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  2. PRICES FALLING.

    The great London firm of Seltridge'e, although able, became of its financial strength and popularity, to yield more slowly than others to the downward pressure ...

    Article : 220 words
  3. OIL LOCATED.

    It is reported that two French wells have struck oil near Bohneville, in the department of Haute [?] near the Italian and Swiss frontiers. One well is 1,477 ft. ...

    Article : 266 words
  4. PEACE—AND WAR.

    The Treaty of Peace between the Allies and Hungary was signed at Paris to-day. ...

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  5. IRISH STRIKERS REBUKED.

    Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P. (Political Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen) has telegraphed to the Irish branch of the union requesting that the ...

    Article : 157 words
  6. HOUSE BUILDING.

    The endeavour to cope with the serious housing problem has resulted in a most interesting experiment being made in London and Manchester, in the ...

    Article : 219 words
  7. THE ANZAC HOSTEL.

    Those who speak of the glories of war are usually people who have never witnessed its horrors. Hundreds of Australia's gallant sons returned to their native land victims ...

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  8. MESOPOTAMIA.

    An important announcement was made last Tuesday by the British Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia (Sir A. Wilson) to a deputation at Bagdad, in regard to the ...

    Article : 220 words
  9. INTERNATIONAL FINANCES.

    The United States Government, replying to the invitation extended by the League of Nations to America to send a representation to the Brussels Financial ...

    Article : 73 words
  10. ANGLO-JAPANJESE TREATY.

    The Daily Telegraph says it is expeteted that the Anglo-Japanese streaty will be renewed automatically from year to year until it has been reviewed by the League ...

    Article : 69 words
  11. 'NO DISCRIMINATION" AGAINST GOVERNMENT."

    The official report of the Prime Minister's reply to the deputation of railwaymen headed by Mr. Thomas in connection with the refusal of the Irish railwaymen ...

    Article : 426 words
  12. MORE BREATHING SPACE.

    The Inter-allied Housing Congress has adopted a resolution demanding a minimum standard of comfort in the home. The twopnlanning resolution adopted ...

    Article : 55 words
  13. FRANCE AND RUSSIAN TRADE.

    M. Pa[?]nleve, a French statesman, who is passing through the United States on the way to China to carry out a special mission to that country, says that France ...

    Article : 80 words
  14. THE SLUMP IN WOOL.

    At the Australian wool sale the bidding was moderate, and prices were irregular at a 25 per cent, decline on previous rates. Eleven thousand bales were offered, and ...

    Article : 37 words
  15. DUTCH PROPOSALS REJECTED.

    The Sunday Express says that the British Government has decided to reject the Royal Dutch Shell Combine's proposals in reference to the Mesopotamian ...

    Article : 33 words
  16. DOCK GATES SMASHED.

    An extraordinary accident occurred to—day at Birkenhead. A collier leaving a dock crashed into the gates and smashed them. The flood of impounded water ...

    Article : 73 words
  17. GENERAL CABLES.

    At to-day's cession of the Entomological Conference Mr. Watt (Australia) drew attention to the need for the proper infraction of students in Australia. The ...

    Article : 98 words
  18. AVIATION.

    The French aviators Bossutrot and Bernard to-day achieved a world's single flight duration, record. They remained in she air 24h. 19m. They had intended to attempt a ...

    Article : 44 words
  19. LENIN'S HAND IN INDIA.

    The Edho de Paris publishes correspondence which has passed between the Russian Bolshevist Premier (M. Lenin) and the Hindu revolutionaries. The latter ...

    Article : 65 words
  20. A TURF ROMANCE.

    A man named Bigot, dirty, ragged, and unkempt, was yesterday arrested by the roadside. The police found him gleefully counting banknotes valued at more than ...

    Article : 84 words
  21. REVIEWS OF MILITARY OPERATIONS.

    The British War Office, in this week's review of military operations, says:—Siberia.— In Siberia the Japanese are conducting ...

    Article : 183 words
  22. CHINESE BANDITS.

    The Pekin correspondent of The New York Times says that British and American gunboats have been ordered to proceed to the Yangtse Rover to protect ...

    Article : 75 words
  23. AERODROME DESTROYED.

    A fire at the Cranwell (Lincolnshire) Aerodrome has destroyed the hangars and 130 aeroplanes. ...

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  24. AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS.

    The London newspapers have given favourable notices to the joint recital at the Wigmore Hall of Miss Leila Doubleday (Australian violinist) and Mr. Max ...

    Article : 34 words
  25. CZECHO-SLOVAKIA AND AUSTRALIA.

    An Australian Press Association representative has interviewed. H. Hotometz (Minister for Commerce) regarding the Czecho-Slovakian prospects of direct ...

    Article : 283 words
  26. SPORTING CABLES.

    In the North London lawn tennis championships semi-final, Arthur H. Lowe (England) beat F. M. B. Fisher (New Zealand), 5—7, 6—4. Gordon Lowe scratched ...

    Article : 75 words
  27. BUBONIC PLAGUE IN MEXICO.

    The epidemic of plague is spreading alarmingly, and the public are subscribing to fight the outbreak. ...

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  28. A WESTERN AUSTRALIAN TRAWLER.

    The steamer Penguin, which has been fitted up as a modern trawler by the Government, left Fremantle on Saturday for Albany, preparatory to undertaking a ...

    Article : 81 words
  29. ANOTHER AMERICAN RESIGNATION.

    The Under Secretary for State (Mr. Polk) has resigned, and President Wilson has accepted his resignation. Mr. Polk gave the poor state of his health as the ...

    Article : 85 words
  30. HENLEY REGATTA PROSPECTS.

    The Henley regatta will be shorn of much attractiveness this year owing to the absence of the colonial and foreign representatives, who gave it an international ...

    Article : 90 words
  31. DOCK LABOURERS' REFUSAL.

    Dock labourers at Cork have refused to discharge a shipment of barbed wire intended to fortify police barracks in Ireland. ...

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  32. POLES ADVANCING.

    Reports from Warsaw state that the Polish armies are advancing victoriously between the River Dvina and the Upper Beresina, and have taken many prisoners. ...

    Article : 97 words
  33. DOMINIONS AND SUGGESTED TRANSFER.

    In the House of Commons to-day, replying to Capt. Ormaby-Gore, Mr. Lloyd George said it had not been decided to transfer the Dominions Department of the ...

    Article : 115 words
  34. DE VALERA AT CHICAGO.

    The Chicago correspondent of The New York Times says:—The Sinn Fein leader, Eamoun De Valera, arrived at Chicago to-day, and announced that he would ...

    Article : 92 words
  35. BOXING.

    Fred Marchant beat Eddie Fitzgerald at Liverpool is a 15-rounds match. Fitzgerald maintained an even contest until the tenth round, when he accidentally hit ...

    Article : 61 words
  36. THE POPE ON SINN FEIN.

    The Sunday Times says that His Holiness the Pope has informed Irish Bishops visiting the Vatican that the methods which are being adopted by the Sinn Fein ...

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  37. TEHERAN REPORTED OCCUPIED.

    The Persian Legation at Constantinople says it is understood that the Bolsheviks have entered Teheran. Official circles in London discredit the statement. Teheran is the capital of Persia, about 70 miles south of the south shore of the Caspian Sen. It is an important city, defended by fortifications 10 miles in ...

    Article : 85 words
  38. AUSTRALIAN FARMS.

    The Overseas Settlement Committee has granted £25,000 to assist the scheme of Australian Farms, Limited, for the settlement of Imperial ex-officers of the public ...

    Article : 131 words
  39. BRITISH COAL CONTROL.

    The official rationing of household coal will cease on Monday, but the pithead price will be controlled as hitherto. The control of wholesale and retail prices will ...

    Article : 82 words
  40. BIRTHDAY HONOURS.

    The list of King'e Birthday honours issued by the Prime Minister (Mr. Lloyd George) includes only one peerage, viz., Prince Albert (second son of His Majesty) ...

    Article : 225 words
  41. LABOUR CABLEGRAMS.

    The entire country is threatened with a gasworkers' strike for higher wages. A ballot overwhelmingly favoured a stoppage on June 26. ...

    Article : 30 words
  42. PERSIA AND THE SOVIETS.

    An official communique says:—At the request of the Persian Government, the Council of the League of Nations has been convoked to meet in London on June 11 ...

    Article : 110 words
  43. WEALTH TAX ABANDONED.

    It is understood that the British Government has definitely decided to abandon the idea of a levy on war wealth. It is expected that the Chancellor of the ...

    Article : 45 words
  44. RAILWAY WAGES ADVANCED.

    The report of the National Wages Board on the claims of railwaymen for an increase of £1 a week, grants advances in wage varying from 4/ to 8/6 weekly, for ...

    Article : 166 words
  45. TURKISH NATIONALISTS ACTIVE.

    A Turkish Nationalist proclamation issued at Angora offers £45,000 for the assassination of the Ottoman Grand Vizier as an enemy of his country. Nationalist ...

    Article : 65 words
  46. MINERS AND SHAREHOLDERS.

    At the annual meeting of the British Broken Hill Mining Company, the Chairman (Mr. Woodhead), referring to the industrial trouble at Broken Hill, said that ...

    Article : 84 words
  47. THE COUNTRY.

    GAWLER, June 4.—The Gawler Institute Committee, which has had in mind the building of a half as a memorial of fallen soldiers, has had to abandon the proposition of the present, owing ...

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  48. ZEPPELIN WORKERS' WRATH.

    Le Journal says that workers in the Zeppelin factories of Germany are opposing the surrender of the large airships Bodensee and Nordstern to the Allies, on ...

    Article : 52 words
  49. VENIZELOS'S FIRM STAND.

    The Greek Premier (M. Venizelos) declares that martial law will continue in force until the danger of a pro-Constantine rising has ...

    Article : 105 words
  50. HOME RULE.

    During the discussion of the Irish Home Rule Bill in the House of Commons to-day the Government accepted an amendment providing that the transfer of the Royal ...

    Article : 221 words
  51. HUNGARY.

    The Conference of the National Federation of Transport Workers at Southampton discussed the decision of the International Federation of Trade Unions to ...

    Article : 100 words
  52. AS IMPOTENT GOVERNMENT.

    The British Labour Delegation, which visited Hungary to ascertain the exact condition of affairs in that country; has reported that many cases of murder, torture ...

    Article : 68 words
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  54. MARINES FOR IRELAND.

    The battleships Valiant and Warspite left Devonport to-night for Queeustown with a force of marines furnished with full active service equipment. ...

    Article : 27 words
  55. BURNING OF A BRITISH FLAG.

    The State Department has ordered an enquiry into the burning of a British flag in the "streets of Washington, at the instance of a number of women "friends of ...

    Article : 58 words
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