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  2. RACE WINNINGS.

    The question whether the proceeds of betting should be included in income tax returns was argued yesterday before the Royal Commission which is inquiring into the ...

    Article : 510 words
  3. YOTING REFORM.

    Under the system of preferential voting for the Senate, proposed in the bill to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act, 1918, which was read a first time in the Senate to-day, the ...

    Article : 350 words
  4. LIVING WAGE.

    The Employers' Federation has asked the State Government to communicate with the other States and the Federal authorities, with a, view of convening a conference of ...

    Article : 404 words
  5. WHEAT INQUIRY.

    Theo Royal Commission, which is inquiring into the Goorgeson Wheat contract, the administration of the State Wheat Office, and the investments and financial position of Mr. W. ...

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  6. THE CONSTITUTION.

    The bill to amend the Constitution by giving the Commonwealth power to nationalise monopolies was made a measure of urgency as soon as the House met this morning, and ...

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  7. LABOUR'S MASTERS.

    Mr. Hughes showed flashes of his old fighting form this morning when replying to interjections. When he was speaking on the Constitution Bill in the House of Representatives. ...

    Article : 452 words
  8. LATE CABLE NEWS.

    The question has been raised whether the Government should pay the railway men's wages for the week's work prior to the strike. It is stated that the Government has decided ...

    Article : 126 words
  9. CONFERENCE FAILS

    Mr. J. H. Thomas (general secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen) announced to-night that to-day's conference had broken down. No settlement had been reached. ...

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  10. CANADIAN LEGISLATION

    The Ottawa correspondent of the New York Times" says the Prime Minister (Sir Robert Borden) has announced that a revision of the tariff will be made, in which the revenue and ...

    Article : 101 words
  11. FLOODS IN SPAIN.

    A Madrid message reports floods in Eastern Spain. The rice crops have been ruined. Trains are unable to run. Many persons have been drowned. Twelve feet of water in a ...

    Article : 45 words
  12. PEACE TREATY.

    The Chamber of Deputies ratified the Peace Treaty by an overwhelming majority. SIGNIFICANT VOTE IN U.S. SENATE. ...

    Article : 138 words
  13. NEED FOR A NAVY.

    In the course of a farewell spoech at Auckland, Admiral Viscount Jellicoe said such a dominion as New Zealand was worth living for. It also was worth fighting for. In the ...

    Article : 173 words
  14. EXPLANATION BY MR. JAMES.

    The Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. James), who has charge of the Government proposals concerning the living wage, explained yesterday' that it was not certain ...

    Article : 151 words
  15. ALLEGED THEFT.

    The Police Court was crowded when evidence was commenced in the charge against P. F. C. Holzberger, a well-known Brisbane solicitor, that he received stolen military ...

    Article : 401 words
  16. HOUSE SHORTAGE.

    The housing position in Newcastle is very acute. Houses are extremely scarce, and in consequence rents are high. Many now industries which have opened and are opening ...

    Article : 284 words
  17. ADRIATIC PROBLEM.

    Admiral Knapp, commanding the American forces in the Adriatic, has reported that only American intervention at Trau prevented bloodshed between the Italians and Jugo Slavs. ...

    Article : 93 words
  18. THE SEAMEN.

    The trouble between the seamen and the New South Wales coastal steamship owners remains unsettled. It was announced yesterday that the general secretary of the union ...

    Article : 78 words
  19. SERIOUS CHARGES.

    Mr. Justice Cussen, sitting as a Royal Commission, opened an inquiry to-day into the allegations made in the Legislative Assembly recently by Mr. Hogan, Caucus Labour ...

    Article : 535 words
  20. FOR MOTHERS.

    At the annual convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union yesterday a resolution was carried expressing the opinion that in view of the difficulty presented by the ...

    Article : 67 words
  21. RACE RIOTS.

    The Omaha correspondent of the "New York Times" reports that another negro assaulted a white woman. The newspapers suppressed the fact in order to prevent the ...

    Article : 88 words
  22. NECESSARY COMMODITIES.

    The question of intervention with regard to the present high prices of potatoes, and an application to have boots and shoes declared necessary commodities, were amongst ...

    Article : 659 words
  23. STEAMER TAMBO.

    Mears. Burns, Philp, and Co., Ltd, report having received a further wireless message from their representative at Ocean Island. It states that the Tambo lies in an exposed ...

    Article : 165 words
  24. DETAINED MALTESE.

    It was stated by Senator Russell in the Senate to-day, in reply to a question, that in October, 1916, on the eve of the conscription campaign, the Gango arrived with 214 ...

    Article : 242 words
  25. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    NEW YORK, Oct. 2. A despatch from Mexico city reports that floods in the northern part of Chiapas have wiped out Chllan. Thousands of people are ...

    Article : 202 words
  26. UNREST IN CHINA.

    A despatch from Peking says that attempts to resume the conference between delegates from north and south China are likely to prove unsuccessful. The southern delegates ...

    Article : 107 words
  27. COMMERCIAL AVIATION.

    Now that such keen public interest is being shown in aviation, and the possibility of several machines making flights from England to Australia, the necessity of an Air Navigation ...

    Article : 545 words
  28. DAVIS CUP.

    In order to expedite the fixing of dates for the challenge tie of the Davis Cup the following cablegramt has been Bent to the Lawn Tennis Association (England) by the Lawn ...

    Article : 131 words
  29. STEEL TRUST.

    The Bethlehem Steel Corporation has issued a statement announcing that all the plants are running virtually to their full capacity. ...

    Article : 97 words
  30. RAILWAY WORKSHOPS.

    Interest is still being manifested in trades union circles in the proposed application of the Whitley system to the railway and tramway workshops. ...

    Article : 391 words
  31. FEDERAL ECONOMY.

    There is little likelihood of the Australian Navy and Army Air Force being established in the immediate future. Although official information is being withheld, it is ...

    Article : 150 words
  32. ARTICLES OF FOOD.

    The President of the Necessary Commodities Commission (Judge Rolln) referred yesterday to, the general shortage of foodstuffs which had in recent cases been brought under ...

    Article : 95 words
  33. TRADE WITH AMERICA.

    Mr. Mark Sheldon, Australian Trade Commissioner, who has arrived on route to the United States, said he hoped the development of trade between the United States and ...

    Article : 147 words
  34. NON-PAYING.

    The annual report of the Commissioner of Railways for the year ended June 30 shows that out of 5612 miles open to traffic in Queensland only one section of 100 miles, ...

    Article : 134 words
  35. CHILDREN AND THE CINEMA.

    Various aspects of the influence of the cinema upon children were discussed in a paper read at the Workers Education Association's conference last night by Mr. ...

    Article : 221 words
  36. FIRST SYDNEY CUP.

    An interesting racing trophy will be on exhibition in the official stand at Randwick today, in the shape of a trophy provided for the first races held on Hyde Park in May, ...

    Article : 189 words
  37. BELGIAN ROYAL VISITORS.

    The King and Queen of the Belgians arrived on board the George Washington. The [?] was beflagged, and the vice-president extended greetings on behalf of President ...

    Article : 99 words
  38. FEDERAL SESSION.

    The House, of Representatives to-day decided, in the face of requests by the Opposition for the reason for this," to Bit on Tuesday next. The reason, of course, is the ...

    Article : 98 words
  39. HORSE-MAIMING.

    On Wednesday night two of the numerous constables who have been patrolling park lands around Adelaide in search of the horsekiller, arrested a man who was leading a ...

    Article : 75 words
  40. RAILWAY SHUNTERS.

    Shunters in the Melbourne railway yards who remained away from work last Sunday on a point of dispute regarding Sunday pay, have resolved by 182 votes to 18 that they will ...

    Article : 65 words
  41. BEENARD HALL'S PAINTINGS.

    As the result of their recent visit to Messrs. Anthony Hordern and Sons' Art Gallery, the trustees of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales have purchased two paintings ...

    Article : 60 words
  42. PRESIDENT WILSON.

    President Wilson's condition is worse, and a nerve specialist has been called to attend ...

    Article : 26 words
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