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  2. DOWNING ST. APPEAL

    "Mr. Lang is sending Mr McTiernan to England for the express purpose of seeking the intervention of Downing street in order to prevent an appeal to the ...

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  3. FEDERAL SESSION

    The House of Representatives met to- day. Mr. Bruce told Mr. Charlton that postal assistants were being promoted as ...

    Article : 373 words
  4. COAL CRISIS

    The need for careful consideration of the coal report was emphasised by the Premier at a meeting with representatives of the Mining Association and Miners' ...

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  5. THE NAVY

    "We have gone on with the exchange of ships with the Royal Australian Navy, and this year saw the first Captain thereof appointed as a Commodore Commanding ...

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  6. "AS YOU WERE?"

    The despatch of Mr. L. C. Amery (Dominions Secretary), replying to the joint memorial from the Australian States, except Victoria, with reference to ...

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  7. THE LEAGUE

    M. Briand, the French Premier, lost no time after his hurried visit to Paris in taking up the threads of the delicate situation at Geneva. It is suggested that he ...

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  8. THE TIGHE CASE

    The Full Court, consisting of Mr. Justice Gordon, Mr. Justice Ferguson, and Mr. Justice Campbell, this afternoon gave its reserved judgment in the matter of the ...

    Article : 391 words
  9. SUGAR INDUSTRY

    The unions in the sugar industry to- day applied to the Board of Trade to have the recent increase of 3 in the basic wage extended to the sugar industry. They ...

    Article : 179 words
  10. JAPANESE DIET

    A late night session of the Japanese Diet was broken up amidst the wildest disorder, and general fist fighting between members of the Government and the ...

    Article : 88 words
  11. "IN THE BALANCE"

    "It is a curious fact," said the Minister for Education, Mr. Mutch, at Lismore to- day, "that places where the department does most the people do least." He warned ...

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  12. CLARENCE BRIDGE

    Messrs. Stuart, Missingham and Vincent, M's.L.A., have been informed by the Under- secretary for Public Works, adverting to various ...

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  13. ALLEGED RAILWAY THEFTS

    Three more arrests have been made in connection with the alleged thefts on the railways, and other arrests are expected almost immediately. ...

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  14. NEWS OF THE WORLD

    Reuter's Cairo correspondent states that Lieut. Allan Cobham has left Sollum, a post on the frontier of Egypt and Tripoli, for Athens. ...

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  15. "DO THE STAIRS"

    An extraordinary form of punishment was introduced at the Stanmore Public School a few days ago. It is understood that about 12 girls who had neglected to ...

    Article : 142 words
  16. HAMPTON BANK MURDER

    It has just leaked out that Francis Perkins and Douglas Robertson, each of whom was sentenced to 15 years for the manslaughter of the Hampton bank clerk, ...

    Article : 179 words
  17. DE VALERA AND SINN FEIN.

    De Valera has resigned from the Presidency of the Sinn Fein movement. De Valera resigned following the Sinn Fein Central Council's defeat of his ...

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  18. WIDOWS' PENSIONS

    The first batch of certificates for widows' penstons were issued on Wednesday last, and additional certificates are being issued daily. These, and all ...

    Article : 172 words
  19. BUSH FIRES

    It is reported that bush fires are moving along a 15- mile front across the hills towards Canberra. Workmen from the Federal territory are being sent to the ...

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  20. MONEY FOR ROADS

    As a result of the recent roads conference between the Commonwealth and the States proposals which differ materially from those originally considered ...

    Article : 105 words
  21. LONDON TRAIN TRAGEDY.

    A woman's head, roughly severed, was found in a parcel in a train travelling to Guildford from Waterloo. The police are investigating. ...

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  22. WHISKY AND CIGARS

    A few weeks ago a man telephoned the New South Wales Wine and Spirit Store, and giving the name of a certain priest ordered whisky to be sent to a presbytery ...

    Article : 137 words
  23. FIRES IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Bush fires are causing heavy loss in the Marlborough district. The Turakine Valley is ablaze from end to end, and a sawmill and bridge are threatened. Hundreds ...

    Article : 54 words
  24. SHOTS IN A TAXI

    A war marriage between a Russian woman and a Scotch advertising manager culminated in a taxi cab tragedy at Trafalgar Square to- day. A man and woman ...

    Article : 220 words
  25. BERLIN TO VLADIVOSTOCK.

    A 50 hour regular aeroplane service between Berlin and Vladivostock will be opened this year, according to an announcement by the Russian Information ...

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  26. RAILWAY DEPARTMENT

    A case of interest to all railway servants came before Judge Rolin in the Industrial Arbitration Court to- day, when Percy Hunt, general secretary of the New ...

    Article : 108 words
  27. TRAIN AND TROLLY

    A passenger train bound for Brisbane crashed into a pumper trolley on which a party of lengthsmen were proceeding to work near Mooloolah this morning. The ...

    Article : 102 words
  28. A STOLEN YACHT

    In the Criminal Court to- day Keith Barry, 30, was sentenced to two years imprisonment after having pleaded guilty to having stolen the yacht Rondon from ...

    Article : 147 words
  29. PETERSHAM SAFE ROBBERIES

    Two robberies were reported at Petersham during last night. In the first case a safe was blown in at the store of Burns Bros., lime merchants. Explosives were ...

    Article : 101 words
  30. STEAMER'S COLLISION WITH WHARF

    At the inquiry to- day by the Marine Board into the collision of the Clan Morrison with the Pinkenba wharf shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday morning Captain ...

    Article : 137 words
  31. VICTORIAN FARMERS' PARTY

    The minority section of the Farmers' Conference held a meeting at Ballarat and carried the following resolution:-- "That all of the branches we represent be ...

    Article : 80 words
  32. SPAHLINGER'S SERUM

    Dr. McIntyre Sinclair, speaking at the Queen Victoria Homes of Dr. Sphalinger's work, said nowhere in London could he fined a man who having ...

    Article : 64 words
  33. ON ROSE BAY CLIFFS

    A curious case came up for hearing at the Darlinghurst Sessions to- day when William Gray was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on James Smith. ...

    Article : 134 words
  34. SHOOTING GALLERY TRAGEDY

    John Walter Sheaf was before the Central Police Court to- day, on a charge of having shot at William Francis Robertson, with intend to murder him. ...

    Article : 89 words
  35. "WHO'S THAT?

    Robert Hart, a resident of Randwick, was awakened early this morning by hearing a man moving about his bedroom. When he asked "who's that?" he ...

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  36. FRENCH WAR DEBT

    In the House of Commons Mr. Churchill (Chancellor of the Exchequer) informed Mr. Snowden that he intended resuming without delay the discussions on the ...

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  37. MUTILATED BODY

    After a loud explosion in Buckley park at Essendon yesterday afternoon the mutilated body of a man was found lying in a gully. Near it was a piece of used ...

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  38. AVIATION

    The coroner to- day held an inquiry into the death of Albert John Freeman Greenwood, 19, who was killed in an aeroplane crash at Point cook recently. A finding ...

    Article : 89 words
  39. DROUGHT IN QUEENSLAND

    Owing to the call upon the Railway Department for the carriage of sheep from the drought- stricken areas out west to relief country, about 40 cattle trucks are at ...

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  40. SAWMILL TRAGEDY

    Two men, William Millard, 74, and John Mudge, 32, were killed when the end of an engine blew out at Edwards' sawmills at Joanna. Millard's body was blown a ...

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  41. JAPANESE VESSELS

    Towards the end of last year, a story was circulated in Sydney that two Japanese vessels had been seen acting suspiciously off the New South Wales coast ...

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  42. MURDER CONFESSION

    Thomas Dugan, 36, licensee of the Alma Hotel at Norwood, walked into the office of the Commissioner of Police at Adelaide and declared that he had murdered a man ...

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  43. CANCER RESEARCH

    Interviewed on his return from an extended tour abroad Professor Laby, of Melbourne University, said Australia was far behind the times in research work. ...

    Article : 68 words
  44. UNKNOWN MAN KILLED

    While walking across Oxford street, Darlinghurst, to- night an unknown man, about 45 years of age, was knocked down and run over by a motor 'bus. He was ...

    Article : 79 words
  45. ARRESTED STEAMER

    The Limerick Steamship Company yesterday paid a cheque for an amount between £3000 and £4000 to Mr. Scott Fell, M.L.A., and thus secured the release of its ...

    Article : 56 words
  46. THE COUNTRY PARTY

    A conference will shortly be held to discuss plans for the reorganisation of the Country party. Fundamental problems of the conference will include a ...

    Article : 47 words
  47. WILKINS' ARCTIC FLIGHT

    Mr. Palmer Hutchinson, news writer, accompanying Captain Wilkins' Arctic expedition, was killed to- day when an aeroplane propeller chopped through his body. ...

    Article : 35 words
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