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  2. PASTORAL INDUSTRY.

    Acting upon the ascertained fact that the basic wage for shearers was £3/12/ per week, with allowances for skill and so forth, his Honour Mr. Justice Powers ...

    Article : 444 words
  3. LINKS OF EMPIRE.

    One of the subjects discussed at the Imperial Conference in London last June was the problem of perfecting the means of communication between the heart of ...

    Article : 1,250 words
  4. MARINE COUNCIL.

    After expressing his disapproval of the Marine Council, the representative of the Seamen's Union, Mr. Thomas Walsh, has resigned from that body, and ...

    Article : 462 words
  5. BUTTER INDUSTRY.

    The Victorian Minister for Lands (Mr. Oman) looks with disfavour on the Federal control of the butter industry. While not prepared to comment in detail on the ...

    Article : 280 words
  6. IRISH FAILURE.

    It ia officially announced that the peace negotiations between the Dail Eireann and the Free States have broken down. ...

    Article : 140 words
  7. RUSSIA ACCEPTS HAGUE PROPOSALS

    The Russians have accepted the proposals for the holding of a conference of experts at the Hague. They suggested that the conference should be held at Riga, Stockholm, Rome, or London, but Mr. Lloyd George replied that neither Rome nor London would be agreeable ...

    Article : 111 words
  8. FEDERAL FINANCES.

    A representative gathering of business men assembled yesterday in the Wool Exchange, Parbury Buildings, at the invitation of the president and members of the ...

    Article : 1,949 words
  9. RUSSIAN REPLY.

    M. Tchitcheerin, in a statement to the Sub-Commission to-day, said that the appointment of two commissions at The Hague seemed to the Russian delegation ...

    Article : 542 words
  10. BELFAST SCENES.

    Belfast last night was the scene of many sanguinary encounters between Sinn Fein gunmen and the Crown forces. Many casualties occurred over the southern area, ...

    Article : 160 words
  11. GERMAN DECISION.

    The Genoa correspondent of the "Petit Parisien" declares that Dr. Rathena[?] (German Minister for Foreign Affairs) abandoned the idea of protesting against ...

    Article : 111 words
  12. SURPLUS STOCKS IN ENGLAND.

    Butter importers greatly resent the criticisms which have appeared in Australia and New Zealand regarding the purchase of Government surplus stocks, ...

    Article : 259 words
  13. ASSISTING ULSTER.

    In the House of Commons to-day the Chief Secretary for Ireland (Sir Hamar Greenwood) submitted a vote for £750,000, representing one-half of a grant to ...

    Article : 460 words
  14. SYDNEY BRIDGE.

    The Australian Press Association interviewed Mr. J. J. C. Bradfield, M.E., who said that he had come to America for the purpose of explaining to interested parties ...

    Article : 351 words
  15. REPRESENTATION OF NEW ZEALAND.

    Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell has proceeded to Genoa, at the invitation of Mr. Lloyd George, to represent New Zeal[?]nd there during the last days of the ...

    Article : 66 words
  16. REPLY TO MR. JUSTICE M'CAWLEY.

    With an inflexion of sareasm, but in studiously po[?] language, Mr. Justice [?]ewers, in the Feder[?] Arbitration Court to-day, re[?] to remarks made by Mr. ...

    Article : 330 words
  17. COMMENTS OF VISCOUNT GREY.

    Viscount Grey, in a letter to the National Liberal Federation, states: "The Genoa Conference has provided an example of what should be avoided to secure the ...

    Article : 168 words
  18. NEW ZEALAND POOL.

    The committee of the Home and Foreign Produce Exchange, representing all branches of the provision trade in London and the Home counties, passed the ...

    Article : 70 words
  19. GERMANY CHECKED

    The Conference of A[?]lied Ambassadors has requested Germany to abandon the construction of certain railways in the Rhineland provinces which would be of ...

    Article : 59 words
  20. LORD CURZON.

    Lord Curzon (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) is seriously ill. He is suffering from phlebitis (inflammation of the veins). ...

    Article : 27 words
  21. SERIOUS PROBLEM.

    Replying to a question in the House of Communs to-day, the Lord Privy Seal (Mr. Austen Chamberlain) said that the Government could not but consider last ...

    Article : 287 words
  22. AUSTRALIAN MEAT.

    Mr. Edmund Jowett M.H.R., of Victoria, is conducting a Press campaign in the Northern industiial centres in favour of Australian meat, urging that the ...

    Article : 137 words
  23. WAR GRAVES.

    Replying to a question in the House of Commons, the Financial Secretary to the War Office (Lieut.-Col. G. F. Stanley) stated that arrangements were being made ...

    Article : 181 words
  24. INCENDIARISM.

    The Labour war has been renewed by an outburst, of incendiar[?]sm. Three fires were caused, and one building was wr[?]cked by the explosion of bombs, and ...

    Article : 47 words
  25. FRENCH BUDGET.

    The French Budget for 1023 provides for a total expenditure of 23,290,000,000 francs (nominally £931,600,000). There is an estimated deficit of 3,000,000,000 francs ...

    Article : 98 words
  26. HOSPITAL BURNT.

    The Hospital of the Holy Ghost was gutted by fire. The staffs removed from the burning building as many patients as as could be accommodated on the ...

    Article : 53 words
  27. NEED OF DOMINIONS.

    The National Farmers' Union, which is seeking a Government loan of £10,000,000, has appointed a deputation to interview Lieut.-Colonel Amery regarding the ...

    Article : 43 words
  28. BOY MIGRANTS.

    Mr. H. N. Barwell (Premier of South Australia) and Mrs. Barwell travelled by motor to Souther[?] ton to-day, and will emb[?]rk for C[?]nada to-morrow. In a ...

    Article : 136 words
  29. TINPLATE TRADE.

    The tinplate industry is improving. A prominent m[?]nufacturer, when [?]ntervi[?]wed, said that the South Wales works [?] some months had been turning out ...

    Article : 93 words
  30. WOOL TRADE.

    At the wool sales to-day good competition prevailed for both merinos and crossbreds, and full rates were obtained. Warrungup sold to 26d., averaging ...

    Article : 55 words
  31. IN MANCHURIA.

    General Chang Tsao-lin (who was recently defeated by General Wu Pei-fu) has declared himself Dictator of Manchuria, and has ordered the funds of the Post Office to ...

    Article : 122 words
  32. DICKENS LETTERS.

    At the sale of the library of the late Baroness Burdett Coutts a collection of over 600 letters written by Charles Dickens, the majority being addressed to ...

    Article : 60 words
  33. ALLEGED TRICKERY.

    Charlas Lawson, a first-class passenger on board a liner from New York, who was recently arrested on arrival at Southampton, is 45 years of age, and ...

    Article : 270 words
  34. SAILORS' AND SOLDIERS' CHILDREN.

    "The sacred obligation we owe to our sailors and soldiers is our excuse for bringing this street collection under your notice in the hope that you will ...

    Article : 160 words
  35. HENLEY REGATTA.

    The newspapers quote an official in Aus tralia House who insisted that manu[?] workers in Australia were regarded socially as the equal of any one else, and pointed ...

    Article : 148 words
  36. BOWLS.

    The visiting team of Australian bowlers played a six-rink m[?]tch against Croydon, the visitors winning by 135-100 The Australian team of bowlers visited ...

    Article : 54 words
  37. SOUTHERN OFFERINGS.

    Wool sales were held at the Sydney Wool Exchange to-day, when the quantity catalogued totalled 7023 bales, and the sales, including private transactions, amounted ...

    Article : 98 words
  38. ASSOCIATED BANKS.

    The Associated Australian Banks have raised the selling rate for cable transfers from Australia and New Zealand to 5/ premium, and have reduced tile rate of ...

    Article : 62 words
  39. A DUKE'S DIFFICULTIES.

    Owing to the pressure of rates and taxes and other burdens, the Duke of Richmond and Gordon has decided to sell his Huntley estates, in Aberdeenshire, which ...

    Article : 48 words
  40. AUSTRALIAN SINGER'S SUCCESS.

    Miss "Florence Austral" (Miss Florence Fawaz, of Melbourne), a dramatic soprano, has been given excellent Press notices in connection with her singing of the part of ...

    Article : 42 words
  41. THE DERBY.

    The King's horses in the Derby, Weather Vane, St. David, and London Cry, have been withdrawn from the race. ...

    Article : 30 words
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