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  2. MILITARY SUPPLIES.

    Severe criticism of a Victorian woollen manufacturer on goods supplied to the Defence Department to clothe the soldiers in 1916 and 1916 was indulged in to-day in the ...

    Article : 477 words
  3. WHEAT SCANDAL. STATE MINISTERS AT VARIANCE.

    Whether or not the disruption which has occurred in the State Cabinet over the allegations about the receipt of money from Mr. Talbot in connection with the prsecution of ...

    Article : 288 words
  4. BUILDING THE FEDERAL SHIPS. ALLEGED FRAUDULENT WORK.

    Sensational evidence was given before the Commonwealth Public Works Committee yesterday on the occasion of the resumed inquiry into the advisability of relieving Messrs. Kidman and Mayon of their contract for building two wooden ships to cost together £3[?],000. ...

    Article : 72 words
  5. RUSSIA.

    It is expected that a trade agreement with Russia will be signed in a few days if Russia has furnished guarantees as regarda the remaining British subjects in Russia. It is ...

    Article : 254 words
  6. LATE CABLE NEWS AMERICAN LABOUR.

    A message from Washington states that the executive council of the American Federation of Labour is holding a conference with Mr. H. C. Hoover and a group of industrial engineers ...

    Article : 115 words
  7. LEAGUE OF NATIONS ASSEMBLY.

    London is receiving expeditious wireless messages from Geneva through a newly developed system, which has been erected during the past fortnight. ...

    Article : 509 words
  8. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Prince and Princess Arthur of Connaught landed this morning from the Kinfauns Castle, and had a most enthusiastic welcome. The Prince leaves for Pretoria to-morrow, where ...

    Article : 40 words
  9. THE EVIDENCE.

    On the reopening of the inquiry yesterday, Frederick Wallin, shipping manager of Burns, Philp, and Co., gave evidence. He said that, in view of the serious "hogging in" of the ...

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  10. THE 1917 STRIKE.

    At the sitting yesterday of the Royal Commission on the control and administration of the New South Wales railways and tramways one of the witnesses called to give evidence ...

    Article : 582 words
  11. GREEK FACTIONS.

    The elections in Greece resulted:— ROYALISTS.......... 250 VENIZELISTS......... 118 M. Venizelos has resigned the Premiership. ...

    Article : 278 words
  12. PERSIA.

    Speaking in the House of Lords, Earl Curzon, (Secretary for Foreign Affairs) denied the suggestion that he had personal designs against Persian independence. The ...

    Article : 134 words
  13. MR. M'GIRR'S REPORT.

    "To my astonishment, I first saw in the columns of the daily Press this morning an accusation by my colleague, Mr. Dooley, against me, that there was intriguing for, the ...

    Article : 721 words
  14. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Petrie was informed that 440,000 coples of the Lieutenant-Governor's Speech at the opening of last session had been printed, at a total ...

    Article : 232 words
  15. PILFERING.

    The extraordinary amount of pilfering which it is stated takee place on the waterfront was the subject of another debate in the Federal Parliament to-day. ...

    Article : 752 words
  16. IRISH OUTRAGES.

    Armed civilians held up a train at waterfall station. They covered the crew and dragged several passengers from the carriages, forced them into motors, and vanished. A ...

    Article : 151 words
  17. FEDERAL SERVANTS.

    Final judgment was to-day given by Mr. Justice Starke in respect of his awards on plaints by the Federated Assistants' Union, the Post and Telegraph Association, the ...

    Article : 240 words
  18. U.S. SHIPBUILDING.

    The evidence submitted to the Congressional Committee, which is investigating charges of waste and extravagance concerning vessels built for the United States Shipping Board, ...

    Article : 142 words
  19. THE ADRIATIC.

    A message from Rome states that an agreement has been drafted, whereby Italy will assist Jugo-Slavia financially and technically, to develop natural resources. ...

    Article : 61 words
  20. COAL DISPUTE. MR. HUGHES' SUGGESTION.

    The situation here in regard to the coal strike is unchanged. The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes), referring late last night to the coal trouble, made the ...

    Article : 171 words
  21. SPECIAL GRANTS.

    "The Government can do nothing at all—no money can be given to you for your hospital; in fact, there is no money in existence in the Treasury for anybody." ...

    Article : 545 words
  22. LATE ALD. M'SWINEY.

    References were made in the Legislative Assembly yesterday to the remarks attributed to Alderman Doyle, M.L.A., in the report of the city Council proceedings published in ...

    Article : 400 words
  23. GERMANS AND CZECHS

    A report from Prague states that owing to resentment felt by German-born residents over the pulling down of statues ot the Emperor Joseph in various towns, serious ...

    Article : 92 words
  24. UNKNOWN WARRIOR'S GRAVE.

    The grave of the unknown warrior in Westminster Abbey will be filled up to-morrow. The black marble slab is inscribed: —A British Warrior who fell in the Great ...

    Article : 49 words
  25. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A report from Paris says the Chamber of Deputies has reduced the period of conscription to l8 months. Reports from Berlin, received in Coppenhagen, ...

    Article : 255 words
  26. WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT.

    At a meeting of the Federal Cabinet to-day, the Treasurer (Sir Joseph Cook) presided in the obsence of the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes), who was otherwise engaged. ...

    Article : 139 words
  27. AUSTRALIAN TRADE.

    The Tariff Commission has issued a memorandum doing with quantities rather than values of British exports. It emphasises the decline compared with the pre-war period. ...

    Article : 106 words
  28. CONFLICTING POWERS.

    After referring to statements by the Attorney-General for Victoria (Mr. Arthur Robinson) regarding the inoperativeness of Federal industrial legislation on the working ...

    Article : 401 words
  29. MR. DOOLEY TALKS BACK.

    "I have read Mr. McGirr's statement, wherein he avers that what I have said in this morning's newspapers is a tissue of lies, and that, though several members made the ...

    Article : 410 words
  30. MAKING DIAMONDS.

    A message from Kimberley in reference to a report concerning a patent acquire[?], by the German Dynamite Company, former[?]y Alfred Nobel, of Hamburg, for a new proce[?]s for the ...

    Article : 92 words
  31. CITY PROPERTY SALE

    At their auction rooms yesterday Hard[?]e and German Proprietary, Limited, sold Bishopchamberss, 28 Castlereagh-street, for £10,000, This proporty faces the top of and looks down ...

    Article : 134 words
  32. COAL TRADE.

    Notwithstanding the shortage of coal and the heavy demand for supplies, owners during the past few weeks have been able to ship large quantities to oversea markets. ...

    Article : 227 words
  33. KALGOORLIE. SPEAKER ISSUES WRIT.

    In a special number of the "Commonwealth Gazette," issued to-day, the Speaker of the House of Representaives (Sir Elliott Johnson) announced that he had issued a writ for ...

    Article : 104 words
  34. STATE ORCHESTRA.

    Mr. Mutch, Minister for Public Instruction, supplied Mr. 'Oakes with certain information in the Legislative Assembly last night regarding the results of the last interstate tour of ...

    Article : 127 words
  35. SALVATION ARMY.

    A message from Tokio states that gang[?] of students and others,[?] the presence of passive military officers and police, broke up Salvation Army gatherings on Sunday ...

    Article : 46 words
  36. DETECTIVE 'S MISTAKE.

    In the local Court yesterday, Detective Irvine Dayman was sued by Harry Frearson, a jeweller, for alleged false imprisonment and assault at Morphettville racecourse on October ...

    Article : 152 words
  37. BARRIER MINES.

    Mr. Emery (president of the Mine Managers' Association) states that it is the intention of the companies first to absorb men who were on the pay rolls when the strike was declared. ...

    Article : 90 words
  38. BIG BANK FRAUDS.

    John Berman, manager of the Whitechapel branch of Lloyd's bank, is charged, with a customer named Jacob Prager, with being concerned jointly in forging the acceptance of a ...

    Article : 63 words
  39. SOLDIERS APPROVE EXPULSION.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) stated last night that a resolution of the Ringwood branch of the R.S. and S.I.L. had been forwarded to him concerning Mr. Mahon. The ...

    Article : 78 words
  40. MAIL FOR ENGLAND.

    Christmas and New Year mails for the United Kingdom will close at the G.P.O. today and to-morrow. To-day's postings will be despatched by the R.M.S. Osterley, and are ...

    Article : 63 words
  41. GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S YA[?]T.

    His Excellency the Governor-General (Lord Forster) has written to Mr. Walter Marks, M.P., asking him it he will race the yacht Yeulba, which he recoutly purchased from Mr. ...

    Article : 59 words
  42. MR. BAILEY'S ANSWER TO MR. MUTCH.

    "I notice that the Minister for Education now complains that I made no proper effort to bring the subject of the alleged donation from Mr. Talbot to light, and that he (Mr. ...

    Article : 325 words
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