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  2. APPEAL BY FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS.

    (1) In pursuance of a decision of the recent Interstate Conference, the Governments of the Commonwealth and States have authorised the foundation of fund ...

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  3. PASTRYCOOKS.

    At a mass meeting of members of the Pastrycooks' Union, held at the Trades Hall last evening, it was decided to cease work forthwith in all establishments the proprietors of ...

    Article : 307 words
  4. AFTER THE WAR.

    Sir Rider Haggard, the well-known novelist, whose works have delighted a generation of readers, arrived in Sydney yesterday in connection with the investigations initiated by ...

    Article : 1,767 words
  5. EASTERN FRONT.

    Fighting on the northern front is growing in intensity. The German forces have been re-grouped to enable. Marshal von Hindenburg to commence his maximum ...

    Article : 92 words
  6. LATE WAR NEWS.

    At the Guildhall to-day the Prime Minister of Australia (Mr. Hughes) made a brilliant speech, which intensely impressed the huge and distinguished audience. He dwelt entirely ...

    Article : 792 words
  7. WESTERN FRONT.

    A communique states:—There was an intense bombardment of our positions at Avocourt Wood and on the Mort Hommecumieres front. There waa calm on ...

    Article : 219 words
  8. COMPULSION.

    A political crisis developed into yesterday evening when it was known that Mr. Lloyd George (Minister of Munitions) was heading a small minority of the Cabinet ...

    Article : 905 words
  9. BRITAIN AND CONSCRIPTION.

    [?] A. Cabinet crisis is threatened in Great Britain over the compulsion question. Mr. Lloyd George, it is ...

    Article : 187 words
  10. THE CAUCASUS.

    The brief references in the Russian communiques do not do justice to the recent fighting in the Caucasus. The Turks made a supreme effort to ...

    Article : 123 words
  11. COURT INVOKED.

    Mr. J. A. Browne, instructed by Mr. E. R. Cohen, appeared for the Pastrycooks' Employers' Association, before Mr. Justice Heydon, in No. 1 Industrial Court, yesterday afternoon, ...

    Article : 541 words
  12. THE BLOCKADE.

    The Foreign Office, in announcing the conclusion of negotiations with American packing houses, states that the settlement provides that in consideration of a ...

    Article : 62 words
  13. WAR NOTES.

    Practically no news at all concerning the military operations in the main theatres of the war had reached us up till midnight last night; but there seems to have been some ...

    Article : 112 words
  14. EMPIRE'S FUTURE.

    Lord Sydenham, commenting on the current situation, says: Earnest thinkers in all parts of the Empire have long believed that the British people could not rise to ...

    Article : 281 words
  15. THE CAUCASUS CAMPAIGN.

    An unofficial message from Petrograd this morning amplifies the brief references that have been made during the past few days to the operations in the "Caucasus" campaign, ...

    Article : 457 words
  16. BREAD SUPPLY.

    One of the large halls at the Sydney Trades Hall was packed last evening by members of the Operative Bakers' Union to consider what action should be taken with reference to the ...

    Article : 434 words
  17. THE BALKANS.

    A Salonica message states that Greece has decided not to oppose the transportation of the Servians through Greece. Greece has formally protested. ...

    Article : 97 words
  18. RECRUITING.

    At Victoria Barracks yesterday 94 men volunteered, and 69 were accepted. Included among the recruits were a cashier from a firm in the Phillipine Islands, who was ...

    Article : 213 words
  19. PLOT IN AMERICA.

    The Federal Grand Jury has returned indictments against Captain von Papen, formerly military attache to the German Embassy, accusing him of participation ...

    Article : 56 words
  20. POSITION BOMBED.

    French aeroplanes bombed the railway station at Strumnitza and positions northward of Ghevgeli. ...

    Article : 20 words
  21. SERVICE FOR WIVES AND MOTHERS.

    A special service for the wives and mothers of soldiers and sailors will be held in St. James' Church, King-street, at 3 o'clock this afternoon. ...

    Article : 34 words
  22. MESOPOTAMIA.

    Replying to a question in the House of Commons as to whether the Indian Government or the British Government had authorised the advance on Baghdad, Mr. Austen ...

    Article : 87 words
  23. THE NEXT MOVE?

    The point, however, is not important, and we have only referred to it at this length in order to convey some idea of the detached character of the Russian operations in the ...

    Article : 301 words
  24. PARIS EXCHANGE KATE.

    The "Matin" states that the rate of exchange between London and Paris had recently risen to 29 francs to the pound sterling, and this was reacting ...

    Article : 71 words
  25. ENGINEERS.

    The delegation from the Amalgamated Society of Engineers which came from Sydney in connection with the strike at Garden Island had another interview to-day with the ...

    Article : 403 words
  26. DEFENCE MINISTER.

    Senator Pearce, Minister for Defence, armed in Sydney last evening from Goulburn, where he made an inspection of the military camp. ...

    Article : 153 words
  27. MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    Arrival.—At Eureka: Oceania, Vance, three-masted schooner (left Newcastle January 22). Departure.—For Auckland: Athenic, s, ...

    Article : 23 words
  28. SUBMARINES.

    The Norwegian ship Glendoon, 1917 tons, has been sunk by gunfire. The British steamer Harrovian, 4309 tons, has also been sunk. ...

    Article : 127 words
  29. MISCELLANEOUS

    Warrant-Officer Guy Barton Hardy, an Australian, shot himself in a West End Hotel, and died in hospital. The cause is unknown. Hardy came to England and ...

    Article : 122 words
  30. GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

    The Governor-General, accompanied by Lady Helen, Munro Ferguson, visited Dubbo on Saturday. In company with Brigadier-General Foster, ...

    Article : 149 words
  31. KATOOMBA TRAGEDY.

    The magisterial inquiiy concerning the death of Mrs. W. A. Hallett (38) and her daughter Mabel (18), who were found dead in a furnished cottage at Katoomba yesterday, was opened at ...

    Article : 144 words
  32. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE.

    The Public Works Committee arrived here on Friday last for the purpose of inquiring into the proposed extension of the railway from Bomaderry to Captain's Point, Jervis ...

    Article : 142 words
  33. GERMAN FINANCES.

    At a recent conference of German bankers the Finance Minister (Dr. Helfferich) declared that Germany would impose an indemnity of at least fifty ...

    Article : 39 words
  34. SHIFTING THE HARVEST.

    It is understood that a number of vessels are to come from Vladivostock to Australia in ballast for the purpose of carrying wheat to Europe. ...

    Article : 33 words
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