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  2. PEACE MATTERS.

    The "Evening Standard" states that the Supreme Council's decisions regarding economic questions recommend that greatly increased supplies of raw materials shali ...

    Article : 143 words
  3. INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

    The National Transport Workers' Federation have opened negotiations with the Ministry of Labour. ...

    Article : 27 words
  4. THROUGH RED RUSSIA.

    The following first-hand account of Soviet Russia, of Moscow and Petrograd, under Lenin, appeared in the London "Evening News" on January 19. The well-known ...

    Article : 1,138 words
  5. THE FIMISTON RIOTS.

    In the Criminal Court yesterday the trial of the 16 men charged with rioting in connection with the disturbances which took place on the mines at Fimiston on ...

    Article : 1,147 words
  6. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.

    Alderman W. Brooks, M.L.C., of New South Wales, president of the Australian Federal Capital League, arrived in Melbourne to-day, with the object of ...

    Article : 150 words
  7. THE COLLIE BREAKDOWN

    "The position is still precarious, but it has been improving," remarked the Acting Commissioner of Railways (Colonel-Pope), yesterday, with reference to the effect of ...

    Article : 181 words
  8. GERMAN HONOUR.

    The Berlin correspondent of the "Morning Post," writing on January 27, gives the following interesting details of the post-war feeling in Germany:— ...

    Article : 918 words
  9. PRINCE OF WALES.

    Lieutenant-Colonel Amery, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, arranged a luncheon at which Mr. Andrew Fisher, Sir Thomas Mackenzie, the Agents-General and their ...

    Article : 171 words
  10. FRENCH RAILWAY STRIKE.

    As a sequel to the railway strike the General Confederation of Labour has begun an agitation for the nationalisation of the railways, and has issued a manifesto on ...

    Article : 42 words
  11. TROUBLE IN MILAN.

    A man named Malatesta, who recently returned from a long exile in London is leading a general strike on the tramways and in the factories. An idle anarchist ...

    Article : 57 words
  12. THE NAVIGATION ACT.

    It is provided in the Navigation Act that vessels registered in Australia, or engaged in the coasting trade, should have separate mess rooms for seamen and apprentices, on ...

    Article : 159 words
  13. THE HOHENZOLLERNS.

    A stormy debate took place in the Prussian Parliament over the first reading of a Bill giving the ex-Kaiser the use for his lifetime of many palaces and theatres, ...

    Article : 175 words
  14. FOOD SUPPLIES.

    Lord Devonport, who was Food Controller in 1916-17, giving evidence before the dockers' wages inquiry, referred to the congestion at the Port of London. He ...

    Article : 275 words
  15. THE START DELAYED.

    It is officially announced that the departure of the Renown has been unavoidably postponed owing to an outbreak of influenza on board. The Renown is strictly ...

    Article : 118 words
  16. ENGINEERS AND 44 HOURS.

    The members of the Iron Trades Employers Association have decided to resist any illegal attempt by the Amalgamated Society of Engineers of any other iron ...

    Article : 98 words
  17. THE ADMINISTRATOR ON TOUR.

    His Excellency the Administrator (Sir Francis Newdegate) and the Premier (Mr. James Mitchell) arrived here about noon on Saturday. They were met by the Mayor ...

    Article : 123 words
  18. STRIKE AT GWALIA.

    The secretary of the A.W.U. has been notified that the wcodline workers at Gwalia ceased work on Wednesday last, owing to a dispute regarding wages. ...

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  19. AVIATION.

    It is likely that the offer of the Imperial Government to present six dirigibles to the Commonwealth will be withdrawn in view of there being no intention on the ...

    Article : 383 words
  20. LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    The Parliamentary Committee, by 15 votes to 11, has recommended that Sweden join the League of Nations. ...

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  21. BRITISH COLONIES.

    Mr. W. G. McAdoo, a former Secretary of the Treasury, suggests that the United States should purchase the British possessions off the Atlantic coast, including the ...

    Article : 104 words
  22. CAPTAIN FRYATT'S MURDER.

    The report of the Commission of Investigation into Violations of International Law states that Captain Fryatt's courtmartial was conducted without any ...

    Article : 155 words
  23. ENTERTAINMENTS.

    Success still attends the "Wonderworld' fete which is being conducted by the Fremantle branches of the R.S.A., on the Fremantle Oval. Up till last night the gross ...

    Article : 667 words
  24. LORD JELLICOE'S MESSAGE.

    Lord Jellicoe, in his message to the Overseas Dominions, which appears in the March issue of United Empire," says:—"No one can see as we can the efforts ...

    Article : 158 words
  25. IRELAND.

    Masked men seized a mail van in Dominion-street, Dublin, in daylight, containing the Viceroy's letters and other Government correspondence. ...

    Article : 106 words
  26. AMERICA'S POSITION.

    The Secretary of the Navy (Mr. Daniels) has offered three naval proposals dependent upon the Senate's action with regard to the Peace Treaty. He says that if the Senate ...

    Article : 193 words
  27. THE FIJI RIOTS.

    Replying in the House of Commons to a question by Mr. T. J. Bennett (Coalition Unionist, Sevenoaks), who inquired witth reference to the recent riots in Fiji, where ...

    Article : 137 words
  28. SHIPPING FREIGHTS.

    The newspapers are discussing the heavy fall of North Atlantic shipping freights. It is stated that the Government hopes to secure all the space it requires after the end ...

    Article : 207 words
  29. AUSTRALIAN OFFICER.

    Considerable interest has been aroused by references to the arrest in Paris of an Australian officer in connection with alleged disorders. The interest has been ...

    Article : 121 words
  30. FRENCH IN ASIA MINOR.

    Strong reinforcements of colonial troops are being sent to Cilicia, in Asia Minor, where the position is critical owing to the strength of Mustapha Kemal's legionaries. ...

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  31. ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.

    Dr. J. L. Cope, in an interview with a representative of the Australian Press Association, said that he was greatly surprised at the Royal Geographical Society's ...

    Article : 212 words
  32. BRITISH LOANS TO ALLIES.

    Mr. Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons that Britain's cash advances to the Allies since the signing of the armistice have been £169,500,000, the greater ...

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  33. STREET PROCESSIONS IN MELBOURNE.

    The question of whether a street procession should receive the sanction of the Lord Mayor or the council as a whole was discussed at a meeting of the City Council ...

    Article : 134 words
  34. THE POWELLISING CONTRACT.

    Special leave to appeal from the decision of the High Court to the Privy Council has been granted in the case of the Westralian Powell Wood Process, Ltd., versus the ...

    Article : 108 words
  35. PEACE WITH GERMANY.

    A special "Gazette" was issued to-day, containing a proclamation by his Excellency the Governor-General, referring to the termination of the war. The proclamation ...

    Article : 229 words
  36. BRITISH NEWS.

    The newspapers are discussing the reconstruction of the Cabinet. They anticipate that Sir Robert Horne, Minister of Labour, will go to the Board of Trade; that Dr. ...

    Article : 286 words
  37. KOLTCHAK'S "BETRAYAL."

    Colonel John Ward the Navvy M.[?].[?]. speaking in the city to-day, said that the late Admiral Koltchak was a clean-souled Russian patriot. The Allies persuaded him ...

    Article : 363 words
  38. AMERICA.

    Heavy floods and snowstorms on the Atlantic coast have done damage which is estimated at 2,000,000 dollars. Documents read before the Senate ...

    Article : 109 words
  39. WAR HOUSING DELAYS.

    Discussing the subject of the war service housing scheme with representatives of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League to-day, Senator Millen ...

    Article : 297 words
  40. THE LAW COURTS.

    Nisi Prius.—At 10.30 a.m., before Mr. Justice Burnside: Applications to fix dates for March list. Petition to confirm reduction of capital; in the matter of M. C. ...

    Article : 84 words
  41. PASSCHENDAELE RIDGE.

    General Sir Arthur Currie, who commanded a Canadian Corps during the war, addressing the Old Comrades' Association (Princess Patricia's Regiment), revealed the ...

    Article : 129 words
  42. I.W.W. PRISONERS.

    The threatened expulsion of Mr. Minahan, one of the selected Labour candidates, from the A.L.P. because of his pledge to support the unconditional ...

    Article : 160 words
  43. INCREASING CEREAL YIELDS.

    Sir,—Mr. Stuart Patterson, in your issue of March 4, brings forward the suggestion of increasing the amount of super annually applied to the wheat crop. Professor ...

    Article : 175 words
  44. THE WEATHER.

    Yesterday morning opened with hot weather still established over practically the whole State. In the city the mercury rose steadily to a maximum of 101.8 ...

    Article : 207 words
  45. RACING LIBEL ACTION.

    Mr. Robert Sievier's libel action against Mr. Richard Wootton has been opened, it being alleged that the defendant distributed pamphlets on the racecourse on ...

    Article : 120 words
  46. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Admiral Horthing has been elected unopposed as Chief of State by the National Assembly at Budapest. The new Regent is a member of an old Hungarian family, and ...

    Article : 107 words
  47. STATE ENTERPRISE.

    It was announued to-day that Cabinet had approved of the erection of a State enterprise building. The intention of the Government is to erect a building of four ...

    Article : 74 words
  48. MR. MEAGHER'S PERSISTENCY.

    Mr. R. D. Meagher, ex-Lord Mayor of Sydney, and ex-Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, made his eighth ap lication to the Full Court to-day for reinstatement as ...

    Article : 69 words
  49. MONEY IN SOAP.

    The profits made during 1919 by Lever Bros., Ltd., the well-known soap manufacturers. of Port Sunlight, amounted to £2,439,000. A dividend of 17½ per cent. ...

    Article : 39 words
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