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  2. COAL CRISIS. CONFERENCE FAILS.

    The conference between the miners' executive and Minister for Labour, from which so much was hoped, has failed. Mr. Smillie (President of the Miners' ...

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  3. PROFITEERS.

    That the Government is convinced the people are being continually exploited to provide increased profits for traders, and that Ministers are determined to put a stop to these ...

    Article : 666 words
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  5. CO-OPERATION.

    The Federated Textile Workers' Union has decided to start a co-operative woollen mills with a capital of between £150,000 and £200,000. ...

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  6. WAR MUSEUM.

    Mr. Marks (N.S.W.) handed to the Treasurer in the House of Representatives this morning a letter from the Vaucluse Trust, in which that body offered Vaucluse ...

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  7. RUSSIA.

    The State Department at Washington has received advices of a new mobilisation order throughout Soviet Russia. All males between the ages of 14 and 50 years, except employees ...

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  8. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    Keen interest was manifested this morning in the debate initiated by the leader of the Country party, Mr. M'Williams, over the recent purchase of timber mills in Queensland ...

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  9. FEDERAL SESSION. TIMBER PURCHASE.

    In the House of Representatives this morning, Mr. Bruce (Vic.) asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the promise that legislation would be introduced to remedy the ...

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  10. 44 HOURS.

    The Boilermakers' Union and the Amalgamated Society of Engineers reaffirmed their previous decision yesterday that the employees in all private shops, and the Government ...

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  11. TAX ON RACING.

    As Ministers are not likely to have their complete financial proposals ready to put before Parliament this month, a suggestion is now being made that some portion of the ...

    Article : 237 words
  12. THE PRINCE.

    The Prince of Wales has arrived here on the Renown, and has been accorded due honours. ...

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  13. NEW GUINEA.

    Mr. Brennan (Vic.) asked the Prime Minister in the House of Representatives to-day when a civil administration was to be established in late German New Guinea. ...

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  14. IRELAND.

    At Galway railway station at midnight Sinn Feiners shot dead Constable Krumm, an ex-soldier, after a desperate struggle. Krumm killed three of his assailants and wounded ...

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  15. MURRAY SEAT.

    An official statement was Issued on behalf of the A.L.P. yesterday In reference to the vacancy In the State Parliament caused by the appointment of Mr. Beeby to a ...

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  16. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    Until the two seats now vacant in the Legislative Assembly (owing to Mr. Beeby's appointment to the Bench and Mr. Briner's death) are filled the Story Labour Government ...

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  17. DAVIS CUP.

    Vincent Richards, whose claims for inclusion in the American Davis Cup team are being urged, made his entry into competitive lawn tennis in a sensational manner in August, ...

    Article : 216 words
  18. AIRPLANE ACCIDENT.

    Mr. Arthur Herbert Tattle, of Wellington, New Zealand, who was with friends, on a visit to Sydney, lost his life yesterday as a result of an accident at the Mascot ...

    Article : 327 words
  19. MESOPOTAMIA.

    The War Office communique regarding Mesopotamia covers a number of minor operations in various areas, and mentions that on the Lower Euphrates, aeroplanes, while ...

    Article : 123 words
  20. BONUS SYSTEM.

    Mr. W. C. Morris and 50 other workmen from the Randwick Workshops write:—Under the above heading there appeared in Thursday's issue of your paper an article having relation ...

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  21. QUEENSLAND.

    Mr. Theodore delivered his policy speech in the Exhibition Hall this evening. The building was packed, and the Premier, on rising, received an enthusiastic reception. ...

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  22. BOLSHEVIST MONEY.

    An astonishing sequel to the recent revelations relating to communications between the Bolshevist Foreign Minister and representatives in London regarding financial assistance ...

    Article : 131 words
  23. FRENCH LOAN.

    A message from New York states that the subscription books of the new French loan were closed an hour after opening. The loan was heavily over-subscribed. ...

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  24. THE BAYS.

    The fine new liners now building in the United Kingdom for the Commonwealth Government Lins are to be named: Esperance Bay, Hobson's Bay, Jervis Bay, Larg's Bay, ...

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  25. HIGH JUMPING.

    Sensational jumping was registered at the conclusion of the show programme, when a new Australian record was established in the ladies' high jump by Musician, owned by Mr. ...

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  26. COLLISION AT SEA.

    Lloyds reports that the steamer Konigin Wise, 10,785 tons, with 650 passengers, bound for Australia, collided with the steamer Loughborough off Lisbon during a fog. ...

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  27. SCOURED WOOL.

    A representative of Sir Arthur Goldfinch (Director of Raw Materials) said he welcomed Mr. Hughes' cabled statement that no more wool would be scoured in Australia than ...

    Article : 136 words
  28. NATIONAL ANTHEM.

    Mr. John McCormack, the famous tenor, has abandoned a concert advertised to be given in Adelaide on Saturday night, because he believed that the singing of the National ...

    Article : 446 words
  29. REDUCED HOURS.

    At the inquiry in the Federal Arbitration Court yesterday into the effect, of instituting a 44-hour working week in Australia, Mr. Arthur Burgess, registrar and chief ...

    Article : 307 words
  30. CHINA.

    Advices from Peking state that the Republicans fear a monarchist piot. Chang Tho Ling, Inspector-General of Manchuria, it is said, is inclined to favour the restoration of ...

    Article : 68 words
  31. SPORT ABROAD.

    J. Steadman (Victoria) won the 100 yards' amateur swimming championship of England, at Weston-Super-Mare, defeating Vanschelle (Belgium), and leading English swimmers. The ...

    Article : 106 words
  32. OLYMPIC GAMES.

    Mr. Harry Hay, one of the New South Wales swimming team, writing to Mr. Les. Duff before the Games commenced, gives interesting information. He says:—... "The ...

    Article : 282 words
  33. DR. MANNIX.

    Archbishop Redwood (Wellington), who was interviewed by the Australian Press Association, said the British Government had blundered over Dr. Mannix's case. It was within ...

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  34. HAILSTORM.

    A record hailstorm occurred in the Tamworth district this afternoon. Following on heavy rain this morning, when over an inch fell, a thunderstorm threatened all day. About ...

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  35. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The emigrants by the Tainui include 170 New Zealand soldiers' fiancees, the remainder being mostly nominees. Sir James Allen (High Commissioner), when ...

    Article : 299 words
  36. POULET'S FLIGHT.

    M. Poulet, after successful demonstrations in Batavia, flew from Batavia towards an estate in the neighbourhood of which the flight ended owing to an accident. The machine fell down ...

    Article : 114 words
  37. VICEROY OF INDIA.

    It is freely rumoured in well-informed circles at Simla that Mr. Winston Churchill may accept the Vice-Royalty of India. A few years ago such an appointment would have been strongly ...

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  38. WAR TROPHIES.

    The Minister for Education, Mr. Mutch, has placed an embargo against the erection of machine guns as war trophies in Public schools. ...

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  39. COMMONWEALTH BANK.

    The balance-sheet of the Commonwealth Bank, as at June 30, was yesterday tabled in the Senate. The deposits on that date were £41,002,908, bills payable and other liabilities ...

    Article : 128 words
  40. DISPUTE SETTLED.

    A settlement of the dispute between the Federal Government and the Seamen's Union regarding the manning of certain vessels of the Commonwealth Government Line has been ...

    Article : 119 words
  41. THE SENATE.

    In the Senate to-day Senator Keating (Tas.) asked whether the Government would see to the retention in Australia of sufficient butter to meet the ordinary normal ...

    Article : 151 words
  42. THE RAILWAYS.

    The executive of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association has decided that, in the event of a vacancy occurring on the Board of Railway Commissioners, ...

    Article : 71 words
  43. GERMAN POLICE.

    A message from Berlin says that the scheme for the reorganisation and demilitarisation of the German police, on the numerical basis of 15,000, and in accordance with the ...

    Article : 97 words
  44. W.A. CIVIL SERVANTS.

    The annual meeting of the Civil Service Association adopted a report repudiating the charges of disloyalty and rebellion made in Parliament respecting the late strike. ...

    Article : 33 words
  45. PEACE WITH BULGARIA.

    In a special Government "Gazette" issued to-day, Monday, August 9, 1920, is declared to be the date of the termination of the war between his Majesty the King and Bulgaria. ...

    Article : 35 words
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