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  2. YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT

    Sitting together, both Houses elected Mr. C. W. Grant to fill the vacancy in the Senate caused by the resigition of Mr. G. Foster. The House of Assembly devoted most time to the debate on ...

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  3. A HOPEFUL SIGN

    It is reported that the mine owner, have agreed to the request by the Prime Minister (Mr. Stanley Baldwin) to suspend their notices of a severe wage ...

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  4. FLEET FESTIVITIES

    The people of Victoria and New South Wales continue to shower generous hospitality upon the American visitors, and functions in Melbourne and Sydney have been marked by a display of enthusiastic cordiality which may be calculated to ...

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  5. CLOSER TOGETHER

    There is a more hopeful outlook in connection with the maritime strike. The conference in Melbourne yesterday was adjourned indefinitely. A sub-committee of ten was appointed to draft a settlement agreement. Finality is expected within a ...

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  6. A NOTABLE DAY

    The new Governor-General of Australia (Lord Stonchaven) was the guest of the Royal Colonial Lustitute at a luncheon to-day. Mr. Stanley ...

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  7. SUBSIDISING THE INDUSTRY.

    It is learned that Cabinet to-day considered the question of a temporary subsidy for the coal mining industry, also several other possible solutions to ...

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  8. REPORT BY COURT OF ENQUIRY.

    The Court of Enquiry into the coal mining dispute reports that workers were justified in claiming the incorporation of a minimum wage provision in ...

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  9. CONFERENCE ADJOURNED

    The conference between the shipowners of the Commonwealth, the Seamen's Union, and the Melbourne Trades Hall disputes committee, to-day adjourned ...

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  10. BRILLIANT BALL.

    Federal Government House has witnessed some brilliant entertainments since it first became the official residence of the Governors of Victoria, and later ...

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  11. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY

    Mr. Cosgrove (Denison) resumed the debate on the Address-in-Reply in the House of Assembly. In seconding the motion he referred to the unemployment ...

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  12. OFFICERS' WIVES ARRIVE.

    The wives of several officers of the American fleet arrived in Sydney to-day by the Maunganul, to which they had been transferred in Auckland by the ...

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  13. "NO ROOM FOR PASSENGERS."

    Lord Stonehaven added that his translation to Australia, notwithstanding the five weeks' journey, was by no means banishment. He realised that a ...

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  14. MUST NOT TAKE SIDES

    The leader of the Opposition (Mr. McPheo) referred to the [?]nipping strike in the House of Assembly to-day. He said that Industrial legislation tended to ...

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  15. "BOYCOTT" THAT WAS NOT.

    Much comment is heard in Trades Hall circles over the reported action of a number of prominent members of the Trades and Labour Council in flouting ...

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  16. STRAIGHT TALK.

    Although the seamen strongly object to the original terms of the owners, it is expected that the sub-committees will be able to reach a compromise. Each side ...

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  17. MR. BALDWIN'S INTERVENTION.

    It is expected that "Mr. Baldwin will attend the joint meeting of the coal owners and men under the chairmanship of Mr. W. C. Bridgeman (First ...

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  18. OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS.

    Entertainments were not lacking during the day, however. The Commonwealth and State Governments combined to take 25 officers and 250 men to ...

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  19. TRBUTE TO AUSTRALANS.

    Lord Stonehaven quoted his brother, the late General Baird, who served three years in France, as saying that the Australians at the end of three ...

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  20. A FREE LEG.

    To-day's general programme of fleet festivities permitted of much leisure for inspections of the city and suburbs, and for short trips to the country. It ...

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  21. MIGRATION

    The Agent-General for Victoria (Mr. George Fairbairn) presided at the initial meeting to-day of the Big Brother Committee (an off-shoot of the New Settlers' ...

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  22. FLOATING DOCKYARD.

    No unit in the visiting fleet is better worth a visit of inspection than the repair ship Medusa, for though every fleet has a repair ship attached to it there is ...

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  23. INTERNATIONAL UNITY.

    Great Britian, Frame, Germany, Belgium, and Czecho-Slovakia were represented at a private meeting of the executive committee of the Miners' ...

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  24. LARANAH LOADING FRUIT.

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  25. THE NOTICE PAPER

    Mr. Freeland gave notice of his intention to move next day—"That a return be laid on the table of the Council of all correspondence and papers relative ...

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  26. "DINED AND WINED."

    The president of the Rotary Club (Mr. A S. S Holtz), at the weekly luncheon of the club, said that strong exception had been taken to the published ...

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  27. WHERE THE SHIPS ARE

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  28. BOOST AUSTRALIA

    "All the American visitors at present in Sydney are deeply grateful for the cordiality of the reception to the United States Fleet, and will do their utmost ...

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  29. EVOLUTION UNMASKED

    The undelivered speech of 10,000 words which the late Mr. William Jennings Bryan had prepared for closing his argument in John Thomas Scopes' ...

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  30. COMMONWEALTH LINERS.

    Although three steamers of the Australian Commonwealth line are idle in Sydney, none of them could be placed in commission at present owing to ...

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  31. LOAN FLOTATION

    The House of Assembly passed a biG providing authorisation for the raising by means of state securities the sum of £8934, flotation expenses in ...

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  32. ENTERTAINING THE PRINCE

    The Senate to-day voted 400,000 pesos (about £80,000) to entertain the Prince of Wales during his coming visit to the Argentine Republic. British subjects ...

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  33. SHORTAGE OF APPLICANTS.

    The High Commissioner for Australia (Sir Joseph Cook) has issued a statement in the English press, pointing out that the greatest difficulty is being ...

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  34. MR. AMERY'S SPEECH.

    Commenting on the statement by the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs (Mr. L. C. Amery) on the working of the Empire Settlement Act, "The Times" ...

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  35. BASEBALL GAMES.

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  36. WILL HELP TASMANIA

    The Premier (Mr. Leons) has received the following letter from the president of the Seamen's Union (Mr. T. Walsh), dated July 25:— ...

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  37. POWERS OF THE COUNCIL

    References to the much discussed powers of the Legislative Council in respect to money bills were made in the House of Assembly to-day, and the ...

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  38. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

    The Address-in-Reply, which was drawn up by the select committee, was presented to the Council. In moving the presentation of the ...

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  39. THE FIRST IN LAUNCESTON

    The c[?]urteous treatment by the Naval Department at Washington, D.C., of a request from a Launceston resident made it possible for Chief Yeoman Thomas ...

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  40. SOVEREIGNS NOT WANTED.

    The secretary to the Treasury (Mr. J. R. Collins) said to-day it had been expected in official circles that the sovereigns, which the American authorities ...

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  41. BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S SHARE.

    "Any practical scheme proposed by the dominions for securing British colonists will be supported by the British Government to the extent of half the ...

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  42. BASEBALL MATCHES.

    The baseball matches were continued to-day on the Melbourne Cricket Ground when Australia met the Omaha squadron and Victoria played a team from the ...

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  43. DRAW CLOSER THE BONDS.

    In response to the cablegram despatched by the Commonwealth Government, President Coolidge has replied that he had received with appreciation the ...

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  44. TO-DAY'S EVENTS

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  45. NEW ZEALAND POLITICS

    The financial debate was opened in the House of Representatives, and was converted into a no-confidence debate by Mr. Sidey who in place of Mr. Wilford, ...

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  46. SHOTFIRER KILLED

    Richard Bradshaw, a shotfirer, was killed at the Coalcliff colliery, Bull, this morning by a fall of stone. Bradshaw was engaged in brushing the ...

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  47. NIGHTS ON VEHICLES,

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