that accrued from the gambling habit were reterred to in an interview yesterday by Mr. Chan On Yan, who is visiting ...

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  32. CHURCH AND COUNCIL.

    The electricity supply committee recommended to the City Council last evening that a sub-station be erected at Bourke-street and St. Peter's-lane, Woolloomooloo, and that ...

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  33. CASUALTIES.

    William Pye, aged 8 years, who lived with his parents in Parramatta-road, Auburn, was killed near his home shortly before 6 o'clock last evening. He was playing with a hoop, ...

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  34. QUEST DELAYED.

    Sir, Ernest Shaekleton's ship, the Quest, entered Sheerness yesterday to repair wireless defects. Her departure on the Polar expedition will be delayed for a few days. ...

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  35. BRITISH RAILWAYS.

    The "Daily Express" says the railways contemplate an immediate substantial reduction in goods rates on such commodities as ironstone and other raw materials, in the hope ...

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  36. FUNERAL OF VICTIMS.

    At 3 o'clock this afternoon a train from Cairns arrived, bringing further rescuers, included among whom was Diver Thompson Hart, who has brought an oxygen plant from ...

    Article : 138 words
  37. REGULATING WAGES.

    Mr. T. J. Macnamara (Minister for Labour) has appointed a committee under the chairmanship of Lord Cave, to recommend reforms in trade boards, which regulate the ...

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  38. HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS.

    The sports meeting of the combined High Schools is excellently illustrated in this week's Ma[?]l," with snapahots of finishes and portraits of several of the winners. The garden ...

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  39. FALL FROM A BUILDING.

    Frank Drayton, aged 18, a scientific instrument maker, living at Richmond, fell a distance of 35 feet from the rear of the building of A. L. Franklin, 265 George-street, city, ...

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  40. SUGAR SUPPLIES.

    That the Commonwealth sugar account was in debit to a considerable extent has been known for some time, but that the actual amount owing to the Treasury has reached such ...

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  41. TRAINS COLLIDE.

    A Copenhagen message says that a special train returning with guests from the opening ceremony in connection with Norway's new trunk railway from Bergen to ...

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  42. STRUCK BY FALLING WHEEL.

    Thomas Crow met with a serious accident whilst removing machinery from Ritchie's battery, which was recently purchased by Gibraltar Company. He was engaged ...

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  43. CLAIM AGAINST CITY COUNCIL.

    Sir Allen Taylor, at the City Council last night, moved a resolution that the Lord Mayor and City Council officials negotiate with the English Electric Company of ...

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  44. INFLUENZA IN TONGA.

    The influenza report for the week ending 17th states that at Tongatabu there were 44 cases. Of these seven were pneumonie. One death occurred. At Haapal, for the week. ...

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  45. WIRELESS IN CHINA.

    A message from Pelting states that the Department of Cormmuications has signed a supplementary bond issue for completing the Federal Company's wireless contract. This ...

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  46. MR. TOM SKEYHILL'S RETURN.

    Mr. Tom Skeyhill, who will be remembered as the Australian soldier who regained his sight after a period of blindness, resultant on the war, is returning to Australia on a ...

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  47. A TOTAL WRECK.

    Mr. C. H. Hewitt, secretary of the Chillagoe Company, who arrived in Brisbane to-day by the Cooma, after an official visit to the Mount Mulligan mine, stated that an ...

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  48. A BIG PURCHASE.

    The board of directors of the Electrolytic Zine Co. of Australasia, Limited, announces having completed a contract with the British Board of Trade for the purchase of 750,000 tons ...

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  49. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Sir Timothy Coghlan has arrived and taken up the duties of Agent-General for New South Wales A Berlin message announces the death of the ...

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  50. ELECTRIC INSTALLATIONS.

    The Labour aldermen, at the City Council last evening, on the motion of Alderman Holdsworth, carried the following resolution:—"That, on and from a date to be fixed, ...

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  51. ASSAULTED AND ROBBED.

    While an elderly man named G. Beetson was walking on Monday evening across a park from the city to Kent Town he was stopped by a stranger, who asked for a match to light ...

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  52. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHIPPING.

    At London: Commonwealth, s, left Sydney July 14. At Barry: Sloterdi[?], s, left Sydney July 9. At Dunkirk: Clan Macquarie, s, left Busselton June 20; Nordic, s, left Brisbane July 12. ...

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