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  2. UNITED STATES ELECTIONS.

    Elections will take place in the various States to-morrow. The chief interest is centred is the eastern section, where the issues, though local, have been bitterly ...

    Article : 282 words
  3. GENERAL NEWS.

    The report of the Common wealth Statistician for the quarter ended September 20, [?] Australian oversea, migration, s[?] that 25,011 persons arrived ...

    Article : 177 words
  4. OBITUARY.

    The death occurred on Sunday of Mrs. Michell at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Flintoff, of South Yarra, Melbourne, at the age of 87. Mrs. Michell, ...

    Article : 661 words
  5. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 133 words
  6. ABATTOIRS CATTLE MARKET.

    Owing to the butchers' picnic on Monday, the cattle market was held yesterday, when nearly 1,800 were yarded, being a decrease of about 200 on last track's total. ...

    Article : 139 words
  7. COMMONWEALTH LINE TO BE SOLD.

    As soon as the House of Representatives assembled to-day the leader of the Labor Party (Mr. M.Charlton) submitted his noconfidence motion in connection with After the formation of the Shipping Board, which was supposed to be free from political interference, Mr. Bruce had indulged in much interference, and in 1925 be ...

    Article : 3,276 words
  8. THE R.M.S. CATHAY.

    Messrs. Elder. Smith & Co., advise that the R.M.S. Cathay, from Melbourne, is expected to arrive at the Outer Harbor at about 10.30 p.m. to-day, and to leave for ...

    Article : 61 words
  9. TRAFFIC CONTROL.

    To the section of his annual report dealing with traffic control, the Commissioner of Police (Brigadier-General Leane) said one of the problems to-day throughout the ...

    Article : 282 words
  10. A BURST WATER MAIN.

    About 6 a.m. yesterday a, water main in Wakefield-street burst with a loud report, and stones from the road were hurled in all directions by the force of ...

    Article : 189 words
  11. ELECTRICAL TRADERS.

    At the monthly luncheon of the Electrical Traders, held at the Wentworth Cafe, on Tuesday. Mr. R. W. Parsons, instructor in electrical engineering at the School ...

    Article : 59 words
  12. THE QUEEN'S HOME.

    This afternoon Dame Nellia Melba will open the new buildings which complete the Queen's Home. The cost of the additions, towards which the Government ...

    Article : 89 words
  13. A NEW ROAD SURFACE.

    Advice has been received of the completion at experiments carried out by the Middlesex County Council during the past 18 months, with a new ...

    Article : 90 words
  14. EXPEDITION TO GREAT BARRIER REEF.

    The final arrangements in connection with the expedition of scientists, naturalists, deep sea anglers, and others, leaving Sydney on November 13 for the coral ...

    Article : 154 words
  15. THE HINDMARSH TOWN CLOCK.

    The mayor of Hindmarsh (Mr. F. K. Nieass) stated at a meeting of the council on Tuesday that the new two-dial clock which was donated to Hindmarsh by Mr. ...

    Article : 45 words
  16. THE "WET DINNER,

    The Woman's Christian Temperance Union is up in arms against the proposal of the returned soldiers at Canberra, to hold a "wet" dinner on Armistice Day. ...

    Article : 124 words
  17. BOY FARM APPRENTICES.

    The first batch of boys re[?] under the revived British boy farm apprenticeship scheme, arrived by the Hobson's Bay yesterday. ...

    Article : 1,488 words
  18. ABYSSINIAN DAM.

    Officials of the White Engineering Corporation have expressed surprise at the international sensation created by their Tsana dam project. The Egyptian ...

    Article : 273 words
  19. WORKING MODEL SHOW.

    On Monday and Tuesday a working model show will be held in the Railways Institute. The Chief Mechanical Engineer (Mr. F. J. Shea.) will judge the ...

    Article : 81 words
  20. TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES.

    The Deputy Postmaster-General (Mr. E. P. Ramsay) intimates that during October 512 new telephone subscribers' services were connected, and the following ...

    Article : 114 words
  21. BEQUESTS TO CHARITIES.

    Elder's Trustee and Executor Company has paid to the Salvation Army, Adelaide, and the Australian Red Cross Society, £112 7/4 each, representing the ...

    Article : 45 words
  22. MR. BRUCE DETERMINED.

    Despite the representation by the returned soldiers, the Prime Minister is adhering to his decision to attend the R.S.A. dinner if ...

    Article : 64 words
  23. THE HOBSON'S BAY BRINGS MIGRANTS.

    The steamer Hobson's Bay which reached the Outer Harbor from London on Tuesday, had a large number of migrants. for the various States on board. ...

    Article : 126 words
  24. A ROYAL EXAMPLE.

    At a meeting of the Women's Christian Temperance Union to-day, a delegate stated. "Through a press dispatch it is said that within the last year King ...

    Article : 54 words
  25. STRIPPED AND TARRED.

    Pastor Evan Thomas, the evangelist, who was tarred and left stripped in the roadway by three assailants last Friday night, is 19 years of age. It is now believed by ...

    Article : 103 words
  26. CARGO PILLAGING.

    Referring, in his annual report, to the pillaging of cargo, the Commissioner of Police (Brigadier-General Leane) remarked that a certain amount of pillaging was ...

    Article : 298 words
  27. WOOL SALES.

    At the wool sales to-day the 2,[?] bales submitted by Younghusband, Ltd., and 5,037 bales by the Victorian Producers Cooperative Co. were only of average quality ...

    Article : 84 words
  28. EGYPT ALARMED.

    The Prime [?] of Egypt (Sarwit Pasha) has left for Cairo after lengthy negotiations in London, culminating in an important meeting of the Cabinet ...

    Article : 130 words
  29. THE UNEMPLOYMENT QUESTION.

    Sir—Yesterday I had occasion to again visit portions of the hills district, and I am confirmed in my opinion that if our able-bodied unemployed would favorably ...

    Article : 422 words
  30. THE PERTH AUCTIONS.

    At the third sale of the seacon 200,000 bales were catalogued and cleared. Excellent competition was sustained throughout. The offering comprised a good selection. ...

    Article : 55 words
  31. ORROROO AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

    A meeting of the Orroroo Agricultural Society was held in the local institute on Friday afternoon. The president (Mr. L. B. Cottrall) presided. The presented a statement of ...

    Article : 463 words
  32. MR. AMERY.

    Queensland extended a welcome to Mr. Amery, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, to-day. The Premier (Mr. McCormack) went to Wallangarra for the ...

    Article : 70 words
  33. THE 20-KNOT MOTOR LINER.

    Although a number of large oil-engined liners have been in successful service for some time, none, according to "The Motor Ship has hitherto been built for a ...

    Article : 231 words
  34. BROADCASTING.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 73 words
  35. LIVE STOCK SALES.

    At today's live stock sale about 34,700 fat sheep were yarded. The supply of good and prime was larger than anticipated, and demand became inactive. Quotations.-Prime ...

    Article : 177 words
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