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  2. WOOL TOPS CONTRACT

    Correspondence between the Colonial Combing, Spinning, and Weaving Company, Limited, and the Prime Minister relative to the wool tops contract, and also letters exchanged on ...

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  3. THE ELECTIONS.

    The suggestion that Progressive members, who may hold the balance of power in the newly-elected Legislative Assembly, will be free to support a Labour Government in the ...

    Article : 292 words
  4. FEDERAL SESSION.

    Replying to Mr. Fleming (N.S.W.), the Assistant Minister for Defence, Sir Granville Ryrie, sand no allocation of profits had yet been made from the A.I.F. canteens for the ...

    Article : 410 words
  5. PRICE OF SUGAR.

    An Order-in-Council was issued this afternoon under the Commercial Activities Act prescribing the price at which sugar of the grade known as IA may be sold at 6d per 1b, ...

    Article : 134 words
  6. BOLSHEVISM.

    A despatch from Berlin states that the Bauer Cabinet has resigned. The Reds hold Swinemunde (37 miles northwest of Stettin). A British destroyer, ...

    Article : 432 words
  7. IRELAND.

    The remains of the late Alderman Ma[?]Curtain, Lord Mayor of Cork, were buried in St. Finbarr's Cemetery, Cork, the ceremony being attended by 15,000 citizens and 3000 Irish ...

    Article : 196 words
  8. THE TARIFF.

    "The effect of the tariff directly will undoubtedly be to increase the cost of living," said Mr. Arthur A. C. Cocks, ex-president of the Chamber of Commerce. "There is no ...

    Article : 389 words
  9. LATE CABLE NEWS

    The Yokohama correspondent of the "Chicago News" telegraphs that the newspapers discuss at great length Mr. Daniels's proposal for the United States navy. One ...

    Article : 132 words
  10. MR. HUGHES'S STATEMENT.

    The Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, made a statement regarding the retail price of sugar immediately the House of Representatives assembled this afternoon. Mr. Hughes said ...

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  11. CHINA AND GERMANY.

    The Peking correspondent of the "New York Times" telegraphs that Germany's unofficial representations for the resumption of commercial relations with China, which were ...

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  12. TURKEY.

    The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" says it is understood that the reply of the United States to the Allies, concerning the latter's tentative plan for the ...

    Article : 131 words
  13. GERMAN UNEMPLOYED.

    The Berlin correspondent of the "Chicago Tribune" interviewed Baron Von Lersner, German Charge d'Affaires in Paris, who said that Sparticism would prevail in ...

    Article : 85 words
  14. "TIME WE KNEW TOTALS."

    "It is time that the Chief Electoral Officer was in possession of the total number of votes recorded last Saturday in order that the quotas should be ascertained and the position ...

    Article : 143 words
  15. FEDERAL OPINION.

    In Federal circles the opinion is expressed that the new tariff indicates clearly that its effect will be to raise the cost of living considerably and to create monopolles. In many ...

    Article : 374 words
  16. PEACE TREATY.

    Senator Thomas, speaking in the Senate, pointed out that any attempt which was made to pass a resolution declaring peace over the Presidential v[?]to was bound to ...

    Article : 52 words
  17. AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO.

    President Wilson has nominated Mr. Henry Morganthau, formerly Ambassador to Turkey, as Ambassador to Mexico. It is understood that President Wilson feels that the United ...

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  18. THE SENATE.

    In the Senate the second reading of the Immigration Bill was moved by Senator Russell, who explained that it was a machinery measure designed to strengthen the existing ...

    Article : 119 words
  19. TRANSPORT SERVICES.

    Sir Eric Geddes (Minister for Transport), in addressing the members of the Institution of Civil Engineers, of which he is president, said only England and America based their ...

    Article : 124 words
  20. NO NEW DECISIONS.

    Mr. Holman yesterday gave an emphatic denial to the suggestion that the Government is either making or contemplating any new appointments, or any important decisions, ...

    Article : 154 words
  21. AVIATION.

    The French aviators, Poulet and Benoit, who have arrived at Singapore from Marseilles, are awaiting spare parts before leaving shortly for Rangoon. ...

    Article : 140 words
  22. FINANCE.

    Speaking at a municipal reception to-day, the Federal Treasurer (Mr. Watt) said that in that morning's paper he was referred to as a profligate spender of the taxpayers' money. ...

    Article : 211 words
  23. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A Washington message says the Senate Finance Committee has decided to impose heavy import duties on foreign aircraft in order to protect American manufacturers. ...

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  24. BERLIOZ' "FAUST."

    "La Damnation de Faust" is mainly a work of ensemble, the scheme of the dramatic cantata subordinating the solo-interest to that of the orchestral and choral music. In these ...

    Article : 658 words
  25. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Keen interest was manifested in the speech of Mr. Asquith at the National Liberal Club this afternoon, owing to the expectation that be would reply to Mr. Lloyd George's recent ...

    Article : 270 words
  26. JAPAN.

    The Australian Press Association learns there is little reason to doubt that the Marquis Salonji, when visiting London after the Peace Conference, broached with Lord Curzon ...

    Article : 402 words
  27. H.M.S. HOOD.

    Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eynecourt, lecturing before the Institution of Naval Architects on the lessons of the war, said the battleship Hood had been reconstructed to withstand ...

    Article : 95 words
  28. FREETRADE DEAD.

    "The tariff as submitted by the Federal Government is such a long one that I have not had time yet either to peruse it carefully or to consult the various industries interested," ...

    Article : 328 words
  29. LANG WARD.

    Mr. P. J. Craddock, one of the candidates for the vacancy in Lang Ward of the City Council, has withdrawn from the contest. He is of opinion that his candidature would cause a ...

    Article : 60 words
  30. THE ROYAL LEVEE.

    The first levee since 1914 was held in St. James' Palace. The King drove in semistate, escorted by a detachment of Household Cavalry, whose khaki contrasted with ...

    Article : 117 words
  31. INDUSTRY FOR TASMANIA.

    It is understood there is every probability of the firm of Cadbury's establishing a large cocoa and chocolate factory near Hobart. ...

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  32. THE 44-HOUR WEEK.

    Sir,—The attempt by an insignificant minority of carpenters to take a mean advantage of the present boom in the building trade by attempting to [?]nfor[?] a 44-hours' working ...

    Article : 185 words
  33. NATIONALISATION.

    Mr. Havelock Wilson has sent a manifesto to the National Sailors' and Firemen's union asking them to vote against the nationalisation of shipping, because State control would ...

    Article : 44 words
  34. DECIMAL COINAGE.

    The Royal Commission on the advisability of introducing decimal coinage has reported against the proposal, declaring that the advantages to be gained in keeping accoun[?]s ...

    Article : 91 words
  35. "AN UNSCIENTIFIC TARIFF."

    "The Government calls the new tariff a scientific one," said Mr. J. M. Sandy, of Sandy and Co., Limited, when speaking upon it yesterday. "It is anything but that. A tariff ...

    Article : 208 words
  36. AUSTRALIAN FREIGHTS.

    The Australian Press Association learns that the reduction in the price of coal is not likely to cause a corresponding reduction in Australian freights. ...

    Article : 75 words
  37. TONNAGE FOR WHEAT.

    Sufficient tonnage will be diverted from other routes, chiefly the East, to lift an extra 100,000 tons of Australian wheat. ...

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  38. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—This is an illustration of the method by which unions obtain "majorities" in favour of the 44-hour proposal. The Painters' Union took a ballot by attendance only, and ...

    Article : 210 words
  39. AMERICA'S SECRETARY OF STATE.

    A message from Washington states that the Senate has ratified Mr. Bainbridge Colby's nomination as Secretary of State. ...

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  40. THE CHURCH AND THE TRADES HALL.

    A delegation from the New South Wales Methodist Conference visited the Trades Hall last night, and addressed the members of the New South Wales Labour Council on industrial ...

    Article : 385 words
  41. SURPLUS WAR STORES.

    Mr. Kelleway, Deputy-Minister for Munitions, in a speech at Bedford, stated that the total realised by the sale of surplus war stores, and stores purchased on trading ...

    Article : 68 words
  42. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Lady Heaton, window of Sir John Henniker Heaton, from pneumonia. [The late Lady Heaton was the only daughter ...

    Article : 236 words
  43. HOARDED GOLD.

    Information supplied to Senator Pratten (N.S.W.) in the Senate to-day revealed that as a result of the suggestion which had been made that certain [?]ndians were obtaining gold ...

    Article : 207 words
  44. FATAL SNAKE BITE.

    An inquest was held by the City Coroner (Mr. Jamieson) yesterday into the death of Theresa Caton, 27, who died at the Manly Hospital on March 13 as the result of a bite from ...

    Article : 243 words
  45. NAVIGATION ACT.

    The Minister for Trade and Customs, Mr. Massy Greene, replying to Mr. Matthews (Vic.) in the House of Representatives today, said no date had yet been fixed for the ...

    Article : 86 words
  46. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Australian precious stones at the Lyone Exhibition are attracting considerable attention, especially the black opais. The latter will be shown in Paris and London. ...

    Article : 269 words
  47. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—Kindly allow me space to reply to the statement that secretaries contend that the most inconsiderate employers are the unions themselves. This appeared in your issue of ...

    Article : 303 words
  48. RETURNED SOLDIERS' LEAGUE.

    The report of the year's operations submitted last evening to the annual meeting of the New South Wales branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League of ...

    Article : 114 words
  49. LAUNCH'S ROUGH VOYAGE.

    After three weeks' battling with heavy seas, there arrived in port yesterday afternoon the 25-ton launch Edina, from Tasmania. The last stage of the journey up the coast from ...

    Article : 105 words
  50. LOW PASS LIST.

    There was a surprisingly low percentage of passes in the fifth year medical examination at the Sydne[?] University, the result of which was announend yesterday. The examination ...

    Article : 47 words
  51. AMERICAN NAVY.

    [?] Harris La[?]ing, assistant-chief of the Navigation Bureau, giving evidence before the Naval [?]nvestigation Committee of the House of Representatives, pointed out that chaos ...

    Article : 68 words
  52. HAIR[?]ESSERS' PRICES.

    At a meeting of city hairdressers last night the following rate of charges in city saloons was decided upon:—Shave 9d, hair trim 1/6, beard trim 1/, singeing 1/, shampooing 1/6, ...

    Article : 50 words
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