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  2. LABOUR ITEMS

    The Coal Conciliation Board in the federated area has raised miners' wages in that area by 5 per cent. The wages are now 60 ...

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  3. MURDER BY BURGLAR

    Arthur Trotter, a collector, employed by MacRobertsons, confectioners, was murdered between 2 o'clock and 3 o'clock this morning ...

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  4. THE WAR IN THE BALKANS

    According to a message from Constantinople this morning, the Turkish delegates to the Peace Conference have privately submitted to ...

    Article : 285 words
  5. AERIAL NAVIGATION

    Messrs. Ehrardt, of Dusseldorf, have just tested two quick-firing anti-aircraft guns. They are mounted on swift motor cars, they fire at an ...

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  6. BRITISH POLITICS

    The newspapers comment favourable on the proposal of a Cambridge professor that only men who belong to the Territorial Army ...

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  7. STRUCK BY A METEORITE

    The barque Belfast, which left Newcastle on December 5 with a cargo of coal for Callao, South American returned to Sydney to-day ...

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  8. MENTAL DEFICIENCY.

    The "Times," apropos of the postponement till next session of the Mental Deficiency Bill because of the time lost by the ...

    Article : 63 words
  9. AIRSHIP STATION.

    The German Government is spending £165,000 on the establishment of an airship and aeroplane fetation at Cuxhaven. ...

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  10. COMPULSORY TRAINING.

    The "Evening Standard" declares that, despite the fact that five-sixths of the Unionist party and many of the Liberals support Lord ...

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  11. NON-UNIONIST QUESTION.

    Five thousand miners at Maesteg, in South Wales, and a thousand in Lanarkshire, have gone out on strike against the employment of ...

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  12. MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

    The death is announced of Miss Maud Hobson an actress who visited, Australia with the second gaiety company which included Mr. ...

    Article : 53 words
  13. MONEY ORDERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 82 words
  14. THREE SHIFT SYSTEM.

    The Northumberland miners will hold a ballot at the end of February, to decide whether they shall strike to end the three shift ...

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  15. TROUBLE AT BOOT FACTORY

    Thirteen clickers employed at the boot factory of Messrs. McMurtrie, Limited; Redfern, refused to work to-day because of their objection to ...

    Article : 103 words
  16. INSURANCE ACT.

    The doctors in many provincial districts are joining the medical panels, and accepting service under the Insurance Act, where previously ...

    Article : 44 words
  17. BATTLESHIP EXPLOSION.

    The explosion to-day of the main condenser of the battleship Massena at Toulon killed eight men. ...

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  18. WAGE INCREASES.

    Mr. Alfred Russell Wallace, the well-known writer on national history and social science, declared in a recent interview with a press ...

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  19. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.

    Sir Sydney Oliver, who has been Governor of Jamaica since 1907, has been appointed Permanent Secretary, to the Agricultural Department. ...

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  20. LAND INQUISITION.

    Some weeks ago, in consequence of the inquisitional investigation that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Lloyd-George ...

    Article : 127 words
  21. MURDER AND ROBBERY.

    At Grenoble recently a rich old man displayed a well-filled purse in a cafe. As he was returning home along a lonely road a thief stabbed ...

    Article : 89 words
  22. OLD AGE AND INVALID PENSIONS

    The Prime Minister has decided to bring into operation as from December 26 last increased payments provided under the Amended Old ...

    Article : 162 words
  23. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS.

    When the Peace Conference met yesterday the chief Turkish delegate, Reshid Pasha, handed to the delegates of the allies a declaration ...

    Article : 235 words
  24. A MINER'S LUCK.

    A Staffordshire miner named Bellingham has won a prize of £46,000 in the Hungarian New Year's lottery. ...

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  25. TASMANIAN LOAN.

    The public have subscribed 28 per cent. of the new Tasmanian loan, and the underwriters have to take 72 per cent. ...

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  26. LABOUR ALLIANCE.

    A conference of representatives of the Trade Union Congress, the Co-operative Union and the Labour party, will meet early in February ...

    Article : 104 words
  27. SCULLING RACE.

    Albany, said, a cablegram on the 4th inst., has challenged Ernest Barry, the world's champion sculler, to a race over the Tyn'e course, in ...

    Article : 109 words
  28. THE MARCONI CONTRACT.

    The Select Committee appointed some time back' under the presidency of Sir Albert Spicer, M.P., to inquire into the contract with the ...

    Article : 124 words
  29. VETERINARY ACT CASE

    Mr. Justice McMillan was engaged in the Practice Court this morning hearing a case under the Veterinary Act, 1911. The matter was an ...

    Article : 238 words
  30. BRIBES FOR ENLISTMENT.

    Five Frenchmen have been arrested at Metz, disguised as dealers, on the charge of offering Germans 350 francs each if they would ...

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  31. REMOVAL OF A WRECK

    Diver Beckett has written to the Commissioner of Public Works (Mr. Butler), claiming £1000 compensation for loss of time and expense incurred ...

    Article : 90 words
  32. SINGAPORE DOCK.

    The action brought by the big contracting firm of Sir John Aird and Co. to recover damages in connection with the construction of a ...

    Article : 46 words
  33. PRESS COMMENTS.

    Commenting upon yesterday's conference proceedings, the "Daily Chronicle" says that the suspension of the conference was an ingenious ...

    Article : 174 words
  34. THREATENING LETTERS.

    A man named Percy Collins, was brought up at Horsham recently on the charge of sending threatening, letters to the King, in which he ...

    Article : 110 words
  35. SOUTH AFRICAN UNIVERSITY.

    A The South African committee, here, Senator Puliat presiding, yesterday voted £2200 towards the establishment of a Chair of French ...

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  36. PANAMA CANAL.

    President Taft, said a cablegram from Washington yesterday, announces that he is willing to agree to arbitrate on the Panama Canal ...

    Article : 143 words
  37. PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

    The Conservatives are giving prominence to a suggestion made by Sir Joseph Lawrence to grant a bounty of 1/ on Colonial and ...

    Article : 123 words
  38. COMBATING CONSUMPTION

    An interesting report has been received from the Chief Secretary of New South Wales from the National Council for the Prevention of ...

    Article : 331 words
  39. LOST IN THE BUSH

    On Friday morning, last a little toddler of about three years, son of Mr. W. Bracegirdle, wandered into the bush about 8 o'clock. His ...

    Article : 187 words
  40. TRADE AND FINANCE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 78 words
  41. MONEY TRUST INQUIRY.

    The president of the Standard Oil Trust, Mr. J. D. Rockefeller, said a cablegram on the 30th ult., is at present eluding the service of ...

    Article : 160 words
  42. ALBANIAN AUTONOMY.

    The tone of opinion in Austrian official circles is hardening against Servia and in the direction of advocating a big Albania, extending ...

    Article : 62 words
  43. WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT.

    The House of Commons continued yesterday the debate on the Welsh Disestablishment Bill, and clause 13 was passed by means of the ...

    Article : 79 words
  44. SHIPPING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 54 words
  45. VICEROY OF INDIA.

    The Viceroy of India, Lard Hardinge, is now making excellent progress towards recovery. His condition is good, his wounds are ...

    Article : 67 words
  46. PLOT AGAINST THE PORTE.

    About the middle of November a number of arrests were made in connection with a plot against the Government, which was said to have ...

    Article : 171 words
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    The Rev. Dr. Graber, formerly well known in South Melbourne, where he was parish priest, is paying Melbourne a short visit. The ...

    Article : 76 words
  48. WOOL SALES

    At the wool sales to-day 10,622 bales were offered. A better selection was offered than on the opening day, and, generally speaking ...

    Article : 117 words
  49. SIR WILLIAM LEVER.

    In the House of Commons on the 31st ult. the Prime Minister, Mr. Herbert Asquith, in reply to a question, said that Sir William ...

    Article : 170 words
  50. COST OF LIVING.

    A correspondent in Sydney, writing to the "Daily Chronicle," says that Mr. Spence's report, asserting that the cost of living in England is ...

    Article : 84 words
  51. BRITISH OFFICERS.

    Captain H. Smith, of the East Surrey Regiment, Captain W. Smith, of the West' Surrey Regiment, Captain Davies, of the ...

    Article : 73 words
  52. Advertising

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  53. Advertising

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