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  2. TROUBLE ENDED.

    A settlement was effected late this afternoon of the strike of the Federal unions against their awards, which provide for a 48-hour week. The offer of the strikers to work 44 hours for 44 ...

    Article : 977 words
  3. PETERING OUT.

    Mr. H. C. Gibson, general secretary of the Federated Engine-drivers' and Firemen's Association, announced to-day that the strike had been settled ...

    Article : 385 words
  4. DRIFT TO CITIES.

    "Let us not complain about the natural conditions of Queensland. They may not be ideal, but with the application of intelligence, energy, and grit we could raise ...

    Article : 1,506 words
  5. FINE STAND.

    Ryder and Andrews became associated against South of England on Thursday at a critical time. Six wickets were down for 146 runs, but ...

    Article : 822 words
  6. AN INSURRECTION.

    A cable from Lisbon says that a military insurrection, in which two divisions are said to be involved, has broken out in north and south ...

    Article : 160 words
  7. SERIOUS STORM.

    Serious storms throughout to-day caused considerable damage in the Fremantle district. The storms were accompanied by violent hail storms and hurricane winds ...

    Article : 366 words
  8. WORK REVIEWED.

    "From the standpoint of legislative work this Conference has been outstanding," said the Rev. John G. Wheen, the President-General of the Eighth General ...

    Article : 1,235 words
  9. MARKING TIME.

    Downing-street semi-officially repudiates the story that the Government is hoping for individual coal settlements, because it cannot disregard the normal ...

    Article : 127 words
  10. KING INTERESTED.

    His Majesty the King gave an audience to 40 delegates of the International Parliamentary Commercial Conference. His Majesty, recalling the 1918 conference, ...

    Article : 100 words
  11. UNIFORM WEEK.

    Delegates from all the States are expected to arrive in Melbourne during the next two days to attend the Interstate Conference of representatives of the ...

    Article : 152 words
  12. MANY RESTRICTIONS.

    The seriousness of the coal situation is emphasised by the announcement by the Secretary for Mines that householders will only be allowed half a ...

    Article : 188 words
  13. DIAMOND JUBILEE.

    Yesterday was a gala day for the pupils of the Bald Hills State School, for though they had to answer the roll call they were excused from their usual tasks. ...

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  14. TRAGIC END.

    While giving evidence in the Federal Arbitration Court in the case in which the A.W.U. is applying for a new award for pastoral employees, Frederick ...

    Article : 67 words
  15. MUSICAL FESTIVAL.

    Large audiences and remarkable enthusiasm continue to be features of the Murwillumbah musical festival, which promises to be remarkably successful in every way ...

    Article : 698 words
  16. "BRUMBIES."

    The chief complaint presented at yesterday's meeting of delegates to the Chamber of Agricultural Societies concerned the baneful influence upon blood horses ...

    Article : 617 words
  17. RAILWAY LOSSES.

    The gross losses of the four railway companies due to the general strike and the coal strike are £6,490,000, according to the "Railway Gazette," which points ...

    Article : 84 words
  18. EMPIRE PRESS UNION.

    The annual general meeting of the Australian section of the Empire Press Union was held at Menzies' Hotel to-day. Mr. J. O. Fairfax, of the "Sydney Morning ...

    Article : 312 words
  19. COMING VISIT.

    Details of the proposed itinerary of the forthcoming tour of the delegates from Empire Parliamentary Associations were made available by the secretary of the ...

    Article : 412 words
  20. PARACHUTE DESCENTS.

    The first parachute descents to be carried out in Australia by the Royal Australian Air Force were conducted at the Richmond Aerodrome this week by ...

    Article : 153 words
  21. AN AGREEMENT.

    The Federation of Master Printers an[?] the Newspaper Society to-day agreed to a national settlement with the Printing and Kindred Trades Federation, providing for ...

    Article : 82 words
  22. TATE IN FORM.

    Closing scores in the county cricket matches to-day were:— Surrey v. Leicestershire.—Surrey, 287 (Ducat 60, Shepherd 52); Leicestershire, ...

    Article : 152 words
  23. IPSWICH MAN KILLED.

    Roy Henshall, 28 years of age, a mar ried man with five children, who was a patient at the Ipswich General Hospital, jumped or fell from a window on the ...

    Article : 78 words
  24. COLD WEATHER.

    The weather still remains cold, with no sign of rain. One well-informed agent stated that the losses of sheep from the cold during the last three weeks had been ...

    Article : 58 words
  25. BURGLARY AT IPSWICH.

    Late last night Mr. W. J. Boody's general store at Brassall was entered and the entire stock of tobacco and cigarettes the value of which is estimated at be ...

    Article : 170 words
  26. MESSAGE FROM LONDON

    The annual meeting of the Empire Press Union resolved to increase the maximum membership of the council from 50 to 70, 35 to be overseas representatives. This ...

    Article : 120 words
  27. SANDGATE TRAIN DELAYED.

    The engine of the 10.18 o'clock train from Sandgate broke down at Nudgee last night, with the result that the train arrived at Central Station at 11.45— ...

    Article : 95 words
  28. RESERVOIR BURSTS.

    The latest reports from Akita state that the water from the reservoir swept like a wave towards Kitaura, 20ft. high, and 240ft. wide, carrying everything ...

    Article : 183 words
  29. THE WORK OF THE A.I.M.

    In the year 1912, the Presbyterian Church of Australia made a great venture, when it founded the A.I.M., otherwise the Australian Inland Mission, the ...

    Article : 287 words
  30. IPSWICH MUSICAL COMPETITIONS.

    In the competitions organised and conducted by the committee, which had Mr. F. D. Edmunds as chairman and Mr. A. Watcham as secretary, in aid of the ...

    Article : 127 words
  31. THE STEAMER DORRIGO

    "Because a man's name is Brown he does not carry all the sins of the whole Brown family." That is how the genial manager of John Burke, Ltd., comments ...

    Article : 119 words
  32. BITTEN BY DOG.

    King Haakon was walking with th[?] Queens dwarf greyhounds, when a big dog attacked one of the hounds, which the King [?]cked up, driving off the dog ...

    Article : 68 words
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