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  2. A.J.C. AUTUMN MEETING.

    SYDNEY.--If there is any financial stringency in Sydney, there was no sign of it at Randwick on Saturday. The attendance was estimated to be larger than ...

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  3. A NEW INDUSTRIAL FUEL.

    Not very many years ago the idea of utilising Victoria's immense brown coal purees for industrial purposes was derided by some short-sighted citizens. ...

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  4. THE EASTER HOLIDAYS.

    Though Easter has arrived somewhat earlier than usual this year, it has not found the people unprepared. To the average Australian, especially when the ...

    Article : 213 words
  5. GERMAN RISING SUPPRESSED.

    A message from Berlin states that the Communist rising in Germany failed owing to the lack of organisation and the opposition to the Communists in the mining ...

    Article : 422 words
  6. FIGHTING IN ASIA MINOR.

    Fighting is in progress on the Brousen front (Asia Minor). The Greeks have driven the Turks back for 17 miles in disorderly retreat. The ...

    Article : 178 words
  7. STATE LABOR CONFERENCE.

    The annual conference of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party was continued at the Melbourne Trades Hall on Saturday and Sunday. Mr. J. Barnes ...

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  8. JAPANESE ARMAMENTS.

    The budget, appropriating half the national revenue for arniaments, passed both Houses of Parliament without opposition. ...

    Article : 64 words
  9. LENIN'S CONCESSIONS.

    Lenin has replied to the protests of the Russian Bolshevist newspapers that his system of industrial concessions to foreign capitalists can only strengthen the ...

    Article : 165 words
  10. AMERICA'S NAVAL POWER.

    The budget committee in the House of Representatives brought up reports that the United States was concentrating naval power in the Pacific. An interpellator ...

    Article : 297 words
  11. National Federation Picnic.

    The metropolitan committee of the National Federation will hold its first annual picnic at Aspendale to-day. A splendid programme of sports and races has been prepared, while ...

    Article : 58 words
  12. IRISH GOVERNMENT.

    An Order in Council fixes 19th April as the appointed day for the preliminary stages of the establishment of an Irish Government under the Home Rule Act, and ...

    Article : 428 words
  13. SOVIET'S DESIRE FOR TRADE.

    To reply to the Soviet's direct appeal to the United States for the resumption of trade, the State department has notified the Soviet Government that the United ...

    Article : 199 words
  14. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    The death of Mr. Marcus Stone, R.A., a prominent English painter, is reported from London. Mr. Stone, who was in his 81st year, had been a member of the Royal ...

    Article : 405 words
  15. INDIA'S FISCAL FREEDOM.

    Mr. E. S. Montgau. Secretary of State for India, to-day received a deputation of Lancashire members of the House of Commons, who protested against the increased ...

    Article : 115 words
  16. THE SILESIAN PLEBISCITE.

    It is reported that the Allies have entrusted Poland with a mandate to occupy Upper Silesia in the event of Germany placing organisers on the plebiscite ...

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  17. JAPANESE CONTROL OF YAP.

    The Foreign Office has issued a statement regarding Japan's intentions under her mandate for Yap. It declares that Japan will pr[?] the moral and material ...

    Article : 187 words
  18. LLOYD GEORGE AND LABOR.

    The London correspondent of Paris "Matin" emphasises the inconsistencies of Mr. Lloyd George's temperament, contrasting attacks upon the Labor party in ...

    Article : 117 words
  19. "MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS."

    Sir Frank Carter, formerly Sheriff of Calcutta, on behalf of the European non-officials in the Indian Legislature, cabled to Lord Ampthill, president of the Indian ...

    Article : 229 words
  20. DEATH OF SIR HENRY WEEDON.

    When Sir Henry Weedon left Melbourne for Sydney on Wednesday of last week on a holiday trip, which he expected to last over a fortnight, he was ...

    Article : 344 words
  21. A UNIQUE COMPLIMENT.

    A movement is on foot in Tokio to deify the spirit of the late Henry Bowie, a prominent Californian, who was president of the San Francisco American-Japanese ...

    Article : 74 words
  22. AN AMERICAN SLACKER.

    The United States Government has asked the British Government to demand of Germany the extradition of G. C. Bergdoll, the wealthy Philadelphia slacker ...

    Article : 79 words
  23. THE DAVIS CUP.

    The report that Australia may not he represented in the Davis Cup matches, on the ground that Patterson and Wood are unable to make the journey to America, ...

    Article : 310 words
  24. A.L.P. Conference in Sydney.

    SYDNEY.--The annual conference of the New South M ales branch of the A.L.P. was opened on Saturday. The president, Alderman Lambert, in his presidential ...

    Article : 278 words
  25. THE AMERICAN FLEET.

    The Washington correspondent of the Australian Press Association has interviewed Mr. Roosevelt, who during the absence of Mr. Denby in eastern waters is ...

    Article : 121 words
  26. PEONAGE IN AMERICA.

    Agents of the Department of Justice are investigating an alleged peonage system in Jasper County (Georgia), under which negroes are virtually enslaved. They ...

    Article : 104 words
  27. BRITISH COAL CRISIS.

    The conference of district delegates to the Miners' Federation rejected the coal owners' proposal for a return to the prewar system of different rates of wages on ...

    Article : 78 words
  28. MILAN BOMB OUTRAGE.

    As a result of the bomb outrage at the Diana Theatre, at Milan, on Tuesday, the death roll has been increased to 20 killed and 150 are reported wounded. The ...

    Article : 108 words
  29. AN AMERICAN ATHLETE.

    Charles Paddock, a member of the University of Southern California, who is probably America's premier short-distance runner, has broken the world's record for ...

    Article : 70 words
  30. WOMEN IN THE CHURCH.

    In defiance of the Bishop of London. Miss Maud Royden, who is an assistant pastor at the City Temple, conducted a Good Friday service in St. Botolph's ...

    Article : 113 words
  31. FUNERAL OF MR. BROOKFIELD.

    BROKEN HILL.--A notable tribute was paid by the inhabitants of Broken Hill on Good Friday to the memory of the late Mr. P. Brookfield, M.L.A., on the occasion ...

    Article : 279 words
  32. NEW ZEALAND PRODUCERS.

    WELLINGTON.--A meeting of the Wairarapa Producers' Association decided to urge the Government to establish a board of mercantile marine to secure a ...

    Article : 119 words
  33. VISCOUNT JELLICOE AS YACHTSMAN.

    WELLINGTON.--Much interest is being taken in yachting circles in the contest for the championship in 14-foot one-design open sailing boats. On Saturday ...

    Article : 68 words
  34. GENERAL CABLES.

    The number of the unemployed in Great Britain increased by 57,000 last week, bringing the total to 1,375,400 of whom 912.000 are men. ...

    Article : 103 words
  35. PRINCE PIPES RESTORED.

    The two briar pipes which the Prince of Wales smoked in Australia, and which he lost while riding in Leicestershire, have been recovered. A little girl picked up one ...

    Article : 77 words
  36. Re-Manning the Open Cut.

    MORWELL.--Steady progress is being made in connection with the remanning of the brown coal open cut, worked under the immediate supervision of the Mines ...

    Article : 182 words
  37. MOVEMENT TO WELCOME SETTLERS.

    The movement initiated by the Lord Mayor, Cr. Swanson, to welcome immigrants to the State is meeting with support in the provincial centres. The ...

    Article : 134 words
  38. THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

    The directors of the Bank of England, pursuing a policy for widening the bank's sphere of influence, have nominated a Canadian banker, Mr. Edward Robert Peacock, ...

    Article : 101 words
  39. AUSTRALIAN GOLFERS.

    J. H. Kirkwood, the open golf champion of Australia, and J. V. East, the Royal Melbourne Club's professorial, have arrived at Pinehurst, North Carolina, where ...

    Article : 134 words
  40. THE RAT NUISANCE.

    Reference is made in the annual report of the health committee of the City Council to the efforts which were made during the year to abate the rat nuisance in and ...

    Article : 176 words
  41. TRANSPORT OF FRUIT BY RAIL.

    Sir,--On Saturday, 19th inst ten cases of peaches were sent to me from Shepparton. Allowing for Sunday they should have reached my station (Riversdale) on ...

    Article : 185 words
  42. A Memorial Fund.

    ADELAIDE.--A meeting of citizens at the Adelaide Trades Hall on Saturday right decided to form a Brookfield memorial fund in the Commonwealth, ...

    Article : 125 words
  43. New Guinea Products.

    It was suggested last year that a display of the products of New Guinea should be exhibited at the Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane shows, with a view to educating ...

    Article : 95 words
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