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  2. PASSPORTS.

    To get into Australia from abroad, or to get out of it for countries overaca, is not, even in days of peace, quite the simple thing that might generally be imagined. A person, ...

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  3. COOGEE MYSTERY.

    Investigations yesterday by the staff of men under Superintendent Bannan into the circumstances of the death of Mrs. Marjorie Meagher, who was found murdered at Coombe ...

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  4. THE ELECTIONS.

    "I wish to give you justice and a fair and square deal. But I want to make this clear to you: That I am not going to ruin this country in order to buy the soldiers' ...

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  5. WAR GRATUITY.

    The Prime Minister announced yesterday that arrangements have now been completed with the banks by which a sum totalling £6,000,000 will be made avallable as soon as ...

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  6. BELOW FOUR DOLLARS.

    Sterling exchange on Thursday was quoted in New York at 3.99[?] dollars, which means that for a bill for £100 held in New York and due in London the New York banks would only ...

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  7. ELECTIONS.

    It it believed that the Socialists have only secured about 100 seats at the Parliamentary elections out of 525. Supplementary elections for Trieste and the Trentino will be held ...

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  8. PEACE TREATY.

    Reports from Paris state that the Germans are greatly encouraged by the failure of the peace Treaty in the United States. French opinion fears that the United States will not ...

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  9. THE FLIGHT.

    The Blackburn-Kangaroo machine flew from an aerodrome near Hull and arrived at Hounslow in two and a half hours, in readiness to start for Australia on Thursday. ...

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  10. GERMANY.

    The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" says that the whole transit system of Germany is in a chaotic state. The old trans-European trains no longer traverse ...

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  11. RUSSIA.

    A Bolshevik wireless message claims the capture of Kursk (333 miles south-west of Moscow). It also claims that the month's captures ...

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  12. INFLUENZA'S HEAVY TOLL.

    The Medical Research Committee reports that since the armistice influenza has killed more young people than the total lives lost on the battlefields. The British insurance ...

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  13. POULET'S ACHIEVEMENT.

    Although Etienne Poulet, the French aviator, is not eligible to compete for the prize of £10,000 offered by the Commonwealth Government for a successful flight to Australia, ...

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  14. COAL-TRIMMERS' HIGH EARNINGS.

    The South "Wales Miners' Federation has decided to take a ballot on the question of a strike to resist the payment of income tax on less than £250. Twenty-five trimmers who ...

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  15. STATE SESSION.

    In moving the second reading of the Secret Commissions Prohibition Bill in tho Legislative Council yesterday, Mr. J. Garland (Attorney-General) said the measure was ...

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  16. THE MUSICIANS.

    The strike declared by the Musicians Union comes into operation to-night. The theatrical and picture ahow proprietors state that they will be able to fill the ...

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  17. GRAVE MATTER POR AUSTRALIA.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) referred yessterday to the position of the Peace Treaty before the U.S.A. Senate. "If as appears to be the case, the action ...

    Article : 251 words
  18. AIR TRAGEDY.

    The Australian Press Association interviewed Miss Mabel Woolley, the late Captain Douglas's fiancee, who said: "I am thoroug[?]ly dissatisfied with the conduct of the inquest. ...

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  19. ANTI-DUMPING BELL.

    The Government has introduced an Anti-Dumping Bill. It appoints a trade regulation committee, which will regulate importations, with a view of preventing dumping and ...

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  20. HUSBAND BEFORE COURT.

    Yesterday the husband, John Meagher, aged 34, described as a man of independent means, was brought before Mr. Giles Shaw, at the Central Police Court, charged with the ...

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  21. RECORD SHOPPING IN BRITAIN

    West End shopkeepers assert that there will be record Christmas shopping. The great stores are already as crowded as in December, £50 being given for ornate handbags and ...

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  22. COASTAL SEAMEN.

    The strike declared by the Sydney branch of the Seamen's Union has not up to the present interfered seriously with the coastal traffic. ...

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  23. MUSICIANS' AGREEMENT.

    Mr. C. B. Westmacott, general, manager of J. C. Williamson, Ltd., staten that the secretary of the Musicians' Union asserted there was no agreement in existence ...

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  24. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    Edward Durnan has challenged A. D. Felton to row at Toronto in July. ...

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  25. LAWN TENNIS TEAM.

    The Lawn Tennis Association, replying to a cable from Australia inquiring whether an English team is available for touring matches, stated that Beamish and Love are available, ...

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  26. BRITISH INDUSTRIES.

    The president of the Board of Trade (Sir Auckland Geddes), addressing the Industrial League, said the country was employing 300,000 more men and women than before the ...

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  27. OLD ZOO SITE.

    Alderman Meagher, replying to the Minister for Education, explains why in 1916 he wrote a minute, as Lord Mayor, recommending the leasing of the old Zoo site. ...

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  28. FALLEN SOLDIERS' CHILDREN.

    At a meeting at the Town Hall of those intereated in the Anzac Welcome Home Association, a credit balance of £600 was revealed, and it was unanimously decided to ...

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  29. MURRAY DAM.

    In regard to the ceremonies arranged to take place here on November 28 in connection with the turning of the first sod of the great weir, the Albury Council, on the suggestion of the ...

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  30. DAISY KENNEDY.

    Daisy Kennedy, hor grass-green sports-coat beneath a voluminous black cloak, a Birettalike hat above her auburn hair, with her tall figure looking for all the world like a ...

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  31. H.M.A.S. AUSTRALIA.

    "I have an item of news," said, Sir Joseph Cook (Minister for the Navy) yesterday, "which will be welcome to many people. It is to the effect that the ratings on the ...

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  32. NAVAL POLICY.

    In the House of Commons Major David Davies inquired at whose instigation Lord Jellicoe visited Australia, and what action the Admiralty was taking in connection with ...

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  33. THE PRINCE OF WALES.

    On leaving the City Hall the Prince of Wales noticed Lieutenant W. J. Grose, of Brisbane, in the crowd. He beckoned to him, and asked when he was returning home, and ...

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  34. RAILWAY MATERIAL.

    Some interesting figures concerning the rise in prices of railway material since the commencement of the war—roughly from 50 to 150 per cent.—were given by the Premier ...

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  35. BRITISH SHIPS IN BALTIC.

    It is officially announced that British ships aro withdrawing from the Baltic a fortnight hence. They have been acting as police to prevent the Bolshevik ships emerging. The ice ...

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  36. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A message from Louisville (Kentucky) states that Fritz Kreisler, violinist, was refused permission to appear at the Opera House because he is an Austrian. ...

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  37. GERMAN MILITARISM.

    A message from Berlin states that a renewal of the militarism demonstration on Monday, in exceptation of Hindenburg's arrival, resulted in disputes between the Nationalists ...

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  38. RAILWAY PROPERTY.

    The Lord Mayor (Alderman R. W. Richards) has submitted a minute to the City Council atating that, taking the existing unimproved capital value as a basis for ...

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  39. DISLOYAL ALIENS.

    Mr. Hewitson, S.M., who was appointed a Royal Commission to inquire into the disloyal incidents which are allepnd to have occurred at Loxton, on the River Murray, where there ...

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  40. SHORTAGE OF COAL.

    A message received from Port Pirie states that a very serious situation confronts the Port at present, namely, the possibility of the works of the Broken Hill associated smelters ...

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  41. PEACE LOAN.

    Applicants to the Peace Loan, whose subscriptions were paid in full before the subscription list closed, are advised to make early application for the relative bonds, as the first ...

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  42. COUNCILLORS' POSITION.

    Before Mr. G. S. Shepherd, P.M., a ratepayer named M'Donald proceeded against Councillors James Hugh Balfour and William George Balfour for thnt they acted in the ...

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  43. SHOP ASSISTANTS' AWARD.

    The new shop assistants' award, which came into opuration yesterday, provides that all male shop assistants of 21 years and over shall receive £3/17/ a week. ...

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  44. FEDERAL CAPITAL.

    The conditions on which land in the Federal Capital territory may be leased are set out in regulations, which were gazetted yesterday. These regulations give the Minister for Home ...

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  45. RIOTS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    The town was seething with excitement last night during the visit of General Hertzog, who was accompanied by a procession of about 1000 Natonalist burghers. Many fights took ...

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  46. REDUCTION OF HOTELS.

    Under the Victorian system of reduction or [?]es there had been closed up to July of this year 1282 hotela, while 42 H[?] had lapsed. In 1906 there were 3448 hotels and 60 ...

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  47. INFLUENZA VALIDATING BILL.

    It is the intention of the State Government to pass a small measure through Parliament before the session closes to validate the proclamations issued during the influenza epidemic. ...

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  48. NEW ZEALAND ELECTIONS.

    The campaign for the general elections, which are fixed for December 17, is now, in full swing. A contest is probable in every seat, and in some cases four or five candidates ...

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  49. LATE SHIPPING.

    Australic, s, for Brisbane. ...

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  50. RELIEF TO FARMERS.

    In the House of Assembly a bill was passed to give relief to farmers in areas to bo proclaimed as drought stricken, the relief to be advances as first charges on the land. In cases ...

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  51. THE EX-KAISER.

    Certain of the Allies are distinctly weakening on the question of the trial of the exKaiser. The British delegates on the Supreme Council are adopting a strong attitude ...

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  52. DEATH OF MR. W. J. RAINBOW.

    The death occurred yesterday at his residence, Arcadia, Ann-street, Marrickville, of Mr. William Joseph Rainbow, a prominent scientist, connected with the Australian ...

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  53. LEVUKA'S PASSENGERS.

    The steamer Levuka called in to-day and took aboard the following passengers:—For Sydney: Mr. Murphy (Administrator); Claude Murphy, wife, child, and maid; Mesdames Russ and child, Cotter and two ...

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  54. BOY KILLED ON RAILWAY.

    While riding on a carriage platform on a train near Rockdale last evening, Archie Durle, aged 15, of Bay-street, Brighton-le-sands, fell to the permanent way, and was ...

    Article : 43 words
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