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  2. AN A.I.F. SOUVENIR.

    The Commonwealth Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) has completed the arrangements begun by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) to ship the 11-in. railway ...

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  3. War Service Homes.

    The Minister representing the Minister For Repatriation (Mr. Poynton) informed Mr. Riley (Cau., N.S.W.) in the House of Representatives yesterday that it was not ...

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  4. PROSPECTUS ISSUED.

    The prospectus of the new Commonwealth Peace Loan for £25,000,000 was issued yesterday. The subscription list opens on August 26 and closes on September 23. Most ...

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  5. POLICY IN RUSSIA

    The Secretary of State for War (Mr. Winston Churchill), replying in the House of Commons on Monday to criticism of the British military policy in Russia, said that ...

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  6. SPEECH BY THE KING.

    Their Majesties the King and Queen, accompanied by several members of the Royal Family, paid a visit to the City of London on Tuesday, to receive ...

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  7. SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS

    After waiting for two days the Federal Council of the Seamen's Union has received from the acting leader of the Federal Government (Senator Millen) a reply firmly ...

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  8. YORKSHIRE MEN OUT.

    The Minister for Labour (Sir Robert Horne) has sent a message to the Miners' Federation, asking why the Yorkshire miners have not resumed work, what steps ...

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  9. REASONS FOR RESTRICTIONS.

    As long as there is no marked change in the position the Coal Board will not find it necessary to impose further restrictions on the use of fuel and power. On the other ...

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  10. Pollard Bread at Cairns.

    BRISBANE, Friday. — Information has been received in Brisbane to the effect that the residents of Cairns have been reduced to such straits for bread that they ...

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  11. MOTOR-CYCLE POWER.

    Sir.—It may be that there are many people unaware of the satisfactory results obtainable from a motor-cycle as a source of power in small factories. (This is where ...

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  12. EDUCATION AND MORALS.

    Sir,—"Inquirer" asks if there is not something "very much amiss with our State teaching" in face of the flouting of Government by the youth "educated by ...

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  13. MUNICIPAL PROPAGANDA.

    The quotas allocated to each municipality, and the advisability of extending the date of closing subscriptions to the Peace Loan, were the chief matters discussed at a ...

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  14. GERMANY TO-DAY.

    The Rotterdam correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" says that Germany is sick of disorder. "The okl military leaders," he says, "are ...

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  15. TOM MANN STONED.

    At Rhondda, in Wales, Mr. Tom Mann, the well-known Labour agitator, had a hostile reception from a crowd which was largely composed of demobilised soldiers. ...

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  16. SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS.

    In a letter to the Government organ "Ons Land," Mr. Malan, Minister for Industries, discusses the movement for the reunion of the South African party and ...

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  17. NATIONALISATION SCHEME.

    lt is reported in Parliamentary circles in London that the Government has decided against introducing nationalisation of the coal-mining industry, but will propose ...

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  18. NATION MUST AWAKE.

    The British Minister for Labour (Sir Robert Horne), in a press interview on July 28, stated that the wealth of the country had been depleted and the industrial ...

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  19. 1917 PEACE MOVE.

    Referring to the controversy aroused by Herr Erzberger's speech charging the exChancellor, Dr. Michaelis, with having failed to take advantage of the Pope's peace ...

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  20. CONGESTION AT DOCKS.

    There is great congestion at Tilbury Docks (London), where several vessels have been held up for over a fortnight awaiting berths, including, some from Australia. ...

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  21. SHIPS FOR TASMANIA.

    Large consignments of foodstuffs and general cargo for Tasmanian ports are now being loaded at Melbourne wharves by the steamers Wainui and Rotomahana, and by ...

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  22. COTTON FOR BRITAIN.

    When moving the second reading of the Soudan Loan Bill in the House of Commons on Monday, Mr. Cecil Harmsworth (Parliamentary Under Secretary for ...

    Article : 102 words
  23. TURKS DEFY ALLIES.

    It is reported from Athens that Admiral Fitzmaurice, commander of the British Navy in the Mediterranean, sent a mission to Denizli, in Asia Minor, under ...

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  24. TRANSPORT BILL.

    Considerable interest was taken, in a debate in tho House of Lords on Tuesday at the committee stage of the Transport Bill. ...

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  25. WOOL CLASSING AND LAND SETTLEMENT.

    Sir,—In your issue of the 20th ult., under the heading of "Notes for Soldiers," "Land Settlement," I was interested to see that the com[?]troller of Repatriation had relaxed ...

    Article : 299 words
  26. COMMONWEALTH SHIPS.

    The Commonwealth Government steamship line has notified the Australian.Merchants' Association that the line is prepared to enter into contracts with ...

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  27. BREAD IN BRITAIN.

    The broad subsidy is costing the British Treasury £47,000,000 annually. The Government has now decided that this amount cannot be increased, and that if ...

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  28. OUTLOOK IN RUSSIA.

    A representative of the London "Daily Chronicle" has obtained an interview with the Governor-General of the Archangel province of Russia. ...

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  29. TRADE WITH GERMANY.

    In view of the British Government's invitation to merchants to trade with Germany, commercial circles in London are anxious for an carly pronouncement of ...

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  30. RELEASE OF WALSH.

    On the motion for the adjournment of the House of Representatives yesterday, Mr. Sampson (Nat.), said that as Parliament would not meet,for several days he ...

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  31. SOLDIER KILLED.

    A New South Wales soldier, Private Muirhead, who was on board the troopship Ormonde, which arrived at Port Melbourne yesterday, was killed by falling down the ...

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  32. COAL AND FOOD NEEDS.

    The Council of the Peace Conference in Paris is discussing a project submitted by the Italian Minister for foreign Affairs (Signor Tittoni) for the formation of an ...

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  33. JAPANESE IN PERU.

    A Japanese syndicate has purchased an area on the upper reaches of the Amazon, in Peru, of 800,000 acres, suitable for sugar, coffee, and cotton growing. This, it is ...

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  34. BELGIUM'S NEUTRALITY.

    The German allegations that the Belgian archives proved the existence of AngloBelgian complicity in the outbreak of war have been disproved by Colonel ...

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  35. SOLDIER'S DIVORCE CASE.

    BRISBANE, Friday.—In the Supreme Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Chubb, John Summerville, a returned soldier, Sought a dissolution of his marriage with ...

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  36. "INFORMERS OF LAON."

    Sentences have been passed by the courtmartial sitting in Paris on the Frenchmen and Germans who informed on leading townspeople during the German ...

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  37. AUSTRALIAN WINES.

    The English company which has been formed in London to utilise the present opportunity to introduce Australian wines into Northern Europe, and to secure a hold ...

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  38. JAPANESE ON STRIKE.

    BRISBANE, Friday.—A telegraph message from Thursday Island states that trouble has arisen in the pearishell industry, through the Japanese crews ...

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  39. BROWN COAL.

    Following the statement by the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Prendergast) that the City Council could continue supplying electrical energy for factories if they were not ...

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  40. PRISONERS IN BRITAIN.

    There are 91,818 German war prisoners in the United Kingdom, including 2,908 sailors and 4,306 civilians. Most of the prisoners are employed in ...

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  41. FORTUNATE PROSPECTORS.

    Three prospectors named J. Annand, W. Annand, and W. T. Knight, have had another profitable return from their claim at Welshman's Reef, four miles south of ...

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  42. OVERSEAS SHIPS INVOLVED.

    In consequence of her crew having refused to put to sea, the Commonwealth Government line steamer Australport has been detained in port on the eve of her ...

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  43. SAVIOURS OF AMIENS.

    General Sir W. R. Birdwood is now in France for the purpose of presenting a 15in. naval gun which the 3rd Battalion, A.I.F., captured at Chuignes in August, 1918, to ...

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  44. Resumption of Trade.

    The President of the Board of Trade (Sir Auckland Geddes) has announced that a Government scheme has been devised, in conjunction with the banking and trading ...

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  45. LATE MRS. ELIOT.

    After Mrs. Eliot, the well-known London beauty, and wife of Captain Eliot, committed suicide recently, it was found that she had left no will, and that her estate ...

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  46. HIGHER ARMY PENSIONS

    A committee of the House of Commons has reported in favour of providing an extra £20,000,000 in order to add 40 per cent, to the pensions of British soldiers, and thus ...

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  47. MISSING STEAMER LLEWLLYN.

    BRISBANE, Friday.—The Marine department in practically certain that the wreckage found north of Mackay belongs to the missing steamer. Llewellyn. Several ...

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  48. Home Rule Commission.

    Mr. Bona Law announced in the House of Commons on Monday that the Government was not prepared to invite representatives of the dominions to participate in ...

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  49. AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND.

    The final quota of the mobile Australian force has sailed from England by the Ulysses. They represent the last of from 80,000 to 90,000 men comprising the five ...

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  50. WAGES IN COLLIERIES.

    The result of the action of the Federal Ministry in forcing the owners to pay the increased wages demanded by the coal [?]ers in New South Wales is still being ...

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  51. GERMAN AIRSHIPS.

    The Under Secretary of State for Air (Major-General J. E. B. Seely) announced in the House of Commons on Monday that all the German airships were to be handed ...

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  52. Fears for Mail Launch.

    TOWNSVILLE, Friday.—The Postal department has been advised from Rockhampton that the motor-boat Maura, which left Townsville on July 12 with a ...

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  53. America's War Stores.

    France has purchased. America's war stores on the west front to a value of £200,000,000. The stores include 100,000 motor-lorries ...

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  54. NEW COMMONWEALTH BANK.

    Sir,—In the report of the purchase of the Old Exchange site for the purposes of the Commonwealth Bank, it is mentioned that a beginning will shortly be made will the ...

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  55. Hungarian Red Army.

    A Hungarian communique by wireless admits a retirement on July 27 behind the Theiss, "in order to obviate collision with greatly superior Roumanian forces." ...

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  56. Heligoland Forts Broken Up.

    It is announced from Berlin that demolition of the Heligoland forts has been in progress far some tune, and will be completed in a few days. ...

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  57. Warships to be Scrapped.

    The British Admiralty is having 200 vessels of the navy of pro-Dreadnought types sold to be broken up. They include a number of destroyer. ...

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  58. GENERAL CABLES.

    A branch of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association has been formed in London. The New Zealand and Australian Officers' ...

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  59. Future of Cyprus.

    It was reported in London a few days ago that the Allies had agreed to give Cyprus to Greece. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Mr. ...

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  60. MEMBERS' SALARIES.

    Sir,—Some time age the electors of Victoria chose 65 gentlemen to represent them in Parliament for a maximum period of three years, at a minimum remuneration of ...

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  62. COUNCIL'S MOTOR-CAR STOLEN.

    It has been reported to the criminal investigation department that a motor-car belongoing to the Melbourne City Council was stolen some time between 10 o'clock on ...

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  63. Labour M.P. Censured.

    In view of the British Government's invitation to merchants' to trade with Germany, commercial circles in London are anxious for an early pronouncement of ...

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  64. Scottish By-Election.

    At the by-election in the Bothwell division of Lauarkshire the voting was— J. Robertson (Labour).......... 13,135 — Moffat (Coalitionist)...... 5,[?]67 ...

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