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  2. TICK INVASION.

    Word is to hand that the tick invasion at Tabulam, which caused a considerable stir some months ago, has ...

    Article : 117 words
  3. GERMANS ON STRIKE

    Additional strikes are reported from the occupied region of Germany, and telephone wires to Paris have been cut. On the other hand, an English correspondent at Paris says that the news from the Ruhr is regarded as distinctly ...

    Article : 62 words
  4. CIVIC STAFF

    It is alleged that there is considerable discontent over salaries among the staff of the Town Hall. It is further alleged that there ...

    Article : 764 words
  5. FEDERAL PLANS

    Another of the Cabinets held to arrange the redistribution of the Ministerial work and place definite responsibilities on particular Ministers, instead ...

    Article : 279 words
  6. BIG MOTOR FIRE

    An immense fire started at 6 o 'clock this morning at Messrs. Duncan and Fraser's motor garage and motor works at Franklin Street, not far from the General Post Office. It was heralded by an explosion, which was followed by a ...

    Article : 810 words
  7. STATE AND COOK'S DIARY.

    The Acting-Premier, Mr. Cakes, was questioned yesterday regarding the correspondence appearing in "The ...

    Article : 77 words
  8. "A DISGRACE."

    It is a disgrace that confinements should have to take place on the spare verandahs of the institution. It is a disgrace also that there are ...

    Article : 782 words
  9. N.S.W. AT LAST

    After fighting for three years, New South Wales has at last wrested the Sheffield Shield from Victoria, and the trophy will be ...

    Article : 126 words
  10. ENDLESS TALK

    That interesting phenomenon of American legislative practice known as "filibuster," by which a senator can exert the traditional prerogative to ...

    Article : 158 words
  11. Attention is Focussed on Britain

    Advices from Paris indicate that there is a tendency in Germany to negotiate with France on the reparations question. ...

    Article : 1,092 words
  12. MR. THOMAS NOCK

    "I take off my hat to Tom Nock as the finest illustration I know of the eternal and majestic grandeur of Individuality. You could boil, roast, or toast him, ...

    Article : 321 words
  13. UNDERWRITTEN Latest Cables

    The Victorian 5 per cent, loan of £5,000,000, at 9912 has been underwritten. In consequence of the fighting on the Polish frontier, Lithuania is seeking the immediate convocation of the Council of the League of Nations. ...

    Article : 52 words
  14. ONCE AGAIN

    Yesterday Mr. Norman Smith, accompanied by his mechanic, Mr. E. Croysdill, lowered the Brisbane to Sydney motor-car record by 13 ...

    Article : 213 words
  15. PHOSPHATES

    In the House of Commons, replying to a question regarding the disposal of Nauru phosphates in Britain, Major Barnston said that the contract for the ...

    Article : 89 words
  16. FIFTH TEST

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 102 words
  17. ART OF TAXATION

    Mr. Cocks, State Treasurer, has adopted a new viewpoint on the vexed subject of dual taxation. Two taxing bodies, he points ...

    Article : 548 words
  18. GENEROUS GIFT

    Sir Alfred Yarrow, the ship-builder, has given the Royal Society £100,000 for scientific research, preferably to ...

    Article : 47 words
  19. LINER'S STORMY TRIP

    Passengers by the R.M.S. Niagara, which arrived yesterday from Vancouver, describe the trip as the roughest they had experienced. ...

    Article : 259 words
  20. FAITH-HEALING MISSION.

    There was no falling-off to-day in the attendance at St. David's Cathedral, where Mr. J. W. Hickson conducted the ...

    Article : 194 words
  21. HISTORIC FIND

    Lord Desborough has excavated the great mound at Taplow Hill, and found the remains o[?] Ella, King of the South Saxons, who ordered an invasion of ...

    Article : 55 words
  22. LIQUOR LAW

    Several interesting matters relating to prohibition occurred to-day. The New York State Legislature passed a motion to memorialise the ...

    Article : 209 words
  23. MIGRATION

    Commissioner Lamb, of the Salvation Army, read a paper on migration before the conference of Poor Law Guardians, in which he suggested that ...

    Article : 140 words
  24. THE FREE STATE

    It was explained in the House of Commons that the Irish Free State's debt to Britain for arms, ammunition, and stores could [?]ot be precisely stated. ...

    Article : 125 words
  25. MESOPOTAMIA

    Mr. G. L. Lambert, resuming the Mesopotamian debate, moved an amendment, suggesting an immediate and drastic curtailment of British ...

    Article : 399 words
  26. CANBERRA

    The Minister for Works and Railways (Mr. Stewart), returned from Canberra to-day in time to attend a Cabinet meeting. ...

    Article : 107 words
  27. FEDERAL SERVICE

    The Commonwealth Public Service Arbitrator (Mr. A. Hunt) to-day gave his decision in the application of the Federated Public Service Assistants ...

    Article : 129 words
  28. QUEER NOCTURNAL SCENE

    A unique engineering feat--a remarkable achievement in its way--was carried out by supervisors and wo[?] men on the City Railway excavations ...

    Article : 353 words
  29. PUBLIC SERVANTS

    In the Assembly to-day the Chief Secretary moved the second reading of the Public Service Bill, which, he said, would enable the Government to ...

    Article : 100 words
  30. SWIMMING

    The second swimming carnival was held in the C[?]ly Baths to-night in the presence of a very crowd. The 220 yards championship of Australia ...

    Article : 121 words
  31. CONSULS EXPELLED

    The American reply to the last British communication on the Newcastle-on-Tyne Consulate case has been ...

    Article : 99 words
  32. THUNDERSTORMS

    Conditions last night pointed to thunderstorms, with rain developing over the State. There were also indications of ...

    Article : 163 words
  33. ENGLISH CRICKET

    The Cricket Advisory County Committee has decided to reduce the residential qualification to twelve months and not to alter the system of points ...

    Article : 37 words
  34. YARRA TRAGEDY

    The coroner's inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Bertha Coughlan. whose decomposed remains were found in the Yarra. will ...

    Article : 100 words
  35. FREE FIGHT

    A free fight occurred in the Prussian Parliament between the Communists and the Socialists over the question of time-limiting speeches. One member ...

    Article : 33 words
  36. QUEENSLAND UNITED PARTY

    The secretary of the new party. Mr. J. C. Peterson, M.L.A., to-day issued a statement to the effect that the provisional committee of the new Queen :- ...

    Article : 65 words
  37. LADIES' SWIMMING

    The full capacity of the Coogee Aquarium Baths was taxed last night, when the New Zealand and inter-State visiting swimmers took part in the ...

    Article : 93 words
  38. JAPAN'S DIPLOMACY

    The House of Peers has unanimously adopted a resolution calling on the Government to consolidate its diplomatic policy. Speakers described the ...

    Article : 98 words
  39. ARBITRATION

    The fact that an inter-State conference of Ministers upon the question of drawing up a scheme for the allocation of arbitration duties, as ...

    Article : 168 words
  40. IN THE RUHR.

    A general strike has been proclaimed at Dusseldorf. All shops and other establishments, except cinemas and dancing halls, are closed, and ...

    Article : 103 words
  41. S.A. RAILWAY

    The Minister for Railways stated today that he was in receipt of advice from the Railway Commissioners that Mr. F. J. Shea, of Melbourne, had ...

    Article : 111 words
  42. OVERSEA TRADE

    The Sydney office of the Commonwealth Government Line has been advised by Mr. Larkin, the general manager in London, that the Conference ...

    Article : 117 words
  43. COMMUNITY SETTLEMENT

    The Acting-Premier. Mr. Oakes, said yesterday that the enthusiasm displayed by the farmers and business men of the Coulburn district in ...

    Article : 87 words
  44. DISABLED SOLDIERS

    Mr. Adamson, on behalf of the Labor Party, moved an amendment, regretting that no reference had been made in the Address-in-Reply to the action ...

    Article : 57 words
  45. SCRAPPING WARSHIPS

    A message from San Francisco states that Admiral Halstead, commanding the Coastal Naval District, has received an order from Mr. Denby ...

    Article : 71 words
  46. U.S. CITIZENSHIP

    The Japanese Government has formally stated that the Diet will not now take up the question of Japanese citizenship in America but might do so ...

    Article : 42 words
  47. AUSTRIAN FINANCE

    A financial reconstruction has already been effected, saving 2943 milliards of kronen. The budget still shows a deficit of 2350 milliards. ...

    Article : 30 words
  48. Earl's Daughter Married.

    The Earl of Dudley's eldest daughter has been married to Major P. C. Allan Bridgemann, of Dunedin. They will live in India. ...

    Article : 25 words
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