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  2. COMMUNISTS.

    For some days past great uaeasiness has existed among residents of Cadia. On Thursday a body of miners, all unionists, but opposed to Communism and the I.W.W., took ...

    Article : 236 words
  3. ENGINE DERAILED.

    Consternation prevailed among the passengers in the Hornsby train which was due to arrive at Milson's Point at 7.45 o'clock last, night when the engine fouled the points, and ...

    Article : 270 words
  4. WATERSIDERS. REBUKED BY JUDGE.

    Judge Beeby, in the Federal Arbitration Court to-day refused to proceed with the hearing of the claims of the Waterside Workers' Federation because certain local rules ...

    Article : 582 words
  5. ECONOMIC BARRIERS.

    Addressing the international conference being held at Geneva to consider import and export prohibitions and restrictions Sir Granville Ryric (Australia) emphasised that the ...

    Article : 288 words
  6. BISHOP BARNES CHURCH DOCTRINE.

    The Anglican Church is threatened by a crisis of magnitude following the protest made in St. Paul's Cathedral last Sunday by Canon Bullock-Webster against the Bishop of ...

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  7. FIFTY CHINESE. Huddled in Ship's Bottom.

    In an atmosphere so foul that acetylene lamps were instantly extinguished, 50 Chinese were found by Customs searchers in a water tank beneath a hold of the Dutch steamer ...

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  8. LETTER SUPPRESSED. By Lang Government.

    The Premier (Mr. Bavin) made public yesterday an extraordinary attempt by the late Lang Government to suppress an important communication from the Railway Commissioners. As far back as June last the Commissioners had forwarded a ...

    Article : 83 words
  9. COMMISSIONERS' LETTER.

    The Under-Secretary, Department of Public Works and Railways. Sydney. SUBJECT RAILWAY AND TRAMWAY RATES AND FARES. ...

    Article : 481 words
  10. MUSIC COMBINE.

    The Performing Rights Association is the strongest combine in the world," said Mr. Albert R. Bluett. secretary of the Local Government Association, when giving evidence before ...

    Article : 377 words
  11. CHILLED BEEF.

    The shipment of chilled beef by the Port Huon from Australia consisted of 100 [?] quarters and 50 crops. It was railed from Hull and marketed at Smithfield. The beef greatly ...

    Article : 95 words
  12. CHEAP RECORDS.

    "During the last 12 months there has been a steady decline in the phonograph trade. This is due to the competition of wireless, and the fickleness of the public. The public ...

    Article : 219 words
  13. THE VATICAN.

    The official Fascist organ at Rome publishes a reply to the "Observatore Romano," which last week said that "the Pope is awaiting the Italian Government's recognition of his ...

    Article : 112 words
  14. LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Austen Chamberlain) replied to the toast of the League of Nations, proposed by Mr. J. L. Gavin Editor of the "Observer," at a ...

    Article : 147 words
  15. BRISBANE MEMBERS' THREAT.

    The Brisbane waterside workers to-day decided to resort to irritation tactics if the Court does not promptly deal wiht the union's plaint. ...

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  16. AVIATION.

    The San Francisco "Call" publishes an interview with Kingsford Smith, who is completing preparations for a flight to Australia from San Francisco. Smith says he intends ...

    Article : 239 words
  17. WOOL EXPORT.

    The export of the new season's wool is now in full swing, and competition among shipping companies is exceptionally keen. Eight liners are listed to leave Sydney to-day for ...

    Article : 354 words
  18. BRITISH LIBERALS.

    Mr. Lloyd George has handed over to the Liberal party funds £150.000, making a total of £300,000 so transferred from his own political fund. He has also agreed to contribute ...

    Article : 75 words
  19. MR. MITCHELL.

    At the request of the Government, Mr. Mitchell (Commissioner of Police) has withdrawn his request to be allowed to retire from the service. ...

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  20. MR. BAVIN'S DISCLOSURE.

    "I was much surprised," said the Premier (Mr. Buvin) yesterday, "to find in the trays of my office a most important letter from the Railway Commissioners. ...

    Article : 272 words
  21. IRAQ GUSHER.

    It has been found impossible to Stop the oil gusher in Iraq. The oil is escaping into gulleys and depressions surrounding the bore, and into these 50,000 tons have flowed. The ...

    Article : 110 words
  22. MOUNTAIN CRIME.

    Charged with the murder of Ronald Lachian Leslie at Valley Heights on October 12, the following three men appeared before Mr. Perry, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday. ...

    Article : 447 words
  23. THE FLYING BOATS.

    The R.A.F. flying boats, which are on a journey to Singapore, via Australia, left Mar[?]llies at 8 o'clock this morning for Naples. ...

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  24. ROMA.

    The Government oil geologist at Roma (Mr. Ball) has advised the Minister for Mines (Mr. Jones) that from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. to-day 330 gallons of emulsion with 5 per cent, of ...

    Article : 210 words
  25. MACKAY PARTY.

    A depressing story of conditions in Central Australia is recounted in a report submitted to the Minister for Home and Territories (Mr. Marr) on the activities of the exploring ...

    Article : 525 words
  26. MR. LLOYD GEORGE.

    Mr. Lloyd George, leader of the Liberal party, to-day unveiled at Finchley, a suburb of London, a statue presented by Viscount Rothermere, chief proprietor of the "Daily ...

    Article : 208 words
  27. OFFICER'S DENIAL.

    Mr. Edward Charnock, who was secretary of the British Mission at Moscow, to-day amplified his denial that five Russians now on trial in Russia on charges of espionage had ...

    Article : 221 words
  28. RAILWAY LOSSES.

    Messrs. W. J. Young, H. C. Darling, and J. J. Wainwright, who had been asked by the Ministry to investigate the State's finances, to-day handed the Premier their first report. ...

    Article : 247 words
  29. CHILLAGOE SMELTERS

    When the House resumed yesterday afternoon Mr. Moore brought up the matter of the Chillagoe State Smelters and the Auditor-General's report, which said that stock-taking ...

    Article : 208 words
  30. THE CHANNEL SWIM.

    Miss Mercedes Glietze, who was said to have swum the Channel earlier in the month, is making another attempt to perform that feat. She entered the water at Cape Gris Nez at 4.23 ...

    Article : 138 words
  31. SUMMER HILL FIRE.

    A fire which broke out in the timber yards of James Leckie at 73 Morris-street, Summer Hill, shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday morning caused damage to an estimated amount of ...

    Article : 331 words
  32. GRAPHS BY MACHINE.

    The department of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, announced to-day that a "thinking machine," capable of solving ...

    Article : 181 words
  33. CAPTAIN TO BE CHARGED.

    Replying to questions in the House of Representatives to-day by Mr. Gardiner (N.S.W.), the Minister for Home and Territories (Mr. Marr) said he had just been informed that 5[?] ...

    Article : 88 words
  34. BROKEN HILL.

    Although the Public Works Committee came to a decision some time ago concerning the proposed water supply scheme for Broken Hill. the fact was divulged only yesterday. ...

    Article : 248 words
  35. AGENCY-GENERAL.

    The New South Wales Agency-General has heard nothing in regard to a report from Sydney that Sir George Fuller is likely to succeed Viscount Chelmsford. The latter had ...

    Article : 117 words
  36. ROADS GRANT

    A meeting of the Federal Aids Roads Board, which was to have been held next month, has been deferred in the hope that in the meantime the agreement with the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 146 words
  37. MUSICIANS.

    As a result of the boycott of the Commonwealth Band in America, the Australian Musicians' Union is advocating the exclusion of all immigrant musicians. ...

    Article : 172 words
  38. THE WARATAHS.

    The Waratahs arrived in London to-night. The team will be received by the Prince of Wales at St. James' Palace at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. Then they will visit the ...

    Article : 154 words
  39. AGAINST BETTING.

    Sir William Lathlain has introduced in the Legislative Council a bill "to suppress illicit racing and betting." The bill provides for a penalty of £500, or 12 months' imprisonment, ...

    Article : 135 words
  40. DETAINED AT HONOLULU.

    Mr. Norman Cohen and Miss Thelma Levy, of Sydney, while travelling to Vancouver by the Niagara, stayed too long ashore at Honolulu on October 7, and missed their boat. ...

    Article : 86 words
  41. MELBOURNE TRAMS.

    Negotiations for a settlement of the dispute between the Tramways Board and the Tramways Employees' Association regarding the operation of the new tramways award, which ...

    Article : 57 words
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