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  2. MINE CLOSED.

    The strike at the Metropolitan Colliery, Helensburgh, continues, and little effort is being made by either side in the way of settlement. Numbers of men are taking their ...

    Article : 222 words
  3. FEDERAL SESSION. PUBLIC SERVICE.

    Mr. Makin (S.A.) informed the Prime Minister, in the House of Representatives to-day, that a very serious position had been brought about in the milling trade in South Australia, ...

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  4. PEACE LOAN.

    The Treasurer, Sir Joseph Cook, stated in the House of Representatives to-day that the Government intended to keep the loan open until Monday next, and possibly longer, to ...

    Article : 326 words
  5. IMMIGRATION.

    Strong complaints have been made against the attitude of the authorities towards immigrants by the Rev. G. S. Richmond, of the employment bureau in Princes-street ...

    Article : 455 words
  6. 44 HOURS.

    A compulsory conference between the iron trades employers and the representatives of the unions was held yesterday afternoon, but no settlement of the dispute was reached. ...

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  7. WOOL SCOURING.

    Sir Arthur Goldfinch (Director of Raw Materials), in an interview with the Australian Press Association, said the wool situation had reached a point within the last 24 ...

    Article : 464 words
  8. LATE CABLE NEWS. DISORDER IN RUSSIA.

    A member of a delegation of Swedish metal workers which visited Russia states that a monstrous disorder exists in Russian industrial life. The workers' output ia amazingly low. ...

    Article : 89 words
  9. COAL CRISIS. OUTLOOK BRIGHTER.

    The coal strike situation has assumed a brighter outlook as the result of a telegram from Sir Robert Horne (Minister for Labour) to Mr. Robert Smillie (president of the Miners' ...

    Article : 250 words
  10. GENERAL CABLES.

    The Universal Postal Unions' Congress, which will meet in Madrid in October, will discuss the question of increasing international postage rates, which several countries ...

    Article : 61 words
  11. EARTHQUAKE.

    A Rome message reports that severe earthquake shocks were felt in,Genoa, Milan, Florence, and many other towns, especially in Tuscany. Many houses have been damaged. The ...

    Article : 78 words
  12. DEFENCE.

    The annual report presented to the executive committee of the Australian National Defence League at its yearly meeting yesterday afternoon, after referring to the necessity for a ...

    Article : 666 words
  13. TRADES UNION CONGRESS

    The Trades union Congress continued its meeting to-day, but again maintained complete silence on the vital question of the hour, and confined itself to discussing minor matters, ...

    Article : 248 words
  14. SOLDIEKS' LAND.

    Mr. Ashford, ex-Minister for Lands, continued his evidence yesterday before Mr. Justice Street, who, as Royal Commissioner, is investigating the soldiers' settlements branch ...

    Article : 879 words
  15. BREAK OE GAUGE.

    The question of providing a break-of-gauge or some other system of uniform railway transport throughout Australia is to be submitted to still another committee of experts. ...

    Article : 157 words
  16. POLICE FORCE.

    The Governor yesterday afternoon, after the presentation of Imperial Service medals in the Government House grounds, congratulated Inspector-General Mitchell on the smart ...

    Article : 358 words
  17. FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS POLICY.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes), in reply to a question by Mr. Lister (Vic.), made a lengthy statement in the House of Representatives to-day on the subject of wool scouring. ...

    Article : 276 words
  18. SAILING SHIPS.

    During the past eight days the influx of sailing vessels to Sydney has been abnormal. No fewer than thirteen have arrived during that period, and the majority of them have brought ...

    Article : 368 words
  19. BRITAIN'S TRADE.

    There was a remarkable shrinkage in the adverse balance of trade during July. Whereas the imports in July last year exceeded the exports by £76,000,000, the difference last July ...

    Article : 193 words
  20. SOLICITOR'S WILL.

    Unusual stipulations are made in the will of the late Mr. Frederic Rupert Pincott, of Geelong, partner in the firm of Harwood and Pincott, solicitors. Testator left by his will ...

    Article : 189 words
  21. IRELAND.

    Mr. Lloyd George is back in London. The newspapers attribute his unexpected return to his anxiety regarding the coal situation, and the state of Ireland, owing to M'Sweeney's ...

    Article : 188 words
  22. PROHIBITION.

    A motion submitted to the Anglican Synod of Adelaida last night urging members of all Churches to give all possible moral and material support to the prohibition movement, was ...

    Article : 128 words
  23. TYPHUS MENACE.

    The League of Nations, which points out that the sum of £10,000,000, mentioned in a recent cable message as being required to combat typhus in Europe, should read ...

    Article : 111 words
  24. THE SENATE.

    In the Senate to-day the Vice-President of the Executive Council, Senator Russell, gave notice of a bill to provide for representation of the Northern Territory in the ...

    Article : 253 words
  25. FURLOUGH HOUSE.

    Furlough House, Narrabeen, where the wives, children, and other dependents of returned soldiers may spend a holiday when in need of it, has, in the estimation of Mr. John ...

    Article : 471 words
  26. IN MESOPOTAMIA.

    Replying to numerous anxious inquiries in regard to the safety of the camp at Kirind, Mesopotamia, where British women and children are quartered, the War Office announces ...

    Article : 166 words
  27. MR. W. BEAVIS.

    Mr. W. Beavis, senior inspector of Public schools, is about to retire, after 50 years' service with the Education Department. Under the Council of Education Mr. Beavis ...

    Article : 210 words
  28. CHURCH UNION.

    According to figures obtained officially yesterday, a strongly affirmative vote has been registered by members of the Congregational Church in New South Wales on the question ...

    Article : 421 words
  29. DISGUSTED PROMOTER.

    Pete Herman has cancelled his match against Jimmy Wilde, and Mr. C. B. Cochran, the promoter of this and other big matches, has decided to relinquish the business, owing to ...

    Article : 121 words
  30. 12,000-TON STEAMERS.

    There is still a prospect of the tender of the State Shipbuilding Yards at Walsh Island for the construction of several 12,000-ton steamers for the Commonwealth Government ...

    Article : 92 words
  31. EIGHT PER CENT.

    The J. p. Morgan Company announce the flotation of a French loan of 100,000,000 dollars, at eight per cent., issued at par. The loan is repayable in 25 years, at 110. France ...

    Article : 76 words
  32. PIRATES OE FIUME.

    A Rome message states that seven of D'Annunzio's Legionaries, hidden in the hold of the steamer Cogne, which was carrying a miscellaneous cargo to Buenos Ayres, valued ...

    Article : 57 words
  33. MR. THEODORE.

    The Premier of Queensland, Mr. Theodore, interviewed on the arrival of the Transcontinental train, spoke strongly against the action of the Philp delegation in London ...

    Article : 253 words
  34. LAUNCH DAMAGED BY FIRE.

    Shortly after half-past 8 last night a fire was discovered on the steam launch Vivid, the property of M. Daly, which was moored to No. 2 Wharf. Dawes Point. The ...

    Article : 43 words
  35. FALLEN HAPSBURGS.

    A Geneva message states that the exEmpress of Austria, who is living at Prangine, in Switzerland, declares that 80 members of the Hapsburg family, chiefly archdukes and ...

    Article : 66 words
  36. BALMAIN ELECTION.

    At Parliament House yesterday the Elections and Qualifications Committee considered the petition of six electors in the Balmain constituency against the return of the five ...

    Article : 179 words
  37. EXPLOSION ON STEAMER.

    An explosion occurred last night on the steamer Canadian Importer, in Snails Bay, when Martin Tolnknanota, a Russian, aged 45, an A.B., and William Donne, 35, also an A.B., ...

    Article : 67 words
  38. U.S.A. AND MEXICO.

    The State Department has intimated to Mexico that it is impossible to recognise the new Government while a confiscatory policy to-wards American oil interests continues. ...

    Article : 34 words
  39. GOVERNOR RECALLED.

    A San Francisco message states that the Governor of American Samoa has been summoned home as a result or charges made by natives that he was the cause of serious ...

    Article : 48 words
  40. FRENCH CITIZENS IN RUSSIA.

    A message from Paris says it is reported that the Government has notified Russia that unless rench citizens are repatriated by October 1 naval operations will be instituted ...

    Article : 42 words
  41. STATE ORCHESTRA.

    It was stated yesterday that, although the State Orchestra proposed to go on tour for 22 weeks, the Director of the Conservatorium, Mr. Verbrugghen, would only be absent from ...

    Article : 91 words
  42. LATE SHIPPING.

    Arrivals: At Saez, China; at Table Bay, Kidderpore; at Port Natal, Australind; at Panama, Wangaratta. Departure; For Sydney, Ecola; for Melbourne, ...

    Article : 34 words
  43. NEW SWIMMING RECORDS.

    Duke Kahanamoku swam 100 yards at Exeter in 55 2-5s, and Norman Ross covered 300 yards in 3m 24 4-5s, both times being world records. ...

    Article : 31 words
  44. TROTSKY'S SON KILLED.

    A Cracow newspaper states that Trotsky's son was killed in the recent fighting at Pul[?]k. ...

    Article : 20 words
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