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  2. A HEAVY STORM.

    Loud peals of thunder, vivid lightning and lowering skies preceded a tropical downpour over the metropolitan area yesterday, and heralded a series of storms. ...

    Article : 666 words
  3. FACTS ABOUT SUGAR.

    In "The Age'"' of last Saturday facts and figures were published showing how the high price of sugar affects families. It will interest readers to show into whose ...

    Article : 484 words
  4. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    The Governor- General, attended by Captin A. Lawrence, A. D. C. unveiled an honor roll at the Australian Club yesterday afternoon. ...

    Article : 296 words
  5. VICTORIAN LOAN.

    It was generally expected that the Victorian per cent. 5 12 per cent. loan of £4,000,000 would be fully subscribed, but few anticipated such an instantaneous success. The ...

    Article : 159 words
  6. RICH GIRL'S INFATUATION.

    Mr. Harold M'Cormick, a multi- millionaire, has announced the engagement of his daughter Mathilde, aged 16, who is a granddaughter of Mr. John D. ...

    Article : 130 words
  7. ANGLO- AMERICAN AFFECTION.

    The Duke of York attended the Pilgrim's dinner last night in honor of Mr. Balfour. The American Ambassador (Colonel Harvey) proposed the health of Mr. Balfour. ...

    Article : 490 words
  8. GUN- ALLEY TRAGEDY

    Amid the gurgling rush of heavy rain upon the roof, vivid flashes of lightning, and reverberating claps of thunder that drowned voices of counsel and witnesses ...

    Article : 6,008 words
  9. JAPAN AND THE SOVIET.

    Count Ucheida, foreign Minister in announcing Japan's acceptance of the invitation to the Genoa Conference, told the Diet that Japan was considering the ...

    Article : 207 words
  10. STATE MINISTERS GRATIFIED.

    The State Treasurer (Mr. M'Pherson) yesterday received official confirmation of the above message from the Victorian Agent- General (Mr. M'Whae). This ...

    Article : 109 words
  11. The Storm in the Country.

    Splendid rain has fallen over the fruitgrowing areas around. Doncaster and Croydon districts, and it is greatly appreciated by orchardists. Five weeks of hot, dry ...

    Article : 61 words
  12. WILLS AND ESTATES.

    Benjamin Elliott, of Rathscar West, farmer, who died on 5th December, 1921, left by his will dated June, 1912, property valued at £1473 to his wife and children. ...

    Article : 59 words
  13. AMERICAN INTERESTS AT WORK.

    In view of the phenomenal success of the latest Victorian loan in London, it is hardly likely that America will be selected for the flotation of any further loan. ...

    Article : 89 words
  14. RAIN SETS FIRE TO A TRUCK OF LIME.

    BENDIGO.-- When the 12.40 p. m. goods train from Bendigo to Kerang arrived at Eaglehawk on Tuesday it was found that a truck of lime was ablaze. The truck ...

    Article : 100 words
  15. ST. PATRICK'S PROCESSION.

    With reference to the trouble that has arisen over the St. Patrick's day procession, both the Lord Mayor (Cr. Swanson) and the Town Clerk (Mr. Ellery) declined ...

    Article : 296 words
  16. COMMENT AT SYDNEY CITY COUNCIL.

    SYDNEY.-- At Tuesday night's meeting of the City Council, Alderman Walker drew the attention of the Lord Mayor to the fact that the Victorian Government ...

    Article : 86 words
  17. RELIGIOUS SERVICES AFFECTED.

    BEAUFORT.-- The stormy conditions which existed on Sunday night had a detrimental effect upon religious instruction in tins district. When Rev. W. H. ...

    Article : 315 words
  18. A RUSSIAN SECT'S. CRIME.

    It is reported from Winnipeg (Manitoba) that Peter Varegin, leader of a strange Russian religious seet known as the Doukhubors, which has 9000 settlers ...

    Article : 120 words
  19. THE STORY OF THE ANZACS.

    General Sir Ian Hamilton, in reviewing Captain C. E. W. Bean's book on Australia's part in the war, describes the author as the "Kinglake of the Antipodes." ...

    Article : 361 words
  20. THE STRIKE ON THE RAND.

    Several brutal attacks were made to-day on men returning from work. It is reported that a collision occurred at Benoni between the police and the strikers. who ...

    Article : 60 words
  21. NEW ZEALAND MEAT.

    Sir James Allen, High Commissioner for New Zealand, in addressing the Union of London Retail Meat Traders on the New Zealand meat trade, said it was unfair ...

    Article : 125 words
  22. Effect of the Agreement.

    Cuban sugar is quoted at a price equal to 11 per cwt. cost and freight New York. For similar quality sugar the Australian price is 150 per cent. greater. This ...

    Article : 276 words
  23. N. S. W. ELECTIONS.

    BROKEN HILL.-- The Industrial labor party's ballot for the selection of three candidates to contest the local seats resulted in Ernest. Wetherell, sub- editor of ...

    Article : 92 words
  24. BRITISH SCHOONER SEIZED.

    Eleven aeroplanes, operating as a prohibition enforcement squadron, seized the British schooner Annabella at the point of their machine guns, off the coast of the ...

    Article : 54 words
  25. CATTLE TRUCK BLOWN OFF LINE.

    ZEEHAN.-- A severe electrical storm broke over the west coast on Tuesday. At Zeehan it ripped off the roofs of several dwellings, smashed windows and doors and ...

    Article : 73 words
  26. Train Services Disrupted.

    All forms of transportation were disorganised as a result of the storm. The principal inconvenience was experienced by railway passengers, electric services ...

    Article : 235 words
  27. IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION

    The United States House of Representatives has passed a resolution extending the 3 per cent restrictive immigration law to 30th June, 1923. The measure now ...

    Article : 101 words
  28. DUST IN AIR.

    "Even the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a priceless jewel in its head." And so it seems that even the must contemned dust fulfils important functions in ...

    Article : 487 words
  29. AN EGYPTIAN PROCLAMATION.

    A proclamation announces that all Egyptian subjects in the possession of arms and ammunition in Cairo are liable to punishment by death. Anyone offering resistance ...

    Article : 72 words
  30. THE RAILWAYS ADMINISTRATION.

    Speaking at Balmam on Tuesday night, the Premier, Mr. Dooley, referred to the report of the royal commissioner concerning the 1917 railway strike. He said ...

    Article : 172 words
  31. LONDON DOCKERS "GO DRY"

    A beer boycott has begun in dockland, London. One million transport workers have "gone dry." They have entered into a solemn league and covenant not to drink ...

    Article : 129 words
  32. SCALING MOUNT EVEREST.

    The Bombay correspondent of the Chicago "Tribune" states:-- "General Bruce arrived here yesterday with complete details of the British expedition, ...

    Article : 58 words
  33. BRITISH BY-ELECTION.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 118 words
  34. THE SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    BRISBANE.-- Mr. W. G. Gibson, managing director of Gibson and Howes Ltd., of the Bingera sugar plantation, Bundaberg, in reply to ...

    Article : 247 words
  35. CRIMES OF VIOLENCE.

    In the Court of General Sessions yesterday Judge Woinnrski made severe strictures upon the prevalence of crimes of violence, and intimated his intention to ...

    Article : 317 words
  36. ZINC CONCENTRATES.

    In the House of Commons to-day Mr Charles White, M. P., asked Mr. S. Baldwin, President of the Board of Trade, what security the Government had for the sum ...

    Article : 88 words
  37. On the Tram Routes.

    Tramway services were seriously affected. The engine house at South Melbourne became flooded when the rain was its heaviest. The water found its way ...

    Article : 233 words
  38. THE NEAR EAST SITUATION.

    Colonel George Harvey, the United States ambassador to Great Britain, is under instruction to watch developments at the forthcoming conference of Allied ...

    Article : 66 words
  39. SOUTH AFRICAN FINANCES.

    Introducing additional estimates in the Union House of Assembly to-day, the Minister of Finance said the total deficit for the current year was £2,000.000. ...

    Article : 78 words
  40. France's Debt to America.

    The French Minister of Finance, M. Loucheur, speaking at Lyons to-day, said:-- "I do not believe France will be ever able to pay 1 c of her war debt to America, ...

    Article : 63 words
  41. Riotous Miners in Wales.

    One thousand riotous miners at Ynysdon, near Newport, seized a colliery manager and threatened to immerse him in a reservoir, asserting that they had not ...

    Article : 64 words
  42. LATE SPORTING NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 91 words
  43. The Bottomley- Bigland Cases.

    Mr. Horatio Bottamley, M. P., has written to the public prosecutor, stating that the charges made by Renben Bigland at the Shropshire assizes could not be ignored ...

    Article : 91 words
  44. MR. HUGHES AND THE ECONOMIC CONFERENCE.

    Sir,-- The announcement in your columns that the Prime Minister had left for Sydney to attend the economic conference prompts me to ask whether the question ...

    Article : 98 words
  45. Advertising

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    Advertising : 121 words
  46. LONG DISTANCE WIRELESS.

    A new wireless record between ships is reported by the Munson liner American Legion, which while at Rio Janeiro, exchanged greetings with the liner Buckeye ...

    Article : 44 words
  47. Flooding at Fitzroy.

    The lower lying parts of Brunswick and Smith streets, Fitzroy, were covered with for some considerably distance while the heavy rain was falling, and in ...

    Article : 301 words
  48. SWIMMING.

    ADELAIDE.-- At the City Baths on Tuesday night the half- mile swimming championship was decided in [?] with the Henley and Gran[?] Club's carnival. There were four [?] It ...

    Article : 42 words
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