Mr. Justice Street, as Royal Commissioner investigating the administration of the soldiers' settlement branch of the Lands Department, heard further evidence yesterday. ...
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Article : 561 wordsIn the House of Representatives to-day comparatively little interest was taken in the New Guinea Bill, which provides for the acceptance of the mandate over the former ...
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Article : 143 wordsOversea delegates to the Imperial Congress of Chambers of Commerce, to be opened in Toronto on the 18th inst., are arriving by each incoming steamer. One hundred landed in ...
Article : 57 wordsWhen the Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, visited the annual conference of the National Federation at Geelong to-day he had a rousing reception from delegates and citizens. Mr. ...
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Article : 61 wordsThe dispute between the Federated Seamen's Union and the Colonial Sugar Refining Co., Limited, was settled yesterday. Mr. Raeburn (secretary to the Sydney branch ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 16 Sep 1920, Page 9
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