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  2. FEDERAL CABINET.

    Federal Ministers, most of whom have been absent in their own constituencies since the adjournment of Parliament before Christmas, reassembled in Melbourne ...

    Article : 268 words
  3. THE SHIPPING DISPUTE.

    Apart froth the intimation that Cabinet was considering tho reports from the Shipping Controller and the Crown law department, there was no change yesterday ...

    Article : 367 words
  4. TRANSPORT SARDINIA.

    SYDNEY.— The inquiry into complaints made by soldiers who returned to Australia by the troopship Sardinia regarding food conditions on the homeward voyage was ...

    Article : 741 words
  5. CIVIL WAR IN BERLIN.

    Reports from Berlin on Wednesday state that the Government has declared Berlin to be in a stale of siege, negotiations with the Sparta[?] party having been without ...

    Article : 681 words
  6. REPATRIATION.

    Yesterday representatives of the Returned Soldiers' National party waited on the Minister of Lands, in pursuance of the policy of the association of drawing ...

    Article : 675 words
  7. TROTSKY DICTATOR.

    It is reported from Petrograd that M. Lenin and M. Trotsky, the Bolshevik leaders, have quarrelled. M. Trotsky, it is added, proclaimed himself Dictator, and ...

    Article : 179 words
  8. INDUSTRIAL NEWS.

    Some interesting remarks concerning the claim of the Builders' Laborers' Federation for a wage sufficient to cover lost time were made by Mr. Justice Hodges in the ...

    Article : 900 words
  9. PEACE CONFERENCE.

    The newspapers of France aud Great Britain are discussing aspects of the Peace Conference. The secretariats of the various delegations are already hard at work ...

    Article : 710 words
  10. ABOUT PEOPLE

    The temporary appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel (brevet colonel) F. B. Heritage to the position of State Commandant of Western Australia was officially notified in ...

    Article : 227 words
  11. AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONS.

    Sir Douglas Haig's despatch makes numerous references to the doings of the Australians, commencing with what he describes as "the admirably executed ...

    Article : 609 words
  12. POSITION IN SYDNEY.

    SYDNEY.— The shipping deadlock iu Sydney still continues. Cablegrams are passing between the Sydney office of the Union Steamship Co. and the head office ...

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  13. DEATH OF MR. R. HARPER.

    With the death of Mr. Robert Harper Victoria loses a citizen who long represented the electors in the State and the Federal Parliaments, and who occupied a ...

    Article : 588 words
  14. Prohibition Campaign.

    Mr. Tennyson Smith, the temperance speaker who is to conduct a prohibition campaign in Australia shortly, Mas welcomed to Victoria by representatives of ...

    Article : 494 words
  15. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,— Just now the thoughts of those who have closely studied the problem of repatriation in its varied aspects are pregnant with the sense of impending disaster, ...

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  16. RAILWAYS IN BRITAIN.

    The British Government proposes to utilise a large quantity of light railway material, now in France, for connecting the country districts of Great Britain with the railway ...

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  17. BRITISH EMPIRE ORDER.

    Hundreds of names of men and women, on whom the Order of the British Empire has been bestowed for services rendered in connection with the war, have been ...

    Article : 140 words
  18. Strike of Wheat Stackers.

    With the co-operation of the Chamber of Agriculture, the Victorian Wheat Commission expects to be placed in command of sufficient skilled voluntary labor to keep ...

    Article : 201 words
  19. P. AND O. AND ORIENT CO'S.

    It has been rumored in the city that the Peninsular and Oriental S.N. Co. Ltd. has acquired a controlling interest in the Orient S.N. Co. Ltd. ...

    Article : 91 words
  20. GENERAL CABLES.

    The Mexico City correspondent of the New York "Times" states that the British bank in Mexico City has decided to establish a system of special loans on mining property, ...

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  21. PASSENGERS FOR NEW ZEALAND.

    SYDNEY.— The following passengers for New Zealand left Sydney by the express on Thursday night to join the Suevic at Melbourne for Auckland:— ...

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  22. Demobilisation in England.

    Four Thousand men of the Army Service Corps from Park Royal marched to Whitehall yesterday to interview the, authorities concerning their ...

    Article : 113 words
  23. THE LATE MR. ROOSEVELT

    President Wilson has issued a proclamation relative to the death of Mr. Roosevelt, directing that the flags on public buildings shall remain at half-mast for 30 ...

    Article : 175 words
  24. FATAL INJURIES.

    Early yesterday morning Patrick John Donnelly, 64, a resident of Keilor, succumbed at his home in the Broadmeadows district to injuries caused by his bicycle ...

    Article : 260 words
  25. Dunnage Declared "Black."

    STAWELL.— Carpenters employed [?] putting on roofing at the wheat stacks ceased work on Wednesday, owing to dunnage having been declared "black." A ...

    Article : 204 words
  26. EMPLOYMENT OF WHARF LABOR IN SYDNEY.

    SYDNEY.— It is stated in shipping circles that the decision of the Sydney wharf laborers' organisation in reference to the procedure at the Sussex-street bureau ...

    Article : 130 words
  27. THE DEMOBILISATION BOARD

    The vacancy on the recently created Demobilisation Board in london was filled by the Federal Cabinet yesterday appointing Mr. W. G. M'Beath, chairman of the ...

    Article : 71 words
  28. VESSELS DELAYED IN THE WEST.

    PERTH.— The Fremantle wharf lumpers refused to attend for work at the employers' bureau on Thursday, but assembled at their old picking up spot, about ...

    Article : 120 words
  29. REFORMS IN TURKEY.

    A message from Athens slates that the Turkish Government has decided to exile all numbers of the Young Turk party in the Chamber of Deputies. E[?]ver Pasha, ...

    Article : 55 words
  30. PRICES IN NEW ZEALAND.

    WELLINGTON.— Forecasts of prices for the current year indicate that the hard ware trade anticipates slight reductions in heavy iron goods, and some classes of ...

    Article : 68 words
  31. SOLDIERS AND CLUB BAR

    The question of prohibition is receiving increased attention from many of the leading men connected with the returned soldiers' associations and clubs. At the last ...

    Article : 146 words
  32. United Kingdom Trade.

    Official returns relating to the trade of the United Kingdom during December' show that in comparison with the totals of the corresponding month in 1917, ...

    Article : 48 words
  33. BISCUIT BOARD.

    A new determination of the biscuit board, which comes into operation on 17th January, provides for an all-round increase of 6/ per week for adult males, 3/6 per ...

    Article : 78 words
  34. THE BOLSHEVIK SYSTEM.

    Among the amazing doings of the Russian Bolsheviki in Petrograd is the transformation of 21 churches into picture palaces for propaganda purposes. One ...

    Article : 125 words
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  36. MUNITION FACTORIES FOR SALE.

    The Government is offering for sale three large munition factories at Watford, Trafford Park. (Manchester) and in Worcestershire, and it is understood that other ...

    Article : 78 words
  37. AUSTRALIANS IN NEW ZEALAND.

    WELLINGTON.— The mayor (Cr. Luke) stated on Thursday that the use, of the cruiser Philomel was impossible to repatriate Australians stranded in New ...

    Article : 74 words
  38. RELIEF OF QUEENSLAND CANE GROWERS.

    BRISBANE.— The Cabinet has reached a decision regarding a scheme for the relief of cane growers who sustained loss in the cyclones and floods early last year. ...

    Article : 166 words
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  40. RAILWAY CARS SMASHED.

    SYDNEY.— At Hurstville on Thursday two railway carriages were damaged to the extent of £700. The carriages broke away from the siding and crashed into the ...

    Article : 60 words
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  42. GERMAN TRADE AFTER THE WAR.

    A resolution dealing with German trade after the war has been passed by Nunawading council as follows:— That in the opinion of this council, there ...

    Article : 67 words
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