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  2. THE ROYAL WEDDING.

    The Lord Chamberlain has announced, in view of the influenza epidemic, that instead of evening dress the ladies invited to the wedding of Princess Mary and ...

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  3. THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE

    After Mr. Hughes had announced the agreement on the naval treaty to the members of the naval committee to -day, M. Jusserand (France) addressed the ...

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  4. THE EMPIRE'S PROBLEMS

    General Sir Ian Hamilton, speaking at a dinner in Glasgow last night to the officers of the Fifty-second Division, asserted that the present unrest in India and Egypt was ...

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  5. DEFENCE ECONOMIES.

    Concrete results of the recent economy campaign are revealed in a decision by the Federal Government to cease making ammunition, and to the employ funds which ...

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  6. ELECTING A NEW POPE.

    The conclave of cardinals for the election of a successor to the late Pope Benedict will open on Thursday, when Cardinal Vannutelli will celebrate mass. The ...

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  7. ELECTRIFIED RAILWAYS.

    As regards Die possibility of further extensions of the electric train system to the outer suburbs or short-distance holiday resorts, an interesting statement was made ...

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  8. PROBLEM OF THE NEAR EAST.

    The projected meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Italy, France and Great Britain on the Near East situation has been postponed for a few days, in ...

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  9. THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK.

    The decision of the executive of the Melbourne Trades Hall Council to decline the invitation of the Prime Minister to send delegates to the proposed round-table ...

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  10. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    The Governor-General and Lady Forster, attended by Captain G. H. Pitt-Rivers, A.D.C., and Captain Alan Lawrence, A.D.C., will leave Melbourne to-day by the ...

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  11. THE BABY BONUS.

    During the seven months of the present financial year that have already passed over £400,000 of public money has been spent in the distribution of £5 baby bonuses ...

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  12. THE CONCLAVE DESCRIBED.

    To-day, which in the Roman Catholic calendar is the Feast of the Purification, the election of a Pope in succession to Benedict XV. is to be proceeded with by ...

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  13. A FIENDISH CRIME.

    A young married couple named Harness were sentenced to death at Glasgow today for murdering a Jewish shopgirl, aged 14, for a few shillings which she had in her ...

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  14. N.S.W. ELECTIONS.

    ALBURY.--Labor supporters in the Murray electorate declare that as a means towards breaking down the system of selection of candidates by city cliques in ...

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  15. GERMAN MILITARISM.

    There was a scene in the Reichstag to day, when Herr Schiedemann, the Socialist leader, hotly attacked the Monarchists Militarist and pan-Germans. ...

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  16. N.S.W. Employers' Attitude.

    SYDNEY.--The president of the Employers' Federation, Mr. J. M'Mahon, on Wednesday stated the invitation to the Prime Minister's industrial conference ...

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  17. ENGINEERS' CONFERENCE.

    One striking advantage which an automatic telephone exchange possesses over one manually operated is that the automatic exchange cannot get married. ...

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  18. THE FAMINE IN RUSSIA.

    Dr. Nansen, addressing a meeting on behalf of the Russian famine relief fund, said that death and famine menaced 19,000,000 Russians, and several millions of ...

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  19. SYDNEY LABOR SELECTION BALLOT.

    A further political sensation has developed in Sydney. The central executive of the A.L.P. sat until nearly midnight on Wednesday to consider the Sydney ...

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  20. THE DAVIS CUP.

    A challenge for the Davis Cup, at present held by America, has been issued on behalf of the British Isles. ...

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  21. W.A. SOLDIERS ADOPT MR. DYETT'S SUGGESTION.

    PERTH.--The executive of the Returned Soldiers' League has adopted the suggestion telegraphed by the federal president. Mr. Dyett, that the league endeavor to ...

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  22. INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS.

    The try-out matches in the Davis Cup Players' Tournament to be held in Melbourne on 10th and 11th inst., in which J. O. Anderson (N.S.W.)--the vanquisher of ...

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  23. ANTI-BOLSHEVIK REVOLT.

    Travellers from Central Asia bring stories of a rebellion against the Bolsheviks north of the Oxus River which is spreading very rapidly. Formerly it was confined to the ...

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  24. Dissatisfaction With Labor Candidates

    Dissatisfaction with the manner in which candidate were selected is strongly felt in S Labor circles. A proposal is on foot to call a special conference of the leagues and ...

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  25. Acceptance by Sydney Unionists.

    SYDNEY.--A meeting of Sydney trade unionists, convened by the Labor Council of New South Wales, decided on Wednesday night to accept the proposal of the ...

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  26. THE RAND MINERS' STRIKE.

    The Society of Engineers, by a ballot, decided by an overwhelming majority against a sympathetic strike to assist the miners. ...

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  27. Wages in Clothing Trade.

    Employes in the clothing trades have reported to their unions that notifications of a proposed reduction in wages have been posted in various factories. It is ...

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  28. STATE REVENUES.

    BRISBANE.--Treasury returns for the even months ended Tuesday were issued on Wednesday. On the operations for that period they how that the excess of ...

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  29. STANDARDISATION.

    Invited yesterday to discuss the question of standardisation, which will be dealt with on Friday by several organisations under the aegis of the Federal ...

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  30. STATE COAL MINE.

    The position at the State coal mine, Wonthaggi, is still unsatisfactory. The adjourned ''stop work" meeting of the employee at the mine was resumed ...

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  31. THE EGYPTIAN PREMIERSHIP.

    The terms upon which Sarwat Pasha is willing to undertake the Premiership of Egypt do not include his acceptance of Marquis Curzon's scheme of Egyptian ...

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  32. POOR RELIEF GRANTS.

    The Ministry of Health has informed the Poplar authorities that their new poor relief scheme is unlawful, as the legal powers of guardians are limited to the ...

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  33. WILLS AND ESTATES.

    Frank Chester, late of Heyheld, grazier, and latterly of Chatsworth-road, Prahran, who died on 16th July, 1921, by his will of 15th January, 1913, and codicil of 9th July, 1921, left personal ...

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  34. THE PLAGUE OUTBREAK.

    BRISBANE.--Two male patients were discharged from Wattlebrae Hospital on Wednesday morning. There are now in hospital three males and two females. A ...

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  35. BORROWING FROM AMERICA

    Messrs. Lee, Higginson and Co., of New York, are floating on issue of gold bonds totalling 2,500,000 dol. (£500,000) for the Melbourne Electric Supply Co. The issue ...

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  36. DUNLOP RUBBER COMPANY.

    The annual report of the directors of the Dunlop Rubber Company discloses that there has been a loss of £S,320,000 for the year, chiefly owing to the depreciation of ...

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  37. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.

    A joint conference will meet on Tuesday to consider the epidemic of foot and mouth disease, which is spreading with remarkable rapidity, particularly in Scotland. ...

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  38. MR. JUSTICE ISAACS.

    After an extensive tour abroad, undertaken with the primary object of paying a visit to his married daughter in England, Mr. Justice Isaacs returned to Melbourne ...

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  39. PLAGUE RATS IN SYDNEY.

    SYDNEY.--It is officially stated that of the 39,213 rats trapped or poisoned in Sydney since the campaign was begun in September, 65 were plague-infected. ...

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  40. NO TRAINING CAMPS.

    The Minister of Defence (Mr. W. M. Greene) announced yesterday that it had been decided by the Government that camps of training for the military forces ...

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  41. VISIT TO NEWPORT.

    Delegates to the enigneers' conference were yesterday the guests of the Railway Commissioners on Hours of inspection of Newport workshops and the now "A" ...

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  42. SHIP STEWARDS' DISPUTE.

    Further trouble occurred in connection with the Commonwealth Government liner Moreton Bay yesterday. Prior to her departure for London the stewards claimed ...

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  43. THE SHIP-BUILDING TRADE.

    The employers in the ship-building trade have asked the men to assent to the taking off of the flat rate weekly bonus of 226. They point out that 56 per cent. of berths ...

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  44. PECULIAR CASE OF BRIBERY.

    Herr Merlir, a former Prime Minister of Bavaria, has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment for accepting a bribe for obtaining a professorship for his ...

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  45. STRICKEN EUROPE.

    For the undermentioned funds we have received donations as follow:-- Starving People of Europe.--M.E.P., 10. Starving Children of Europe.--J.K., Alphington, ...

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  46. LONDON WOOL SALES.

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  47. Death of a Mental Patient.

    The City Coroner held an inquiry yesterday into the cause of the death of Julia Frances Dolley, 53, widow, whose body was found floating in the sea at Middle ...

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  48. EARTHQUAKE IN AMERICA.

    Seismograph, stations throughout the country have recorded a violent earthquake shock, probably in Southern Mexico or Central America. ...

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  49. INSOLVENCIES.

    Edward Dunlop, Bayview-road, Seddon, laborer. Causes of insolvency: Sickness in family and unemployment. Liabilities, £ 85 18; assets, 5; deficiency, £ 85 18. Mr. Davis, assignee. ...

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  50. WORK STILL SUSPENDED.

    WONTHAGGI.--Another meeting of the miners' union was held was Wednesday to discuss matters in connection with the dismissal of the wheelers arising ...

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  51. Police Demolish a House.

    ADELAIDE.--The spectacle of several police officers pulling a wood and iron building to pieces was witnessed at Clarence Park on Tuesday. The material was ...

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  52. Charge of Embezzlement.

    In General Sessions yesterday, before Judge Woinarski, John Greene, 37, collector- was charged with hiving, between 8th and 11h November at Clifton Hill. ...

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  53. PORTUGUESE ELECTIONS.

    The returns of the general election, though still incomplete, give a majority to the Democrats and Monarchists. The Republicans are at the bottom of the ...

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  54. LAW LIST--THIS DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 125 words
  55. THE DUCK SEASON.

    ALBURY.--A large number of sportsmen visited the haunts of wild duck on Wednesday morning, when the duck season opened. On the whole the ducks were ...

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  56. Advertising

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  57. GENERAL CABLES.

    The United States Senate has pawed the Allied Debt Refunding Bill by 39 votes to 25. In New York on Tuesday 812 cases of ...

    Article : 38 words
  58. Advertising

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