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  2. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    Acting under medical advice, the Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Watt, after attending a Federal Cabinet meeting during the morning, yesterday left Melbourne for a ...

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  3. INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

    The influenza epidemic, according to the Minister of Health, has "lost its punch." Mr. Bowser, who has at his disposal all possible information regarding the ...

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  4. Life Aboard the Osterley.

    There were no 60 to 30 berth cabins for the soldiers' wives who travelled third class on the Osterley, according to some the passengers when seen after ...

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  5. PEACE CONFERENCE.

    The five Great Powers have, for the first time, considered a claim by a neutral State. The Danes are demanding that a plebiscite be taken in northern and ...

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  6. THE CITY RATES.

    Warm discussion arose in Melbourne City Council yesterday, when the finance committee presented for information of and adoption by the council the audited ...

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  7. LORD JELLICOE'S TOUR.

    H.M.S. New Zealand, in which Admiral Lord Jellicoe will travel in Australia, sailed from Ports[?]uth on Friday. The vessel left her mornings, and set out on her long ...

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  8. BRITISH MINERS

    All the colliery district returns available up to the present show that an overwhelming majority of the miners are in favor of a strike, though reports from some coal ...

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  9. A NEW GERMAN TRICK.

    A telegram from Rotterdam states that Germany is "mobilising" securities. The Government announced that, owing to the refusal of the Entente to deliver foodstuffs ...

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  10. IN THE SUBURBS.

    Fitzroy.—Yesterday the inoculation depot at the local town hall was closed in the morning, and in future it will only be available in the evening. This course has been ...

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  11. POSITION IN THE COUNTRY.

    BALLARAT.—On Monday 20 convalescent influenza patients were discharged from the local isolation camp. There are at present 13 influenza patients under ...

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  12. IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    SYDNEY.—Seven new cases of p[?]monic influenza were discovered on Monday among those who had ben taken to the coast hospital as suspects. The patients ...

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  13. M. CLEMENCEAU'S ESCAPE

    The attack upon M. Clemencean Caused a sensation in London. The deepest anxiety prevailed in the House of Commons until it was allayed by Mr. Bonar Law's ...

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  14. AUSTRALIA HOUSE

    The Queen and Princess Mary, accompanied by Sir Edward Wallington (private secretary to the Queen) paid an informal visit to Australia House on Friday. ...

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  15. INSTIGATOR OF MASSACRES.

    General Franchet d'Esperey, the French general, who now has his head quarters in Constantinople, has ordered the trial of General Liman Sanders, the former ...

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  16. BOLSHEVISTS AGAIN BEATEN.

    A Stockholm message states that the Lithuanians have recaptured the Baltic, port of Wi[?]dan (Courland), and the inland city of Goldingen, to the south-east, ...

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  17. COMMERCIAL AVIATION.

    Major-General F. H. Sykes, chief of the Air Staff, was the principal guest of the Australian and New Zealand Luncheon Club yesterday. ...

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  18. SENATOR PEARCE'S TRIP

    A Kimberley message states that Senator Pearce with Major Lempriere: (Australian staff officer) and Colonel Breyton back (of the Union Defence Force) arrived ...

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  19. THE MASK TROUBLE.

    ALBURY.—Despite vigorons protests on the part of the mayor and the health administrative committee regarding the compulsory wearing of masks, the Health ...

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  20. STATEMENT BY DR. CUMPSTON.

    The Suggestion was made by the Director of Quarantine (Dr. Cumpston) yesterday that experience of the present epidemic had shown that it it could be amply ...

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  21. TROOPS COMING HOME.

    The steamer Orea has sailed for Australia with 1600 troops on board. The work of repatriation is being seriously delayed owing to the ...

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  22. WILLS AND ESTATES.

    David Charles Chilcott, late of Yabba South, farmer, who died on 20th December last, by his will of 12th October, 1918, left £4236 real estate and £360 personality to his widow and children. ...

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  23. PRESIDENT WILSON.

    President Wilson arrived at Boston from Paris on Sunday. Fourteen men have been arrested in New York for alleged implication in a plot ...

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  24. Brigadier-General T. H. Dodds.

    Brigadier-General T. H. Dodds, C.M.G., D.S.O., one of the senior officers of the Commonwealth permanent, forces, will be returning to Australia shortly to take up ...

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  25. PEACE CELEBRATIONS.

    A meeting of members of the House of Commons was held on Friday to hear Canon Rawnsley's proposals to light beacons throughout the country in ...

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  26. A Ten-Guinea Costume.

    Remarkable allegations and an encounter between members of the bench and a solicitor characterised the case of Geddes v. Woodward and Dilke, which was heard ...

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  27. COAL FOR ITALY.

    A Rome news agency states that an American syndicate has offered to supply Italy's entire coal needs at prices considerably lower than English prices. ...

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  28. Many Deaths in England.

    A report by the Registrar-General shows there was a great increase in the influenza mortality last week. The deaths included 451 at London, 148 at liverpool and 119 at ...

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  29. Italian Troop Train Wrecked.

    A serious accident, resulting in a long casualty list, has occurred to a Milan troop train. After climbing a sleep ascent, to a height of 13,000 feet, near Trieste, seven ...

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  30. MOTOR CYCLIST KILLED.

    FRANKSTON.—An accident to a motorist cyclist, attended with fatal consequence, occurred on the Mornington Frankston-road at 11 p.m. on Sunday— ...

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  31. THE LAST DIVISION.

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  32. No Preference for Soldiers.

    Richmond council last night received a letter from the secretary of the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' League (Mr. Resley), objecting to the attitude of the council in ...

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  33. Stud Cattle for Australia.

    High prices were paid at a sale at Birmingham for live stock for overseas destinations. Shorthorns were purchased for Denmark, South America, Australia, and New ...

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  34. Kooweerup Drainage Scheme.

    BUNYLP.—The paragraph appearing in "The Age" of Saturday last containing comments by the chairman of the Water Commission on the recent complaint ...

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  35. CITY COUNCILLORS PERMITTED TO SMOKE.

    Smoking was permitted at yesterday's meeting of the City Council, on the motion of Alderman Jeffries, seconded by Cr. Stapley. The reason given for the innovation ...

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  36. DISEASE IN GRAIN.

    It is announced that the United States Department of Agriculture considers an embargo necessary against the importation into the United States of wheat, rye, barley, ...

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  37. Decoration of Overseas Officers.

    The Official Press Bureau states that the King has exorcssed a wish to personally invest and decorate the Dominions and overseas officers who have been ...

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  38. A Swift Aeroplane Flight.

    The Washington correspondent of the New York "Sun" states that Lieutenant Harmon has flown by aeroplane from New York to Washington at the rate of 168 ...

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  39. Advertising

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  40. INFLUENZA ON TRANSPORTS.

    The Director of Quarantine stated yesterday that the Ulysses, approaching Fremantle, had reported the presence of mild cases of influenza on board. The ...

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  41. "REAL" HOTELS.

    Lord Lamington, formerly a Governor of Queensland, hus introduced in the House of Lords a bill to assist the transformation of public houses into real refreshment ...

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  42. GENERAL CABLES.

    The Queensland Premier, Mr. T. J. Ryan, has conferred with Mr. W. H. Long, First Lord of the Admiralty, and the governor and directors of the Bank of ...

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  43. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,—City ratepayers may rest assured that any attempt to increase, the city rate will receive the same vigorous opposition at the hands of out committee ...

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  44. CASES IN RICHMOND

    The discrepancy between returns of influenza cases at Richmond, as reported in the press, and as published by the Board of Health, was brought before the notice ...

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  45. A "Go-Slow" Propaganda.

    SYDNEY.—Secret, propaganda is in operation at Darling Island among the wheat workers, who are being urged to adopt the go-slow system. this in being ...

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  46. British Food Prices.

    The Pood Controller announces that he hopes to further reduce the price of meat, and to make a reduction in the price of cheese. White fish may also be released ...

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  47. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,—I have a property in East Melbourne. Three months ago the valuation was raised by the City Council from £96 to £130. Not satisfied with this ...

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  48. Parliamentary Procedure.

    Several newspapers deprecate the proposal, which the Government has accepted with alacrity, that under the new rules of procedure the House of Commons should ...

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  49. COAL SUPPLIES FOR THE BARRIER.

    BROKEN HILL.—According to advice received on Saturday, there is no cause for anxiety regarding shortage of coal. Shipments are being hurried through and small ...

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  50. Sinn Fein in Ireland.

    SYDNEY.—A letter has been received from Mr. John Dillon, leader of the Irish Nationalist party, in which he traversed the the result of the recent elections, and ...

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