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  2. MARINE STEWARDS' STRIKE.

    Any prospect of a definite move towards a settlement of the marine stewards' strike before next week at least appears to have been abandoned. This view is ...

    Article : 547 words
  3. THE RACIAL QUESTION.

    Diplomatic circles attach importance to the news from New York that Japan and America are about to negotiate an agreement under which Japanese will be ...

    Article : 152 words
  4. REPRISALS IN IRELAND.

    The report which has een issued by the Labour Commission which went to Ireland to make investigations into the conditions there is of a voluminous ...

    Article : 244 words
  5. RUSSIAN PROVINCE REVOLTS.

    The "Echo de Paris" says that the Ukrainian Press Bureau announces that the whole of the province of Podolia, in South-west Russia, has revolted ...

    Article : 72 words
  6. "WHEELS STOP AT MIDNIGHT."

    The Cabinet met to-day and further considered the railway crisis. After the meeting the Premier (Mr. Mitchell) stated that there was no change in the ...

    Article : 192 words
  7. SECOND TEST MATCH.

    The second test cricket match between the picked elevens of Australia and England will be commenced on the Melbourne Cricket Ground at noon to-morrow. ...

    Article : 514 words
  8. "KANKOZAN BRIDES."

    Californian legislators have been greatly cheered at the laws enforced in Australia and New Zealand regarding restrictions upon the entry of Orientals into the ...

    Article : 1,794 words
  9. FIRST SINGLES TO AMERICA

    A beginning was made to-day with the play for the Davis Cup. The rain, which has caused a postponement for two days, continued throughout the greater part of ...

    Article : 1,536 words
  10. NATION OF SOLDIERS.

    The Soviet Minister for War (M. Trotsky) is favourably considering a scheme to establish a great system of militarism, whereby all men up to 50 ...

    Article : 120 words
  11. HUMANITY'S FUTURE.

    The Prime Minister (General Smuts) is carrying on a strenuous election campaign in the Eastern Transvaal. Speaking at Caroline, he referred to the ...

    Article : 253 words
  12. N.S.W. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP

    W. M'Devitt, the former sculling champion of New South Wales, has challenged W. Ripley, the present holder of the title, to race for the ...

    Article : 41 words
  13. ABANDONED ARMS.

    No great response has been made by persons in Ireland to the order by the authorities that all arms and ammunition must be delivered up, but arms and ...

    Article : 115 words
  14. V.R.C. ACCEPTANCES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 315 words
  15. MOSCOW INTERNATIONALE.

    The French Socialist Conference at Tours, by 3000 votes to 1200, has declared its adherence to the Third Moscow Internationale. ...

    Article : 29 words
  16. THE GAMBLING EVIL.

    Sir,—One wonders if Mr. Speaker feels in any degree exalted as he daily reads the prayer containing those beautiful sentences imploring the divine aid for ...

    Article : 812 words
  17. "THE LITTLE ENTENTE."

    Jugo-slavia has informed Greece that she does not intend to renew the political and military treaty known as "The Little Entente," which expires in February, ...

    Article : 52 words
  18. A LIVERPOOL CRIME.

    Francis M'Partlin has been charged at Liverpool with having murdered John Ward, the youth who was shot after having informed the police of the ...

    Article : 56 words
  19. STARVATION RELIEF.

    It is announced that prominent business men of Irish descent have launched a fund for the relief of starvation in Ireland. The organisation is non-political ...

    Article : 102 words
  20. VERSAILLES TREATY RIGHT.

    The Brussels correspondent of "Peti[?] Parisien" says that the Belgian Cabinet, following Britain's example, has decided to renounce paragraph 18 of the Versailles ...

    Article : 41 words
  21. AMERICANISING THE WORLD.

    A belief prevailing in Japan that the United States and England may join hands in restraining Japan in her Far Eastern policy has been the basis of ...

    Article : 492 words
  22. AMERICAN ECONOMY.

    Congressman Kelly, a member of the House Naval Affairs Committee, after having consulted with Senator Harding, the President-elect, regarding naval ...

    Article : 84 words
  23. EFFECT IN MELBOURNE.

    Severe curtailment of the train and tram services has been decided upon by the State Ministry in consequence of the shipping strike. The restrictions will ...

    Article : 186 words
  24. COUNTRY RACE MEETINGS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 211 words
  25. D'ANNUNZIO ESCAPED.

    Signor D'Annunzio is reported to have made his escape from Fiume in an aeroplane. ...

    Article : 23 words
  26. POPULATION REDISTRIBUTION.

    The Australian Press Association learns that the speech which the Prime Minister (Mr. Llyod George) delivered on the subject of emigration was entirely ...

    Article : 244 words
  27. INCREASE OF BIGAMY.

    Judges of late have expressed the opinion that it is necessary to impose far more severe sentences for bigamy. The official returns show that the average ...

    Article : 69 words
  28. BRITISH MINERS' EARNINGS.

    The output of coal for the five weeks Since November 20 has averaged 5,215,160 tons per week, giving the miners an advance in wages of 3/6 per day in January ...

    Article : 53 words
  29. AUSTRALIA HOUSE EMPLOYEES.

    A deputation of Australia House employees interviewed Mr. J. R. Collins, the Acting Secretary, with reference to the Whitley scheme. The meeting lasted ...

    Article : 73 words
  30. PROFIT DIVISION FAILURE.

    NEWBERN (North Carolina), Thursday. After the first week's operation by the workers at the iron mill, the division of profits resulted in such a small pro rata ...

    Article : 123 words
  31. WORKING OF SULPHUR SHIP.

    A settlement has been reached in connection with the dispute regarding the working of the sulphur ship Dunslas, from Sabine (Texas), and work will be resumed ...

    Article : 80 words
  32. WATERFORD.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 55 words
  33. WOODHILL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 110 words
  34. NOT AN HEIR AT LAW.

    A reserved judgment upon an interesting point in law, involving the legal rights of a murderer, was delivered in Sydney last week by Mr. Justice Harvey ...

    Article : 516 words
  35. AUSTRALIAN WOOL SCHEME.

    The Yorkshire newspapers are continuing the campaign against the Australian wool scheme. The "Yorkshire Post" says that the scheme was obviously formed in ...

    Article : 94 words
  36. CHINESE CREW ON STRIKE.

    Owing to a dispute with the captain regarding the pay the Chinese crew of the Norwegian steamer Tancred, now at Sydney, have gone on strike, and walked ...

    Article : 81 words
  37. JAVA'S ANCIENT STOCK.

    Professor Dubo[?]s, the discoverer of pithecanthropus erectus remains in Java, has informed the Royal Society at Amsterdam that he also discovered two ...

    Article : 366 words
  38. ROCKHAMPTON.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 172 words
  39. ENTERTAINMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 35 words
  40. BONUSES FOR BABIES.

    The Council-General of the Department of the Seine is giving a bonus of 350 francs (£13/17/1) for every third child born, legitimate [?] illegitimate; 400 ...

    Article : 67 words
  41. SAVE THE CHILDREN.

    Sir,—A strong appeal is being made to Queensland citizens to raise a fund to assist the children of "Central Europe," and some hundreds of pounds have ...

    Article : 349 words
  42. Medicine for a Fern.

    In the living-room of an Oxfordshire (England) country house is a maidenhair fern that celebrated its 56th birthday recently. It is now some 2ft. across and ...

    Article : 160 words
  43. "The Sparklers."

    Good singing and bright comedy marked the performance of "The Sparklers" at the Palace Gardens last evening, when the weekly change of programme was ...

    Article : 129 words
  44. THE PRINCE OE WALES.

    His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has accepted an invitation from the Australian and New Zealand Club to attend a luncheon on Australia Day (January ...

    Article : 41 words
  45. YACHTING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 269 words
  46. Famous Dwarf's Death.

    Count Magri, the Italian dwarf, 37in. high, the second husband of Mrs. "Tom Thumb," died at Middlesboro (Massachusetts) on November 1. Only ...

    Article : 140 words
  47. TINPLATE WORKERS.

    In consequence of the fall in the price of steel bars, the wages in the Welsh tinplate industry, employing 27,000 persons, have been reduced by 6/ in the £, under ...

    Article : 44 words
  48. Alleged Poisoning.

    Mary Pickett (adult), Felix-street, Wooloowin, was conveyed to the General Hospital by the Ambulance Brigade last evening. S[?]e was reported to be ...

    Article : 108 words
  49. FUNDS FOR SPANISH BANK.

    A sum of 50,000,000 pesetas in coin (approximately £1,875,000) has been sent to relieve the Bank of Barcelona, which suspended payment. It is believed that ...

    Article : 37 words
  50. DROPPED BOMBS ON LONDON.

    The second Zeppelin awarded to Italy under the Versailles Treaty has arrived. During the war it dropped bombs on London on three occasions. ...

    Article : 34 words
  51. INTER-UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.

    The inter-University boat race between Oxford and Cambridge will be rowed on March 30, at 5 p.m. ...

    Article : 22 words
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