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  2. NO COAL FOR VICTORIA

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Thc council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation to-day further considered the refusal by the Victorian Government to ...

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  3. DEFEAT OF VENIZELOS.

    M. Venizelos, the defeated Premier of Greece, has left Athens on board a Greek vessel for Egypt. In an interview before he sailed he said:—"I have done my part, ...

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  4. "SHALL JAPAN FIGHT?"

    The student societies of three of Tokio's private universities have organised a meeting to debate the question, "Shall Japan fight the American policy?" The students' ...

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  5. LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    Senator Millen, the Australian delegate to the Assembly of the League of Nations, has joined all of the six commissions appointed by the Assembly. Sir James ...

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  6. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    In the Senate yesterday the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) moved the second reading of the Commonwealth Bank Bill. The bill, he said, merely transferred ...

    Article : 567 words
  7. DOUBLE INCOME TAX.

    All urgent plea for the adoption by the Commonwealth of the reciprocal Imperial, scheme for the remission of double income tax within the Empire was made to ...

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  8. South Australia Needs Supplies.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.— Mr. Gunn moved the adjournment of the Legislative Assembly to-day to direct attention to the seriousness of the coal position. ...

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  9. HOW WORKERS WILL SUFFER

    If coal supplies are again cut off from Victoria, the experience of the public will be the same as in June last, when the suburbs were in darkness, electric trams were ...

    Article : 390 words
  10. MILITARY IN IRELAND.

    The British Labour party has issued a manifesto demanding the withdrawal of all armed forces in Ireland, placing the responsibility for the maintenance of order ...

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  11. PRICES AND PROFITS.

    Applications was made to the Fair Profits Commission yesterday by Mr. A. K. OakRhind, director of the Melbourne office of the Vacuum Oil Company, for an increase ...

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  12. BASIC WAGE.

    Information as to the accuracy or otherwise of a published statement that the Ministry had been for some time in possession of the report from the Basic Wage ...

    Article : 95 words
  13. "DECLARATION OF WAR."

    When questioned last night, the Premier (Mr. Lawson) made the following statement:- "Though the resolutions of the council, ...

    Article : 398 words
  14. SUGAR PURCHASE BILL.

    A [?] was introduced into the House of Representatives last night for the purpose of amending the Sugar Purchase Act, by deleting the provision which limited the ...

    Article : 408 words
  15. Preparing for Bolsheviks.

    Reports from Reval state that General Pilsudski, the Polish President, has conferred with General Petlura, the Ukrainian leader, and that they have reached an ...

    Article : 199 words
  16. United States and League.

    Mrs. Catt, one of the "suffragettes" instrumental in the success of the woman franchise movement in the United States, has requested every woman who voted for ...

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  17. 9/ A BUSHEL FOR WHEAT.

    A protest made by Mr. Cutts (N.S.W.) in the House of Representatives yesterday, on a motion that the House go into committee of supply, against the price of wheat ...

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  18. Czechs and Germans Quarrel

    It is reported from Vienna that there have been racial conflicts in Bohemia (formerly part of Austria-Hungary), especially in Prague, the capital, between Germans ...

    Article : 90 words
  19. TRAIN SERVICES.

    The Minister for Mines and Railways (Mr. Barnes) said yesterday that if the federation decided to cut off Victorinn supplies of coal, immediate and drastic action ...

    Article : 141 words
  20. Persian Delegate Waylaid.

    The Council of the League of Nations has received a telegram stating that robbers attacked Prince Arfad, the chief Persian delegate to the League of Nations' ...

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  21. Queensland Wood.

    Following on a visit to France by the Queensland Agent-General in London (Mr. J. M. Hunter), numerous applications have came from Parisian furniture firms for ...

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  22. Message from Mr. Wilson.

    From Washington President Wilson has sent a message to the President of the League of Nations' Assembly (M. Hymans), expressing his ...

    Article : 99 words
  23. QUEENSLAND LOANS.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.—The Government Loan Subscriptions Bill was made available to-day. It applies to all persons whose average ...

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  24. HOW TRAMWAYS WILL FARE.

    The chairman of the Metropolitan Tramways Board (Mr. A. Cameron), when the important development in the coal dispute was made known to him yesterday ...

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  25. COMMENT BY MR. HUGHES.

    When the matter was brought under the notice of the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) late last night, he said that the position had become very serious. He would do ...

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  26. EXCESSIVE TAXATION.

    Mr. Reginald McKenna, M.P., chairman of the London. Joint City and Midland Bunk, and a former Chancellor of the Exchequer, in a speech at Manchester ...

    Article : 134 words
  27. IMMIGRATION BILL.

    Mr. Tudor, resuming the debute on the motion for the second reading of the Immigration Bill in the House of Representatives last night, said that it was panic ...

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  28. Unemployed Ex-Soldiers.

    Field Marshal Earl Haig made a feeling speech on Wednesday to the Council of the Farmers' Union on behalf of the employment of ex-service men. ...

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  29. A CORRECTION.

    Sir,—In the report in "The Argus" of my evidence given before the Fair Profits Commission yesterday, I am reported as having stated:—"As a member of Rubber Tyre ...

    Article : 101 words
  30. PERMANENT SOLDIERS.

    In answer to a series of questions asked in the Senate yesterday by Senator Gardiner (N.S.W.), the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) stated that instructions ...

    Article : 137 words
  31. APPEAL TO PRIME MINISTER.

    In the Honse of Representatives yesterday, Mr. Fenton asked the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) whether something could not be done to avert the threatening industrial ...

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  32. GAS COMPANY'S POSITION.

    With the exception of the Railways department, the Metropolitan Gas Company is the largest consumer of coal in this State. As the best quality coal is ...

    Article : 98 words
  33. N.S.W. MEMBERS' SALARIES.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—In the Legislative Assembly on Thursday Mr. Bavin moved that the action of the Royal commissioner inquiring into the question of members' ...

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  34. "Ringing In" Case.

    Peter Christian Barrie, who was sentenced in London at the end of September to three years' penal servitude in connection with two cases in which he was ...

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  35. Trade With Russia.

    At a full meeting of the British Cabinet on Wednesday a long discussion took place on the question of resuming trade with Russia, and there was to be a further ...

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  36. WAR PENSIONS.

    The Acting Minister for Repatriation (Mr. Rodgers), replying to Mr. Fenton, said that all war pensions, except those made permanent under the act, were ...

    Article : 95 words
  37. ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY.

    Mr. F. W. Clements, manager of the Melbourne Electric Supply Co., when informed late last night of the miners' decision, said that the outlook was extremely ...

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  38. DECOYED TO OPIUM DEN.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—For some time a young girl has been missing from her home at Newtown. She has now been found, and her discovery has revealed a glimpse of ...

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  39. Kaiser and His Family.

    The Judicial Commission of the Prussian Diet has agreed to pay an annual appanage to the members of the Hohenzollern family, in accordance with their ...

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  40. STATEMENTS TO THE PRESS.

    Mr. Ryan (N.S.W.) directed the attention of the Assistant Minister for Defence (Sir Granville Ryrie) to an order issued by the Adjutant-General of the Commonwealth ...

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  41. GENERAL CABLES.

    The second Congress of the Universities of the Empire will be held in July next year. Oxford University has invited all members of the congress to be its guests ...

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  42. OPERATION OF EMBARGO.

    No official communication of the decision of the Miners' Federation was received at the Melbourne Trades Hall last night, Union leaders, on being told of the decision, ...

    Article : 374 words
  43. Position of Wheat Pools.

    Answering a question in the Senate yestarday afternoon, the Minister in Charge of the Wheat Pool (Senator Russell) informed Senator Pratten (N.S.W.) that the ...

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  44. MOORHOUSE LECTURES.

    Continuing the Moorhouse Lectures at St. Paul's Cathedral last night, on the "Principles of Church Organisation," the Rev. P. A. Micklem, M.A., rector of St. ...

    Article : 236 words
  45. CITY POWER STATION.

    At the electric supply works of the Melbourne City Council, the stocks on hand are only sufficient to keep the works running at normal pressure for between two ...

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  46. EXPERIMENTAL WHEAT FARMS.

    Sir,—Reference was made at the meeting of the Council of Agricultural Education to the need for the establishment of experimental wheat farms in the Mallee. [?] ...

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  47. WAGES REDUCTION FEARED.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—The New South Wales Labour Council fears that a fall in prices is imminent, and that in consequence an endeavour will be made to reduce wages ...

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  48. ST. JOSEPH'S OLD COLLEGIANS.

    An honour board, containing 102 names of old boys who had served with the A.I.F. at the front, was unveiled last night by the Rev. Father T. McCarthy, of Kyneton, at ...

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  49. PILLAGING.

    Sir,—The members of the Labour party are most anxious to remove any blame from members of the Wharf Labourers' Union. Whether they are to blame or ...

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  50. FEW SHIPMENTS ARRIVING.

    Inquiries amongst leading coal importers yesterday disclosed that only three colliers, with an aggregate of 10,000 tons of coal, are expected to reach Melbourne by the ...

    Article : 234 words
  51. CHARGE AGAINST STABLE BOY FAILS.

    Albert Streeter, of Ascotvale, stable boy, was acquitted in the Criminal Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Cussen, on a charge of having, at Ascotvale, on October 9. seriously assaulted a young ...

    Article : 94 words
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  53. LATE SHIPPING NEWS.

    AUCKLAND (1,641 Miles).—Arrived,—Nov. 18— Las Veyas, from San Francisco. NAPIER.—Arrived.—Nov. 18—Melkin Maru, from Newcastle. ...

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  54. ESTIMATES PASSED.

    By 32 votes to 16 a motion submitted by Mr. Ryun (N.S.W.) to reduce the vote for the Postmaster-General's department by £1, as a direct[?] to the Ministry to ...

    Article : 429 words
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