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  2. COMMONWEALTH LINE. Comment on Selling Decision.

    Most of the newspapers give prominence to the decision to sell the Commonwealth Line of steamers. The tenor of the comments is that it is ...

    Article : 181 words
  3. THE PRINCE'S TOUR.

    Following the reproofs by Mr. MacDonald, Mr. Clynes, and Mr. J. H. Thomas, for his outburst against the vote for the Prince of Wales's tour, ...

    Article : 297 words
  4. TRADE FACILITIES ACT. £70,000,000 Made Available.

    The House of Commons to-day agreed to a financial resolution increasing the amount of loans under the Trade facilities Act for which ...

    Article : 136 words
  5. U.S. FLEET VISIT. Official Announcement.

    The Australian Trade Commissioner (Mr. J. A. M. Elder) communicated Mr. Bruce's request for information concerning the American's fleet's visit ...

    Article : 123 words
  6. AUSTRALIAN TREASURER Visit to the United States.

    Dr. Earle Page, the Treasurer in the Commonwealth Government, and his party, arrived at New York to-day, having omitted their visit to Detroit ...

    Article : 430 words
  7. SHIPPING TROUBLES. Yugilbar Tied Up Indefinitely.

    The North Coast Co.'s steamer Yugilbar has been tied up indefinitely, following a dispute with the Seamen's Union over the firemen's sick pay. The crew ...

    Article : 132 words
  8. EMPIRE EXHIBITION. Tasmania's Great Advertisement.

    "The Tasmanian Government has agreed to the request of the Commonwealth Government to join in continuing the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley during six ...

    Article : 339 words
  9. QUEENSLAND CABINET.

    The Parliamentary Labour party in caucus to-day, by 23 votes to 21, elected the Deputy-leader (Mr. Gillies) as Premier, in succession to Mr. Theodore, who ...

    Article : 469 words
  10. WATERSIDE WORKERS.

    A circular was issued by the committee of management of the Waterside Workers Federation to-day calling a special meeting for Saturday, at which an ...

    Article : 166 words
  11. INVITATION FROM HOBART.

    The Mayor of Hobart (Mr. F. D. Valentine) is very anxious to secure a visit of the American fleet to this city, and his interest was increased when ...

    Article : 115 words
  12. THE ACT EXPLAINED.

    A representative of "The Mercury" yesterday sought the opinion of the British Trade commissioner (Mr. R. W. Dalton), who is at present in ...

    Article : 613 words
  13. LABOUR PAPER'S COMMENT.

    The "Daily Herald," commenting on the selling of the steamers, says: It is trumps for Lord Inchcane and the shipping combine, and a blow to the ...

    Article : 111 words
  14. AIRCRAFT INQUIRY.

    The Aircraft Investigation Committee of the House of Representatives decided to reopen its hearings to-day, owing to public clamour against the ...

    Article : 189 words
  15. BRITISH MARRIAGE LAWS.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon, Sir W. Joynson-Hicks, the Home Secretary, introduced a bill which is to enable a wife to obtain a separation ...

    Article : 86 words
  16. WAR IN THE AIR.

    Replying in the House of Commons to-day to Mr. Thurtle (Labour), the Minister for Air (Sir Samuel Hoare) said the normal strength of l8 air ...

    Article : 118 words
  17. TASMANIA'S PARTICIPATION.

    Mr. Reid's report naturally deals exclusively with the Tasmanian exhibits at Wembley. Tasmania's participation in the British ...

    Article : 259 words
  18. SHIPOWNER'S VIEWS.

    Interviewed by a representative of the Austealian Press Association, a shipowner engaged in the Australian trade pointed out that one of the chief ...

    Article : 148 words
  19. BIG FIRE IN NEW ZEALAND.

    This morning a big fire occurred at Westport, where the Grand Hotel, the King's Theatre, Gibbs's garage, and a storeroom of a bacon factory were ...

    Article : 64 words
  20. BRITISH TRADE UNION ACT.

    Despite warnings given by a section of the Conservative press and members of the party, a meeting of the Central Council of the National Union of ...

    Article : 253 words
  21. HYDRO-ELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT.

    Dr. Earle Page, in a further statement, said he felt that many features of the hvdro-electric development in Canada and the United States would ...

    Article : 129 words
  22. CHINA.

    The Japanese Legation has issued a statement that the ex-Emperor of China suddenly left for Tientsin by tram last evening. His sudden ...

    Article : 220 words
  23. SUPREME COURT.

    The following is a list of persons committed for trial at the Supreme Court at Launceston on Tuesday, March 3:— ...

    Article : 85 words
  24. MARKETING EMPIRE GOODS

    The appointment of Sir Mark Sheldon formerly Australian Trade Commissioner in the United States, and Mr. J. B. McDougall, of New South Wales, virtually ...

    Article : 86 words
  25. THE MISFORTUNES OF AUSTRALIA.

    The "Daily Telegraph," states that the misfortunes of Australian shipping are all the more remarkable because under the Australian navigation law ...

    Article : 175 words
  26. MANUFACTURES' SECTION.

    The Tasmanian exhibits, the report states were grouped with those of the other States of the Commonwealth, and were displayed to great advantage ...

    Article : 1,096 words
  27. COTTON STRIKE.

    The strike situation in Shanghai, embracing most of the cotton spinners, is easier, and intimidation has stopped. Two mills, employing 7,000 workers, decided to ...

    Article : 79 words
  28. KINSELLA RELIEF FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 53 words
  29. AEROPLANE DISASTER. COLLISION IN MTD-AIR.

    Flight-Lieutenant J. H. White, and Flight Officer R. H. Cross were killed to-day when their machine collided in mid-air with an aeroplane piloted by Mr. A. L. ...

    Article : 103 words
  30. MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    The House of Lords this afternoon read a second time the Merchant Shipping Bill, which gives effect to a number of draft conventions passed at the Washington ...

    Article : 114 words
  31. EMPIRE WIRELESS.

    Questioned in the House of Commons in reference to the Government's decision regarding the draft report of the Committee appointed by the late ...

    Article : 79 words
  32. NO SURPRISE IN SYDNEY SHIPPING CIRCLES.

    Shipping people in Sydney did not express surprise at the announcement of the intended sale of the Commonwealth Shipping Line. The restrictions sought to be ...

    Article : 122 words
  33. THIEF'S RUSE.

    A party of detectives while searching in the "underworld" of Madrid for a much-wanted thief, entcicd a house in which they found a corpse on a bier, ...

    Article : 77 words
  34. AIRMAN THREATENED WITH ARREST.

    Major Pedro Zanni, the Argentine airman, was unofficially warned that he would be arrested if he landed in Siberia during his world flight. ...

    Article : 114 words
  35. TITLES.

    In tho Assembly to-day, the Labour member, Mr. Barlow, moved that a petition should go from the House requesting His Majesty the King to ...

    Article : 258 words
  36. BRITISH OIL CONTROL.

    The possibility of a conflict with Great Britain over shipping trade policies is the reason for a strong United States Navy, Roar-Admiral Phelps told the ...

    Article : 136 words
  37. A UNION THREAT.

    Mr. Jacob Johanson, assistant secretary of the Federated Seamen's Union, commenting to-day on the sale of the Commonwealth Government Line, said ...

    Article : 119 words
  38. STRANGE LOTTERY.

    A flower seller at Bergamo, Italy, was surprised to find a baby girl, a year old, lying in a small box with a message pinned to her clothing: ...

    Article : 111 words
  39. DEFAMED POET.

    The Minister for Justice (M. Renoult) is facing a curious literary problem. Pierre Charles Baudelaire, a poet, in 1857, was fined 300 francs, ...

    Article : 146 words
  40. BRITISH LABOUR PARTY.

    The lobby correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that the meting held yesterday of the British Labour Barty was a stormy one, and showed a growing lack ...

    Article : 100 words
  41. RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

    The Russo-Japanese agreement which provides for a commercial treaty, a most favoured nation clause, and concessions in coal and oil to Japan in the island of ...

    Article : 45 words
  42. USE OF EMPIRE PRODUCTS.

    Referring to-day to the cable message from London, stating that it was proposed to insert a clause in the agreement between the Empire Exhibition ...

    Article : 180 words
  43. GAS STRIKE.

    The gas strike in Melbourne is still unsettled, and pending the healing in the High Court to-day of the adjourned application of the Metropolitan Gas ...

    Article : 169 words
  44. GERMAN PRESIDENT.

    The operation on the German President (Herr F. Ebert) was performed practically at a moment's notice. The President barely had time to arrange ...

    Article : 96 words
  45. SHOOTING AFFAIR.

    A terrible shooting affair occurred this morning at the premises of the Standard Dank of South Africa in Adderley-street, the main street of ...

    Article : 125 words
  46. BRITISH INCOME TAX.

    The levy made by the British Income Tax Commissioners on an assessment of an income of £1,000 made by a man described as a professional ...

    Article : 66 words
  47. GENERAL CABLES. ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.

    "The Times" fund for the restoration of St. Paul's Cathedral now amounts to £41,454. ...

    Article : 22 words
  48. JAPANESE CHALLENGE FOR DAVIS CUP.

    Japan is the first nation challenging for the Davis Cup to specify her entry [?] the American zone. ...

    Article : 35 words
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