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  2. THE PEACE CONGRESS.

    The sitting of the Plenary Council will be bold in the Grand Salon of the Foreign Office, at the Quai D'Orsay, instead of in the Salon do I-Horloge, affording better ...

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  3. EGYPT QUIETENING.

    An official message from General Allenby reports that Cairo is now outwardly quieter, but there are still some disturbances in the poorer quarter where the ...

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  4. GERMANY'S TROUBLES.

    Indications are accumulating that Germany is faced with a new internal crisis. The conditions in intern industrial districts are becoming more chaotic, and ...

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  5. LATE CABLE NEWS

    The Australian Press Association learns that the industrial trouble is acute in Germany. The strikes in Westphalia are due to the terrorism of extremists. The ...

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  6. THE BOLSHEVIKS.

    New York despatches from Archangel report that the Allies defeated the Bolshevik troops south of Ordozerskaia. Copenliagen reports that Esthonian ...

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  7. LABOUR CONVENTION.

    M. Clemenceau presided at the Fourth Plenary Session. M. Paderewski took his seat with the Polish Legation. Messrs. Hughes, Cook, and Massey attended as the ...

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  8. THE WORKMEN'S COUNCIL.

    The congress of Workers and Soldiers' Councils in Berlin has opened. The city is comparatively peaceful. The Bavarian seats will not ho occupied. ...

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  9. WAR AGAINST SERVIA.

    Advices from Vienna reiterate that the Hungarian Bolshevists have declared war against Servia. Marital law has been declared in ...

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  10. IN CONSTANTINOPLE.

    It Is reported from Athens that the Greek Commander hoisted the Byzantine colours at the Greek Patriarchate, in Constantinople, for the first time since 1453. ...

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  11. GERMAN-AUSTRIAN TRADES.

    The Washington correspondent or the "New York Times" states that it is officially announced that restricted trade win be resumed with German-Austria by the ...

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  12. FOOD CONSIGNMENTS.

    Amsterdam reports that consignments of food have reached the Ruhr district, and that it will soon be possible to supplementarily ration the towns with ...

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  13. THE KAISER.

    A Paris message states that the Big Four have abandoned the idea of trying the Kaiser on a capital charge. They will devise means of bringing him ...

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  14. STARVATION IN AUSTRIA.

    General Smuts brings an appalling report of conditions in Austria, where the people are starving. He and other members of the Commission were mobbed by ...

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  15. LABOUR CONFERENCE.

    At the special British Labour Conference in London, the speakers demanded the abolition of conscription, and the inclusion of Austria-Germany in the League ...

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  16. MATTERS IN EGYPT.

    The strike of Government employees in Cairo continue, and there has been some looting in connection therewith. The most serious development is that ...

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  17. THE SAAR VALLEY.

    The committee appointed to prepare the Saar Valley formula has submitted it to the Council. It is believed that France will exploit ...

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  18. BRITAIN AND BOLSHEVIKS.

    The representative of the United Press has interviewed Mr. Cecil Harmsworth, the Parliamentary Under-secretary for Foreign Affairs, who said the Allied ...

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  19. DANGER OF BOLSHEVISM.

    Mr. Fraser, the representative in Paris of the Australian Press Association, states: The fact that semi-official hints emerge from the conference about the ...

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  20. THE BOLSHEVIKS.

    The Bolsheviks continue preparations on a large scale for their offensive in Archangel and Murmansk. They are making roads and transferring troops from the ...

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  21. ITALY'S CLAIMS.

    It is learned from a reliable Italian source that President Wilson will, in a few days, present an American memorandum, proposing a solution of the Italian ...

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  22. THE FALLEN BRAVE.

    The Australian Official Correspondent repots: Volunteers were readily forthcoming for the new Australian unit, now formed, named the Australian Graves ...

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  23. THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

    Sir Joseph Cook hopes to be able to return from Paris for the sailing of the Australia. In the course of an interview, he said ...

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  24. VIEW OF THE COMMONS.

    Mr. C. Edwards, in the House of Commons, moved the adjournment to direct attention to the Russian Bolshevist overtures to the Peace Conference. He said ...

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  25. INDUSTRIAL PROPOSALS.

    The committee of the National Industries Conference has reported in favour of a maximum week of forty-eight hours, minimum wages, the discouragement of ...

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  26. SINN FEIN RAIDERS.

    The Sinn Fein raiders in Dublin searched the house of Detective Halley during his absence. When he returned he fired upon the marauders, who fled. ...

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  27. ATTITUDE OF THE COMMONS.

    Though the Premier's indemnity reply is considered in some quarters to be a frank threat to those contemplating a vote of censure in the House of Commons, ...

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  28. THE DANGER TO THE ALLIES.

    Mr. Greenwall, the Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Express" states the Communists owe their strength to Bavaria's possession of the food depots. The Allies ...

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  29. BRITISH EDUCATION.

    The British education estimates include £531,000 additional grants for Universities and Colleges, owing to the loss of fees through students joining the army; ...

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  30. AUSTRALIA'S MERCHANT SHIPS

    Mr. W. M. Hughes, the Prime Minister of Australia, is indignant at the statement of Mr. Burton, the South African Minister, that the Australian Government ...

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  31. GERMANY'S MEANS.

    Herr von Gwinner, the director of the Deutsche Bank, interviewed by the Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," quoted the German bank's financial ...

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  32. AN AMAZING STORY.

    An amazing story was told at an American court-martial. Captain Chamberlain was charged with fabricating reports of his aerial exploits ...

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  33. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING.

    Sir Joseph Maclay, the Shipping Controller, replying to Sir Joseph Ward's representations for the transfer of River Plate steamers to New Zealand, says the ...

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  34. THE MANDATORIES.

    It is officially announced that the revised Covenant provides that the German colonies shall be administered by the Slates willing to be mandatories of the ...

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  35. GRAVES OF SOLDIERS.

    Viscount Peel, replying in the House of Lords to criticism, said that individual wishes of relatives regarding the forms of the memorials to be erected over ...

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  36. RACIAL EQUALITY.

    It is officially announced that the League of Nations' Commission has not approved of Japan's request for the inclusion in the Covenant of a provision for the ...

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  37. BRITISH AGENTS.

    Major G. Fetherstone has sailed for Sydney to assume duties as His Majesty's Trade Commissioner. The British Government is sending two ...

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  38. THE KAISER.

    A Paris message states that it has been agreed by the [?]ce Conference that Germany shall pay full indemnity and leave the Kaiser open to prosecution by ...

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  39. LATE SHIPPING.

    Arrivals.—At Boston: Nordsjerne, s. At Callao: Inversarry, s. At Colombo: Port Hacking, s. At Port Said: War Faith, s, Departures.—For Sydney: Medic, ...

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  40. CHINA AND JAPAN.

    Liang Chi Chao, formerly Chinese Minister for Justice, sets forth the Chinese case for the Peace Conference. He says, on the ruins of the defeated Teutonio ...

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  41. BRITISH ARMAMENTS.

    Sir Tennyson D'Eyncourt, of the Institute of Naval Architects, disclosed that the 18-inch gun was the first in the world. It was made for the hush ship Furlous, ...

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  42. PLOTS AND ANARCHY.

    A plot has been discovered at Hamburg aiming at the declaration of the Soviet Republic extending to Bremen, and embracing the entire coast. The spread of ...

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  43. FRANCE'S FINANCES.

    Following the example of members of the British Parliament, a large number of French Senators signed a manifesto demanding from Germany full restitution ...

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  44. QUEENSLAND.

    Mrs. M'Veigh, wife of a farmer, was charged at the Allora Police Court with the wilful murder of her three children. She was committed for trial at the Circuit ...

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  45. THE KUT RETREAT.

    General Townshend, the defender of Kut, in the course of a speech delivered in London, said that during the 90 miles' retreat to Kut, with the Turks at their ...

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  46. MURDER OF THE ROMANOFFS

    The Vladivostock correspondent of the "New York World" states that Admiral Kolchak ordered an official investigation into the death of the Romanoffs. ...

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  47. THE TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT.

    It is reported from St. Johns, Newfoundland, that the Australian airman Hawker is awaiting fine weather reports from the Atlantic, prior to commencing his ...

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  48. MERCHANT SEAMEN.

    At a meeting at the Seamen's Institute, held in the Mansion House, at which the Lord Mayor presided, Sir Joseph Cook said that in any proposals for ...

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  49. THE SINN FEIN.

    Mr. Bonar Law declined to institute a departmental inquiry into the relations between Sinn Fein and Germany. Mr. Redmond suggested an inquiry into ...

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  50. BOLSHEVIST ATROCITIES.

    The "Osservatore Romano," of Rome, has published correspondence between the Vatican and the Russian Bolshevik Government. ...

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  51. NEW ZEALAND LIQUOR VOTE

    The soldiers' votes have so far shown marked opposition to prohibition. When counting was suspended last night, the totals, including soldiers' votes, were:— ...

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  52. ANZAC DAY.

    Six thousands Australians will march through the streets of London on Anzac Day. The Lord Mayor will entertain them at ...

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  53. GERMANY AND LONDON.

    Copenhagen reports that the "Lokalanzelger" states that Edward Bernstein, a well-known socialist, will be the German Ambassador in London when peace is ...

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  54. CONDITIONS IN GERMANY.

    A White Book contains a British officer's reports on the economic conditions in Germany. All the State is poorer, and the people are desperately short of food, ...

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  55. WOMEN'S RIGHTS.

    The House of Commons has read a second time the Labour parts Women's Emancipation Bill, removing liabilities excluding them from civil and judicial ...

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  56. IRISH OUTRAGES.

    Thirty youths invaded Limerick Hospital, and attempted to rescue Robert Byrne, who was a hunger-striking prisoner. ...

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  57. THE SOLDIERS' VOTE.

    The counting of the New Zealand soldiers' vote on the liquor question is proceeding. The latest returns are as follows: For prohibition 3950, for continuance ...

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  58. THE MONROE DOCTRINE.

    The Council has adopted an amendment relating to the Monroe doctrine, to the effect that nothing in the Covenant shall be construed as invalidating any ...

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  59. DISTRICT CASUALTIES

    SAPPER LLOYD.—Mrs. T. Harrison, of St. James'-road, Adamstown, has been advised that her brother, Sapper O. V. Lloyd, has been admitted to King George ...

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  60. BAVARIAN REPUBLIC.

    Nuremburg has become the pivotal centre of the new Bavarian Government, and Herr Hoffmann has established the Premier's office there. ...

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  61. BRITISH JUSTICE.

    The decision in the De Keyser's Hotel case, making the Crown liable to pay rent, although the hotel was commandecred under the Defence of the Realm ...

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  62. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING.

    Sir Joseph Ward, the Treasurer of New Zealand, has approached the Shipping Controller and strongly urged him to divert portion of the Argentine shipping to New ...

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  63. NATIONALISING ELECTRICITY.

    The Advisory Council to the Ministry for Reconstruction advocate nationalising electric power on a strictly commercial basis, when it would be possible to supply ...

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  64. THE RED CROSS.

    The interallied Red Cross Congress at Cannes has adhered to the principle of establishing an International Bureau of Public Health, to effect an exchange of ...

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  65. HUNGARIAN CONDITIONS.

    Vienna reports frontier fighting between the Hungarians end Czechs near pressburg. Russia has informed Hungary that ...

    Article : 66 words
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