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  2. REDISTRIBUTION. TWENTY-FOUR ELECTORATES.

    The next Parliament of New South Wales will consist of representatives of plural member seat's, elected under a system of proportional representation, with preferential ...

    Article : 974 words
  3. GERMANY'S ATTITUDE RANTZAU'S ARROGANT SPEECH

    The attitude of Count von Brockdorff-Rantzan (German Foreign Minister) at Versailles is the subject of universal comment. Some onlookers describe it as studied insolence. All sharply criticise his manner and the tone of his speech, pointing out that it was an attempt to pose on terms of equality with ...

    Article : 381 words
  4. JAPAN AND FRANCE.

    The "New York" Herald's Paris correspondent learns on the highest authority that the Marquis Sainui, head of the Japanese Peace Delegation, is negotiating with M. ...

    Article : 46 words
  5. 1916 WHEAT.

    The Premier yesterday made the following statement regarding the 1916-17 wheat harvest on behalf of the Government:— (1) The wheat of the 1916-17 harvest has ...

    Article : 821 words
  6. THE INDEMNITY AUSTRALIA'S SHARE OF THE FIRST INSTALMENT

    For some time past the Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, has been in constant communication with his colleagues in Melbourne regarding Australia's share in the indemnity to be paid by Germany. It is understood that of the first instalment of £1,000,000,000 ...

    Article : 64 words
  7. TROUBLE IN INDIA.

    The Viceroy of India reports that the Seditious Meetings Act has been extended to the Sind. Delhi, Ahzdabad, and Bombay are quiet. In Labore nine men were sentenced to ...

    Article : 85 words
  8. COUNTRY ELECTORATES.

    The new electorate district of Armidale comprises the whole of the present seats of Armidale and Gough, and takes in the neighbouring parts of Bingara, Gwydir, and ...

    Article : 731 words
  9. MR. WATT ON THE TREATY.

    The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Watt, made the following statement setting forth the views of the Cabinet regarding the peace terms:— ...

    Article : 1,025 words
  10. RETURNING AUSTRALIANS.

    Thirty-three steamers are taking troops to Australia during the next four weeks. The vessels are mostly going in ballast owing to the paucity of cargo offering. ...

    Article : 32 words
  11. DAVIS CUP.

    Following on the Australasian Association's reply to South Africa's request for admission as a competitor in this year's contest for the Davis Cup, which was to the effect ...

    Article : 150 words
  12. BRITISH VIEW OF PEACE TERMS.

    It is too early for a final expression of public opinion on the peace terms. The London newspapers are generally favourable in commenting on the terms, but point out the ...

    Article : 444 words
  13. WANTED BY KAISER.

    Lieut.-Commander Lionel Robinson, R.N., who arrived at Wellington, N.Z., a day or two ago from Vancouver, en route to Melbourne, where he is to take up a naval ...

    Article : 283 words
  14. ANOTHER SHIPPING STRIKE.

    For some unexplained reason the firemen and seamen of the coastal steamer Mourya tendered 24 hours' notice to the agents to-day, and, as a result, the vessel has been ...

    Article : 550 words
  15. A.I.F. DISCHARGES.

    The system under which discharges are now being granted to the Australian troops returning from oversea is permitting an injustice of a grave character to be done to ...

    Article : 1,020 words
  16. AUSTRIA NEXT.

    The Austro-Hungarians have been invited to St. Germain, near Paris, to receive the terms of peace, about the 12th inst. Baron Makino, interviewed, said it was ...

    Article : 115 words
  17. GRECIAN ISLANDS.

    Belated messages to the "Daily Chronicle," from Athens state that the Greek churches throughout the Dodecanese Islands have proclaimed union with Greece, defying the Pact ...

    Article : 67 words
  18. AFTER THE WAR.

    Lieut.-Colonel T. Henley, M.L.A., commissioner of the Australian Comforts Fund, writing from London, under date 21st February, to Mr. J. F. Flockhart, president of ...

    Article : 256 words
  19. DAYLIGHT ROBBERY.

    In broad daylight and within 30 yards of his office at the Zoological Gardens at the Royal Park, Mr. Dudley Le Soeuf, the curator, was attacked to-day by two footpads, blindfolded ...

    Article : 137 words
  20. M. CLEMENCEAU.

    A Paris message says there is much unrest as a resut, of May Day troubles. Socialists have resigned their positions in M. Clemenceau's Administration and at the Peace ...

    Article : 88 words
  21. BELGIUM'S CLAIMS.

    A message from Brussels dated May 4 stated that under King Albert's presidency the Cabinet discussed Belgium's position respecting the peace terms. The Premier, who was ...

    Article : 125 words
  22. FIGHT FOR MUNICH.

    A wireless message from Berlin on May 4 says the Communitst in Munich defended themselves, even women taking part in the fighting. The Communists killed ...

    Article : 52 words
  23. ELECTRICAL EMPLOYEES.

    The secretary of the Electrical Trades Union has received a notification from the management of Garden Island intimating that approval had been given for an all-round ...

    Article : 194 words
  24. RED CROSS.

    Lady Davidson was present at the meeting of the Red Cross executive on Thursday. The chairman (Mr. J. O. Fairfax) welcomed Major Lamb on his return from England, ...

    Article : 302 words
  25. INCITING SEDITIOUS STRIKE.

    The editor of the "Maoriland Worker," Wellington, was fined £50, and the publisher £10, for inciting a seditious strike in the frozen meat industry. The seditious matter was ...

    Article : 95 words
  26. THE NEW POLAND.

    The population of the new kingdom of Poland, as set out in the Peace Treaty, is a matter of interest Mr. L. de Noskowski, of Sydney, writes that before the war the ...

    Article : 208 words
  27. IRELAND.

    The Irish-American delegates are having rousing receptions in every Irish town, even in prescribed districts. Many newspapers complain that they are permitted to have ...

    Article : 48 words
  28. HUNGARY.

    A Hungarian communique, reporting retirements before the Roumanians and Czechs, again blames the lack of discipline among the troops. ...

    Article : 68 words
  29. ARMENIA.

    It is anticipated that the United States will become the mandatory for Armenia. ...

    Article : 21 words
  30. FRENCH BLUEBEARD.

    Persons residing in Gambais, close to Landru's villa, declare that on three dates corresponding with the disappearance of three women Landru had engaged to marry, they ...

    Article : 73 words
  31. NEW GUINEA.

    The Association for the Protection of Native Races in Australasia and Polynesia, with headquarters in Sydney, recently wrote to the Commonwealth Minister for Defence ...

    Article : 150 words
  32. DEATH OF MR. W. W. WREN.

    Mr. William Weld Wren, aged 63 years, a noted breeder of Jersey cattle, and one of the best-known men on the South Coast, died at his home, Tarraganda, Bega, to-day. ...

    Article : 96 words
  33. IMPERIAL CABINET.

    Replying to Sir J. Norton Griffiths in reference to developments regarding the Imperial Cabinet, Mr. Shortt (Home Secretary) said the Dominion Premiers now had the right to ...

    Article : 79 words
  34. RACING TO BE RESUMED.

    The Southern Districts Racing Association, having been advised that the embargo on racing has been lifted, they are taking steps to re-allot dates for the southern towns. Owing ...

    Article : 79 words
  35. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Of ll political economists examined by the Coal Commission, eight, including three university professors, favoured nationalisation. The New Zealand interservices football team ...

    Article : 97 words
  36. STARVING STOCK RATES.

    The Raliway Commissioners have decided to bring into operation from Monday next the provisions which provide for the removal of starving stock to grass areas, and the ...

    Article : 45 words
  37. COLLIERY FATALITY.

    A fall of coal, resulting in the death of a deputy, occurred this afternoon, at the Seaham No. 1 colliery, West Wallsend. The deputy, whose name was William Henwood, was ...

    Article : 57 words
  38. TROUBLE AMONG TROOPS.

    The War Office announces that a disturbance occurred last night in a camp in Winchester among the troops awaiting transport oversea. Stones were thrown and sticks used. About ...

    Article : 49 words
  39. DELIVERERS OF FOOD.

    A proclamation issued yesterday relieved persons delivering foodstuffs from house to house of the necessity to wear masks. ...

    Article : 23 words
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