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  2. ELECTIONS.

    The Premier, in his speeches to-day, as at Inverell and Glen Inues yesterday, urged that there should be the heartiest cooperation between the Nationalists and the ...

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  3. DIRECT ACTION REJECTED

    A special meeting of the Trades Union Congress assembled this morning to consider action to compel the adoption of the nationalisation of the mines. Mr. J. H. Thomas, ...

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  4. LATE CABLE NEWS.

    A comprehensive outline of the education proposals of the Government was given yesterday by the Minister for Education (Mr. A. James) at the laying of the foundation ...

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  5. IMMIGRATION.

    In the House of Commons, Lieut.-Colonel Amery (Under Secretary for the Colonies), speaking on the Colonial Office vote, describod the work of the Oversea Settlement Office. ...

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  6. FEDERAL SESSION.

    In the House of Representatives the Minister for the Navy, on behalf of the Treasurer, replying to a suggestion by Mr. Jowett (Vic.) that the personnel of the Royal Commission ...

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  7. TURKEY.

    It is semi-officially reported that the political situation in Damascus is serious. The Emir, Feisul has summoned a Syrian Congress, which intends to declare the complete ...

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  8. SIR RICHARD RICHARDS.

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  9. IRELAND.

    Yesterday's meeting of the Ulster Unionist Council is generally regarded as the most momentous ever held. The speeches were marked by intense seriousness and ...

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  10. LONG SERVICES TO CITY.

    Alderman Sir Richard Richards, Lord Mayor of Sydney, died yesterday morning at 5.30 o'clock at St. Kilda Hospital, Elizabeth Bay, after a long illness. ...

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  11. MINISTER'S TRIBUTE.

    The Premier forwarded the following telegram to Lady Richards:—"On behalf of myself and my colleagues I beg to extend to you our profound sympathy in the great loss which ...

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  12. AMERICAN NAVY.

    Admiral Sims, giving evidence before the Senate Naval Investigation Committee, said the failure of the Navy Department to act quickly upon his recommendations, and to ...

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  13. SILO CONTRACT.

    The Chief Secretary, Sir George Fuller, speaking at Albury last night, dealt at length with Mr. Beeby and his statements in regard to the silo contract, among other ...

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  14. SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTIONS.

    This evening the position of parties as a result of the general elections was Unionist party 19, Labour party 21, South African party l8. Nationalist party 20. The Nationalists ...

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  15. EXPORT OF METALS.

    Speaking in the House of Representatives on the Supply Bill to-day, Mr. Page (Q.) asked the Prime Minister that Queensland mines be allowed to expert silver, lead, and ...

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  16. THE SENATE.

    In the Senate, Senator Maughan (Q.) was informed by Senator Russell that no portion of the Navigation Act was yet actually in operation. ...

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  17. LABOUR'S REGRET.

    "I regret very much to hear of the death of the Lord Mayor," said Alderman W. H. Lambert, president of the Australian Labour party, yesterday. "Sir Richard Richards was ...

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  18. ALLIED OFFICERS.

    There are frequent demonstrations of hostility towards Allied officers throughout Germany. A British colonel and French and Belgian ...

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  19. COUNCIL TO MEET ON TUESDAY.

    At noon on Tuesday next the city aldermen will meet at the Town Hall to consider the situation created by the death of Sir Richard Richards. ...

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  20. FRIEDRICHSRUH.

    The troopship Friedrichsrub, the voyage of which was reported to have been marked by a number of unpleasant incidents, arrived in Sydney Harbour yesterday. She brought 330 ...

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  21. RUSSIA.

    A message received in Copenhagen from Helsingfors reports that General Skobeltsin, commanding the White Russian troops in Murmansk is approaching the Finnish frontier with ...

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  22. LABOUR'S PROPOSALS.

    The leader of the Labour party (Mr. John Storey), speaking at Kiama of the establishment by the Labour Government of State metal quarries for the purpose of supplying ...

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  23. LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    Senator Lodge, during a debate in the Senate, referred to President Wilson's letter to Senator Hitchcock. It was unfortunate, he said, that President Wilson declared the ...

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  24. TUG HEROINE.

    Messrs. J. and J. Fenwick's tug Heroine arrived in port early yesterday morning after an absence of three years, during which she was engaged in salvage and rescue work under ...

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  25. ALIENS DISMISSED.

    The management of the Cockatoo Island Dockyards state that the unions have no cause to be alarmed regarding the dismissal of alien workmen. ...

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  26. TRADE WITH GERMANY.

    It is understood that the Federal Ministry is reviewing the position with regard to trade with Germany in the light of recent events, and that some modification of the present ...

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  27. PHOSPHATE.

    When the Nauru agreement was completed in Paris in June, 1919, it was estimated that it would cost £3,000,000 to buy out the Pacific Phosphate Company's interests. Negotiations ...

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  28. HINDENBURG.

    It is reported from Berlin that there is a widespread movement in favour of the nomination of Hindenburg as President of Germany. He is willing to accept nomination. ...

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  29. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES.

    A conference of delegates of the Agricultural societies of the northern districts was held last night, when representatives of Newcastle Maitland, Singleton, and Gloucester ...

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  30. CHINA TOWN.

    Mr. Justice Ewing yesterday continued his inquiry into the administration of Northern Territory. Mr. Mervin J. Holmes, medical practitionor ...

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  31. MR. EVANS AND THE A.L.P.

    Sir,—In your issue of the 9th, under the heading of "Mr. Minahan Threatened Expulsion," I have read with some amusement that he (Mr. Minahan) states; "The trial to which ...

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  32. DOUBLE INCOME TAX.

    The "Daily Express" says the report of the Income Tax Act Commission favours the abolition of the double income tax and suggests one tax, namely, the highest, where the profits ...

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  33. STERLING EXCHANGE.

    There was a sharp recovery in sterling today. The rate is now quoted at 3.82½ dollars to £1. ...

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  34. BETTING SHOP.

    At the police court to-day William, Wood, tobacconist, for keeping a common betting house, was fined £150, in default six months' imprisonment. ...

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  35. SHIPPING PROFITS.

    The Shipping Board has announced that the profits from Government operations covering shipping business up to June 20, 1919, totalled over 166,000,000 dollars. ...

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  36. BRITAIN'S AIR FORCE.

    Major George Tryon (Under-Secretary for Air), in introducing the air estimates into the House of Commons, stated that the personnel of the air force had been reduced from 164,000 ...

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  37. DAVIS CUP.

    Another late entry for this year's competition for the Davis Cup has reached Sydney. Yesterday Mr. T. H. Hicks, hon. secretary of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australasia, ...

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  38. EGYPTIAN PROTECTORATE.

    The Legislative Assembly met unofficially and adopted a resolution declaring the Protectorate illegal, also that Egypt and the Sudan were inseparable and independent. ...

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  39. UNION OFFICIALS.

    Union secretaries and organisors have now decided to demand from their respective organisations a 44-hour week of five days. This announcement was made at the Sydney Trades ...

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  40. WESTERN SUBURBS.

    In the course of an address at Enmore last night, Mr. E. A. M'T[?]ernan, one of the Labour candidates for the Western Suburbs electorate, said that one of the most ...

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  41. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A report from Vienna states that a party of Hungarian officers drove up to Stockerau Hospital and vainly attempted to kidnap Bela Kun. ...

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  42. BRITAIN'S WHEAT CROP.

    In the House of Commons at question time Mr. Lloyd George stated that in order to relieve the anxiety of the British farmer the price of the 1920 wheat crop would be ...

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  43. FARM-WORKERS' WAGES.

    The Agricultural Wages Board is increasing the minimum wage to 42/ weekly for farm[?] in England and Wales. ...

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