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  2. LONDON'S LATEST STRIKE.

    The negotiations with the employers having broken down, the Transport Workers' Union announces that a strike of London bus and tramway men will begin at ...

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  3. DEFENCE PROBLEMS.

    Preparatory to the announcement of the Federal Government's policy in regard to the defence of the Common- wealth, when Parliament meets next ...

    Article : 199 words
  4. A GASOMETER ABLAZE.

    Following on a sharp hissing noise as a fierce inrush of air penetrated the sides of the Metropolitan Gas Company's 3,000,000 cubic feet gas container in ...

    Article : 776 words
  5. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    The Governor-General and Lady Forster, attended by Captain Alan Lawrence and Captain G. H. Pitt-Rivers, A.'sD.C., were present at the ball given by the members ...

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  6. FEDERAL LOCOMOTIVES.

    The Federal Cabinet yesterday considered carefully the Australian, British and foreign tenders for the fourteen narrow-gauge locomotives required for the ...

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  7. CORRUPTION IN AMERICA.

    Mr. Frank Vanderlip, a noted financier, formerly president of the National City Bank, suspecting that many aspects of the national scandals were being suppressed ...

    Article : 104 words
  8. ABANDONMENT OF SINGAPORE.

    The announcement of the abandonment of the Singapore scheme is hailed with satisfaction by the morning papers, which pay tribute to the moral courage and ...

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  9. FLEET ENTERTAINMENT.

    Another busy day was spent yesterday by members of the visiting British naval squadron. A wide range of entertainment was provided, of which the officers and ...

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  10. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

    Tex Rickard, the well-known promoter of boxing matches, appeared before the Senate committee which, as an off-shoot of the inquiry into local scandals, is ...

    Article : 193 words
  11. SCENE IN HOUSE OE COMMONS

    Commander Burney caused a scene during the debate on the Admiralty vote by referring to the Liberal opposition to the building of new cruisers as an ...

    Article : 115 words
  12. SAILORS AT BALLARAT.

    Perhaps there could not have been more interested admirers of the picturesqueness of the Australian countryside than the 300 happy, smiling sailors from the stately ...

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  13. THE DARWIN BASE.

    The views expressed by Vice-Admiral Field in favor of the use of Darwin is in accordance with a previously mooted proposal for the establishment of naval depots ...

    Article : 402 words
  14. WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

    The excitement engendered by the byelection for Abbey division of Westminster, which was unprecedented throughout the campaign, owing to the energy ...

    Article : 523 words
  15. CLOSING SLY-GROG SHOPS

    Governor Pinchot's troopers, who yesterday summarily closed 600 saloons in Pittsburg, transferred their attention to Reading (Pennsylvania) to-day, raiding eight ...

    Article : 94 words
  16. BRITISH AIR STRENGTH.

    During the committee stage of the air estimates to-day the Government came under the fire of the protagonists of a strong air force. ...

    Article : 326 words
  17. THE RUSSELL DIVORCE.

    The hearing of Mrs. Russell's appeal to the House of Lords against the Divorce Court's decision in favor of her husband, Lieutenant J. H. Russell, R.N., eldest ...

    Article : 252 words
  18. Admiral Clarkson's Proposals.

    Admiral Sir W. Clarkson's proposal with regard to the improving of shipping facilities at Darwin provides for the construction of a new wharf at a cost of about ...

    Article : 273 words
  19. THRILLING ENCOUNTER.

    Hearing an unaccountable noise in one of the bedrooms of his house in Orrongroad, Caulfield, on Thursday, at 10 p.m., Mr. John D. Bullen, retired bank ...

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  20. THE BRITISH PREFERENCE.

    In an interview yesterday, Mr. R. M'K. Oakley, Controller-General of Customs and Chairman of the Tariff Board, who returned from Great Britain and America ...

    Article : 433 words
  21. Sydney Citizens Alarmed.

    SYDNEY.--The decision of the British Government not to proceed with the scheme for establishing a naval base at Singapore has called forth a unanimous ...

    Article : 115 words
  22. DICK WHITTINGTON'S CAT.

    An adventure by "Dick Whittington's Cat" during the staging of a pantomime at Derby resulted in a law suit in the King's Bench division of the High Court. ...

    Article : 221 words
  23. NORTHERN RHODESIA.

    In the House of Lords to-day Lord Arnold, Under Secretary for the Colonics, outlined the new regime in Northern Rhodesia, in consequence of the ...

    Article : 127 words
  24. AUSTRALIAN WAR SHIPS.

    At present the Australian navy, as regards commissioned units, consists of the light cruisers Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide, the torpedo boat destroyers ...

    Article : 188 words
  25. THE SINGAPORE NAVAL BASE.

    Sir,--In many quarters the late Government of Great Britain is credited with having planned the cruise of the visiting squadron as a sop by which it was hoped ...

    Article : 431 words
  26. WILLS AND ESTATES.

    Henry Ernest Dyson Warren, late of Glenferric-road, Kew, merchant, who died on 25th January, left by will dated 24th July, 1923, real estate valued at £1250, and personal ...

    Article : 182 words
  27. NOVEL BROADCASTING.

    Captain Eckersley, chief engineer of the Wireless Broadcasting. Co., hopes to be able during the spring to broadcast the song of the nightingale. He proposes ...

    Article : 104 words
  28. REPUBLICANISM IN PERSIA.

    When the Mejliss met last evening, the leader of the Progressive party endeavoured to rush the question of members' credentials in order to come to the ...

    Article : 97 words
  29. BANK OFFICERS' SALARIES.

    A facetious reference to a country bank manager's recent claim that he must maintain his social position in his town, and is expected to cultivate the acquaintance ...

    Article : 139 words
  30. Australian Potatoes.

    WELLINGTON.--The Minister of Agriculture has refused the potato growers' request for an absolute embargo on Australian potatoes, but says he will submit ...

    Article : 119 words
  31. A.W.U. BALLOT.

    SYDNEY.--Judgment on the demurrer by defendants in the A.W.U. ballot case was delivered by Mr. Justice Street on Friday in the Equity Court. The action ...

    Article : 137 words
  32. N.S.W. LABOR PARTY.

    SYDNEY.--The New South Wales Trades and Labor Council, after debating proposals to consolidate the Labor party, passed a resolution recommending that the ...

    Article : 52 words
  33. THE IRISH ARMY TROUBLE.

    General M'Mahon, chief of staff in the Irish Free State army, whose resignation was demanded by the Government following the unauthorised raid by troops on a ...

    Article : 58 words
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