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  2. CITY RAILWAY.

    An amended scheme for the construction of the Circular Quay portion of the City Railway has been submitted by Dr. Bradfield to the Minister for Works and Railways (Mr. ...

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  3. THE SEAMEN.

    Trouble arose yesterday out of the decision of the seamen to hold a stop-work meeting on Wednesday without the sanction of the interstate shipowners, and as a consequence the ...

    Article : 222 words
  4. CRICKET CONTROL. M.C.C. TEAM'S TOUR.

    The Board of Control for International Cricket met to-day, and sat till a late hour to-night. The Press was not admitted. The members of the board are: Mr. E. ...

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  5. MORETON BAY.

    The Australian Commonwealth Shipping Board is taking up a very firm attitude concerning the refusal of the stewards to serve at the official luncheon on the Moreton Bay ...

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  6. CAPTURED PRIESTS.

    The British destroyer Seraph has rescued from Swabue, near Swatow, a party of three Roman Catholic priests and seven nuns, who were being held prisoners by Communists. ...

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  7. THE GREYCLIFFE DISASTER. Two Inquiries Proceeding.

    Two inquiries into the Greycliffe disaster were conducted simultaneously yesterday. One was before the Court of Marine Inquiry, presided over by Mr. Justice Campbell, and the other before the Coroner (Mr. H. F. W. Fletcher). ...

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  8. WINTER'S GRIP Still on England.

    Britain is still in the grip of Arctic conditions Nine degrees of frost are now are vailing There is increasing difficulty in clearing snowdrifts. Numerous hamlets, ...

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  9. MARINE INQUIRY.

    Conclusions formed as the result of an examination of the two portions of the Greycliffe as they rest in Athol Bay were outlined by Alexander McPhee Greenlees, naval ...

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  10. BOOKMAKER ROBBED.

    There was a daring robbery and assault in Swanston-street city, this evening about 7.30, when the streets were crowded with people on their way to theatres. ...

    Article : 216 words
  11. THE I.L.P.

    Mr. Philip Snowden, M.P., has resigned from membership of the Independent Labour party, to which he had belonged for 34 years. In a letter to the secretary, he says: "The ...

    Article : 214 words
  12. COAL CONTRACTS.

    One of the first matters that will engage the attention of the Civic Commissioners when they assume office on Tuesday afternoon will be the consideration of tenders for the supply ...

    Article : 393 words
  13. MYSTERY 'PLANES.

    Following the publication of reports that aeroplanes suspected of being used in smuggling opium had been sighted off the north-west coast of Australia, the ...

    Article : 148 words
  14. DR. HADEN GUEST'S OPINION.

    When apprised of Mr. Phillip Snowden's resignation. Dr. Haden Guest, a former prominent member of the British Labour party, who is at present in Adelaide, told a newspaper ...

    Article : 250 words
  15. WHITE MAN STONED.

    In an encounter with some of the aborigines at Peakhurst about 12.30 yesterday morning, Frederick Booth, aged 35 years, a floorlayer, who resides in Oglivy-street, Peakhurst, near ...

    Article : 468 words
  16. GERMAN SHIPPING.

    Figures issued at Berlin showing an amazing post-war recovory by the German mercantile marine. The pre-war tonnage was 5,460,000 tons. In ...

    Article : 149 words
  17. SHEFFIELD SHIELD.

    What is probably the most important Sheffield Shield match of the season will commence to-day in Melbourne, when Victoria will meet South Australia. The Victorians ...

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  18. FACTION FIGHT.

    A largely attended meeting of the Australian Seamen's Union was held in the Mechanics' Institute, Miller's Point, yesterday, to hear charges of disloyalty to the union ...

    Article : 110 words
  19. AVIATION.

    It is officially announced here that trial flights of an airship from Britain to South Africa, in order to test the possibilities of establishing an airship service, will be made ...

    Article : 93 words
  20. NEW ZEALAND TOUR.

    The selectors, Messrs. V. Y. Richardson, Hugh Trumble, and T. Howard, have chosen the following team to tour New Zealand in February and March:— ...

    Article : 138 words
  21. UNION DISCIPLINE.

    In a statement issued by the Australian Commonwealth Shipping Board yesterday it was shown that the boatswain of the Moreton Bay, who was ordered by the Seamen's Union ...

    Article : 359 words
  22. BROADCASTING.

    Reporting on the failure of the Christmas broadcast from Australia, the British Broadcasting Company says:—The only possible explanation of the fact that ...

    Article : 180 words
  23. BOY DROWNED.

    A drowning accident occurred in the Murrumbidgee, near Grong Grong, the victim being Fred McCallum, the 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. P. McCallum, of Ardlethan. ...

    Article : 132 words
  24. LOS ANGELES CRIME.

    News from Los Angeles says that Hickman is determined to plead guilty to the murder indictment, despite the advice his mother's lawyer may give, and the importance of a ...

    Article : 70 words
  25. CENTRAL-SQUARE.

    Traffic authorities oppose the construction of a theatre on an island block recently sold by the Railway Commissioners for £50,000. The Minister for Works and Railways (Mr. ...

    Article : 270 words
  26. THE WARATAHS.

    As a token of rospect to H. Woods, a member of the team, whose mother died recently in New South Wales, the Waratahs attended a service at St. Patrick's Church, Soho-square, ...

    Article : 78 words
  27. UNIQUE BEQUEST.

    Appreciation of the benefits conferred by the Old Age and Invalid Pensions Act apparently prompted a woman who was an old-age pensioner, and whose death took place at Toorak, ...

    Article : 125 words
  28. BUTTER BOUNTY.

    The Australian Butter Stabilisation Committee, at a meeting to-day, decided to revert to the export bounty of /3 a lb under the Paterson plan. ...

    Article : 89 words
  29. WHEAT—GROWING.

    Signor Belluzzo, Minister for National Economy at Rome states that there is every prospect of Italy being in a few years independent of all imports of wheat There are, ...

    Article : 88 words
  30. CORONER'S INQUIRY.

    A witness, giving evidence at the Coroner's inquiry into the Greycliffe disaster yesterday morning, was sharply rebuked by the coroner (Mr. H. P. W. Fletcher), who threatened to ...

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  31. LAWN TENNIS.

    The French tennis players, Beretra, Brugnon, C. Le Fevre, Christian, and Boussus, sailed by the Makura on Wednesday from San Francisco for Sydney. ...

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  32. TAHITI DELAYED.

    The R.M.S. Tahiti was delayed for an hour and a half yesterday afternoon, waiting for members of the crew who gave evidence at the Coroner's Court. The vessel was to have ...

    Article : 68 words
  33. RYAN MONOPLANE.

    The Ryan monoplane, in which officers of the New Zealand Territorial Air Force, intend to fly from Sydney to New Zealand, underwent a successful trial flight at Point ...

    Article : 122 words
  34. SHOT FIRED.

    Hearing his name called from behind, while walking along Botany-road, Waterloo, shortly after mid-day yesterday, Percy Miller, of Brooklyn-street, Tempe, turned round to find ...

    Article : 145 words
  35. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Owing to the depression on the coalfields the miners' M's.P. have agreed to a reduction of £50 from their allowance from the Miners' Federation: thus their Parliamentary ...

    Article : 167 words
  36. MAN AND FIANCEE.

    Albert Shipway (29), dentist, of Forrest-street, Cottesloe, and Hilda Haradine (19), of Nedlands, died in the Perth Hospital late last night from injuries received in a ...

    Article : 121 words
  37. REIMBURSEMENT.

    The United States Treasury has announced that refunds in excess of 103,000,000 dollars will be made to 240,000 taxpayers, representing reimbursement for Federal taxes unlawfully ...

    Article : 105 words
  38. KANGAROO ON LINE.

    Passengers on the train from Sydney received a shock by the sudden stoppage of the express just before reaching Minindie on Tuesday. A kangaroo which had wandered ...

    Article : 77 words
  39. CITY COMMISSION.

    The Executive Council meeting yesterday approved the appointment of the three Commissioners to administer the municipal affairs of Sydney. The chairman will receive £5000 ...

    Article : 77 words
  40. KYOGLE RAILWAY.

    The secretary of the railway workers' section of the Australian Workers' Union (Mr. Bodkin) announced yesterday that he had been advised by the Railway Commissioners that ...

    Article : 79 words
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