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  2. SHIP SALVAGE.

    The "Daily Chronicle" says that RearAdmiral Phillpotts has completed four years' salvage operations. He has salved 440 vessels, and recovered property valued ...

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  3. PEACE DELEGATES RETURN

    Melbourne arose early on Saturday morning, and, with a thousand flags fluttering under a springtime sun, agve to the returning peace delegates, Mr. Hughes and Sir ...

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  4. BOTHA'S DEATH.

    British newspapers unanimously pay tributes to General Botha as having been one of the great heroes of modern history, a brilliant soldier, a successful administrator, ...

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  5. PEACE TERMS.

    The Foreign Relations Committee of the United States Senate has adopted an amendment to the Peace Treaty providing that the representation of the United States ...

    Article : 161 words
  6. GERMAN AFFAIRS.

    President Ebert, in a speech at Stuttgart, urged the necessity for unity. He said:- "While preserving the racial characteristics of the German peoples, we must have ...

    Article : 216 words
  7. EMIGRATION QUESTION.

    The long-continued embarrassing relations between the Commonwealth Trade Board in London, headed by Mr. H. Y. Braddon and the Agents-General of the ...

    Article : 331 words
  8. "STOP WASTE.'

    Public anger at the Government's extravagance is growing, and the press campaign continues unahated. Fresh examples of waste are disclosed daily. The ...

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  9. DISCONTENTED PEOPLE

    Messrs. Dunne and Walsh, who recently visited Ireland and Paris as a delegation from the Irish-American organisation, have attended before the Senate Foreign ...

    Article : 182 words
  10. RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN.

    From Helsingfors (Finland) it is reported that British warships and aeroplanes violently attacked the Russian naval base at Kronstadt for two hours on Thursday ...

    Article : 230 words
  11. AUSTRALIAN SHIPS.

    Good progress has been made towards laying the keels of the first steamers under order by the Commonwealth at Barrow. The first rivets will be driven into the ...

    Article : 133 words
  12. SALE OF WAR STORES.

    The Americans, who, owing to red tape action, have been obliged to burn some of their motor-cars and other military equipment which they were not able to take to ...

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  13. THROUGH THE CITY.

    Wearing a "digger's" hat, in which was a sprig of wattle blossom, with a flag across his breast as a sash, and flowers and flags in his hand, Mr.Hughes made a [?] ...

    Article : 511 words
  14. CONDITIONS FOR AUSTRIA.

    The Allied Supreme Council in Paris has decided to hand the Peace Treaty to Austria on Tuesday. Rome messages state that the delay in ...

    Article : 198 words
  15. A PEACE PRAYER.

    Besides the officaiting clergyman the only speaker at the graveside was General Smuts. He expressed thanks on behalf of the Government and Mrs. Botha to the King and ...

    Article : 331 words
  16. TO AUSTRALIA BY AIR.

    A syndicate is arranging for long-distance airship passenger services, including voyages between England and Perth, which will, it is estimated, take seven days. The ...

    Article : 47 words
  17. STRIKES IN AMERICA.

    The Pacific Coast railway strike has ended, but a general strike of steelworkers against the Steel Trust's refusal to recognise the unions, is impending. President ...

    Article : 42 words
  18. BULGARIAN ELECTIONS.

    According to advices from Vienna, the Left party has gained a great majority at the Bulgaria elections, and it is believed that the result will be the proclamation of ...

    Article : 37 words
  19. ORANGE AND GREEN.

    The "Westminster Gazette" says that a Nationalist leader in Belfast has heard that the Orango shipyard workers are preparing for a fresh attack on their ...

    Article : 74 words
  20. Toronto-New York Flight.

    Twenty-seven airmen have finished the Toronto to New York and return air race out of the 57 who entered. Lieutenant Maynard completed 1,040 miles in 467 ...

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  21. MONEY FOR CHINA.

    England wanted railroads built in Southern China, and Japan in Northern China. However, England lacked the funds, and was hardly in a position to excercise rights ...

    Article : 123 words
  22. GIANT AEROBUS.

    Further messages regarding the Goliath aerobus, which left Paris on August 11 for Morocco, show that when it was travelling along the Moroccan coast from Magador ...

    Article : 120 words
  23. ANGLO-PERSIAN TREATY.

    According to the Washington correspondent of the "New York Times," it is understood that the United States is unfavourably disposed towards the Anglo-Persian ...

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  24. SUPPLIES OF MEAT.

    The Argentine journal "La Nacion" publishes figures which show that Argentina is the greatest exporter of meat in the world. During the past fiscal year ...

    Article : 52 words
  25. AUSTRALIAN JAM.

    Importers of Australian jam are asking the Agents-General for Victoria, New South Wales, and Tasmania to approach the Colonial Office with a view to ...

    Article : 204 words
  26. SECRET WARSHIPS.

    The so-called "wedding cake" ships which were under construction for the Admiralty at Southwick when the war ended are exciting interest. Originally it was intended ...

    Article : 83 words
  27. MOTOR TRANSPORT.

    The proposal to establish motor transport bureaux throughout the country emanates from the Port Transit Committee, appointed in 1915. After a long session the ...

    Article : 211 words
  28. SPORTING CABLES.

    In the fourth round of the national singles contest at the United States National Lawn Tennis Tournament, played at Forest Hills, New York State, the ...

    Article : 587 words
  29. A COAL CRISIS.

    The "[?] Volkszeitung" (Munich) says that although the German miners' working day is the shortest on the Continent, they are indifferent to the ...

    Article : 144 words
  30. OUTSIDE TOWN HALL.

    Crowds began to gather in the neighbourhood of the Melbourne Town Hall soon after 9 o'clock, and by 11 o'clock, when the Prime Minister reached the building, the ...

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  31. PRINCE OF WALES' TOUR.

    The Prince of Wales, replying to a Canadian Government welcome at Ottawa, said that he hoped that the Canadians would look upon him as a Canadian whose duties ...

    Article : 122 words
  32. TANKS IN WARFARE.

    Sir Albert Stern, who was Commissioner for Mechanical Werfare, in an article in the "Strand Magazine," states that after tanks were first used in battle Sir Douglas Haig ...

    Article : 139 words
  33. WAITING FOR THE TRAIN.

    Long before the Adelaide express was due the crowd began to assemble, and by half-past 9 o'clock there were several thousand people in the yard outside the ...

    Article : 405 words
  34. GERMANS DEFRAUDED.

    A Geneva message says that despite the shortage and the high price of food in France and Italy, both countries are making tremendous efforts to sell foodstuffs, ...

    Article : 163 words
  35. EXPORT OF WOOL.

    Following the decision of the British Ministry for Munitions to allow all foreign countries to buy Government wool after September 1, the War Trade department ...

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  36. GOVERNMENT FLATS.

    The London Housing Board has inspected 2,000 large houses with a view to their conversion into flats, and has scheduled 1,000 of them as suitable. The ...

    Article : 122 words
  37. ATROCITIES IN ARMENIA.

    General Liman von Sanders, the German officer who trained and led the Turkish army, is a prisoner aboard a British warship which has arrived in Venice, and is ...

    Article : 54 words
  38. BRITISH ARMY.

    The War Office announces that 133,272 officers and 3,033,571 men have been demobilised since the armistice was signed. ...

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  39. BUILDING AEROPLANES.

    The Rome "Socolo" learns from Berlin that Germany's aeroplane industry is developing rapidly. Work in all factories is at high pressure. The metal aeroplanes ...

    Article : 51 words
  40. Commonwealth Oil Corporation.

    Meetings of first and second debenture holders and holders of preference and deferred shares in the Commonwealth Oil Corporation have unanimously approved of ...

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  41. PEACE LOAN SUNDAY.

    Reference to the Peace Loan was made yesterday in the churches when earnest appeals were delivered to the people to support the Government in its efforts to make ...

    Article : 387 words
  42. Tariffs and Trade.

    Commenting on the probability of high tariffs in Australia, the New York "Sun" says that the United States should not complain. Tariffs are necessary to protect ...

    Article : 81 words
  43. SINGING SOLDIERS.

    Is there any connection between Goodness and Gaiety? Must the saint always be sombre? What has loyalty to Christ to do with laughter? These questions were ...

    Article : 292 words
  44. ELECTRIC RAILWAYS.

    A Royal decree has been issued in Rome, providing for the electrification of 3,000 miles of State railways, at a cost of £32,000,000. ...

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  45. Events in Hungary.

    News has reached Amsterdam that a fresh revolution has broken out in Budapest, but no details are given. ...

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  46. Protection for Trades.

    In view of the impending abolition of the restrictions on imports, unless they affect key industries, a number of British trades are urging Sir Auckland Geddes to prevent ...

    Article : 72 words
  47. GENERAL CABLES.

    A plot to assassinate ex-President Acosta, of Costa Rica, has been frustrated. Out of 10,000 marriages of Australian soldiers in Great Britain only 13 wives have ...

    Article : 160 words
  48. Pershing Snubs Committee.

    General Pershing has refused to testify before the Congressional Sub-committee, which is holding an investigation in Paris on the subject of war expenditures. A ...

    Article : 68 words
  49. CIVIC RECEPTION.

    Although Saturday morning is probably the worst time of the week for a public meeting from a business man's point of view, the seating accommodation in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  50. SCENES ON THE STATION.

    Scenes of extraordinary enthusiasm marked the arrival of Mr. Hughes and Sir Joseph Cook at the station. As the train drew up at the platform thousands of ...

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  51. STUDENT CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT

    Last week the Australasian Student Christian movement in Melbourne brought together representatives from every State in the Commonwealth, and also from New ...

    Article : 127 words
  52. Marseilles Strike.

    Dockers and draymen have gone on strike in Marseilles. Many steamers are unable to unload, and the whole of the business of the port is interrupted. ...

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