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  2. RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS

    The annual report of the Railway Commissioners for the year ended June 30 last shows a deficiency of £69,142 on the year's operations after making provision ...

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  3. 'LOW DOWN METHODS'

    When the Deportation Board resumed to-day Pereival Rycraft, chief officer of the steamer Aeneas, said he explained to the men what the strike meant and what ...

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  4. SETTLEMENT RUMORS

    The Interstate Trades Union Congress, consisting of representatives of all the Trades and Labor Councils in the Commonwealth, to-day gave further ...

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  5. CHILD ROASTED

    A little boy was burnt to death when a weatherboard cottage was destroyed by fire at Dumbleton, near Hurstvilie, at 6 o'clock to-night. There were five ...

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  6. EIGHT DAYS' HEARING

    After a hearing extending to eight days the case was concluded at Lismore Quarter Sessions before Judge Mocatta today, wherein Percy Edward Tighe, John ...

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  7. CAUCUS DECISIONS

    The Parliamentary Labor party to-day approved of a Bill to amend the Fair Rents Act. Provision is made in the measure to bring shops as well as private ...

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  8. SENSATIONAL BATTLE

    In the Davis Cup final contest between America the holders, and France, the challengers, Tilden (America) defeated Borotra (France), ...

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  9. SOCIAL WOLVES

    While one of their number sang to cover their work three men sawed through the iron barred window and escaped from the police station at Auckland last night. ...

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  10. "POLITICAL PRISONERS."

    About 200 striking seamen and their sympathisers marched from the Communist. Hall to the private residence of Mr. McKell, Minister for Justice, last ...

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  11. FOUND

    Commander Rodgers and the crew of the PN91 were found alive on Thursday 15 miles east of Kauai by a submarine. The plane was found floating at 4 p.m. ...

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  12. PECULIAR CASE

    Extraordinary evidence was given during the hearing of a case in the Jury Court to-day, in which Ruby Muriel Underdown sued Wm. Ernest Hall, and his ...

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  13. BREACH OF PROMISE

    An unusual case was heard in the Banco Jury Court to-day when the question of whether a married man can be sued for breach of promise was decided. The case ...

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  14. LEAGUE OF NATIONS

    Reuter's Geneva correspondent states that Mr. Chamberlain, British Foreign Secretary, addressed the Assembly of the League of Nations on the subject of the ...

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  15. MINISTERIAL SNUB

    A message published this morning stated that Rymer, State President of the Australian Railways Union, had wired to the leader of the Mount Morgan workers, ...

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  16. SPIRITUALISM

    The "Daily Telegraph's" Paris correspondent states that the International Spiritualist Congress decided to open a competition and offer prizes for the ...

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  17. POLICEMAN INTERVENES WITH REVOLVER.

    The first clash between the striking British seamen and the police occurred today when two detectives were roughly handled by a mob of strikers outside the ...

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  18. WAR DISABILITIES

    The Minister for Defence in a statement issued to the Returned Soldiers' League, dealing With the recommendations of the Royal Commission on the ...

    Article : 146 words
  19. TELEGRAMS.

    William Cardwell, second pantryman on the steamer Orara, disappeared from the vessel on Wednesday while on a voyage from Byron Bay to Sydney. He was ...

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  20. CLOSER SETTLEMENT

    A statement was issued to-day by Mr. J. W. Allen, secretary of the Producers Central Council, replying to a statement of the Lord Mayor of Sydney (ALd. Stokes, ...

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  21. GOOD ADVICE FROM LONDON.

    A telegram was received in Sydney from secretary of the Seamen's Union in London, which has been circulated among the masters of vessels for the men on strike. ...

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  22. FIGHTING THE RIFFS

    Abdel Krim has apparently launched a counter stroke to the landing at Alhucemas Bay, according to a Madrid communique, which says that the enemy on ...

    Article : 321 words
  23. SEVEN DAYS FOR CHAIRMAN OF STRIKE COMMITTEE.

    John Allan Johnston, chairman of the Strike Committee, who was arrested yesterday, was subsequently sentenced to seven days imprisonment. ...

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  24. NIGHT BAKING ABOLITION

    As a result of a conference of those interested in the bilking trade it has been decided to withdraw from the Bill to abolish night baking the clause ...

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  25. PROBLEM: FIND THE SEAMEN.

    When the steamer Mamari arrived from London, 26 firemen and trimmers on the vessel refused duty. Up to the present, however, the trouble has not extended to ...

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  26. ARCTIC BY AIR

    The "Daily Express' Geneva correspondent interviewed Dr. Nansen who said he was convinced the next aerial expedition to the Pole would succeed. He ...

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  27. IN THE FASHION

    At a meeting of about 200 waitresses employed in the railway cafes of Melbourne it was decided to strike as a protest against the report of a newly ...

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  28. REFUSING DUTY.

    The seamen of the steamer Benecia were ordered by the Court to return to their ships. The order was complied with today, but, apart from generating enough ...

    Article : 58 words
  29. REDUCTION OF SENTENCES.

    It was stated in Sydney to-day that a move is on foot to have the sentence of 21 days passed on a number of seamen yesterday reduced. It is understood that ...

    Article : 76 words
  30. PAY FORFEITED.

    To-day 110 men were charged with being absent from their vessels without leave and they were ordered to forfeit 12 days pay each and sentenced to six ...

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  31. DISHONEST AGENT

    Leslie Lewis McMurdo, 29, estate-agent, of North Sydney, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen £400 from Ernest Clayton, to-day was ...

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  32. ANXIOUS TO RETURN.

    Although 350 warrants have been issued against British seamen on strike in Sydney only eight arrests had been made up to a late hour last night. It is stated that ...

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  33. WHITE LEAD BANNED

    A deputation waited on the Minister for Labor and Industry during the week, requesting that the use of white lead in paint be prohibited. The request was ...

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  34. GENEVA CONFERENCE

    In the House of Representatives, Mr. Pratten, in answer to several questions, undertook to submit further Tariff Board reports as they were received. ...

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  35. SPECIAL TRAIN FOR PASSENGERS.

    In order to take the passengers of the idle steamers to their destination in the Eastern States the agents of the liner Balranald have cabled their London office ...

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  36. STRIKERS BEGGING.

    The. strikers held another meeting this morning, and reaffirmed their previous resolution not to assist the police in regard to arrests. One man remarked, "They ...

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  37. COSTLY OUTDOOR RELIEF

    The West Ham Guardians passed a resolution reiterating their refusal to reduce the outdoor relief from 59 to 55 weekly, as requested by the Minister for Health. ...

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  38. NEWS OF THE WORLD

    The Ottawa Bureau of Statistics estimates the Canadian wheat yield for 1925 at 491,819,000 bushels, as against 262,000,000 bushels in 1924. ...

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  39. CUTTING OFF ALLOTMENTS.

    Hundreds of sailors' homes are affected by the decision of the Union Castle Company not to pay further allotments of wages to the wives and dependents of ...

    Article : 113 words
  40. POLITICAL AMENITIES

    In the West Australian Legislative Council Mr, Duffell complained that the Minister for Works (Mr. McCallum) had accused him of reflecting on his ...

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  41. POSTAL ASSISTANT CONVICTED

    A sentence of nine months' imprisonment was imposed on William Henderson, aged 40, postal assistant, who pleaded guilty at the Darlinghurst Sessions to ...

    Article : 76 words
  42. LIBEL ACTIONS THREATENED.

    A rumor was current, in Sydney this morning that in the event of Mr. Lamb, K.C., making what are regarded as any defamatory statements against Johnson ...

    Article : 84 words
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