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  2. NEGOTIATIONS FAIL.

    The miners' representatives, by an overwhelming majority, rejected the Government's'offer of a subsidy of £10,000,000, ...

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  3. SUPERB FIGHTERS.

    Major Neville Lytton, in a book entitled "The Press and the General Staff," published by the firm of Collins to-day, says: "The first time I saw the ...

    Article : 355 words
  4. SINN FEIN TERRORISM.

    In moving the adoption of the Irish vote in the House of Commons, the Chief Secretary for Ireland (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Hamar ...

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  5. BRIBE Of £20,000,000.

    At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce held in honour of Mr. Charles Schwab, the president of the Bethlehem Steel Co., it was revealed that Germany ...

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  6. AUSTRALIA'S PROBLEMS.

    When the House of Representatives met to-day the Treasurer, in reply to Mr. Higgs, said that every opportunity would be given to members to discuss the wool ...

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  7. MOUNT MORGAN CRISIS.

    The joint report by Mr. Colville Christie and Mr. F. Hambridge, the accountants deputed to make an investigation of the Mount Morgan Co.'s books, pursuant to ...

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  8. TRAM FARES.

    Action was taken by the State Government yesterday to prevent the Brisbane Tramways Co., Ltd., from increasing fa[?]es as it was proposed to do from to-morrow. ...

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  9. AMERICA AND DISARMAMENT.

    The House of Representatives defeated by a large majority an amendment to the Naval Appropriations Bill, proposing that the appropriations for the ...

    Article : 227 words
  10. "THOROUGHLY UNSATISFACTORY."

    Mr. Lloyd George stated in the House of Commons that he had seen the German reparation proposals submitted to the United States, and regretted to say that ...

    Article : 246 words
  11. THE YAP ISLAND DISPUTE.

    Admiral Viscount Kato, in an interview, declared that while the Yap Island dispute was a weighty matter, a solution of the question could not be ...

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  12. ANGLO-JAPANESE TREATY.

    An examination of the editorial opinion of the Press in all parts of the country, notably in the West, shows that there is the fullest approval of Mr. W. M. ...

    Article : 277 words
  13. "RAIDING" BY UNIONISTS.

    Dean Inge, in a series of articles in the "Evening Standard," is trying his hand as a minor prophet. He says he believes that if the Government would ...

    Article : 158 words
  14. SALE OF GERMAN STEAMERS.

    The Shipping Controller has sold the German steamers Wendland, F[?]iesland, Munsterland, Sauerland, and Vogtland, the gross tonnage of which averages about ...

    Article : 81 words
  15. "ONE INDIVISIBLE EMPIRE."

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) was less than two hours in Adelaide this morning, on route to London, and few men could have crowded into that time all ...

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  16. RIOTS IN INDIA.

    The Government at Bombay reports that serious rioting occurred in the Nasik district on Monday and Tuesday, and a sub-inspector of police and three constables ...

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  17. THE SENATE.

    In the Senate, The Defence Bill was further considered in Committee. Some discussion took place regarding the provision that graduates ...

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  18. WOOLLENS AND WORSTEDS.

    Some months ago Mr. Stirling Taylor, director of the Bureau of Commerce and Industry, enunciated a gigantic scheme for the manufacture of Australian wool ...

    Article : 402 words
  19. FASCISTI SEIZE FIUME.

    As a result of the elections in Fiume, in which the Autonomists defeated the Nationalists, who were advocating the annexation of the town by Italy, the ...

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  20. HAPPENINGS IN IRELAND.

    Mrs. Potter, wife of a district inspector of the Royal Irish Constabulary, was kidnapped from a motor car at Caher (Tipperary) on Saturday. She had ...

    Article : 129 words
  21. INDIAN DESERTERS.

    Three Afridis, who deserted from the Indian Army in France in 1914 and joined the Germans have arrived at Kabul from Herat. One is accompanied by a German ...

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  22. THE INJURY TO OLDFIELD.

    An X-ray examination has been made of the arm of W. Oldfield, the Australian cricketer, who was accidentally injured in sports on board ship, and it is not thought ...

    Article : 41 words
  23. BOLSHEVIK LEADERS.

    Advices received by the "Morning Post" from Moscow reveal dissension between the Bolshevik leaders. Trotsky, Buckharin, and Dzerzhinsky control most ...

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  24. PRESENT COST OF PRODUCTION.

    Before Parliament met this morning Senator J. F. Guthrie addressed the members of both Houses in the Senate Club Room on the wool position. He said that ...

    Article : 265 words
  25. TRADE WITH AMERICA.

    Mr. Mark Sheldon (Commonwealth Trade Commissioner in the United States), in an address delivered to members of the American Credit Men's Association, dealt ...

    Article : 162 words
  26. EMPIRE OBLIGATIONS.

    Mr. Mackenzie King, the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons, moved:—"That this House, while recognising the propriety of Canada being ...

    Article : 119 words
  27. CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES.

    Mr. James F. Hope, Coalition Unionist member for Sheffield Central, and Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Munitions, has been appointed Chairman ...

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  28. EMPIRE WARRIOR'S GRAVE,

    Mrs. W. A. Windeyer placed a wreath on the grave of the Unknown Soldier on behalf of soldiers' mothers in Hunter's Hill, Sydney. ...

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  29. TEN PERSONS KILLED IN ROBBERY.

    Reparts from Tampico (a town in Mexico) state that eight guards and two bandits were killed when fifteen bandits robbed the officials of the Agwi Oil Co., ...

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  30. NEWMARKET SPRING MEETING.

    The One Thousand Guineas, run at the Newmarket Spring Meeting, resulted:— Mr. W. Raphael's Bettina, b.f., by Swynford—Bobbina. 9.0, 1; Petrea, 9.0, ...

    Article : 63 words
  31. TOTALISATOR TAX PROPOSAL.

    Lieut.-Commander Hilton Young, replying to Sir Newton Moore in the House of Commons, said that though the Chancellor of the Exchequer was always prepared to ...

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  32. UNITED STATES TARIFF.

    The Senate, in Committee on Finance, has adopted far-reaching amendments[?] in the Emergency Tariff Bill. One change provides that foreign exporters who ...

    Article : 68 words
  33. NEW ENGLISH DIVORCE LAW,

    The House of Lords has passed the third reading of the Matrimonial Causes Bill, the Primate (the Archbishop of Canterbury) voting against it in consequence of ...

    Article : 206 words
  34. TWICE SENTENCED TO DEATH.

    The High Court to-day, his Honour the Chief Justice presiding, gave judgment in the appeal of Major James Stewart, who had been twice sentenced to death on a ...

    Article : 146 words
  35. BRADFORD VIEWS.

    Commenting on Mr. Hughes's statement that he is coming to England to consult the British Government in regard to the wool position, the Yorkshire "Observer" ...

    Article : 159 words
  36. DAVIS CUP TEAM.

    N. Brookes has chosen the following to represent Australia in the Davis Cup competition:—J. O. Anderson (New South Wales), J. B. Hawkes (Victoria), ...

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  37. NEW ZEALAND IMMIGRATION,

    The High Commissioner for New Zealand (Sir James Allen) is endeavouring to arrange to despatch to New Zealand in June 700 married and 100 single ...

    Article : 102 words
  38. SMALLPOX IN MELBOURNE.

    Another case of smallpox was reported to-day to the Commissioner of Public Health. The patient was removing during the afternoon to Coode Island, where ...

    Article : 66 words
  39. RAILWAY FATALITY AT CAIRNS.

    William Henry Hoad, aged 58 years, was knocked down this morning by some railway trucks which were being shunted across the road, and was dragged about ...

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  40. AMERICAN GOLD IMPORTS.

    Heavy gold imports have occurred since April 1, more than 40,000,000 dollars (£8,000,000) arriving, and putting the local Sub-Treasury under an ...

    Article : 34 words
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