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  2. HAWKER'S FATE.

    An official communique issued at midnight on Tuesday stated that no uews had been received of the Australian airman, Harry Hawker, and his navigator, ...

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  3. OUR TERMS.

    Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau (leader of the German peace delegation) has returned to Versailles, whither he was accompanied from Spa by Herr Wassermann, a director ...

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  4. SHIPPING STRIKE

    The chief development in the shipping strike yesterday was the request made on behalf of the Federal Ministry by the Controller of Shipping (Rear-Admiral Sir William Clarkson) to the president of the Arbitration Court (Mr. Justice Higgins) that he should intervene with the object of bringing the ...

    Article : 551 words
  5. ECONOMY LEAGUE.

    Applauding statements that they were "out" to secrure economy and to stop wasteful expenditure, a large meeting of taxpayers and property owners, including ...

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  6. LOYALISTS ATTACKED.

    Judging from the turn of affairs yesterday the members of the union who have refused to go to work, but resent any suggestion that they are on strike, have ...

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  7. STATE MINISTRY'S DUTY.

    Questioned regarding the statement that loyalists had been mobbed, and that no arrests were made, the Premier (Mr. Lawson) said last evening that nothing of the ...

    Article : 375 words
  8. IN OTHER STATES.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The crews of six vessels in Port Jackson have given 24 hours notice of their intention to leave the vessels, in accordance with the ...

    Article : 434 words
  9. DID ADMIRALTY FAIL?

    The Admiralty, replying to criticism in the House of Commons, says:— "Even if it had been otherwise desirable to assist in an enterprise which was in no ...

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  10. "TRAGIC BLUNDER."

    A leading trade union official in Melbourne, commenting yesterday on the seamen's strike, described it as a dirett violation of the accepted principles of sane ...

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  11. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Work on board ships it Port Adelaide is proceeding as usual and vessels are coming and going without hindrance. ...

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  12. AUSTRIAN TREATY.

    Owing to delay in drafting the Austrian Peace Treaty, it is not likely to be presented to the Austro-Hungarian delegates this week. ...

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  13. NO SETTLEMENT EXPECTED.

    It is difficult to discern any prospect of a settlement of the strike on the ships and wharves. The strikers have deliberately chosen "direct action" in preference to ...

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  14. IDLE FLEET.

    Seamen on two vessels of the Commonwealth Government line—the wooden steamer Bundarra and the ex-enemy steamer Toromeo—have left their ships. ...

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  15. AMERICAN FLIGHT.

    The American naval seaplane N.C. 4 left the Azores (which she reached from Halifax a few days ago) for Lisbon on Tuesday, at 40 minutes past 12 noon (Greenwich ...

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  16. Mesopotamia to England.

    Lieut.-Colonel Wilson, of the British army, has made a flight from Mosul (200 miles north of Bagdad) to England, travelling by way of Cairo, in seven days. ...

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  17. KITCHENER BLAMED.

    Field-Marshal Viscount French, in his contributions to the London "Daily Telegraph" concerning the British operations in the early days of the war, gives further ...

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  18. RESTRICTED COAL SUPPLIES.

    If the strike continues a complete industrial standstill in Melbourne must come about shortly. The city is not nearly so well supplied with coal as it was for the ...

    Article : 415 words
  19. FIGHTING BOLSHEVISM.

    Japan has decided to recognise the Government which has been formed in Russia by Admiral Koltchak, leader of the Anti-Bolshevik forces in Russia, whom the ...

    Article : 102 words
  20. PROHIBITION IN AMERICA.

    President Wilson, in a message to Congress, recommends the repeal of the Prohibition Act, which was recently passed by Congress, in so far as it applies to wine ...

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  21. BROKEN HILL STRIKE.

    BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.—There was very little change to-day as regards the strike, which is responsible for all the mines on the line of lode being idle. ...

    Article : 426 words
  22. Transcontinental Railway.

    Mr. Tom R. Johnson, ex-Commissioner of Railways in New South Wales, and who has since reported on the Victorian railways, in an address before the Royal ...

    Article : 84 words
  23. Allies on the Rhine.

    The American army of occupation is leaving the Rhine. Its withdrawal will be completed by June 23. ...

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  24. U.S.A. Telegraph and Railways

    President Wilson, in a message to Congress, announces that the railways, telegraphs, and telephones, which were taken over by the Government during the war, ...

    Article : 42 words
  25. SCARED AFGHANS

    SIMLA, May 10.—Hundreds of stories are spreading on the frontier of the enormous loot obtained by the Mohmands and Shinwaris from the Afghan camp after ...

    Article : 172 words
  26. OUR BOYS IN EGYPT.

    Sir,—The letter to-day by "A Woman" asks the question, "What is Australia doing to get our boys back?" Every word in that letter I endorse. The men in Egypt say ...

    Article : 159 words
  27. Hungarian Official Murdered.

    A Budapest telegram received in Paris last week confirms the assassination of Herr Navay, formerly President of the Hungarian House of Representatives. He ...

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  28. WATERSIDERS' SUGGESTION.

    Shortly before the Federal Cabinet met yesterday afternoon representatives of the Trades Hall disputes committee and of the Wharf Labourers' Union interviewed the ...

    Article : 190 words
  29. BROWN COAL IN DEMAND.

    Although there has been a rush for brown coal from the State mine at Morwell, in consequence of the threatened shortage of New South Wales coal, the Minister for ...

    Article : 256 words
  30. SHOTS FIRED IN FISH SHOP.

    A fish shop at 371 Bridge road, Richmond, was the scene of shooting late last night. Three men entered the shop with the intention of having supper and before long an ...

    Article : 173 words
  31. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—Allow me to add my appeal to "A Woman," whose letter appears to-day. My Ausband left Melbourne on November 12, 1915, for Egypt. My son, a lad of 18 years, ...

    Article : 116 words
  32. MR. JUSTICE HIGGINS ACTS.

    Acting on an application made by Rear-Admiral Sir William Clarkson, the President of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, Mr. Justice Higgins, yesterday ...

    Article : 160 words
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