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  2. QUESTIONS IN FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    In the Senate to-day, replying to a question by Mr. Needham (W.A.), the Acting Leader of the Government (Mr. Millen) said he had noticed in a section ...

    Article : 607 words
  3. INFLUENZA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 128 words
  4. THE PASSING SHOW.

    Millions Sent to War. Brig.-Gen. Balfour (Chief Embarkation Officer at Southampton), speaking at a banquet in his honour, said that since ...

    Article : 2,339 words
  5. POLITICS IN MOTHER STATE.

    The Address-in-reply debate was con­tinued in the Legislative Assembly to-day by the Chief Secretary (Sir George Fuller). Referring to the allegations of the ...

    Article : 1,314 words
  6. SCIENCE AND INDUS­TRY BILL.

    The debate on the second reading of the Science and Industry Bill was continued in the House of Representatives to-day, on Mr. Tudor's amendment to the effect that ...

    Article : 274 words
  7. LATE CABLES.

    The removal of restrictions on invest­ments abroad is likely to result in the early establishment of new industries in Australia and New Zealand. Bankers and ...

    Article : 84 words
  8. IMMIGRATION BILL.

    In the House of Representatives to-day the Minister for Home and Territories (Mr. Glynn) moved the second reading of the Immigration Bill, 1919, which, he said ...

    Article : 333 words
  9. China and Japan.

    The Washington correspondent of The New York Times says:—Advices from Pekin state that many provinces of China have advised the Government not to sign ...

    Article : 45 words
  10. IMPROVED VICTORIAN POSITION.

    Three more death from influenza oc­curred in Victoria to-day. The admissions to hospitals numbered 31. ...

    Article : 24 words
  11. SITUATION IN THE WEST.

    Twenty-five more cases of influenza, and five deaths, were notified in the metropolitan area yesterday. Eight additional cases and three deaths were reported up to 2 ...

    Article : 36 words
  12. American Ships Sold.

    The Washington correspondent of The New York Times says:—The United States Shipping Board announces that it has sold up to date 122 steel vessels, aggregating ...

    Article : 49 words
  13. IN THE COUNTRY.

    RENMARK, August 18.—There are 22 cases of influenza in the local hospital, and about 80 per­sons are said to be suffering in the township and settlement. Fortunately the malady appears to ...

    Article : 115 words
  14. American Farm Congress.

    The United States has invited foreign Governments to send representatives to an International Farming Congress, to be held at Kansas City on September 25. ...

    Article : 31 words
  15. MR. WEBSTER "WEARY."

    Improvements in the telegraph service, the blessings to be derived from the Pos­tal Institute, and the degeneracy of the Melbourne process, provided the ...

    Article : 270 words
  16. Swimming.

    Miss Fanny Durack (Australia) took second place in the 250 yards swimming match, starting from scratch. Miss Lord, the winner, received 48s, handicap. ...

    Article : 46 words
  17. BLYTH RIVER MINES.

    The report by Messrs. A. Boyd, C. G. Golding, and G. W. Young, on the Blyth River iron mines in Tasmania, over which an option had been obtained by the ...

    Article : 182 words
  18. COST OF LIVING.

    The State Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the reasons for the high cost of living, resumed its sittings to-day. Robert Crowe, Superintendent of Exports ...

    Article : 284 words
  19. Drop in Exchange.

    At close of business to-day New York sterling exchange was 418 3/4 cents (17/5 3/8) to the pound sterling. ...

    Article : 25 words
  20. Men from Mesopotamia.

    A certain number of Australian troops —mostly men of the wireless telegraphy corps—who have been serving in Mesopo­tamia have desired repatriation, but the ...

    Article : 65 words
  21. TRANSPORT WORKERS IN CONCLAVE.

    A largely attended meeting of members of transport workers' unions, including the seamen, waterside workers, and coal workers, was held at the Trades Hall ...

    Article : 251 words
  22. Big Movement Probable.

    The Kronstadt naval operation coincides with renewed allied aerial attacks on Kronstadt. It is known that British "tanks" and munitions have arrived at the Baltic ...

    Article : 142 words
  23. MILLERS' REQUEST.

    A deputation, representing country millers, which waited upon the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Oman) to-day, asked that millers should be appointed sole ...

    Article : 79 words
  24. "LORRY-HOPPING."

    Dr. E. C. Arthur, of No. 5 Canadian General Hospital, Witley Camp, Surrey, writing to Professor Watson, under date June 15, gives an account of a ...

    Article : 602 words
  25. BARRIER INDUSTRIAL CRISIS.

    The Federated Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Association last night declined to agree to the proposal to expel the Trades and Trades Labourers' Union from ...

    Article : 304 words
  26. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    The President (Mr. Givens. T.) took the Chair at 3 p.m. Deported Italians. The Minister for Repatriation ...

    Article : 191 words
  27. JAPANESE MINISTER'S VIEWS.

    The Washington correspondent of The New York Times says:—The text of an address by the Japanese Minister of Marine (Admiral Kato) received in the United ...

    Article : 78 words
  28. PRICE REGULATION COMMISSION.

    From "ONLOOKER":—I have not the slightest desire or intention to cost reflections upon any member of the commission; in fact, I sympathize with them in a certain position that stands ...

    Article : 1,078 words
  29. LOCAL UNION DELEGATES RETURNING.

    The South Australian branch of the Federated Seamen's Union received a tele­gram from their secretary (Mr. A. C. Woodsford) on Wednesday evening stating ...

    Article : 73 words
  30. DOCTORS V. LODGES.

    Developments to-day seem to indicate that the settlement of the doctors and lodges dispute is further off than ever. For several weeks negotiations have been ...

    Article : 244 words
  31. UNSKILLED LABOUR.

    The payment of £14,941 to Messrs. J. and A. Brown by the State Government, as compensation for loss of working and loss of profit because of the employment of ...

    Article : 177 words
  32. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    The Speaker (Mr. Elliott Johnson) took the Chair at 3 p.m. The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Tudor) asked if, as the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 552 words
  33. TROOPSHIP FATALITY.

    Having heard evidence at the City Morgue to-day relative to the death of Arthur Muirhead (40), a private of the 9th Battalion (N.S.W.), who was killed by a ...

    Article : 142 words
  34. FELT HAT INDUSTRY.

    That the felt that industry is threatened with extinction, or, at any rate, with tem­porary cessation, owing to the high price of its raw material, fur, was the ...

    Article : 174 words
  35. IMPERIAL FEDERATION.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Davidson questioned the Premier (Mr. Holman) whether it was true that the British Government intended to introduce a Bill ...

    Article : 121 words
  36. FOOD PRICES.

    In the Senate to-day the Leader of the House (Mr. Millen) informed Mr. Earle (T.) that the percentage increase in food prices since July, 1914, in the following ...

    Article : 94 words
  37. THE COUNTRY.

    WILLUNGA, August 19.—On Saturday evening, August 9, a welcome-home social arranged by the Cheer-up Society was tendered to Ptes S. Waye, R. Rowband, E. Haskett, and H. Elliott, ...

    Article : 4,557 words
  38. THE SUGAR QUESTION.

    From J. T. KEVERN:—When giving evidence before the Prices Commissioner recently I stated that sugar was available in Java at £8 a ton. A subsequent witness characterized the ...

    Article : 442 words
  39. ALLEGED SECRET ARREST.

    At a special meeting of the local branch of the Seaman's. Union to-day, it was stated that a man recently apprehended by the military authorities was a member ...

    Article : 122 words
  40. LABOUR FEDERATION DECISIONS.

    The Labour Federation executive has en­dorsed the Melbourne Trades Hall resolu­tion that the peace amnesty should be ex­tended to the 12 members of the I.W.W. ...

    Article : 75 words
  41. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES

    Speaking at a banquet of the Employers' Federation to-night, the President (Mr. William Brooks) announced that a conference of employers would shortly be ...

    Article : 134 words
  42. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Assembly to-day Mr. Brown (Na­tionalist Sabiaco), although supporting the Ministry, delivered a long speech advocating the nationalization of all main ...

    Article : 98 words
  43. NEW ZEALAND TOPICS.

    The men at the Huntley Coal Mine have ceased work owing to fear of a subsidence. The management are making a full enquiry. Admiral Viscount Jellicoe met with an ...

    Article : 113 words
  44. AN AGENT-GENERALSHIP.

    The Premier (Mr. Holman) was asked in the Legislative Assembly to-day whether, in view of rumours that the present Agent-General proposed to retire at an early date, ...

    Article : 129 words
  45. MEDICINE PRICES.

    Prices orders Nos. 559, 567, 570, and 591, relating to the sale of drugs and medicine in South Australia have been repealed. ...

    Article : 29 words
  46. PUBLIC SERVANTS' PAY.

    A large deputation which, waited upon the Attorney-General to-day demanded an all-round increase of £50 a year for all officers on lower salaries in the public ...

    Article : 48 words
  47. THE VACANT ECHUCA SEAT.

    Nominations for the Echuca seat in the Federal House of Representatives, rendered vacant by the death of Mr. A. C. Palmer, will case on September 6. The ...

    Article : 55 words
  48. GOOD RAINS IN THE WEST.

    Telegrams from the north-west report good rains in that part of the State. At Port Hedland 5½ in.—has been gauged. ...

    Article : 29 words
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