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  2. PROFITEERING.

    In the course of the debate to-day on the "Profiteering" Bill Mr. J. H. Thomas (Labour, Derby) said that the opinion of the Labour Party was that the measure ...

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  3. BRITAIN.

    Senator Pearce (the Minister for Defence in Australia) announces that the Australian soldiers have evacuated completely Palestine and Egypt, and that the last ...

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  4. RUSSIA.

    Members of the Danish Red Cross Mission who have returned from Moscow declare that the situation in that city is terrible. The Terrorism Triumvirate executed ...

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  5. INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

    The Triple Industrial Alliance, realising the unpopularity of its threat to call a general strike on account of the Russian expedition and the conscription question, ...

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  6. DEPORTATION OF ALIENS.

    In the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. Higgs moved the adjournment of the House of draw attention to the question of the deportation of enemy aliens. He ...

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  7. THE SEAMEN'S STRIKE.

    So far as the Sydney branch of the Seamen's Union is concerned the strike is by no means settled, and it is apparent from messages received in Sydney that the ...

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  8. FARMERS AND SETTLERS' CONFERENCE.

    The special extraordinary conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of Western Australia sat again during most of yesterday morning, under the ...

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  9. PRIME MINISTER'S RETURN.

    A wireless message was received from Mr. Hughes to-day, stating that he expects to arrive in Fremantle at noon on Friday, August 22 The Acting Prime ...

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  10. THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE.

    The annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of Western Australia was continued yesterday, when Mr. A. J. Monger again presided over a large ...

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  11. ENGINEERING WORKERS.

    A conference of two hundred delegates, representing about 1,750,000 engineering workers, has agreed to submit the men's demand for a working week of forty-four ...

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  12. RECEPTION IN ADELAIDE.

    The secretary of the National Party announce that a mayoral reception will be tendered to Mr. Hughes in the Adelaide Town Hall on August 28, when the Prime ...

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  13. RUSSO-FINNISH FRONTIER.

    The correspondent of the London "Daily Express" on the Russo-Finnish frontier reports that Lieut-General Sir Hubert Gough, V.C., sent an ultimatum to the ...

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  14. SHIPPING MATTERS.

    With reference to Major Entwisle's recent question in the House of Commons, the Shipping Conference's lines say that the suggestion that their rebate system ...

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  15. TO MAKE STRIKES ILLEGAL.

    The Minister for Labour (Sir Robert S. Horne) is considering the question of legislation for making strikes and lockouts illegal without a week's notice in writing. ...

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  16. SHOOTING OUTRAGES.

    Two shooting outrages, the work presumbaly of the same gang, were perpetrated in Roe-street early yesterday morning as the result of which two women are ...

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  17. UKRAINIAN SUCCESS.

    According to a Ukrainian official despatch, the Ukrainian forces have captured Dubno (Volhynia), and the Bolshevik troops are retreating. ...

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  18. ANOTHER STRIKE THREATENED.

    Sydney is threatened with still another strike. A "stop work" meeting of members of the country milk distributing section of the Milk Carters' Union decided to-day ...

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  19. SUPPLIES FOR KOTCHAK.

    The Government of the United States has ordered large war supplies to be sent immediately to Admiral Koltchak in order to enable his advance to be resumed. ...

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  20. POSITION IN MELBOURNE.

    Showly but, it may be hoped, surely the Federal council of the Seamen's Union is groping its way towards a settlement of the shipping strike. Members of the ...

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  21. EMPLOYERS' FEDERATIONS.

    On the suggestion of the presidernt (Senator Fairbairn) a conference of the Employers' Federations of Australia was held to-day, to consider a proposal to ...

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  22. THE DWINA VICTORY.

    The British War Office authorities report that General Sadleir-Jackson conducted the attack on the Dwina River, and that it was a complete success, all of the ...

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  23. THE GENERAL POSITION.

    A representative of the Australian and New Zealand Press Association reported to-day:—The prisoners captured by the British troops at the Dwina River number at ...

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  24. SITUATION IN ADELAIDE.

    The South Australian seamen are awaiting official instructions from the Eastern States. A meeting of the branch was held to-day to receive Mr. Le Cornu's letter, ...

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  25. BOYCOTT OF A BARON.

    Baron von Bissing, a half-brother of the late Baron von Bissing, who was the German Governor-General of Belgium during a portion of the war period, has been ...

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  26. INFLUENZA.

    There was a further decline in the number of cases of influenza reported to the Health Department yesterday. Up to 10 p.m. 28 fresh cases had been notified, the ...

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  27. BRISBANE COAL WORKERS.

    Trouble has arisen in connection with the coaling of the river dredges. The coal workers complained that the contractores who were supplying the coal were ...

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  28. BRISBANE "BLACK LIST."

    The seamen and firemen and the waterside workers and coal workers have joined forces in a combined resolution to "black list" all vessels which are manned by ...

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  29. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The magistrate who is hearing the Landru case in Paris confronted Landru suddenly with the latter's wife. Landru burst into tears and when he recovered he ...

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  30. NEW ZEALAND'S NAVY.

    The British Admiralty authorities are awaiting the decision of the New Zealand Government regarding the Dominion's naval requirements. The Admiralty ...

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  31. ACTION IN FRANCE.

    The drastic action taken by the Leagues of Consumers is having an unexprected result. Serious revolts have taken place, and many of the retail dealers are closing their ...

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  32. SALES OF WAR STORES.

    Sales of unwanted Government war stores have realised £155,000,000. Additional stores worth many millions sterling are awaiting sale. Salvaged material from ...

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  33. GOLDFIELDS AFFRAY.

    Excitement in connection with the Italian affair was renewed somewhat this morning when it became known in Boulder that another attempt was made by an Italian to ...

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  34. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Giving evidence before the Low Grade Mines Commission this morning, representatives of the shop stewards' committees connected with the Witwatersrand mines ...

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  35. ADELAIDE AGREEMENT.

    A deputation of about 40 of the millitant men to-day appointed a delegate to wait on the Federal Council. It was as a result of this delegation that a mass meeting to-day ...

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  36. FREMANTLE.

    During the day there were six further cases of pneumonic influenza admitted to the special influenza wards at the Fremantle Public Hospital, where there are now 57 ...

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  37. MUTINY ON A STEAMER.

    The Warkham reports an exciting episode. A "S.O.S." message was received when the vessel was some 200 miles from Brest. She steamed off, and found a ...

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  38. HUNGARY.

    The Roumanian Cabinet has resolved that the Roumanian troops shall not evacuate Budapest until the Entente Powers have redeemed the concession granted to ...

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  39. TRANS-AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY.

    Some time ago Messrs. Joseph Timms and Sidney Kidman entered into partnership as contractors. The first huge proposition to emanate from the office of the ...

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  40. CANADIAN MILITARY LOSSES.

    In Kingston (Ontario) Brigadier-General Sir Archibald Macdonell (of the Canadian military forces), in defending Sir Arthur W. Currie (commander of the Canadian ...

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  41. BOULDER CITY RIOTS.

    A largely attended meeting of the Boulder branch of the R.S.A. and S.I. League, was held last night to deal with the recent looting and rioting in Boulder and to consider ...

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  42. MEETING AT FREMANTLE.

    A meeting of the members of the Federated Seamen's Union at present in Fremantle was held in the local Trades Hall yesterday afternoon. It lasted two hours. ...

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  43. SOLDIERS DETERMINED.

    A special meeting of the Kalgoorlie branch of the R.S.A. was held to-night, to deal with the Italian question. It was largely attended, and the following motion ...

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  44. PROTEST FROM CZECHO-SLOVAKS.

    According to a Paris message, Czecho-Slovakia has protested to the Allies against the restoration of the Hapsburg dynasty in Budapest. ...

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  45. THE TARIFF.

    At the conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association yesterday the president (Mr. A. Monger) referred to the proposed increase of the tariff, which it carried ...

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  46. KALGOORLIE.

    In the isolation hospital here 8 of the patients are seriously ill. ...

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  47. A REGATTA MISHAP.

    It is reported from St. John's (Newfoundland) that the Prince of Wales attended a regatta there. A rowing boat was capsized while a race was in ...

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  48. ALLEGED DISHONEST PRACTICES.

    Information was received on good authority, yesterday, of practices that, if true, are a serious reflection on the system of keeping the City Council's accounts. It ...

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  49. IMPROVEMENT IN MELBOURNE.

    There were 3 deaths in the metropolitan hospitals to-day from pneumonic influenza. Admissions to hospitals numbered 21 and the discharges 53, while 564 patients ...

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  50. TURKISH POLITICS.

    The political situation in Turkey is chaotic owing to the Central Government having lost its authority. Anatolia (in Asia) is in open revolt under Kemal Pasha. ...

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  51. DEPORTEE FINED.

    The so-called Italian, Simon Petroff, who was placed on the Perth train at Kalgoorlie by soldiers on Wednesday evening, and was intercepted by detectives at Chidlow's ...

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  52. TASMANIA AFFECTED.

    After six months immunity, preumonic-influenza has appeared in Tasmania. The Medical Advisory Committee this morning diagnosed one of the suspected cases at ...

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  53. THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

    Mr. Massy Greene (Minister for Trade and Customs) explained to-day to a conference of dairy producers his scheme for the recoganisation of the dairying industry ...

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  54. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    Consideration is being given by the Navy Board, in conference with certain wireless institutes, to the question of issuing licences for the private use of wireless plants. ...

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  55. RAID BY BALUCHIS.

    Since the Peace Treaty was signed with Afghanistan the Baluchis have raided a British post, inflicting casualties. The tribes are reported to be still unsettled. ...

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  56. CHARGES OF FRAUDULENT CONVERSION.

    On five charges of fraudulent conversion, James Job Brokenshire, a member of the Ballarat Council for 25 years, and three times Mayor of the city, was ...

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  57. THE SHANTUNG QUESTION.

    In the course of a speech which he delivered in Honolulu while he was on the journey to New Zealand, Mr. W. F. Massey (the Prime Minister of New Zealand) ...

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  58. WONTHAGGI STRIKE.

    Mainly as the result of the action of the Wonthaggi miners in stopping work for two and a half days this week, much unemployment will again prevail next ...

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  59. NEW ZEALAND IRON ORES.

    It is understood that a representative of some Australian capitalists has indicated that his principals are willing to consider a proposal to take over the whole of the ...

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