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  2. AUSTRALIA'S WAR DEBT

    Senator Millen has completed an agreement with Mr. Chamberlain for funding the £99,000,000 of Commonwealth indebtedness to Great Britain, including the war loans ...

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  3. NEW APPOINTMENTS.

    Brigadier-General E. A. Wisdom has been appointed by the Commonwealth Government to the position of Administrator of the territory which was formerly German ...

    Article : 177 words
  4. SQUANDER AND TAX.

    Indications are not lacking that the demand for economy is to be carried throughout the length and breadth of the land. It has taken a long time for the ...

    Article : 441 words
  5. MEAT PRICES.

    A very pertinent query is put by a correspondent. "Prime beef at the sale yards is bringing 6½d per lb. on the hoof," he says, "and is retailed by the butchers at ...

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  6. THE COAL QUESTION.

    In a statement on the coal situation, made last evening, Mr. Laird Smith, Minister of State for the Navy, said:— ''As the supplies of coal due to arrive ...

    Article : 252 words
  7. GERMAN REPARATIONS.

    The debate in the Reichstag on the decisions of the Paris Conference was continued yesterday by Herr Schiffer, the spokesman of the Democrats, Centre and ...

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  8. COASTAL SHIPPING TRADE.

    While yesterday passed without any definite progress towards the frank understanding necessary to f[?]tatr a solution of the disastrous shipping deadlock. news ...

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  9. No Hope of Early Settlement.

    SYDNEY.—There is little hope that the shipping dispute will be settled for at least another fourteen days. The general secretary of the Federated Seamen's Union, Mr. ...

    Article : 299 words
  10. Public Service Arbitrator.

    Mr. Atlee Hunt was yesterday appointed by the Federal Cabinet to the position of Public Service Arbitrator. The post is a new one, created by an ...

    Article : 270 words
  11. THE MORWELL MINE.

    According to a statement made by the Minister of Mines (Mr. Barnes) yesterday, numerous applications for employment at Morwell brown coal undertaking have been ...

    Article : 87 words
  12. THE JUTLAND BATTLE.

    In connection with an article on the Battle of Jutland from our London correspondent, published on 27th January, it was stated that one school of naval ...

    Article : 380 words
  13. PRIME MINISTER'S VIEW.

    The Prime Minister, who was chairman of the British Reparation Commission, and vice-chairman of the commission appointed at the Peace Conference, referred last night ...

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  14. POSITION AT WONTHAGGI.

    Work is now proceeding satisfactorily at Wonthaggi, but the volume of the output is somewhat restricted by the labor available. The full normal output of the mine ...

    Article : 127 words
  15. STOLEN MOTOR GOODS.

    Most of the goods, believed to be proceeds of robberies, recovered by the police in rooms at No. 89 Glenferrie-road, Malvern, on Monday, have been identified by ...

    Article : 331 words
  16. NEW ZEALAND COAL MINERS

    WELLINGTON.—A committee, comprising Mr. G. Elliott, chairman, and representatives of the coal miners and mine owners, has been set up to investigate the ...

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  17. Uniform Gauge Commission.

    The Federal Cabinet yesterday appointed Mr. J. J. Garvan, managing director of the Mutual Life and Citizens' Assurance Company, to the position of chairman of ...

    Article : 195 words
  18. THE ORIENT CO.'S MAILS.

    Business men in London are complaining of the delays in the delivery of the Orient Co.'s mails from Australia. As an instance, they quote the case of the ...

    Article : 325 words
  19. MURDERS IN IRELAND.

    Two masked men entered the house of Mr. Rupert Dixon, a justice of the peace, at Dunlavin (County Wicklow), and demanded money. When they were met ...

    Article : 160 words
  20. THE RACING BAN.

    Officials of Williamstown Racing Club yesterday waited on the Minister of Railway (Mr. Barnes) and sought a definite statement as to whether it would be ...

    Article : 136 words
  21. Overcrowding in Swimming Baths.

    The article on the subject of overcrowding in swimming baths which appeared in "The Age" on Monday has been the subject of much comment among swimmers ...

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  22. Administrator of Nauru.

    Brigadir-eneral T. riffiths has been appointed Administrator of Nauru. The appointment was made yesterday by the Federal Cabinet, which had under ...

    Article : 285 words
  23. PRICE OF BREAD.

    An agitation is being started by the Flour Mill Employes' Union for the purpose of drawing attention to the conditions in the industry, and, incidentally, to bring about ...

    Article : 500 words
  24. CURTAILED TRAIN SERVICES.

    While the public is rooking to the railway authorities to improve the present unsatisfactory train services, seeing that the Wonthaggi miners are at work, the ...

    Article : 101 words
  25. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW.

    The annual meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria was held yesterday at Collins House, the president, Mr. C. E. Merrett, M.L.C., in the chair. The ...

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  26. WAR MEMORIAL IN FRANCE.

    The foundation stone of a memorial to King Edward's Horse (the King's Oversea Dominions Regiment) was laid to-day at Vielle Chapelle. Pas-de-Calais. The ...

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  27. MORDIALLOC-FRANKSTON TRAIN SERVICE.

    Commencing on Monday next the 7.32 a.m. train from Frankston to Melbourne will, on each Monday, run express from Aspendale to Caulfield. The train will ...

    Article : 51 words
  28. HOSTEL FOR WOMEN.

    The Girls' Friendly Society has issued an appeal for £12,000. Towards this sum Sydney has already raised £5000 to rebuild the hostel for woman immigrant's in ...

    Article : 38 words
  29. JAPANESE IN SIBERIA.

    Advices from Japan indicate that the relations between the Vladivostock Government and Japan are more strained. It is said that there is a danger of hostilities ...

    Article : 106 words
  30. WEST AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 99 words
  31. "JOB CONTROL."

    The deputy chairman of the Commonwealth Steamship Owners' Association yesterday issued a statement giving the following further instances of demands which ...

    Article : 451 words
  32. NO CARGO FOR AUSTRALIA.

    As an illustration of the condition of the export trade to Australia owing to the financial deadlock, it is stated that a 6000 ton steamer sailed for nine ports with ...

    Article : 61 words
  33. Chase by Detectives.

    Driving along Latrobe-street in a motor car yesterday Detectives J. O'C. Brophy, L. A., O'Sullivan, C. Lee and H. G. Saker noticed a suspicious looking individual ...

    Article : 204 words
  34. QUESTION OF RESPONSIBILITY.

    Apparently it is by no means too soon that the question of responsibility for the safety of the public in swimming baths has been raised. It would seem that no ...

    Article : 173 words
  35. AUSTRIAN CROWN JEWELS.

    The Austrian Government has decided to sue the ex-Emperor Charles for the recovery of Crown jewels worth £4,000,000 which were into Switzerland in ...

    Article : 48 words
  36. SAVAGE ASSAULTS ON WIVES.

    Christopher Torrens war charged at Prahran yesterday with having unlawfully assaulted his wife, Ruby Terrene, on 25th January. Ruby Terrene, 41 Pridham-street, Prahran, said ...

    Article : 340 words
  37. THE TARIFF IN AMERICA.

    The United States Senate to-day defeated a motion for the closure of the debate on the Emergency Tariff Bill. The defeat of the motion is regarded as dooming the ...

    Article : 92 words
  38. MOVE AGAINST PERSIA.

    Advice has been received that an attack by Bolshevists upon British troops in North Persia was repulsed, the attackers losing twelve killed and a number taken ...

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  39. U.S.A. NAVAL VOTE.

    The naval committee of the House of Representatives has recommended an Appropriation Bill providing for a sum of £18,000,000 to continue naval ...

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  40. Cheap Bread at Mirboo North.

    MIRBOO NORTH.—Bread is probably being sold here at a cheaper rate than in any part of the State, the price of the 4-lb loaf being only 9d. cash over the counter ...

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  41. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    MANSFIELD.—On Tuesday evening, J. W. Jewell, a young man, was driving a [?]ir of horses attached to a light waggon down Martin's Cap, about 10 miles from Mansfield, when the horses ...

    Article : 103 words
  42. AMERICA BUYS AIRSHIP FROM ITALY.

    The War department of the United States announces the purchase from the Italian Government of the airship Roma, the second largest semi-rigid aircraft in ...

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  43. A MYSTERIOUS STAB.

    About 9 p.m. on Wednesday a man named John Cooper entered the casualty ward of Melbourne Hospital bleeding from a wound on the shoulder which he said ...

    Article : 121 words
  44. PILOT VESSEL RAMS SUBMARINE.

    The pilot ship Philadelphia rammed Submarine 11 near Philadelphia to-day. The crew was saved. The vessel was heavily damaged, and had to be beached. ...

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  45. Grocers' Profits in Ballarat.

    BALLARAT.—Mr. P. J. Pringle, general manager of the Electric and Supply and Tramway Co., has informed the Ballarat Progress Association that the grocers in ...

    Article : 59 words
  46. HORSEPLAY IN THEATRE.

    Leslie A. Pierce was charged at Prahran with having behaved in an offensive manner in a public place in 29th January. Samuel Crew, manager of the Empress Theatre, ...

    Article : 90 words
  47. WAGES REDUCTION IN AMERICA.

    It is expected that the Standard Oil Company, one of the largest employers in America, will shortly announce a 10 per cent. reduction in wages. ...

    Article : 36 words
  48. Advertising

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    Advertising : 104 words
  49. Old Lady Drowned In River.

    TOORA.—A drowning fatality occurred on Wednesday night, when Mrs. Thompson, mother of Mr. James Thompson, a returned soldier. who recently settled in this district, got out of her ...

    Article : 99 words
  50. Advertising

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    Advertising : 54 words
  51. Advertising

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