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  2. LABOUR TROUBLES

    Contrary to the exhortation of their leaders, delegates of 150,000 Welsh miners passed a resolution at Cardiff to-day strongly advising the miners to ...

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  3. SHIPPING

    The secretary of the Australasian Merchants' Association in London, interviewed to-day, stated that, provided the rates were reasonable, merchants ...

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  4. DEVONPORT SHIPBUILDING

    Owing to the early closing of the Devonport telegraph office, our report of the extraordinary meeting of shareholders of the Mersey Shipbuilding ...

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  5. AVIATION.

    The two De Havilland aeroplanes which are essaying the flight from Melbourne to Sydney left Albury at 4.45 this afternoon, and arrived at Wagga at 6 o'clock. ...

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  6. FEDERAL AND STATE FINANCE

    Impressed with the imprerativeness of means being adopted to simplify the Commonwealth and State methods of the collection of income taxes, some ...

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  7. PEACE CONFERENCE.

    The German Foreign Office has decided to act in reference to the armstice only on the basis of President Wilson's 14 points. ...

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  8. INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC

    The Board of Health's final report to-night shows that the prenmonic influenza epidemic continues to increase in virulence. There have boen l8 ...

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  9. THE RUSSIAN SITUATION

    In the Japanese House of Kepresentatives to-day, General Tanaka, the Minister of War, stated that the American troops, during the fighting at ...

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  10. REGULATION OF AERIAL TRAFFIC.

    Several aerial companies have applied to the Federal Treasury for registration for excursion or general transport work in Australia. The Federal Cabinet ...

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  11. THE ALLIES' OPERATIONS.

    The Omsk correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that a detachment of Siberian troops, after leaving Chordin, 80 miles to the northward of ...

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  12. UNEMPLOYED WOMEN.

    Half a million women in Great Britain are in receipt of unemployment allowances, but a further 1,000,000 women are idle, owing to the ...

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  13. THE FRUIT, INDUSTRY.

    Mr. J. M. Ward (acting socretary of the Provisional Apple Pool Committee) has received the following letter from the Chief Prices Commissioner (Mr. P. ...

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  14. BORDER RESTRICTIONS REMOVED.

    The State Cabinet to-day decided to remove the border quarantine restrictions, and to admit into New South Wales travellers from Victoria on the ...

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  15. SAFETY OF PRISONERS.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. C. B. Harmsworth, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that the Russian ...

    Article : 126 words
  16. STRIKE IN SPAIN.

    Martial law has been proclaimed at Barcclona owing to a general strike, and all activities, including lighting, the newspapers, and the banks, have ...

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  17. A FATAL ACCIDENT.

    Miss Charlotte Munday, aged 68 years, was admitted to the General Hospital at 11 o'clock on Monday evening, suffering with injuries to her ...

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  18. REPATRIATION DEPARTMENT.

    A statement issued by the Repatriation Department to-day in connection with the grant of £500,000 made to municipalities for the purpose of providing work for ...

    Article : 149 words
  19. GERMAN LABOURERS' DEMANDS.

    The labourers of the Ruhr district, at a conference held yesterday, decided upon a general strike throughout the Rhineland and Westphalia unless a ...

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  20. VICTORIA

    Two hundred and seven fresh cases were reported to-day, 189 of them being in the metropo[?]nan area, and 18 in the country. ...

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  21. STRIKE ON THE RAND.

    a message received in Capetown from Johannesburg states that the Town Council this morning passed a resolution declaring that, although there was ...

    Article : 181 words
  22. GENERAL WAR NEWS

    The ex-Emperor Charles of Austria arrived in Switzerland yesterday, wearing a general's uniform, with decorations. Count Czernin, his former ...

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  23. PERSONAL.

    A cable message from London states that Madame Stralia, the well-known Australian singer, has been engaged for the opera season at Covent Garden. ...

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  24. THE INDEMNITIES.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. Bonar Law, the leador of the Government stated that the Allies had not yet fixed the indemnities to be ...

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  25. THE ARBITRATION COURT.

    In the High Court jurisdiction to-day Mr. Justice Higgins sat to determine an application by the Waterside Workers' Federation as to whether there was a ...

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  26. MILITARY SERVICE BILL.

    There was a bitter debate in the House of Commons this afternoon on the motion for the third reading of the Military Service Bill. The Lahour ...

    Article : 108 words
  27. QUARANTINE AND SHIPPING.

    At the Cabinet meeting to-night, the position of Tasmania, so far as the quarantine regulations are concerned, was considered. ...

    Article : 441 words
  28. RESTRICTION VERSUS FREEDOM OF GERMAN TRADE.

    Regarding the proposal for a restrictive policy on Germany's trade, it is stated that, on the other hand, substantial or complete freedom is ...

    Article : 228 words
  29. POSTAL MUDDLING.

    Considerable dissatisfaction was expressed in commercial circles yesterday at the official explanation by the postal authorities at Sydney as to the delayed ...

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  30. CHILD WELFARE ASSOCIATION

    The first annual meeting of the Child Welfare Association was held at the Town-hall this afternoon, presided over by Alderman R. J. Sudler, ...

    Article : 410 words
  31. RAILWAY CLASSIFICATION BOARD.

    A meeting of the Cabinet was held at the Government-buildings, Launceston, this afternoon, when all Ministers were present, with the exception of the Hon. ...

    Article : 463 words
  32. THE PACIFIC.

    Mr. Guy Scholefield delivered a lecture at the Royal Colonial Institute to-day on reconstruction in the Pacific Sir Everard Im Thurn, formerly ...

    Article : 100 words
  33. THE PLAINT OF THE MINERS.

    In connection with the claim on be half of the miners of all the States except Queensland, for increased rates of pay and improved working conditions ...

    Article : 248 words
  34. ROMAN GATHOLIC CHURCH.

    The Pope has authorised the reading of the Gospel during mass in all Italian churches, and has made a similar concession in other countries. ...

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  35. THE LABOUR CHARTER.

    The covenant submitted by the Labour Commission at the Peace Conference comprises 41 articles. The preamble declares that existing labour ...

    Article : 309 words
  36. THE EGYPTIAN RIOTS.

    Mr. C. B. Harmsworth, the Parliamentary Under-secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated in the House of Commons this afternoon that Government ...

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  37. NORTHERN FRUIT MATTERS.

    The members of the Launceston Fruit Board met the Minister of Agriculture (Hon. J. B. Hayes) this evening, and discussed with him the regulations ...

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  38. TASMANIA.

    It was reported at the Public Health Department yesterday that Fireman L. Greaves, who was isolated at Barnes Bay from the Oonah on Friday week, ...

    Article : 206 words
  39. BRITISH FINANCE.

    In the House of Lords this afternoon Lord Faringdon called attention to the country's financial condition, and said the burden was fast becoming ...

    Article : 155 words
  40. NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

    Concessions have been made to the railway workers by the New Zealand Government. Three bonuses granted during the war are to be made ...

    Article : 182 words
  41. COAL MINING INDUSTRY.

    The conference between employers and employees in the coal mining industry which was convened by the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Watt) resumed ...

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  42. HUNGARY.

    It is reported that French troops between Buda Pesth and Rumania have been attacked by the Hungarians, losing many prisoners, and that a ...

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  43. THE EMPIRE.

    Mr. Bonar Law, the Leader of tne Government, stated in the House of Commons this afternoon that the Government, would consult the Dominion ...

    Article : 73 words
  44. ELECTROCUTION ACCIDENT.

    The following amounts have been received for the above fund, and we shall be pleased to acknowledge forther donations:— Already acknowledged. £357 8s 10d.; Mr. ...

    Article : 73 words
  45. GENERAL CABLES.

    The Privy Council has allowed the appeal in the case of the Melbourne Tramway Co. versus the Tramway Board, and dismissed the cross appeal ...

    Article : 34 words
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