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  2. ASSISTED IMMIGRATION. BRITISH SCHEME.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) stated to-day that he had received a cable message referring to the immigration passage agreement negotiated by the ...

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  3. WOOL INDUSTRY. "BAWRA'S" WORK.

    The first annual general meeting of the shareholders in the British Australian Wool Realisation Association, Ltd., was held this afternoon. ...

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  4. PANIC IN VIENNA. BUSINESS AT STANDSTILL.

    An amazing panic swept over the city to-day, bringing all business to a standstill. Workers, on reading the announcement in the newspapers that the price ...

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  5. PUBLIC SERVICE PAY. THE REDUCTIONS.

    As announced in the "Courier" yesterday, the anti-reduction committee has issued a manifesto to all W.P.O.'s and unions affiliated with the A.l.P., asking ...

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  6. REBELS SEEKING PEACE. CORK DELEGATION.

    The Irish Irregulars are reported to be seeking a peace parley with the Free State forces. ...

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  7. ITALIAN CRISIS.

    Following a no-confidence vote, which was carried against the Government by 288 votes to 103, the Prime Minister (Signor Facta) will see the King, and ...

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  8. HAGUE CONFERENCE. RUSSIAN PROPOSAL.

    The Russians announce that if the other delegations agree to refer the proposals to their Governments, Russia will refer to Moscow, firstly, whether Russia should ...

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  9. FULL TIME.

    In addition to the Ipswich Railway Workshops, full time is also to be restored at those in Rockhampton. Discussing this matter yesterday the ...

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  10. LIMERICK BATTLE.

    A statement published in Dublin declares that representatives of the Irregulars in Cork have gone to the Free State headquarters for the purpose of discussing ...

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  11. AMERICAN STRIKES. MINES REOPENING.

    The Western Pennsylvania mine operators have accepted President Harding's invitation to reopen the names on Monday under the protection of the State ...

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  12. FIRM FOUNDATION.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lloyd George), in a stirling speech, partly in Welsh, which [?]e delivered on receiving the Freedom of Aberystwyth, in which he ...

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  13. JOINT EXPENDITURE.

    The High Commissioner for Australia (Sir Joseph Cook) and the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. Winston Churchill) to-day signed the migration ...

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  14. PASTORAL AWARD.

    A further eight shearing sheds have begun work on the award terms, according to a statement issued by the secretary of the Graziers' Association (Mr. W. J. ...

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  15. GERMAN FINANCE.

    The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily News" says he understands that the Allied Guarantees Commission, previous to leaving for Paris, directed the German ...

    Article : 105 words
  16. INDIAN ECONOMY.

    With a view to reducing the cost of gaol administration in the United Provinces, 5000 prisoners, mostly serving short sentences, are being released, including all ...

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  17. TRADE DEVELOPMENT.

    The Australian and New Zealand Club gave a luncheon in honour of Lord Birkenhead at the Hotel Cecil. The High Commissioner for Australia (Sir Joseph ...

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  18. PREPARATIONS AT CORK.

    A report from Cork states that the en[?]re staff of Irregulars of the Tuam Brigade has resigned owing to a refusal to carry out disagrecable orders. The ...

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  19. MOUNT EVEREST.

    General Bruce, the leader of the Mount Everestt expedition, is expected at Darjeeling on August 5, but it is expected that the remaining members of the party ...

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  20. AMERICO-GERMAN TREATY.

    The Foreign Affairs Commission of the Reichstag has approved of the United States' proposal to refer to the International Court of Arbitration all ...

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  21. RAILWAY DISPUTE.

    The executive council of the American Federation of Labour has called on all organised labour to assist the railway strikers to win the fight by refusing to ...

    Article : 125 words
  22. HORNSBY MURDER.

    Intense interest was displayed in Hornsby to-day, when two youths, Frederick Eric Spen[?]ley Powell (17 years of age) and Stanley Spencer ...

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  23. COMMUNISTIC MOVE

    At the miners' conference in South Wales a motion in favour of the Miners' Federation joining the Third Red Internationals was rejected by 883 votes ...

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  24. "TOO COSTLY."

    The Irish Government in a statement on the general Situation following peace suggestions recalls the outrages by organised bands, who for many months l[?]ve ...

    Article : 178 words
  25. KING'S PRIZE.

    Lieutenant A. C. Beaumont, an Australian, shooting in the first stage of the King's Prize at Bisley was momentarily stunned by a cut in the head received ...

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  26. IDLE CHIPPING.

    According to the latest available statisties, it is estimated that between 10,000,000 and 12,000,000 gross tons of shipping are laid up in various parts of ...

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  27. GIFT TO PRINCESS.

    The picture of Sydney Harbour by Mr. Arthur E. Streeton, the Australian artist, which was purchased with money subscribed by the ladies of New South Wales, ...

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  28. "BAWRA" STOCKS.

    "Bawra's" statisties of wool on June 30 are:—In stock and atloat, 1,300,606 bales, of which Australian total 202,527 merinos and 650,14l crossbreds; and New ...

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  29. PACIFIC FLIGHT.

    Major Morgan, pilot and navigator, who made the first attempt to fly across the Atlantic Occan in 1919, has decided to formally enter for the £10,000 prize ...

    Article : 114 words
  30. FUNERAL AMBUSHED.

    Republicans ambushed the funeral of a Free State soldier killed in the street at Gort, Galway. The body, which was accompanied by the deceased's parents ...

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  31. LONDON SALES.

    At the mixed wool sale to-day there was a poor selection of merinos, but a moderately good lot of crossbreds. There was a strong active demand from all ...

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  32. MR. "PUSSYFOOT" JOHNSON

    Mr. "Pussyfoot" Johnson, the American temperance advocate, will embark on the steamer Remuera to partake in the prohibition campaign in New Zealand. ...

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  33. NARROW ESCAPE.

    A floating mine was dropped from a passing sampan in the harbour here, and was evidently intended to blow up the Chinese cruiser Wing Fun, on board of ...

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  34. A QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT.

    Mr. Corser (for Mr. Logan) asked the Premier, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, what embargoes had been placed on the granting of increases to ...

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  35. EMPIRE WIRELESS.

    In the course of a statement in the House of Assembly on the wireless situation, the Prime Minister (General Smuts) said that the British Post Office recently ...

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  36. OLD AGE PENSIONS.

    Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P., at the request of the Railwaymen's Union, is introducing a Bill providing for pensions of 30/ per week at the age of 60 years, the cost to ...

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  37. GOLD RECOVERED.

    The Admiralty salvage workers have recovered a further £1,000,000 from the sunken liner Laurentic. Salvage operations are being continued. ...

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  38. BESTOWAL OF HONOURS.

    Lord Waring, in the House of Lords, gave a flat denial to Mr. M'Neil's statement in the House of Commons that he had made a large fortune out of ...

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  39. PRICE OF FLOUR.

    The executive of the Victorian Mil[?] Owners' Association, at a meeting to-day, decided to reduce the price of flour by 10/ per ton, making it £12/10/ [?]et ...

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  40. RUSSELL DIVORCE.

    The Russell divorce case reached the sixth day of hearing to-day. The public interest is unabated, and the court was filled with a large crowd of ...

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  41. IMPERIAL CONFERENCE REQUESTED.

    At a meeting of the Associated Chambers of Commerce a motion was passed asking the Government to convene an Imperial Conference at an early date on the ...

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  42. RAILWAY CONFERENCE.

    Following the judgment of the Arbitration Court respecting the application of the basic wage to Government employees, conferences have taken place between ...

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  43. A CLOSE CALL.

    Mr. Edwin Denby, Secretary to the United States Navy, who is visiting China, narrowly escaped death in an aeroplane crash. The engine failed at a ...

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  44. LORD BRYCE'S ESTATE.

    The estate of the late Lord Bryce is valued at £34,962, the bulk of which is left to Oxford University for the promotion of historical study. ...

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  45. DOMINION ASSISTANCE.

    The Empire Parliamentary Association entertained at luncheon Sir George Foster and Sir Franels Bell, a New Zealander, at the House of Commons. The company ...

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  46. BOY v. EMPLOYER.

    A short time ago, in the Magistrate's Court, Leslie Duncan Ware, a lad of 16, proceeded against Anders Neilson (coach builder), to whom he was apprenticed, ...

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  47. "EXCUSE ME, MISS!"

    There was a sensation at the Paddington Town Hall last night, when two constables interrupted a couple in the middle of a dance, and placed a supposed lady ...

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  48. QUESTION OF HOURS.

    One of the questions which is now exercising the minds of many public servants is that of hours. Several months ago the weekly working hours were ...

    Article : 264 words
  49. "CANNOT WORK HONESTLY"

    That it was becoming increasingly difficult for shopkeepers in Sydney to remain in business as honest men was the view expressed by Mr. A. E. Kitchen, a ...

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  50. DATE OF EXECUTION.

    Reginald Dunn and Joseph O'sullivan, the assassins of Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, will be executed on August 8. ...

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  51. WASHINGTON TREATIES.

    The State Department has been advised that South Africa has ratified the Washington Conference treaties. ...

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  52. INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFERENCE.

    Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P., opened the International Trade Union Conference. The executive reported that the German situation convinced them that the time ...

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  53. GERMAN APPOINTMENT.

    Herr Simons (formerly Minister for Foreign Affairs) has been appointed President of the Supreme Court. ...

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  54. HOUSING SCHEME.

    Thirty colliery companies have formed an industrial housing association, with a subscribed capital of £1,000,000, the object being to provide 10,000 cheap houses for ...

    Article : 67 words
  55. WEST AUSTRALIAN SCHEME.

    The Migration Department issued a notification to the Press last week-end setting out the general conditions of West Australia's south-western land settlement ...

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  56. S. HOFFNUNG AND CO., LTD.

    S. Hoffnung and Co., Ltd., shows a profit of £91,435. A dividend of 15 per cent, has been declared, £10,000 placed to the reserve, and £21,435 carried ...

    Article : 38 words
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