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  2. DRIFT TO CITIES.

    The population of Queensland is showing a marked tendency to move towards the coast, with a proportionate decrease inland. This fact is ...

    Article : 486 words
  3. OVER THE GAP.

    The bodies of a man and a woman were found on the rocks at the foot of The Gap, at South Head, this morning. A man's coat and hat, and a woman's hat ...

    Article : 489 words
  4. WITHIN SIGHT.

    According to the annual report of the Marconi Co. the soheme for an Empiro wireless chain is within sight of early competition. The ...

    Article : 325 words
  5. NO RESPONSE.

    Seamen who attended the Mercantile Marine Office to-day seeking engagement went on strike because they found the doors of the office closed, ...

    Article : 476 words
  6. KING'S HEALTH.

    Following a brief visit of the medical officers last evening it was stated officially that there was no change in the condition of the King, who is suffering from ...

    Article : 195 words
  7. OVER £2000 FINE.

    A fine of over £2000 has been inflloted on the members of the Port Adelaide branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation by the Federal ...

    Article : 211 words
  8. PECULIAR COURSE

    The mysterious movements of a steamer on the coast at Newcastle, and significant information sought by an unknown foreign woman late at ...

    Article : 537 words
  9. SOVIET CONTROL.

    "Do you want that imposed on this city?" asked the Premier (Mr. Theodore) when addressing a Greater Brisbane election meeting in ...

    Article : 383 words
  10. INFLUENZA PREVALENT.

    Influenza is again widely prevalent. The Primate, several judges, and more than 30 members of the House of Commons are on the sick list. ...

    Article : 36 words
  11. MOERAKI ARRIVES.

    When the steamer Moeraki arrived at Dunedin last night there was a big crowd at the wharf, but there was no demonstration. ...

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  12. COTTON STRIKE.

    The Japanese cotton mill strike, which began last week, has spread till it has now involved 30,000 operatives belonging to 13 Japanese mills. Serious ...

    Article : 102 words
  13. NEW CRUISERS.

    Two Australian tenders for the construction of the two 10,000-ton cruisers for the Royal Australian Navy have been received by the Minister for Deience (Sir ...

    Article : 238 words
  14. CONTEMPLATED EXTENSION.

    The "Evening Standard," commenting on the British official wireless news service sent out from the Foreign Office, says that it is no longer of a ...

    Article : 131 words
  15. THE HEAT WAVE.

    The Queensland divisional officer of the Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau has kindly supplied the following progressive figures relating to temperature and ...

    Article : 748 words
  16. NOT A SUCCESS.

    Anton Flettner's rotor ship has arrived in the Fifth of Forth from the River Elbe (Germany). Bad weather was experienced throughout the 400 miles of the ...

    Article : 209 words
  17. A LOSING BATTLE.

    The political correspondent of the "Daily Express," in expressing the opinion that the debate on the safeguarding of industries revealed a Socialist ...

    Article : 118 words
  18. Shadowy Crumbs.

    Figures are sometimes as unsubstantial as the shadow of the bone which the hungry dog saw in the brook. Since ...

    Article : 127 words
  19. AMERICAN AMALGAMATION PLAN.

    Plans have been announced for linking up 18 broadcasting radio stations east of the Mississippi River with a combined range of 12,800,000 homes. ...

    Article : 33 words
  20. Putting on the Screw.

    Council employees in Sydney are having a rocky time. Recently the Labour Council there decided to give ...

    Article : 155 words
  21. PINES FOR CANNING.

    A well-attended meeting of fruit growers was held in the hall at Victoria Point on Monday night to make arrangements for the allocation of pineapples for ...

    Article : 114 words
  22. REQUEST TO MINISTRY.

    A deputation from the Commonwealth Council of the Amalgamated Engineering Union asked the Postmaster-General (Mr. Gibson) and the Minister for Migration ...

    Article : 120 words
  23. BRITISH GOODS.

    The Australian Press Association learns that the Commonwealth's new preference conditions are likely to be acceptable to most trades, as they appear to remove ...

    Article : 163 words
  24. TOMB IN ROCK.

    CAVE CITY (Kentucky), February 17. Collins will sleep undisturbed in the cavern which claimed his life. All attemps to recover his body from the tomb ...

    Article : 308 words
  25. A SUN "VICTORY."

    Spa[?]dic fighting for past years in the Kwangtung Province between Dr. Sun Yat Sen's forces and followers of the Ch[?] general, Chen Chiung Ming, have ...

    Article : 82 words
  26. COLOSSAL BILL.

    In the House of Commons to-day the Minister for Pensions (Major Tryon) mentioned thnt by March 31. Britain would have spent £600,000,000 in war ...

    Article : 51 words
  27. ROMEO AND JULIET.

    Romeo Mair (aged 17 years) and Juliet Migcot (aged 15 years), both belonging to a village near Nancy, were arrested at Havre, from where they had ...

    Article : 139 words
  28. BANK HOLD UP.

    When the Crown case was concluded to-day in the trial of Francis Perkins, who is charged with the murder of William Charles Frederick Almeida, Mr. D. ...

    Article : 184 words
  29. VALUE OF AIRSHIPS.

    Contradictory testimony was given before the House of Representatives Aircraft Committee to-day by Mr. Roosevelt, the former Assistant Secretary for the Navy, ...

    Article : 310 words
  30. POLICE ATTACKED.

    Six evictions took place at Clydebank to-day. Barricades were again erected at several houses, and scalding water and had been a great pleasure, he said, to ...

    Article : 54 words
  31. MIGRATION COSTS.

    In the House of Commons to-day the Secretart for the Colonies (Mr. Amery) stated that 85,929 persons had been assisted under the Empire Settlement Act ...

    Article : 97 words
  32. FRACAS IN CANTON.

    A fracas on Sunday night between Yunnauese mercenary troops and Indian watchmen in possession of a motor launch resulted in several casualties to both sides. ...

    Article : 42 words
  33. RAILWAY CROSSINGS.

    The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has dismissed the appeal of the Attorney-General of New South Wales against the judgment of Mr. Justice Street ...

    Article : 79 words
  34. IMPROVEMENTS SOUGHT

    Members of the Chamber of Commerce, supported by representatives of the City Council, conferred with the Commissioner for Railways to-day, and again ...

    Article : 444 words
  35. REPORTED TREATY.

    The Foreign Office emphatically denies the report of a Russo-Japanese-Chinese treaty, published by the Berlin "Lokal Anzeiger." ...

    Article : 35 words
  36. OPIUM CONFERENCE.

    Viscount C[?]il, on being interviewed by a representative of the Australian Press Association, on his return from Geneva, said that the Opium ...

    Article : 230 words
  37. NO RECOGNITION.

    "The departure of the Secretary of State (Mr. C. E. Hughes) from the Cabinet, on March 4, forecasts no change in America's policy of non-recognition of ...

    Article : 55 words
  38. DRESS CATCHES FIRE.

    While playing "Isolde at the Liverpool Olympia, Miss Rosina Buckman was waving a torch as a signal to "Tristan" when her silk dress ignited. Luckily she ...

    Article : 85 words
  39. FOOD COMMISSION.

    The Australian Press Association understands that the Royal Commission on Food will complete its public hearing before Mr. J. B. Cramsie (of the ...

    Article : 58 words
  40. EARL OF OXFORD.

    The Earl of Oxford and Asquith (formerly Mr. H. H. Asquith) took his seat in the House of Lords to-day, Earl Beauchamp and Earl Balfour acting as his ...

    Article : 122 words
  41. SWARAJIST SET-BACK.

    The Bengal Legislative Council, after a lengthy debate, passed a resolution by 75 votes to 51 in favour of including in the forthcoming Budget provision for ...

    Article : 114 words
  42. LETTERS BY AIR.

    The Postmaster-General (Sir W. Mitchell-Thompson), in replying to a question in the House of Commons to-day, said that it was contemplated to carry ...

    Article : 69 words
  43. FOR WIRELESS ENTHUSIASTS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 71 words
  44. TOBACCO HABIT.

    An extensive anti-tobacco movement will be launched during the week commencing on March 4. The programme of action is being promoted at the National ...

    Article : 160 words
  45. TWO MISSING MEN.

    Nothing has yet been heard to Jack Hayward, aged 23 (a son of Mr. J. F. Hayward, an ex-Mayor of Ithaca), who has been missing from his home in ...

    Article : 176 words
  46. ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.

    [?] the Dominions, except Australia, have appointed representatives to the Imperial Economic Committee, whose preliminary meeting is held up pending ...

    Article : 68 words
  47. DIGESTIVE 'DANGER.

    Dr. Byron Stanton, giving evidence before the Federal Health Commission, declared that the digestions of consumers of beer and butter were in danger of being ...

    Article : 58 words
  48. ARMS MANUFACTURE.

    The League of Nations Armaments Commission has adopted the principle that the manufacture of arms and munitions should be under Government ...

    Article : 47 words
  49. 116DEG. IN THE SHADE.

    The heat was very intense here yesterday, the thermometer registering [?] minimum and 113deg. maximum. wyan[?] 116deg. ...

    Article : 35 words
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