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  2. COALMINES.

    Mr. Farrar (Minister for Labour) was authorised by Cabinet yesterday to take the initial steps to bring about a conference between the coal proprietors and the employees ...

    Article : 192 words
  3. ALLEGED BRIBES.

    The Cabinet yesterday rejected the Miners' Council's request for a Royal Commission into the allegations of bribery in connection with the Stockton Borehole Colliery. ...

    Article : 201 words
  4. BRITAIN'S TRADE.

    "Thero is no doubt that an optimistic note is being struck now as far as English trade is concerned. Unquestionably, as last year drew to a close. English trade improved, and, ...

    Article : 336 words
  5. THIRTEEN DEATHS.

    According to French newspapers published in Noumea, six Frenchmen, one Englishman, and six Asiatics lost their lives in the fire and explosion which destroyed a considerable ...

    Article : 394 words
  6. CYCLONE.

    With dramatic suddenness a gale of cyclonic force struck the towns of Tweed Heads and Coolangatta this morning, and within a few minutes some of the principal buildings on ...

    Article : 831 words
  7. THE U.S. NAVY.

    Mr. Curtis D. Wilbur Secretary to the Navy in the Coolldge Administration, made a remarkable speech to-day at a meeting of business man in Indianapolts, during which ...

    Article : 579 words
  8. STORIES OT HORROR

    Atrocities surpassing in horror anything [?]itherto known in China are recounted by a missionary correspondent in a letter to a local British paper from Swatow. The ...

    Article : 342 words
  9. DEFEATED.

    In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Clynes (Lab,). who resumed the debate on the Labour amendment to the Address in Reply said that the feared there was trouble ahead for the ...

    Article : 447 words
  10. CIVIC FINANCES.

    A financial statement, embodying the estimates of the current year, was submitted to the City Commissioners yesterday by the heads of the various civic departments. ...

    Article : 318 words
  11. BALMAIN MINE.

    Mr. J. Balley, president of the State branch of the A.W.U., yesterday replied to statements by Messrs. D. Davi s, general secretary of the Miners' Federation, and A. C. Willis, ...

    Article : 564 words
  12. MISSIONARIES RELEASED.

    Northern troops have effected the release of four German priests and four Herman nuns held captive by "Red Spear" bandits at Poll, on the Shantung coast, for a fortnight, as ...

    Article : 114 words
  13. MR. LANG'S SPEECH.

    "Mr. Lang's speech on Sunday was a combination of bluff and brazen impudence," said Mr. Buttenshaw (Acting Premier). "The Upper House stood between him and ...

    Article : 289 words
  14. TRAIN ACCIDENT.

    A carriage attached to an empty electric train was derailed and overturned in the Fllnders-street railway yards this evening. Much alarm was caused by the accident, which ...

    Article : 189 words
  15. AVIATION.

    Bert Hinkler arrived at Karachi from Jask at 3.30 this afternoon. (Copyright, Australian Press Association.) "India at last! I landed at Karachi early ...

    Article : 477 words
  16. EARL OF OXFORD AND ASQUITH.

    A medical bulletin states that the Earl of Oxford and Asquith, who suddenly became [?] on Sunday, is suffering from acute pharyngitis, with bronchial complications. ...

    Article : 81 words
  17. UNITED STATES.

    The assertion that prohibition was a demoralising failure in the United States was made by Dr. William E. Harper, a prominent member of the American dental profession, ...

    Article : 508 words
  18. MURDER CHARGE.

    The two men, Kennedy and Browne, who were recently arrested in London following spectacular searches by the police, and who were charge with the murder of Constable ...

    Article : 422 words
  19. MERCHANT SERVICE.

    To mark his appreciation of the work of the merchant service in peace and war, the King has conferred a new title on the Prince of Wales, "Master of the Merchant Navy and the ...

    Article : 212 words
  20. MOOLTAN SHAKEN.

    Early in the morning of February 7, when the mail steamer Mooltan was on her way to Fremantle, passengers were suddenly awakened by the ship giving a distinct shiver. ...

    Article : 221 words
  21. LAND SETTLEMENT.

    Laud settlement in Western Riverina is developing rapidly, consequent upon the extension of the Victorian railway into New South Wales under the Border Railways ...

    Article : 698 words
  22. A.L.P. ATTITUDE.

    The metropolitan provincial council of the Australian Labour party last night decided to ask the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) to authorise an inquiry into the bribery allegations. ...

    Article : 303 words
  23. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    With the exception of the Minister for Markets (Mr. Paterson), all Federal Ministers assembled in Canberra this morning for the first of a series of pre-sessional Cabinet ...

    Article : 522 words
  24. NEW CRUISERS.

    The cruiser Australia in her full-speed trials on the Ciyde did 32.5 knots, equalling the fastest British cruisers, compared with the old Australia's 26 knots. The progress ...

    Article : 102 words
  25. DRIED FRUIT.

    ThE standing committee under the Merchandise Marks Act recommends that from July 1 importations of currants, sultanas, and raisins should be marked whether they ...

    Article : 188 words
  26. COUNTRY-KILLED.

    The Acting-Premier (Mr. Buttenshaw) stated yesterday that a deputation from graziers had waited on him recently, nnd urged that country killing should be ...

    Article : 177 words
  27. FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE.

    The Minister for Agriculture was asked in the House of Commons whether, in view of the outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in this country, which had been traced to the ...

    Article : 154 words
  28. MR. AMERY.

    Mr. Amery was back in the House ot Commons to-day. He was greeted with loud [?]ieering. In an interview Mr. Amery said that the ...

    Article : 186 words
  29. STRIKE.

    The members of the Federated Bollermakers' Society, employed at the Government dockyard, Walsh Island, ceased work this afternoon as a protest against an attempt ...

    Article : 309 words
  30. WOMAN SHOT.

    William Henry Washbourne, aged 30 years, a mill-hand, of Selwyn, Canterbury, entered the bedroom, and pressed a double-barrelled shotgun against the forehead of his wife, who ...

    Article : 118 words
  31. ARTIFICIAL SILK.

    The English production of artificial silk last year was valued at £38,00,8OO, which is a record, being £13,000,000 above the highest previous output. Despite the huge demand, ...

    Article : 65 words
  32. WINDOW SMASHED.

    One or two revolvers, it is thought, were taken late last night from a window in the Pitt-street store ot Mick Simmons, Ltd., by a person, who obviously smashed the window ...

    Article : 193 words
  33. LIBEL ACTION.

    In opening the case for the defendant in the libel action brought by Mr. F. A. MitchellHedges against the "Daily Express" Mr. Jowitt, K.C., said: "I suggest that Mr. ...

    Article : 149 words
  34. RESTRICTIONS ON RUBBER.

    In the House of Commons to-day, the Prime Minister was asked whether, in view of the anx[?]ety caused by the announcement that the committee of civil reasearch would ...

    Article : 145 words
  35. PIRATES ESCAPE.

    Despite the strict vigilance of two Japanese warships over the pirate ship Kaitsu Maru, the pirates escaped to the shore. Taking as hostages, the first, second, and third ...

    Article : 98 words
  36. QUARRY WORK.

    After considering a report on the employment of three Italians at the municipal quarries, and a protest by the Australian Workers' Union, the Perth City Council decided to ...

    Article : 53 words
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