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  2. THE I.W.W.

    Mr. Justice Ewing (of Tasmania), sitting as a Royal Commission at the Darlinghurst Court-house, resumed the investigation yesterday into the circumstances surrounding ...

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  3. FEDERAL SESSION.

    Discussion at a meeting of the Federal Cabinet to-day chiefly related, the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) said subsequently, to the business to be transacted in Parliament. After ...

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  4. H.M.S. RENOWN. MEETING WITH HEAVY GALES.

    Anticipations of worse weather, founded on a falling barometer, were realised to-day. The wind and sea both increased in violence steadily throughout the day. The Renown ...

    Article : 139 words
  5. 44-HOURS' WEEK.

    Scathing comment concerning the means adopted by unions to obtain the 44-hour week was passed by Judge Curlewis yesterday in the course of a judgment in an application ...

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  6. IRELAND. SINN FEIN RAIDS.

    Londonderry was undisturbed throughout Saturday, and no further troops arrived at the week-end. It is reported that 20 Sinn Fein victims of the recent shooting were, ...

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  7. MELBOURNE STRIKE.

    In accordance with the terms of settlement, 650 members of the Federated Enginedrivers' and Firemen's Association will resume work at the various factories in the city and ...

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  8. STATE CABINET.

    During the course of a meeting of the State Cabinet, which occupied the whole of yesterday afternoon, Ministers discussed a variety of matters which are causing the Government ...

    Article : 465 words
  9. TASK AHEAD.

    The dinner given at the Hotel Australia last night by the New South Wales Wine Association (growers and wholesale merchants' section), to meet the interstate delegates to ...

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  10. THE PRESIDENCY.

    The San Francisco correspondent of the "New York Times" says that the friends of Mr. William McAdoo are assured that if he is nominated as the Democratic Presidential ...

    Article : 102 words
  11. FREEING THE STRAITS.

    The "Petit Parisien" says that Anglo-Greek action against the Turks is strictly limited to freeing the straits. The Greeks, after breaking the enemy's ...

    Article : 55 words
  12. COLD STORAGE EMPLOYEES.

    The Federnted Cold Storage Employees' Union has decided to take another strike ballot of its members. At a meeting held at the Trades Hall ...

    Article : 176 words
  13. ANGLO-GREEK FORCES IN ASIA MINOR.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 228 words
  14. ARMAMENTS.

    The statement recently made by Major-General Ryrie, Assistant Minister for Defiance, that "it is absolutely essential to get from overseas adequate supplies of big ...

    Article : 178 words
  15. SUGAR SHORTAGE.

    In consequence of the sugar shortage many factories in the metropolitan area engaged in the manufacture of jam, condiments, and confectionery may have to close down. In ...

    Article : 302 words
  16. SOLDIER WHARPMEN. THE EVICTION NOTICE.

    The Returned Sailors and Soldiers Wharf-labourers' Union was notified on behalf of the Government yesterday that the inquiry promised by Mr. Cann (Minister for Labour ...

    Article : 317 words
  17. WINE INDUSTRY.

    In the annual report of the Federal Viticultural Council of Australia reference is made to the subject of prohibition. "A popular, but strangely illogical method," ...

    Article : 444 words
  18. "COMMEM." AFFAIR.

    The professorial Board of the Sydney University considered carefully a series of reports in regard to the conduct of various students during the recent procession through Sydney, ...

    Article : 93 words
  19. POLICEMEN'S UNION.

    A section of the members of the New South Wales police force has decided to form a union. This announcement was made at the Trades Hall yesterday. ...

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  20. STATE LOAN.

    Under the auspices of the Country Promotion League a final open-air appeal was made in Martin-place yesterday for subscribers to the £2,000,000 loan, which is being raised by the ...

    Article : 240 words
  21. MR. BEEBY'S EXPLANATION.

    Mr. G. S. Beeby, M.L.A., who was the Minister responsible after the 1917 strike for providing premises for the convenience of waterside workers, forwards the following ...

    Article : 467 words
  22. LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    A message from The Hague states that the trend of the discussion by the Advisory Committee of Jurists is to widen the sphere of the Permanent Court of Justice to include the ...

    Article : 83 words
  23. PERSIAN MINISTRY.

    A Teheran message states that the British Government is objecting to Moshired-Dowleh, who is attempting to form a new Cabinet in Persia, especially as he stipulates for the ...

    Article : 80 words
  24. BASIC WAGE.

    The President, Judge Brown, in the Industrial Court, delivered judgment in the living wage case, which arose out of an appeal by employees in the printing trade. The previous ...

    Article : 188 words
  25. SOLDIER SETTLEMENTS.

    Mr. Storey, Premier, stated last night that the Government has now definitely decided that the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the administration of the soldier settlement ...

    Article : 165 words
  26. GERMANY.

    A Berlin message says that Herr Ebert, in accordance with the Constitution, has asked the Reichstag to fix a date for the Presidential election. This has aroused a discussion ...

    Article : 102 words
  27. NEW ZEALAND MINERS' TROUBLE.

    A deadlock has arisen in the dispute between the Miners' Federation and the coalmine owners regarding work at four mines in South Island. The union officials say the trouble ...

    Article : 49 words
  28. TARTAR REVOLUTION.

    The Bolsheviks savagely repressed the Tartar counter-revolution in the Caucasus. It is reported that they destroyed the town of Elizabethpol. Many Tartar refugees are ...

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  29. DISAPPOINTED STEWARDS.

    The Marine Stewards' Union issued an official statement yesterday to its members expressing disappointment at the recent decision of the Federal-Arbitration Court in regard to the ...

    Article : 119 words
  30. DOMINION LOAN FORESHADOWED.

    In his speech at the opening of Parliament the Governor-General said the Government was faced with demands for expenditure far beyond anything which the consolidated ...

    Article : 47 words
  31. "THE KING'S HOUSE."

    The "Daily Express" announces that a magnificent building, within a stone's throw of the House of Commons, which was intended for a Government department, will be ...

    Article : 139 words
  32. MEMBERS' PAY.

    The executive of the New South Wales Farmern and Settlers' Association has decided to ask delegates to the next annual conference in August to register a strong ...

    Article : 368 words
  33. DEATH OF A PIONEER.

    The death is announced, from his home, Kierstone, Mutton Falls, near Tarana, of Mr. William Webb, one of the oldest and bestknown pioneers in the west. The deceased ...

    Article : 146 words
  34. IMMIGRATION.

    "The Government guarantee of 7/6 per bushel for wheat with prospects of a much higher price being realised, should encourage landholders to do their utmost to put under ...

    Article : 145 words
  35. MORTDALE SCHOOL HONOUR ROLL.

    A roll of honour, bearing the names of over a hundred old boys of Mortdale Public School who saw service, was unveiled at the school on Saturday afternoon by the Minister for Labour ...

    Article : 79 words
  36. FRIENDLY SOCIETY'S WAR RECORD

    Speaking at the unveiling of a Protestant Alliance honour roll, containing thirty names, in the Masonic Hall, the Grand Master, Bro. Petrie, stated that the membership of the ...

    Article : 207 words
  37. BREAK OF GAUGE.

    When the State Premiers met in Melbourne on July 16, they will have placed before them a novel proposal for overcoming the break of gauge difficulty. The Under-Treasurer for ...

    Article : 186 words
  38. WIDENING GEORGE-STREET.

    The president of the People's Open-air Spaces Movement has been notified by the Lord Mayor that he will receive a deputation at an early date in regard to the widening of ...

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  39. LODGES AND DOCTORS.

    Reference to a pending new agreement between the lodges and doctors was made at a gathering of delegates in Bathurst last week to participate in the unveiling of a Protestant ...

    Article : 153 words
  40. BRITISH RAILWAYS.

    The Government intends to release the railways returning them to private ownership, but proposes new groupings, designed to permit if more economical working. The ...

    Article : 49 words
  41. WINDFAIL FOR VICTORIAN TREASURY.

    Probate amounting to £210,826 was paid to day in the estate of Mr. William Gibson, of Smith-street, Collingwood, draper and importer, who died in July of last year. The ...

    Article : 52 words
  42. A NEW ZEALAND EXPERIMENT.

    The System of having the telephone and telegraph services under the control of a postal official has been abandoned in New Zealand. The entire technical organisation of the ...

    Article : 67 words
  43. BORDER RAILWAY TRAFFIC.

    At a meeting of the Albury Chamber of Commerce it was unanimously decided to co-operate in the Victorian movement to bring about the duplication of the ...

    Article : 43 words
  44. NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE.

    A big meeting of dairy producers, held at Palmerston North, decided to take immediate steps to form a New Zealand company to co-operate with the Co-operative Wholesale ...

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  45. AERIAL EXPRESS.

    A Paris message says that a French company [?]s inaugurating an aerial express, between Paris, Warsaw, and Constantinople, linking up with London. Recent trials ...

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  46. ADRIFT IN A CATAMARAN.

    Captain R. Stringer, master of the steamer Kidderpore, which arrived yesterday from the East, reported that on June 17, four days after leaving Sandakan, a Malay fisherman ...

    Article : 114 words
  47. WIRELESS TELEPHONY.

    On Saturday morning a demonstration of wireless telephony was carried out at the aircraft display now on view at the Exhibition Building. The instruments used were an ...

    Article : 100 words
  48. MAN SHOOTS HIMSELF.

    A man, who registered his name as Miller, was found dead in bed at a local hotel on Saturday morning. An automatic pistol was between the teeth and ball had pierced ...

    Article : 75 words
  49. FOR BLIND SOLDIERS.

    As the result of a collection recently made on board the Royal Packet Navigation Company's steamer Houtman oh behalf of blind Australian soldiers a sum of £18/8/4 was ...

    Article : 56 words
  50. A PRISONER'S ESCAPE.

    Thorald Knudsen, who was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, on a charge of theft, cut his way through the cell walls, two inches thick, at Hamilton, Waikato, where he was ...

    Article : 51 words
  51. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Doug[?]s Fairbanks and Mary Pickford have [?] make an serial tour of Europe. ...

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