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  2. GOVERNOR-GENERAL. THE LEVEE.

    The Governor-General's first Sydney levee, held at Government House yesterday, in brilliant sunshine, was strikingly expressive of the community's good wishes to Lord Forster ...

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  3. SOLDIERS' LANDS.

    Before Mr. Justice Street, Royal Commissioner inquiring into the soldiers' settlement branch of the Lands Department, evidence was given yesterday as to the appointment of ...

    Article : 274 words
  4. PROFITEERING.

    Further lengthy debate on the second reading of the Profiteering Prevention Bill took place in the Legislative Assembly last night. Mr. Bavin (deputy leader of the ...

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  5. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    The meeting of the National party to-day was chiefly concerned with the situation created by the vote in the Senate against the Entertainments Tax Bill. The Prime ...

    Article : 372 words
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  7. RAILWAYS.

    Mr. Justice Edmunds, Royal Commissioner inquiring into the control and administration of the New South Wales railways and tramways, yesterday conducted the second session ...

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  8. IRISH POLICY.

    Sir Hamar Greenwood (Chief Secretary for Ireland), in a speech at Balfast, said that Viscount French, General Sir Nevil Macready, and himself were in complete accord, and no ...

    Article : 351 words
  9. RUSSIAN SOVIET. TROUBLES INCREASE

    The Bolsheviks, when singing the armistice at Riga, said they only did so under compulsion. The truce will be effective from the 18th. ...

    Article : 205 words
  10. BUDGET DEBATE.

    The main interest in the debate in the House of Representatives to-day on the budget was a speech by the Prime Minister, in which he replied to the criticism that the ...

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  11. AMATEUR STATUS.

    If last night's meeting of the conference of sporting bodies, convened for the purpose of defining an "amateur" in sport, can be taken as a criterion, the interest originally ...

    Article : 461 words
  12. RACECOURSE RIOT.

    The disturbance at Morphettville racecourse on Wednesday was referred to in the Assembly to-day by Mr. Edwards. He asked the Premier to discuss with the Police ...

    Article : 246 words
  13. FICKLE AMIR.

    The Afghan delegation to India has been recalled to Kabul, owing to a reported change in the attitude of the Amir towards the British Government. An Afghan Minister is ...

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  14. NEW LIBERALISM.

    A group of Manchester Liberals has formulated a so-called new liberalism; to be submitted to the Manchester Liberal Federation to-day. The main features are fairly ...

    Article : 127 words
  15. PERSIA.

    A strong anti-Bolshevik feeling is growing throughout Persia. Protest meetings held in the mosques have been stopped by the police, but religious denunciation of the Bolsheviks ...

    Article : 87 words
  16. COL. GRIGG.

    The King has knighted Colonel Grigg, Secretary to the Prince of Wales. ...

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  17. INDIAN UNREST.

    There have been significant happenings in Bombay lately. Several sporadic strikes have broken out, and the city has been in darkness for several days. Politicians incited dock ...

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  18. QUEENSLAND.

    The Nationalist candidate, Mr. Fletcher's, expected success at Port Curtis has eventuated, the Labour candidate being now 196 votes to the bad, with only 60 absent votes ...

    Article : 179 words
  19. AUSTRALIAN IDEALS.

    The Royal Colonial Institute held a luncheon in honour of the Earl of Stradbroke (Governor-Designate of Victoria) and Sir Matthew Nathan Governor-Designate of ...

    Article : 397 words
  20. DECENTRALISATION.

    Mr. A. D. Walker, president of the Chamber of Manufactures, referring to an article in the "Herald" on Tuesday on the above subject said: "What is wanted is a practical ...

    Article : 555 words
  21. PEKING.

    A message from Shanghai says it is un-authentically rumoured that General Chang Tsaolin, Governor of Fengtien, has over-thrown the Peking Government, and ...

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  22. GOOD-BYE TO BARRY

    A send-off was tendered to Ernest Barry, world's champion sculler, who is shortly to return to England, by a number of his friends at Bateman's Hotel last night. Mr. R. ...

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  23. WORLD'S SHIPPING.

    Lloyd's annual report on the world's shipping to the end of June, states that 1319 new ships were classified during the year presenting 3,233,523 tons, being an increase of 452,302 ...

    Article : 186 words
  24. PROHIBITION.

    Rev. Frank Lade, M.A., secretary of the Methodist General Conference of Australia, passed through Sydney yesterday on his way to Queensland, where he is to assist in the ...

    Article : 287 words
  25. COAL CRISIS.

    Though the coal ballot figures remain incomplete the results to date show a six to one majority tor rejection. An overwhelming adverse vote is certain. ...

    Article : 77 words
  26. REPARATIONS.

    A report from Paris states that M. Delaeroix, Belgian Premier, who was interviewed, said he believed that he had succeeded in the negotiations with Mr. Lloyd George ...

    Article : 78 words
  27. NOTED EVANGELIST DEAD.

    The death is announced of Mr. Charles Alexander, the evangelist. [The late Mr. Alexander was a native of America, and was 53 years of age at the time ...

    Article : 72 words
  28. COMMERCE.

    Provision for the constitution of a Commonwealth Court of Commerce is made in a bill which has been drafted for submission to the Federal Parliament. The Minister for ...

    Article : 225 words
  29. STYLE AND SLANG.

    Last night, in the Union Hall of the University of Sydney, Professor Leslie Wilkinson, F.R.I.B.A., delivered the first of four lectures on "The Appreciation of Architecture." The ...

    Article : 387 words
  30. AMERICA'S CRACK COLT.

    A message from Albany says it is understood that owing to Man-o'-war's good showing in the match with Sir Barton Mr. Riddle is considering a proposal to send the colt to ...

    Article : 68 words
  31. GERMAN INDUSTRY.

    The "Daily Chronicle's" Berlin correspondent in German reports that industries are rapidly reviving, despite heavy taxation and extensive and costly repairs and renewals of ...

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  32. AUSTRALIAN FRUIT.

    Referring to a cabled statement that Sir James Connolly (Agent-General) had been instructed to bring under notice of the Imperial Govnernment a complaint that "a ...

    Article : 119 words
  33. TIMBER DEALS.

    Continuing the hearing of evidence respecting the purchase of timber mills in Queensland, the members of the Federal Public Accounts Committee to-day examined the ...

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  34. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Australian Press Association learns that the English, Scottish and Australian Bank's offer to buy the shares of the London Bank of Australia has been accepted to ...

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  35. FIRES ON GERMAN LINERS.

    A message from Hamburg states that a big fire occurred on the Hamburg-America liner Victoria Luise while lying at the Vulcan Yards. Following the recent outbreak on ...

    Article : 64 words
  36. TAXATION INQUIRY.

    The Commonwealth Roy Commission on Taxation is making preparations to sake evidence. The Commission invites representative associations or individual taxpayers to ...

    Article : 137 words
  37. BREAKWATER.

    The Superintendent of Navigation has been notified that owing to the shoaling of the channel in the crossing at Moruya, to a width of over one hundred feet the breakwater is ...

    Article : 82 words
  38. AIRCRAFT RESEARCH.

    At the Air Conference to-day, Air-Marshal Ellington, Director of Research, stated that experiments would be made with steam turbines instead of the petrol engine. ...

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  39. PEER PLEADS GAMING ACT.

    A firm of bookmakers is suing Lord Lough-borough to recover £440, due on a dishonoured cheque tendered in settlement of a racing bet. Lord Loughborough's defence pleads ...

    Article : 64 words
  40. AUSTRALIAN APPLES.

    The Australian Agents-General waited on the Food Minister, requesting him to support the raising of the control price of apples to 27/6. Mr. M'Curdy, though sympathetic, was ...

    Article : 41 words
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