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  2. NO MODERN ENGINES.

    The Chief Railways Commissioner (Mr. Webb) does not think much of South Australian locomotives. Giving evidence before the Railways Standing ...

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  3. THE DEBT BILL.

    The United States House of Representatives has passed the British Debt Redemption Bill. During the debate Mr. Collier opposed the proposal, and charged the ...

    Article : 133 words
  4. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

    Giving evidence before the Railways Standing Committee, the Chief Railways Commissioner (Mf. W. A. Webb) said that proposed changes of policy would ...

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  5. FREIGHTS AND REBATES.

    The Imperial Shipping Committee's fine report on the deferred rebate system, released for publication in Great Britain and Australasia, says:—"It is dear that ...

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  6. A MOTORING SMASH.

    A man was killed, and three men were Injured on Saturday night, when a motor car in which they were travelling crashed into a telegraph post. ...

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  7. COLLDSRY TRAGEDIES SOUTH AUSTRALIA

    At Dawson, New Mexico, where 125 coalminers were entombed in a pit, following an explosion, rescue parties located numerous bodies of victims. Two ...

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  8. RUHR SITUATION.

    The Berlin correspondent of The Morning Post. says the, Germans would prefer prolonged resistance, even to the point of national suicide, before capitulation to the French demands. The Berlin Correspondent of The Morning Post states that he attended a meeting of eminent persons who were participating in the struggle against the ...

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  9. SMYRNA POSITION,

    There is no news of any act of aggression at Smyrna, although the Turkish ultimatum expired at 6 o'clock on Thursday evening. The cruisers and torpedo ...

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  10. TURKEY MAY SIGN.

    Le Petit Parisien says:—Ismet Pasha is awaiting the allied overtures for the reopening of the Lausanne Conference. It is believed that the Angora Assembly will ...

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  11. DEFECTIVE WIRE-DRILLER.

    News has been received of a disastrous mining explosion at Cumberland, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Twenty-five 'bodies have been recovered.' ...

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  12. CARNIVAL AND A FIRE.

    The conclusion of the Manly carnival was marked by a bad outbreak of fire on Saturday night, and at one period the blaze threatened to spread down the Corso. ...

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  13. BEST THAT COLD BE HOPED FOR.

    In opening the debate in the House Mr. Burton declared that the Bill was of the most far reaching importance of any since the days when the allied armies were on ...

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  14. NOTE FOR THE ALLIES.

    The text of the joint Note of the allied Commissioners at Constantinople to the Turkish Government at Angora Estates:— We cannot admit, pending the signature ...

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  15. RUHR COAL SUPPLIES.

    A train carrying 750 tons of coal left Ruhr far Beiglum, to-day, and two similar ones for France. Others, with 5,000 tons of coal, are on route between ...

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  16. WRECKED ON MAIDEN VOYAGE.

    The German barque Adolie Vinnen, making her maiden voyage from Bremen for Barry, was wrecked on Friday night off the Lizard. The lifeboat was unable to ...

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  17. REDUCTIONS RECOMMENDED.

    The Australasian section of the London Chamber of Commerce has passed a resolution urging the shipping companies to reduce their apple freights 4/ a case if it ...

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  18. FRANCE'S COSTLY MOVE.

    The Daily Chronicle's Dusseldort correspodent says:—If the French had not occupied the Ruhr they would have revived over 2,000,000 tons of coal in the ...

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  19. TEMPORARY AGREEMENT

    The allied and Turkish authorities have recalled agreement, sanctioning a status quo for the fleets at Smyrna until matters are diplomatically arranged. ...

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  20. MINES IN SMYRAN CANAL.

    The Turks have placed fresh mines in the Smyrna canal, and the British authorities are warning merchant vessels of the danger of putting into Smyrna. ...

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  21. SENATE AND DEBT-FUNDING BILL.

    The Administration's plans for the British debt funding legislation from the Senate Finance Committee, to-day, "struck a snag," when Senators La Follette and ...

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  22. GOLDEN DAYS RETURNING.

    Mr. Collins, the Secretary to the Treasury, stated, yesterday that the time was fast approaching when Australia would be able to make payments in gold. The ...

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  23. EMPIRE EXHIBITION.

    Mr. U. F. Wintour (General Manager of the Empire Exhibition), in a special interview with the Australian Press Association said:—Never Previously have ...

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  24. MURDER BY AN ABBOT.

    Bishop Georges, head of the Orthodox Greek Church in Poland, has been shot dead by an Abbot, who said that the murder was an act of revenge for the ...

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  25. TANKS AND CAVALRY.

    The Germans have ceased to work the railways throughout the French and Belgian occupied zones. French troops continue to pour into Dusseldorff, Orders ...

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  26. AMERICAN RATES REDUCED.

    The Conference dipping" lines in the United States have announced material reductions in freight rates from New York to Australian Ports. First-class general ...

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  27. LAW REFORM.

    The first meeting of the recently appointed Royal Commission on Law Reform was held at Parliament House on Friday afternoon, "when there were present: ...

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  28. "SOME PROGRESS MADE."

    Referring to a statement from Sydney by he secretray of the Commonwealth Bank (Mr. Armitage) that Australia would have gold coinage within a year, ...

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  29. LOAN FOR GERMANY.

    The Osaka newspaper newspaper Mainichi reports that Germany has asked Japan for a loan of 50,000,000 gold marks (£2,500,000). ...

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  30. BILL PASSED REPRESENTATIVES.

    The Administration Bill, sanctioning the settlement negotiated by the American Debt Commission for payment of Britain's 4,600.000,000 dollar war debt, passed ...

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  31. WOOL SALES.

    The wool sales closed firm, the Continental demand for merinos having recovered practically the whole of the decline cabled last week. Best sorts are ...

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  32. FURTHER OCCUPATION.

    It is reported at Dusseldorf that the French authorities have stopped the German, customs officials from exacting duties for the second time on goods conveyed ...

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  33. PAPER MARKS AS WAGES.

    Eight hundred more Polish workmen are going into the Ruhr area at a daily wage of 50,000 marks. Polish enginedrivers in the Ruhr earn 18,000 marks an hour. ...

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  34. IRRIGATION.

    The immigration committee of the American House of Representatives has favourable reported on the proposals to adopt 2 per cent. (based on the 1890 ...

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  35. LONG CASUALTY LIST.

    Saturday night in Sydney never passes without a string of men who have overestimated their pugilistic ability needing medical attention. Last night, from the ...

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  36. FRENCH PUNISHMENT.

    Twelve German policemen have been arrested for refusal to salute French officers in the Ruhr. Two French soldiers went to Bochum in spite of orders to the ...

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  37. PRINCE MAX OF BADEN'S VIEWS.

    Prince Max of Baden, in the counse of a speech to-day, said:—Although Germany is no longer morally bound to respect the Versailles Treaty, she is ...

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  38. THE LIQUOR QUESTION.

    The Finnish Parliament has rejected a Bill providing for a new referendum on the prohibition issue. ...

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  39. ITALY NOT SUFFERING.

    The Italian Premier (Signor Mussolini), speaking in the Rome Chamber, of Deputies, said that Italy had not suffered by the Ruhr crisis. She continued to ...

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  40. THE BILL WILL SOON PASS.

    The Washington correspondent of The New York Times says:—The Senate Finance Committee has reported favourably on the British Debt Bill. Srs. La Follette, ...

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  41. KEEN COMPETITION.

    Messrs. George Wills &. Co. Limited, on Saturday morning received a cablegram from their London representatives, advising the closing of the London January ...

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  42. BOOTLEGGERS PUNISHED.

    The four La Montagne brothers, who were implicated in a bootlegging conspiracy, have each been sentenced to four months' goal and a fine of £400. ...

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  43. FIFTY YEARS AGO.

    The cricket match between a team representing H. M. S. Clio and an Adelaide scratch eleven, played at St. Peter's on Saturday, was won by Adelaide by an ...

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  44. HUSBAND, WIFE, AND EX-PEIEST.

    The King's Proctor has intervened in a strange divorce case, in which a schoolmaster, George Lantsberry, obtained a degree nisi in 1921, with an ex-priest ...

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  45. RELIEF FOR IRELAND.

    Speaking in the Dail Eireann yesterday, the Irish Free State Minister of Defence (Gen. Mulcahy) said that if the rebels came like men, admitted that they had ...

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  46. AMERICA AND LIGHT LIQUORS.

    Sir Lenroot, addressing an association of lawyers, said Congress could doubtless increase the alcoholic content of beer constitutionally to two or three per cent.; ...

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  47. STATE TRADING.

    The matter of State trading enterprises is causing the Cabinet concern. Although it is nine months since it was decided to dispose of the State timber ...

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  48. ADVANCING IN BUZZARD.

    The border is exceptionally quiet at present, and there is a lull in raiding all the way along the frontier. The winter has been severe, and the hills ...

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  49. SECONDARY SCHOOLS "UNCHRISTIAN."

    Cardinal Bourne, in his Lenten Pastoral, says that Roman Catholic boys must not be sent to non-Catholic public schools, He urges the necessity for a truly Christian ...

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  50. ENORMOUS GUARANTEE FUND.

    It is stated that the Empire Exhibition Guarantee Fund has reached £1,200,000, of which £700,000 is to be spent on the exhibition buildings and the stadium. ...

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  51. ITALIAN MUSIC.

    Signor Pietro Mascagni, the composer, who has returned from South America, was immediately invited to relate his impressions to the Premier (Signor ...

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  52. DRUG HABIT AND CRIME.

    Leonard ,Francis McCartie, a young Australian, was charged on Saturday at the Marylebone Police Court, with having forged and uttered cheques, and with ...

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  53. ACTOR AND VALUELESS CHEQUES.

    Hugh Chilman Buckler, an actor aged 40, who has been playing the leading part in "Decameron Nights," at Drury bane Theatre, has been further charged ...

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  54. EMPIRE MIGRATION.

    The Duke of Devonshire, Sir Joseph Cook (Australian High Commissioner), and Sir James Connelly (Agent-General for Western Australia), have signed the ...

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  55. ISOLATED AUSTRALIA.

    Sir Joseph Cook, the Australian High Commissioner, speaking at the British American Club, at Oxford University to-night, on "Australia's policy in the ...

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  56. HOMELESS QUARTET.

    At the City Court yesterday four seamen —John Molyneaux, Harry Pass, John Connolly, and Albert Parten—were brought up under the Vagrancy Act. Evidence ...

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  58. MISSING LINK.

    A remarkable story of simian intelligence is told. A small monkey named "Caleb" is credited with having captured a burglar. Caleb's owners returned to ...

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  60. McGRIGOR'S BANK FAILURE.

    The War Office believes that some sufferers as the result of the failure of McGrigor's Bank may be in Australia, and reminds them of the offer of the ...

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  61. MEMEL ULTIMATUM.

    It is understood that the head of the provisional Government at Memel has succeeded in persuading his force of irregulars to evacuate the city. Consequently ...

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  64. GERMAN GUNS STOLEN.

    Two German machine guns presented to the Melbourne State school committee were stolen during the Christmas holidays. The robbery was not discovered ...

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