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  2. AUSTRALIANS LAUDED.

    The Australian High Commissioner (Mr. Andrew Fisher) gave an interesting farewell dinner to Mr. Hughes and Sir Joseph Cook at Claridge's Hotel. Among the guests ...

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  3. DEARER COAL.

    Owing to the announced increase of 6/ a ton in the price of coal in Great Britain, it is estimated that the steel price will be sent up by 30/ a ton, gas by 8d. a ...

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  4. SUGGESTED ABOLITION.

    The "Daily Chronicle" has written approving of Mr. McPherson's representations regarding State Governors, and says that "the suggestion that ...

    Article : 77 words
  5. FEDERAL PROSECUTIONS.

    No summons was issued on Saturday against the Seamen's Union or the general secretary (Mr. T. Walsh) in consequence of the Federal Cabinet's decision to ...

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  6. RESUMPTION OF TRADE.

    The German official note announcing the ratification of the peace treaty has been formally received in Paris, and the blockade has been raised. ...

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  7. MENACES BY LEADERS.

    The feature of the shipping strike at the week-end were the menacing speeches made at the Bijon Theatre by some of the leaders. Mr. T. Walsh, the general secretary ...

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  8. FOOD FOR STRIKERS.

    "This strike is going on," said Mr. F. Riley, organiser of the Wharf Labourers' Union, in appealing for funds at a meeting on the Yarra bank yesterday. "The strikers ...

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  9. NAVIGATION ACT.

    The Minister for Customs (Mr. Greene) would not add anything on Saturday to the statement made in Parliament on Friday by the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Watt) to ...

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  10. WHAT DID MR. McPHERSON SAY?

    Nothing definite concerning the actual representations made by the State Treasurer (Mr. McPherson) to the Colonial Office regarding the abolition of State ...

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  11. Relieving Distress.

    Relief to a large number of "loyalist" wharf-workers was distributed in the form of money, food, and clothing on Saturday. The distribution was carried out under the ...

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  12. PLANNING EXTENSION.

    From the strikers' point of view, everything now depends upon the success of the delegates from the Trades Hall Council who have gone to Sydney and Adelaide to ...

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  13. EX-KAISER'S FATE.

    From Amsterdam it is stated that, following on unofficial negotiations, Holland has agreed to the extradition of the exKaiser, and that he will be handed over at ...

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  14. COST OF FOOD.

    The British Food Minister (Mr. G. H. Roberts) is acutely concerned about prices, though he is not apprehensive regarding supplies. He suggests that a council of ...

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  15. GAS CUT OFF IN 1890.

    Melbourne has once been "plunged into darkness" as the result of a seamen's strike. The way in which that wanton attack on the community was met by the authorities ...

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  16. BISLEY RIFLE MATCHES.

    Shooting in the sweepstakes competitions at Bisley, 10 shots at 600 yards, Armourer-Sergeant F. G. Harrison (Randwick, N.S.W.) won the first prize of £5. ...

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  17. SETTLEMENT BY FORCE.

    "We are going to throw this city into darkness," declared Mr. T. Walsh, general secretary of the Seamen's Union, at a meeting at the Bijou Theatre yesterday ...

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  18. Action in France.

    M. Clemenceau, the French Prime Minister, has had several conferences with his Ministers in an endeavour to solve the problem of high prices. Important decisions ...

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  19. Nationalists Support the Government

    BALLARAT, Saturday.—The Ballarat Federal electorate committee of the National Federation has unanimously resolved: ...

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  20. AIRSHIP R34.

    When the giant British airship R34 set out from Long Island, near New York, at midnight on Wednesday for the return flight to Great Britain, after having ...

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  21. Increased Unemployment.

    With the closing again on Saturday of those industries which resumed work, on Wednesday, when there was a prospect of the industrial outlook becoming more ...

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  22. Italian Regulation.

    In Italy the Government has empowered all local authorities to fix prices. All the mayors immediately reduced the prices of clothes, boots, food, and other articles of ...

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  23. Food for North Queensland.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.—Sir William Clarkson has been advised by the agents of the overseas steamer Port Chalmers that they cannot see their way to prejudice the ...

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  24. TRADE RELATIONS.

    The British Board of Trade has authorised, with certain reservations, the resumption of trade with Germany and German-Austria by means of general licenses. The ...

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  25. Wimbledon Cup.

    Air Mechanic J. Bell, of the Australian Flying Corps, won the Wimbledon Cup, 10 shots at 600 yards. The winner is a well-known Melbourne ...

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  26. RESTRICTED SERVICES.

    Tram and probably train services will be reduced from Wednesday. There will be no trams on week nights after the cable cars have left their city termini, and ...

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  27. LABOUR UNREST.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lloyd George), in an interview, said that direct action by the trade unions was pure Bolshevism. The workers themselves suffered most from it in ...

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  28. The Ross Rifle.

    New Zealanders using the Ross rifle in sweepstake matches at Bisley carried everything before them. The Australians, using Lee-Enfields, could not satisfactorily ...

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  29. ANTI-BOLSHEVIK CAMPAIGN

    The Seamen's Federation officials at Naples have stopped a British steamer from calling there, on her way from London to Vladivostock, with munitions for the ...

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  30. Output of Brown Coal.

    Following the request of the Premier (Mr. Lawson) that as much brown coal as possible should be mined, the Minister for Mines (Mr. Barnes), has arranged for about ...

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  31. Peace Illuminations Checked.

    In pursuance of threat the discontented electricians, who want higher pay, have already discontinued the preparatory work in connection will the peace illuminations ...

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  32. Lancashire Cotton Strike.

    The Lancashire cotton spinners, who have been on strike, are resuming work. ...

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  33. ROWING ON SEINE.

    Ten cr[?]ws will compete in the eight-oar race in Paris, which will take place probably on July 17. There will be crews from Italy, Portugal, and Czeeho-Slovakia. ...

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  34. Lighting and Heating.

    Regulations for lighting and heating will be maintained. The operation of the threatened restrictions, which would have required all lights to be put out at ...

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  35. TO TAKE VIENNA.

    A great sensation has been caused in Vienna through the revelation by the police of what is described as a Bolshevik plot hatched at Budapest for the capture of ...

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  36. BARRIER STRIKE.

    BROKEN HILL (N.S.W.), Sunday.— The Government Tramway Employees' Union has withdrawn its affiliation with the Trades and Labour Council. The ...

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  37. BRITISH "VICTORY" LOAN.

    Applications for the British Victory Loan closed on Saturday night. [?] is estimated that the subscriptions include nearly £1,500,000,000 of new money. ...

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  38. Strikes in France.

    The French Government has appealed to the railway and postal employees to refrain from taking part in the general strike on July 21, which was decided upon recently ...

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  39. WILL MINERS CEASE WORK?

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — The present feeling in union circles is that a general strike in sympathy with the seamen will not be declared in New South Wales. ...

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  40. "BACKBONE WANTED."

    At the annual demonstration of the Loyal Orange Institute of Victoria, held in the Town Hall on Saturday night, reference to the strike was made by ...

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  41. LAWN TENNIS.

    In the finals of the lawn tennis competitions at Rochampton, Thomas and Lycett (Australia) beat Norton and Raymond (England), 13—11. 6—[?]. Lyeett (Victoria) ...

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  42. SOCIETY SENSATION.

    The inquest on the famous London beauty, Mrs. Eliot, the wife of Captain Eliot, grandson of the Earl of St. Germans, and formerly wife of Colonel ...

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  43. Rhodesian Railways.

    From B[?]luwayo it is reported that owing to the demand for the immediate granting of an increased war bonus, based on the increase in the cost of living not having been ...

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  44. HAIG'S WARNING.

    Sir Douglas Haig, in acknowledging the presentation to him of an honorary degree by the Aberdeen University, said that we must be prepared for the future. Every ...

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  45. MULDURA LANDS.

    MILDURA, Sunday.—The Minister for Forests (Mr. Hagelthorn) on Friday and Saturday inspected the river bends in this locality at the instance of the Mildura ...

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  46. EASTERN EUROPE.

    Mr. Cecil Ha[?]worth, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, announced in the House of Commons that a British mission was attached to the ...

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  47. GREAT SCHOOLS' CRICKET.

    In the cricket match between E[?]on and Harrow, Eton scored 176 in the first innings and 75 for eight wickets in the second. Harrow's first innings total was ...

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  48. BRITISH RAILWAYS.

    Sir Eric Geddes, British Minister for Transportation, foreshadows increased railway freights. He says that the railways must be made to pay, and that he has ...

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  49. INFLUENZA.

    Nineteen deaths occurred in influenza hospitals in the metropolitan area during the week-end, six of them taking place on Saturday and 13 yesterday. Figures supplied to ...

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  50. South African Nationalists.

    Mr. Roos, chairman of the Transvaal Nationalist (anti-imperial) party, in a letter, repudiates the proceedings of the recent reunion congress at Somerset East, and ...

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  51. TASMANIAN SERVICE.

    No definite arrangement was made during the week-end in connection with the proposal to repatriate Tasmanian soldiers at present in Melbourne by means of the ...

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  52. THE SYDNEY-EMDEN FIGHT.

    Sir,—With reference to Mr. Mathews's criticism in the House of Representatives of Captain Glossop's handling of the Sydney-Emden fight. [?] desire to point out that every ...

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  53. MEAT PACKERS' COMBINE.

    The United States Federal Trade Commission has reported to President Wilson that in the meat-packing industry a virtual monopoly of international scope had ...

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  54. Twenty-three Deaths in Sydney.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—The influenza position did not alter much over the week-end. During the 48 hours ended at 8 o'clock to-night, 2[?] deaths were reported from the ...

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  55. Diamonds Stolen.

    A thief entered the rooms of Mrs. W. K. D'Arey, formerly of Queensland, at Claridge's Hotel, London, and stole diamonds worth several thousands of pounds. ...

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  56. French Aviator Killed.

    Lieutenant Navarre, the most famous French aviator after Lieutenant Guynemer, has been killed while testing a new machine. ...

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  57. MR.McPHERSON'S INQUIRIES

    Mr. McPherson, the Victorian Treasurer, was due to embark from England on the Aquitania on Saturday on his return to Australia. and is to catch the Makura at ...

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  58. In Other States.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.—During the weekend one death from influenza was reported. BROKEN HILL (N.S.W.), Sunday,—One ...

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  59. Repatriation of Aliens.

    The Government of Bombay is repatriating all Austrians and Germans formerly resident in the province including missionaries. ...

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  60. Classified Advertising

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  63. Offer of Country Volunteers.

    SHEPPARTON, Saturday.—At a meeting of the Shepparton Agricultural Society this afternoon the following motion, proposed by Mr. Alfred Taylor (vice-president), ...

    Article : 99 words
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