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  2. COMMONWEALTH SHIPS.

    Cable messsages from Australia allege that business men estimate thal it will be necessary to write off £8,000,000 of the capitalised value of commonwealth ships ...

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  3. FOREST FIRES CONTINUE.

    EUROA, Sunday.—The most devastating bush fire experienced in this district for many years occureed yesterday. For some days past a fire has been burning on Corwn ...

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  4. FEDERAL SESSION.

    His Excellency the Governor-General (Lord Forster) will open the first session of the ninth Federal Parliament on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Both ...

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  5. IRISH REBELS.

    Detectives arrested five of the principal irregular leaders at an army council meeting in Drumcondra. The authorities are most reticent regarding the names of the ...

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  6. LAND OF OPPORTUNITY.

    The Royal Colonial Institute gave a luncheon in honour of the Premier of Victoria (Mr. Lawson) at the Goldsmiths' Hall. Before proposing Mr. Lawson's ...

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  7. GERMANS ARMING.

    Information received by the French indicate that extensive preparations are proceeding to arm various Nationalist organisations in the Ruhr. Arms are known ...

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  8. A STEP FORWARD

    President Harding has despatched a message to the United States Senate advising that the United States should become an official member of the Permanent Court of ...

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  9. STRIKE OF STREET GLEANERS.

    About 160 members of the Federated Municipal Employees' Union, who are responsible for the cleanliness of the streets of Melbourne and the removal of house ...

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  10. FIRE DAMAGE, £40,000

    Damage estimated at approximately £40,000 was caused hy a fire which enveloped with amazing rapidity premises occupied by the Cork and Crown Seal ...

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  11. EQUALITY FOR INDIANS.

    The Indian Government publishes Mr. Srinivasa Sastri's report upon his mission to the Dominions of Australia, New Zealand, and Canada for urging that practical ...

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  12. British Public's Opinion.

    Herr Breitscheid, a leading Socialist, who visited Great Britain with a view to obtaining mediation on the question of the Ruhr, is giving a grotesque view of the ...

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  13. Ammunition in New York.

    Two hundred and seventy-five cases of modern high-power ammunition, including a large quantity of hand grenades, have been discovered by agents of the ...

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  14. SPORTING CABLES.

    Mr. Wallis Myers, the tennis, expert, writing in the "Daily Telegraph," reports that there is general satisfaction among all players at Monte Carlo at the ...

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  15. FLAMES SEEN OVER TREE-TOPS.

    SCOTT'S CREEK, Sunday.—Bush fires have been burning in many places near the Heytesbury Forest during the last ten days. Around Scott's Creek and the country near ...

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  16. Lunar Halo.

    A remarkable lunar halo was witnessed in the English Channel to-night. It brilliantly lit up the sky with a dazzling arch in the shape of a half-moon. The sea, ...

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  17. French Crimes.

    Auguste Deculoux, aged 83 years, a retired ship's captain, was found bound in his bedroom at Villeter-Renuve. Recently, in spite of his protests, his son-in-law, aged ...

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  18. British Politics.

    Mr. Morris (Nat. Lib.) in the House of Commons moved the second reading of a bill previously passed three times by the House of Lords permitting local authorities ...

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  19. BOXING.

    The return match between Georges Carpentier and Siki is becoming more unlikely. Carpentier is now demanding that scientific funds should receive only a fixed ...

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  20. IN A NEW ROLE.

    With deference suitable to the rank of an ordinary litigant. Henry Bourne Higgins. who in evidence described himself as "a Justice of the High Court of Australia," ...

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  21. ENGLISH TEAM IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    A match between the English XI. and a team representing the Orange Free State was commenced to-day. Heavy rain fell during the night, and the wicket was slow ...

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  22. GENERAL CABLES.

    A report from Kansas City, in the United States, states that 13 persons were burned to death in a fire in an apartment house. Two flight officers and one mechanic ...

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  23. MAIL-BAGS STOLEN.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.[?] Twenty-five mail bags containing registered articles were stolen from the parcels post-office at Central Square, Sydney, early this morning. ...

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  24. By-election Surprise.

    Nominations for the Mitenam by-election produced a last-minute surprise. Liberal and Labour candidates have been conducting their campaign against Sir ...

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  25. Empire Exhibition.

    The unfortunate differences in connection with the Empire Exhibition has led to a report that South Africa may withdraw its proposed subsidy of £50,000. The ...

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  26. LARGE BLAZE NEAR ALBURY.

    ALBURY, Sunday.—A large, bush fire on Saturday afternoon swept over the hills near Albury and to within less than half a mile of one of the main residential portions ...

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  27. Migration of Boys.

    The Eastham braned of the Independent Labour party has forwarded to the right Commissioner for Australia in London (Sir Joseph Cook) a resolution condemning the ...

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  28. Decentralisation in Trade.

    The Australian Fruit Delegation (Messrs. C. E. D. Meares and F. McDougall) inspected facilities for handling produce at Hull, and attended a joint meeting of ...

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  29. British Football.

    LONDON, Feb. 24.—Rugby.—Wales v. France, at Swansea, 16 to 8; Ireland v. Scotland, at Dublin, 3 to 13. Rugby Union.—Guy's Hospital v. Plymouth ...

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  30. SOLDIER MENTAL PATIENTS.

    "I emphatically protest against the embargo which hus been placed on my becoming a member of the investigating committee regarding the conditions for soldier ...

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  31. DRIVER TIMBER CONTRACT.

    Following his judgment on the law points [?]rising out of the arbitration in the dispute between Reynolds Driver and the War Service Homes Commission relative ...

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  32. Metal Market Improves.

    The market for metals is very strong. American copper consumers are buying on a hugh scale, the smallness of the existing stocks, and the improbability of any ...

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  33. Colonel Newcombe's Visit.

    Viscount Astor presided at a meeting of the Devon and Cornwall Migration committee, at which a letter was read from the Agent-General for Western Australia (Sir ...

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  34. Wakeford Case.

    The "Central News" is officially informed that the clergy committee which assisted in the defence of the Rev. John Wakeford has been reconstituted and enlarged. The ...

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  35. FATHERS' ASSOCIATION.

    The fourth annual conference of the Sailors and Soldiers' Fathers' Association will he held in the Soldiers' Hall, Geelong, to-morrow, commencing at a quarter to ...

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  36. SUPPOSED DROWNING CASE.

    ECHUCA, Sunday.—George Penny, aged seven years, a sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. Penny, of Echuca, is thought to have been drowned in the Murray River. The lad ...

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  37. Turkish Assembly.

    A report from Constantinople states that Ministers have drafted a reply to the Allies' peace proposals, and that it was presented to the Turkish National ...

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  38. Perambulator Race.

    Several women are training for a novel London to Brighton walking race on April 7. The competitors must wheel a baby in a perambuator. Mrs. Firmager, aged ...

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  39. Damage to Asylum Property.

    Several acres of grass on land studded with timber, comprising portion of the farm property attached to the Kew Asylum, were, destroyed by fire yesterday ...

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  40. Air Transport.

    The report of the Civil Air Transport Subsidies' Committee favours the termination of the present agreements with British companies running cross-Channel services, and ...

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  41. Victorian 5 Per Cent. Loan.

    The Victorian 5 per cent, loan of £5,000,000, which was offered for subscription at £99/10/, was heavily oversubscribed. Mr. Lawson regards the success of ...

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  42. SYDNEY BOY'S ADVENTURE.

    With half-a-crown in big pocket. Leslie William Harris, aged 11 years, arrived in Melbourne by the Sydney express on Wednesday. The lad, whose parents ...

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  43. PALACE THEATRE.

    Alterations to the Palace Theatre, planned by Mr. Henry E. White, theatre architect for Hugh J. Ward Proprietary Limitted's Bourke street playhouse, ...

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  44. Taxation.

    The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Stanley Baldwin) in the House of Commons tabled the following comparison of present taxation:—United ...

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  45. FREIGHT ON APPLES.

    After meeting in conference, the shipping lines announce that in view of the opinions expressed by the deputation from the National Federation of Fruit Trades ...

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  46. Pacific Cable.

    Mr. J. Milward, of the Pacific Cable Board, before the departure of the Makura for Australia this morning, said that the duplication of the cable would be postponed ...

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  47. MATERNITY BONUS.

    Sir,—I was interested in Vesta's remarks on the "Maternity Bonus." As a medical practitioner I think an allowance (of even £10) should still be made in these cases ...

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  48. Water Supply Decreased.

    Referring to the recent bush fires in the Dandenong Ranges, the secretary of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (Mr. G. A. Gibbs) said on Saturday ...

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  49. SANDRINGHAM A CITY.

    In connection with the proclamation of Sandringham as a city by His Excellency the Governor (the Earl ol Stradbroke) on March 21, the council has decided that all ...

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  50. Hull Wool Sale.

    The Hull wool sale was moderately well attended, and there was good "home" and Continental competition. Practically everything was sold. Prices were without ...

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  52. BRUNSWICK CITY BAND.

    The election of office-leaders of the Brunswick City Band for the year has resulted as follows:— Preisdent, the mayor (Councillor G. Hooper); vice-presidents, Messrs. B. J. Warr and R. Thompson; ...

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  53. CITY OF BRIGHTON FESTIVAL.

    The City of Brighton G.B.E. festival will be opened by Sir Alfred Pickford, of the Loudon headquarters Boy Scouts' Association, on Saturday afternoon, March 10, at ...

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  54. DESTITUTE FAMILY.

    In the case of destitution at west Melbourne mentioned at the meeting of the Society for the Prevention of cruelly to children, the rent paid by tle family out of a weekly income of £2 was 13/, ...

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