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  2. PEACE TREATY.

    The House of Commons was crowded this afternoon, when Mr. Lloyd George (the Prime Minister) rose to speak on the Peace Treaty. The Prince of Wales was ...

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  3. NEW ZEALAND LABOUR PARTY.

    The New Zealand Labour Party in conference adopted unanimosly a manifesto which is wholly condemnatory of the peace terms, on the grounds that they do not ...

    Article : 129 words
  4. AERIAL NAVIGATION.

    The leviathan British airship R 34 is halfway across the Atlantic to Newfoundland. The weather is reported to be good. [The airship R 34 built by Sir William ...

    Article : 450 words
  5. BRITAIN.

    Mr H. B. G. Larkin (manager of the Commonwealth Government line of steamers) informed the Australasian Merchants' Association that the Commonwealth Go ...

    Article : 286 words
  6. INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

    This afternoon a conference took place between representatives of the goldfields firewood supply companies and the A.L.P. Disputed Committee. The proceedings ...

    Article : 134 words
  7. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    In the House of Reprentatives to-day Mr. Burchell (Western Australia) resumed the debate on the no-confidence motion. He said that Mr. Higgs, in his indictment ...

    Article : 721 words
  8. THE STATE CABINET.

    At Greenbushes to-day interesting references were made by the Premier (Mr. J. Mitchell) regarding the filling of the vacancy in the Cabinet ...

    Article : 457 words
  9. SCENE IN PARLIAMENT.

    When the House of Representatives must this morning Mr. Page (Q.) said he wished to ask a question. If the Government did not want to answer it they need not. Did ...

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  10. LOCAL THANKSGIVING.

    A united Peace Thanksgiving Service will be held to-morrow afternoon, commencing at 3 o'clock, on the Perth Esplanade. The Peace Celebrations Committee ...

    Article : 769 words
  11. THE SEAMEN'S STRIKE.

    Mr. A. N. Stewart, Registrar of the Federal Arbitration Court, in making a statement to-day for publication, said that he visited Mr. Justice Higgins, at his ...

    Article : 259 words
  12. ENEMY ALLIENS.

    The House of Commons rejected the proposal to prevent enemy aliens from entering the United Kingdom for seven years. Several members protested against the ...

    Article : 62 words
  13. DISCHARGING CARGOES.

    A statement was made to-day. on behalf of the Federal Council of the Seamen's Union by the general secretary (Mr. T. Walsh) that, in accordance with the ...

    Article : 167 words
  14. WIRELESS FOR VESSELS.

    In the House of Commons members passed the second reading of a Bill extending wireless installations to all passenger and cargo vessels of 1,600 tons and ...

    Article : 37 words
  15. COAL SUPPLIES.

    Yesterday the District Naval Officer, Captain O. Burford, made the following statement in connection with the present serious shortage of imported coal and the ...

    Article : 480 words
  16. RUSSIA.

    A representative of the Australian and New Zealand Press Association reported to-day:—"Owing to General Petlura having made a compact with the Bolsheviks against ...

    Article : 171 words
  17. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

    In the House of Commons this evening Lieut—Colonel L. C. M. S. Amery (Under-secretary of State for the Colonies) said, in reply to a question asked by Mr. W. ...

    Article : 94 words
  18. THE POSITION IN SYDNEY.

    There has been no alteration in position here with regard to the seamen's strike. ...

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  19. WAR PENSIONS.

    The Minister for Pensions (Sir L. Worthington-Evans announced in the House of Commons this evening that the Government had decided to raise to the rates ...

    Article : 48 words
  20. MEETING AT FREMANTLE.

    "To consider the state of affairs in the Eastern States" was said to have been the object of the meeting of members of the Federated Seamen's Union held in the ...

    Article : 108 words
  21. THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.

    Several questions of considerable interest were dealt with by the Nationlist Commetion, which was concluded to-day. The president (Senator Plain) presided. ...

    Article : 487 words
  22. TWO GALLANT "AUSSIES."

    Corporals McCraw and Costello, Australians, of the 30the Battalion of the A.I.F., jumped from a bridge at Plymouth and rescued a drowning girl. The two ...

    Article : 51 words
  23. RETURNING SOLDIERS.

    Somali due Fremantle July 8. Intercepted wireless message to Navy Office, Melbourne, from the master states that the health of the troops and crew is ...

    Article : 570 words
  24. OPINIONS IN THE LOBBIES.

    In the lobbies the opinion was expressed that the most striking portion of the Premier's speech was that dealing with the trial of the ex-Kaiser. The secret had been ...

    Article : 126 words
  25. ODESSA CAPTURED.

    The Ukrainian Hetman, General Gragorleff. reports that he has captured Odess (on the Black Sea), after a sangumary battle, and that the Bolsheviks fled in ...

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  26. THE TOWNSVILLE RIOTS.

    At a meeting of the Industrial Council the following motion was unanimously carried:—"This council views with disgust and apprehension the dastardly outrage by the ...

    Article : 373 words
  27. DELAYS OF CABLE MESSAGES.

    In the House of Commons this evening Mr. H. Pike Pease (the Assistant Postmaster-General) announced that, compared with the early part of June, there ...

    Article : 103 words
  28. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Nation-wide prohibition as a war measure went into effect on July 1. It is likely that light wines and non-intoxicating beers will be permitted to be sold. ...

    Article : 55 words
  29. GERMAN BLOCKADE.

    The Washington correspondent of the New York "Times" reports that it has been announced officially that the blockade against Germany will be lifted when the ...

    Article : 99 words
  30. PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION.

    In the House of Commons to-night the Bill providing for proportional representation at local elections was read the second time ...

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  31. CRICKET.

    A team of Scottish amateurs scored 166 runs in their first innings against the Australians, who replied with 360, of which Collins made 159. The home team scored ...

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  32. THE METAL INDUSTRY.

    Proposals have been made by the Imperial authorities to cancel certain shordated agreements relating to rare minerals, such as wolfram, scheelite, and ...

    Article : 491 words
  33. TRADE UNIONS IN JAPAN.

    In view of the labour unrest, trade unions are to be permitted in Japan under official supervision. Hitcherto these have been illegal. ...

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  34. DISORDER IN PARLIAMENT.

    Two women in the strangers' gallery of the House of Commons protested agaist the despatch of soldiers to Russia. An altercation and a fight between two men ...

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  35. AN AUSTRALIAN SCANDAL.

    Prince Otto von Windischgraetz is pettioning for a divorce from the Archduchess Elizabeth a granddaughter of the late Emperor Francis Joseph. He alleges ...

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  36. ROWING.

    The Henley regatta competitions were continued to-day. In the King's Cup (an eight-oared race) Cambridge beat New Zealand, America beat France, and the ...

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  37. THE FLUME PROBLEM.

    A number of French soldiers paraded the streets of Fiume, crying "Vive. Jugo-Slavia! Death to Italy!" Italian intervention prevented bloodshed. ...

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  38. GERMANS AND REPATRIATION.

    An extrordinary statement as to a secret appeal being made throughout the Dimboola district of Victoria on behalf of German and Austrian prisoners, was made at ...

    Article : 275 words
  39. NEW TRIPLE ALLIANCE.

    The treaty which has been concluded between America. France, and Britain to secure France against enemy aggression was presented in the House of Commons this ...

    Article : 58 words
  40. ARBITRATION COURT INCIDENT.

    In the Arbitration Court to-day Mr. Justice Powers had the matter of the Commonwealth Public Service Clerical Association v. the Public Service Commissioners ...

    Article : 349 words
  41. LITHGOW UNIONISTS.

    Trouble has arisen at the Oakley Park colliery over the dismissal of two men, due to their refusel to fill skips when instructed to do so by the management. ...

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  42. BOXING.

    It is estimated that the bets on the Willard-Demsey fight to be held to-morrow total two million dollars. Willard is favourite at 5 to 4 on. ...

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  43. THE IRISH QUESTION.

    The Boston correspondent of the New York "Times" reports that E. De Valera was received enthusiastically by at least 40,000 people in Fenway Park. He road an ...

    Article : 129 words
  44. A KALGOORLIE SHOOTING CASE.

    In the Kalgoorlie Police Court this afternoon, Thomas William Hansen was charged with having attempted to kill Thomas Reid in Kalgoorlie. The accused pleaded not ...

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  45. LORD JELLICOE'S TOUR.

    Admiral Lord Jellicce spent a busy time in Brishbane to-day, and wherever he went he received a most enthusiastic reception from the populace. In the morning Lord ...

    Article : 86 words
  46. NEW ZEALAND COAL MINERS.

    The New Zealand Coal Mine Owners' Association has agreed to meet repersentatives of the Miners' Federation in order to consider the latter's new demands. ...

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  47. WORKERS' DEMANDS.

    Another effort to have day-baking introduced in Victoria took the form of a deputation to the Premier (Mr. Lawson) to-day, from the Operative Bakers' Union. ...

    Article : 176 words
  48. SUICIDE OF A SOLDIER.

    The death of Frank S. Higham, a returned soldier, 45 years of age, in the Adelaide Hospital, on Wednesday last, was attented by pathetic circumstances. It was ...

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  49. "DIRECT ACTION."

    In the course of a speech to-day Mr. Mallalien (the president of the conference of general trade unions in Scarborough) denounced "direct action" as ruiacus to ...

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  50. A DANCER'S CONTRACT.

    At the Darlinghurst Courthouse to-day, before Mr. Justice Pring, Clzde Cook, actor and dancer, claimed from J. C. Williamson, Ltd., £266 being salary due ...

    Article : 92 words
  51. NAURU ISLAND.

    According to the Naura Convention which has been concluded Britain and Australila will recieve each 40 per cent. of the out put of phosphates and New Zealand 16 per ...

    Article : 104 words
  52. GREAT BRITAIN'S IMPORTATIONS.

    The Minister for Customs (Mr. Massey Greene,) has received word that the following articles are now included in the list of those which are prohibited from ...

    Article : 80 words
  53. THE LAW COURTS.

    In Chambers.—At 10.30 a.m. before the Chief Justice. Criminal Court.—At 10 a.m., in No. 2 Court before Mr. Justice Northmore. ...

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