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  2. SINGAPORE DOCK.

    The skipper of one of the tugs attendant upon the huge floating dock for Singapore, which is now passing ,Ceylon, told a press representative to-day the story of a ...

    Article : 315 words
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    Advertising : 27 words
  4. WATER AS FUEL.

    That a time will come when the Thames can be set on fire, and water will be the cheapest of fuel, is a scientist's prediction. ...

    Article : 270 words
  5. ARMED VOLUNTEER FORCE.

    A committee representing the volunteer labourers visited The Register Office on Friday morning, as they wished to remove a false impression which they ...

    Article : 1,087 words
  6. GRAND OPERA.

    Evening by evening the pageant of Brand opera is unfolded by the Williamson-Melba Company at the Theatre Royal, and the all-too-brief season is drawing ...

    Article : 936 words
  7. IN QUEENSLAND.

    A State-wide strike of watersiders was decided upon by the All-Ports Conference to-day. The meeting resolved that all branches of the federation in ...

    Article : 376 words
  8. BEAM WIREESS.

    With the rapid progress in long-distance wireless communication by means of the beam system, it is expected by the technical officers of Marconi's Wireless ...

    Article : 320 words
  9. BENEFACTOR OF MAN.

    The death u announced to-day of Sir Henry Wickham, pioneer rubber planter ind explorer, in bis eighty-third year. Sir Henry two years ago received from the ...

    Article : 80 words
  10. COUNTRY ROUSED.

    A meeting was Held at Mannum to-night, to consider what could be done with regard to the crisis. The chairman of the district council (Mr. G. ...

    Article : 131 words
  11. NAVAL COMPROMISE.

    According to hints from the French Foreign Office, where the American Note will be delivered on Saturday, President Coolidge added to tho document a ...

    Article : 284 words
  12. HUME PIPE COMPANY.

    At the apr. 1 meeting of L.e Hume Pipe Company (Australia), Limited, to—day, the acting chairman of directors (Sit. L. J. Clifford) said the company had ...

    Article : 169 words
  13. FREMANTLE CONCURS.

    By a big majority the watersiders decided this morning to offer for employment at 1 p.m. to-day. ...

    Article : 31 words
  14. ALL QUIET IN SYDNEY.

    In spite of the resolution passed by the Sydney Trades and Labour Council, exhorting the watersiders to refuse to work vessels loaded by free labour, the unionists ...

    Article : 94 words
  15. BIOGRAPHICAL.

    Henry Wickham began life in modest circumstances and at school desired to learn nothing more than to draw. His ambition was to be an artist, but later be deserted ...

    Article : 308 words
  16. "BUSINESS AS USUAL."

    While some of their comrades at Port Adelaide have been rioting, the wharf men at Port Pirie have been more profitably engaged in sticking to their work ...

    Article : 267 words
  17. MEN READY TO WORK.

    Although a mass meeting of the Fremantle branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation decided to-day, by a large majority, to seek work under conditions ...

    Article : 266 words
  18. DEATH OF SOLICITOR.

    Alfred Gordon Thompson (48), solicitor, of Bathurst who had been in ill health, was found lying in the bathroom at his home to-day, with the right side of his ...

    Article : 66 words
  19. MOB RULE WILL GAIN NOTHING.

    The following statement was issued to-day by the oversea and interstate shipowners:—"Mob law on the Adelaide waterfront ...

    Article : 263 words
  20. PORT AUGUSTA WATER SUPPLY.

    PORT AUGUSTA; September 27.—The municipal and district councils of Port Augusta, Port Augusta West, Davenport, and Woolundongs have combined, and conferences of the members and ...

    Article : 838 words
  21. ROYAL MARRIAGE.

    The wedding of Prince chichibu to Miss. Matsudaira was celebrated to-dau, according to the traditional rites, in the Imperial sanctuary at the Central Palace. ...

    Article : 77 words
  22. AMERICAN GOODS.

    Austrilian, purchases from the United States in the first sir months of this year totalled £13,306,000, a decrease of 23 per cent, from the corresponding period of ...

    Article : 39 words
  23. MELBOURNE DEADLOCK.

    Fearing a protracted struggle on the waterfront is imminent, as the outcome of the strike of waterside workers, plans to meet the situation are being formulated ...

    Article : 964 words
  24. DOLING OUT SUGAR.

    Suppose of sugar to grocers have been cut off since last Friday, with the result that they are limiting sales over the counter to 1 lb. or 2 lb. It is stated that ...

    Article : 225 words
  25. FUNDAMENTAL INDUSTRIES.

    The Protectionist policy of Australia was the subject dealt With by the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) to-night, in a speech, at a dinner of the Chamber of Manufactures. ...

    Article : 442 words
  26. JEWELS STOLEN.

    The theft of jewellery worth more than £10,000 from a registered pocket is reported. A Belgian commercial traveller, M. Wilberts, insured pieces of jewellery ...

    Article : 120 words
  27. OVERSEA SPORTING.

    Tolley won the French open golf championship to-day, with 283. Kinch scored 284, Cotton and E. R. Whitcombe 286, and Boomer, Jolly, and Duncan 287. ...

    Article : 90 words
  28. DEFYING THE LAW.

    Referring to the waterside strike the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce), said to-night that the holding up of the wool sales, involving Australia in great loss ...

    Article : 208 words
  29. SUPPORT FOR GOVERNMENT.

    The committee of the Constitutional Club of Sooth Australia; Limited, passed, on Friday, the following motions relative to the strike ...

    Article : 114 words
  30. ARTIFICIAL SILK.

    All the largest artificial silk manufacturers of Europe have formed an international bureau for the standardization of fibres and the adoption of uniform standards ...

    Article : 41 words
  31. CRANKED CAR IN GEAR.

    Pinned under water by a motor car, and almost drowned, Mr. William Robertson, a traveller, was rescued from the Lachlan River at Forbes to-day. He had been ...

    Article : 82 words
  32. EMPLOYERS' VIEWPOINT.

    In a statement issued on Friday, the Steamship Owners' Association replied to an announcement made by the joint disputes committee representing the ...

    Article : 513 words
  33. CANADA'S GENEROSITY.

    After consultation with the Red Cross Society, the Government of Manitoba Province has announced that it will subscribe £5,000 to the British West Indies ...

    Article : 38 words
  34. CRICKET IDENTITY.

    The death of Mr. H. R. Rush, one of the best-known cricket legislators in Australia, occurred to-day. Mr. Rush had been suffering from influenza, but was ...

    Article : 163 words
  35. WOOL SALES RESUMED.

    In view of the fact that conditions from a shipping point of view are now normal in Sydney and Brisbane, it was arranged to-day that wool sales should be resumed ...

    Article : 41 words
  36. An Alleged Assault.

    John Arthur Frederick Davies appeared on remand before Mr. G. W. Halcombe, S.M., at the Port Adelaide Police Court on Friday, charged on the information of ...

    Article : 282 words
  37. MONEY SNATCHED.

    This afternoon a anamy a dressed man stole £40 off the counter at the Bank of Australasia, in Pitt street. An employee of a printing firm placed the money and ...

    Article : 113 words
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    Advertising : 22 words
  39. LAWN TENNIS. TO-DAY'S PENNANATS.

    The council of the South Australian Lawn Tennis Association met on Friday afternoon to decide whether any alteration should be made to its programme on account of a ...

    Article : 82 words
  40. FIFTY YEARS AGO.

    A tender was accepted for the erection of a Primitive Methodist Church at Queenstown. Former pupils at Prince Alfred College formed on old scholars ...

    Article : 48 words
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