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  2. THE SHIPPING DISPUTE.

    The Acting Attorney-General, Mr. Groom, stated yesterday that he was not yet in a position to say when the application of the Commonwealth Government for ...

    Article : 79 words
  3. ABOUT PEOPLE

    The death of Sir Charles Wyndham, the noted actor-manager, in his 82nd year, is announced in a cable message from London. On the London stage he ...

    Article : 700 words
  4. THE SARDINIA INQUIRY.

    SYDNEY.—The court of inquiry which is investigating complaints by soldiers concerning their treatment on board the transport Sardinia on the homeward trip ...

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  5. THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

    Lieutenant-General Smuts has issued an important pamphlet dealing with the position and constitution of a League of Nations. He says:— ...

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  6. Civil War in Berlin.

    On Friday morning fighting was stili fiercely going on in the central avenues of Berlin and around the offices of the Socialist newspaper "Vorwaerts," which ...

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  7. NEW BRITISH CABINET.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 293 words
  8. REPATRIATION.

    The 21 cases of distress among returned soldiers and their families which were submitted to the State Treasurer by the Soldiers' National party were discussed ...

    Article : 358 words
  9. INDUSTRIAL NEWS.

    SYDNEY.—Mr. Willis, secretary of the Australian Coal and Shale Employed' Federation, has replied to a letter sent by Mr. M'Donald, secretary of the Northern ...

    Article : 522 words
  10. PADEREWSKI WOUNDED.

    Telegrams from Vienna report the existence of a Bolshevist plot in Poland to murder M. Paderewski. A person entered Paderewski's room at his hotel and fired at ...

    Article : 182 words
  11. MEN OBJECT TO BONUS SYSTEM.

    SYDNEY.—No developments occurred on Monday in the shipping trouble caused by the refusal of sailors and firemen to to man certain vessels trading to ports ...

    Article : 231 words
  12. GERMANY'S VANQUISHED FLEET

    The demobilisation of German war ships at Kiel and Wilhelmshaven is practically complete, but it was accomplished only after severe pressure had been put ...

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  13. CREW ABANDONS VESSEL AT NEWCASTLE.

    NEWCASTLE.—The crew of the steamer Joan Craig, which has loaded a cargo of coal for Brisbane, left the vessel on Monday afternoon and proceeded to ...

    Article : 92 words
  14. WIRE NETTING.

    Owing to the acute shortage of wire netting, and the consequent ravages of the rabbit plague, fanners throughout the State are worse off by many thousands of ...

    Article : 453 words
  15. MACHINERY FOR VOCATIONAL CLASSES.

    Machinery to the value of £10,000 is being purchased by the business board of the Defence department, which is assisting the Repatriation department in ...

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  16. ONE BIG UNION.

    The inter-State conference convened for the purpose of preparing a scheme for one big union, to be submitted to unionists throughout Australia, resumed its sittings ...

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  17. WAR'S SUDDEN END.

    The Paris "Matin" publishes an interview given by the late Count Hertling, formerly German Imperial Chancellor, just before he died. Count Hertling said:— ...

    Article : 141 words
  18. VOCATIONAL TRAINING.

    The vocational training section of the Repatriation department now has 1115 returned disabled soldiers in training for various trades, and 670 men have completed ...

    Article : 82 words
  19. RAILWAYS CLASSIFICATION BOARD.

    The council of the Victorian Railways Union has devilled to Decode to the request of the Locomotive Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association, that one of the two ...

    Article : 200 words
  20. New Soldiers' Journal.

    The "Bayonet." the official organ of the Victorian branch of the Returned Soldiers' League has made its appearance. The object of the new journal is to conserve the ...

    Article : 71 words
  21. THE RUINS OF YPRES.

    The Brussels correspondent of the "Daily Express" states:—"The Belgian Government's Reconstruction Bill, under which it is proposed to preserve Ypres, ...

    Article : 115 words
  22. HOW THE MONEY FLIES.

    Sir,—When will this people of Australia wake up to the fact that there are plenty of highly paid Australian officials in London who have proved themselves capable ...

    Article : 160 words
  23. Bush and Grass Fires.

    TALLANGATTA.—A large bush fire at Shelley on Sunday threatened the railway station buildings; and a large number of men, including laborers on construction ...

    Article : 265 words
  24. WHOLESALE GROCERS' BOARD.

    the Minister of Labor has received the following nominations to the Wholesale Grocers' Board:—Messrs. J. J. Fogarty, W. Hobbs, and U. P. Mitchell, representing ...

    Article : 51 words
  25. WILLS AND ESTATES

    Mary Macgugan, spinster, late of Branxholine, who died on 16th December last, by a will dated 8th April. 1918, left real estate £1949 and personalty value £449, to her sister. ...

    Article : 69 words
  26. THE AUSTRALIAN DESTROYERS.

    Following upon the report that a few days ago six Australian destroyers were buffeted by a storm in the Mediterranean, the Admiralty formally announces that ...

    Article : 91 words
  27. FUEL AND FODDER BOARD.

    On 25th January the amended determination of the Fuel and Fodder Board will come into operation. Rates have been increased all round by from 2/6 to 5/ a week, ...

    Article : 67 words
  28. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,—Every right-thinking citizen who fully believes in "true economy" and honest government will naturally protest against and recent the wasteful ...

    Article : 209 words
  29. Destruction of Military Clothing.

    The Minister of Defence stated yesterday that he had called for a report in connection with the allegations made in "The Age" yesterday regarding the recent ...

    Article : 360 words
  30. THE BALLARAT SENSATION.

    BALLARAT.—The financial affairs of Messrs. Brokenshire and Coltman, auctioneers and commission agents, of Lydiard-street, to which reference was made in ...

    Article : 418 words
  31. A.M.A. PRESIDENT'S ALLEGATIONS

    BROKEN HILL.—Speaking at the A.M.A. propaganda meeting on Sunday night, according to the, A.M.A. official newspaper, Mr. G. Kerr, president of the ...

    Article : 195 words
  32. Control of Shipping.

    It is expected that Government control of shipping will shortly be considerably relaxed, thus releasing much tonnage for ordinary trade. An early and large ...

    Article : 80 words
  33. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,—I would suggest, that a public meeting be called in the Melbourne Town Hall to protest against this useless expenditure of public money upon Ministerial jaunts ...

    Article : 66 words
  34. SLANDERS REFUTED.

    Sir,—Will you give us the opportunity of replying to the false statements made in some of your contemporaries about the ward attendants of the A.G. Hospital ...

    Article : 269 words
  35. Floods in Seine and Thames.

    The continued rise in the River Seine is occasioning grave anxiety in Paris. An interruption of the food supplies is feared. The Thames is rising dangerously in ...

    Article : 53 words
  36. PERTH TRAMWAY STRIKE.

    PERTH.—The only further development in the tramway strike is that the Opposition leader, Mr. Collier, and Mr. Hudson, Minister of Railways, on Monday conferred ...

    Article : 89 words
  37. A DEMAND FOR FAIR PLAY AND JUSTICE.

    Sir,—As a discharged returned soldier beg to state my claim to you, asking for a fair deal from the Defence department, which apparently, privately, I cannot ...

    Article : 350 words
  38. Sinn Fein Prisoners.

    Sinn Feiners in Mountjoy prison, Dublin, are demanding to be treated as political prisoners. They have revolted, and are smashing windows and damaging cells. ...

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  39. LYELL MINERS' DEMANDS.

    ZEEHAN.—Dissatisfaction was expressed by the men who are working in the Mount Lyell company's mines regarding the slow progress made with the claims for higher ...

    Article : 95 words
  40. GENERAL CABLES.

    Owing to the withdrawal of Mr. J. R. Clynes, vice-chairman of the Labor party, Mr. Will Thorne, M.P.; Mr. Bowerman, M.P., and Mr. Onions, the British trade ...

    Article : 154 words
  41. Stranded Australians.

    WELLINGTON.—Some of the Australians stranded here as the result of the shipping hold-up are becoming seriously distressed financially. Some days ago the ...

    Article : 135 words
  42. Impeachment of Ex-Kaiser.

    The British committee which is reviewing breaches of the laws of war by the enemy has investigated 100,000 cases of ill treatment of prisoners. The committee ...

    Article : 59 words
  43. Advertising

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  44. ANZACS' BRIDES.

    A record batch of Australian war brides sailed from Liverpool on the Orient liner Osterley yesterday. Extra matrons and nurses were placed aboard to see to the ...

    Article : 62 words
  45. "Loud-Mouthed Disturbers."

    BRISBANE.—The Acting Premier, Mr. Theodore, speaking on Monday in regard to the unemployed demonstrations at Townsville and Bundaberg, said the ...

    Article : 146 words
  46. Loyalists and Soldiers.

    SYDNEY.—Following a discussion by the State Cabinet on Monday respecting the question of preference on the wharfs as between returned soldiers and the loyalists ...

    Article : 175 words
  47. STEAMER MINED.

    The steamer Northumbria, 4215 tons, struck a mine and sank off the east coast of England. Eight bodies have been washed ashore. Four boats are missing. ...

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  48. THE MOVEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND.

    WELLINGTON.—A general Labor conference, convened by the Federation of Labor, meets at the end of January to discuss a proposal to federate all existing ...

    Article : 130 words
  49. ARGENTINE LABOR TROUBLE.

    The United Press Association correspondent at Buenos Ayres reports that the general strike has been settled. The employers have granted higher wages and ...

    Article : 43 words
  50. AMERICAN FREIGHT RATES.

    SYDNEY.—Private cable advices received on Friday announce that there has been a reduction in freight rates from New York to Australian ports. The freight ...

    Article : 88 words
  51. Advertising

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  52. Advertising

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  53. Advertising

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  54. GERMAN DUMPING CAMPAIGN.

    A Government official asserts that Germany is preparing for an industrial invasion of England by the use of many shops which are now being rented by neutrals. ...

    Article : 35 words
  55. Advertising

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