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  2. COLLIE MINES.

    COLLIE, Dec. 2.—An aggregate meeting of members of the Collie Miners' Union was held this morning, in consequence of which all the mines in the district were ...

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  3. TARIFF INCREASES.

    LONDON, Dec. 1.—"Can the Empire be made one unit?" asked Mr. A. J. Cook, general secretary of the Miners' Federation, when speaking at Rugby to-day. ...

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  4. VICTORIAN ELECTIONS.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 2.—The few additional returns received from country and metropolitan electorates to-day made no substantial alteration to the relative ...

    Article : 244 words
  5. FINANCIAL RETURNS.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 2.—Customs revenue for the five months ended on November 30 was £2,429,817 higher than the total for the corresponding period of last year, and ...

    Article : 250 words
  6. AN OLD SCANDAL.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 2.—Remarkable evidence was given to-day in the case in which John Bailey, president of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Workers' ...

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  7. COAL DISPUTE.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 2.—A special meeting of the combined coal mining unions was held in Sydney today to fix dates for the meetings to be held on the coalfields to ratify ...

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  8. HOUSES COLLAPSE.

    MARSEILLES, Dec. 1.—Three days after the tenants' complaint to the Mayor of the dangerous condition of the property, two houses collapsed to-day. ...

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  9. M.C.C. TEAM.

    BRISBANE, Dec. 2.—The weather was fine for resumption of the match between the M.C.C. team and Queensland on the Exhibition Oval today. Queensland, after ...

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  10. ACCIDENTS.

    BRISBANE, Dec. 2.—Getting out of control a speedboat driven by V. Green dashed among the bathers at Lynch's Beach yesterday and injured two persons. Martin ...

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  11. EFFECT ON PREFERENCE.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 2.—At a meeting of the Australian Association of British Manufacturers in Sydney to-day the new tariff was fully discussed and it was agreed that ...

    Article : 163 words
  12. COMMISSION'S INQUIRY.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 2.—No further evidence as to the production costs of coal will be taken by the Commission either in public or in camera. Instead the Commission will ...

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  13. DISABLED STEAMER.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 2.—There is at present [?] danger attending the Australian liner Orungal, which is being towed to Sydney by the steamer Mungana in a favourable ...

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  14. CANOEIST DROWNED.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 2.—Keith Reginald Stevens (25) was drowned in the Wollondilly River at Burragong yesterday afternoon, when a canoe in which he and his ...

    Article : 113 words
  15. MINISTRY TO MEET HOUSE.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 2.—After considering the results of the State elections at a meeting of the Cabinet to-day, the State Ministry decided to meet the House and, ...

    Article : 197 words
  16. STATE FIGURES.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 2.—State revenue returns for Victoria for November show further revenue decreases. The total revenue for the first five months of the ...

    Article : 153 words
  17. NEW TOBACCO PRICES.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 2.—As a result of the increased duties placed upon tobacco, cigars and cigarettes by the Federal Ministry, representatives of Australian tobacco ...

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  18. BY-PRODUCTS PLANT.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 2.—The question of establishing a by-products plant on the South Maitland coalfield was brought before the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) ...

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  19. SOLICITOR STRUCK BY CAR.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 2.—Leonard Kali Bryant of Gawlin, has been charged with having driven a motor car recklessly and wantonly as a result of the smash in which Daniel ...

    Article : 95 words
  20. Tasmania Misses Federal Aid.

    HOBART, Dec. 2.—The Tasmanian State revenue returns for the five months ended on November 30, as compared with those for the corresponding period of last year, ...

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  21. DETAILS OF POLLING.

    Twenty candidates were returned unopposed and no change was recorded yesterday in several of the contested electorates. At the close of counting last night the ...

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  22. MOTOR CAR OVERTURNS.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 2.—When returning from a motor trip yesterday Mr. Enoch Bennett, of Traralgon, was killed when the car skidded and overturned on the ...

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  23. CANCER RESEARCH.

    Mr. Keith C. Richardson, M.Sc., a young graduate of the University of Western Australia, whose relatives reside at South Perth, has for some time past been ...

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  24. Local Charges.

    It was announced on behalf of local retailers yesterday that an increase of one halfpenny per ounce in the price of all Australian tobaccos would become ...

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  25. SCIENTIFIC FARMING.

    DENMARK, Dec. 2.—The Minister for Lands (Mr. Troy) attended the fourth annual field day conducted by the Denmark Agricultural Society on Saturday. There ...

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  26. BRAKES FAIL ON A HILL.

    A remarkable mishap to a motor car on Lesmurdie Hill was reported at the Police Traffic Office yesterday by Harold Meadows Fairbanks, of 179 Vincent-street. ...

    Article : 146 words
  27. Metropolitan.

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  28. Lower Receipts in Queensland.

    BRISBANE, Dec. 2.—Queensland revenue returns for November and for the five months ended on November 30 were issued to-day. Revenue for the month ...

    Article : 157 words
  29. FILM STARS' BOYCOTT.

    SHANGHAI, Dec. 2.—The approaching arrival of Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford on December 10, at Shanghai for a Far Eastern tour is arousing the greatest ...

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  30. SCHEDULE ANALYSED.

    Criticism of the new tariff schedule was made yesterday by the president of the Perth Chamber of Commerce (Colonel C. H. Lamb) who returned last week from ...

    Article : 304 words
  31. Country.

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  32. FALL IN A SHOP.

    Falling to the floor in the shop of Charles Moore and Co., Murray-street, yesterday, Margaret Anne Walters (66), of Farnley' street. Mount Lawley, sustained a ...

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  33. RAILWAY EMPLOYEE INJURED.

    Percy Gorman (29), of Queen's Hotel, Beaufort-street, a railway employee, received a wound in his left leg when he fell into a pit in the carriage shed in ...

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  34. FEDERAL RAILWAYS.

    Disagreement with the statement made in the annual report of the Deputy Commissioner for Commonwealth Railways (Mr. G. Ghan), that the Great Western ...

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  35. GREAT SCIENTISTS.

    LONDON, Dec. 1.—The German scientist Professor Max Planck has been presented by the Royal Society with the Copley Medal, which is the highest honour ...

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  36. CAR AND CART COLLIDE.

    Suffering from concussion. Ernest Tapscott (16), of 34 Short-street, was admitted to the Perth Hospital about 6.30 a.m. yesterday. He received the injury ...

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  37. WATER SHORTAGE.

    MEEKATHARRA, Dec, 2.—A serious water famine is threatened here and both the town and mine services have been seriously curtailed, the former owing to ...

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  38. WITNESSES WANTED.

    Witnesses of the accident on the Causeway about 1 o'clock on Sunday morning, in which George Hawkins (18), of Brandon-street. South Perth was struck by ...

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  39. MANDATED TERRITORY

    CANBERRA, Dec. 2.—The Federal Ministry is determined to honour the pledge given to the League of Nations regarding the responsibility of the ...

    Article : 366 words
  40. THE RHINELAND.

    COBLENZ (Rhineland) Dec. 2.—Nightlong celebrations marked the completion of the French evacuation of the second Rhineland zone. Special trains brought visitors ...

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  41. MOTOR TRADE'S PROTEST.

    Trenchant criticism of the new tariff schedule in so far as it applied to motor vehicles, parts and petrol, was expressed at a conference of representatives of ...

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  42. CONTROL OF CANBERRA.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 2.—"The failure of the Federal Capital Commission is emphasised by the the extraordinary degree of support it was given by the Parliament ...

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  43. TEST TRIAL MATCH.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 2.—J. L. Ellis, the Victorian wicketkeeper, has been chosen to fill the vacancy in the test trial to begin at the Sydney Cricket Ground on ...

    Article : 63 words
  44. TRAFFIC PROBLEMS.

    LONDON, Dec. 1.—Drastic proposals affecting all classes of traffic on the highways of Britain are contained in the text, just issued of the Road Traffic Bill, which ...

    Article : 223 words
  45. THE YARLOOP OUTRAGE.

    James Raymond Gent, who was arrested in connection with the attempt to blow up a sleeping woman at Yarloop, died in the Fremantle Hospital at 9 ...

    Article : 66 words
  46. COMMONWEALTH LOAN.

    CANBERRA, Dec 2.—In the amount of subscriptions to the £10,000,000 Commonwealth loan, New South Wales has first place among the States with £1,377,500. ...

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  47. EASTERN STATES TOUR

    The selectors of the West Australian Cricket Association, Messrs. H. Rowe, L. Ryan and A. C. Randell, met last night and chose the following 13 players to ...

    Article : 101 words
  48. CONVICT'S SUICIDE.

    BERLIN, Dec. 1.—A convict, undergoing a sentence of 15 years' penal servitude, in Sonnenburg prison and employed in the workshop, put his head under ...

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  49. Commissioner's Retirement.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 2.—His term having expired, the second Commissioner of the Federal Capital Commission, Mr. B. C. Goold, will leave Canberra to-morrow. ...

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  50. SHOTS IN DOORWAY.

    ADELAIDE, Dec. 2.—Robert Carberry (31), a showman, of Adelaide, was arrested this morning by detectives on a charge of having murdered Edward Rowden Coombes ...

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  51. THE LATE SIR J. COCKBURN.

    LONDON, Dec. 2.—The church of St. Dunstan's—in the east—was crowded for the funeral service of Sir John Cockburn, a former Agent-General for Victoria. ...

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  52. AIR MAILS.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 2.—"The Postal Department expects to lose money on the air mail contract between Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne, with the new service ...

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  53. MARITIME MISHAPS.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 2.—Caught by a fierce northerly squal in the open roadstead at Bellambi, the Mcllwraith, McEacharn freighter Kooyong dragged her anchors and ...

    Article : 100 words
  54. BRITISH GOVERNMENT.

    LONDON, Dec. 1.—A rearrangement of office has been announced by which the number of Under-Secretaries of State in the House of Commons is reduced from ...

    Article : 120 words
  55. N.Z. GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

    LONDON, Dec. 1.—An Australian Press Association representative called to-day on Lord Bledisloe (who has been appointed Governor-General of New Zealand) at his ...

    Article : 109 words
  56. BOY INCINERATED.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 2.—Hundreds of people who watched the home of Mr. Phillip Howe destroyed by fire at Wellington last night were unaware that Mr. Howe's son, ...

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  57. STORES BURNED DOWN

    BUSSELTON, Dee. 2.—Hampton's general stores, one of the oldest of their kind in Busselton were totally destroyed by fire at an early hour yesterday morning. The ...

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  58. NOVEL SECRET BALLOT.

    LONDON, Dec. 2.—As the result of a secret ballot on beef at Australia House, over which the secretary to the High Commissioner (Mr. Trumble) presided. ...

    Article : 90 words
  59. MAIN ROADS GRANT.

    BRISBANE, Dec. 2.—The Minister for Railways and Roads (Mr. Godfrey Morgan) will leave Brisbane on Friday to attend a conference of Ministers of ...

    Article : 93 words
  60. Steamer Ashore.

    SUVA, Dec. 2.—The steamer Norwich City (5,587 tons) is ashore on Gardiner Island in the Phoenix Group. ...

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