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  2. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    After a conference of managers which lasted for about 12 hours on Tuesday after-noon and night, and into the early part of Wednesday morning, and which was ...

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  3. REMARKABLE RAGING MISHAP.

    After running in a manner much below expectations in the second division of the Epsom Purse on Wednesday, Bacardi showed signs of severe internal pain. When ...

    Article : 278 words
  4. INDIAN AFFAIRS.

    To keep in touch with the affairs of the Indian Round-table Conference the Prime Minister (Mr Ramsay MacDonald) has abandoned his usual Chustmas visit to his ...

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  5. PUBLISHING BIBLE.

    The unusual question fo whether any other than three firms in England have the right to publish the Authorised Version of the Bible will it is expected shortly ...

    Article : 305 words
  6. ELWOOD MURDER.

    Interest in the murder of Miss Mary Dean aged 25 years, school teacher, of Milton-street, Elwood, in a lane off Addison street. Elwood, early on the morning of ...

    Article : 199 words
  7. BURDEN OF TAXATION.

    Now that the State Parliament has passed the Unemployment Relief Amendment Bill and other taxation measures, taxpayers are in a position to estimate the total amount ...

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  8. DUTY ON SKINS.

    The resolution of the House of Representatives imposing an export duty of a half-penny a lb. on sheepskins with wool led to an unexpected application to ...

    Article : 1,612 words
  9. SCIENCE VERSUS WASTE.

    The Council for Scientific ind Industrial Research cost the community £108,531 last year. In the same period the council, with the co-operation of State departments. ...

    Article : 1,367 words
  10. COST OF LIVING.

    Compared with October the cost of living in the 30 principal towns of the Commonwealth decreased by 1.7 per cent in November, according to figures issued ...

    Article : 452 words
  11. HORROR IN CIRCUS.

    People attending a circus at Miramont were horrified to see a tigress attack her trainer named Waniecke. She ripped his face, and he fell bleeding, whereupon five ...

    Article : 80 words
  12. SAFETY IN FLYING.

    The aeronautical committee of the Air Ministry has undertaken to carry out experiments with the object of testing the compound wing for aeroplanes invented ...

    Article : 352 words
  13. ARGENTINE EARTHQUAKE.

    Thirty-five persons were killed and 70 injured in a severe earthquake which shook the whole of the State of Salia, in the north-west of the Argentine Republic ...

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  14. NEW YORK FINANCE.

    Another important bank failure occurred to day with the closing of the Chelsea Bank and Trust Company. This bank is closely associated with the moving picture ...

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  15. RAILWAY DERAILMENT.

    DOOKIE, Thursday.—The 1 p.m. train from Dookie to Katamatite was derailed yesterday afternoon between Youanmite and Katamatite. The train which ...

    Article : 143 words
  16. SUIT AGAINST SOVIET.

    A bailiff armed with a distress warrant visited a building occupied by the Soviet Commercial Mission yesteiday, and tried to take possession of the building and the ...

    Article : 158 words
  17. N.S.W. LIEUT-GOVERNOR.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Chief Justice (Sir Philip Street) received his commission as Lieutenant Governor on October [?], but has not yet been sworn in. The ...

    Article : 144 words
  18. SECRET SOCIETIES.

    Close supervision is being exercised by the police over the activities of branches of Italian secret societies which have been established in Victoria, including the ...

    Article : 119 words
  19. British Miners.

    The Miners' Federation announced to-night that by a small majority the districts had accepted the spreadover of hours against which the men went on strike a ...

    Article : 53 words
  20. Toti Dal Monte.

    A message received from Milan states that Tott dal Monte and her husband, de Muro Lomanto, the tenor, have been guaranteed £120,000 for a tour of Russia, China, ...

    Article : 133 words
  21. ATTACKED BY TIGER SNAKE.

    TRAFALGAR, Thursday.—Mr. George Stockdale of Thorpdale was picking straw, berries when he was attacked by a tiger snake, which buried its fangs in the side ...

    Article : 82 words
  22. FALL FROM TRAIN.

    ARARAT, Thursday.— Archibald Murdock McAlpine, railway employee, of Dawson street, Ararat, was returning from the Landsborough district by the afternoon ...

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  23. Australia House.

    "I am sorry it is so evident that our numbers have been heavily decreased," said the High Commissioner for Austiaha (Sir Glanville Ryrie) at the annual Christmas ...

    Article : 99 words
  24. STORE BROKEN INTO.

    BRIGHT, Thursday.—Early this morning thieves broke open two kerb pumps, the property of the Valley Servces, and filled the tank of a motor-car with spirit. ...

    Article : 98 words
  25. HELP FOR WOOLGROWEKS.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.—Responding to Christmas felicitations last night the Premier (Mr. Moore) said that there was perhaps a gleam of hope of better times ...

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  26. Wheat From Canada.

    The chairman of the Farm Board (Mr. Legge) has suggested to the Senate Agri cultural Committe a temporary embargo on the importation of wheat as the most ...

    Article : 146 words
  27. New York Bank Rate.

    The board of the Federal Reserve Bank at Washington has announced that the Federal Reserve Bank, New York, has reduced its rediscount rate from 2½ per cent. ...

    Article : 88 words
  28. TWO DEATHS FROM POISONING.

    Two women died at the Melbourne Hospital last night from the effects of poison. A woman who is believed to be Nancy Davis, of Brunswick street, Fitzroy, was ...

    Article : 89 words
  29. Treaty With Canada.

    The Australian Minister for Markets (Mr.P. Moloney) has made the following statement:—"During my first visit to Ottawa 1 explored the whole of the details ...

    Article : 120 words
  30. SANTA CLAUS'S WHISKERS AFIRE

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—A children's Christmas party in the Presbyterian Church, Westlake, last night had an unfortunate ending. John Brander, of ...

    Article : 89 words
  31. BLOWN OFF HAYSTACK.

    TALLANGATTA, Thursday.—Reuben Hanley, aged 44 years, soldier settler, of Granya, was on the top of a stack of hay yesterday when he was blown off by a ...

    Article : 72 words
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  33. Britain's Oldest Man Dies.

    The oldest man in Great Britain, Patrick Flood, aged 115 years, has died at Killegney, near Enniscorthy (Wexford). He was born in the year of the battle of Waterloo. ...

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