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  2. LATE CABLE NEWS FRENCH LABOUR.

    A Paris message states that despite the resolution of the French Trade Union Congress, the minority party has decided to adhere to the Moscow International, and to carry on ...

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  3. FORTY-FOUR HOURS. REDUCED WORKING WEEK.

    The inquiry conducted by Mr. Justice Higgins in the Arbitration Court on the question of a standard 44-hour week, was concluded to-day, when Mr. Rundle, for the Timber ...

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  4. QUEENSLAND LOAN. REASONS FOR FAILURE.

    Sir Alfred Cowley, who, with Sir Robert Philp and Mr. J. Walsh, went as a delegation from Queensland to London to make representations to the Colonial Office ...

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  5. METROPOLITAN. WON BY PERSHORE.

    Yesterday was brighter than Saturday, and the crowd which streamed through the turn[?] at Randwick to witness the second day's racing of the A.J.C. Spring Meeting was ...

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  6. THE SEAMEN.

    Obeying a direction from union officials, 500 men comprising the crews of practically every interstate steamer in port left the vessels this morning and attended a stop-work meeting. ...

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  7. LABOUR'S FESTIVAL.

    Favoured by fine weather and with the wind gently tempered for the effective display of many gorgeous banners, the big procession in celebration of Eight-hour Day left the Town ...

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  8. CHINESE FAMINE.

    A despatch from Peking received in Washington states that 30,000,000 people are suffering intensely from famine. A thousand are dying daily. ...

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  9. LEAGUE ISSUE. AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

    President Wilson is issuing his first campaign appeal direct to the people, urging the endorsement of the League of Nations, and declaring that the world will wait for the ...

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  10. SHIPPING.

    Arrivals: At Dover, Kidderpore; at Perim, Narkunda. Departure: For Auckland, Opawa. ...

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  11. LORD FORSTER. RECEPTION IN ADELAIDE;

    Lord and Lady Forster were given a civic welcome at the Adelaide Town Hall this afternoon. There was a large and distinguished gathering, including the State Governor, Sir ...

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  12. GERMAN STEAMER

    The German-Australian Company at Hamburg has launched the Hamburg (10,000 tons). The Hamburg is the first German-built steamer since the war. She will trade with the Dutch ...

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  13. THIRD INTERNATIONAL.

    A Paris message states that, confirming the recent constitutional decision of the General Confederation of Labour, the French Trade Union Congress at Orleans ...

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  14. ACTION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Arbitration Court delivered an award in the Clothing Trades Union, reducing the week from 48 to 44 hours, and raising the minimum wage from 30/ to 45/ a week. The ...

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  15. ON THE LAWN.

    The dressing at Randwick yesterday had not the brightness that characterised the frocking on Saturday. In anticipation of a dull day and a large crowd the frilly gowns were ...

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  16. THE MISSING AIRMEN.

    Major Anderson made another unsuccessful search for the missing aviators to-day in his aeroplane. He was al[?]ft for five and a half hours, and spent most of his time flying over ...

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  17. CHURCH UNION. WORLD CONFERENCE AT GENEVA.

    The world conference on faith and order —a movement which has been in existence for a considerable time, aiming at bringing together the great Christian Churches of ...

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  18. POLISH VICTORIES.

    The Poles claim to have captured 42,000 of the Red army and 150 guns during the week. They state that they have dispersed 20 divisions. ...

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  19. EDUCATION.

    A conference of Directors of Education from all the States of the Commonwealth, to discuss the questions affecting the work of Public instruction, is to meet this morning at ...

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  20. MR. THEODORE'S THREAT

    Speaking at Mackay, the Premier (Mr. Theodore) said the Government had arranged for a loan of £1,000,000 from the Bank of England, and the intention of the Government was ...

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  21. IRELAND.

    There was unusual military activity in Dublin yesterday. The bridges leading to the city were guarded. The driver of a delivery van, belonging to the "Independent" newspaper, ...

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  22. TOBACCO.

    With the exhaustion of stocks in hand during the latter end of last week higher rates for tobacco became almost general in the retail shops yesterday. The increase of a ...

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  23. SIR RONALD MUNRO FERGUSON'S FAREWELL.

    The Governor-General and Lady Munro Ferguson take their departure from Australia by the Orsova to-morrow. This afternoon they were farewelled by the citizens of Perth at ...

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  24. CASUALTIES. PINNED BENEATH DRAY.

    Two men were found pinned beneath an overturned dray at Glenfield, near Macquarie Fields, a few miles from Liverpool, on Sunday. One of them, Justin M'Sweeney, aged ...

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  25. BERMUDA[?]

    The Prince of Wales will close his evermemorable Royal tour to-day. His last public engagement was his attendance at a church parade of the Royal Sussex Regiment in the ...

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  26. MOTOR LORRY OVER AN EMBANKMENT.

    A motor lorry, containing 20 people, got out of control on the steep gradient leading down to the river at National Park yesterday morning, and plunged over the embankment, ...

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  27. PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY'S PRONOUNCEMENT.

    Sir,—I should like to correct an impression which seems to have been created by the "deliverance" of the Presbyterian Assembly on Church union, and deepened by ...

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  28. DEATHS AT SEA.

    The arrival of the Orient Company's R.M.S. Ormonde from London at Sydney yesterday brought to a close one of the most mournful voyages on which this vessel has sailed. ...

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  29. FALL FROM A TRAM.

    Alfred M'Intosh, 48, a labourer, living at Poplar-street, Surry Hills, fell from a moving tram in New South Head-road, Rose Bay, yesterday. He received a wound on the forehead ...

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  30. FRACTURED LEG.

    Mrs. Marie Jones, 50, residing at 22 Henderson-road, Alexandria, slipped on a stone at Taronga Zoo Park yesterday afternoon and fractured her leg. She was taken to Sydney ...

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  31. KNOCKED DOWN BY A TRAM.

    Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon David Simpson, 80, a resident of Darlinghurst, was knocked down by a tram in Flinders-street, city. He was taken to St. Vincent's ...

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  32. OBITUARY. CANON VERSO.

    The death has occurred at Berrigan, N.S.W., of the Rev. Canon Verso at the age of 66 years. He was in the Riverina when the diocese of the Anglican Church was formed 40 years ...

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  33. THE LAMBETH CONFERENCE.

    Sir,—In to-day's issue of your paper there appears a letter from the Rev. P. A. Micklem suggesting that those of us who pointed out a serious defect in the Lambeth appeal on ...

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  34. FATAL FALL FROM A WINDOW.

    W. V. Kempnick, aged about 28, who was (stated to have come from Wardell (N.S.W.), fell from a window of the fifth floor of the People's Palace last night into the courtyard ...

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  35. PRESENTATION TO MR. M'TIERNAN.

    At a gathering held in the Petersham Town Hall last night, Mr. E. A. McTiernan (Attorney-General) was presented with a gold watchchain and roll-top desk from his ...

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  36. DEAN LEWIS.

    The death of the Very Rev. Julius Lewis, formerly, Dean of Ballarat, occurred at a private hospital in Melbourne on Saturday. Dean Lewis had been in ill-health for some time, ...

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  37. CHURCHES OF CHRIST.

    The half-yearly conference of the Associated Churches of Christ was held in the City Temple, Campbell-street, yesterday, Mr. George Stinson, president, being in the chair. ...

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  38. SUDDEN DEATH IN STREET.

    Mr. Michael Francis O'Brien, 61, manager of the Dubbo branch of John Hunter and Sons, Ltd., while walking out with two friends on Sunday afternoon, collapsed in ...

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  39. PAPER MONEY.

    The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" reports that an extraordinary swindle was spoilt by the Port Authority at Stralsung and ...

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  40. OLD SCHOLARS' REUNION.

    A reunion of old scholars of the Deniliquin Superior Public School was held last night. The large gathering included visitors from all parts of Australia, among them being Sir ...

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  41. MOTHER-GENERAL OF SISTERS OF MERCY.

    Sister Justinan Hughes, Mother-General of the Sisters of Mercy, died in the Dubbo Convent to-day, aged 56 years. ...

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  42. COAL MINE ON FIRE.

    A message from Clermont says that a fire has been burning for the last three or four days at the Blair Athol No. 1 mine, and efforts are being made to get it under control. ...

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  43. THE RACING.

    Racing opened with the Shorts, and, although the field only numbered nine, the quality was there, and a good betting race resulted. Elkin and Remmond opened favourites, but at the finish of betting Remmon ...

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  44. METHODIST CELEBRATIONS AT ORANGE.

    Ten days' celebrations of the Methodist Church diamond jubilee commenced on Saturday with a garden party in the church grounds and the laying of the foundation-stone by the ...

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  45. CEMENT-WORKERS' STRIKE ENDED.

    A report was received from Kandos this morning that, as the result of a conference on Saturday between the general manager and the A.W.U. representatives, with the ...

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  46. CONSTABLE'S DEATH.

    Constable L. M. Porter, of No. 11 Division, Annandale, who was spending a holiday here with his wife and family, took suddenly 111 with acute appendicitis on the day he was to ...

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  47. HISTORY'S LESSONS.

    The British Ambassador, Sir Auckland Geddes, accompanied the delegates to the tercentenary celebration of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers to Mount Vernon, where they ...

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  48. MARRIED AND SINGLE MEN'S PAY.

    The differential rates of pay for married and single men were again referred to in the Arbitration Court, before Mr. Justice Starke, to-day. The subject was introduced by Mr. ...

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  49. FIRE ON THE WALLAMBA.

    Two cabins on the upper deck of the North Coast Company's steamer Wallamba were severely damaged by fire last night. Overheating from the funnel was believed to have ...

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  50. HOLIDAY TRAFFIC.

    Yesterday's holiday traffic on the railways was much heavier than on Eight-hour Day of last year, there being, according to the official returns, an increase of 18,568 passenger. The ...

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  51. AUSTRALIAN NOTE ISSUE

    A return issued by the Federal Treasurer shows that on September 29 there were notes in circulation amounting to £53,620,082. The amount of gold coin held in the Treasury ...

    Article : 49 words
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